Sony STR-DE895, STR-DE995 26GB, MUTING, PHONES, MULTI CH IN/DIRECT, SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B), MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator

Selecting the component (continued)

MULTI CH IN/DIRECT

Press MULTI CH IN/DIRECT to enjoy the audio source connected to the MULTI CH IN 1 or 2 jacks or analog 2 channel input jacks. Only volume control and the front speaker balance can be adjusted when set to ANALOG DIRECT. When set to MULTI 1 or 2 DIRECT, you can adjust balance and level of all the speakers. When this function is on, the surround effects are turned off.

Select	To
MULTI 1 or 2	Enjoy the audio source
DIRECT	connected to the MULTI CH
	IN 1 or 2 jacks. MULTI CH
	IN 1 or 2 indicator lights
	up in the display. This mode
	is suitable for enjoying high
	quality analog source.
ANALOG DIRECT	Enjoy the audio source
	connected to analog 2
	channel jacks. This mode is
	suitable for enjoying high
	quality analog source.

MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator

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.

PHONES

Use to connect headphones.

•When the headphones are connected, speaker output is automatically canceled and “SP.A” and “SP.B” do not light up in the display.

•When the headphones are connected, selectable sound fields are HP (2CH), HP (DIRECT), HP (MULTI 1 or 2) and HP (THEATER) (page 31).

Note

When “HP (MULTI 1 or 2)” appears in the display while the headphones are connected, only the L/R signals of the multi channels are output from the headphones.

SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B)

Press SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) to output the sound from the speakers connected to the SPEAKERS FRONT terminals.

Each time you press the button, the display will light up cyclically as follows:

SP.A tSP.B tSP.A and SP.B t No display*

To drive	Select
Speaker System A	SP.A (default setting)
(Connected to the
SPEAKERS FRONT A
terminals)
Speaker System B	SP.B
(Connected to the
SPEAKERS FRONT B
terminals)
Both Speaker System A	SP.A and SP.B
and B (Connected to the
SPEAKERS FRONT A
and B terminals)

*If you do not want to drive Speaker System A and B, press SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) until “SP.A” and “SP.B” do not light up in the display (no display).

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