Basic Operations

Selecting the component

Input Selector buttons

Press the input selector button to select the component you want to use.

To select

Press

VCR

VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2

 

 

Satellite tuner

VIDEO 2

 

 

DVD player

DVD

 

 

MD or Tape deck

MD/TAPE

 

 

CD player

CD (STR-DE495 only)

 

 

CD or Super Audio

CD/SACD

CD player

(STR-DE595 only)

 

 

Built in tuner

TUNER FM/AM

 

 

After turning on the component you selected, select the component and play the program source.

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

INPUT MODE

Press INPUT MODE to select the input mode for your digital components.

Each time you press the button, the input mode of the currently selected component switches.

Select

To

AUTO IN

Give priority to digital

 

signals when there are both

 

digital and analog

 

connections. If there are no

 

digital signals, analog is

 

selected.

 

 

COAX IN

Specify the digital audio

 

signals input to the

 

DIGITAL COAXIAL input

 

jacks.

 

 

Select

To

OPT IN

Specify the digital audio

 

signals input to the

 

DIGITAL OPTICAL input

 

jacks.

 

 

ANALOG

Specify the analog audio

 

signals input to the AUDIO

 

IN (L/R) jacks.

Note

When the 96 kHz digital signal is input, the tone, sound field and surround effects do not function.

MULTI CH IN

(STR-DE595 only)

Press MULTI CH IN to enjoy the audio source connected to the MULTI CH IN jacks. You can adjust balance and level of all the speakers. When this function is on, the tone and surround effects are turned off.

MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator

(STR-DE595 only)

This indicator lights up when the unit is decoding signals recorded in a multi channel format.

MUTING

Press MUTING on the remote to mute the sound. Press again to cancel the muting function. The muting function is also canceled when you turn the power on or turn the MASTER VOLUME to turn the volume up.

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Operations Basic

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