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About the Sony ES STR-DA5200ESby CrutchfieldsDave BarSony builds its premium ES components according to elevated standards of design and construction to ensure truly superior home theater. The STR-DA5200ES carries forward the Sony ES legacy by filling your room with dynamic, involving surround sound and by providing superb picture quality from all of your video sources. Its also endowed with advanced features that make your entire audio/video system more flexible and easier to operate.This receivers precision-built ES amplifier delivers 120 watts times seven channels of home theater power, and its sophisticated digital processors turn out exceptionally accurate multichannel sound. So whether youre watching a DVD movie, listening to music, or catching a favorite TV show, the DA5200ES plants you squarely in the middle of a broad, deep 360° soundfield.1080p-capable HDMI switching and digital video upconversionThe DA5200ESs video switching capabilities will really streamline the way you connect all of your video components. You get 1080p-compatible HDMI switching for three high-definition video sources — like an HDTV tuner, digital video recorder, or a Blu-ray disc player. Thats especially helpful if your TV has just one HDMI input. And if your television accepts 1080p signals, youll enjoy the best picture resolution possible with your digital high-def sources.Plus, you get sophisticated digital video upconversion from Faroudja, a video scaling process which goes beyond the basic analog-to-HDMI conversion found on many receivers. It can upgrade any non-HD video source to superior 1080p high-def resolution for the best possible picture quality from all of your video components, digital or analog. And that means you can also send all of your video sources from the receiver to a compatible TV via a single HDMI cable for easier hookup and switching.Digital entertainment optionsThis receiver is also XM Ready. Add an optional XM Mini-Tuner package and an XM subscription to tune in over 170 satellite radio channels. The DA5200ES also has special decoding for XM Radios HD Surround channels, which offer music in spacious multichannel sound. A handy front-panel USB input lets you plug in a portable MP3 player loaded with your favorite tunes. Switch on Sonys Portable Audio Enhancer mode and youre ready to enjoy your entire digital music library through your best speakers.Easy and accurate setupSonys auto calibration makes home theater setup quick, simple, and accurate. Just plug in the included microphone, set it in your favorite seat, and the DA5200ES automatically adjusts the volume and delay settings for each speaker in your home theater. The result is precise, well-balanced home theater sound, custom-tailored for your specific room and speakers.Multi-room capabilityThree-room/three-source output gives you flexible listening and viewing options. You can enjoy surround sound in your home theater room while a housemate watches a different video source in a second room, and another housemate listens to stereo music in a third room. A learning/multibrand remote provides easy control of all your components. And Sony even includes a second remote that, when used in conjunction with an optional remote control extender system, gives you control of your audio/video system from your second or third listening rooms.Intuitive on-screen controlThe DA5200ESs on-screen menu system was designed for simple, straightforward operation. Its polished graphic user interface features easy-to-use menus that dont block the entire TV picture — allowing you to control receiver functions on-screen while still viewing your programs. A handy picture-in-picture mode lets you display two video sources on your TV simultaneously, even if your television doesnt have built-in PIP. And an extra video input jack means you can connect a baby monitor or security camera and use the receivers PIP function to view a remote area and watch a TV show or DVD movie at the same time. Very cool.Product highlights:120 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000Hz) at 0.09% THDDolby® Digital EX, DTS-ES®, DTS Neo:6, and Dolby Pro Logic® IIx, and Digital Cinema Sound processing1080p-compatible HDMI digital video switching (3 in, 1 out)analog-to-HDMI video upconversion (up to 1080p) with Faroudja DCDi™ Cinema scalingHDMI version 1.2aXM Satellite Radio Ready (requires XM subscription and optional XM Mini-Tuner package)Neural Surround decoder for XMs HD Surround channelsDigital Cinema Auto Calibration (microphone included)three-room/three-source output (composite video and line-level or powered stereo audio output for 2nd room; line-level stereo audio output for 3rd room; powered stereo audio output option for 2nd room allows 5.1 home theater in main room)learning/multibrand remotebasic remote for 2nd or 3rd listening room (requires remote control extender system, not included)front-panel USB input for audio playback from compatible MP3 playersplays MP3, WMA, and all ATRAC music filesPortable Audio Enhancer for MP3s and other digital music filespicture-in-picture for monitoring multi-zone output or external video sourceon-screen display with graphic user interface (requires TV with audio/video input)component video conversioncomponent video switching (3 in, 1 out, 80MHz bandwidth)7.1-channel analog input for connecting an SACD or DVD-Audio player7.1-channel analog preamp outputdigital inputs: 5 optical (including 1 front-panel), 3 coaxialoptical digital output4 audio inputs (including phono)5 audio/video inputs (including 5 S-video and 1 front-panel)30 AM/30 FM/30 XM presets2 sets of main speaker outputs16-15/16W x 6-13/16H x 17-3/4DMFR # STRDA5200ES I am the original owner of this receiver. It’s in perfect working condition.
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