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SERVICE MANUAL

Sony Corporation

Published by Sony EMCS (Malaysia) PG Tec

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.

STR-DN840

MULTI CHANNEL AV RECEIVER

9-890-617-01

2013B80-1

2013.02

Ver. 1.0 2013.02

US Model

Canadian Model

AEP Model

UK Model

Australian Model

SPECIFICATIONS

“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.

FLAC Decoder

Copyright (C)
2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007
Josh Coalson
Redistribution and use in source and binary
forms, with or without modifi cation, are permit-
ted provided that the following conditions are
met:
– Redistributions of source code must retain the

above copyright notice, this list of conditions
and the following disclaimer.

– Redistributions in binary form must reproduce

the above copyright notice, this list of condi-
tions and the following disclaimer in the docu-
mentation and/or other materials provided with
the distribution.

– Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation

nor the names of its contributors may be used
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.

AUDIO POWER
SPECIFICATIONS

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

Minimum RMS Output Power

(6 ohms, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, THD 0.09%)

95 W + 95 W

Stereo Mode Output Power

(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

Measured under the following conditions: