Sony STR-DE497 Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
Amplifier Operation
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A SW: Lights up when sub woofer selection is
set to “YES” (page 18) and audio signal is
output from the SUB WOOFER jack.
B LFE: Lights up when the disc being played
back contains the LFE (Low Frequency
Effect) channel and the LFE channel signal is
actually being reproduced.
C SP A/SP B: Lights up in accordance with the
speaker system being used (A or B). Turns off
when speaker output is turned off or when
headphones are connected.
D ; DIGITAL: Lights up when the receiver is
decoding signals recorded in the Dolby Digital
format.
E ; PRO LOGIC II:; PRO LOGIC” lights
up when the receiver applies Pro Logic
processing to 2 channel signals in order to
output the center and surround channel
signals. “; PRO LOGIC II” lights up when
the Pro Logic II Movie/Music decoder is
activated. However, both indicators do not
light up if both the center and surround
speakers are set to “NO” and “A.F.D. AUTO”,
“DOLBY PL”, “PLII MOV” or “PLII MUS”
is selected.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Pro Logic II
decoding do not function for DTS format signals.
F DTS: Lights up when DTS signals are input.
Note
When playing a DTS format disc, be sure that you
have made digital connections and that INPUT
MODE is not set to “ANALOG” (page 31).
G Tuner indicators: Lights up when using the
receiver to tune in radio stations, etc. See
pages 22–25 for tuner operations.
Note
“RDS” appears for models of area code CEL,
CEK only.
H D.RANGE: Lights up when dynamic range
compression is activated (page 32).
I COAX: Lights up when the source signal is a
digital signal being input through the
COAXIAL terminal.
J OPT: Lights up when the source signal is a
digital signal being input through the
OPTICAL terminal.
K SLEEP: Lights up when sleep timer is
activated.
L Playback channel indicators: The letters
(L, C, R, etc.) indicate the channels being
played back. The boxes around the letters vary
to show how the receiver downmixes the
source sound (based on the speakers settings).
L (Front Left), R (Front Right), C (Center
(monaural)), SL (Surround Left), SR
(Surround Right), S (Surround (monaural or
the surround components obtained by Pro
Logic processing))
Example:
Recording format (Front /Surround): 3/2
Output channel: Surround speakers absent
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
About the indications in the display
MEMORY
L
C R
SL
S
SR
SW
L F E
SP A
SP B
RDS
STEREO MONOD.RANGE
SLEEP OPT COAX
DIGITAL
;
PRO LOGIC II DTS
;
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SL SR
L
C R
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