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Take home theater control to the next levelImagine pressing a button that turns on all your home theater gear, configures all the settings, raises your motorized video screen, and even dims the lights in your room. Sounds futuristic, doesnt it? The Sony STR-ZA3000ES makes future dreams a present-day reality, with its advanced home automation features. There are a lot of powerful control options under the hood of this receiver, so you can integrate it with larger systems for control with a smartphone or tablet. But if youre simply looking for a receiver with enthralling surround sound and HD video thats easy to use, the ZA3000ES is a great choice. Its got the latest 4K video processing, for pristine picture quality with Ultra HD TVs. Every internal component has been designed to ensure audiophile sound, so movie soundtracks and music explode from your speakers with detail and drama.Powerful home automation capabilityIf youve dipped your toes into the exciting world of home automation, the ZA3000ES is worth checking out for your home theater. It offers lots of cool control features — from simple setup options using your PCs web browser, to sophisticated integration with leading automation systems by Control4, Crestron, Savant, and others. The key is this receivers ability to be controlled over a network connection. This IP control feature is common among home automation products, so you can control your smart home with your smartphone or tablet. This receiver has an 8-port Ethernet hub, so you can pass through network connections from your router to other devices. Two of the ports even offer power-over-Ethernet, so the receiver can supply power to compatible devices such as a security camera to keep an eye on all your valuable gear.4K video and outstanding soundEven if you took away all the STR-ZA3000ESs advanced control options, youd still be left with a powerful receiver that would be at home in any serious home theater setup. There are plenty of connections for all your A/V gear, including six 4K-ready HDMI inputs. This receiver is also compatible with the HDCP 2.2 standard, so its prepared for future 4K broadcast signals. What about sound quality? This receivers construction is all about minimizing distortion and interference, for the purest sound possible.Easy-to-use menu and presetsThe on-screen guide offers easy navigation through the ZA3000ESs many features and settings. You can even set up custom presets, for one-button recall of sources and sound options. For instance, you can create a preset for late-night movie watching that powers on your Blu-ray player, switches the receiver to the proper input, and keeps the volume at a low level so as not to wake up the rest of the household.Music and movies in two roomsIf youd like to power speakers in a second room, you can configure the ZA3000ESs surround back channels for Zone 2 playback. Then, you can enjoy 5.2-channel surround sound in the home theater, while someone else listens to music on the porch — all powered and controlled by this receiver. If youd like to feed video signals to a second TV, take advantage of this receivers dual-zone HDMI switching. That means you can watch the game in the bedroom in HD while the kids watch a Blu-ray movie in the home theater. There are also line-level outputs for adding speakers in a third room with an additional receiver or amp.Power and Processing:7-channel amplifier100 watts per channel into 6 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.09% THD, with 2 channels drivenDolby and DTS surround sound decodingDigital Cinema Auto Calibration for easy, accurate speaker setupupscales standard-definition video signals to HD and Ultra HD (up to 4K)Control Features:8-port Ethernet hub for connecting to your home network and accommodating other network-ready componentspower-over-Ethernet capability, for powering compatible network-ready devices (ports 1 and 2)web browser control via PC or tablet for setting up receiver and adjusting settingsnetwork connection offers IP control for use with custom home automation systems4 custom presets for one-button recall of source and settingsbuilt-in support for Control4, Crestron, AMX Beacon, Savant, and other home automation systemsIR, 12-volt trigger, and RS232C connections for use with external controllersAudio Performance Features:surround back channels can be reconfigured for bi-amping compatible front speakershigh-quality construction and components for optimized sound qualityIn-Ceiling Speaker mode virtually relocates sound from front and center in-ceiling speakers to the front of the room for improved synchronization with your TVMulti-room Audio/Video:three-room/three-source outputline-level stereo audio outputs for 2nd and 3rd roomssurround back channels can be reassigned as powered Zone 2 outputs (allows 5.2 home theater in main room)HDMI dual-zone switching for watching HD content from different sources in two zones simultaneouslyZone 2 composite video outputHDMI, optical, and coaxial digital sources cannot be output to Zone 3Connections:HDMI audio/video switching: 6 in, 2 out (including 1 front-panel input)component video switching: 2 in, 1 outcomposite video switching: 2 in, 2 outdigital audio inputs: 2 optical and 1 coaxial4 analog stereo audio inputs2 analog stereo audio outputs (variable)no phono input — to connect a turntable youll need to add a phono preamp7.2-channel preamp outputsoutputs for seven speakers (Front L/R, Center, Surround L/R, Surround Back L/R)front-panel USB port for firmware updates and backing up receiver settings (no audio or video playback capability)detachable power cableGeneral Features:4K and 3D pass-throughHDCP 2.2 copy-protection compatibility for future 4K broadcast and streaming content (HDMI 2 and 3 inputs, and A and B outputs only)HDMI standby pass-through allows access to all HDMI connected devices without having to power on the receiverBRAVIA Sync for one-remote operation with compatible Sony componentsintuitive on-screen user interface (via HDMI only)rack-mountable with optional brackets60 AM/FM presetsremote control16-15/16 W x 6-13/16 H x 17-3/4 Dweight: 29.6 lbs.
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