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Hooking Up the Components
* Audio/video/control S connecting cord (Pull the video cord away
from the supplied audio/video/control S cable for connection A.)
** Control S connecting cord
Note
Refer to the instructions supplied with your TV for details
regarding the operations you can control from your TV.

CONTROL A1 hookup

• If you have a CONTROL A1 compatible Sony
CD player, tape deck, or MD deck
Use a CONTROL A1 cord (not supplied) to connect the
CONTROL A1 jack on the CD player, tape deck, or
MD deck to the CONTROL A1 jack on the receiver.
Refer to “CONTROL A1 Control System” on page 54
and the operating instructions supplied with your CD
player, tape deck, or MD deck for details.
Note
If you make CONTROL A1 connections from the receiver to
an MD deck that is also connected to a computer, do not
operate the receiver while using the “Sony MD Editor”
software. This may cause a malfunction.
• If you have a Sony CD changer with a
COMMAND MODE selector
If your CD changer’s COMMAND MODE selector can
be set to CD 1, CD 2, or CD 3, be sure to set the
command mode to “CD 1” and connect the changer to
the CD jacks on the receiver.
If, however, you have a Sony CD changer with VIDEO
OUT jacks, set the command mode to “CD 2” and
connect the changer to the VIDEO 2 jacks on the
receiver.

COMPONENT VIDEO hookup

(STR-V444ES only)

If you have a TV, satellite tuner, DVD player, or LD player
with COMPONENT VIDEO (Y, B-Y, R-Y) output jacks and
a monitor with COMPONENT VIDEO input jacks, use a
video cord (not supplied) to connect to the receiver.
Connect a To the
TV or satellite tuner COMPONENT VIDEO TV/SAT
IN jacks
DVD or LD player COMPONENT VIDEO DVD/LD
IN jacks
Monitor COMPONENT VIDEO
MONITOR OUT jacks
Notes
• If you make COMPONENT VIDEO connections, nothing is
displayed on the on-screen display.
• On this receiver, the component video signals are not
compatible with S-video signals nor video signals.
TV
Receiver

S-LINK CONTROL S hookup

If you have a S-LINK CONTROL S-compatible Sony TV,
satellite tuner, monitor, DVD player or VCR, use an
audio/video/control S connecting cord (supplied) or a
control S connecting cord (supplied) to connect the CTRL
S (STATUS) IN (for TV, satellite tuner, or monitor) or OUT
(for VCR, etc.) jack on the receiver to the appropriate S-
LINK jack on the respective component. Refer to the
operating instructions supplied with your TV, satellite
tuner, monitor, VCR, etc., for details.
The following illustration is an example of S-LINK
CONTROL S hookups between the receiver, a TV, a VCR,
and a DVD player. When your TV is connected to the
receiver as shown below, the TV input mode will change
to video input whenever you turn on the receiver. When
you connect the receiver as shown below, input mode of
the receiver changes to VIDEO 1 or DVD/LD whenever
you play your VCR or DVD.
The following connections also change the input mode of
the receiver to TV whenever you operate your TV.
VCR 1
DVD
player

Other Hookups

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A
DE
B
C
AUDIO
OUT
OUTIN
S-LINK
VIDEO
IN
IN
S-LINK
VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
OUTPUT
IN
S-LINK
VIDEO
OUT
AUDIO
OUT
OUTPUT
MONITOR
S VIDEO
IN
F
VIDEO
IN
CTRL S
STATUS IN
AUDIO
IN
TV/SAT
S VIDEO
IN
F
VIDEO
IN
CTRL S
OUT CTRL S
OUT CTRL S
IN
AUDIO
IN
DVD/LD
S VIDEO
OUT
F
OUT
F
OUT
VIDEO 1
IN
F
IN
AUDIO
VIDEO
S VIDEO
VIDEO
OUT