Sony STR-SE501 - Manual (Page 23)

23 GB
Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations
3 INPUT MODE button
Press to select the input mode for your digital
components (DVD/LD and TV/SAT).
Each press switches the input mode of the currently
selected component.
Select To
AUTO Give priority to digital signals
when there are both digital and
analog connections. If there are
no digital signals, analog is
selected
DIGITAL (OPTICAL) Specify the digital audio signals
input to the DIGITAL OPTICAL
input jacks
DIGITAL (COAXIAL) Specify the digital audio signals
input to the DIGITAL COAXIAL
input jacks (DVD/LD only)
ANALOG Specify the analog audio signals
input to the AUDIO IN (L and R)
jacks
4 5.1CH INPUT button
Press to enjoy the audio source connected to the 5.1CH
INPUT jacks with the video from the selected
component.
• When the 5.1CH INPUT is selected, the tone, bass booster,
and sound field effects do not function.
• To change the video input displayed when 5.1CH INPUT is
selected, press SET UP (ws) and then press cursor buttons
(w;) repeatedly to select “5.1 V. IN” (see page 44 for
details).
5 MASTER VOLUME control
After turning on the component you selected, rotate to
adjust the volume.
6 MUTING button
Press to mute the sound. The indicator lights up when
the sound is muted.
7 SPEAKERS selector (STR-DE545 and STR-SE501 only)
Press according to the front speakers you want to
drive.
Press To select
A The speakers connected to the FRONT
SPEAKERS A terminals
B The speakers connected to the FRONT
SPEAKERS B terminals
A+B* The speakers connected to both the FRONT
SPEAKERS A and B terminals (parallel
connection)
* 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.
STR-DE445 only
Press SPEAKERS button to ON.
PHONES jack
Connects headphones.
• To use the headphones, press the SPEAKERS button to OFF
to output sound to the headphones.
• When listening to the headphones, set the sound field to
2CH to get the correct soundstage.
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MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
MASTER VOLUME
DISPLAY
INPUT MODE
VIDEO
MD/TAPE CD TUNER AUX
DVD/LD TV/SAT 5.1CH INPUT CINEMA STUDIO LEVEL
I
–
i
+
SET UP
BASS BOOST TONE
FM/AM
MUTING TONE
BASS
BOOST
SHIFT
MEMORY
FM MODE
PRESET
– TUNING +
– TUNING +
NAME
ENTER
SUR
BASS/
TREBLE
SOUND FIELD
A. F. D.
A B C
2CH MODE
DIMMER
SPEAKERS
R ON r OFF
A
PHONES
B
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