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Sony STR-DE400 About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound), About CINEMA STUDIO EX modes, To turn off the surround effect for movie/music

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About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound)

Sound fields with DCS mark use DCS technology.

DCS is a unique sound reproduction technology for home theater developed by Sony, in cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment, for enjoying the exciting and powerful sound of movie theaters at home. With this “Digital Cinema Sound” developed by integrating a DSP (Digital signal processor) and measured data, the ideal sound field intended by film makers can be experienced at home.

About CINEMA STUDIO EX modes

CINEMA STUDIO EX modes are suitable for watching motion picture DVDs (etc.), with multi channel surround effects. You can reproduce the sound characteristics of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s dubbing studio in your home.

The CINEMA STUDIO EX modes consist of the following three elements.

•Virtual Multi Dimension

Creates 5 sets of virtual speakers from a single pair of actual surround speakers.

•Screen Depth Matching

Creates the sensation that the sound is coming from inside the screen like in theaters.

•Cinema Studio Reverberation

Reproduces the type of reverberation found

in theaters.

The CINEMA STUDIO EX modes integrate these three elements simultaneously.

Notes

•The effects provided by the virtual speakers may cause increased noise in the playback signal.

•When listening with sound fields that employ the virtual speakers, you will not be able to hear any sound coming directly from the surround speakers.

•This function does not work signals with a sampling frequency of more than 48 kHz.

•When one of the following sound fields is selected, no sound is output from the sub woofer if all the speakers are set to “LARGE” on the SYSTEM menu. However, the sound will be output from the sub woofer if the digital input signal contains LFE signals, or if the front or surround speakers are set to “SMALL”.

–HALL

–JAZZ

–CONCERT

Tip

You can identify the encoding format of DVD software, etc., by looking at the logo on the package.

•	: Dolby Digital discs
•	: Dolby Surround
	encoded programs
•	: DTS Digital Surround encoded programs

To turn off the surround effect for movie/music

Press 2CH to select “2CH ST.” or press A.F.D. repeatedly to select “A.F.D. AUTO”.

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Contents

Page WARNING For customers in Europe About This Manual Table of Contents Getting Started Enjoying Surround Sound Tuner Operations Amplifier Operations Description and location of parts Front panel Page About the indicators on the display Page Rear panel RM-AAU006 Page Page 1: Installing speakers 2: Connecting speakers 3a: Connecting the audio components How to hook up your components Connecting audio components Component to be connected Hooking up a TV monitor 1Connecting audio 2Connecting video If you connect a DVD recorder Hooking up a satellite tuner Hooking up components with analog video and audio jack 4: Connecting the antennas 5:Preparing the receiver and the remote Connecting the AC power cord Performing initial setup operations 1,2 1 Press ?/1 to turn off the receiver 6:Calibrating the appropriate settings automatically (AUTO CALIBRATION) Before you perform Auto Calibration 1 Connect the supplied ECM-AC2optimizer microphone to the AUTO CAL MIC jack Performing Auto Calibration Press AUTO CAL Error codes To rectify the error Error code and remedies Warning codes To change the settings manually 7:Adjusting the speaker levels and balance (TEST TONE) 4 Press the control button or control button b to enter the parameter 5 Press control button V/v repeatedly to select “T. TONE Y” 7 Repeat steps 1 to 5 to select “T. TONE N” Selecting a component 1 Press the input button to select a component 2 Turn on the component and start playback To mute the sound To avoid damaging your speakers Listening/Watching a component Listening to a Super Audio CD/CD Turn on the Super Audio CD player/CD player, then place the disc on the tray Turn on the receiver Press SA-CD/CD Watching a DVD 1 Turn on the TV and DVD player 2 Turn on the receiver 3 Press DVD 4 Switch the input of the TV so that an image of the DVD is displayed To return to the previous display To exit the menu Overview of the menus Page LEVEL menu parameters TONE menu parameters SUR menu parameters TUNER menu parameters AUDIO menu parameters SYSTEM menu parameters xCNT SPK (Center speaker) xSUR SPK (Surround speakers) xFRT DIST. (Front speaker distance) x CNT DIST. (Center speaker distance) xSL DIST. (Surround left speaker distance) xSUR POS (Surround speaker position) xSR DIST. (Surround right speaker distance) xCRS. FREQ (Speaker crossover frequency) xDIMMER (Brightness of the display) (A. CAL menu) Types of A.F.D. mode If you connect a sub woofer Types of sound field available About DCS (Digital Cinema Sound) About CINEMA STUDIO EX modes To turn off the surround effect for movie/music Resetting sound fields to the initial settings Listening to FM/AM radio In case of poor FM stereo reception If you cannot tune in a station Presetting radio stations 3 Press MEMORY 4 Press the numeric buttons to select a preset number 5 Press ENTER 6 Repeat steps 1 to 5 to preset another station Tuning to preset stations To create an index name Using the Radio Data System (RDS) Audio input modes All inputs except the FM and AM band FM and AM band Using the Sleep Timer Press SLEEP repeatedly while the power is on Changing button assignments 1 Hold down the input button of which you want to change the assignment Categories and the corresponding buttons To clear all remote button assignments On safety On power sources On heat buildup On placement On operation On cleaning Page Remote control Error messages If you are unable to remedy the problem using the troubleshooting guide If the problem persist Reference sections for clearing the receiver’s memory Page Page Index Numerics