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Press to turn the receiver on 
or off (page 26, 34, 35, 55, 
82).

B SPEAKERS 

Press to select the front 
speaker system (page 27).

C TUNING 

Press or turn to operate the 
tuner (FM/AM/XM) (page 
55).

D Display

The current status of the 
selected component or a list 
of selectable items appears 
here (page 7). 

E Remote 

Receives signals from remote 
commander.

F DISPLAY

Press to select information 
displayed on the display 
(page 73).

G INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode 

when the same components 
are connected to both digital 
and analog jacks (page 67).

H MASTER 

Turn to adjust the volume 
level of all speakers at the 
same time (page 32, 33, 34, 
35).

I DIRECT

Press to listen to high quality 
analog sound (page 54).

J AUTO CAL

Press to activate the Auto 
Calibration function (page 
29).

K INPUT 

Turn to select the input 
source to play back (page 33, 
34, 35, 54, 56, 58, 59, 67, 72, 
74).

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L 2CH

Press to select a sound field 
(page 49).

M CATEGORY 

Used when listening to XM 
Radio (page 60).

 

N VIDEO 3 IN/ 

Connects to a portable audio/
video component such as a 
camcorder or video game 
(page 24, 33).

O AUTO CAL 

Connects to the supplied 
optimizer microphone for the 
Auto Calibration function 
(page 28).

P PHONES jack Connects to headphones 

(page 78).

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A SW

Lights up when sub woofer 
selection is set to “YES” (page 
45) and the audio signal is 
output from the SUB 
WOOFER jack.

B LFE

Lights up when the disc being 
played back contains an LFE 
(Low Frequency Effect) 
channel and the LFE channel 
signal is actually being 
reproduced.

C SP A/SP B

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

D ; D/

 

; D EX

“; 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.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital 
format disc, be sure that you 
have made digital connections 
and that INPUT MODE is not 
set to “ANALOG” (page 67).

E ; PL/

 

; PLII/

 

; PLIIx

“; PL” lights up when the 
receiver applies Pro Logic 
processing to 2 channel signals 
in order to output the center and 
surround channel signals. 

 

“; PLII” lights up when the 
Pro Logic II Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
“; PLIIx” lights up when the 
Pro Logic IIx Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.

 

However,  these indicators do 
not light up if both the center 
and surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 39) and you select 
a sound field using the A.F.D. 
button.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding 
does not function for DTS 
format signals or for signals 
with a sampling frequency of 
more than 48 kHz.

F OPT

Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUT O IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
OPTICAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to “OPT 
IN” (page 67).

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“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 (96 kHz/
24 bit) signals. “DTS-ES 

 

96/24” lights up when the  
receiver is decoding DTS-ES 
96/24 signals.
Note
When playing a DTS format 
disc, be sure that you have 
made digital connections and 
that INPUT MODE is not set to 
“ANALOG” (page 67).

H CAT

Lights up when “ALL CAT ” 
mode is changed to “ONE 
CAT” mode during XM Radio 
operation (page 63).

I MEMORY

Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset 
Memory (page 58), etc., is 
activated.

J Tuner 

Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations (page 55), etc.

K Preset 

Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations you have preset. For 
details on presetting radio 
stations, see page 57.

L D.RANGE

Lights up when dynamic range 
compression is activated (page 
37).

M NEO:6

Lights up when DTS Neo:6 
Cinema/Music decoder is 
activated (page 50).

N COAX

Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUT O IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
COAXIAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to 
“COAX IN” (page 67)

O HDMI 

Lights up when the receiver 
recognizes a component 
connected via a HDMI IN jack 
(page 18).

P Playback 

 

 

 

 

 
L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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 (the surround 
back components obtained by 
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When 
surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 39)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO

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DVD 

IN

COAXIAL

VIDEO 1

IN

AM

DVD IN

VIDEO 2/BD IN

OUT

IN

IN

AUDIO IN

VIDEO IN

VIDEO IN

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO OUT

VIDEO OUT

AUDIO IN

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO IN

SAT IN

DVD IN

VIDEO 1 IN

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B

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B

P

R

/C

R

MONITOR OUT

FRONT B

FRONT A

SURROUND

CENTER

SURROUND BACK

A DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT section

OPTICAL

 

IN jacks

Connects to a 
DVD player, etc. 
The COAXIAL 
jack provides a 
better quality of 
loud sound (page 
21, 23).

COAXIAL IN 
jack

HDMI IN/

 

OUT jacks*

Connects to a 
DVD player, etc. 
The image and the 
sound are output to 
a TV or a projector 
(page 18).

DMPORT

 

jack

Connects to a 
DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter 
(page 69).

B COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT/

COMPONENT 
VIDEO 
INPUT/
OUTPUT 
jacks*

Connects to a 
DVD player, TV,  
or a satellite tuner. 
You can enjoy 
high quality image 
(page 20–23).

Green (Y)

Blue 

 

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Red 

 

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C SPEAKERS section

Connects to 
speakers (page 15).

Connects to a sub 
woofer (page 15).

D VIDEO/AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT 

AUDIO IN/
OUT jacks

Connects to a VCR, 
a DVD player, etc. 
(page 20–24).

VIDEO IN/
OUT jacks*

E AUDIO INPUT section

AUDIO IN 
jacks

Connects to a CD 
player, etc. (page 
16).

White (L)

Red (R)

Yellow

White (L)

Red (R)

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* You can watch the selected input image when you 

connect the MONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack 
to a TV or projector (page 20).

You  can use the supplied remote

 

RM-AAU014 to operate the receiver and to 
control the Sony audio/video components that 
the remote is assigned to operate (page 74).

F ANTENNA section

FM

 

ANTENNA 
jack

Connects to the FM 
wire antenna 
(aerial) supplied 
with this receiver 
(page 25).

AM 
ANTENNA 
terminals

Connects to the AM 
loop antenna 
(aerial) supplied 
with this receiver 
(page 25).

XM 
ANTENNA 
jack

Connects to the XM 
Connect-and-Play 
antenna (not 
supplied) (page 61).

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A TV ?/1

 

Press TV ?/1 and TV (M) at 
the same time to turn the TV 
on or off.

AV ?/1 

 

Press to turn on or off the 
Sony audio/video components 
that the remote is assigned to 
operate (page 74).
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 (C).

B ?/1

 

Press to turn the receiver on or 
off.
To turn off all components, 
press ?/1 and AV  ?/1 (A) at 
the same time (SYSTEM 
STANDBY ).

C Input buttons 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 as follows.

 

Yo u can change the button 
assignments following the 
steps in “Changing button 
assignments” on page 74.

DMPORT

DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter

VIDEO 1

VCR (VTR mode 3)

VIDEO 2

VCR (VTR mode 2)

VIDEO 3

Not assigned

DVD

DVD player

SAT

Digital Satellite 
Receiver

TV

TV

SA-CD/CD Super Audio CD/

 

CD player

TUNER

Built-in tuner

D 2CH

Press to select a sound field.

E AMP MENU

Press to display the menu of 
the receiver.  Then, use V, v, 
B, b and  

(P) to perform 

menu operations.

F AUTO CAL

Press to activate the Auto 
Calibration function.

G D.TUNING

Press to enter direct tuning 
mode.

Press to skip a disc when 
using a multi-disc changer.

H DVD MENU

Press to display the menu of 
the DVD player on the TV 
screen. Then, use V, v, B, b 
and  

(P) to perform menu 

operations.

Press to select the FM 
monaural or stereo reception.

I ENTER

Press to enter the value after 
selecting a channel, disc or 
track using the numeric 
buttons of the TV,  VCR or 
satellite tuner.

Press to store a station.

J MUTING

Press to activate the muting 
function.
Press MUTING and TV (M) 
at the same time to activate 
the TV’s muting function.

K TV VOL 

 

Press TV VOL +/– and TV 
(M) at the same time to adjust 
the TV volume level.

 

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

L ./>

Press to skip a track of the CD 
player, DVD player or blu-ray 
disc player.

Press to replay the previous 
scene or fast forward the 
current scene of the VCR, 
DVD player or blu-ray disc 
player.

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Press to
– search tracks in the forward/

reverse direction of the DVD 
player.

– start fast forward/rewind of 

the VCR, CD player or blu-
ray disc player.

H

Press to start playback of the 
VCR, CD player, DVD player, 
or blu-ray disc player.

X

Press to pause playback or 
recording of the VCR, CD 
player, DVD player or blu-ray 
disc player. (Also starts 
recording with components in 
recording standby.)

x

Press to stop playback of the 
VCR, CD player, DVD player 
or blu-ray disc player.

Press TV CH +/– and TV (M) 
at the same time to select 
preset TV channels.

 

Press to select the category  for 
XM Radio (page 63).

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

or satellite tuner.

Press to scan a station.

Press to select the category 
mode for XM Radio (page 63).

M TV

Press TV and the button you 
want at the same time to 
activate the buttons with 
orange printing.

N MENU

Press to display the menu of 
the VCR, DVD player, 
satellite tuner or blu-ray disc 
player on the TV screen.
Press MENU and TV (M) at 
the same time to display the 
TV’s menu. 
Then, use V, v, B, b and 

 

(P) to perform menu 
operations.

O RETURN/

 

EXIT O

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

menu or on-screen guide of 
the VCR, DVD player, 
satellite tuner or blu-ray disc 
player is displayed on the 
TV screen.

Press RETURN/EXIT and TV 
(M) at the same time to return 
to the previous menu or exit 
the TV’s menu while the 
menu is displayed on the TV 
screen.

P

 

 
V/v/B/b

After pressing AMP MENU 
(E), DVD MENU (H), or 
MENU (N), press V, v, B or 
b to select the settings. Then, 
press 

 to enter the selection 

for DVD MENU or MENU.
Press 

 also to enter the 

selection of the receiver, 
VCR, satellite tuner, CD 
player, DVD player or blu-ray 
disc player.

Q DISPLAY

Press to select information 
displayed on the TV screen of 
the VCR, satellite tuner, CD 
player, DVD player or blu-ray 
disc player.
Press DISPLAY  and TV (M) 
at the same time to display 
TV’s information on the TV 
screen.

R TOOLS

Press to display options 
applicable to the entire disc 
(e.g. disc protection), recorder 
(e.g. audio settings during 
recording), or multiple items 
on a list menu (e.g. erasing 
multiple titles).
Press TOOLS and TV (M) at 
the same time to display 
options applicable to the TV.

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The number 5, MASTER VOL +, TV VOL +, and 
H buttons have tactile dots. Use the tactile dots 
as references when operating the receiver.

b)

This button is also available for DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter operation. For details on the 
function of the button, refer to the operating 
instructions supplied with the DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter.

• Some functions explained in this section may not 

work depending on the model.

• The 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.

S -/--

Press -/-- and TV (M) at the 
same time to select the 
channel entry mode, either 
one or two digits of the TV.

x

Press to select
– track numbers over 10 of the 

VCR, satellite tuner or CD 
player.

– channel numbers of the 

Digital CATV terminal.

Press to clear a mistake when 
you press the incorrect 
numeric button.

T Numeric 

Press to 
– preset/tune to preset 

stations. 

– select track numbers of the 

CD player, DVD player or 
blu-ray disc player. Press 0/
10 to select track number 10.

– select channel numbers of 

the VCR or satellite tuner.

Press the numeric buttons and 
TV (M) at the same time to 
select the TV channels.

U TV INPUT

Press TV INPUT and TV (M) 
at the same time to select the 
input signal (TV input or 
video input).

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

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Press to turn the receiver on 
or off (page 25, 33, 34, 54).

B SPEAKERS 

Press to select the front 
speaker system (page 26).

C TUNING 

Press or turn to operate the 
tuner (FM/AM) (page 54).

D Display

The current status of the 
selected component or a list 
of selectable items appears 
here (page 6). 

E Remote 

Receives signals from remote 
commander.

F DISPLAY

Press to select information 
displayed on the display 
(page 59, 66).

G INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode 

when the same components 
are connected to both digital 
and analog jacks (page 60).

H MASTER 

Turn to adjust the volume 
level of all speakers at the 
same time (page 31, 32, 33, 
34).

I DIRECT

Press to listen to high quality 
analog sound (page 53).

J AUTO CAL

Press to activate the Auto 
Calibration function (page 
28).

K INPUT 

Turn to select the input 
source to play back (page 32, 
33, 34, 53, 55, 57, 60, 65, 67).

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L 2CH

Press to select a sound field 
(page 48).

M SUR BACK 

Press to select the surround 
back decoding mode (page 
41).

N SLEEP

Press to activate the Sleep 
Timer function and the 
duration which the receiver 
turns off automatically (page 
66).

O DIMMER

Press to adjust the brightness 
of the display (page 47).

P VIDEO 3 IN/ 

Connects to a portable audio/
video component such as a 
camcorder or video game 
(page 23, 32).

Q AUTO CAL 

Connects to the supplied 
optimizer microphone for the 
Auto Calibration function 
(page 27).

R PHONES jack Connects to headphones 

(page 71).

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A SW

Lights up when sub woofer 
selection is set to “YES” (page 
44) and the audio signal is 
output from the SUB 
WOOFER jack.

B LFE

Lights up when the disc being 
played back contains an LFE 
(Low Frequency Effect) 
channel and the LFE channel 
signal is actually being 
reproduced.

C SP A/SP B

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

D ; D/

 

; D EX

“; 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.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital 
format disc, be sure that you 
have made digital connections 
and that INPUT MODE is not 
set to “ANALOG” (page 60).

E ; PL/

 

; PLII/

 

; PLIIx

“; PL” lights up when the 
receiver applies Pro Logic 
processing to 2 channel signals 
in order to output the center and 
surround channel signals. 

 

“; PLII” lights up when the 
Pro Logic II Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
“; PLIIx” lights up when the 
Pro Logic IIx Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.

 

However, these indicators do 
not light up if both the center 
and surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 38) and you select 
a sound field using the A.F.D. 
button.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding 
does not function for DTS 
format signals or for signals 
with a sampling frequency of 
more than 48 kHz.

F OPT

Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUTO IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
OPTICAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to “OPT 
IN” (page 60).

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G DTS/

 

 

 

 

“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 (96 kHz/
24 bit) signals. “DTS-ES 

 

96/24” lights up when the  
receiver is decoding DTS-ES 
96/24 signals.
Note
When playing a DTS format 
disc, be sure that you have 
made digital connections and 
that INPUT MODE is not set to 
“ANAL OG” (page 60).

H MEMORY

Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset 
Memory (page 56), etc., is 
activated.

I Tuner 

Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations (page 54), etc.
Note
“RDS” appears for models of 
area code CEL, CEK only.

J Preset 

Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations you have preset. For 
details on presetting radio 
stations, see page 56.

K D.RANGE

Lights up when dynamic range 
compression is activated (page 
36).

L NEO:6

Lights up when DTS Neo:6 
Cinema/Music decoder is 
activated (page 49).

M COAX

Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUTO IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
COAXIAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to 
“COAX IN” (page 60)

N HDMI 

Lights up when the receiver 
recognizes a component 
connected via a HDMI IN jack 
(page 17).

O Playback 

 

 

 

 

 
L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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 (the surround 
back components obtained by 
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When 
surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 38)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO

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DVD 

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VIDEO 1

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DVD IN

VIDEO 2/BD IN

OUT

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AUDIO IN

VIDEO IN

VIDEO IN

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO OUT

VIDEO OUT

AUDIO IN

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO IN

SAT IN

DVD IN

VIDEO 1 IN

Y

P

B

/C

B

P

R

/C

R

MONITOR OUT

FRONT B

FRONT A

SURROUND

CENTER

SURROUND BACK

A DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT section

OPTICAL

 

IN jacks

Connects to a 
DVD player, etc. 
The COAXIAL 
jack provides a 
better quality of 
loud sound (page 
20, 22).

COAXIAL IN 
jack

HDMI IN/

 

OUT jacks*

Connects to a 
DVD player, etc. 
The image and the 
sound are output to 
a TV or a projector 
(page 17).

DMPORT

 

jack

Connects to a 
DIGITAL  MEDIA 
PORT adapter 
(page 62).

B COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT/

COMPONENT 
VIDEO 
INPUT/
OUTPUT 
jacks*

Connects to a 
DVD player, TV, 
or a satellite tuner. 
Yo u can enjoy 
high quality image 
(page 19 – 22).

Green (Y)

Blue 

 

(P

B

/C

B

)

Red 

 

(P

R

/C

R

)

C SPEAKERS section

Connects to 
speakers (page 14).

Connects to a sub 
woofer (page 14).

D VIDEO/AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT 

AUDIO IN/
OUT jacks

Connects to a VCR, 
a DVD player, etc. 
(page 19 – 23).

VIDEO IN/
OUT jacks*

E AUDIO INPUT section

AUDIO IN 
jacks

Connects to a CD 
player, etc. (page 
15).

White (L)

Red (R)

Yellow

White (L)

Red (R)

GB

* You can watch the selected input image when you 

connect the MONITOR OUT or HDMI OUT jack 
to a TV or projector (page 19).

You can use the supplied remote

 

RM-AAU015 to operate the receiver and to 
control the Sony audio/video components that 
the remote is assigned to operate (page 67).

F ANTENNA section

FM

 

ANTENNA 
jack

Connects to the FM 
wire antenna 
(aerial) supplied 
with this receiver 
(page 24).

AM 
ANTENNA 
terminals

Connects to the AM 
loop antenna 
(aerial) supplied 
with this receiver 
(page 24).

TV ?/1 
AV ?/1

?/1

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