Sony TA-VA80ES - Manuel (Page 12)

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Basic Operations
TV programs Turn on both the TV and the amplifier
and rotate FUNCTION until the TV
indicator lights up
Videos or laser discs 1 Rotate FUNCTION to select the
component (for example, VIDEO 1).
2 Turn on the TV and set the TV’s
video input to match your video
component.
3 Turn on the component (VCR, LD
player), and start playback.
To Do this
Mute the sound Z Press MUTING on the remote. Press
again to restore the sound.
Reinforce the bass Press BASS BOOST to turn on the
BASS BOOST indicator
Adjust the balance of
front speakers Turn BALANCE left or right
z
When you listen with headphones
Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack and set
SPEAKERS to OFF.
z
When you want to enjoy high quality sound
Press DIRECT PASS (or DIRECT on the remote) to
bypass the tone controls, bass reinforcement, and
surrround effects.
The DIRECT PASS button lights up.
z
You can adjust the brightness of the display
Through menu operation:
1 Press SET UP repeatedly to select OTHER SETUP .
2 Use the digital processing control buttons ( V / v ) to
select DIMMER.
3 Use the digital processing control buttons ( B / b ) to
adjust the brightness.
Using the button on the main unit:
Press DIMMER repeatedly to select the brightness.
Watching TV/video programs
To watch Do this
z
When you watch TV or video programs
We recommend you play audio portion through the
amplifier instead of your TV’s speakers. This lets you
take advantage of the amplifier’s surround sound
effects, like Dolby Surround, and lets you use the
amplifier’s remote to control the audio.
Turn off the speakers on your TV before you start so
you can enjoy the surround sound from your amplifier.
Using the remote Z
The remote lets you operate the amplifier and the Sony
components that are connected to it.
SYSTEM OFF
SYSTEM
CONTROL/
FUNCTION
TV CONTROL
ON 2 1 3
LEARN SLEEP VISUAL POWER
SYSTEM OFF
SLOPE BAND EQ/
TONE
DIGTAL PROCESSING CONTROL
PROGRAMMABLE
— LEVEL —
DIRECT REAR
BASS BOOST
MUTING
CENTER
MASTER
VOL
MODE GENRE — SOUND FIELD — ON/OFF TEST
TONE
TV CONTROL 5.1 INPUT
5 4 6 TV/VIDEO
8 7 9
D.TUNING DISC
0
BACK GROUND SHIFT ENTER
RMS/START
CH/ PRESET
SYSTEM CONTROL / FUNCTION
VIDEO 3 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 LD TV
(AUTO CATEGORIZE SYSTEM)
CD DAT/MD
> 10
TAPE
ON
TUNER PHONO
+ +
– –
+
–
POSITION – SUB CH +
— RMS —
SWAP ANT TV/VTR
= ) 0 + D. SKIP
CLEAR DIRECTION P IN P JUMP
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DPC MODE
9 P r
1 Press one of the SYSTEM CONTROL/
FUNCTION buttons to select the component you
want to use.
The amplifier and the selected component turn on.
The SYSTEM CONTROL/FUNCTION buttons on
the remote are factory-set as follows:
To watch or listen to Press
Records PHONO
Radio programs TUNER
Compact Discs (CD) CD
Digital Audio Tapes (DAT)
or MiniDiscs (MD) DAT/MD
Audio tapes TAPE
TV programs TV
Video tapes
Laser discs LD
VIDEO 1 (VTR 3
*
),
VIDEO 2 (VTR 1
*
) or
VIDEO 3 (VTR 2
*
)