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

11/uswitch

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 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

 

 

Camcorder or video game

VIDEO 3 (STR-DE925 only)

 

 

TV or DBS tuner

TV/DBS

 

 

DVD or LD player

DVD/LD

 

 

Tape or MD deck

TAPE/MD (STR-DE825)

Tape deck

TAPE (STR-DE925)

 

 

MD or DAT deck

MD/DAT (STR-DE925 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.

When using digital inputs, there may be up to 6 seconds of silence when switching functions or inserting new discs.

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