Main Features Of The Receiver - Sony STR-ZA5000ES Operating Instructions Manual

Main features of the receiver

Refer to the Help Guide for details of each function.
http://rd1.sony.net/help/ha/strza5/h_uc2/
Compatible with a variety of connections and formats
Feature Description
Compatible with The receiver allows you to enjoy sounds of Dolby
Atmos or DTS:X content with realistic sensation that
Dolby Atmos and
will make you feel like you are there. The receiver can
DTS:X
decode up to 11.1 channels using two extra power
amplifiers.
Furthermore, the receiver is compatible with various
audio formats, such as Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD
Master Audio, DSD, and multi-channel Linear PCM.
HDMI (6 input (1 in You can connect a variety of equipment to the many
available HDMI input jacks.
front), 2 output)
One HDMI output jack supports the multi-zone
feature, which allows you to output content other
than that of the main room.
The receiver is compatible with various HDMI
standards, such as Deep Color, 4K and 3D
transmission, and Audio Return Channel (ARC).
4K
All HDMI jacks can input or output 4K signals. All
HDMI jacks support High-bandwidth Digital Content
Protection System Revision 2.2 (HDCP 2.2). Refer to
"Specifications" (page 20) for details.
You can convert analog audio input signals and tuner
audio signals to digital signals and then output them
from the HDMI OUT B jack.
Switching hub The receiver is equipped with a switching hub
(8 ports) that supports gigabit-speed transfer. Two of
the ports support PoE (Power over Ethernet).
Feature Description
Multi-zone You can enjoy in another room music and video
content different from the content being played in
the main room.
You can enjoy all audio input on a TV or other device
connected in zone 2.
Digital audio signals input from HDMI IN, OPTICAL IN
or COAXIAL IN jack can be output to zone 2 speakers,
the ZONE 2 AUDIO OUT jack and the HDMI OUT B jack.
Better image and sound quality
Feature Description
ES (Award-winning The receiver achieves superior surround playback
with discrete 9-channel 130 W high power amplifiers
Premium products)
and high-quality hardware.
build & sound quality
Full-performance Fast moving content can be played back at a higher
quality because all HDMI jacks on the receiver
playback of 4K
support HDCP 2.2 and HDR.
premium content
In-Ceiling Speaker The receiver has a speaker mode to match sound
with the screen position even when you use speakers
Mode
set up at ceiling level.
Sound Optimizer The Sound Optimizer function optimizes audio
output in accordance with the volume level.
Sound fields You can select from a variety of sound field modes
according to speaker connections or input sources.
(2ch Stereo, Direct, A.F.D., etc.)
Speaker Relocation The receiver analyses the distance and the angle to
the speakers by using the supplied stereo optimizer
with A.P.M. (D.C.A.C.
microphone. With these information and Speaker
EX) function
Relocation with A.P.M. (D.C.A.C. EX) function, the
receiver's DSP produces optimum sound by
simulating ideally positioned and angled speakers.
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