Sony STR-VA333ES User Manual

Listening to FM/AM radio

You can listen to FM and AM broadcasts
through the built-in tuner. Before operation,
make sure you have connected the FM and AM
antennas to the receiver (see page 15).

Tip

The tuning scale is:
FM: 50 kHz
AM: 9 kHz

Automatic tuning

Rotate FUNCTION to switch the
function to TUNER.

Press FM/AM to select the FM or AM
band.

Press DOOR OPEN to open the door of
the front panel, then press TUNING + or –.

Press + to scan from low to high; press – to
scan from high to low.

The receiver stops scanning whenever a
station is received.

In case of poor FM stereo reception

Press FM MODE to switch to monaural audio.
If the FM stereo reception is poor and
“STEREO” flashes in the display, select the
monaural audio so that the sound will be less
distorted.

Listening to multi channel
sound

(MULTI CH DIRECT)

You can select the audio directly from the
components connected to the MULTI
CHANNEL IN jacks. This function enables
you to enjoy high quality analog sources like
DVD or Super Audio CD.

Also see “D.POWER” on page 47.

Surround effects are not activated when using
this function.

Press MULTI CH DIRECT repeatedly to
select the multi channel audio source
(“MULTI CH 1 DIRECT” or “MULTI CH 2
DIRECT”).

The selected audio source is output.

Note

This function is canceled when you switch the
function (page 25) or sound field (pages 35–37).

When the center speaker or sub

woofer is not connected

(Analog downmix function)

If you set the center speaker size (CENTER
SP) or sub woofer selection (SUB WOOFER)
in the SET UP menu to “NO” or “MIX”
(CENTER SP only) (page 20) and activate the
MULTI CH DIRECT function, the analog
center or sub woofer audio will be downmixed
to the FRONT L/R channel audio.

To assign the multi channel audio to

a specific function

Set “MULTI CH 1” or “MULTI CH 2” in the
CUSTOMIZE menu (page 47). The multi
channel audio inputs can be assigned to any
functions except TUNER and PHONO.