5
STR-DG710
SECTION 1
GENERAL
This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
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Getting Started
Description and location of parts
Getting Started
Front panel
?/1
AUTO CAL MIC
SPEAKERS
(OFF/A/B)
PHONES
VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN
VIDEO L AUDIO R
MEMORY/
ENTER
CATEGORY
MODE
CATEGORY
TUNING
2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC
AUTO CAL DIRECT
DISPLAY INPUT MODE
INPUT SELECTOR
MASTER VOLUME
TUNING MODE
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Name Function
A ?/1
(on/standby)
Press to turn the receiver on
or off (page 26, 34, 35, 55,
82).
B SPEAKERS
(OFF/A/B)
Press to select the front
speaker system (page 27).
C TUNING
MODE
Press or turn to operate the
tuner (FM/AM/XM) (page
55).
TUNING +/–
MEMORY/
ENTER
D Display The current status of the
selected component or a list
of selectable items appears
here (page 7).
E Remote
sensor
Receives signals from remote
commander.
F DISPLAY Press to select information
displayed on the display
(page 73).
Name Function
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
VO LU ME
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
SELECTOR
Turn to select the input
source to play back (page 33,
34, 35, 54, 56, 58, 59, 67, 72,
74).
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Name Function
L 2CH Press to select a sound field
(page 49).
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
M CATEGORY
MODE
Used when listening to XM
Radio (page 60).
CATEGORY
+/–
N VIDEO 3 IN/
PORTABLE AV
IN jacks
Connects to a portable audio/
video component such as a
camcorder or video game
(page 24, 33).
O AUTO CAL
MIC jack
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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Getting Started
About the indicators on the display
SW
LFE
SP A
SP B
LC
SL S
;
D EX
;
PL IIx
;
PL OPT DTS
-ES CAT96/24 MEMORY ST
MONOD.RANGECOAXHDMI NEO:6
SB
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SR
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Name Function
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).
Name Function
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 “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 67).
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Name Function
G DTS/
DTS-ES/
DTS 96/24/
DTS-ES
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 (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 Tu n e r
indicators
Lights up when using the
receiver to tune in radio
stations (page 55), etc.
K Preset
station
indicators
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 “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 67)
O HDMI Lights up when the receiver
recognizes a component
connected via a HDMI IN jack
(page 18).
Name Function
P Playback
channel
indicators
L
R
C
SL
SR
S
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
SW
LCR
SL SR