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2-898-637-31(1)
Multi Channel AV
Receiver
Operating Instructions
STR-DG710
©2007 Sony Corporation
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WARNING About This Manual To reduce the risk of fire or electric The instructions in this manual are for model shock, do not expose this apparatus to STR-DG710. Check your model number by rain or moisture. looking at the lower right corner of the front panel. To prevent fire, do not cover the ventilation of the In this manual, models of area code CEL is used apparatus with newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, for illustration purposes unless stated otherwise. etc. And don’t place ligh
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Table of Contents Listening to the sound without any adjustment Getting Started (ANALOG DIRECT) .............................53 Resetting sound fields to the initial Description and location of parts .................. 4 settings....................................................54 1: Installing speakers................................... 13 2: Connecting speakers ............................... 14 3a: Connecting the audio components ........ 15 Tuner Operations 3b: Connecting the video comp
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Getting Started Description and location of parts Front panel 1324567 8 ?/1 MASTER VOLUME TUNING MODE DISPLAY INPUT MODE TUNING INPUT SELECTOR SPEAKERS (OFF/A/B) AUTO CAL MIC MEMORY/ SUR BACK ENTER DIMMER SLEEP DECODING 2CH A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC AUTO CAL DIRECT VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN PHONES VIDEO L AUDIO R qkqj qh qg qf qd qs qa q; 9 Name Function Name Function A ?/1 Press to turn the receiver on G INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode (on/standby) or off (page 25, 33, 34, 54). when the
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Getting Started Name Function L 2CH Press to select a sound field (page 48). A.F.D. MOVIE MUSIC M SUR BACK Press to select the surround DECODING back decoding mode (page 41). N SLEEP Press to activate the Sleep Timer function and the duration which the receiver turns off automatically (page 66). O DIMMER Press to adjust the brightness of the display (page 47). P VIDEO 3 IN/ Connects to a portable audio/ PORTABLE AV video component such as a IN jacks camcorder or video game (page 23, 32
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About the indicators on the display 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SP A ; D EX ; PL IIx ;PL OPT DTS -ES 96/24 MEMORY RDS ST LFE SW SP B HDMI COAX NEO:6 D.RANGE MONO LC R SL S SR SB qg qf qd qs qa q; Name Function Name Function A SW Lights up when sub woofer E ; PL/ “; PL” lights up when the selection is set to “YES” (page ; PLII/ receiver applies Pro Logic 44) and the audio signal is ; PLIIx processing to 2 channel signals output from the SUB in order to output the center and WOOFER jack. surround channe
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Getting Started Name Function Name Function G DTS/ “DTS” lights up when the O Playback The letters (L, C, R, etc.) DTS-ES/ receiver is decoding DTS channel indicate the channels being DTS 96/24/ signals. “DTS-ES” lights up indicators played back. The boxes around DTS-ES when the receiver is decoding the letters vary to show how the 96/24 DTS-ES signals. “DTS 96/24” receiver downmixes the source lights up when the receiver is sound (based on the speaker decoding DTS 96/24 (96 kHz/ set
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Rear panel 1 2 DIGITAL DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT (ASSIGNABLE) OPTICAL ANTENNA SAT HDMI IN Y AM VIDEO 1 IN PB/CB COAXIAL DVD IN PR/CR L L SURROUND BACK VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT SAT IN DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN MONITOR OUT DMPORT DVD MONITOR COMPONENT VIDEO R L L L L AUDIO OUT R R R R R IN IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN FRONT B FRONT A SURROUND CENTER SUB SA-CD/CD TV SAT VIDEO 1 WOOFER SPEAKERS 6 5 4 3 A DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT section C SPEAKERS section OPTICAL Connects to a Connects t
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Getting Started F ANTENNA section Remote commander FM Connects to the FM You can use the supplied remote ANTENNA wire antenna RM-AAU015 to operate the receiver and to jack (aerial) supplied with this receiver control the Sony audio/video components that (page 24). the remote is assigned to operate (page 67). AM Connects to the AM ANTENNA loop antenna 1 TV INPUT TV ?/1 ?/1 terminals (aerial) supplied SLEEP DMPORT AV ?/1 with this receiver wa 2 (page 24). SYSTEM STANDBY VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
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Name Function Name Function A TV ?/1 Press TV ?/1 and TV (M) at D 2CH Press to select a sound field. (on/standby) the same time to turn the TV A.F.D. on or off. MOVIE AV ?/1 Press to turn on or off the (on/standby) Sony audio/video components MUSIC that the remote is assigned to E AMP MENU Press to display the menu of operate (page 67). the receiver. Then, use V, v, If you press ?/1 (B) at the B, b and (P) to perform same time, it will turn off the menu operations. receiver and other
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Getting Started Name Function Name Function b) m/M Press to O RETURN/ Press to – search tracks in the forward/ EXIT O – return to the previous menu. reverse direction of the DVD – exit the menu while the player. menu or on-screen guide of – start fast forward/rewind of the VCR, DVD player, the VCR, CD player or blu- satellite tuner or blu-ray disc ray disc player. player is displayed on the TV screen. a)b) H Press to start playback of the Press RETURN/EXIT and TV VCR, CD player, DVD playe
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Name Function S -/-- Press -/-- and TV (M) at the same time to select the channel entry mode, either one or two digits of the TV. x >10/ Press to select – track numbers over 10 of the VCR, satellite tuner or CD player. – channel numbers of the Digital CATV terminal. CLEAR Press to clear a mistake when you press the incorrect numeric button. T Numeric Press to buttons – preset/tune to preset a) (number 5 ) stations. – select track numbers of the CD player, DVD player or blu-ray disc
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Getting Started 1: Installing speakers This receiver allows you to use a 6.1 channel You can enjoy high fidelity reproduction of system (6 speakers and one sub woofer). DVD software recorded sound in the Surround EX format if you connect one additional surround back speaker (6.1 channel) (see Enjoying a 5.1/6.1 channel “Using the surround back decoding mode (SB system DEC)” on page 41). To fully enjoy theater-like multi channel Example of a 6.1 channel surround sound requires five speake
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2: Connecting speakers GAF D A B DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT HDMI Y PB/CB PR/CR L L SURROUND BACK VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT SAT IN DVD IN VIDEO 1 IN MONITOR OUT DVD MONITOR COMPONENT VIDEO R L L L L AUDIO OUT R R R R R IN AUDIO IN AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN FRONT B FRONT A SURROUND CENTER SUB TV SAT VIDEO 1 WOOFER SPEAKERS a) SPEAKERS FRONT B terminals B B EC AMonaural audio cord (not supplied) BSpeaker cords (not supplied) a) If you have an additional front speaker system, AFront spe
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Getting Started 3a: Connecting the audio components Connecting a Super Audio CD/ CD player The following illustration shows how to connect a Super Audio CD/CD player. After connecting your Super Audio CD/CD player, proceed to “3b: Connecting the video components” (page 16). Super Audio CD player/CD player A DIGITAL DVD IN VIDEO 2/BD IN OUT (ASSIGNABLE) OPTICAL ANTENNA SAT HDMI IN Y AM VIDEO 1 IN PB/CB COAXIAL DVD IN PR/CR L L SURROUND BACK VIDEO IN VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT SAT
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3b: Connecting the video components How to connect your Video input/output jacks to be components connected This section describes how to connect your The image quality depends on the connecting video components to this receiver. Before you jack. Refer to the illustration that follows. begin, refer to “Component to be connected” Select the connection according to the jacks on below for the pages which describe how to your components. connect each component. TV, etc. INPUT After connecting a
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Getting Started HDMI feature Connecting components with A digital audio signal transmitted by HDMI HDMI jacks can be output from the speakers on this receiver. This signal supports Dolby Digital, HDMI is the abbreviated name for High- DTS, and linear PCM. Definition Multimedia Interface. It is an interface which transmits video and audio signals in digital format. DVD player Blu-ray disc player TV, projector, etc. Audio/video Audio/video Audio/video signals signals signals A A A DIGITAL DV
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We do not recommend using a HDMI-DVI Notes on HDMI connections conversion cable. When you connect a Check the setup of the connected component HDMI-DVI conversion cable to a DVI-D if an image is poor or the sound does not component, the sound and/or the image may come out of a component connected via the not be output. HDMI cable. An audio signal input to the HDMI IN jack Notes is output from the speaker output jack and Be sure to turn on the receiver when the video and HDMI OU
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Getting Started Note Connecting a TV Be sure to turn on the receiver when the video and audio signals of a playback component are being The image from a video component connected output to a TV via the receiver. Unless the power is to this receiver can be displayed on a TV turned on, neither video nor audio signals will be screen. transmitted. It is not necessary to connect all the cords. Tips Connect audio and video cords according to You can watch the selected input image when you t
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Note Connecting a DVD player/DVD To input multi channel digital audio from the DVD player, set the digital audio output setting on the recorder DVD player. Refer to the operating instructions The following illustration shows how to supplied with the DVD player. connect a DVD player/DVD recorder. Tip It is not necessary to connect all the cords. All the digital audio jacks are compatible with Connect audio and video cords according to 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, and 96 kHz sampling the jac
