Location Of Parts And Basic Amplifier Operations; Front Panel Parts Description - Sony STR-DE435 Operating Instructions (Receiver Component) Operating Instructions Manual

Location of Parts and Basic Amplifier Operations

Front Panel Parts Description

This chapter gives you the information on the location
and function of the buttons and controls on the front
panel and explains basic amplifier operations.
1 1/u switch
Press to turn the receiver on and off.
Note
Before you turn on the receiver, make sure that you have
turned the MASTER VOLUME control to the leftmost
position to avoid damaging your speakers.
2 Function buttons
Press to select the component you want to use.
To listen to or watch
Video tapes
TV programmes or
Laser discs
MiniDiscs or audio tapes
Compact discs (CD)
Radio programmes
DVD player/AC-3 decoder
After selecting the component, turn on the
component you selected and play the program
source.
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1 8 2
7
Press
VIDEO
TV/LD
MD/TAPE
CD
TUNER
5.1 CH/DVD
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3 9
4 6
3 5.1 CH/DVD button
Press to select the component connected to the 5.1
CH/DVD jacks. The 5.1 CH/DVD indicator lights
up when the component is selected.
4 MASTER VOLUME control
After turning on the component you selected, rotate
to adjust the volume.
5 MUTING button
Press to mute the sound. The MUTING indicator
lights up when the sound is muted.
6 BALANCE control
Rotate to adjust the balance of the front speakers.
7 SPEAKERS selector
Set according to the front speakers you want to
drive.
To select
Speakers connected to the SPEAKERS
FRONT A terminals
Speakers connected to the SPEAKERS
FRONT B terminals
Speakers connected to both the SPEAKERS
FRONT A and B terminals (parallel
connection)
No front speaker output
Do not set to A+B when a sound field is turned on.
*
Be sure to connect the front speakers with nominal
impedance of 8 ohms or higher if you want to select both
sets of front speakers.
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5
Set to
A
B
A + B*
OFF