Sony Rht G550 Operating Instructions

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Playback Options
Remote control
Buttons for the operation of this 
stand
A?/1 (on/standby)
Press to turn the stand on or off.
BLEVEL
Press to adjust the level of the center speaker 
and subwoofer. This setting is applied to all 
sound fields.
CAMP MENU
Press to display the menu of the stand 
(page 38).
DC, X, x, c or 
Press C, X, x or c to select the settings. 
Then press   to enter the selection.
EMENU
Press to preset a radio station or name a 
preset station (page 25, 27).
FDIMMER
Press to select...

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NO RETURN
Press to return to the previous menu.
ODISPLAY
Press to select the setting of the front panel 
display.
1Turn on the TV and choose a program. 
Refer to the operating instructions of your 
TV for details.
2Turn the stand on.
3Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – 
repeatedly until “TV” appears in the 
front panel display.
4Adjust the volume by pressing 
VOLUME +/–.
 The sound may be output from the TV’s speaker. In 
this case, turn the volume of the TV’s speaker down 
to the minimum.
Enjoying TV
Tip...

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Playback Options
Enjoying a satellite tuner or 
cable television tuner
1Turn on the TV.
Refer to the operating instructions of your 
TV for details.
2Turn the satellite/cable television tuner 
and stand on.
3Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – 
repeatedly until “SAT/CATV” appears 
in the front panel display.
4Change the TV input. 
Refer to the operating instructions of your 
TV for details.
5Adjust the volume by pressing 
VOLUME +/–.
 The sound may be output from the TV’s speaker. In 
this case, turn the...

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 When you connect the video output jack of the 
DIGITAL MEDIA PORT adapter to the video input 
jack of the TV, set “CTRL: HDMI” to “OFF” in the 
AMP menu of the stand (page 34). The images of a 
component connected to the DIGITAL MEDIA 
PORT adapter will not be played on the TV if “CTRL: 
HDMI” is set to “ON.”
 To enjoy the sound of a component without 
displaying the images when “CTRL: HDMI” is set to 
“ON,” turn off the TV first and then reset the power of 
the stand.
If you turn on this stand...

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Tuner FunctionsYou can preset 20 FM stations and 10 AM 
stations. Before tuning, make sure to turn down 
the volume to minimum.
1Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – 
repeatedly until “FM” or “AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
2Press and hold TUNING + or – until the 
auto scanning starts.
Scanning stops when the system tunes in a 
station. “TUNED” and “ST” (for stereo 
program) light up in the front panel display. 
“MONO” lights up for a monaural program.
3Press MENU.
4Press X/x repeatedly until...

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Preset radio stations in the stand’s memory first 
(see “Presetting radio stations” (page 25)).
1Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – 
repeatedly until “FM” or “AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
The last received station is tuned in.
2Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to 
select the preset station.
Each time you press the button, the stand 
tunes in one preset station.
3Adjust the volume by pressing 
VOLUME +/–.
To turn off the radio
Press "/1 to turn off the stand.
To change to another function,...

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Tuner Functions
You can enter a name for a preset station. These 
names (for example, “XYZ”) appear in the front 
panel display when a station is selected.
Note that no more than one name can be entered 
for each preset station.
 You cannot enter a name for preset station of the 
Radio Data System (RDS) (page 28).
1Press INPUT SELECTOR + or – 
repeatedly until “FM” or “AM” appears 
in the front panel display.
The last received station is tuned in.
2Press PRESET + or – repeatedly to 
select the...

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Viewing the station name or 
frequency in the front panel 
display
When the stand is set to “FM” or “AM,” you can 
check the frequency using the front panel 
display.
Press DISPLAY.
Each time you press DISPLAY, the station name 
and the frequency alternate in the front panel 
display.
 The station name is displayed if you have entered a 
name for a preset station.
 The frequency in the front panel display switches to 
the station name after several seconds.
What is the Radio Data 
System?
The Radio...

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Surround Function
Selecting the sound field
This stand can create multi channel surround sound. You can select one of stand’s optimized pre-
programmed sound fields.
Press SOUND FIELD +/–.
The present sound field appears in the front panel display.
Each time you press the SOUND FIELD +/– button, the display changes cyclically as follows:
STANDARD y MOVIE y DRAMA y NEWS y SPORTS y GAME y MUSIC y JAZZ 
y CLASSIC y ROCK y POP y LIVE y FLAT y STANDARD …..
Surround Function
Enjoying the surround effect...

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Available sound fields
* These sound fields are not available when “DMPORT” is selected by pressing INPUT SELECTOR.
 You can set a different sound field for each input source.
 The sound field default setting for “DMPORT” is “FLAT,” and for other sources “STANDARD.”
 When “DMPORT” is selected by pressing INPUT SELECTOR, the center speaker produces no sound.
 Some speakers will not produce sound depending on the input signal, such as monaural programmes.
 The center speaker produces no sound in any...