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Hooking Up and Setting Up the Speaker System
Once you have made speaker connections and have
turned on the power for the first time, clear the receiver’s
memory. After you have done this, set the speaker sizes,
speaker locations and other initial system settings that are
necessary.
Before turning on the receiver
Make sure that you have:
• Selected the appropriate front speakers (see “
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SPEAKERS selector” on page 23). (STR-DE545 and
STR-SE501 only)
Clearing the receiver’s memory
Before you use your receiver for the first time or when
you want to clear the receiver’s memory, do the following.
If the Demonstration appears when the power is turned
on, this procedure is not necessary.
1
Turn off the receiver.
2
Hold down
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for four seconds.
The currently selected function, then the
demonstration message appears in the display and the
items including the following are reset or cleared:
• All preset stations are reset or cleared.
• All sound field parameters are reset to their factory
settings.
• All index names (of preset stations and program
sources) are cleared.
• All adjustments made with the SET UP button are
reset to their factory settings.
• The sound field memorized for each program source
and preset stations are cleared.
Performing Initial Setup Operations
Setting up the receiver
Before you use your receiver for the first time, use the SET
UP button to adjust settings to correspond to your system.
You can set the following items. For details on how to
adjust each setting, see the page in parentheses.
• Set the speaker size (page 16).
• Set the speaker distance (page 18).
• Select the 5.1CH INPUT video signal (page 47).
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MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
MASTER VOLUME
DISPLAY
INPUT MODE
VIDEO
MD/TAPE
CD
TUNER
AUX
DVD/LD
TV/SAT 5.1CH INPUT
CINEMA STUDIO
LEVEL
I
–
i
+
SET UP
BASS BOOST
TONE
FM/AM
MUTING
TONE
BASS
BOOST
SHIFT
MEMORY
FM MODE
RDS EON RDS PTY
PRESET/
– PTY SELECT +
– TUNING +
NAME
ENTER
SUR
BASS/
TREBLE
SOUND FIELD
A. F. D.
A
B
C
2CH
MODE
DIMMER
SPEAKERS
R
ON
r
OFF
A
PHONES
B
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