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This receiver incorporates Dolby* Digital and 
Pro Logic Surround and the DTS** Digital Sur-
round System.
*  Manufactured under license from Dolby Labo-

ratories. Dolby, Pro Logic, Surround EX, and 
the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby 
Laboratories.

** Manufactured under license under U.S. Pat-

ent Nos: 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 6,226,616; 
6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929; 7,392,195; 
7,272,567 & other U.S. and worldwide patents 
issued & pending. DTS-HD, the Symbol, & 
DTS-HD and the Symbol together are regis-
tered trademarks & DTS-HD Master Audio 
is a trademark of DTS, Inc. Product includes 
software. © DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

This receiver incorporates High-Defi nition Multi-
media Interface (HDMI™) technology. The terms 
HDMI and HDMI High-Defi nition  Multimedia 
Interface, and the HDMI Logo are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in 
the United States and other countries.
AirPlay, iPhone, iPod, iPod classic, iPod nano, 
and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., reg-
istered in the U.S. and other countries.
All other trademarks and registered trademarks 
are of their respective holders. In this manual, ™ 
and ® marks are not specifi ed.
“Made for iPod” and “Made for iPhone” mean 
that an electronic accessory has been designed 
to connect specifi cally to iPod or iPhone, respec-
tively, and has been certifi ed by the developer to 
meet Apple performance standards.
Apple is not responsible for the operation of this 
device or its compliance with safety and regula-
tory standards. Please note that the use of this ac-
cessory with iPod or iPhone may affect wireless 
performance.
DLNA™, the DLNA Logo and DLNA CERTI-
FIED™ are trademarks, service marks, or cer-
tifi cation marks of the Digital Living Network 
Alliance.
“Sony Entertainment Network” logo and “Sony 
Entertainment Network” are trademarks of Sony 
Corporation.
Wake-on-LAN is a trademark of International 
Business Machines Corporation in the United 
States.
Windows and the Windows logo are either reg-
istered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft 
Corporation in the United States and/or other 
countries.
This product is protected by certain intellectual 
property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use 
or distribution of such technology outside of this 
product is prohibited without a license from Mi-
crosoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary.
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology and pat-
ents licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

 

“x.v.Color (x.v.Colour)” and “x.v.Color 
(x.v.Colour)” logo are trademarks of Sony Cor-
poration.
“BRAVIA” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.
“PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony 
Computer Entertainment Inc.

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© 

2014.04

“WALKMAN” is a registered trademark of Sony 
Corporation.
MICROVAULT is a trademark of Sony Corpora-
tion.
VAIO and VAIO Media are registered trademarks 
of Sony Corporation.
PARTY STREAMING and PARTY STREAM-
ING logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Logo is a certifi cation 
mark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
The  Bluetooth

®

 word mark and logos are regis-

tered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. 
and any use of such marks by Sony Corporation 
is under license.
Other trademarks and trade names are those of 
their respective owners.
InstaPrevue™ is a trademark or registered trade-
mark of Silicon Image, Inc. in the United States 
and other countries.

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Josh Coalson
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above copyright notice, this list of conditions 
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the distribution.

–  Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation 

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to endorse or promote products derived from 
this software without specifi c prior written per-
mission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE 
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBU-
TORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IM-
PLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT 
NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRAN-
TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT-
NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LI-
ABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCI-
DENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CON-
SEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS 
OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETH-
ER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, 
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR 
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT 
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF 
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH 
DAMAGE.

POWER OUTPUT AND TOTAL
HARMONIC DISTORTION:
(US model only)
With 6 ohm loads, both channels driven, from 
20 – 20,000 Hz; rated 100 watts per channel 
minimum RMS power, with no more than 0.09% 
total harmonic distortion from 250 milliwatts to 
rated output.
Amplifi er section
Mexican model

1)

Minimum RMS Output Power
(6 ohms, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, THD 0.09%)
 

90 W + 90 W

Stereo Mode Output Power

1)

(6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 1%)
 

100 W + 100 W

Surround Mode Output Power

1) 2)

(6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 0.9%)
 

 

140 W per channel

Other models

1)

Minimum RMS Output Power

1)

(6 ohms, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, THD 0.09%)
 

95 W + 95 W

Stereo Mode Output Power

1)

(6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 1%)
 

110 W + 110 W

Surround Mode Output Power

1) 2)

(6 ohms, 1 kHz, THD 0.9%)
 

 

150 W per channel

1)

 Measured under the following conditions:

US, Canadian, 
Taiwan

120 V AC, 60 Hz

Mexican

127 V AC, 60 Hz

AEP, UK, 
Australian

230 V AC, 50 Hz

2)

 Reference power output for front, center, sur-

round, surround back and front high speakers. 
Depending on the sound fi eld settings and the 
source, there may be no sound output.

Frequency response
  Analog 

10 Hz – 100 kHz, 
+0.5/–2 dB (with sound 
fi eld and equalizer 
bypassed)

Input
  Analog 

Sensitivity: 500 mV/
50 kilohms

  

S/N

3)

: 105 dB

(A, 500 mV

4)

)

 

Digital (Coaxial) 

Impedance: 75 ohms 
S/N: 100 dB
(A, 20 kHz LPF)

 

Digital (Optical) 

S/N: 100 dB

   

(A, 20 kHz LPF)

Output (Analog)
  SUBWOOFER 

Voltage: 2 V/1 kilohm

Equalizer
  Gain levels 

±10 dB, 1 dB step

3) 

INPUT SHORT (with sound fi eld and equalizer 
bypassed).

4) 

Weighted network, input level.

FM tuner section
Tuning range 

87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz
(50 kHz step) 
(AEP, UK, Australian,
Taiwan, Mexican)
87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz
(100 kHz step) 
(US, Canadian)

Antenna (aerial) 

FM wire antenna (aerial)

Antenna (aerial) terminals
   

75 ohms, unbalanced

AM tuner section
Tuning range

10 kHz step 

9 kHz step

US, Canadian,
Mexican

530 kHz – 

531 kHz –

1,710 kHz 

1,710 kHz

AEP, UK, 
Australian, 
Taiwan

        – 

531 kHz –

 1,602 

kHz

Antenna (aerial) 

Loop antenna (aerial)

Video section
Inputs/Outputs

  Video: 

1 Vp-p, 75 ohms

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iPod/iPhone section
DC 5V 1.0 A MAX

USB section
Supported format* 

MP3 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer-3):
32 kbps – 320 kbps, VBR

   

AAC: 16 kbps – 320 kbps, CBR, VBR

  

WMA9 

Standard:

40 kbps – 320 kbps, CBR, VBR

   

WAV: 8 kHz – 192 kHz, 16 bit PCM
8 kHz – 192 kHz, 24 bit PCM

   

FLAC: 8 kHz – 192 kHz, 16 bit FLAC

   

44.1 kHz – 192 kHz, 24 bit FLAC

* Compatibility with all encoding/

writing software, recording devices and 
recording media cannot be guaranteed.

Transfer speed 

High-speed

Supported USB device
   

Mass Storage Class

Maximum current 

500 mA

NETWORK section
Ethernet LAN 

10BASE-T/100BASE-TX

Wireless LAN
 Compatible 

standards:

   

IEEE 802.11 b/g

  Security: 

WEP 64 bit, WEP 128 bit,

  

WPA/WPA2-PSK 

(AES),

  

WPA/WPA2-PSK 

(TKIP)

  Radio frequency:  2.4 GHz

Bluetooth section (US, Canadian)
Communication system
   

Bluetooth Specifi cation

  

version 

3.0

Output 

Bluetooth Specifi cation

   

Power Class 2

Maximum communication range
   

Line of sight approx.

  

10 

m

1)

Frequency band 

2.4 GHz band

   

(2.4000 GHz – 2.4835 GHz)

Modulation method  FHSS (Freq Hopping
  

Spread 

Spectrum)

Compatible Bluetooth profi les

2)

  

A2DP 

(Advanced 

Audio

  

Distribution 

Profi le)

   

AVRCP 1.3 (Audio Video

   

Remote Control Profi le)

Supported Codecs

3)

 SBC

4)

, AAC

Transmission range (A2DP)
   

20 Hz – 20,000 Hz

  

(Sampling 

frequency

  

44.1 

kHz)

1) 

The actual range will vary depending on factors such as 
obstacles between devices, magnetic fi elds around a microwave 
oven, static electricity, cordless phone, reception sensitivity, 
antenna’s performance, operating system, software application, 
etc.

2) 

Bluetooth standard profi les indicate the purpose of Bluetooth 
communication between devices.

3) 

Codec: Audio signal compression and conversion format

4) 

Subband Codec

General
Power requirements

US, Canadian, 
Taiwan

120 V AC, 60 Hz

Mexican

127 V AC, 60 Hz

AEP, UK

230 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Australian

230 V AC, 50 Hz

Power consumption  240 W
Power consumption (during standby mode)
   

0.3 W (When “Control for HDMI”, 
“Pass Through”, and “Network Standby” 
are set to “Off”.)

Dimensions (width/height/depth) (Approx.)
   

430 mm × 156 mm × 329.4 mm

   

(17 in × 6 1/4 in × 13 in) including 
projecting parts and controls

Mass (Approx.) 

8.5 kg

Design and specifi cations are subject to change without notice.

Input/Output (HDMI Repeater block)

4096 × 2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz

a

–

–

–

3840 × 2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz

a

–

–

–

3840 × 2160p @ 25 Hz

a

–

–

–

3840 × 2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz

a

–

–

–

1920 × 1080p @ 59.94/60 Hz

a

–

a

a

1920 × 1080p @ 50 Hz

a

–

a

a

1920 × 1080p @ 29.97/30 Hz

a

a

a

a

1920 × 1080p @ 25 Hz

a

a

a

a

1920 × 1080p @ 23.98/24 Hz

a

a

a

a

1920 × 1080i @ 59.94/60 Hz

a

a

a

a

1920 × 1080i @ 50 Hz

a

a

a

a

1280 × 720p @ 59.94/60 Hz

a

a

a

a

1280 × 720p @ 50 Hz

a

a

a

a

1280 × 720p @ 29.97/30 Hz

a

a

a

a

1280 × 720p @ 23.98/24 Hz

a

a

a

a

720 × 480p @ 59.94/60 Hz

a

–

–

–

720 × 576p @ 50 Hz

a

–

–

–

640 × 480p @ 59.94/60 Hz

a

–

–

–

• 

Operating Instructions (except AEP)

• 

Quick Setup Guide (1)

• Remote 

control 

–  (RM-AAU170) (1) (US, Canadian, Taiwan)
–  (RM-AAU169) (1) (except US, Canadian, Taiwan)

• 

R6 (size AA) batteries (2)

• 

Reference Guide (1) (AEP)

• 

FM wire antenna (aerial) (1)

• 

AM loop antenna (aerial) (1)

• 

Optimizer microphone (ECM-AC2) (1)

NOTES  ON  CHIP  COMPONENT  REPLACEMENT
• 

Never reuse a disconnected chip component.

• 

Notice that the minus side of a tantalum capacitor may be damaged
by heat.

SAFETY  CHECK-OUT
After correcting the original service problem, perform the following
safety check before releasing the set to the customer:
Check the antenna terminals, metal trim, “metallized” knobs, 
screws, and all other exposed metal parts for AC leakage.
Check leakage as described below.

LEAKAGE  TEST
The AC leakage from any exposed metal part to earth ground and 
from all exposed metal parts to any exposed metal part having a 
return to chassis, must not exceed 0.5 mA (500 microamperes.). 
Leakage current can be measured by any one of three methods.
1.  A commercial leakage tester, such as the Simpson 229 or RCA 

WT-540A. Follow the manufacturers’ instructions to use these 
instruments.

2.  A battery-operated AC milliammeter. The Data Precision 245 

digital multimeter is suitable for this job.

3.  Measuring the voltage drop across a resistor by means of a 

VOM or battery-operated AC voltmeter. The “limit” indication 
is 0.75 V, so analog meters must have an accurate low-voltage 
scale. The Simpson 250 and Sanwa SH-63Trd are examples 
of a passive VOM that is suitable. Nearly all battery operated 
digital multimeters that have a 2 V AC range are suitable. (See 
Fig. A)

0  OR  DOTTED  LINE  

0  ON  THE  SCHEMATIC  DIAGRAMS  AND  IN  

0  SUR  

  .............................................   5

2-1. Disassembly 

Flow 

...........................................................   7

2-2.   Case (Entry) ....................................................................   8
2-3. TUNER1 

ASSY 

..............................................................   8

2-4.  Front Panel Section .........................................................   9
2-5.  DIGITAL Board, NETWORK Module...........................   10
2-6.  DCDC Board, STANDBY Board,

GND BRACKET Board .................................................   11

2-7.  Back Panel Section, MAIN Board Section .....................   12
2-8. MAIN 

Board 

...................................................................  13

TEST  MODE 

 ............................................................   14

FM  TUNER  CHECK 

 .............................................   17

5-1.  Block Diagram - ANALOG AUDIO Section - ...............   19
5-2.  Block Diagram - DIGITAL Section -..............................   20
5-3.  Block Diagram - AMP Section - .....................................   21
5-4.  Block Diagram - ANALOG VIDEO/USB Section - ......   22
5-5.  Block Diagram - DIGITAL VIDEO Section - ................   23
5-6.  Block Diagram - DISPLAY/POWER Section - ..............   24
5-7. Printed 

Wiring 

Board 

- DIGITAL Board (Component side) -............................   26

5-8. Printed 

Wiring 

Board 

- DIGITAL Board (Conductor side) - .............................   27

5-9.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (1/8) - ................   28
5-10.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (2/8) - ................   29
5-11.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (3/8) - ................   30
5-12.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (4/8) - ................   31
5-13.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (5/8) - ................   32
5-14.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (6/8) - ................   33
5-15.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (7/8) - ................   34
5-16.  Schematic Diagram - DIGITAL Board (8/8) - ................   35
5-17. Printed Wiring Board 

- MAIN Board (Component side) - .................................   36

5-18. Printed Wiring Board 

- MAIN Board (Conductor side) - ..................................   37

5-19.  Schematic Diagram - MAIN Board (1/4) - .....................   38
5-20.  Schematic Diagram - MAIN Board (2/4) - .....................   39
5-21.  Schematic Diagram - MAIN Board (3/4) - .....................   40
5-22.  Schematic Diagram - MAIN Board (4/4) - .....................   41
5-23.  Printed Wiring Board -DISPLAY Board - ......................   42
5-24.  Schematic Diagram - DISPLAY Board- .........................   43

5-25.  Printed Wiring Board - DCDC Board - ..........................   44
5-26.  Schematic Diagram - DCDC Board - .............................   45
5-27.  Printed Wiring Board - STANDBY Board - ...................   46
5-28.  Schematic Diagram - STANDBY Board - ......................   47
5-29. Printed Wiring Board 

- FRONT JACK PWB Board - .......................................   48

5-30. Schematic Diagram 

- FRONT JACK PWB Board - .......................................   48

5-31.  Printed Wiring Board - TUNER1 Board - ......................   48
5-32.  Schematic Diagram - TUNER1 Board - .........................   49
5-33.  Printed Wiring Board - POWER KEY Board -...............   50
5-34.  Schematic Diagram - POWER KEY Board - .................   50
5-35.  Printed Wiring Board - HEADPHONE Board - .............   50
5-36.  Schematic Diagram - HEADPHONE Board - ................   50

6-1.  Case (Entry) Section .......................................................   73
6-2. DIGITAL 

Board 

..............................................................  74

6-3.  Front Panel Section .........................................................   75
6-4.  Back Panel Section .........................................................   76
6-5. Chassis 

Section 

...............................................................  77

  ..............................   78