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Y

(Off)

The receiver is turned off (initial setting).
Press POWER to turn the receiver on.
You cannot turn the receiver on using the 
remote.

Press PUSH.
When you remove the cover, keep it out of
reach from children.

RB

R

RT

RG

RE

RH

RI

RM

X

RK

RL

Y

(On/Standby)

Press 

 

/

 on the remote to turn the receiver on

or set it to the standby mode.
When you press POWER on the receiver, the 
receiver will be turned off.

/ 2CH/A.DIRECT

Press to select a sound field.

0 DIMMER

Press to adjust the
brightness of the display.

1 MEMORY/

Press to store a station or
enter the selection when
selecting the settings.

2 AUTO CAL MIC 

Connects to the supplied
optimizer microphone for 
the Auto Calibration
function.

3 VIDEO 2 IN/

Connects to a portable
audio/video component
such as a camcorder or 
video game. 

4 PHONES jack

Connects to headphones.

5 SPEAKERS

Press to select the speaker
system.

" ON/STANDBY

Lights up in green when the 
receiver is turned on. 
Lights up in red when the 
receiver is set to standby
mode.

# POWER

Press to turn the receiver on
or off.

$ TONE MODE

Adjusts the tonal quality
(bass/treble level) of the 
front, center and surround 
speakers.
Press TONE MODE 
repeatedly to select bass or 
treble level, then turn
TONE +/– to adjust the 
level. 

% TUNING +/–

Turn to scan a station. 

& TUNING MODE

Press to select the tuning
mode.

' Remote sensor

Receives signals from 
remote commander.

( MULTI 

Lights up when multi 
channel audio signals are 
decoded.

) Display

The current status of the 
selected component or a list
of selectable items appears 
here.

* DISPLAY

Press to select information
displayed on the display. 

+ INPUT MODE

Press to select the input 
mode when the same 
components are connected
to both digital and analog
jacks.

, MASTER

Turn to adjust the volume 
level of all speakers at the 
same time.

- INPUT 

Turn to select the input 
source to playback.

. Digital Cinema 

Lights up when a sound
field with

%$4  is 

selected.

" DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT section

OPTICAL IN 
jacks

Connects to a DVD 
player, etc. The 
COAXIAL jack
provides a better 
quality sound.

COAXIAL IN 
jacks

HDMI IN/ 
OUT* jacks

Connects to a DVD 
player, satellite 
tuner, or a Blu-ray
disc player. The 
image is output to a 
TV or a projector 
while the sound can 
be output from a TV
or/and speakers 
connected to this 
receiver.

OPTICAL

IN

OPTICAL

VIDEO 1

IN

COAXIAL

DVD

IN

SAT

IN

SA-CD/

CD

IN

DC5V

0.7A MAX

SAT IN

BD IN

DVD IN

VIDEO 1 IN

OUT

OUT

IN

IN

IN

AUDIO

IN

VIDEO

IN

AUDIO

IN

VIDEO

IN

AUDIO

IN

VIDEO

IN

AUDIO

IN

VIDEO

IN

AUDIO

OUT

AUDIO

OUT

VIDEO

OUT

VIDEO

OUT

IN

AM

FM

SIGNAL

GND

# ANTENNA section

FM
ANTENNA 
jack

Connects to the FM
wire antenna
(aerial) supplied
with this receiver. 

AM
ANTENNA 
terminals

Connects to the AM 
loop antenna
(aerial) supplied
with this receiver. 

XM jack

Connects to the XM 
Mini-Tuner and
Home Dock (not
supplied).

$ COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT/

Y, P

B

/C

B

, 

P

R

/C

R

 IN/

OUT* jacks

Connects to a DVD 
player, TV, satellite
tuner, etc..

Green
(Y)

Blue
(P

B

/C

B

)

Red
(P

R

/C

R

)

& AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT section

AUDIO IN/
OUT jacks

Connects to a Super
Audio CD player, 
etc..

MULTI
CHANNEL 
INPUT jacks

Connect to a Super 
Audio CD player, 
etc. with an analog
audio jack for 7.1 
channel or 5.1 
channel sound.

AUDIO OUT 
jack

Connects to
subwoofer.

White (L)

Red (R)

Black

* You can watch the selected input image when you

connect the MONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack
to a TV. You can operate this receiver using a GUI 
(Graphical User Interface).

' VIDEO/AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT 

AUDIO IN/
OUT jacks

Connects to a VCR,
DVD player, etc..

VIDEO IN/
OUT* jacks

( DMPORT

DMPORT
jack

Connects to a 
DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter. 

White (L)

Red (R)

Yellow

% SPEAKERS section

Connects to
speakers.

This remote can only be used to operate the 
receiver. You can control the main functions of
the receiver with simple operations using this 
remote.

"  / (on/

Press to turn a receiver on or off.

# 2CH/

Press to select sound field. 

$ GUI MODE

Press to display the GUI menu 
on the TV screen.

%

7W#C

After pressing GUI MODE 
(

), press 7/W/#/C to select 

the menu items. Then press 
to enter the selection.

& OPTIONS

Press to display and select items 
from option menus.

' MENU

Press to display the menu to 
operate the receiver.

( DMPORT

Press to operate component 
connected to the DIGITAL
MEDIA PORT adapter.

/

Starts play.

Y

Stops play.

/

Skips tracks.

) INPUT

Press to select the input source 
to play back.

* MASTER 

Press to adjust the volume level.

+ MUTING

Press to turn off the sound 
temporarily. Press the button
again to restore the sound.

, RETURN/

0

Press to return to the previous 
menu or exit the menu.

- DISPLAY

Press to select information 
displayed in the display 
window.

. SLEEP

Press to activate the sleep timer
function and the duration which
the receiver turns off 
automatically.

• Abbreviation
  ECE  : Continental European, East European and Russian models

You can use the supplied remote to operate the 
receiver and to control the Sony audio/video 
components that the remote is assigned to 
operate.
You can also program the remote to control 
non-Sony audio/video components. For 
details, see “Programming the remote”. 

K HOME/

Press to display the menus of 
the receiver, VCR, DVD player, 
satellite tuner, Blu-ray disc 
player, PSX, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO on the TV screen.
Then, use 

V/v/B/b and 

 to 

perform menu operations.
To display the menus of Sony 
TV, press TV (

X) and then 

press HOME/MENU.

L ./>

Press to skip tracks of the VCR, 
CD player, VCD player, LD 
player, DVD player, MD deck, 
DAT deck, tape deck, Blu-ray 
disc player, PSX, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

m/M

Press to
– search tracks in the forward/

backward direction of the CD 
player, VCD player, DVD 
player, LD player, MD deck, 
Blu-ray disc player, PSX, 
DVD/VHS COMBO, or 
DVD/HDD COMBO.

– fast forward/rewind of the 

VCR, DAT deck, or tape 
deck.

N

Press to start playback of the 
VCR, CD player, VCD player, 
LD player, DVD player, MD 
deck, DAT deck, tape deck, 
Blu-ray disc player, PSX, DVD/
VHS COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

X

Press to pause playback or 
recording of the VCR, CD 
player, VCD player, LD player, 
DVD player, MD deck, DAT 
deck, tape deck, Blu-ray disc 
player, PSX, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO. (Also starts recording 
with components in recording 
standby.)

x

Press to stop playback of the 
VCR, CD player, VCD player, 
LD player, DVD player, MD 
deck, DAT deck, tape deck, 
Blu-ray disc player, PSX, DVD/
VHS COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

P TV VOL +/–

Press TV (

X) and then press 

TV VOL +/– to adjust the TV 
volume level.

Press to adjust the volume level 
of all speakers at the same time.

Q MUTING

Press to turn off the sound 
temporarily. Press MUTING 
again to restore the sound.
Press TV (

X), and then press 

MUTING to activate the TV’s 
muting function.

R DISC SKIP

Press to skip disc of the CD 
player, VCD player, DVD 
player, or MD deck (multi-disc 
changer only).

S RETURN/

O

Press to
– return to the previous menu.
– exit the menu while the menu 

or on-screen guide of the 
VCD player, LD player, 
DVD player, Blu-ray disc 
player, PSX, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or satellite tuner is 
displayed on the TV screen.

To return to the previous menu 
of Sony TV, press TV (

X) and 

then press RETURN/EXIT 

O.

T DISPLAY

Press to select information 
displayed on the display 
window or TV screen of the 
VCR, VCD player, LD player, 
DVD player, CD player, MD 
deck, Blu-ray disc player, PSX, 
satellite tuner, DVD/ VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.
To select information of Sony 
TV, press TV (

X) and then 

press DISPLAY.

U RESOLUTION Press repeatedly to change the 

resolution of signals output 
from the HDMI OUT or 
COMPONENT VIDEO 
MONITOR OUT jack. 

V INPUT 

Press to select the input mode 
when the same components are 
connected to both digital and 
analog jacks.

a)

The number 5, TV CH +, PRESET + and 

N  

buttons have tactile dots. Use the tactile dots as 
references when operating the receiver.

b)

See the table for information on the buttons that 
you can use to control each component.

s 3ome functions explained in this section may not 

work depending on the model.

s 4he above explanation is intended to serve as an 

example only. Therefore, depending on the 
component, the above operation may not be 
possible or may operate differently than described.

W SHIFT

Press to light up the buttons. It 
changes the remote button 
function to activate the buttons 
with pink printing.

X TV

Press to light up the button. It 
changes the remote key 
function to activate the buttons 
with yellow printing. It also 
activate the DISPLAY (

T), 

OPTIONS TOOLS (

J), 

HOME/MENU (

K), 

RETURN/EXIT 

O (S),  

(

I), and V/v/B/b (I) buttons 

to perform menu operations for 
Sony TVs only.

Y THEATER

Press to enjoy optimal image 
suited for movies and to output 
the sound from the speakers 
connected to this receiver 
automatically.
Note
This button will only function if 
your TV is compatible with 
Theater Mode. For details, refer 
to the operating instructions 
supplied with the TV.

Z RM SET UP Press to set up the remote.

A AV ?/1 

Press to turn on or off the audio/
video components that the 
remote is programmed to 
operate.
To turn the TV on or off, press 
TV (

X) and then press AV 

?/1. 
If you press 

?/1 (B) at the 

same time, it will turn off the 
receiver and other components 
(SYSTEM STANDBY).
Note
The function of the AV 

?/1 

switch changes automatically 
each time you press the input 
buttons (

D).

B ?/1 

Press to turn the receiver on or 
set it to standby mode.
To turn off all components, 
press 

?/1 and 

?/1 (A) at 

the same time (SYSTEM 
STANDBY).

Saving the power in standby 
mode.
When “Control for HDMI”
 and “RS-232C Control” is set 
to “OFF”.

C AMP

Press to enable the receiver 
operation.

D Input 

Press one of the buttons to 
select the component you want 
to use. When you press any of 
the input buttons, the receiver 
turns on. The buttons are 
factory assigned to control Sony 
components. 
You can program the remote to 
control non-Sony components 
following the steps in 
“Programming the remote”.

I

V/v/B/b

After pressing AMP (

C), press 

HOME/MENU (

K) for 

receiver operation, then press 

V/

v/B/b to select the settings.
After pressing BD/DVD TOP 
MENU (

O) or BD/DVD 

MENU (

O), press V/v/B/b to 

select the settings, and then 
press 

 to enter the selection.

Press 

 also to enter the 

selection of the receiver, VCR, 
satellite tuner, DVD player, 
Blu-ray disc player, PSX, DVD/
VHS COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

J OPTIONS 

Press to display and select items 
from the option menus for 
receiver, DVD player, Blu-ray 
Disc Player, Satellite tuner and 
PSX.
Press TV (

X) and then

press TOOLS to display the
options of Sony TV.

O BD/DVD 

Press to display the menu or on-
screen guide of the DVD or 
Blu-ray disc on the TV screen. 
Then, use 

V/v/B/b and 

 to 

perform menu operations.

Press to display the menu of the 
DVD or Blu-ray disc on the TV 
screen. Then, use 

V/v/B/b and 

 to perform menu 

operations.

Press TV (

X) and then press 

TV INPUT to select the input 
signal (TV input or video 
input).

Press TV (

X) and then press 

WIDE to select the wide picture 
mode.

VIDEO 1

VCR, etc., connected to the 
VIDEO 1 jack.

VIDEO 2

Video camera and TV game, 
etc., connected to the VIDEO 
2 IN/PORTABLE AV IN jack.

BD

Blu-ray disc player, etc., 
connected to the BD jack.

DVD

DVD player, etc., connected 
to the DVD jack.

Press to scan a station.

Press to enter direct tuning
mode.

Bs/sb

Press to replay the previous 
scene or fast forward the current 
scene of the DVD player, Blu-
ray disc player, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

Press to select a category for 
satellite tuner.

Press to select the category 
mode for satellite tuner. 

Press SHIFT (

W) and then

press numeric buttons to
– preset/tune to preset stations.
– select track numbers of the 

CD player, VCD player, LD 
player, DVD player, MD 
deck, DAT deck, or tape 
deck. Press 0/10 to select 
track number 10.

– select channel numbers of 

the VCR, satellite tuner, Blu-
ray disc player, PSX, DVD/
VHS COMBO, or DVD/
HDD COMBO.

Press TV (

X), and then press 

the numeric buttons to select the 
TV channels.

Press SHIFT (

W) and then 

press ENT/MEM to 
– enter the value after selecting 

a channel, disc or track using 
the numeric buttons of the 
VCR, CD player, VCD 
player, LD player, MD deck, 
DAT deck, tape deck, 
satellite tuner, Blu-ray disc 
player, or PSX.

– store a station during tuner 

operation.

To enter the value of Sony TV, 
press TV (

X) and then press 

ENT/MEM.

Press SHIFT (

W) and then 

press CLEAR to
– clear a mistake when you 

press the incorrect numeric 
button of the DVD player, 
Blu-ray disc player, PSX, 
satellite tuner, DVD/VHS 
COMBO, or DVD/HDD 
COMBO.

– return to continuous 

playback, etc. of the satellite 
tuner or DVD player.

Press SHIFT (

W) and then 

press -/-- to select the channel 
entry mode, either one or two 
digit of the VCR or satellite 
tuner.
To select the channel entry 
mode of the TV, press TV (

X) 

and then press -/--.

MD/TAPE

MD or Tape deck, etc., 
connected to the MD/TAPE 
jack.

SA-CD/CD

Super Audio CD or CD 
player, etc., connected to the 
SA-CD/CD jack.

TUNER

Built-in radio tuner.

PHONO

Turntable, etc., connected to 
the PHONO jack.

MULTI IN

Component connected to the 
MULTI CHANNEL INPUT 
jack.

DMPORT

Portable audio, etc., 
connected to the DIGITAL 
MEDIA PORT adapter 
connected to the receiver.

XM
(DA2400ES: US, 
Canadian/DG920)

XM Mini-Tuner and Home 
Dock connected to the XM 
jack.

SIRIUS
(DA2400ES: US, 
Canadian)

SiriusConnect Home tuner 
connected to the SIRIUS jack.

SAT

Satellite tuner, etc., connected 
to the SAT jack.

TV

TV  connected to the TV jack.

Press SHIFT (

W) and then 

press >10 to 
– select track numbers over 10 

of the CD player, VCD 
player, LD player, MD deck, 
tape deck, TV, VCR, or 
satellite tuner.

– select channel numbers of 

the Digital CATV terminal.

E 2CH/

Press to select a sound field.

F SLEEP

Press to activate the Sleep 
Timer function and the duration 
which the receiver turns off 
automatically.

G NIGHT 

Press to activate the Night 
Mode function.

H GUI MODE

Press to display the GUI menu 
on the TV screen.

M TV CH +

Press TV (

X) and then press 

TV CH +/– to select preset TV 
channels.

Press to
– select preset stations.
– select preset channels of the 

VCR, satellite tuner, Blu-ray 
disc player, DVD player, 
DVD/VHS COMBO, or 
DVD/HDD COMBO.

N F1, F2

Press F1 or F2 to select a
component.
s $VD/HDD COMBO

F1: HDD mode
F2: DVD mode

s $VD/VHS COMBO

F1: DVD mode
F2: VHS mode

" SW

Lights up when subwoofer 
is connected and the audio
signal is output from the 
SUBWOOFER jack. While 
this indicator lights up, the 
receiver creates a 
subwoofer signal based on 
the LFE signal in the disc
being played back or the 
low frequency components 
of the front channels.

# LFE

Lights up when the disc 
being played back contains 
an LFE (Low Frequency
Effects) channel and the
LFE channel signal is 
actually being reproduced. 
Since the LFE signal is not 
recorded in all parts of the
input signal the bar 
indication will fluctuate
(and may turn off) during 
playback.

$ COAX

Lights up when INPUT 
MODE is set to “AUTO” 
and the source signal is a 
digital signal being input 
through the COAXIAL 
jack.

1 XM

Lights up when XM Mini-
Tuner and Home Dock are 
connected and “XM” is 
selected.

2  PL/

 PL II/
 PL IIx

“

 PL” lights up when the 

receiver applies Pro Logic 
processing to 2 channel 
signals in order to output 
the center and surround 
channel signals.
“

 PL II” lights up when 

the Pro Logic II decoder is 
activated.
“

 PL IIx” lights up when

the Pro Logic IIx decoder is
activated.
However, these indicators 
do not light up if both the 
center and surround 
speakers are not connected 
and you select a sound field 
using the A.F.D. button.
Note

Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding
does not function for signals 
with a sampling frequency of
more than 48 kHz.

3 BI-AMP

Lights up when BI-AMP 
Speaker setting is set to
“ON”.

4 EQ

Lights up when the 
equalizer is activated.

5 NEO:6

Lights up when DTS Neo:6
Cinema/Music decoding is 
activated.

(DA2400ES: US, 
Canadian/DG920)

(DA2400ES)

XK Playback 

channel 
indicators

L
R
C
SL
SR
S

SBL
SBR
SB

The letters (L, C, R, etc.) 
indicate the channels being 
played back. The boxes
around the letters vary to 
show how the receiver
downmixes the source 
sound (based on the speaker
settings).
Front Left
Front Right
Center (monaural)
Surround Left
Surround Right
Surround (monaural or the 
surround components
obtained by Pro Logic 
processing)
Surround Back Left
Surround Back Right
Surround Back (the 
surround back components 
obtained by 6.1 channel 
decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
When Speaker Pattern is set 
to “3/0.1”
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO

% OPT

Lights up when INPUT 
MODE is set to “AUTO” 
and the source signal is a 
digital signal being input 
through the OPTICAL jack.

&  D/

 D EX/
 D+/
 TrueHD

“

 D” lights up when the 

receiver is decoding Dolby 
Digital signals.
“

 D EX” lights up when 

the receiver is decoding 
Dolby Digital Surround EX
signals.
“

 D+” lights up when the 

receiver is decoding Dolby 
Digital Plus signals.
“

 TrueHD” lights up

when the receiver is
decoding Dolby TrueHD
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”.

' Neural-THX Lights up when the receiver

applies Neural-THX 
processing to input signals.

( DTS/

DTS-ES/
DTS 96/24

“DTS” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding DTS 
signals.
“DTS-ES” lights up when 
the receiver is decoding 
DTS-ES signals.
“DTS 96/24” lights up 
when the receiver is
decoding DTS 96/24 (DTS 
96 kHz/24 bit) signals.
Note

When playing a DTS format 
disc, be sure that you have
made digital connections and 
that INPUT MODE is set to 
“AUTO”.

) D.RANGE

Lights up when dynamic 
range compression is 
activated.

* CAT

Lights up when category 
mode is selected during the
satellite radio operation.

+ SP A/SP B/

SP A+

(DA2400ES: US, 
Canadian/DG920)

B

Lights up according to the 
speaker system used 
(page 44). However, these 
indicators do not light up if 
the speaker output is turned 
off or if headphones are 
connected.

, Tuner 

indicators

Lights up when using the
receiver to tune in radio 
stations, etc.

- SLEEP

Lights up when the sleep 
timer is activated.

. A.DIRECT

Lights up when the receiver
is processing Analog Direct
signals.

/ SIRIUS

Lights up when the 
SiriusConnect Home tuner 
is connected and “SIRIUS”
is selected.

0 MEM

Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset
Memory etc., is activated.

6 DTS-HD

MSTR/
DTS-HD HI 
RES

“DTS-HD MSTR” lights up
when the receiver is
decoding DTS-HD Master 
Audio signals.
“DTS-HD HI RES” lights 
up when the receiver is
decoding DTS-HD High 
Resolution signals.

7 LPCM

Lights up when Linear 
PCM signals are detected.

8 ANALOG

Lights up when 
– INPUT MODE is set to 

“AUTO” and no digital 
signal is being input 
through the COAXIAL, 
OPTICAL or HDMI 
jacks.

– INPUT MODE is set to 

“ANALOG”.

– the “Analog Direct” is 

being used.

9 DMPORT

Lights up when DIGITAL
MEDIA PORT adapter is
connected and “DMPORT” 
is selected.

: MULTI IN

Lights up when multi 
channel input is selected.

; HDMI

Lights up when the receiver 
recognizes a component
connected via an HDMI IN 
jack.