Sony STR-DE345: Selecting a Component

Selecting a Component: Sony STR-DE345

Receiver Operations

Receiver Operations

To

Do this

Selecting a Component

Mute the sound

Press MUTING. Press again to

restore the sound.

To listen to or watch a connected component, first

select the function on the receiver or with the remote.

Reinforce the bass

Press BASS BOOST to turn on

the BASS BOOST indicator.

Before you begin, make sure you have:

Connected all components securely and correctly as

Adjust the balance

1 Press LEVEL or CURSOR

indicated on pages 5 to 9.

MODE on the remote

repeatedly until the LEVEL

indicator lights up.

BASS BOOST indicator

2 Press MENU < or >

?/1

MASTER

BASS

repeatedly until

(power)

MENU </>

LEVEL

VOLUME

BOOST

BALANCE appears on the

display.

3 Press + or to adjust the

balance right or left.

Adjust the tone quality

Press BASS +/ and TREBLE

+/ to adjust the tone level.

You can select a tone level of -6

dB to +6 dB in 2-dB steps.

Function buttons

BASS +/ MUTING

TREBLE

When you listen with headphones

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

Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set

the SPEAKERS button to OFF.

2 Press a function button to select the component

you want to use:

Watching/listening to video programmes

To listen to or watch

Press

When you watch/listen to TV or video programmes,

Radio programmes

TUNER

we recommend you play audio portion through the

receiver instead of your TVs speaker. This lets you

Compact discs (CD)

CD

take advantage of the receivers surround sound

MiniDisc (MD) or Audio

MD/TAPE

effects, such as Dolby Pro Logic Surround and lets you

tapes

use the receivers remote to control the audio. Turn off

TV programmes or

TV/SAT

the speakers on your TV before you start so you can

Satellite receiver

enjoy the surround sound from your receiver.

Video tapes

VIDEO

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

DVD player/Dolby Digital

5.1 CH/DVD

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

decoder

To watch videos, do the following:

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

and then start playing.

1 Press VIDEO to select the VCR.

To tune in radio stations on this receiver, see

Receiving Broadcasts on page 13.

2 Turn on the TV and set the TVs video input to

match your video component.

4 Turn MASTER VOLUME to adjust the volume.

Every time you turn MASTER VOLUME, the

3 Turn on the VCR, and start playback.

display changes as follows:

Using the remote (STR-DE245 only)

VOL MIN y VOL 1 y y VOL 30 y

VOL MAX

The remote lets you operate the receiver and the Sony

components that are connected to it.

To adjust the volume of the TV's speaker

Use the volume control on the TV.

?/1

Function

To avoid damaging your speakers

buttons

Make sure that you turn down the volume before you

turn off the receiver. When you turn on the receiver, the

volume remains at the level you turn off the receiver.

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Receiver Operations

1 Press one of the Function buttons to select the

1 Hold down the Function button whose function

component you want to use.

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

The Function buttons on the remote are factory-

set as follows:

2 Press the corresponding button of the component

you want to assign to the Function button (for

To listen or to watch

Press

example, 1 - CD player).

Radio programmes

TUNER

The following buttons are assigned to select the

Compact discs (CD)

CD

functions:

MiniDisc (MD) or

MD/TAPE

Audio tapes

(INITIAL-MD MODE)

To operate

Press

TV programmes or

TV/SAT

CD player

1

Satellite receiver

(INITIAL-TV MODE)

DAT deck

2

VHS Video tapes

VIDEO

(VTR-3 mode)

MD deck

3

DVD player/

DVD/LD

Tape deck A

4

Dolby Digital decoder

(INITIAL-DVD MODE)

Tape deck B

5

If you want to change the factory setting of a

LD player

6

button, see the next section.

VCR (remote control mode VTR 1*)

7

The receiver and the selected component turn on.

VCR (remote control mode VTR 2*)

8

If the component does not turn on

VCR (remote control mode VTR 3*)

9

Press the power switch on the component.

TV

0

2 Start playing.

DSS (Digital Satellite System)

> 10

Refer to Remote Button Descriptions on page 27

for details.

DVD

ENTER

VCD player

.

Changing the factory setting of a

function button (STR-DE245 only)

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

These correspond to Beta, 8mm and VHS respectively.

If the factory settings of the FUNCTION buttons dont

match your system components, you can change them.

Now you can use the MD/TAPE button to control

For example, if you have two CD players and you

a second CD player.

dont have a tape deck or an MD deck, you can assign

the MD/TAPE button to your second CD player.

To change the AUX function to another function

Hold down SLEEP and press the corresponding button of

Note that the settings of the TUNER button cannot be

the component you want to assign it to.

changed.

AV ?/1

To change the 5.1 CH function to another function

Hold down AV ?/1 and press the corresponding button of

?/1

the component you want to assign it to.

Function

To reset a button to its factory setting

buttons

Repeat the above procedure.

Numeric buttons

To reset all the function buttons to their factory setting

> 10

ENTER

Press ?/1, AV ?/1 and MASTER VOL at the same time.

.

MASTER VOL

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