Sony STR-DE335: Glossary

Additional Information

• 3 STEREO mode

Surround sound

Select 3 STEREO mode if you have front

Sound that consists of three elements: direct

Glossary

and centre speakers but no rear speaker.

sound, early reflected sound (early

The sound of the rear channel is output

reflections) and reverberative sound

from the front speakers to let you

(reverberation). The acoustics where you hear

Centre mode

experience some of the surround sound

the sound affect the way these three sound

Setting of speakers to enhance Dolby Pro

without using rear speakers.

elements are heard. These sound elements are

Logic Surround mode. To obtain the best

combined in such a way that you can actually

possible surround sound, select one of the

feel the size and the type of a concert hall.

following four centre modes according to

Centre

Front

Front

your speaker system.

speaker

• Types of sound

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

Early reflections

Reverberation

• NORMAL mode

Select NORMAL mode if you have front

and rear speakers and a small centre

speaker. Since a small speaker cannot

produce enough bass, the bass sound of

Direct sound

the centre channel is output from the front

speakers.

• Transition of sound from rear speakers

Delay time

Centre

Front

Time lag between the surround sound output

speaker

Front

Direct sound

speaker (R)

from front speakers and rear speakers. By

Early

speaker (L)

adjusting the delay time of the rear speakers,

Level

reflections

Reverberation

you can obtain the feeling of presence. Make

the delay time longer when you have placed

the rear speakers in a small room or close to

your listening position, and make it shorter

when you have placed them in a large room

Early reflection time

Time

or apart from your listening position.

Rear

Rear

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

Test tone

Direct tuning

Signal given out by the receiver for adjusting

Tuning method to let you directly enter a

the speaker volume. The test tone will come

station’s frequency using the numeric

• WIDE mode

out as follows:

buttons. Use this method if you know the

Select WIDE mode if you have front and

frequency of the station you want.

• In a system with a centre speaker

rear speakers and a large centre speaker.

(NORMAL/WIDE/3 STEREO modes)

With the WIDE mode, you can take full

The test tone is output from the front L

advantage of Dolby Surround sound.

Dolby Pro Logic Surround

(left), centre, front R (right), and rear

As one method of decoding Dolby Surround,

speakers in succession.

Dolby Pro Logic Surround produces four

Centre

Front

Front

channels from two channel sound. Compared

speaker

with the former Dolby Surround system,

Front (L)

Front (R)

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

Dolby Pro Logic Surround reproduces left-to

Centre

right panning more naturally and localizes

sounds more precisely. To take full

advantage of Dolby Pro Logic Surround, you

should have one pair of rear speakers and a

centre speaker. The rear speakers output

3 STEREO

monaural sound.

Rear

Rear

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

Rear (L, R)

5.1 CH/DVD

These jacks are used to input decoded Dolby

NORMAL/WIDE

• PHANTOM mode

Digital (AC-3) audio signals, allowing you to

Select PHANTOM mode if you have front

enjoy 5.1 channel surround sound. Use these

• In a system without a centre speaker

and rear speakers but no centre speaker.

jacks to connect a Dolby Digital (AC-3)

decoder or a DVD player with a built-in AC-3

(PHANTOM mode)

The sound of the centre channel is output

from the front speakers.

decoder.

The test tone is output from the front and

the rear speakers alternately.

Front

Front

Preset station

Front (L, R)

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

A radio broadcasting station that is stored in

memory of the receiver. Once you “preset”

stations, you no longer have to tune in the

stations. Each preset station is assigned its

own preset number, which lets you tune

PHANTOM

them in quickly.

Rear (L, R)

Rear

Rear

speaker (L)

speaker (R)

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Index

A, B

H, I, J, K, L, M

S

Adjusting

Hookups

Scanning

delay time 20

aerials 5

preset stations 14

effect level 19

audio components 5

radio stations 14

speaker volume 20

mains lead 9

Selecting a programme source

volume 11

overview 4

11

Aerial hookups 5

speakers 7

using the remote 11, 12

Audio component hookups 5

video component 6

Speakers

Auto-betical select 10

connection 7

Automatic tuning 13

N, O

placement 7

selecting speaker

Naming preset stations 14

C

system 9

NORMAL mode 19, 24

Storing radio stations. See

Centre mode 19, 24

Presetting

NORMAL mode 19, 24

P

Surround sound 19, 24

PHANTOM mode 19, 24

PHANTOM mode 19, 24

3 STEREO mode 19, 24

Preset station 14

WIDE mode 19, 24

T

Presetting

Character 14

Test tone 20

radio stations 14

Connecting. See Hookups

3 STEREO mode 19, 24

Preset tuning 14

Troubleshooting 22

Programme source

D

Tuning. See Receiving

selecting 11

broadcasts

Delay time 20, 24

PTY 16

Direct tuning 13, 24

Display 15

U

Q

Dolby Pro Logic

Unpacking 4

Quick reference guide 28

Surround 19, 24

centre mode 19, 24

V

R

Dubbing. See Recording

Video component hookups 6

RDS 15

Rear panel 5, 6, 7, 8, 26

E, F, G

Receiving broadcasts

W, X, Y, Z

Editing. See Recording

directly 13

Watching/listening to video

Effect level 19

using preset stations 14

programmes 11

EON 15

Recording on a tape 17

WIDE mode 19, 24

Remote buttons 11, 17, 27

GB

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