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3-295-946-12(1)
Home Theatre
System
Operating Instructions
HT-SF1300
HT-SS1300
©2008 Sony Corporation
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Disposal of waste batteries WARNING (applicable in the European Union and other European To reduce the risk of fire or electric countries with separate shock, do not expose this apparatus to collection systems) rain or moisture. This symbol on the battery or on the packaging To reduce the risk of fire, do not cover the indicates that the battery provided with this product ventilation opening of the apparatus with shall not be treated as household waste. newspapers, tablecloths, curtain
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This receiver incorporates Dolby* Digital and Pro Logic Surround and the DTS** Digital Surround About This Manual System. * Manufactured under license from Dolby • The instructions in this manual are for model Laboratories. HT-SF1300 and HT-SS1300. In this manual, Dolby, Pro Logic and the double-D symbol are models of area code CEL is used for illustration trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. purposes unless stated otherwise. Any difference ** Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent
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Table of Contents Getting Started Tuner Operations Description and location of parts...................5 Listening to FM/AM radio.......................... 47 1: Installing the speakers .............................11 Presetting radio stations .............................. 48 2: Connecting the speakers..........................14 Using the Radio Data System (RDS).......... 50 3: Connecting the audio/video components.............................................16 Control for HDMI 4: Connecting
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Getting Started Getting Started Description and location of parts Receiver Front panel 1 23 4 5 6 MASTER VOLUME ACTIVE DMPORT VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 BD DBD VD SAT TV SA-CD/CD TUNER STANDBY ?/1 ?/1 INPUT SELECTOR PRESET TUNING SOUND FIELD MUTING AUTO CAL MIC qa q; 9 8 7 Name Function Name Function H MUTING Press to turn off the sound A ?/1 Press to turn the receiver temporarily. (on/standby) on or off (page 22, 31, 32). Press MUTING again to B Remote sensor Receives signals from restore the soun
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About the indicators on the display 12 3 4 5 6 7 SLEEP DIGITAL HDMI D.RANGE L CR LFE DTS PL MEMORY RDS SW SL S SR OPT COAX ST MONO qf qd qsqa q; 9 8 Name Function Name Function A LFE Lights up when the disc being F Preset Lights up when using the played back contains an LFE station receiver to tune in radio stations (Low Frequency Effect) channel indicators you have preset. For details on and the LFE channel signal is presetting radio stations, see actually being reproduced. page 48. B SLEEP
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Getting Started Rear panel 12 3 AM SAT IN DVD IN BD IN OUT HDMI L L TV DIGITAL DC5V 700mA MAX R R OPT IN OPT IN COAX IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN AUDIO IN FRONT R FRONT L SUR R SUR L CENTER SUBWOOFER ANTENNA VIDEO 2 DVD SA-CD/CD TV VIDEO 1 DMPORT 5 4 A ANTENNA section D DMPORT section FM Connects to the FM DMPORT Connects to a ANTENNA wire antenna jack DIGITAL MEDIA jack supplied with this PORT adapter (page receiver (page 21). 59). AM Connects to the AM E AUDIO INPUT section ANTENNA loop an
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. Name Function Remote commander A TV ?/1 Press TV ?/1 and TV (O) at You can use the supplied RM-AAU023 (on/standby) the same time to turn the TV Remote Commander to operate the receiver on or off. and to control the Sony audio/video AV ?/1 Press to turn on or off the components that the remote is assigned to (on/standby) Sony audio/video components operate. For details, see “Changing button that the remote is assigned to operate (page 61). assignments” (page 61). If you press ?/1 (B)
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Getting Started Name Function Name Function F DVD/BD Press to display the menu of M MENU/HOME Press to display the menu of MENU the DVD or Blu-ray disc on the VCR, DVD player, the TV screen. Then, use V, v, satellite tuner or Blu-ray disc B, b and (Q) to perform player on the TV screen. menu operations. Press MENU/HOME and TV (O) at the same time to AUTO CAL Press to activate the Auto display the TV’s menu. Calibration function. Then, use V, v, B, b and (Q) to perform menu G D.TUNING
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Name Function Name Function O TV Press TV and the button with T Numeric Press to orange printing at the same buttons – preset/tune to preset a) (number 5 ) time to enable TV operation. stations. – select track numbers of the P RETURN/ Press to CD player, DVD player or – return to the previous menu. EXIT O Blu-ray disc player. Press – exit the menu while the 0/10 to select track number menu or on-screen guide of 10. the VCR, DVD player, – select channel numbers of satellite tuner or B
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Getting Started 1: Installing the speakers This receiver allows you to use a 5.1 channel HT-SS1300 only speaker system. To fully enjoy theater-like multi channel surround sound, be sure to connect all the speakers (two front speakers, a center speaker, and two surround speakers) and a subwoofer (5.1 channel). HT-SF1300 only AFront speaker (left) BFront speaker (right) CCenter speaker DSurround speaker (left) ESurround speaker (right) FSubwoofer Tip Since the subwoofer does not emit highly d
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Installing the speakers on a flat Installing the speakers on the surface wall Before you install the speaker and subwoofer, You can install your speakers on the wall. be sure to attach the supplied foot pads to 1 Prepare screws (not supplied) prevent vibration or movement as shown in the that are suitable for the hook on illustration below. the back of each speaker. See Example of HT-SS1300 front the illustrations below. speaker 4 mm more than 25 mm 4.6 mm 10 mm HT-SF1300 only Hook on the
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Getting Started 3 Hang the speakers on the screws. Example of installing the speakers on the wall Hook on the back of the speaker 4.6 mm 10 mm Notes � Use screws that are suitable for the wall material and strength. As a plaster board wall is especially fragile, attach the screws securely to a beam and fasten them to the wall. Install the speakers on a vertical and flat wall where reinforcement is applied. � Contact a screw shop or installer regarding the wall material or screws to be u
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2: Connecting the speakers C F A FRONT R FRONT L SUR R SUR L CENTER SUBWOOFER Connector A A B A E D ASpeaker cord (supplied) AFront speaker (left) BFront speaker (right) CCenter speaker DSurround speaker (left) ESurround speaker (right) FSubwoofer GB 14 SPEAKERS
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Getting Started Note on speaker cords To connect the speakers correctly The connector of the speaker cords are the same color as the speaker jack to be connected. Check the speaker type by referring to the When connecting a speaker cord, be sure to speaker label* at the rear panel or bottom of match the colored connector to the speaker the speakers. jack on the receiver: Character on Speaker type speaker label Connector Speaker jack LFront left Red FRONT R R Front right White FRONT L SL Sur
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Connecting the audio 3: Connecting the audio/ components video components The following illustration shows how to connect audio components such as Super Audio CD player or CD player. How to hook up your Before connecting cords, make sure to components disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead). This section describes how to hook up your components to this receiver. Before you begin, Super Audio CD player/ CD player refer to “Component to be connected” below for the pages which describe how
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Getting Started Note Connecting components with Be sure to change the factory setting of the DVD HDMI jacks input button on the remote so that you can use the button to control your DVD player. For details, see HDMI is the abbreviated name for High- “Changing button assignments” (page 61). Definition Multimedia Interface. It is an interface which transmits video and audio HDMI feature signals in digital format. � A digital audio signals transmitted by HDMI can Before connecting cords, mak
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� When the connected component is not Notes on HDMI connections compatible with copyright protection � Use a HDMI cable with the HDMI logo technology (HDCP), the image and/or the (made by Sony). sound from the HDMI OUT jack may be � An audio signal input to the HDMI IN jack distorted or may not be output. is output from the SPEAKERS jacks and In this case, check the specification of the HDMI OUT jack. It is not output from any connected component. other audio jacks. � You can enjoy mul
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Getting Started Before connecting the cords, make sure to Connecting the video disconnect the AC power cord (mains lead). components The following illustration shows how to connect video components such as DVD player, DVD recorder or VCR. It is not necessary to connect all the cords. Connect audio and video cords according to the jacks of your components. TV Audio signal AB AM SAT IN DVD IN BD IN OUT HDMI L L L L TV DIGITAL DC5V 700mA MAX R R RR OPT IN OPT IN COAX IN AUDIO IN AUDIO
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If you connect a DVD player Be sure to change the factory setting of the DVD input button on the remote so that you can use the button to control your DVD player. For details, see “Changing button assignments” (page 61). Notes � You cannot do recording on the DVD recorder or VCR via this receiver. For details, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the DVD recorder or VCR. � To input multi channel digital audio from the DVD player, set the digital audio output setting on the
