Location of

Parts and Basic

Operations

This chapter provides information about the locations and functions of the buttons and controls on the front panel. It also explains basic operations.

Front Panel Parts

Description

1?/1 switch

Press to turn the receiver on and off.

Before you turn on the receiver, make sure that you have turned the MASTER VOLUME control to the leftmost position to avoid damaging your speakers.

2MASTER VOLUME control

After turning on the component you selected, rotate to adjust the volume.

3MUTING button

Press to mute the sound. The indicator on the button lights up when the sound is muted.

4FUNCTION control

Rotate to select the component you want to use.

To select

Rotate to light

VCR

VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2

 

 

Camcorder or video game

VIDEO 3

 

 

DVD or LD player

DVD/LD

 

 

TV or satellite tuner

TV/SAT

 

 

Tape deck

TAPE (STR-DB940)

MD or Tape deck

MD/TAPE (STR-DB840)

 

 

MD or DAT deck

MD/DAT (STR-DB940 only)

 

 

CD player

CD

 

 

Built in tuner

TUNER

 

 

Turntable

PHONO

 

 

After selecting the component, turn on the component you selected and play the program source.

After selecting VCR, camcorder, video game, DVD player, or LD player, turn on the TV and set the TV’s video input to match the component you selected.

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