User manual SONY TA-S7

[. . . ] Install this system so that the power cord can be unplugged from the wall socket immediately in the event of trouble. Don't throw away batteries with general house waste; dispose of them correctly as chemical waste. Check your model number by looking at the lower right corner of the front panel. In this manual, TA-S7 (area code CEL) is used for illustration purposes unless stated otherwise. [. . . ] How to select the surround back decoding mode You can select the surround back mode you want according to the input stream. This decoder conforms to the Dolby Digital EX specifications and functions the same as the decodersf) used in movie theaters. The SB DEC indicator lights up when the surround back signal is actually decoded. The Dolby Corporation web page can help you distinguish Surround EX films. 1 channel signals are DVD specific signals not used in movie theaters. When two surround back speakers are connected, the output channel will be 7. There may be no sound from the surround back speaker in Dolby Digital EX mode. Some discs have no Dolby Digital EX flag even though the packages have Dolby Digital EX logos. (Example) When you have two DVD players and no digital audio input jack is available for the second DVD player. Connect the first DVD player to the DVD COAXIAL IN jack and connect the second DVD player to the DVD OPTICAL IN jack. Also, connect the analog audio/video output jacks on the second DVD player to the VIDEO 2 INPUT jacks on the amplifier. Initial setting: 0 (BALANCE) Lets you adjust the balance between front left and right speakers. When one of the following sound fields are selected, no sound is output from the sub woofer if all the speakers are set to "LARGE" in the SPEAKER SET UP menu. However, the sound will be output from the sub woofer if the digital input signal contains LFE (Low Frequency Effect) signals, or if the front or surround speakers are set to "SMALL". Initial setting: 0 dB You can adjust from ­20 dB to +10 dB in 0. Initialize" appears in the display and all sound fields are reset to the initial setting. You can adjust the tonal quality (bass, midrange, treble level) of each speaker using the EQUALIZER menu. You can store up to 5 different equalizer settings in the equalizer bank (EQ BANK [1] ­ [5]) and apply them. Start playing a source encoded with multi channel surround effects (DVD, etc. While monitoring the sound, rotate ­/+ to adjust the selected parameter. Initial setting: 0 dB You can adjust from ­10 dB to +10 dB in 1 dB steps. You can adjust the front speaker bass and treble level with BASS control and TREBLE control. [. . . ] There is no sound from digital sources (from COAXIAL or OPTICAL input jack). ⷠCheck that the DIGITAL ASSIGN function is not used to assign the digital audio input of the selected input to the other input (page 31). Check that the INPUT MODE is not set to "COAXIAL FIXED" for the sources from OPTICAL input jack, nor set to "OPTICAL FIXED" for the sources from COAXIAL input jack. Check that the connecting cords are away from a transformer or motor, and at least 3 meters away from a TV set or fluorescent light. [. . . ]