Sony STR-DE485 Operating Instructions Manual page 40

Troubleshooting (continued)
The FM reception is poor.
Use a 75-ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) to
connect the receiver to an outdoor FM antenna as
shown below. If you connect the receiver to an
outdoor antenna, ground it against ligthning. To
prevent a gas explosion, do not connect the ground
wire to a gas pipe.
Receiver
Outdoor_nna _
Ground wire
(not supplied)
To ground
Radio stations cannot be tuned in.
• Check that tile antemlas am connected securely.
A_tlst the antennas and connect an external
antenna
if necessal'y.
• The signal strength of the stations is too weak
(when tuning ill with automatic tuning). Use
direct tuning.
• Make sure yotl sat the tuning interval correat]y
(when tuning ill AM stations with direct tuning).
• No stations have been prese4 or the preset
stations have been cleared (when tuning by
scanning prese_ stations). Prese_ the s_ations
(page 30).
• Press DISPLAY so that the frequency appears in
the display.
There is no picture or an unclear picture appears
on the TV screen or monitor.
• Select the appropriate function on tile l_ceiver.
• Se_ your TV to the appmpriale input mode.
• Move your TV away from the audio components.
The remote does not function.
• Point the remote at the remote sensor [] on tile
receiver.
• Check that you select AV2 as the command
mode of the receiver (page 33).
• Remove any obstacles in the path between the
remote and the receiver.
• Replace bolh batleries ill the remote with new
ones, if they are weak.
• Make sure you select the correct function on the
remote.
• If the remote is set to operale the TV only, use
the remote to select a soul_e or component other
than TV before operathlg the receiver or other
component.
Clearing the receiver's memory
To clear See
All memorized settings page 15
Customized soued fields page 27
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