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 4 to 11.

Turned MASTER VOLUME to the leftmost position

(0) to avoid damaging your speakers.

Digital processing control buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

DIRECT PASS

SET UP MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTER VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• •

5

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

TONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUR

INDEX

VIDEO 1

 

VIDEO 2

 

VIDEO 3 LD / DVD TV/DBS

TAPE

DAT / MD

CD

TUNER PHONO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECT PASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

SPEAKERS

 

g

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISCRETE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF A B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

BALANCE

A+B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECT

SOUND FIELD

BOOST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

PRESET

1

2

3

4

5

DIRECT

 

 

PASS SET UP

ON / OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

+

 

 

 

 

VIDEO FUNCTION

AUDIO FUNCTION

INPUT

GENRE MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

R

PHONES

 

6

7

8

9

SHIFT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM MODE FM / AM DISPLAY MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO 3 INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

 

 

 

L AUDIO

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO/AUDIO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES

 

 

 

 

FUNCTION

 

INPUT

BASS

 

 

 

 

BALANCE

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

MODE

BOOST

 

 

 

 

 

 

1Press POWER to turn on the receiver.

2Select the component you want to use:

To watch or

Press

To light up

listen to

(repeatedly)

 

 

 

 

Video tapes

VIDEO

VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2

 

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

Video camera

VIDEO

VIDEO 3

recorder or video

FUNCTION

 

game (STR-DE915

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

 

Laser discs

VIDEO

LD/DVD (STR-

 

FUNCTION

DE915 only) or

 

 

VIDEO 2 (STR-

 

 

DE715/DE615/

 

 

D660Z/D560Z only)

 

 

 

DVD (STR-DE915

VIDEO

LD/DVD

only)

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

TV programs

VIDEO

TV/DBS* (STR-

 

FUNCTION

DE915 (USA, Canada,

 

 

and Australia)/

 

 

DE715/DE615/

 

 

D660Z/D560Z only)

 

 

or TV (STR-DE915

 

 

(for all other

 

 

countries) only)

 

 

 

Audio tapes

AUDIO

TAPE

 

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

Digital Audio Tapes

AUDIO

DAT/MD

(DAT) or MiniDiscs

FUNCTION

 

(MD)

 

 

To watch or

Press

To light up

listen to

(repeatedly)

 

 

 

Compact Discs (CD) AUDIO

CD

 

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

Radio programs

AUDIO

TUNER

 

FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

Records

AUDIO

PHONO

 

FUNCTION

 

*DBS tuners can be used with the USA, Canadian, and Australian models.

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 15.

4Turn MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume. To adjust the volume of the TV’s speakers, use the volume control on the TV.

zTo listen to digital program sources (STR-DE915 only)

Do the procedure below.

1 Do Steps 1 and 2 above to select the component.

2 Press INPUT MODE repeatedly to select input mode for the component.

When you select

The receiver selects

 

 

AUTO INPUT

the component connected to the

 

following jack(s) (listed in order

 

of priority):

 

1

the LD/DVD IN AC-3 RF jack*

 

2

the OPTICAL jack

 

3

the analog jacks

 

 

 

DIGITAL (AC-3 RF) the component connected to the (appears only when LD/DVD IN AC-3 RF jack you selected LD/

DVD in Step 1)

DIGITAL(OPTICAL)

the component connected to the

 

OPTICAL jack

 

 

ANALOG INPUT

the component connected to the

 

analog jacks

*Only when you selected LD/DVD in Step 1

To play the decoded Dolby Digital AC-3 program source connected to the 5.1 INPUT jacks (STR- DE715/DE615/D660Z/D560Z only)

Press 5.1/DVD INPUT so that the 5.1 INPUT indicator lights up.

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