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STR-DG710
SECTION 1
GENERAL
This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
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US
Getting Star
ted
Description and location of parts
Getting Started
Front panel
?/1
AUTO CAL MIC
SPEAKERS
(OFF/A/B)
PHONES
VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN
VIDEO
L  AUDIO   R
MEMORY/
ENTER
CATEGORY 
MODE
CATEGORY 
TUNING
2CH
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
AUTO CAL
DIRECT
DISPLAY
INPUT MODE
INPUT SELECTOR
MASTER VOLUME
TUNING MODE
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Name
Function
A ?/1 
 
(on/standby)
Press to turn the receiver on 
or off (page 26, 34, 35, 55, 
82).
SPEAKERS 
(OFF/A/B)
Press to select the front 
speaker system (page 27).
TUNING 
MODE
Press or turn to operate the 
tuner (FM/AM/XM) (page 
55).
TUNING +/–
MEMORY/
ENTER
Display
The current status of the 
selected component or a list 
of selectable items appears 
here (page 7). 
Remote 
sensor
Receives signals from remote 
commander.
DISPLAY
Press to select information 
displayed on the display 
(page 73).
Name
Function
INPUT MODE Press to select the input mode 
when the same components 
are connected to both digital 
and analog jacks (page 67).
MASTER 
VOLUME
Turn to adjust the volume 
level of all speakers at the 
same time (page 32, 33, 34, 
35).
DIRECT
Press to listen to high quality 
analog sound (page 54).
AUTO CAL
Press to activate the Auto 
Calibration function (page 
29).
INPUT 
SELECTOR
Turn to select the input 
source to play back (page 33, 
34, 35, 54, 56, 58, 59, 67, 72, 
74).
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Name
Function
2CH
Press to select a sound field 
(page 49).
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
CATEGORY 
MODE
Used when listening to XM 
Radio (page 60).
CATEGORY 
 
+/–
VIDEO 3 IN/ 
PORTABLE AV 
IN jacks
Connects to a portable audio/
video component such as a 
camcorder or video game 
(page 24, 33).
AUTO CAL 
MIC jack
Connects to the supplied 
optimizer microphone for the 
Auto Calibration function 
(page 28).
PHONES jack Connects to headphones 
(page 78).
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US
Getting Star
ted
About the indicators on the display
SW
LFE
SP A
SP B
L
C
SL
S
;
D EX
;
PL IIx
;
PL
OPT
DTS
 
-ES CAT
9 6 / 2 4
MEMORY
ST
MONO
D.RANGE
COAX
HDMI
NEO:6
SB
R
SR
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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qh
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qg
qd
Name
Function
SW
Lights up when sub woofer 
selection is set to “YES” (page 
45) and the audio signal is 
output from the SUB 
WOOFER jack.
LFE
Lights up when the disc being 
played back contains an LFE 
(Low Frequency Effect) 
channel and the LFE channel 
signal is actually being 
reproduced.
SP A/SP B
Lights up according to the 
speaker system used. However, 
these indicators do not light up 
if the speaker output is turned 
off or if headphones are 
connected.
D ; D/
 
; D EX
“; D” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding Dolby 
Digital signals. “; D EX” 
lights up when the receiver is 
decoding Dolby Digital 
Surround EX signals.
Note
When playing a Dolby Digital 
format disc, be sure that you 
have made digital connections 
and that INPUT MODE is not 
set to “ANALOG” (page 67).
Name
Function
E ; PL/
 
PLII/
 
PLIIx
“; PL” lights up when the 
receiver applies Pro Logic 
processing to 2 channel signals 
in order to output the center and 
surround channel signals. 
 
“; PLII” lights up when the 
Pro Logic II Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
“; PLIIx” lights up when the 
Pro Logic IIx Movie/Music/
Game decoder is activated.
 
However,  these indicators do 
not light up if both the center 
and surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 39) and you select 
a sound field using the A.F.D. 
button.
Note
Dolby Pro Logic IIx decoding 
does not function for DTS 
format signals or for signals 
with a sampling frequency of 
more than 48 kHz.
OPT
Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUT O IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
OPTICAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to “OPT 
IN” (page 67).
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Name
Function
DTS/
 
DTS-ES/
 
DTS 96/24/
 
DTS-ES 
 
96/24
“DTS” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding DTS 
signals. “DTS-ES” lights up 
when the  receiver is decoding 
DTS-ES signals. “DTS 96/24” 
lights up when the  receiver is 
decoding DTS 96/24 (96 kHz/
24 bit) signals. “DTS-ES 
 
96/24” lights up when the  
receiver is decoding DTS-ES 
96/24 signals.
Note
When playing a DTS format 
disc, be sure that you have 
made digital connections and 
that INPUT MODE is not set to 
“ANALOG” (page 67).
CAT
Lights up when “ALL CAT ” 
mode is changed to “ONE 
CAT” mode during XM Radio 
operation (page 63).
MEMORY
Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset 
Memory (page 58), etc., is 
activated.
Tuner 
indicators
Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations (page 55), etc.
Preset 
station 
indicators
Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio 
stations you have preset. For 
details on presetting radio 
stations, see page 57.
D.RANGE
Lights up when dynamic range 
compression is activated (page 
37).
NEO:6
Lights up when DTS Neo:6 
Cinema/Music decoder is 
activated (page 50).
COAX
Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUT O IN” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
COAXIAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to 
“COAX IN” (page 67)
HDMI 
Lights up when the receiver 
recognizes a component 
connected via a HDMI IN jack 
(page 18).
Name
Function
Playback 
channel 
indicators
 
 
 
 
 
L
 
R
 
C
 
SL
 
SR
 
S
 
 
 
SB
The letters (L, C, R, etc.) 
indicate the channels being 
played back. The boxes around 
the letters vary to show how the 
receiver downmixes the source 
sound (based on the speaker 
settings).
Front Left
Front Right
Center (monaural)
Surround Left
Surround Right
Surround (monaural or the 
surround components obtained 
by Pro Logic processing)
Surround back (the surround 
back components obtained by 
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When 
surround speakers are set to 
“NO” (page 39)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
SW
L
C
R
SL
SR
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