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3-864-029-11(1)

FM Stereo
FM-AM Receiver

Operating Instructions

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1998 by Sony Corporation

STR-DE625
STR-DE525

Summary of Contents for STR-DE525

Page 1: ...3 864 029 11 1 FM Stereo FM AM Receiver Operating Instructions 1998 by Sony Corporation STR DE625 STR DE525 ...

Page 2: ...ical Owner s Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit Record the serial number in the space provided below Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Model No STR DE625 DE525 Serial No For the customers in Canada CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT USE THIS POLARIZED AC PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLE...

Page 3: ...er This receiver incorporates the Dolby Pro Logic Surround system Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation DOLBY the double D symbol a PRO LOGIC and Dolby Digital AC 3 are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS Hooking Up the Components 4 Unpacking 4 Antenna Hookups 5 Audio Component Hookups 6 Video Component Hookups 7 5 1 Input Hoo...

Page 4: ...eries with new ones Notes Do not leave the remote in an extremely hot or humid place Do not use a new battery with an old one Do not expose the remote sensor to direct sunlight or lighting apparatuses Doing so may cause a malfunction If you don t use the remote for an extended period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage and corrosion Before you get started Tur...

Page 5: ...ntennas Connect the To the AM loop antenna AM terminals FM wire antenna FM 75Ω COAXIAL terminal Notes on antenna hookups To prevent noise pickup keep the AM loop antenna away from the receiver and TV After connecting the FM wire antenna keep it as horizontal as possible z If you have poor FM reception Use a 75 ohm coaxial cable not supplied to connect the receiver to an outdoor FM antenna as shown...

Page 6: ...ATUS IN SIGNAL GND COAXIAL FM 75Ω AM AUDIO IN L R AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN CTRL A1 y y 5 1 DVD INPUT ANTENNA PHONO TAPE MD MONITOR VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 TV DBS S LINK S LINK FRONT REAR IN CD Jacks for connecting audio components Connect a To the Turntable PHONO jacks CD player CD jacks Tape deck or MD deck TAPE MD jacks Note on audio component hookups If your turntable has a ground wire con...

Page 7: ...video cords not supplied When connecting a cord be sure to match the color coded pins to the appropriate jacks on the components Yellow video Yellow video White L audio White L audio Red R audio Red R audio Video cord for connecting a TV monitor not supplied Yellow Yellow TV or DBS tuner VCR or LD player VCR TV monitor Camcorder or video game Jacks for connecting video components Connect a To the ...

Page 8: ...and Australia Note on video component hookups You can connect your TV s audio output jacks to the TV DBS or TV LD AUDIO IN jacks on the receiver to apply Dolby Pro Logic Surround effects on the audio from the TV In this case do not connect the video output jack on the TV to the TV DBS or TV LD VIDEO IN jack on the receiver If you connect a TV tuner or a DBS tuner connect the audio and video output...

Page 9: ...6 Ω FRONT A OR B R A A B B L R L REAR FRONT CENTER R L R L MONITOR WOOFER AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT CTRL S IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN CTRL S OUT VIDEO OUT CTRL S OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO IN IN L R L R RECOUT IN CENTER WOOFER CTRL S STATUS IN SIGNAL GND COAXIAL FM 75Ω AM AUDIO IN L R AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN CTRL A1 y y 5 1 DVD INPUT ANTENNA PHONO TAPE MD MONITOR VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 TV DBS S LINK ...

Page 10: ... S STATUS IN SIGNAL GND COAXIAL FM 75Ω AM AUDIO IN L R AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN CTRL A1 y y 5 1 DVD INPUT ANTENNA PHONO TAPE MD MONITOR VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 TV DBS S LINK S LINK FRONT REAR IN CD To a wall outlet The configuration shape and number of AC outlets on the rear panel varies according to the model and country to which the receiver is shipped Required cords Audio video control S c...

Page 11: ...l S connecting cord Control S connecting cord TV Receiver VCR CONTROL A1 hookup STR DE625 only If you have a CONTROL A1 compatible Sony CD player tape deck or MD deck Use a CONTROL A1 cord not supplied to connect the S LINK CTRL A1 jack on the CD player tape deck or MD deck to the S LINK CTRL A1 jack on the receiver See Displaying the operating status of the component connected to the S LINK CTRL ...

Page 12: ...mponent s to a wall outlet If you connect other audio video components to AC OUTLET on the receiver the receiver will supply power to the connected component s allowing you to turn on or off the whole system when you turn on off the receiver Caution Make sure that the total power consumption of the component s connected to the receiver s AC OUTLET does not exceed the wattage stated on the rear pan...

Page 13: ...escriptions of buttons and control used to set up the speaker system SET UP button Used to display CTR MODE when selecting the center mode GENRE button Used to select CINEMA when adjusting the speaker volume SOUND FIELD ON OFF button Turns the sound field mode on or off Cursor buttons Used to select the center mode after pressing the SET UP button MODE button Used to select PRO LOGIC when adjustin...

Page 14: ...s for connecting the speakers Connect the To the Front speakers SPEAKERS FRONT A terminals Additional pair of front speakers SPEAKERS FRONT B terminals Rear speakers SPEAKERS REAR terminals Center speaker SPEAKERS CENTER terminals Active woofer WOOFER AUDIO OUT jack Wireless rear speaker transmitter WIRELESS REAR SPEAKER jack Notes on speaker system hookup Twist the stripped ends of the speaker co...

Page 15: ...f you want to select both sets of front speakers see page 21 Dolby Surround Setup Dolby Pro Logic Surround is a system for decoding Dolby Surround sound that is standardized for TV programs and movies By selecting the proper center mode and adjusting the speaker volume see page 16 you can reproduce highly precise localization and dynamic panning of sounds of Dolby Pro Logic Surround encoded softwa...

Page 16: ...ning 1 Make sure that the center mode is correctly set see the table on this page 2 Press SOUND FIELD ON OFF to turn on the sound field 3 Press GENRE repeatedly to select CINEMA 4 Press MODE repeatedly to select PRO LOGIC 5 Press TEST TONE on the supplied remote You will hear a test tone see this page from each speaker sequentially 6 Adjust the volume level so that the volume of the test tone from...

Page 17: ... to their factory settings The sound field memorized for each program source abd preset station is cleared Checking the connections After connecting all of your components to the receiver do the procedure below to verify that the connections were correctly made MASTER VOLUME 1 u TONE ON OFF 5 1 DVD INPUT VIDEO 1 DIRECT TUNING BASS BOOST SOUND FIELD GENRE MODE VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 TV DBS MUTING VIDEO 3 ...

Page 18: ...o the PHONES jack and set the SPEAKERS selector to OFF to verify that sound output is from the headphones see 8 SPEAKERS selector and PHONES jack on page 21 If both channels are output from the headphones the front speaker may not be connected to the receiver correctly Check the connection for the front speaker from which no sound is output If only one channel is output from the conncted headphone...

Page 19: ...19 Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System ...

Page 20: ...elect Press VCR VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 STR DE625 VIDEO STR DE525 Camcorder or video game VIDEO 3 STR DE625 only TV DBS tuner or LD player TV DBS USA Canada and Australia TV LD all countries except USA Canada and Australia Tape deck or MD deck TAPE MD CD player CD Built in tuner TUNER Turntable PHONO DBS tuners can be used in the USA Canada and Australia only After selecting the component turn on the c...

Page 21: ...OFF button BASS BOOST button SOUND FIELD ON OFF button GENRE button MODE button 4 MASTER VOLUME control After turning on the component you selected rotate to adjust the volume 5 MUTING button Press to mute the sound The indicator to the left of the button lights up when the sound is muted 6 BALANCE control Rotate to adjust the balance of the front speakers 7 SLEEP button Press to select the time a...

Page 22: ...rned on Note that if you have adjusted the tone using the CURSOR MODE button and cursor buttons the adjusted tone will be produced whenever you turn on the tone effect z When you want to enjoy high quality sound Set the SOUND FIELD ON OFF BASS BOOST and the TONE ON OFF buttons to OFF to bypass the sound field tone effect and the bass booster circuits The result will be a two channel stereo sound o...

Page 23: ...r mode is You can SURROUND Change the delay time effect level and the volume of the rear and center speakers page 27 BASS TREBLE Adjust the tone bass treble for the front speakers page 27 Press the TONE ON OFF button to activate the tone effect INDEX Enter an index name for preset stations and program sources page 34 Cursor buttons After pressing the CURSOR MODE or SET UP button use these buttons ...

Page 24: ...d more reverberation effects by incorporating Digital Cinema Sound technology When you select these sound fields the receiver adds the reflection and reverberation effects that are typical in movie theaters to the decoded Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound You can enjoy the sound that you would experience in the movie theater Another genre is MUSIC When a sound field in this genre is selected the rece...

Page 25: ...y 2 Press GENRE repeatedly to select the sound field group genre then press MODE repeatedly to select the sound field you want See the table on page 26 for information on each sound field z The receiver memorizes the last sound field selected for each program source Sound Field Link Whenever you select a program source the sound field that was last applied is automatically spplied again For exampl...

Page 26: ...E Creates a theater like environment when watching movies with monaural soundtracks Selecting a Sound Field GENRE type MODE sound field Effects MUSIC HALL Reproduces the acoustics of a rectangular concert hall Ideal for soft acoustic sounds JAZZ CLUB Reproduces the acoustics of a jazz club DISCO Reproduces the acoustics of a discotheque CHURCH Reproduces the acoustics of a stone church LIVE HOUSE ...

Page 27: ...RROUND indicator lights up 2 Use the cursor buttons to select EFFECT The current effect level appears in the display 3 Use the cursor buttons to change the effect level Adjusting the volume of the rear and center speakers REAR CENTER If you feel the volume of the rear or center speaker is inadequate even after adjusting the speaker volume for Dolby Pro Logic Surround do the procedure below to adju...

Page 28: ...akers in the following order front L center front R rear R rear L The volume level of the center and rear speakers cannot be adjusted at this time Note To adjust the speaker volume using a test tone as described on page 16 select the PRO LOGIC sound field The test tone output in all other sound fields is used for verifying whether there is output from speakers or not r From the front speakers On C...

Page 29: ...tomatic Tuning you can preset them in the receiver see page 31 Then you can tune in any of the stations directly by entering its 2 character code see page 32 You can preset up to 30 stations FM and AM The receiver will also scan all the stations that you have preset see page 32 Before you begin make sure you have Connected an FM and AM antenna to the receiver see page 5 Selected the appropriate sp...

Page 30: ... see Brief descriptions of buttons used to receive broadcasts on this page 1 Press TUNER to light the button up The last received station is tuned in 2 Press FM AM to select the FM or AM band 3 Press DIRECT TUNING 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter the frequency Example 1 FM 102 50 MHz 0 5 2 0 1 b b b b Example 2 AM 1350 kHz You don t have to enter the last 0 5 3 1 b b If you cannot tune in a st...

Page 31: ...n a preset station first do the procedure Presetting radio stations below Presetting radio stations 1 Press TUNER to light the button up The last received station is tuned in 2 Tune in the station that you want to preset using Direct Tuning page 30 or Automatic Tuning this page 3 Press MEMORY MEMORY appears in the display for a few seconds Do Steps 4 and 5 before MEMORY goes out 4 Press SHIFT to s...

Page 32: ...umber of the station you want Scanning preset stations 1 Press TUNER to light the button up The last received station is tuned in 2 Press PRESET TUNING or PRESET TUNING repeatedly to select the preset station you want Each time you press the button the receiver tunes in one preset station at a time in the corresponding order and direction as follows nA1 A2 A0 B1 B2 B0N nC0 C2 C1N Preset Tuning ...

Page 33: ...ONE SOUND FIELD ON OFF FUNCTION TAPE MD CD TUNER PHONO SHIFT 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 9 Brief descriptions of buttons that appear in this chapter CURSOR MODE button Used to light up the INDEX indicator to index preset stations or program sources Cursor buttons After pressing the SET UP button or CURSOR MODE button use these buttons to make the actual setting SET UP button Used to display DIMMER CTRL A1 o...

Page 34: ... or repeatedly until the character to be changed flashes then select the right character To assign index names to other stations Repeat Steps 2 to 4 Recording Your receiver makes it easy to record to and from the components connected to it You don t have to connect the playback and recording components directly to each other once you select a program source on the receiver you can record and edit ...

Page 35: ...hen start playback The audio from that source will be recorded onto the audio track of the video tape instead of the audio from the original medium To resume audio recording from the original medium select the video source again Notes You cannot record the audio from a program source connected to the 5 1 DVD INPUT jacks Sound adjustments do not affect the signal output from the TAPE MD RECOUT jack...

Page 36: ...conds each time you change the operation mode ON Turn off the operation status display OFF Notes This setting is effective only when the receiver is set to TAPE MD VIDEO 2 or CD see page 20 For VIDEO 2 the CD changer command mode must be CD 2 and the CD changer must be connected to the VIDEO 2 jacks on the receiver For CD the CD changer command mode must be CD 1 and the CD changer must be connecte...

Page 37: ...n No sound is heard from the center speaker Select a sound field in the CINEMA genre see page 26 If the PHANTOM center mode is selected there is no center speaker output Select the appropriate center mode see page 16 Adjust the speaker volume appropriately see page 16 After taking all the measures above adjust the speaker volume with a test tone see page 16 and verify that test tone is output from...

Page 38: ...ons with direct tuning see pages 30 and 40 No stations have been preset or the preset stations have been cleared when tuning by scanning preset stations Preset the stations see page 31 Press the DISPLAY button so that the frequency appears in the display The surround effect cannot be obtained Turn on the sound field function Make sure that the SPEAKERS selector is set to A or B when you use two se...

Page 39: ...5 2 dB with sound field tone and bass booster bypassed Inputs PHONO Sensitivity 1 5 mV Impedance 50 kilohms S Nb 75 dB A 2 5 mVc CD Sensitivity 150 mV Impedance 50 kilohms S Nb 82 dB A 150 mVc TAPE MD VIDEO 1 2 VIDEO 3 STR DE625 VIDEO STR DE525 TV DBS TV LD Sensitivity 150 mV Impedance 50 kilohms S Nb 82 dB A 150 mVc 5 1 DVD INPUT Sensitivity 150 mV Impedance 50 kilohms S Nb 82 dB A 150 mVc b 78 I...

Page 40: ...tions will be reset to their factory settings when you change the tuning scale To reset the scale to 10 kHz or 9 kHz repeat the procedure Video section Inputs 1 Vp p 75 ohms Outputs 1 Vp p 75 ohms General System Tuner section PLL quartz locked digital synthesizer system Preamplifier section Low noise NF type equalizer Power amplifier section Pure complementary SEPP Power requirements USA and Canad...

Page 41: ...utput stereo sound with an expanded frequency range and a subwoofer channel for deep bass is independently provided This format is also called 5 1 because the subwoofer channel is counted as 0 1 channel since it functions only when a deep bass effect is needed All six channels in this format are recorded separately to realize superior channel separation Furthermore since all the signals are proces...

Page 42: ...ge SURROUND indicator DELAY 15 20 or 30 ms 27 EFFECT among six levels of amount of effect REAR LEVEL between 15 dB to 10 dB in 1 dB steps BASS TREBLE indicator BASS LEVEL between 10 dB to 10 dB in 2 dB steps TREBLE LEVEL INDEX indicator Press SET UP repeatedly to display Press or to select Then or to select See page CTR MODE PHANTOM 3CH LOGIC NORMAL or WIDE 16 DSPL SET UP DIMMER among four levels ...

Page 43: ...dexing P Q Parameter 27 28 Preset tuning how to 32 preset number 31 presetting stations 31 scanning preset stations 32 R Receiving broadcasts by scanning stations See Automatic tuning directly See Direct tuning using preset stations See Preset tuning tuning scale 30 40 Recording on an audio tape or MD 34 on a video tape 35 S Scanning preset stations See Preset tuning radio stations See Automatic t...

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