Front Panel Operations (Remote Short-cuts: USA and Canada only)

Selecting a Component

For the on-screen operations, see page 26.

1Press POWER to turn on the receiver, then press VIDEO FUNCTION or AUDIO FUNCTION repeatedly until the component you want appears in the display.

VIDEO FUNCTION

To listen to or watch

Select*1

Video tapes

VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2 or

 

VIDEO 3

 

 

Laser discs (LD) or DVD

LD/DVD

 

 

TV programs or Digital

TV/DBS*2

Broadcasting Satellites (DBS)

 

 

 

*1 The FUNCTION HOOKUP setting (see below) allows you to delete the names of components which are not connected.

*2 TV/DBS : USA, Canada and Australia TV : Other countries

AUDIO FUNCTION

To listen to or watch

Select*

 

 

Digital Audio Tapes (DAT)

DAT/MD

or MiniDiscs (MD)

 

 

 

Compact Discs (CD)

CD

 

 

Analog audio tapes

TAPE

 

 

Radio programs

TUNER

 

 

Records

PHONO

 

 

*The FUNCTION set up (see page 58 or 59) allows you to delete the names of components which are not connected. When a function is set to “NO” in the FUNCTION set up menu, it cannot be selected.

2Start playing the component, then use MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume.

To

Do This

 

 

Reinforce the bass

Press BASS BOOST to turn

 

on the BASS BOOST

 

indicator.

 

 

Adjust the balance

Turn the BALANCE control

 

to the left (L) or right (R).

 

 

Enjoy high quality sound

Press DIRECT PASS to

 

bypass audio effects the

 

equalizer, bass

 

reinforcement, and

 

surround effects. The

 

DIRECT PASS indicator

 

lights up.

 

 

When you listen with headphones

Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set the SPEAKERS selector to OFF.

To listen to digital program sources (STR-DE1015G)

Select the digital source you desire (LD/DVD, CD or DAT/MD), then press INPUT MODE on the front panel repeatedly to select “AUTO”, “DIGITAL”, or “ANALOG”.

See “To listen to digital program sources” on page 27 for details.

To listen to decoded Dolby Digital (AC-3) program sources (STR-DE815G / D760Z)

Press 5.1 INPUT. The 5.1 INPUT indicator lights up and the function automatically switches to LD/DVD. To listen to analog signals from the component connected to the LD/DVD jacks, select LD/DVD using the VIDEO FUNCTION selector.

Playing audio and video components at the same time

1Press VIDEO FUNCTION repeatedly to select the video component you want.

2Press AUDIO FUNCTION repeatedly to select the audio component you want.

3Start playing the selected video and audio components.

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Sony STR-DE1015G, STR-DE815G, STR-D760Z Playing audio and video components at the same time, To listen to or watch Select

STR-DE1015G, STR-DE815G, STR-D760Z, STR-D760Z, STR-DE815G specifications

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