Marantz AV9000 manual

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    Model AV9000 User Guide AV Pre Tuner R[...]

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    AC OUTLETS 120V 60H Z AC IN DIGIT AL AUDIO AUDIO REMOTE CONTROL COAX OUT OPT OUT DIG .1 IN DIG .2 IN MULTI ROOM DIG .3 IN DIG .4 IN S - VIDEO DIRECT IN CENTER SUB WOOFER SURROUND L R COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUTPUTS ANTENNA SUB WOOFER CENTER SURR. FRONT FM (75 Ω ) GND AM SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A MONITOR OUT RF IN L R TV LD DVD IN – VCR1[...]

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    AC OUTLETS 120V 60H Z AC IN DIGIT AL AUDIO AUDIO REMOTE CONTROL COAX OUT OPT OUT DIG .1 IN DIG .2 IN MULTI ROOM DIG .3 IN DIG .4 IN S - VIDEO DIRECT IN CENTER SUB WOOFER SURROUND L R COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUTPUTS ANTENNA SUB WOOFER CENTER SURR. FRONT FM (75 Ω ) GND AM SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A MONITOR OUT RF IN L R TV LD DVD IN – VCR1[...]

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    AC OUTLETS 120V 60H Z AC I N AC IN DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO REMOTE CONTROL REMOTE CONTROL COAX OUT OPT OUT DIG .1 IN DIG .2 IN MULTI ROOM DIG .3 IN DIG .4 IN S - VIDEO DIRECT IN CENTER SUB WOOFER SURROUND L R COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUTPUTS ANTENNA SUB WOOFER WOOFER CENTER SURR. FRONT FRONT FM (75 Ω ) GND AM SWITCHED 120W 1A SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED [...]

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    CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous v[...]

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    1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1 . Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the[...]

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    2 19. Servicing-Do not attempt to service this video product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 20. Damage Requiring Service-Unplug this video product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the followi[...]

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    3 FM STEREO indicator TUNED indicator AUTO indicator MEMORY indicator ENCODED SIGNAL indicator SURROUND MODE indicator MILTI ROOM indicator TEST indicator COPY indicator SLEEP indicator NIGHT indicator PRESET SCAN indicator DISPLAY OFF indicator ATT indicator SOUND SOURCE, TUNING, FREQUENCY, PRESET CH., SURROUND MODE, CH. STATUS, VOILUME indicator [...]

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    ENGLISH 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Marantz AV9000 THX/ DTS/Dolby Digital Surround receiver. This remarkable component has been engineered to provide you with many years of home theater enjoyment. Please take a few minutes to read this manual thoroughly before you connect and operate the AV9000. As there are a number of connection a[...]

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    ENGLISH 6 FRONT PANEL FEATURES (SEE PAGE 3) q POWER switch and STANDBY indicator Press this button once to turn the unit on or off. In order to use the remote control unit to turn the unit on the power switch must be pressed once, and then the unit may be turned on or off via the remote. w PHONES jack for stereo headphones Conventional dynamic head[...]

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    ENGLISH 7 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC-18SR This chapter describes the functions which need to control the AV9000. See page 27 and following pages to refer other function of the RC-18SR. v POWER ON and OFF These two buttons are use for turning on or off AV9000. m DIRECT button The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work w[...]

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    ENGLISH 8 AMP MODE3 7 LVL+ Increases channel level volume 8 LVL- decreases channel level volume After pressing the CH+ button, use the LVL+ and LVL- buttons to adjust the volume level of each speaker channel. Note: These level controls are for temporary adjustment, so these setup is not memorized for each source. PROCESSOR 1 VOL+ increases external[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 1. Remote control The distance between the transmitter of the remote control unit and the IR SENSOR of the AV9000 should be less than about 5 meters. If the transmitter is pointed to a direction other than the IR SENSOR or if there is an obstacle between them, remote control may not be possible. Remote-con[...]

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    ENGLISH 10 SET-UP ON-SCREEN MENU SYSTEM The AV9000 incorporates an on-screen menu system, which makes various operations possible by using the cursor and OK buttons on the remote unit. The settings made with these buttons are also shown in the on-screen display.  ST A TION NAME INPUT PRESET NUMBER : 1 FM 87 .50 MHz AUT O NAME : : CHARACTERS ABCD[...]

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    ENGLISH 11 SYSTEM SETUP 2/2 6CH. DIRECT: 6 channel direct input of the AV9000 shares the front channel of the desired source. Select the desired source with or button. Press the OK button to decide. TV AUTO: This product is equipped with a TV-auto ON/OFF system, which automatically turns on or off the power 1 seconds to 5 minutes after the TV video[...]

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    ENGLISH 12 SPEAKER SETUP AND LEVELS The home theater system you already have installed should function provided that there are left, center and right front speakers, left and right rear/surround speakers and a subwoofer. For best results we recommend that the front speakers be of the same type, with identical or similar driver units. This will deli[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 LEVEL 1/2 (SPEAKER LEVEL BY TEST TONE) SPKR LEVEL TEST TONE: Press the OK button, ON is indicated and the test tone starts from the front L-CH speaker. Press the OK button again, OFF is indicated and the output of the test tone will stop. MODE: Select the mode for generating the test tone. If you select AUTO, test tone will be output in [...]

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    ENGLISH 14 DIGITAL COPY Select the digital source of the DIGITAL output with or button for digital dubbing to the CD-R recorder or MD deck. The source is switched in the following sequence. SOURCE → DIG.1 → DIG.2 → DIG.3 → DIG.4 → OFF → SOURCE → To determine each source, display the desired source and press the OK button or / button. [...]

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    ENGLISH 15 the station will be played for five seconds. During this time, the following operations are possible: 1) The band can be changed using the BAND button D4 on page 1 at TUNER MODE on the remote 2) The mode can be changed using the FM button D1 on page 1 at TUNER MODE on the remote 6. If no button is pressed during this period, the current [...]

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    ENGLISH 16 OTHER FUNCTIONS MULTI ROOM SELECTOR The Multi Room Selector is a function which allows you to listen to the same or a different source in a room other than the room in which the AV9000 is located. To use this function, a multi room remote unit and remote control signal receiver available from your Marantz dealer are necessary. The operat[...]

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    17 ENGLISH FUNCTION AND OPERATION z MODE (operating mode) This button is used to change from normal operation to the learning mode, and is used when “learning” commands from other brands of A/V components. Each time this button is pressed (using a small pointed instrument, such as the tip of a paper clip) the mode changes as follows: LEARN → [...]

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    18 ENGLISH c CLONE The RC-18SR has the ability to “replicate” itself, downloading all of its internal pre-programmed and user-programmed commands to another RC-18SR or RC2000MK II . This button is used when you wish to “teach” another RC-18SR or RC2000MK II all of the customized commands you’ve already programmed in this RC-18SR. v POWER [...]

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    19 ENGLISH ⁄6 CURSOR buttons Some components feature menus that are navigated with up, down, left and right direction commands. The cursor buttons can be used to navigate within on-screen menus, for components such as amplifier or receiver, TV set, DSS/satellite tuner, etc. These buttons are also used for certain RC-18SR programming functions. ?[...]

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    20 ENGLISH RC-18SR BASIC OPERATION USE Mode: As supplied from the factory, the RC-18SR is already permanently programmed with many pre-set commands common to Marantz and Philips equipment, as well as other brands of components that utilize the Philips RC-5 remote control language. 1 . If the RC-18SR is in another mode (LEARN, etc.), press the opera[...]

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    21 ENGLISH 5. Continuing along, re-write the remaining letters “V”, “–”, “5”, “2”, and “0”. By pressing the cursor keys and , each character is confirmed in place. When you go to other DIRECT function pages by using the page function keys , , characters in the previous page are also confirmed in place. The name re-writing oper[...]

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    22 ENGLISH Erasing the memory assigned to a DIRECT buttons: All codes and names which were previously memorized for each of the functions (such as TV, LD, VCR, etc.) in pages can be erased. Press and hold the CLEAR button ⁄4 and press the < or > button , 2 times. You will see the “DIR- CLR?” (direct button - clear?) indication in the LC[...]

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    23 ENGLISH 3. Press the command buttons in the desired sequence. When you press a command button to be learned into the macro sequence, its name will appear within the LCD window. Every time you press another remote command, the macro step number increases one by one. 4. It is possible during macro programming to adjust the timing of the interval b[...]

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    24 ENGLISH Using the macro function(s) you have programmed: 1. Press the desired MACRO n button. The corresponding macro number will appear at the bottom of the display window, OR if a macro has been programmed under a function button, press and hold that function button for 3 seconds. The LCD display window will indicate the macro number in the LC[...]

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    25 ENGLISH To “ clone ” (duplicate) the memory contents of one RC-18SR into another RC-18SR or RC2000MK II , please follow these steps: 1. Place the source RC-18SR (the one with all of the customized commands, names, macros, macro sequences, etc) with its infrared transmitter window ¤1 facing the receiving infrared sensor ¤2 of another “fre[...]

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    26 ENGLISH OTHER FUNCTIONS The Marantz RC-18SR includes the ability to tailor the lighting features according to your preferences. As supplied from the factory, the RC-18SR has lighting features (and lighting timings): The lighting time is set at the factory for a period of 2 seconds which you can change if you prefer a different lighting time. If [...]

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    27 ENGLISH The marked “ ⊗ ” keys are not used for AV9000. See page 25 to refer the marked “ ♦ ” keys. AMP 1 MODE-1 1 AUTO selects Auto select surround modes 2 DOLB selects Dolby Digital or Pro Logic decoding 3 THX selects THX cinema decoding 4 DTS selects DTS decoding 5 HALL Hall surround sound 6 MTRX Matrix surround sound 7 MOV Movie s[...]

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    28 ENGLISH LD 2 LD 5 MS-F CAV multi-speed forward direction 6 MS-R CAV multi-speed reverse direction 7 AUD Stereo, left only, right only channel 8 D/CX digital audio, analog audio, CX NR 3 REC 1 VCR1 commands for VCR 1 control (NO output) 2 REC record 3 PAUS pause 4 STOP stop 5 VCR2 commands for VCR 2 control (NO output) 6 REC record 7 PAUS pause 8[...]

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    29 ENGLISH TV 4 PIP2/REC 6 REC record 7 PAUS pause 8 STOP stop TV 1 MODE 1 CH + next channel (up) (for 2 CH - previous channel (down) REST 3 CH-C channel call only) 4 VID external (aux) video input 5 VOL+ increases TV volume 6 VOL- decreases TV volume 7 MUTE mute sound on/off 8 OSD on screen display on/off 2 MENU/CBL 1 MENU activates menu (for 2 SL[...]

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    30 ENGLISH CD-R 1 REC 4 REC records pause 5 TRAY opens/closes tray 6 DISP dispaly mode 7 FINL finalizes (writes TOC) 8 BLNK records blank 2 MODE 1 PROG activates program mode 2 REPT activates repeat mode 3 FTS activates FTS mode 4 FAST searches FAST 5 VOL+ increases volume 6 VOL- decreases volume 7 IDX+ increases index 8 IDX- decreases index AUX 2 [...]

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    31 ENGLISH SURROUND MODES The AV9000 incorporates digital signal processors (DSP) which can reproduce various surround effects you experience in concert halls and movie theaters, etc. Nine Surround Modes, are provided to reproduce a variety of surround sound effects, according to the content of the source to be played. 1. STEREO 2. MONO 3. DOLBY 4.[...]

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    32 ENGLISH Set Input Signal Bass Output Fluorescent Display LED Indicator Mode manager L/R LS/RS C SW Encoded Mode other status Ch. Status other AUTO Dolby Digital (5.1 ch) D-Digital, Auto – 3/2.1 – Dolby Digital (2 ch) –– D-Digital, Auto – 2/0 – Dolby Digital (2 ch: Lt/Rt) Pro Logic, Auto – 2/1 – PCM-audio (Fs=96k) – –– PCM S[...]

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    33 ENGLISH REMEDY Connect the power plug to the outlet. Cancel mute using the remote control unit. See the connection diagram and connect the cables correctly. Adjust the master volume. Select correct position. Connect the cable correctly by referring to the connection diagram. Connect the cable correctly by referring to the connection diagram. Con[...]

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    34 ENGLISH GENERAL MALFUNCTION If the equipment malfunctions, this may be because an electrostatic discharge or AC line interference has corrupted the information in the equipment memory circuits. Therefore: - disconnect the plug from the AC line supply - after waiting at least three minutes, reconnect the plug to the AC line supply - re-attempt to[...]

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    35 ENGLISH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (U VERSION) FM TUNER SECTION Frequency Range ................................................................................................................................................. 87.5 - 108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity .......................................................................................[...]

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    R is a registered trademark. Printed in Japan 99/06 MITi 312J851250 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured under license from Digital Theater[...]