Sony STR-DA50ES User Manual
Fm stereo fm-am receiver
Table of contents
Document Outline
- FM Stereo FM-AM Receiver
- Precautions
- Unpacking
- Antenna Hookups
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- other Hookups
- Speaker System Hookup
- Multi-Channel Surround Setup
- Specifying the speaker types
- 1 Press l/(!) to turn on the receiver.
- 2 Press SET UP to display "SPEAKER SETUP".
- 3 Press the cursor buttons (* or e) to select the parameter you want to adjust.
- 4 Press the cursor buttons (♦ or *) to select setting you desire. The setting is entered automatically.
- 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you have set all of the parameters that follow.
- ■ Front speaker size (FRONT)
- ■ Center speaker size (CENTER)
- ■ Rear speaker size (REAR)
- V *1-*3 correspond to the following Dolby Pro Logic modes
- ■ Rear speaker position (REAR PL.)*
- ■ Rear speaker height (REAR HGT.)*
- ■ Sub woofer selection (WOOFER)
- Specifying the speaker distances
- 1 Press SET UP to display “SPEAKER DISTANCE".
- 2 Press the cursor buttons (♦ or ♦) to select the parameter you want to adjust.
- 3 Press the cursor buttons (♦ or 4>) to select setting you desire. The setting is entered automatically.
- 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have set all of the parameters described below.
- 5 Press SET UP to exit the set up mode.
- ■ Front speaker distance (FRONT)
- ■ Rear speaker distance (REAR)
- ■ Center speaker distance (CENTER)
- ■ Distance unit (DIST. UNIT)
- Adjusting the speaker volume
- Note
- 1 Press l/Cl) to turn on the receiver.
- Press TEST TONE on the supplied remote.
- Adjust the volume level so that the volume of the test tone from each speaker sounds the same when you are in your main listening position.
- Notes
- C when setting the volume levels for each speaker
- 4 Press TEST TONE on the remote again to turn off the test tone.
- Q You can adjust the volume level of all speakers at the same time
- Specifying the speaker types
- Before You Use Your Receiver
- 1 Turn off the receiver.
- 2 While pressing down SOUND FIELD GENRE and
- SOUND FIELD ON/OFF, press l/(!) to turn on the
- receiver.
- 1 Press l/c!) to turn on the receiver.
- 2 Rotate FUNCTION to select a component (program source) that you connected (e.g., CD player or tape deck).
- 3 Turn on the component and start playing it.
- 4 Rotate MASTER VOLUME to turn up the volume.
- There is no sound no matter which component is selected.
- Before You Use Your Receiver
- There's no sound from a specific component.
- No sound is ^ard from one of the front speakers.
- Location of Parts and Basic Operations
- Front Panel Parts Description
- [4] MASTER VOLUME control
- [5] MUTING button
- SJ BALANCE control
- [7] SLEEP button
- PHONES jack
- DISPLAY button
- I
- Sg DIMMER button
- g]] SOUND FIELD ON/OFF button
- EQUALIZER button
- GENRE button
- MODE button
- I MULTI CHANNEL DECODING indicator
- 03 BASS BOOST button
- MEMORY button
- FM MODE button
- TUNING +/- buttons
- PRESET TUNING +/- buttons
- SHIFT button
- FM/AM button
- 07] CURSOR MODE button
- When cursor mode is You can
- CINEMA
- VIRTUAL 3D
- A.F.D.
- Selecting a Sound Field
- 1 Press SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to turn on the sound field.
- 2 Press GENRE repeatedly to select the sound field group (genre), then press MODE repeatedly to select the sound field you want.
- 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the tuner.
- 2 Press FM/AM to select the FM or AM band.
- 3 Press TUNING + or TUNING -.
- When the receiver reaches either end of the band
- 4 To continue scanning, press TUNING + or TUNING - again.
- Presetting radio stations
- 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the tuner.
- 2 Tune in the station that you want to preset using Automatic Tuning (this page).
- 3 Press MEMORY.
- 4 Press SIHIFT to select a memory page (A, B or C).
- 5 Select a preset number by pressing PRESET TUNING + or PRESET TUNING -.
- 6 Press MEMORY again to store the station.
- 7 Repeat Steps 2 to 6 to preset another station.
- To change a preset number to another station
- Playback channel display
- Customizing Sound Fields
- WALL TYPE (WALL)
- To get the most from multi channel surround sound.
- Adjusting the surround parameters
- 1 Start playing a program source encoded with muiti channei surround sound.
- 2 Press CURSOR MODE repeatedly until the SUR indicator iights up.
- 3 Press the cursor buttons (4 or 4) to select the parameter you want to adjust. .
- 4 Press the cursor buttons (♦ or ♦) to select setting you desire. The setting is entered automaticaliy.
- EFFECT LEVEL (EFFECT)
- REVERBERATION (REVERB)
- LFE (Low Fraquency Effect) MIX LEVEL (LFE MIX)
- Adjusting the equalizer
- 1 Start playing a program source encoded with multi channel surround sound.
- 2 Press CURSOR MODE repeatedly until the EQ indicator lights up.
- 3 Press the cursor buttons (4 or 4) to select the parameter you want to adjust.
- 4 Press the cursor buttons (♦ or ♦) to select setting you desire. The setting is entered automatically.
- Resetting customized sound fieids to the factory settings
- Adjustable parameters for each sound field
- Brief descriptions of buttons used to receive broadcasts
- Use the supplied remote to perform the following operations
- 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the tuner.
- 2 Press FM/AM to select the FM or AM band.
- 3 Press DIRECT (or D.TUNING).
- 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter the frequency. Example 1: FM 102.50 MHz
- Example 2; AM 1350 kHz
- If you cannot tune in a station and the entered numbers flash
- 5 If you've tuned in an AM station, adjust the direction of the AM ioop antenna for optimum reception.
- 6 Repeat Steps 2 to 5 to receive another station.
- Q If you try to enter a frequency that is too precise for the tuning scale
- 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the tuner.
- 2 Press FM/AM to select the FM or AM band.
- 3 Press TUNING + or TUNING -.
- When the receiver reaches either end of the band
- 4 To continue scanning, press TUNING + or TUNING - again.
- Presetting radio stations
- 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the tuner.
- 2 Tune in the station that you want to preset using Automatic Tuning (this page).
- 3 Press MEMORY.
- 4 Press SIHIFT to select a memory page (A, B or C).
- 5 Select a preset number by pressing PRESET TUNING + or PRESET TUNING -.
- 6 Press MEMORY again to store the station.
- 7 Repeat Steps 2 to 6 to preset another station.
- To change a preset number to another station
- Preset Tuning
- tuning to preset stations
- Front Panel Parts Description
- other
- Operations
- Brief descriptions of buttons and controls that appear in this chapter
- Indexing Preset Stations and Program Sources
- Recording
- Using the Sleep Timer
- Adjustments Using the SET UP Button
- Troubleshooting
- There'S no sound or only a very low-level sound is heard.
- The left and right sounds are unbalanced or reversed.
- Severe hum or noise is heard.
- No sound is heard from the center speaker.
- No sound or only a very low-level sound is heard from the rear speakers.
- Recording cannot be done.
- Radio stations cannot be tuned in.
- The surround effect cannot be obtained.
- No picture or an unclear picture appears on the TV screen or monitor.
- The video image on the TV screen or monitor does not correspond to the selected component.
- The remote does not function.
- Reference sections for clearing the receiver's memory
- Specifications
- Glossary
- Index
- Operations