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Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations
3 INPUT MODE button
Press to select the input mode for your digital
components (DVD/LD, TV/SAT, and MD/DAT
(STR-DE945) or MD/TAPE (STR-DE845)).
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 COAX
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. Press 5.1 CH again to return to the
original function.
• When 5.1CH INPUT is selected, the equalizer, bass boost,
and sound field effects do not function.
• To change the video input displayed when 5.1CH INPUT is
selected, press SET UP (qj) then press the cursor buttons
(w;) repeatedly to select “5.1CH V:” (see page 50 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 on the button
lights up when the sound is muted.
7 SPEAKERS selector
Set according to the front speakers you want to drive.
Set to 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)
OFF No speaker output
*
Be sure to connect front speakers with a nominal impedance of
8 ohms or higher if you want to select both sets (A+B) of front
speakers. In this case, set the IMPEDANCE SELECTOR to
“4Ω”
PHONES jack
Connects headphones.
• To use the headphones, set the SPEAKERS selector to OFF
to output sound to the headphones.
• To enjoy surround sound from the headphones, we
recommend selecting the HEADPHONE THEATER sound
field. Selecting other sound fields when the SPEAKERS
selector is set to OFF automatically presents a 2 channel
(stereo) downmix from the headphones.
(STR-DE945 only)
(STR-DE845 only)
+–
PHONES
SPEAKERS
DIMMER DISPLAY
INPUT MODE
VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 DVD/LD TV/SAT
CINEMA STUDIO EX.
MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
TAPE MD/DAT CD TUNER PHONO
5.1CH INPUT
A
BOFF
A+B
SOUND FIELD
A.F.D.
ABC
2CH MODE
LEVEL
SUR
EQ
SET UP
MASTER VOLUME
BASS BOOSTEQUALIZER
NAME
ENTER
010
VIDEO 3 INPUT
MUTING
BASS
BOOST
PRESET
TUNING
TUNING
–+
–+
MEMORY
FM/AM FM MODE
2ND AUDIO
SHIFT
EQUALIZER
VIDEO L AUDIO R
5.1CH
INPUT
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