Location of

Parts and Basic

Amplifier

Operations

This chapter gives you the information on the location and function of the buttons and controls on the front panel and explains basic amplifier operations.

Front Panel Parts

Description

11/uswitch

Press to turn the receiver on and off.

Note

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

2FUNCTION buttons

Press one of the buttons to select the component you want to use.

To select

Press

 

 

VCR

VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 (STR-

 

DE625)

 

VIDEO (STR-DE525)

 

 

Camcorder or video game

VIDEO 3 (STR-DE625 only)

 

 

TV, DBS tuner*, or LD

TV/DBS (USA, Canada, and

player

Australia)

 

TV/LD (all countries except

 

USA, Canada, and Australia)

 

 

Tape deck or MD deck

TAPE/MD

 

 

CD player

CD

 

 

Built-in tuner

TUNER

 

 

Turntable

PHONO

 

 

*DBS tuners can be used in the USA, Canada, and Australia only.

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

Notes

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

Press the 5.1/DVD INPUT button to select the component connected to the 5.1/DVD INPUT jacks (see “3 5.1/DVD INPUT button” on page 21).

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