Receiver Operations

Selecting a Component

To listen to or watch a connected component, first select the function on the receiver or with the remote. Before you begin, make sure you have:

Connected all components securely and correctly as indicated on pages 5 to 9.

BASS BOOST

indicator

1/u

MASTER

 

 

BASS

(power) MENU </> LEVEL

VOLUME

 

BOOST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function buttons BASS TREBLE +/– MUTING

1Press ?/1 (power) to turn on the receiver.

2Press a function button to select the component you want to use:

To listen to or watch

Press

 

 

Radio programs

TUNER

 

 

Compact discs (CD)

CD

 

 

MiniDisc (MD) or Audio

MD/TAPE

tapes

 

 

 

TV programs or Satellite

TV/SAT

receiver

 

 

 

Video tapes

VIDEO

 

 

DVD player/Dolby Digital

5.1 CH/DVD

decoder

 

 

 

3Turn on the component, for example, a CD player, and then start playing.

To tune in radio stations on this receiver, see “Receiving Broadcasts” on page 12.

4Turn MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume. Every time you turn MASTER VOLUME, the display changes as follows:

VOL MIN yVOL 1 yyVOL 30 y

VOL MAX

To adjust the volume of the TV's speaker

Use the volume control on the TV.

To avoid damaging your speakers

Make sure that you turn down the volume before you turn off the receiver. When you turn on the receiver, the volume remains at the level you turn off the receiver.

To

Do this

 

 

Mute the sound

Press MUTING. Press again to

 

restore the sound.

 

 

Reinforce the bass

Press BASS BOOST to turn on

 

the BASS BOOST indicator.

 

 

Adjust the balance

1 Press LEVEL or CURSOR

 

MODE on the remote

 

repeatedly until the LEVEL

 

indicator lights up.

 

2 Press MENU < or >

 

repeatedly until “BALANCE”

 

appears on the display.

 

3 Press + or – to adjust the

 

balance right or left.

 

 

Adjust the tone quality

Press BASS +/– and TREBLE

 

+/– to adjust the tone level. You

 

can select a tone level of -6 dB

 

to +6 dB in 2-dB steps.

 

 

When you listen with headphones

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

Watching/listening to video programs

When you watch/listen to TV or video programs, we recommend you play audio portion through the receiver instead of your TV’s speaker. This lets you take advantage of the receiver’s surround sound effects, such as Dolby Pro Logic Surround and lets you use the receiver’s remote to control the audio.

Turn off the speakers on your TV before you start so you can enjoy the surround sound from your receiver.

To watch/listen to TV programs, turn on the TV, TV tuner and the receiver and press TV/SAT on the receiver.

To watch videos, do the following:

1Press VIDEO to select the VCR.

2Turn on the TV and set the TV’s video input to match your video component.

3Turn on the VCR, and start playback.

Using the remote (STR-DE245 only)

The remote lets you operate the receiver and the Sony components that are connected to it.

?/1

Function buttons

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