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3-097-352-11(1)
Home Theatre
System
Operating Instructions
Owner’s Record
The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit. Record the
serial number in the space provided below. Refer to them whenever you call
upon your Sony dealer regarding this product.
Model No. Serial No.
HT-DDW990
©2007 Sony Corporation
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WARNING WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant To reduce the risk of fire or electric to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are shock, do not expose this apparatus to designed to provide reasonable protection against rain or moisture. harmful interference in a residential installation. To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation of the This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate apparatus with newspaper
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About This Manual Note for the supplied remote The instructions in this manual are for model (RM-AAP017) HT-DDW990. In this manual, models of area code The AUX button on the remote is not available U is used for illustration purposes unless stated for receiver operation. otherwise. Any difference in operation is clearly indicated in the text, for example, “Models of area code CA only”. The HT-DDW990 consists of: Receiver STR-K990 Speaker system – Front speakers SS-MSP900 – Center spe
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Table of Contents Getting Started Enjoying Surround Sound Description and location of parts...................5 Enjoying Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound (AUTO FORMAT DIRECT)....... 49 1: Installing speakers ...................................15 Selecting a pre-programmed sound field .... 51 2: Connecting speakers................................17 Using only the front speakers and sub 3a: Connecting the audio components.........19 woofer (2CH STEREO)......................... 54 3b: Connect
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Getting Started Getting Started Description and location of parts Receiver Front panel 12 3 4 5 6 7 ?/1 MASTER VOLUME DISPLAY INPUT MODE INPUT SELECTOR SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B/A+B) AUTO CAL MIC MEMORY/ TUNING ENTER MODE TUNING 2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL MUTING VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN PHONES VIDEO L AUDIO R qj qh qg qf qd qs qa q; 9 8 . Name Function Name Function A ?/1 Press to turn the receiver on F INPUT MODE Press to select the input or off (page 29, 38, 39, 54). mode when the same (on
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Name Function K 2CH Press to select a sound field (page 49, 51, 54). A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC L TUNING +/– Press to scan a station (page 55, 58). M TUNING MODE Press to select the tuning mode (page 55, 58). N MEMORY/ Press to store a station or enter the selection when ENTER selecting the settings (page 29, 57). O VIDEO 3 IN/ Connects to a camcorder or video game (page 27, 36). PORTABLE AV IN jacks P AUTO CAL MIC Connects to the supplied optimizer microphone for jack the Auto Calibration fu
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Getting Started About the indicators on the display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 q; SP A ; D ; PL II ; PL OPT DTS MEMORY ST SW LFE SP B COAX D.RANGE MONO LC R SL S SR qf qd qs qa Name Function Name Function A SW Lights up when the audio signal G OPT Lights up when VIDEO 2 input is output from the SUB is selected. However, WOOFER jack. “UNLOCK” appears on the display if no digital signal is B LFE Lights up when the disc being input through the OPTICAL played back contains an LFE jack. (Low Frequency
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Name Function L D.RANGE Lights up when dynamic range compression is activated (page 41). M COAX Lights up when INPUT MODE is set to “AUTO IN” and the source signal is a digital signal being input through the COAXIAL jack, or when INPUT MODE is set to “COAX IN” (page 59). N Playback The letters (L, C, R, etc.) channel indicate the channels being indicators played back. The boxes around the letters vary to show how the receiver downmixes the source sound. L Front Left R Front Righ
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Getting Started Rear panel 12 DIGITAL OPTICAL ANTENNA DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT SAT HDMI IN Y AM VIDEO 2/ BD IN PB/CB COAXIAL DVD PR/CR IN VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT SAT IN DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN MONITOR OUT LL MONITOR COMPONENT VIDEO DMPORT R L L L L L AUDIO OUT R R R R R R OUT IN IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN FRONT B FRONT A SURROUND CENTER SUB SA-CD/CD/CD-R TV SAT DVD VIDEO 1 WOOFER SPEAKERS 6 5 4 3 A DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT section C SPEAKERS section OPTICAL IN Connects
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F ANTENNA section Remote commander FM Connects to the You can use the supplied remote to operate the ANTENNA FM wire antenna receiver and to control the Sony audio/video jack supplied with this receiver (page 28). components that the remote is assigned to operate. AM Connects to the You can also program the remote to control ANTENNA AM loop antenna terminals supplied with this non-Sony audio/video components. For receiver (page 28). details, see “Programming the remote” (page 65). *
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Getting Started Name Function Name Function A AV ?/1 Press to turn on or off the D RECEIVER Press to activate the receiver (on/standby) audio/video components that operation (page 40). the remote is programmed to E D.TUNING Press to enter direct tuning operate. mode. To turn the TV on or off, press F AUTO CAL Press to activate the Auto TV (wj) and then press AV Calibration function. ?/1. If you press ?/1 (B) at the G Numeric Press to same time, it will turn off the buttons – preset/tu
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Name Function Name Function b) J OPTIONS Press to display and select X Press to pause playback or TOOLS items from the option menus recording of the VCR, CD for DVD player or player, VCD player, LD DVD/VHS COMBO. player, DVD player, MD To display the options of Sony deck, DAT deck, tape deck, TV, press TV (wj) and then Blu-ray disc recorder, PSX, press OPTIONS TOOLS. DVD/VHS COMBO, or DVD/HDD COMBO. (Also K MENU Press to display the menus of starts recording with the receiver, VCR, DV
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Getting Started Name Function Name Function O DVD TOP Press to display the menu or U After pressing RECEIVER , MENU on-screen guide of the DVD (D), press MENU (K) for V/v/B/b player on the TV screen. receiver operation, then press Then, use V/v/B/b and to V/v/B /b to select the perform menu operations. settings. After pressing DVD TOP DVD MENU Press to display the menu of MENU (O) or DVD MENU the DVD player on the TV (O), press V/v/B/b to select screen. Then, use V/v/B/b the settin
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Name Function wj TV Press to light up the button. It changes the remote key function to activate the buttons with orange printing. It also activate the DISPLAY (I), OPTIONS TOOLS (J), MENU (K), RETURN/EXIT O (T), (U), and V/v/B/b (U) buttons to perform menu operations for Sony TVs only. wk RM SET UP Press to set up the remote. a) The number 5, TV CH +, PRESET + and H buttons have tactile dots. Use the tactile dots as references when operating the receiver. b) This button is also av
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Getting Started 1: Installing speakers This receiver allows you to use a 5.1 channel Installing the speakers on a flat system (5 speakers and one sub woofer). surface To fully enjoy theater-like multi channel surround sound requires five speakers (two Before you install the speakers and sub front speakers, a center speaker, and two woofer, be sure to attach the supplied foot pads surround speakers) and a sub woofer (5.1 to prevent vibration or movement as shown in channel). the illustr
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3 Hang the speakers on the Installing the speakers on the screws. wall Hook on the back of the speaker You can install your speakers on the wall. 3/16 inch (4.6 mm) 1 Prepare screws (not supplied) 13/32 inch that are suitable for the hook on (10 mm) the back of each speaker as shown in the illustrations below. more than 5/32 inch (4 mm) more than 1 inch (25 mm) 3/16 inch (4.6 mm) Notes 13/32 inch Use screws that are suitable for the wall material (10 mm) and strength. As a plaste
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Getting Started 2: Connecting speakers FA D AB DVD IN DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT OUT HDMI HDMI Y Y P PB B/C /CB B P PR R/C /CR R VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT SAT IN SAT IN DVD IN DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN VIDEO 1 IN MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO IN LL MONIT MONITO OR R COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO R R L L L L L L L L AUDIO OUT R R R R R R R R IN IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO IN FRONT B FRON
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To connect the speakers correctly Check the speaker type by referring to the speaker label* on the rear panel of the speakers. Character on Speaker type speaker label L Front left R Front right SL Surround left SR Surround right * The center speaker and sub woofer do not have any character on the speaker label. For details on the speaker type, see page 3. Tip Use the supplied speakers to optimize the system’s performance. US 18
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Getting Started 3a: Connecting the audio components Connecting a Super Audio CD/CD player or CD recorder The following illustration shows how to connect a Super Audio CD player, CD player or CD recorder. After connecting your audio component, proceed to “3b: Connecting the video components” (page 20) or “4: Connecting the antennas” (page 28). Super Audio CD player/ CD player/ CD recorder A DIGITAL OPTICAL ANTENNA DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT SAT HDMI IN Y AM VIDEO 2/ BD IN PB/CB COAXIAL DVD
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3b: Connecting the video components How to connect your Video input/output jack to be components connected This section describes how to connect your The image quality depends on the connecting video components to this receiver. Before you jack. Refer to the illustration that follows. begin, refer to “Component to be connected” Select the connection according to the jacks on below for the pages which describe how to your components. connect each component. TV, etc. INPUT After connecting al
