Sony STR-DE535: Front Panel Parts Description

Front Panel Parts Description: Sony STR-DE535

Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations

Front Panel Parts Description

This chapter gives you the information on the location

and function of the buttons and controls on the front

panel and explains basic amplifier operations.

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1 1/u switch

3 5.1 CH/DVD button

Press to turn the receiver on and off.

Press to select the component connected to the 5.1

CH/DVD jacks. The 5.1 CH/DVD indicator lights

Note

up when the component is selected.

Before you turn on the receiver, make sure that you have

turned the MASTER VOLUME control to the leftmost

4 MASTER VOLUME control

position to avoid damaging your speakers.

After turning on the component you selected, rotate

to adjust the volume.

2 Function buttons

Press to select the component you want to use.

5 MUTING button

To listen to or watch

Press

Press to mute the sound. The MUTING indicator

Video tapes

VIDEO

lights up when the sound is muted.

TV programmes or

TV/LD

6 BALANCE control

Laser discs

Rotate to adjust the balance of the front speakers.

MiniDiscs or audio tapes

MD/TAPE

Compact discs (CD)

CD

7 SPEAKERS selector

Set according to the front speakers you want to

Radio programmes

TUNER

drive.

DVD player/AC-3 decoder

5.1 CH/DVD

To select

Set to

Speakers connected to the SPEAKERS

A

After selecting the component, turn on the

FRONT A terminals

component you selected and play the program

source.

Speakers connected to the SPEAKERS

B

FRONT B terminals

Speakers connected to both the SPEAKERS

A + B*

FRONT A and B terminals (parallel

connection)

No front speaker output

OFF

Do not set to A+B when a sound field is turned on.

*

Be sure to connect the front speakers with nominal

impedance of 8 ohms or higher if you want to select both

sets of front speakers.

Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations

PHONES jack

9 Use the following buttons to enjoy surround sound.

Connects headphones.

For details, see “Enjoying Surround Sound”

starting from page 21.

Note

To use the headphones, set the SPEAKERS selector to OFF

SOUND FIELD ON/OFF button

to output sound to the headphones.

Press to turn the sound field on or off.

8 DISPLAY button

SOUND FIELD MODE +/– button

Press repeatedly to change the information on the

Press to select a sound field from the group you

display window as follows:

selected.

When a component other than tuner is selected

0 TONE button

Press to turn the tone effect on or off. The TONE

v

indicator lights up while the tone effect is turned

Index name of the component*

on.

v

Note that if you have adjusted the tone using the

Selected component

MENU </> and +/– buttons, the adjusted tone will

v

be produced whenever you turn on the tone effect.

Sound field applied to the component

BASS BOOST button

Press to increase the bass of the front speakers. The

BASS BOOST indicator lights up when the function

When the tuner is selected

is turned on.

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Index name of the preset station* or

TONE indicator

programme station name**

Lights up while the tone effect is turned on.

v

Frequency

BASS BOOST indicator

v

Lights up while the bass boost is turned on.

Programme type indication**

v

When you want to enjoy high quality sound

Radio text**

Do the procedure below to bypass the sound control

circuits.

v

Current time**

1 Set SOUND FIELD ON/OFF to off.

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2 Set TONE to off.

Sound field applied to the band or the preset

station

3 Set BASS BOOST to off.

The result will be a two-channel stereo sound output

Index name appears only when you have assigned one to the

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from the front speakers that is highly faithful to the

component or the preset station (see page 25).

programme source.

These indications appear only during RDS reception (see page

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!™ The following buttons operate the built-in tuner.

The following buttons operate the built-in tuner.

For details, see “Receiving Broadcasts” starting

For details, see “Receiving Broadcasts” starting

from page 16. Note that these buttons are operable

from page 16. Note that these buttons are operable

only when the tuner is selected.

only when the tuner is selected.

PRESET/PTY SELECT +/– buttons

Numeric buttons (1 to 0)

Press to scan the stations by programme type or to

Inputs the numeric value.

scan all preset stations.

SHIFT button

TUNING +/– buttons

Selects a memory page for preset stations.

Press to scan all the available radio stations.

DIRECT button

The following buttons operate the built-in tuner.

Press to enter a station's frequency directly.

For details, see “Receiving Broadcasts” starting

from page 16. Note that the PTY button is operable

!∞ MENU buttons (

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only when the tuner is selected.

After pressing the SUR, NAME, BASS/TREBLE or

SET UP button, use these buttons to make specific

RDS PTY button

settings (see pages 11, 23 and 25).

Press to start or to scan stations by programme

type.

+/– buttons

After pressing MENU buttons, use these buttons to

RDS EON button

make specific settings (see pages 11, 23 and 25).

Press to automatically switch to a station currently

broadcasting traffic announcements, news, or

information programme. The RDS EON button

does not function during AM reception.

FM/AM button

Selects the FM or AM band.

FM MODE button

If “STEREO” flashes in the display and the FM

stereo reception is poor, press this button. You will

not have the stereo effect but the sound is

improved.

MEMORY button

Press to perform Auto-betical Select (see page 18) or

to memorize a preset station.

Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations

SET UP button

Press this button repeatedly to select any of the

following two indications. The selected indication

appears in the display and you will be able to make

various settings using the cursor buttons.

When you've

You can

displayed

CTR MODE

Select any one of the four centre

modes (page 10)

REAR GAIN

Increase the range of rear speakers by

5 dB (page 11)

!• Press the following buttons to name preset stations

or programme sources. For details, see “Indexing

Preset Stations and Programme Sources” on page

25.

NAME button

Press to enter a name for preset stations and

programme sources (except 5.1 CH/DVD).

ENTER button

Press to store the names.

SUR button

Press this button to adjust sound parameters (see

page 23).

BASS/TREBLE button

Press this button to adjust the tone (see page 23).

DIMMER button

Press this button to set the display at any of four

levels of brightness.

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