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STR-DG800
SECTION 1
GENERAL
This section is extracted
from instruction manual.
US, CND model:
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US
Getting Star
ted
Description and location of parts
To remove the cover
Press PUSH.
When you remove the cover, keep it out of 
reach from children.
Getting Started
Front panel
?/1
AUTO CAL MIC
SPEAKERS
(OFF/A/B/A+B)
PHONES
MEMORY/ 
ENTER
CATEGORY
MODE
– CATEGORY +
2CH
A.F.D.
MOVIE
MUSIC
MULTI CHANNEL DECODING
TUNING MODE
DISPLAY
INPUT MODE
TUNING
INPUT SELECTOR
ñ
+
TONE MODE
TONE
ñ
+
MULTI CH IN
DIRECT
MASTER VOLUME
VIDEO 3 IN/PORTABLE AV IN
VIDEO
L  AUDIO   R
DIGITAL(OPT)
PUSH
1
7
8
q;
3
5
qa
9
qd
qf
wf
qg
qh
ql
ws
wd
qj
wa w;
qk
2
4
6
qs
Name
Function
A ?
/
1
Press to turn the receiver 
on or off (page 33, 42, 43, 
67, 98).
B
SPEAKERS 
(OFF/A/B/A+B)
Press to select OFF, A, B, 
A+B of the front speakers 
(page 35).
C
TONE MODE
Press to select Equalizer 
mode (page 47).
D
TONE +/–
Turn to adjust the 
EQUALIZER menu 
parameters (page 47, 52).
E
TUNING MODE
Press to select the tuning 
mode (page 71, 98).
F
TUNING +/–
Turn to scan a station 
(page 68, 70).
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US
G
Display
The current status of the 
selected component or a 
list of selectable items 
appears here (page 7). 
H
MULTI 
CHANNEL 
DECODING 
lamp
Lights up when multi 
channel audio is decoded 
(page 43).
I
Remote sensor
Receives signals from 
remote commander.
J
DISPLAY
Press to select information 
displayed on the display 
(page 82).
K
INPUT MODE
Press to select the input 
mode when the same 
components are connected 
to both digital and analog 
jacks (page 78).
L
MASTER 
VOLUME
Turn to adjust the volume 
level of all speakers at the 
same time (page 39, 40, 
42, 43).
M
DIRECT
Press to listen to high 
quality analog sound 
(page 66).
N
MULTI CH IN
Press to select the audio 
directly from the 
components connected to 
the MULTI CH IN jacks 
(page 40).
O
INPUT 
SELECTOR
Turn to select the input 
source to playback (page 
40, 42, 43, 66, 68, 71, 78, 
82, 83).
P
MOVIE, 
MUSIC
Press to select sound fields 
for movie or music (page 
63).
Q
A.F.D.
Press to select A.F.D. 
mode (page 61).
R
2CH
Press to select 2CH 
STEREO mode (page 66, 
67).
Name
Function
Name
Function
S
CATEGORY +/–
Press to select a category 
(page 75).
T
CATEGORY 
MODE
Press to select the 
category mode (page 74).
U
MEMORY/
ENTER
Press to store a station or 
enter the selection when 
selecting the settings 
(page 33).
V
VIDEO 3 IN/
PORTABLE AV 
IN jacks
To connect a camcorder or 
video game (page 29, 40).
W
PHONES jack
Connects to a headphone 
(page 94).
X
AUTO CAL MIC 
jack
Connects to the supplied 
ECM-AC2 optimizer 
microphone for the Auto 
Calibration function (page 
35).
Ver. 1.1
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US
Getting Star
ted
About the indicators on the display
L
C
R
SL
SW
S
SR
SBR
SBL SB
LFE
SLEEP MULTI CH IN
SP.A SP.B A.DIRECT HDMI EQ D.RANGE
DTS-ES
CAT OPT COAX MONO
MEMORY
;
PL IIx
96/24 NEO:6
D.ASSIGN STEREO
;
DIGITAL EX
wa
qf
qg
w;
ql
qk
qj
qh
1 2
3
4
5 6
7
8
9
q; qa qs
qd
Name
Function
A
SW
Lights up when sub woofer 
selection is set to “YES” (page 
49) and the audio signal is 
output from the SUB WOOFER 
jack.
B
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.
C
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 a headphone is 
connected.
D
A.DIRECT
Lights up when ANALOG 
DIRECT is selected (page 66).
E
HDMI
Flashes when you select 
“HDMI V. ASSIGN” in the 
Video menu (page 81).
F
EQ
Lights up when the equalizer is 
activated (page 47).
G
D.RANGE
Lights up when dynamic range 
compression is activated (page 
47).
H ;
DIGITAL 
(EX)
Lights up when Dolby Digital 
signals are input. “; 
DIGITAL EX” lights up when 
Dolby Digital Surround EX 
signals are decoded.
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 FIXED” 
(page 78).
I
DTS (-ES)/
(96/24)
Lights up when DTS signals are 
input. “DTS-ES” lights up 
when DTS-ES signals are input.
“DTS 96/24” lights up when the 
receiver is decoding DTS 96 
kHz/24 bit 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 FIXED” (page 78).
J
CAT
Lights up when you select 
category mode to “ONE CAT”. 
For details on presetting XM 
Radio station,
 
see page 76.
K
OPT
Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUTO 2CH” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
OPTICAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to “OPT 
FIXED” (page 78).
Name
Function
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US
L
COAX
Lights up when INPUT MODE 
is set to “AUTO 2CH” and the 
source signal is a digital signal 
being input through the 
COAXIAL jack, or when 
INPUT MODE is set to “COAX 
FIXED” (page 78).
M
MEMORY
Lights up when a memory 
function, such as Preset 
Memory (page 70), etc., is 
activated.
N
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 69.
O
Tuner 
indicators
Lights up when using the 
receiver to tune in radio stations 
(page 67), etc.
P
D.ASSIGN
Lights up when the digital 
assign function is used for 
selected input.
Q
NEO:6
Lights up when DTS Neo:6 
Cinema/Music decoder is 
activated (page 62).
R ;
PL (II)/(IIx)
Lights up when the receiver 
applies Pro Logic processing to 
2 channel signals in order to 
output the center and surround 
channel signals. “; PL II” 
lights up when the Pro Logic II 
Movie/Music/Game decoder is 
activated.
“; PL IIx” 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 49) 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.
S
MULTI CH IN
Lights up when MULTI CH IN 
is selected (page 40).
T
SLEEP
Lights up when the sleep timer 
is activated (page 83).
Name
Function
U
Playback 
channel 
indicators
L
R
C
SL
SR
S
SBL
SBR
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 left
Surround back right
Surround back (the surround 
back components obtained by 
6.1 channel decoding)
Example:
Recording format (Front/
Surround): 3/2.1
Output channel: When surround 
speaker is set to “NO” (page 49)
Sound Field: A.F.D. AUTO
Name
Function
L
SW
C
R
SL
SR
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