Before You Use Your Receiver - Sony STR-DE525 Operating Instructions Manual

Before You Use Your Receiver

Before turning on the receiver
Make sure that you have:
• Turned MASTER VOLUME to the leftmost position (0).
• Selected the appropriate front speakers (see "8
SPEAKERS selector" on page 21).
• Set BALANCE to the center position.
Clearing the receiver's memory
Before you use your receiver for the first time or when
you want to clear the receiver's memory, do the procedure
below.
1/u
VIDEO 1 (STR-DE625)
VIDEO (STR-DE525)
CURSOR MODE
SURROUND
BASS/
SET UP TREBLE
INDEX
SPEAKERS
A
OFF B
FUNCTION
A + B
DIRECT
DISPLAY
TUNING 1 2 3 4 5 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
PRESET
TUNING
– + – TUNING +
SHIFT 6 7 8 9 9
TAPE/MD CD
PHONES
SLEEP FM MODE FM/AM MEMORY
1
Turn off the receiver.
2
While pressing down VIDEO 1 and TV/DBS (STR-
DE625) or VIDEO and TAPE/MD (STR-DE525), press
1/u to turn on the receiver.
"ALL CLEAR" appears in the display and the items
including the following are reset or cleared:
• All preset stations are reset to their factory settings.
• All sound field parameters are reset to their factory
settings.
• All index names (of preset stations and program
sources) are cleared.
• All adjustments made with the SET UP button are
reset to their factory settings.
• The sound field memorized for each program source
abd preset station is cleared.
TV/DBS (STR-DE625)
TAPE/MD (STR-DE525)
MASTER VOLUME
5.1/DVD
INPUT
TONE
BASS
BOOST
SOUND FIELD
BALANCE
ON/OFF
SOUND FIELD MUTING
VIDEO 3 TV/DBS
GENRE MODE
L R
5.1/DVD BASS
TUNER PHONO INPUT BOOST
TONE
ON/OFF
VIDEO 3 INPUT
VIDEO L AUDIO R
Checking the connections
After connecting all of your components to the receiver,
do the procedure below to verify that the connections
were correctly made.
1/u
FUNCTION buttons
CURSOR MODE
SURROUND
BASS/
SET UP TREBLE
INDEX
SPEAKERS
A
OFF B
+ FUNCTION
A B DIRECT
DISPLAY
1 2 3 4 5
TUNING VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
PRESET
TUNING
– + – TUNING +
SHIFT 6 7 8 9 9 TAPE/MD CD
PHONES
SLEEP FM MODE FM/AM MEMORY
1
Press 1/u to turn on the receiver.
2
Press a FUNCTION button to select a component
(program source) that you have connected (e.g., CD
player or tape deck).
3
Turn on the component and start playing it.
4
Rotate MASTER VOLUME to turn up the volume.
If you did not obtain normal sound output after
performing the procedure above, look for the reason in
the following check-list and take the appropriate
measures to correct the problem.
There is no sound no matter which component is
selected.
/ Check that both the receiver and all components
are turned on.
/ Check that the MASTER VOLUME control is not
set at 0.
/ Check that the SPEAKERS selector is not set at
OFF or at a position for front speakers that are not
connected to the receiver (see "8 SPEAKERS
selector" on page 21).
/ Check that all the speaker cords are connected
correctly.
/ Press the MUTING button to turn off the indicator
to the left of the button.
MASTER VOLUME
MASTER VOLUME
5.1/DVD
INPUT
TONE
BASS
BOOST
SOUND FIELD
ON/OFF BALANCE
MUTING
SOUND FIELD
VIDEO 3 TV/DBS
GENRE MODE
5.1/DVD BASS L R
TUNER PHONO
INPUT BOOST
TONE
ON/OFF
VIDEO 3 INPUT
VIDEO L AUDIO R
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