General; Description And Location Of Parts - Sony STR-DH500 Service Manual

• US, Canadian model

Description and location of parts

Front panel
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?/1
INPUT SELECTOR
MEMORY/
N I P U T M O D E T U N N I G M O D E TUNING ENTER
PHONES
q s qa q;
Name Function
A ?/1 Press to turn the receiver on
(on/standby)
or off (page 23, 27, 28, 44).
B INPUT
Turn to select the input
SELECTOR
source to play back (page 25,
26, 27, 28, 44, 45, 48, 49, 53).
C Display The current status of the
selected component or a list
of selectable items appears
here (page 7).
D Remote Receives signals from remote
sensor commander.
E MASTER
Turn to adjust the volume
VOLUME
level of all speakers at the
same time (page 25, 26, 27,
28).
F MUTING Press to turn off the sound
temporarily.
Press MUTING again to
restore the sound (page 26).
G DIMMER Press repeatedly to adjust
brightness of the display.
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Name Function
F Dolby Pro Lights up one of the respective
Logic indicators when the receiver
indicators applies Dolby Pro Logic
processing to 2 channel signals
in order to output the center and
surround channel signals.
PL Dolby Pro Logic
PLII
Dolby Pro Logic II
Note
These indicators do not light up
if both the center and surround
speakers are set to "NO" (page
36) and you select a sound field
using the A.F.D. button.
D
G Lights up when the receiver is
decoding Dolby Digital signals.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital
format disc, be sure that you
have made digital connections
and that INPUT MODE is set to
"AUTO" (page 49).
H SLEEP Lights up when the sleep timer is
activated (page 52).
I D.RANGE
Lights up when dynamic range
compression is activated (page
30).
J Playback The letters (L, C, R, etc.) indicate
channel
the channels being played back.
indicators
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)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When surround
speakers are set to "NO" (page
31)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
SW
L C R
SL SR
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SECTION 1
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MASTER VOLUME
2CH/
A.DIRECT A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC DISPLAY DIMMER MUTING
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Name Function
H DISPLAY Press to select information
displayed on the display
(page 52).
I 2CH/
Press to select a sound field
A.DIRECT (page 39).
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
J TUNING Press to operate the tuner
MODE (FM/AM) (page 45).
TUNING +/–
MEMORY/
ENTER
K INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode
when the same components
are connected to both digital
and analog jacks (page 49).
L PHONES jack Connects to headphones
(page 57).

GENERAL

About the indicators on the display
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OPT
SW LFE
COAX
L C R
SL S SR
q;
Name Function
A SW
Lights up when subwoofer
selection is set to "YES" (page
36) and the audio signal is
output from the SUBWOOFER
jack.
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 Input Light up to indicate the current
indicators input.
OPT
Lights up when BD input is
selected. However, "NO
INPUT" appears on the display
if no digital signal is input
through the OPTICAL jack.
"OPT" also lights up when
SAT input is selected if INPUT
MODE is set to "AUTO" and
the source signal is a digital
signal being input through the
OPTICAL jack.
COAX Lights up when DVD input is
selected. However, "NO
INPUT" appears on the display
if no digital signal is input
through the COAXIAL jack.
HDMI Lights up when the receiver
recognizes a component
connected via an HDMI IN
jack (page 18).
STR-DH500
This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
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MEMORY
HDMI DTS
D.RANGE MONO SLEEP ST
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Name Function
D DTS
Lights up when the receiver is
decoding DTS signals.
Note
When playing a DTS format
disc, be sure that you have
made digital connections and
that INPUT MODE is set to
"AUTO" (page 49).
E Tuning
Lights up when using the
indicators receiver to tune in radio
stations (page 45), etc.
MEMORY
A memory function, such as
Preset Memory (page 47), etc.,
is activated.
RDS A station that provides RDS
services is tuned in.
Note
"RDS" appears for models of
area code AEP, UK only.
MONO
Monaural broadcast
ST
Stereo broadcast
A preset station number
appears when the preset radio
station is selected.
Note
The preset station number will
change according to the preset
station you select.
For details on presetting radio
stations, see page 47.
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