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Sony STR-DA5500ES User Manual

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Table of Contents

Description and location of parts ..................8

Getting Started

1: Installing speakers ..................................21
2: Connecting the monitor ..........................25
3a: Connecting the audio components ........27
3b: Connecting the video components .......32
3c: Connecting the IR Blaster .....................42
4: Connecting the antennas (aerials) ...........44
5: Connecting to the network .....................45
6: Preparing the receiver and the remote ....47
7: Setting the speakers ................................48
8: Calibrating the appropriate speaker settings

automatically (Auto Calibration) ...........50

9: Configuring the network settings of the

receiver ..................................................57

10: Preparing a computer to use as a

server .....................................................58

Guide to on-screen display operation .........59

Playback

Enjoying sound/images from the component

connected to the receiver .......................62

Enjoying sound/images from the components

connected to the DIGITAL MEDIA
PORT .....................................................64

Operating the TDM-iP50 using the GUI menu

of the receiver ........................................65

Tuning

Listening to FM/AM radio .........................68
Presetting FM/AM radio stations ...............71
Listening to satellite radio

(USA/Canadian model only) .................73

Connecting a satellite radio tuner ...............74
Preparing to listen to a satellite radio .........74
Selecting a channel of the satellite radio ....75
Presetting satellite radio channels ..............77

Restricting access to specific channels

(Parental Lock) (SIRIUS only) ............. 78

Enjoying Surround Sound

Playing back with 2-channel sound ........... 82
Playing back with multi-channel

surround ................................................ 83

Enjoying a surround effect for music ......... 86
Enjoying a surround effect for movies ....... 88

Using Network Features

About the network functions of the

receiver .................................................. 92

What you can do with the home network

function ................................................. 93

Enjoying content stored on the server ........ 96
Listening to Rhapsody ............................... 98
Listening to SHOUTcast .......................... 101
Features of the ES Utility application

software ............................................... 103

Using Multi-zone Features

What you can do with the Multi-zone

function ............................................... 105

Making a multi-zone connection ............. 106
Setting the speakers in zone 2 .................. 108
Switching the zone setting of the

remote ................................................. 109

Operating the receiver from another zone

(ZONE 2/ZONE 3 operations) ............ 109

Listening to the same music in different zone

(Party Mode) ....................................... 110