General; Description And Location Of Parts (Us, Canadian Model) - Sony STR-DG910 Service Manual

US, Canadian model:
Getting Started
Description and location of parts
Front panel
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?/1 ?/1 ?/1
MULTI CHANNEL DECODING MULTI CHANNEL DECODING MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
TONE MODE TONE MODE TONE MODE TUNING MODE TUNING MODE TUNING MODE
TONE TONE TONE TUNING TUNING TUNING
SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SPEAKERS
(OFF/A/B/A+B) (OFF/A/B/A+B) (OFF/A/B/A+B)
AUTO CAL MIC AUTO CAL MIC AUTO CAL MIC
MEMORY/ MEMORY/ MEMORY/ CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
ENTER ENTER ENTER MODE MODE MODE CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY
VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN
PHONES PHONES PHONES
VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R L AUDIO R L AUDIO R
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Name Function
A ?/1
Press to turn the receiver on
or off (page 32, 43, 44, 66).
(on/standby)
B SPEAKERS
Press to select the speaker
system (page 33).
(OFF/A/B/A+B)
C TONE MODE
Adjusts the tonal quality
(bass/treble level) of the
TONE +/–
front speakers.
Press TONE MODE
repeatedly to select bass or
treble level, then turn
TONE +/– to adjust the
level (page 46).
D TUNING MODE
Press to select the tuning
mode (page 67, 69, 72–74).
E TUNING +/–
Turn to scan a station (page
67, 69, 72–74).
About the indicators on the display
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; ; ;
SP A D EX PL IIx PL
SW LFE
SP B HDMI
L C R
SL S SR
SBL SB SBR
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Name Function
A SW
Lights up when sub woofer is
set to "YES" (page 48) and the
audio signal is output from the
SUB WOOFER jacks.
B LFE
Lights up when the disc being
played back contains an LFE
(Low Frequency Effect)
channel and the LFE channel
signal is actually being
reproduced.
C SP A/SP B
Lights up according to the
speaker system used (page 33).
However, these indicators do
not light up if the speaker output
is turned off or if headphones
are connected.
D ; D (EX)
Lights up when the receiver is
decoding Dolby Digital signals.
"; D EX" lights up when the
receiver is decoding Dolby
Digital Surround EX signals.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital
format disc, be sure that you
have made digital connections
and that INPUT MODE is not
set to "ANALOG" (page 78).
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MASTER VOLUME MASTER VOLUME MASTER VOLUME
DISPLAY DISPLAY DISPLAY INPUT MODE INPUT MODE INPUT MODE
INPUT SELECTOR INPUT SELECTOR INPUT SELECTOR
2CH 2CH 2CH A.F.D. A.F.D. A.F.D. MOVIE MOVIE MOVIE MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC
AUTO CAL AUTO CAL AUTO CAL DIRECT DIRECT DIRECT
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Name Function
F Display
The current status of the
selected component or a list
of selectable items appears
here (page 7).
G MULTI
Lights up when multi
CHANNEL channel audio signals are
decoded (page 44).
DECODING lamp
H Remote sensor Receives signals from
remote commander.
I DISPLAY
Press to select information
displayed on the display
(page 74, 83).
J INPUT MODE
Press to select the input
mode when the same
components are connected
to both digital and analog
jacks (page 78).
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OPT DTS -ES 9 6 / 2 4 CAT MEMORY ST
COAX NEO:6 D.RANGE MONO
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Name Function
E ; PL II (x)
Lights up when the Pro Logic II
Movie/Music/Game decoder is
activated.
"; PL IIx" lights up when the
Pro Logic IIx Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
However, these indicators do
not light up if both the center
and surround speakers are set to
"NO" (page 48) and you select a
sound field using the A.F.D.
button.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding
does not function for signals
with a sampling frequency of
more than 48 kHz.
F ; PL
Lights up when the receiver
applies Pro Logic processing to
2 channel signals in order to
output the center and surround
channel signals.
However, these indicators do
not light up if both the center
and surround speakers are set to
"NO" (page 48) and you select a
sound field using the A.F.D.
button.
G OPT
Lights up when INPUT MODE
is set to "AUTO IN" and the
source signal is a digital signal
being input through the
OPTICAL jack, or when
INPUT MODE is set to "OPT
IN" (page 78).
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GENERAL

Name Function
K MASTER
Turn to adjust the volume
VOLUME level of all speakers at the
same time (page 40, 41, 43,
44).
L DIRECT
Press to listen to high
quality analog sound (page
65).
M AUTO CAL
Press to activate the Auto
Calibration function (page
36).
N INPUT
Turn to select the input
SELECTOR source to playback (page
41).
O 2CH
Press to select a sound field
(page 60, 62, 65).
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
P CATEGORY +/– Press to select a category
for XM Radio (page 74).
Q CATEGORY
Press to select the category
mode for XM Radio (page
MODE
73).
R MEMORY/
Press to store a station or
ENTER enter the selection when
selecting the settings (page
32, 68, 75).
S VIDEO 3 IN/
Connects to a camcorder or
PORTABLE AV video game (page 28, 41).
IN jacks
T PHONES jack
Connects to headphones
(page 94).
U AUTO CAL MIC
Connects to the supplied
jack optimizer microphone for
the Auto Calibration
function (page 35).
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Name Function
H DTS (-ES)/
Lights up when the receiver is
(96/24) decoding DTS signals.
"DTS-ES" lights up when the
receiver is decoding DTS-ES
signals.
"DTS 96/24" lights up when the
receiver is decoding DTS 96
kHz/24 bit signals.
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 78).
I CAT
Lights up when category mode
is set to "ONE CAT" during
XM Radio operation (page 73).
J MEMORY
Lights up when a memory
function, such as Preset
Memory (page 68), etc., is
activated.
K Tuner
Lights up when using the
indicators
receiver to tune in radio stations
(page 66), etc.
L Preset
Lights up when using the
station receiver to tune in preset radio
indicators stations. For details on
presetting radio stations, see
page 68.
M D.RANGE
Lights up when dynamic range
compression is activated (page
46).
N NEO:6
Lights up when DTS Neo:6
Cinema/Music decoder is
activated (page 61).
O COAX
Lights up when INPUT MODE
is set to "AUTO IN" and the
source signal is a digital signal
being input through the
COAXIAL jack, or when
INPUT MODE is set to "COAX
IN" (page 78).
P HDMI
Lights up when the receiver
recognizes a component
connected via a HDMI IN jack
(page 21).
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STR-DG910
This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
Name Function
Q Playback
The letters (L, C, R, etc.)
channel indicate the channels being
indicators played back. The boxes around
the letters vary to show how the
receiver downmixes the source
sound (based on the speaker
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)
SBL
Surround Back Left
SBR
Surround Back Right
SB Surround Back (the surround
back components obtained by
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When surround
speakers are set to "NO" (page
48)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
SW
L C R
SL SR
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