Basic Operations

Selecting the component

FUNCTION control

Turn FUNCTION control to select the component you want to use.

To select

Rotate to light

VCR

VIDEO 1* or VIDEO 2*

 

 

Camcorder or

VIDEO 3*

video game

 

 

 

DVD or LD player

DVD/LD*

 

 

TV or satellite tuner

TV/SAT*

 

 

Tape deck

TAPE (STR-DE985)

MD or Tape deck

MD/TAPE (STR-DE885)

 

 

MD or DAT deck

MD/DAT (STR-DE985)

 

 

CD or SACD player

CD/SACD

 

 

Built in tuner

TUNER

 

 

Turntable

PHONO

*VIDEO SELECT INDICATOR lights up when selected.

After turning on the component you selected, select the component 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.

MODE (FUNCTION)

Press to select and play another video/audio source in combination with the selected component.

Each time you press the button, the display changes cyclically as follows:

VISUAL: XXXXXX t AUDIO: XXXXXX

tSelected component

Press MODE

And rotate FUNCTION to

(FUNCTION) to

select

display

 

 

 

VISUAL: XXXXXX

Any video source to enjoy

 

with the audio from the

 

selected component

 

 

AUDIO: XXXXXX

Any audio source to enjoy

 

with the video from the

 

selected component

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 2CH

Give priority to digital

 

signals when there are both

 

digital and analog

 

connections. If there are no

 

digital signals, analog is

 

selected.

 

 

COAXIAL FIXED

Specify the digital audio

 

signals input to the

 

DIGITAL COAXIAL input

 

jacks.

 

 

OPTICAL FIXED

Specify the digital audio

 

signals input to the

 

DIGITAL OPTICAL input

 

jacks.

 

 

ANALOG 2CH FIXED

Specify the analog audio

 

signals input to the AUDIO

 

IN (L/R) jacks.

When the MULTI CH1) is assigned to a specific function using CUSTOMIZE menu (page 44), the followings are displayed instead of “AUTO 2CH” and “ANALOG 2CH FIXED”.

Select

To

AUTO MULTI CH3)

Give priority to digital

 

signals when there are both

 

digital and MULTI CH IN2)

 

connections. If there are no

 

digital signals, MULTI CH

 

IN2) is selected.

MULTI CH FIXED4)

Specify the analog audio

 

signals input to the MULTI

 

CH IN2) jacks.

1)For STR-DE985, MULTI CH 1 or 2.

2)For STR-DE985, MULTI CH IN 1 or 2.

3)For STR-DE985, AUTO MULTI CH 1 or 2.

4)For STR-DE985, MULTI CH 1 (or 2) FIXED.

Note

When INPUT MODE is set to “AUTO 2CH” or “AUTO MULTI CH”, the receiver may not operate correctly. In this case, set the INPUT MODE manually.

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