Sony STR-DE405 - Manual (Page 10)

Receiver Operations
Operating one component while using
another (Background Operation)
You can temporality operate other components white
listening to or watching a program.
Numeric buttons
BACKGROUND
1
Hold down BACKGROUND.
2
Press both the corresponding numeric button of
the component you're going to use (see the table
below) and one of the following buttons at the
same time; VISUAL POWER, TV/VIDEO, CH
PRESET +/-, ANT TV/VTR, D.SKIP, ■,
II, •.
ExampleiTo start recording on a tape deck while
listening to a CD
While holding down BACKGROUND,
press 4 (or 5) and press • at the same
time.
The numeric buttons are assigned to select the
functions as follows:
Numeric button Operates
1 CD player
2 DAT deck
3 MD deck
4 Tape deck A
3 Tape deck B
6 l.D player
7 VCR (remote control mode VTR 1*)
8 VCR (remote control mode VTR 2*)
9 VCR (remote control mode VTR 3*)
0 TV
Sony VCRs are operated with a VTR 1, 2 or 3 setting.
These correspond to Beta, 8mm and VHS respectively.
Changing the factory setting of a
function button
If the factory settings of the FUNCTION buttons (page
9) don't match your system components, you can
change them. For example, if you have two CD players
and you don't have a tape deck or an MD recorder, you
can assign the TAPE/MD button to your second CD
player.
Note that the settings of the TUNER and PHONO
buttons cannot be changed.
Numeric buttons
► SYSTEM
CONTROL/
FUNCTION
1
Hold down the SYSTEM CONTROL/FUNCTJON
button whose function you want to change
(TAPE/MD, for example),
2
Press the corresponding numeric button of the
component you want to assign to the SYSTEM
CONTROL/FUNCTION button (1 - CD player,
for example).
For the numeric buttons, see the table in
"Operating one component while using another"
on this page.
Now you can use the TAPE/MD button to control
a .second CD player.
To reset the setting to the factory setting
Kepe.rt the nbove procedure.
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