Rear and center speakers

Rear speaker

 

Rear speaker

(R)

Receiver

Center speaker (L)

SURROUND SPEAKERS

 

R REAR L

CENTER

 

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} ]

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R L

 

 

IMPEDANCE USE 8-16 Ω

 

Active woofer

Receiver

Active woofer

 

MIX

 

 

INPUT

 

 

AUDIO

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

If you have an additional front speaker system

Connect them to the FRONT SPEAKERS B terminals.

If your TV monitor uses separate speakers

You can connect one of them to the SURROUND SPEAKER CENTER terminals for use with Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound (see page 18).

Selecting the impedance (STR-DE705 and STR-D650Z only)

Set the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR for the front speakers as indicated in the table below. Check the instruction manual of your speakers if you’re not sure of the impedance. (This information is usually printed on a label on the back of the speaker.)

if nominal impedance of

Set IMPEDANCE SELECTOR to

your speaker is

 

 

 

Between 4 and 8 ohms

4 Ω

 

 

8 ohms or higher

8 Ω

 

 

Getting Started

Where do I go next?

To complete your system, go to “AC Hookups” on page 8. If you want to connect video components to enjoy surround sound when watching TV programs or video tapes, go on to the next section.

TV/VCR Hookups

Overview

This section describes how to connect video components to the receiver. For specific locations of the jacks, see the illustration below.

MONITOR TV VIDEO 2

VIDEO 1

What cables will I need?

Audio/video cable (not supplied) (1 for each TV or LD player; 2 for each VCR)

Yellow

Yellow

White (L)

White (L)

Red (R)

Red (R)

Video cable (not supplied) (1 for a TV monitor)

Yellow Yellow

Selecting the speaker system

If you connect only one set of front speakers, set the SPEAKERS selector on the front panel to A. If you connect two sets of front speakers, see the following:

To drive

Set SPEAKERS selector to

 

 

Speaker system A (connected

A

to the FRONT SPEAKERS A

 

terminals)

 

 

 

Speaker system B (connected

B

to the FRONT SPEAKERS B

 

terminals)

 

 

 

Both speaker systems A and

A+B*

B (parallel connection)

 

*Do not use A+B with SOUND FIELD set to ON.

Hookups

The arrow •indicates signal flow.

TV or Digital Broadcasting System (DBS) tuner

Receiver

TV

TV/DBS

or

CTRL S

DBS tuner

STATUS IN

 

OUTPUT

VIDEO

VIDEO

IN

 

AUDIO

AUDIO

IN

 

L

L

R

R

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Sony STR-D550Z manual TV/VCR Hookups, Selecting the impedance STR-DE705 and STR-D650Z only, Selecting the speaker system

STR-DE705, STR-DE605, STR-D550Z, STR-D650Z specifications

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