Sony STR-DA80ES - Manual (Page 14)

Receiver Operations
To Do this
Mute the sound [X] Press MUTING on the remote. Press
again to restore the sound.
Reinforce the bass Press BASS BOOST to light up the
button
Adjust the balance of Turn BALANCE left or right
front speakers
'Q ' When you listen with headphones
Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set
SPEAKERS to OFF.
When you want to enjoy high quality sound
Press DIRECT PASS to bypass the tone controls^ bass
reinforcement and surrround effects.
The DIRECT PASS button lights up.
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You can adjust the brightness of the display
1 Press SET UP repeatedly to select OTHER SETUP.
2 Use the digital processing control buttons (e / ^ ) to
select DIMMER.
2 Use the digital processing control buttons (♦ / ♦ ) to
adjust the brightness.
Watching TV/video programs
To watch Do this
TV4>rograu<s Turn on bodi the TV and the receiver
and rotate FUNCTION repeatedly
until the TV / DBS indicator lights up
Videos, laser discs or
DVD 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select tf\e
compoi^t (for example, VIDEO 1).
2 Turn on the TV and set the TV's
video input to matdi your video
comporient.
3 Turn on the component (VCR, LD/
DVD player), and start playback.
When you watch TV or video programs
We recommend you play audio portion through the
receiver instead of your TV's speakers. Tlus lets you
take advantage of the receiver's surround soimd effects,
like Dolby Surrotmd, and lets you use the receiver's
remote to control the audio.
Turn oH the speakers on your TV before you start so
you can enjoy the surround sound from your receiver.
Using the remote |X]
The remote lets you operate the receiver and the Sony
components that are connected to it.
SYSTEM OFF
TV CONTROL-
ON
Press one of the SYSTEM CONTROL/
FUNCTION buttoiK to select the component you
want to use.
The receiver and the selected component turn on.
The SYSTEM CONTROL / FUNCTION buttons on
To watch or listen to Press
Video tapes VIDEO 1 (VTR 3*),
VIDEO 2 (VTR 1*) or
VIDEOS (VTR 2*)
Laser discs or Digital
Video Discs (DVD) LD
TV programs TV
Audio tapes TAPE
Digital Audio Tapes
(DAT) or MiniDi^ (MD) DAT/MD
Compact Discs (CD) CD
Radio programs TUNER
Records PHONO
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* Sony VCRs are operated with a VTR1,1, or 3 setting
that corresponds to Beta, Bmm, and VHS,
respectively.
Note
Pressing a SYSTEM COOTROL/FUNCTION button
^ill activate the component indicated for that button •
(i.e., the component connected to the respective
connector). If, however, the connected component is
different from the one indicated for the button, the
component will not be activated when the button is
pressed only once.
For example, to watch Sony LD player connected to the
VIDEO 2 jacks (as shown on page 10):
Press VIDEO 2 to switch the function, then press LD to
set the remote control to operate the LD player.
If you want to change the factory setting of a
button
See page 28.