Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product STR-DN840 Sony
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4-454-467- 12 (1) STR-DN840 Multi Chann el AV Receiver Opera ting Inst ructions.
2 US To re duc e the r isk of fi re or elec tr ic s hoc k, d o not ex pose thi s apparatus to rain or moisture . To reduc e the ris k of fire, do not c over the ventilat ion opening of the applia nce with newspapers, tablec loths, curt ains, etc. Do not expo se the a ppl ian ce to nake d fl ame sources (f or example, li ghted candles) .
3 US 9) D o not defeat the saf ety purpose of the polariz ed or grounding-type plug. A polariz ed plug ha s two bl ades with one wider t han the ot her. A gr ounding typ e plug has two blades and a t hird groundin g prong. T he wide blade or the third prong are provided for your sa fety.
4 US CAUTION You are cauti oned that any changes or modificat ions not expres sly approved in this manual co uld void your authori ty to operate this equi pment. Properly shi elded and grounded cabl es and connecto rs must be used for co nnection to host comp uters and/or peripherals in or der to meet FC C emis sion l imits .
5 US AirPlay, iPhone, iPod, iPod c lassic, iPod nano, and iPod tou ch are tr ademarks o f Apple Inc., registe red in the U.S . and other countr ies. All othe r trademarks and re gistered trademark s are o f thei r respe ctive h olders. In this manua l, ™ and ® marks ar e not specif ied.
6 US – Neithe r the name of the Xiph.org Founda tion nor th e names of it s contribut ors may be use d to endorse or promote pr oducts deriv ed from this soft ware with out spec ific prior written permis sion.
7 US About Th is Manua l .... ....... ........ .... 4 Supplied accessories ............. ....... . 9 Description and loc ation of parts ....... ....... ....... ....... ........ .. 10 Getting s tarted ............ ....... ........ .. 18 Connect ion s 1: Insta lling the spe akers .
8 US “BRA VIA” Sync Fe atur es What is “BRAVIA” Syn c? ........ .. 79 Preparing fo r the “BRAVIA” Sync . ....... ........ ....... ....... ......... 79 One-Touc h Play .... ....... ....... ......... 80 System A udio Co ntrol ............ ..
9 US Supplied accessories • Operat ing Instructions (th is manual) • Quick Se tup G uid e (1) • Remote control (RM-AAU170) (1) • R6 (size AA) batteries (2) • FM wi re anten na (aer ial) (1 ).
10 US Description an d location o f parts A ? / 1 (on/ stand by) (page 33, 50 , 56) The ind icator abov e the butt on lights up a s fo ll ows: Green: The re ceiver is t urned on.
11 US A Input indic ator Lig hts up to indi cate the cur rent in put . HDMI The re ceiver reco gnizes t he equi pment connec ted via a n HDMI IN jack . ARC TV input is select ed and the Aud io Retur n Ch anne l (A RC) s ign als a re detect ed. COAX Dig ital s igna l is inp ut thro ugh the COAXIAL jack (page 83).
12 US N Dolby Pro Logic indicator Lights up the respective ind icator when the r eceiver perf orms Do lby Pro Logic processin g. This matrix surround de coding te chnology ca n enhan ce input sign als. These indicators may not light up d epending on the s peaker pattern setting.
13 US A DIGIT AL I NPUT/OU TPUT sect ion B TUNER section C NETWORK section D SPEAKERS secti on (page 22) E AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT section F VIDEO INPUT/OUTPUT section (page 24 , 28 ) * You must connect the HDM I TV OUT o r MONITOR OUT jack to your TV to watch the selected in put image (page 24 ).
14 US Use t he supplied remote control to operate this rece iver and oth er equip ment . The remote c ontrol is a ssigned to ope rate Sony audio/vi deo equip ment. You ca n reassign the inpu t button to matc h the equipm ent connec ted to your rec eiver (page 10 3).
15 US – s elect track num bers. Press 0/10 /= to select track num ber 10. – sele ct chan nel numbers. – select the let ters (ABC , DEF, etc. ). – sele ct .@ for punct uation mark s (!, ?, etc.) or ot her symbol s (#, %, etc.) when yo u ent er c haract ers f or netw ork fe at ure s.
16 US O +/– Adju st the volu me leve l of all speak ers at the same t ime. P Turns of f the soun d temporarily. Press the b utton aga in to restore th e soun d. Q RETURN O 1) Returns to the previo us me nu or e xits the menu whi le the me nu or on-scr een gui de is dis pla yed on t he T V scr een .
17 US To control other Sony equipment Name TV VCR DVD pl ayer Blu-ray Disc player CD player B TV ? / 1 z C Numeric butto ns zz z z z CLEAR zz z G POP UP/MENU zz TOP MENU zz I OPTI ONS zz z J HOME zz z z K .
18 US Getting started You ca n enjoy your audio/vide o equipme nt conne cted to the re ceiver by following the simple steps below. Before connecting cords, be sure to discon nect the AC pow er cord (m ains lead).
19 US z Digital a udio form ats that th is receiver can decode depend on d igital aud io output jacks of the equi pment conn ected. Th is receiver supp orts the follow ing audio for mats. a) Audio signals are output in another format if the playback equipment does not correspond to t he format.
20 US 1: Installing the spe akers This receiver al lows you to use up to a 7. 2 channel syst em (7 speakers and 2 subwoo fers). Example of speaker system configuration A Front speaker (Le ft) B Front .
21 US Connectio ns 7.1 channel speaker system using front high speakers You can en joy vert ical sou nd ef fect s by connec ting additiona l two front high speakers. Plac e the front high spea kers – at an angl e be tween 25° to 35 °. – at an ang le of 20° ± 5° in he ight.
22 US 2: Connecting th e speakers Before connecting cords, be sure to discon nect the AC pow er cord (m ains lead). A Monaura l audio cor d (not suppli ed) B Spea ker co rd ( not s upp lied) Right Lef.
23 US Connectio ns * W hen you connect a subwoo fer with an aut o standby function, turn off the f unction when watching movies. I f the auto standby function is set t o on, it turns to standby mo de automatically based on the level of the input signal to the subwoofer, and the sound may not be output.
24 US 3: Connecti ng the TV You ca n watch the selected in put image w hen you co nnect the HDMI TV OUT or MONITOR OUT jack to a TV. Yo u can oper ate th is rece iver usi ng a OSD (On -Scr een Display) if y ou conne ct HDMI TV OUT jack to a TV. Before connecting cords, be sure to discon nect the AC pow er cord (m ains lead).
25 US Connectio ns To enjoy the TV broadcast in multi channel surround sound from the receiver * I f your TV is compatible with the Audio R eturn Channel (ARC) function, connect D . Be sure to set the “Control for HDMI” to “On” in HDMI Settings menu (page 8 0).
26 US Notes on HDMI connections • Depen ding on t he TV or th e vide o equip ment, 4K or 3D ima ges may n ot be displaye d. Check t he 3D i mage forma ts support ed by the r eceiver (page 120 ). • Re fer to the ope rating instruc tions of eac h connec ted eq uipmen t for de tails.
27 US Connectio ns If your equi pment doe s not have an H DMI jack, see pa ge 28. Connect ing eq uipm ent with HDMI ja cks Blu-ray Disc player A Audio/video signals Satellite tun er, cable TV tuner DV.
28 US A Optical dig ital cord (not s upplied) B Audi o cor d (not suppl ied ) C Video co rd (not supplied ) Conn ecti ng equ ipmen t wi th j acks other tha n HDM I jacks B Audio signals Audio signals .
29 US Connectio ns 4b: Connec ting the audio equipment Before c onnecting cords, be sure to disconne ct the AC po wer cord (main s lead) . A Coaxial digit al cord (no t supplied) B Audio cord (not s u.
30 US 5: Connecting th e antennas (a erials) Before connec ting t he anten nas (aer ials), be sure to disco nnect the A C power cord (mains lead) . • To prevent noise pickup, keep the AM loop antenna (aerial) away from the receiver and other equipment.
31 US Connectio ns LAN cable (CAT5) (For a wired LAN connection only) • We r ecommend that you use thi s type of cable for a wired LAN. Some flat- type LA N cabl es are ea sily affect ed by noise.
32 US The follo wing illu strati on is a conf igurati on example o f a home networ k with the rece iver and a server . We reco mmend that you conn ect t he se rver to t he ro uter w ith a wire d co nne ction. A For a wire d LAN conne ction only. B For a wire less LAN co nnection only.
33 US Preparing the Receiver Connecting the AC power c ord (mains lead) Connect the AC p ower cor d (m ains lead ) to a wa ll outle t. Turning on the receiver Press ? / 1 ( on/sta ndby) t o turn on th e receiv er. You can a lso turn on t he receiver usi ng ? / 1 button on t he remote co ntrol.
34 US • M easure the distan ce of ea ch speake r from you r seating position . 1) • Mea sure the speaker size. 1) • Measure t he fr equen cy cha racter isti cs (EQ). 1) • Measure t he frequency character isti cs (Phas e). 1) 2) 1) The measurement result is not uti lized whe n “Analog Direct” is selected.
35 US Preparing the Receiver • If you co nnect a sub woofer wi th an auto standby function, set i t to off (deact ivate d). Depending on the characteristics of the subwoofer you are using, the setup distance value may be differ ent from the actual position.
36 US * To select “SP B” or “SP A+B”, set the “SB Assign” to “Speaker B” in the S peaker Settings menu (page 90 ). This setting is not available when headphon es are connected.
37 US Preparing the Receiver 7 Press b . “Connec ting to the Internet” a ppears on the TV scre en. “Network setu p is compl eted” appe ars after th e netwo rk sett ings are comp lete d. T o re turn to the Network Se ttings menu, press . (Dep endin g on the n etwork enviro nment, t he network se ttings may take some time.
38 US 4 Enter the sec u rity key (WEP key, WPA/WPA2 key), then press . By defa ult, the sec urity key ap pears as “**** *”. Press DISP LAY re peatedly to encrypt and disclose t he security key. “IP Setting s” appears on the TV screen. 5 Press V / v r epeatedly to selec t “Auto”, then press .
39 US Preparing the Receiver (Dependi ng on t he network environm ent, the ne twork setting s may take s o me time .) 3 Perform the s erver settings. To listen to audi o content stor ed on the server , you need to set up your server (page 57). When checking the network settings, see “Information” (page 95).
40 US Guide to on-screen display (OSD) operation You ca n display the m enu of the re ceiver on th e TV scr een and se lect the f unctio n you wa nt to use on the TV scr een by pressing V / v / B / b and on the r emote control. When y ou star t operati ng th e re ceiver , make sure to press AMP on the remote control first.
41 US Basic Operations Overview of the home menus Playing an input sourc e equipm ent 1 Press HOME. The ho me menu is displaye d on the TV screen. 2 Select “Wa tch” or “Li sten,” then press . The men u item list app ears on th e TV screen. 3 Select the equipment y ou want, then press .
42 US 5 Press 2 +/– to adjust the volume. You ca n also us e MAST ER VOLU ME on th e receiver . 6 Press SOUND FIELD + /– to e njoy the surround sound.
43 US Basic Operations Playing an i Pod/iPhone You can enj oy music c ontents fro m the iPod/iPh one by conne cting it to the (USB) port on the re ceiver . For det ails on c onnecting the iP od/iPhone, see page 29. You can use t he followi ng iPod/iPho ne model s on this rece iver.
44 US You ca n select the iPod/iPhone control mode usi ng the iPhon e CTRL on the remote contro l. You ca n also cont rol all operati ons by viewin g the information on the display panel when the TV sc reen is t urned o ff. 1 Press HO ME. The home menu is d isplaye d on the TV screen.
45 US Basic Operations Notes on iPod/iPhone • The iPod /iPhone is cha rged when connect ed to the re ceiver whil e the receiv er is turned on . • You ca nnot tran sfer songs onto th e iPod/ iPhone from th is receive r. • Do not r emove th e iPod/ iPhon e durin g oper ation.
46 US • The receiver is un able to r ead data in NTFS format . • The receiver is unable to read data ot her than that saved in the first partition of a hard disk drive. • Operation of models not listed here is not guaranteed. • Operation may not always be ensured even when using these USB devices.
47 US Basic Operations To operate the USB device using the remote control Press USB before y ou use t he follow ing buttons. Notes on the USB device • Do not rem ove the USB de vice during oper ation. To avoid data cor rupti on or damage t o th e USB devic e, turn the recei ver off whe n conne cting or removing the US B dev ice.
48 US USB message list Listening to FM/AM radio You can lis ten t o FM and AM broa dcasts through t he built-in t uner. Before operat ion, be sure you ha ve connect ed the FM and AM a n tennas (aeria ls) to the recei ver (p age 3 0). The tuning scale for direct tuning is shown below.
49 US Tuner Oper atio ns 1 Select “Listen” from the home menu, then pres s . 2 Select “FM” or “AM” from the menu, then pres s . The FM or AM men u list ap pears on the TV screen . FM/AM screen You can sele ct and operate eac h it em on the screen by pressin g V / v / B / b and .
50 US If you cannot tune to a station “– – – .– – MH z” or “– – – – kHz ” app ears and then the scree n returns to the curr ent fre que ncy. Make sure you ha ve entered the right frequen cy. If not, rep eat step 2. If you still cannot tune to a sta tion, the frequen cy may not be in use in your area .
51 US Enjoying Sound Effect s 1 Select “FM” or “AM” from the menu, then pres s . 2 Select “Select Pres et”, then press . 3 Select the p reset number whi ch you want to nam e, then press , then press OP T IONS . 4 Select “Name Input” , then press .
52 US x Multi Stereo (MULTI ST.) Outputs 2 chan nel left/ right signals from al l speakers. Howe ver, sound may not be out put fr om certai n speake rs de pending on the spea ker settings. x 2ch Ster eo (2CH ST.) The recei ver outputs the sound from th e front left /right speakers only .
53 US Enjoying Sound Effect s x PLIIz Height (PLI Iz) Perf orms Dol by P ro Logic IIz mode decodi ng. This se tting can expand a source sound fro m a 5.1 channe l to a 7.1 chan nel to wh ich a vertic al equ ipmen t is ap plie d, and give s a dimension of pres ence an d depth.
54 US You ca n only select this sound fiel d if the headp h ones are connecte d to the rec eiver. x HP 2CH This mode is selec ted automat ically if you use he adphones (e xcept “An alog Di rect”).
55 US Enjoying Sound Effect s 2 Selec t “So und Opti mizer”, t hen press . 3 Select “ Normal” or “Low”, t hen press . The So und Optim izer func tion is activat ed.
56 US To cancel Pure Direct The Pu re Dir ect func tion wil l be ca ncelled when you perform the following: – Press P URE DIRECT again. – Change the soun d field. – Change the scene setting on the TV (Scen e Select) . – C hange the set ting of “Sou nd Optimize r”, “Equali zer”, “A uto Volume ”, or “D.
57 US Using Network Features Setting u p the server To listen to audi o content sto red on your server wi th this receiver , you need to set up the ser ver in adv ance. The f ollowin g serv er devices ar e compatible with this re ceiver. • Sony VAI O Media plus 1.
58 US Select [Control Panel] under [Settings]. 2 Select [View network status and tasks] unde r [Network and Internet]. The [Ne twork Shar ing C enter ] wind ow appears. If the item you want does not appear on the display , try to change the display type of the Control Panel.
59 US Using Network Features 6 Selec t [All ow All] . The [A llo w All M edi a Devi ces] window opens. If al l the devi ces in the l ocal netw ork are set to [Allowed ], select [ OK] and clos e the wind ow. 7 Select [Allow all computer s and media device s].
60 US 4 Select [Home network] or [Work network] ac cording to the environm ent in which the recei ver is us ed. 5 Follow the i nstructio ns that ap pear on the displa y accor ding to th e environm ent in which the recei ver is us ed.
61 US Using Network Features 1 Go to [Start] – [All Progra ms]. 2 Select [Windows Media Pl ayer]. Window s Media Play er 11 starts up. 3 Select [Media Sharing…] from the [Libra ry] menu. If you are usi ng Windows X P, go to step 9. 4 When is displayed , select [Networking…].
62 US 12 Refresh th e server lis t. When the set tings are compl eted, refres h the se rver list of the rece iver and select this server from the server list.
63 US Using Network Features When “ No ser ver is available” appear s, or when the serve r on the list is not av ailab le, pr ess OPTIONS. Selec t “Ref resh”, then press . The refreshed server list appears. You can also select “HOME NE TWORK” from “Listen” in home menu.
64 US To add devices to the device list 1 Select “Control Device” in “Access Settings”, then pr ess . The r egistered device l ist appea rs on the TV scree n. 2 Sel ect “A dd D evi ce”, t hen pr ess . 3 Select the device you want, then press .
65 US Using Network Features 4 Select “OK”, then press . The se lected devic e is del eted from the device l ist. This r eceiver ca nnot play b ack files in WMA format with DRM copyright protecti on.
66 US Before using music services, you m ay have to register your receiver depending on t he service provider. For details on registrati on, visit the customer support site of the service provider. The f ollowing st eps expl ain how to sele ct “vTuner ” as an examp le of musi c servi ces offered on the Intern et.
67 US Using Network Features You can store up t o 20 stations as your favorite sta tions. 1 Select the station you want to preset . 2 During reception, hold down SHIFT, then press MEM. The pr eset memory list appears. 3 Select a pres et number, then press .
68 US 2 Select “SE N”, then press . The serv ice provide r list ap pears on the TV scre en. If the re ceiver automa tically displays the last selected service or station, press RETURN O repe atedly unti l the s ervi ce pro vide r list a ppear s. 3 Select “Registration Code”, then press .
69 US Using Network Features You can s tart a PARTY so th at other devices that sup port the PARTY STREAM ING f u nct ion ca n play t he sa me music even t hough they a re in different rooms. 1 Make su re the P A RTY guest devices ar e turned on and read y to join a PART Y.
70 US Streaming mu sic from iTunes with AirPl ay Using a wire less network, yo u can play back audi o conten t on iOS dev ices such as an iPhone , iPod touch, iPa d or an iTunes Libra ry on your PC with t his receiv er.
71 US Using Network Features 3 Start playing back audio content on an iOS device or o n iTunes. AirPla y is sele cted as a functio n of the receiv er automa tically. • “ ******” is the last 6 digits of M AC Address of the receiver. • If the playback does not start, perform the process again from step 1.
72 US 6 When “A new version of so ftwar e is found” appears on the TV screen, s elect “Update no w”, then press . A mess age th at con f ir ms whet her o r not you ag ree to the ter ms of the sof tware update appe ars. Con fir m the mes sage an d also rea d the “ END- USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SONY SOFTWAR E” (page 125), then pre ss .
73 US Using Network Features SEN Software update Device list is full Y ou cannot r egister any more devices to the device list. No server is available There is no server on th e n etw ork that the recei ver can connect to. T ry refres hing the server list (p age 62).
74 US Searching for an item using a keyword When a list is disp layed on the TV scre en (such as artist li st, a trac k list, e tc.), you ca n enter a k eyword to sea rch for an item you want. Search ing by keyword s is ava ilable only when the Home Networ k or SEN function is select ed.
75 US Using Bluetoo t h Featur es About the Bluetoo th wireless technolo gy Bluetoot h wireless technol ogy is a short- range wirel ess technology that enables wireless data communic ation betwee n digital devi ces. Bluetoot h wireless techn o lo gy ope rates with in a range of about 10 meters (33 fe et).
76 US Listening to mu sic of a Bluet oot h device You ca n play music of a Blue tooth device via this receiv er after pair and conn ect the Blue toot h devi ce wit h the rece iver. Pair ing is a n op erat ion wh er e Blueto oth devices register with ea ch other beforeh and.
77 US Using Bluetoo t h Featur es To cancel pairing operation Hold down BLUETOOTH aft er step 3. “CANCE L” appears on t he displ ay pan el. You can op erat e a Blue tooth device by connec ting th e recei ver and a Bluetoo th device using AVRCP .
78 US You ca n set the “BT St andby” ( Bluetooth Standby ) mode so tha t the receiv er can be controll ed by the Bl uetooth devi ce even when th e rece iver is i n sta ndby mode. 1 Sel ect “Li sten” from the ho me me nu, then p ress . 2 Select “BLUETOOTH”, then press .
79 US “BRAVIA” Sy nc Feat ures What is “BRAVIA” Sync? The “BR AVIA” Sync f unction a llows comm unication between Son y products such as TV, Bl u-ray Disc playe r, DVD player , AV amplif ier, e tc. tha t supports the Control for HDMI function.
80 US If your TV is not compatible with the “Control for HDMI- Easy Setting” function 1 Press HOME . The home m enu is displayed on the TV screen. 2 Select “Settings” f rom the menu, then press . The Sett ings menu lis t appears o n the TV scree n.
81 US “BRAVIA” Sy nc Feat ures You can also select a connected equipment, such as Blu-ray Disc player or DVD player f rom the TV menu. The receiver and TV will automatically switch to the appropriate HDMI input. System Audio Co ntrol You can e njoy the TV sou n d fro m the spea kers conne cted t o the rece iver by a simp le o perat ion.
82 US The sound field m ay not switch depending on t he TV. Correspondence table Home Theatre Con trol If a “Ho me Thea tre Contr ol”-com patible TV is co nnect ed to the re ceiv er, an ico n for Inter net bas ed appl ications ap pears on the connec ted TV.
83 US Other Operations Switchin g betwe en digital a nd ana log audio (INPUT MOD E) When you con nect e quipment to bot h digital and ana log aud io input j acks on the receiv er, you can fix the audio inpu t mode to ei ther o f them , or s witch from one to the other, d ependin g on the ty pe of m aterial you intend to watch.
84 US 5 Select the audio signals you want to assign to the in put which you selected in step 4 using V / v / B / b . 6 Press . * Defau lt setting • Whe n you assign t he digital audio input, the INPUT MODE setting may cha nge automatically. • One re assignment is allowed for each input.
85 US Other Operations Using a bi-amp lifier connection 1 Select “Settings” from the home menu, then pres s . The Sett ings menu lis t appears o n the TV scree n. 2 Select “Speaker Se ttings”, then press . 3 Select “Speaker Pa ttern”, then press .
86 US Using t he Set tin gs menu You can ad just vario us settings for speaker s, surround ef fects, etc. us ing th e Sett ings menu . 1 Press HO ME. The home menu is d isplaye d on the TV screen. 2 Select “Settings” from the home menu, then press to enter the menu mode .
87 US Adjusti ng Settings Settings menu list Se ttings Easy Setup (pa ge 88) Speaker Settings (pa ge 88) HDMI Setting s (pa ge 94) Audio Set tings (pa ge 92) Input Set tings (pa ge 95) System Settings.
88 US The menu parameters displayed on the TV screen vary, depending on the current settings or the status of the selected icon. Easy Setup Re-runs th e Easy Setup to make t he basic settings. Follow the on-screen instructions (pag e 33). Speaker Se ttings menu You ca n adju st each speake r manual ly.
89 US Adjusti ng Settings Select “W R N Check” in ste p 2 in “Auto Calibrat i on” ( p age 8 8), then pres s . If a warn ing messa ge appe ars, check the messa ge and use the re ceiver w ithout chan ge. Or if necessary, perform Auto Calibrat ion again .
90 US x Calibration T y pe Lets you select the cali brat ion type af ter you ha ve perf ormed the Auto C alibration and saved settings. • Full Fl at: Makes the measurem ent of freq uency from ea ch speake r flat. • Engine er: Sets to “the Sony listenin g room st andard” f requency ch aracteris tic s.
91 US Adjusti ng Settings When one of t he sound fields for m usic is selected, no s ound is output from the subwoofer if all the speakers are set t o “Large” in the Speaker Settings menu. However, the sound will be output from the sub woofer if – th e digital input signal contains LFE signals.
92 US • When the front sp eakers are set to “Small”, the center, surround, and surround back/front h igh speakers are also automa tically set to “Small”. • If you do not use the subwoofer, the front speakers are automaticall y set to “Large”.
93 US Adjusti ng Settings x Sound Optimizer Lets you enjoy c lear and dyn amic so und at low volume levels. For d etails, see “Using the So und Optim izer functi on” (pa g e 54). •N o r m a l •L o w •O f f x Equalize r Lets yo u adjust the bass and treble leve l for each speaker.
94 US • Off: The dynamic ra nge is not compressed. HDMI Settings m enu Yo u can ad just the req uir ed sett ings for equipm ent connec ted to the HD MI jack. x Control for HDMI Lets you turn t he Control for HDMI function on or o ff. For details, see “Prepa ring for the “BRA VIA” Sync” (pag e 79).
95 US Adjusti ng Settings x Subwoofer Lev e l Lets you set the level of the subwoofer to 0 dB or + 10 dB when P CM signals are input vi a an HD MI connec tion. You c an set the le vel for each in put to wh ich an HDMI input jack is assigned indepen dently.
96 US 2 Select the setting item you want to check, then pr ess . The cu rrent sett ing info rmati on ap pears on the TV scre en. You can check th e settings* for “Physical C onnection” , “SSID.
97 US Adjusti ng Settings x Auto Standby Lets you set the rece iver swit ch to st andby mode au tomatica lly when yo u do not opera te the re ceiver or when there is no sign als in put to the re ceiver . • On: Switches to standby mode after approxima tely 20 minu tes.
98 US The follo w ing opti ons are avai lable in each menu. For de tails on navigati ng through menus, see page 97. Over view of the menu s Menu [Displ ay] P aramete rs [Disp lay] Setti ngs Auto Cal ibration settings [<A UTO CAL>] Auto Ca libration start [A.
99 US Adjusti ng Settings Speaker setti ngs [<SPEAKER>] Speaker patter n [SP P A TTER N] 5/2.1 to 2/0 (20 pat terns) Center Speaker Lift up [CN T LIF T] 1 to 10, OFF Front s peakers size b) [FRT.
100 US Front right high speaker distanc e b) [RH DIST .] RH 1.00 m to RH 10.00 m (RH 3’3 ” to RH 32’9”) (0.01 m (1 inch) in terv al) Subwoofer distanc e b) [SW DIST .] SW 1.00 m t o SW 10.00 m (SW 3’3” t o SW 32’9”) (0.01 m (1 inch) in terv al) Distance unit [DIST .
101 US Adjusti ng Settings Front high speakers bass l ev e l [FH B ASS] FH B. –10 dB to FH B. +10 dB (1.0 dB s tep) Front high speakers treble level [FH TREBLE] FH T .
102 US a) You can select t his setting onl y when you have performe d the Auto Calibr ation and saved the setting s. b) Depends on the speaker pattern setting, some pa rameters or settings may not be available. c) xxx represent a speaker channel ( FL, FR, CN T, SL, SR, SB, SBL, SB R, LH, R H, SW).
103 US Using the Remote Con t rol Reassi gning the i nput button You can cha nge the de fault settings of t he input bu ttons to suit the equ ipment in your system.
104 US Resetting the in put butt ons 1 While holdin g down 2 –, press and hold ? / 1 , then press TV INPUT. 2 Release a l l buttons. The inpu t butto n s are r eset to the defa ult s etting s.
105 US Additional Informatio n On placement • Place th e receiver in a loca tion with adequ ate ven tilation to prevent heat buildu p and p rolong the lif e of t he receiv er. • Do not place th e receiver nea r hea t source s, or i n a pl ace subje ct to di rect sunl ight, exce ssive dust , or mechanic al shoc k.
106 US • S ony cann ot be h eld liab le in any way for damag es or othe r loss re sultin g from inform ation leak s during co mmunica tion using Blueto oth techn ology. • Bluetoo th communicat ion is not nece ssarily guara nteed wi th all Blue tooth dev ices th at ha ve th e same prof ile as t his rece iver.
107 US Additional Informatio n • Dependi ng on the playb ack equipm ent, you may need to set up the equipm ent. Refer to th e operati ng instructi ons supplied with e ach equipme nt. • Be su re to use a High Spee d HDMI cable when you v iew im ages or lis ten to sound, es pecially for the 1080p, Deep Color (Deep Colour), 4K or 3D transmission.
108 US • When yo u want to listen to the sound from t he TV speake r, set th e “HDMI Audio Out” t o “TV+AMP” in the HDMI Se ttings menu (p age 94) . If you cannot play back mu lti chan nel audi o source, s et to “AMP”. Howev er, the sound w ill not o utput thro ugh the TV speaker.
109 US Additional Informatio n • Sound m ay not be outpu t from the recei ver wh ile th e OSD appears on t he TV screen. Press HOME to displa y the home menu, then press HOME aga in. • Audio si gnals (fo rmat, sam pling freque ncy, bit length, etc.
110 US Dolby Digital or DTS multi channel sound is no t reproduced. • Check that the DVD, etc. you ar e playi ng is recor ded in Dolby Digi tal or DTS format. • When connec ting t he DVD playe r, etc., to the digita l input jack s of this receive r, make sure the di gital audi o output setting of the conne cted equip ment is availabl e.
111 US Additional Informatio n • The sig nal str ength of the stations is too weak with auto matic tuni n g. Use direct tuning . • Make sure you se t the tuni ng scale corr ectly (whe n tuning in AM st ations wit h di rec t tu ning) (p age 50) .
112 US The USB device cannot be connected into the (USB) port. • The US B device is being conn ected upsi de down. Connec t th e USB de vice in the c orrect orient ation. Erroneo us display. • The data stor ed in the USB device may have be en corr upted.
113 US Additional Informatio n • Check th e settings of the wire less LAN router/acce ss point a nd do t he setup aga in. Fo r det ail s on th e sett ing s of th e device s, refer to the oper ating instructi ons of the device s. • Make s ure that you use a wi reles s LAN router/access poi nt.
114 US • Ref er to the operati ng instructio ns of your wirel ess LA N rout er/access poin t, an d chec k the mu ltic ast s etting . If t he m ult icast sett ing is e nable d on the wirel ess LAN router/a ccess poi nt, disable it . Cannot play audio data normally.
115 US Additional Informatio n • Conf irm that the ne twork is cor rectly set up. If it is not, t he connecti on cannot be m ade (page 96). • The devi ce on the device list is set to “Not Al low” (page 63), or th e de vice is not adde d to the device list (page 63).
116 US Buttons such as 2 +/–, N , X , x , . , > , SHUFFLE and REPEAT do not work. • Make su re that th e set tings that allow iTunes to accept cont rol from this receiv er are act ive. • The re ceiver is n o t se lected as th e remote sp eaker on the i OS device.
117 US Additional Informatio n • If there i s equipment t hat gener ates electr omagnetic ra diatio n, such as a wireless LAN, ot her Bl uetooth device , or a microw ave o ven nea rby, m ove them awa y. The sound of y our Bluetooth devi ce cannot be heard on this receiver.
118 US If th ere is a ma lfun ction , a me ssag e app ears on the disp lay panel. Y ou can check t he conditio n of the system by th e message. If any probl em persists, c onsult your nea rest Sony deal er. PROTE CTOR Irregular current is outp ut to the speak ers, or the rece iver is cov ered and ventilati on holes are bl ocked.
119 US Additional Informatio n Specificati ons AUDIO POWER SPECIFICATIO NS PO WER OUTPUT AN D T OT AL HARMONIC DIST ORTION: (USA model onl y) With 6 ohm l oads, both cha nnels driven, from 20 – 2 0,000 Hz ; rated 100 w atts per channe l minimum RMS po wer, with no more than 0.
120 US HDMI Video Input/Ou tput (HDMI R epeater blo ck) iP od/iPhone section DC 5V 1.0 A MAX USB section Supporte d format* MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio L ayer-3): 32 kbps – 320 kbps, VBR AAC : 16 kbps – 320.
121 US Additional Informatio n NETWORK section Ethernet LAN 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Wireless LA N Compati ble stan dards : IEEE 802.11 b/g Securi ty: WEP 64 bit , WEP 128 bit, WP A/ WP A2-PSK (AES), WP A/WP A2- PSK (TKIP) Radio freque ncy: 2.4 GHz Bluetooth section Communi cation system Bluetooth Specification version 3.
122 US Index Numerics 2 chann el 51 5.1 ch annel 20 7.1 ch annel 20 A A.F.D. mode 5 1 A/V Sync . 93, 101 Access Point S can 37 Advanced Auto Volume 93 AirPl ay 70 Alphabet search 15 AM 48 Audio In put.
123 US Additional Informatio n F Fast Vi e w 95 Fixed IP addres s 38 FM 48 FM Mode 49, 101 H HD-D.C.S. 52 HDMI 101 HDMI Audio Ou t 94, 101 HDMI Settin gs 94, 101 Home Network 62 Home Theatre Control 8.
124 US Software Update 97 Sound Ef fects 51 Sound f ield 51 Speaker Pattern 90, 99 Spe aker Set tings 88, 99 SPEAKERS 3 5 Subw oofer Level 95 Super Audi o CD play er 29 Surro und Se ttin gs 100 System.
125 US END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SONY SOFTWARE You should carefully read the following agreement before using the SONY SOFTWARE (defined below). Using the SONY SOFTWARE indicates your acceptance of the agreement. If you do not agree with it, you are not autho rized to use the S ONY SOFTWARE.
126 US EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY ON SONY SOFTWARE You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of the SONY SOFTWARE is at your sole r isk. The SONY SOFTWARE is provided “AS I S” and without warranty o.
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