Sony STR-VA555ES Selecting the component

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
MD or DAT deck	MD/DAT
CD/SACD player	CD/SACD
Built in tuner	TUNER
Turntable	PHONO

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.

AUDIO SPLIT

Press AUDIO SPLIT to assign the audio input for each function. This function is convenient when you are using a number of digital components. You can select the audio input assigned by this function using INPUT MODE (page 27).

You cannot assign the audio input for TUNER.

1Turn FUNCTION to select the source for audio input assignment.

2Press AUDIO SPLIT.

3Turn FUNCTION to select the audio input.

The audio input you can assign differs depending on the function.

DVD/LD, CD/SACD

NO ASSIGN tDIGITAL: ONLY COAX t

DIGITAL: ONLY OPT tONLY ANALOG INPUT

TV/SAT, MD/DAT

NO ASSIGN tDVD/LD (COAXIAL) t CD/SACD (COAXIAL) tONLY ANALOG INPUT

Analog functions except for PHONO

NO ASSIGN tDVD/LD (COAXIAL) t DVD/LD (OPTICAL) tTV/SAT (OPTICAL) tMD/DAT (OPTICAL) tCD/SACD (COAXIAL) tCD/SACD (OPTICAL)

PHONO

NO ASSIGN tVIDEO 1 tVIDEO 2 t VIDEO 3 tDVD/LD (ANALOG) t TV/SAT (ANALOG) tTAPE tMD/DAT (ANALOG) tCD/SACD (ANALOG)

4Press AUDIO SPLIT.

If you do not press AUDIO SPLIT within

8 seconds, the receiver automatically assigns the selected audio input.

Tips

•If you do not assign, select “NO ASSIGN”.

•If you select “DIGITAL: ONLY COAX” or

“DIGITAL: ONLY OPT” for DVD/LD, only coaxial or optical digital input is automatically selected for DVD/LD.

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