About This Manual - Sony STR-DA5500ES Operating Instructions Manual

Civic Office, your household waste disposal service
or the shop where you purchased the product.
Disposal of waste
batteries (applicable in
the European Union and
other European
countries with separate
collection systems)
This symbol on the battery or on
the packaging indicates that the battery provided
with this product shall not be treated as household
waste. On certain batteries this symbol might be
used in combination with a chemical symbol. The
chemical symbols for mercury (Hg) or lead (Pb) are
added if the battery contains more than 0.0005%
mercury or 0.004% lead. By ensuring these batteries
are disposed of correctly, you will help prevent
potentially negative consequences for the
environment and human health which could
otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste
handling of the battery. The recycling of the
materials will help to conserve natural resources. In
case of products that for safety, performance or data
integrity reasons require a permanent connection
with an incorporated battery, this battery should be
replaced by qualified service staff only. To ensure
that the battery will be treated properly, hand over
the product at end-of-life to the applicable collection
point for the recycling of electrical and electronic
equipment. For all other batteries, please view the
section on how to remove the battery from the
product safely. Hand the battery over to the
applicable collection point for the recycling of waste
batteries. For more detailed information about
recycling of this product or battery, please contact
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disposal service or the shop where you purchased
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About This Manual

• The instructions in this manual are for model
STR-DA5500ES (the receiver). Check your model
number by looking at the lower right corner of the
front panel.
• In this manual, the USA/Canadian model is used
for illustration purpose unless stated otherwise.
Any differences in operation are clearly indicated
in the text, for example, "European model only."
• The instructions in this manual describe mostly the
controls on the supplied simple remote. You can
also use the controls on the receiver if they have
the same or similar names as those on the remote.
On Copyrights
This receiver incorporates Dolby* Digital and Pro
Logic Surround and the DTS** Digital Surround
System.
* Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories.
Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks
of Dolby Laboratories.
** Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent
#'s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762;
6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929;
7,392,195; 7,272,567 & other U.S. and
worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS is a
registered trademark and the DTS logos,
Symbol, DTS-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio
are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2008 DTS,
Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Neural-THX" and "neural THX" introduced in the
Operating Instructions and displayed in the display
window and on the GUI menu screen mean Neural-
THX Surround.
This product using Neural-THX
manufactured under license from Neural Audio
Corporation and THX Ltd. Sony Corporation hereby
grants the user a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
limited right of use to this product under USA and
foreign patent, patent pending and other technology
or trademarks owned by Neural Audio Corporation
and THX Ltd. "Neural Surround", "Neural Audio",
"Neural" and "NRL" are trademarks and logos
owned by Neural Audio Corporation, THX is a
trademark of THX Ltd., which may be registered in
some jurisdictions. All rights reserved.
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