Somehow I misplaced the manuals of my Sony STR-DE205 receiver, including the Operating Instructions.
Sony still makes receivers
I did find [WayBack] Sony STR-DE205 – Manual – AM/FM Stereo Receiver – HiFi Engine which has a Service Manual. It has no operating instructions though.
Luckily, the STR-DE205 is very similar to the Sony STR-DE305, which I found using sony str de205 filetype:pdf operating instructions and having an Operating Instructions copy at [WayBack] pdf.crse.com/manuals/3810995221.pdf.
In fact, all the pictures in that manual look remarkably similar to the STR-DE205, except for one: the remote control:
It has one extra button POWER, which the STR-DE205 lacks, which likely means the STR-DE305 can be powered on remotely (like my trusty Sony MHC-3000 mini set that is slightly older).
Anyway, programming is easy as long as you know you need to press one of the NUMERIC BUTTONS in step 5:
- Press TUNER.
The last received station is tuned in. - Tune in the station you want.
If you are not familiar with how to tune in a station, see “Receiving Broadcasts” on the previous page. - Press MEMORY.
“MEMORY” appears for a few seconds.
Do steps 4 and 5 before “MEMORY” goes out. - Press SHIFT to select a character (A, B or C).
Each time you press SHIFT, the letter “A”, “B” or “C” appears in the display.
If “MEMORY” disappears, start again from step 3. - While MEMORY is displayed, press the number you want to use (0 to 9).
- Repeat Steps 2 to 5 to preset other stations.
Getting the text out of the PDF was a bit of a pain, as even though it renders, DRM tried to prohibit copying.
Luckily there is a
pdftohtmlwith a-nodrmfeature in Poppler (software) – Wikipedia (unlike the Xpdf – Wikipedia it forked from that does not have this switch) which I got based on these links:
Some more images are below after some Sony STR-DE205 videos.
–jeroen
