Sony STR-DE335: Selecting a Component

Selecting a Component: Sony STR-DE335

Receiver Operations

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.

Turned MASTER VOLUME to the leftmost position

Adjust the balance

Turn the BALANCE control left

or right.

(0) to avoid damaging your speakers.

TREBLE

Adjust the tone quality

Adjust the BASS and TREBLE

BASS

controls.

1/u (power)

MASTER VOLUME

BOOST

BASS

When you listen with headphones

Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set

the SPEAKERS buttons to OFF.

Watching/listening to video programmes

Function buttons

5.1 CH/DVD

MUTING

BALANCE

When you watch/listen to TV or video programmes,

we recommend you play audio portion through the

receiver instead of your TV’s speaker. This lets you

1 Press 1/u (power) to turn on the receiver.

take advantage of the receiver’s surround sound

effects, like Dolby Pro Logic Surround and lets you use

2 Press a function button to select the component

the receiver’s remote to control the audio.

you want to use:

Turn off the speakers on your TV before you start so

To listen to or watch

Press

you can enjoy the surround sound from your receiver.

Radio programmes

TUNER

To watch/listen to TV programmes, turn on the TV, TV

Compact discs (CD)

CD

tuner and the receiver and press TV/LD on the receiver.

MiniDisc (MD) or Audio

MD/TAPE

To watch videos or laser discs, do the following:

Tapes

TV programmes or Laser discs

TV/LD

1 Press a function button to select the component

Video tapes

VIDEO

(for example, VIDEO).

DVD player/AC-3 decoder

5.1 CH/DVD

2 Turn on the TV and set the TV’s video input to

match your video component.

3 Turn on the component, for example, a CD player,

and then start playing.

3 Turn on the component (VCR or LD player), and

To tune in radio stations on this receiver, see

start playback.

“Receiving Broadcasts” on page 13.

Using the remote

4 Turn MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume.

The remote lets you operate the receiver and the Sony

To adjust the volume of the TV’s speakers, use the

components that are connected to it.

volume control on the TV.

SYSTEM

STANDBY

Function

buttons

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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 programmes

TUNER

the MD/TAPE button to your second CD player.

Compact discs (CD)

CD

MiniDisc (MD) or Audio

MD/TAPE

Note that the settings of the TUNER button cannot be

Tapes

(INITIAL-MD MODE)

changed.

TV programmes

TV

VHS Video tapes

VIDEO

(VTR-3 mode)

Function

DVD player/

5.1 CH

buttons

AC-3 decoder

Numeric buttons

If you want to change the factory setting of a

button, see the next section.

The receiver and the selected component turn on.

If the component does not turn on

1 Hold down the Function button whose function

Press the power switch on the component.

you want to change (MD/TAPE, for example).

2 Start playing.

2 Press the corresponding numeric button of the

Refer to “Remote Button Descriptions” on page 27

component you want to assign to the Function

for details.

button (1 - CD player, for example).

To turn off the components

The numeric buttons are assigned to select the

Press SYSTEM STANDBY. You can turn off the video and

functions as follows:

audio components connected to the SWITCHED AC

OUTLET at the same time.

Numeric button

Operates

1

CD player

Note

2

DAT deck

Press SYSTEM STANDBY together with the TUNER button

to set SYSTEM STANDBY switch to turn only the receiver on

3

MD deck

or off. Press SYSTEM STANDBY together with the 5.1 CH

4

Tape deck A

button to return the SYSTEM STANDBY switch to normal

operation.

5

Tape deck B

6

LD player

7

VCR (remote control mode VTR 1*)

8

VCR (remote control mode VTR 2*)

9

VCR (remote control mode VTR 3*)

0

TV

ENTER

DVD

* Sony VCRs are operated with a VTR 1, 2 or 3 setting.

These correspond to Beta, 8mm and VHS respectively.

Now you can use the MD/TAPE button to control

a second CD player.

To reset the setting to the factory setting

Repeat the above procedure.

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