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Getting Started WARNING Precautions On safety To prevent fire or shock • Should any solid object or liquid fall hazard, do not expose into the cabinet, unplug the receiver and have it checked by qualified the unit to rain or personnel before operating it any moisture. further. On power sources To avoid electrical shock, do not open • Before operating the receiver, check the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified that the operating voltage is identical personnel only. with your local power supply.
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Getting Started TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Manual The instructions in this manual are for models STR-DE335. Check your model Getting Started number by looking at the upper right Unpacking 4 corner of the front panel. Hookup Overview 4 Antenna Hookups 5 Audio Component Hookups 5 Conventions Video Component Hookups 6 The instructions in this manual describe Speaker System Hookups 7 the controls on the receiver. You can AC Hookups 9 also use the controls on the remote if Before You Use Your Recei
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Getting Started Unpacking Hookup Overview Check that you received the following items with the The receiver allows you to connect and control the receiver: following audio/video components. Follow the • FM wire antenna (1) hookup procedures for the components that you want • AM loop antenna (1) to connect to the receiver on the pages specified. To • Remote commander (remote) (1) learn the locations and names of each jack, see “Rear • Size AA (R6) batteries (2) Panel Descriptions” on page 23.
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Getting Started If you have poor AM reception Connect a 20 to 50 ft. (6 to 15-meter) insulated wire (not Antenna Hookups supplied) to the AM antenna terminal in addition to the AM loop antenna. Try to extend the wire outdoors and Overview keep it horizontal. This section describes how to connect AM and FM Connecting a ground wire antennas to the receiver. If you want to receive radio broadcasts with the receiver, complete these If you connect the receiver to an outdoor antenna, connections first
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Getting Started Hookups Hookups The arrow indicates signal flow. The arrow indicates signal flow. CD player TV/SAT (TV/LD) Receiver CD player CD OUTPUT TV tuner or Satellite receiver or IN LINE Receiver LD player L TV/SAT OUTPUT L VIDEO IN VIDEO R R MD recorder or Tape deck AUDIO IN AUDIO L Receiver MD recorder or Tape deck L MD/TAPE OUTPUT INPUT REC OUT IN LINE LINE R R L L R R MONITOR Receiver TV monitor MONITOR INPUT VIDEO VIDEO OUT Where do I go next? Go on to the next section to connect
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Getting Started DVD player/AC-3 decoder Speaker System Hookups What cables will I need? • Audio cable (not supplied) (1 for each 5.1 CH/DVD Overview FRONT and REAR jacks) This section describes how to connect your speakers to White (L) White (L) the receiver. Although front (left and right) speakers Red (R) Red (R) are required, center and rear speakers are optional. Adding center and rear speakers will enhance the • Monaural audio cable (not supplied) (1 for each 5.1 surround effects. Connectin
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SPEAKERS FRONT SPEAKERS FRONT + – R A B + R – A B Getting Started After connecting all the components, speakers and AC Hookups power cord, output a test tone to check that all the Front Speakers speakers are connected correctly. For details on Front speaker Front speaker outputting a test tone, refer to ”Adjusting the speaker Receiver (R) (L) SPEAKERS volume”, on page 17. FRONT R L A A If you have connected rear speakers, be sure to press the 5.1 CH/DVD button and turn off sound field on B B th
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Getting Started AC Hookups Before You Use Your Receiver Before turning on the receiver, make sure that you Setting the voltage selector (except for have: • Turned MASTER VOLUME to the leftmost Singapore, Malaysia, Canada and Australia position (0). models) • Selected the appropriate speaker system. (See Check that the voltage selector on the rear panel of the “Selecting the speaker system” on page 8.) player is set to the local power line voltage. If not, set • Set BALANCE to the center position
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Receiver Operations To Do this Selecting a Component Mute the sound Press MUTING or MUTING on the remote. Press again to To listen to or watch a connected component, first restore the sound. select the function on the receiver or with the remote. Reinforce the bass Press BASS BOOST or BASS Before you begin, make sure you have: BOOST on the remote to turn • Connected all components securely and correctly as on the BASS BOOST indicator. indicated on pages 5 to 9. Adjust the balance Turn the BALANC
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Receiver Operations 1 Press one of the Function buttons to select the Changing the factory setting of a component you want to use. function button The Function buttons on the remote are factory- If the factory settings of the FUNCTION buttons don’t set as follows: match your system components, you can change them. To listen to Press For example, if you have two CD players and you don’t have a tape deck or an MD deck, you can assign Radio programs TUNER the MD/TAPE button to your second CD player
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Receiver Operations If the STEREO indicator remains off Press FM MODE when an FM stereo broadcast is Receiving Broadcasts received. This receiver lets you enter a station’s frequency directly by using the numeric buttons (direct tuning). If If an FM stereo program is distorted The STEREO indicator flashes. Press FM MODE to you don’t know the frequency of the station you want, change to monaural (MONO). You will not have the see “Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations stereo effect but the dis
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Receiver Operations Tuning preset stations (preset tuning) Presetting Radio Stations You can tune directly to a preset station by entering its preset number. If you don’t know which stations are You’ll most likely want to preset the receiver with the preset on which numbers, you can tune by scanning radio stations you listen to often so that you don’t have the preset stations. to tune in the station every time. The receiver can store a total of 30 FM or AM stations. You can store the 1 Press TUN
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Receiver Operations 1 Press TV/SAT (TV/LD) to select the program source. Recording This receiver makes it easy to record to and from the 2 Set the component to be ready for playing. components connected to the receiver. You don’t have For example, turn on the TV and TV tuner. to connect playback and recording components directly: once you select a program source on the 3 Insert a blank video tape into the VCR for receiver, you can record and edit as you normally recording. would using the contr
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Using Surround Sound Using Surround Sound When you use the remote Each time you press SOUND FIELD MODE +/–, sound Choosing a Sound Field field changes as follows: When selecting program source You can take advantage of surround sound simply by selecting one of the pre-programed sound field n PRO LOGIC*÷ C. STUDIO N according to the type of music you wish to play. n HALL ÷ V DOLBYN SOUND FIELD SOUND FIELD Sound field When using 5.1 CH/DVD MODE +/– ON/OFF indicators C. STUDIO ÷ V SURR *
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Using Surround Sound Adjusting the Effect Level (except PRO Getting the Most Out of Dolby LOGIC) Pro Logic Surround Sound You can make the surround sound more prominent by increasing the EFFECT level. This control lets you To obtain the best possible Dolby Pro Logic Surround adjust the “presence” of the surround effect in six steps sound, first select the center mode according to the (1-6). speaker system you have. Then, adjust each speaker volume and delay time. 1 Start playing a program source
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Using Surround Sound You can adjust all speakers at one time 4 Press +/– repeatedly until the center mode you Adjust MASTER VOL on the remote or MASTER want appears on the display. Select the center VOLUME on the receiver. mode as follows: If you have Select So that You can also adjust the volume level with the controls on the receiver Front and rear PHANTOM The sound of the After pressing TEST TONE on the remote: speakers, no center channel is • Press CENTER to select the center speaker. center
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Using Surround Sound Adjustable parameters for each sound field when selecting program source Parameters Sound field mode Type MODE Test tone output DELAY EFFECT REAR CENTER No sound Off –– –– a) b) On CINEMA PRO LOGICrr r Depends on center mode (see page 16) a) b) C STUDIO rr r No sound VIRTUAL V DOLBY r From the front and the rear MUSIC HALL rr speakers alternately Adjustable parameters for each sound field when using 5.1 CH/DVD Parameters MODE Test tone output Sound field mode Type DELAY EFFE
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Additional Information Additional Information Radio stations cannot be tuned in. / Check that the antennas are connected Troubleshooting securely. Adjust the antennas and connect an outdoor antenna if necessary. If you experience any of the following difficulties while / The signal strength of the stations is too weak using the receiver, use this troubleshooting guide to (when you tune in with automatic tuning). help you remedy the problem. Should any problem Use direct tuning. persist, consult
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Additional Information Inputs Canada and other countries: Specifications Sensitivity Impedance S/N 530 - 1610 kHz (10 kHz CD, step)** 5.1 CH/ 531 - 1602 kHz (9 kHz Amplifier section DVD, 50 step) MD/TAPE, 250 mV 80 dB Power output kilohms TV/SAT Stereo mode Canada model: Loop aerial (TV/LD), Antenna (8 ohms 20 Hz - 20 kHz, VIDEO less than 0.09% total Intermediate 450 kHz harmonic distortion) frequency Outputs MD/TAPE REC OUT: 100 W + 100 W Voltage: 250 mV, Usable sensitivity 50 dB/m (at 999 kHz)
