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Sony STR-DE985 User Manual

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US

STR-DE985/DE885 4-238-488-12(1) US

Table of Contents

List of Button Locations and
Reference Pages

Main unit ............................................... 5

Hooking Up the Components

Required cords ....................................... 6
Antenna hookups ................................... 7
Audio component hookups .................... 8
Video component hookups .................. 10
Digital component hookups ................. 11
Multi channel input hookups ............... 13
Other hookups ..................................... 14

Hooking Up and Setting Up
the Speaker System

Speaker system hookups ..................... 17
Performing initial setup operations ..... 19
Multi channel surround setup .............. 19
Checking the connections .................... 25

Basic Operations

Selecting the component ..................... 26
Listening to the sound in

another room

1)

............................... 28

Changing the display ........................... 28

Enjoying Surround Sound

Automatically decoding the input

audio signal ................................... 29

Selecting a sound field ........................ 29
Using only the front speakers

(2 Channel Stereo) ......................... 32

Enjoying stereo sound in multi channel

(Dolby Pro Logic ) ..................... 32

Selecting the surround back decoding

mode (SURR BACK
DECODING) ................................ 33

Understanding the multi channel

surround displays .......................... 34

Customizing sound fields .................... 35

Receiving Broadcasts

Direct tuning ........................................ 40
Automatic tuning ................................. 40

Preset tuning ........................................ 41

Other Operations

Naming preset stations and program

sources ........................................... 42

Recording ............................................ 42
Using the Sleep Timer ......................... 43
Adjustments using the CUSTOMIZE

button ............................................ 44

CONTROL A1 control system ......... 46

Operations Using the Remote
RM-PG411

1)

and RM-PP411

2)

Before you use your remote ................ 48
Remote button description ................... 48

Selecting the mode of the remote ........ 52
Programming the remote ..................... 52
Learning the commands of your

components

3)

................................. 55

Performing several commands in

sequence automatically
(Macro Play)

3)

................................ 57

Additional Information

Precautions .......................................... 58

Troubleshooting ................................... 58
Specifications ...................................... 61
Tables of settings using SURR,

LEVEL, EQ, SET UP and
CUSTOMIZE buttons ................... 63

Adjustable parameters for each

sound field ..................................... 66

1) STR-DE985 only
2) STR-DE885 only
3) RM-PG411 only

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