Sony STR-DG500 Service Manual - Page 7

STR-DG600: US, CND MODEL Getting Started Description and location of parts Front panel 12 3 4 5 67 89 q; ?/1 SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) AUTO CAL MIC PHONES TUNING MODE - TUNING + VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN VIDEO L AUDIO R DIGITAL(OPT) MULTI CHANNEL DECODING DISPLAY INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR MASTER VOLUME MEMORY/ CATEGORY ENTER MODE CATEGORY 2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC MULTI CH IN DIRECT ws wa w; ql qk qj qh qg qf qd qs qa PUSH To remove the cover Press PUSH. When you remove the cover, keep it out of reach from children. Name Function A ?/1 Press to turn the receiver on or off (page 30, 38, 39, 60, 85). B SPEAKERS Press to select OFF, A, B, (OFF/A/B/A+B) A+B of the front speakers (page 32). C TUNING MODE Press to select the tuning mode (page 61, 63, 85). D TUNING +/- Turn to scan a station (page 61, 62). continued 5US About the indicators on the display 123 4 5 67 89 SW LFE SP A ;DIGITAL EX ;PRO LOGIC IIx DTS-ES NEO:6 CAT MEMORY SP B SLEEP OPT COAX 96/24 D.RANGE EQ STEREO MONO A.DIRECT LCR SL S SR SBL SB SBR qh qg qf qd qs qa qj q; Name A SW B LFE C SP A/SP B D ;DIGITAL (EX) Function Lights up when sub woofer selection is set to "YES" (page 43) and the audio signal is output from the SUB WOOFER jack. Lights up when the disc being played back contains an LFE (Low Frequency Effect) channel and the LFE channel signal is actually being reproduced. Lights up according to the speaker system used. However, these indicators do not light up if the speaker output is turned off or if a headphone is connected. Lights up when Dolby Digital signals are input. "; DIGITAL EX" lights up when Dolby Digital Surround EX signals are decoded. Note When playing a Dolby Digital format disc, be sure that you have made digital connections and that INPUT MODE is not set to "ANALOG" (page 71). Name E ;PRO LOGIC (II)/ (IIx) F DTS (-ES)/ (96/24) G NEO:6 Function Lights up when the receiver applies Pro Logic processing to 2 channel signals in order to output the center and surround channel signals. "; PRO LOGIC II" lights up when the Pro Logic II Movie/Music/ Game decoder is activated. "; PRO LOGIC IIx" lights up when the Pro Logic IIx Movie/ Music/Game decoder is activated. However, these indicators do not light up if both the center and surround speakers are set to "NO" (page 43) and you select a sound field using the A.F.D. button. Note Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding does not function for DTS format signals or for signals with a sampling frequency of more than 48 kHz. Lights up when DTS signals are input. "DTS-ES" lights up when DTS-ES signals are input. "DTS 96/24" lights up when the receiver is decoding DTS 96 kHz/24 bit signals. Note When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you have made digital connections and that INPUT MODE is not set to "ANALOG" (page 71). Lights up when DTS Neo:6 Cinema/Music decoder is activated (page 55). continued 7US Getting Started Getting Started STR-DG500/DG600 Ver. 1.1 Name Function E Display The current status of the selected component or a list of selectable items appears here (page 7). F MULTI CHANNEL DECODING lamp Lights up when multi channel audio is decoded (page 39). G Remote sensor Receives signals from remote commander. H DISPLAY Press to select information displayed on the display (page 73). I INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode when the same components are connected to both digital and analog jacks (page 71). J MASTER VOLUME Turn to adjust the volume level of all speakers at the same time (page 36, 37, 38, 39). K DIRECT Press to listen to high quality analog sound (page 59). L MULTI CH IN Press to select the audio directly from the components connected to the MULTI CH IN jacks (page 37). M INPUT SELECTOR Turn to select the input source to playback (page 37, 38, 39, 59, 61, 63, 71, 72, 74). N MOVIE, MUSIC Press to select sound fields (MOVIE, MUSIC) (page 56). O A.F.D. Press to select A.F.D. mode (page 54). P 2CH Press to select 2CH STEREO mode (page 59, 60). Name Function Q CATEGORY +/- Press to select a category (page 67). R CATEGORY MODE Press to select the category mode (page 67). S MEMORY/ ENTER Press to store a station or enter the selection when selecting the settings (page 31). T VIDEO 3 IN/ To connect a camcorder or PORTABLE AV video game (page 28, 37). IN jacks U AUTO CAL MIC jack Connects to the supplied ECM-AC2 optimizer microphone for the Auto Calibration function (page 32). V PHONES jack Connects to a headphone (page 81). 6US Name H MEMORY I A.DIRECT J Preset station indicators K Tuner indicators L EQ M D.RANGE N COAX O OPT P SLEEP Function Lights up when a memory function, such as Preset Memory (page 62), etc., is activated. Lights up when ANALOG DIRECT is selected (page 59). Lights up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations you have preset. For details on presetting radio stations, see page 62. Lights up when using the receiver to tune in radio stations (page 60), etc. Lights up when the equalizer is activated (page 41). Lights up when dynamic range compression is activated (page 41). Lights up when INPUT MODE is set to "AUTO" and the source signal is a digital signal being input through the COAXIAL jack, or when INPUT MODE is set to "COAX IN" (page 71). Lights up when INPUT MODE is set to "AUTO" and the source signal is a digital signal being input through the OPTICAL jack, or when INPUT MODE is set to "OPT IN" (page 71). Lights up when the sleep timer is activated (page 73). Name Q Playback channel indicators L R C SL SR S SBL SBR SB Function The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound (based on the speaker settings). Front Left Front Right Center (monaural) Surround Left Surround Right Surround (monaural or the surround components obtained by Pro Logic processing) Surround back left Surround back right Surround back (the surround back components obtained by 6.1 channel decoding) Example: Recording format (Front/ Surround): 3/2.1 Output channel: When surround speaker is set to "NO" (page 43) Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO SW LCR SL SR 8US 7