Marantz SR8000 manual

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    Model SR8000 User Guide AV Surround Receiver R[...]

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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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    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 a[...]

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    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 following[...]

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    1 ENGLISH DIGITAL DOLBY LFE LS PEAK S RS R C L TAPE TUNER DSS/VCR2 6ch INPUT MULTI CDR/MD A/D S-DIRECT VCR1 CLEAR STANDBY DOWN SLEEP S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R AUX INPUT DISPLAY OFF MUTE VOLUME SURROUND UP POWER ON/STANDBY PHONES AV SURROUND RECEIVER SR8000 AUX TV DVD LD MEMORY MODE TUNING/PRESET F/P CD SURROUND DIGITAL 8OHMS MINIMUM   8OHMS VCR1 OU[...]

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    2 ENGLISH TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................[...]

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    3 ENGLISH INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Marantz SR8000 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 SR8000. As there are a number of connection and co[...]

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    4 ENGLISH FRONT PANEL FEATURES (SEE PAGE 1.) q POWER switch and STANDBY indicator When this switch is pressed once, the unit turns ON and display appears on the display panel. When pressed again, the unit turns OFF and the STANDBY indicator lights. When the STANDBY indicator lights, the unit is NOT disconnected from the AC power. w PHONES jack for [...]

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    5 ENGLISH REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS (SEE PAGE 1.) All connections to the rear panel should be made with the entire system powered off. To avoid errors, it is advisable to connect one cable at a time between the various components. A FM antenna terminal (75 ohms) Connect an external FM antenna with a coaxial cable, or a cable network FM source. AM ante[...]

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    6 ENGLISH V SPEAKER terminals FRONT Left & Right speakers output terminals Connect to the front left & right speakers. CENTER speaker output terminals Connect to the center speaker. SURROUND Left & Right speakers output terminals Connect to the surround (rear) left & right speakers. W AC OUTLETS Connect the power cables of component[...]

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    7 ENGLISH 8OHMS MINIMUM   8OHMS OPT OUT 1 CTRL MONITOR OUT DIGITAL IN L SURR. R CENTER SUB WOOFER OUT DIGITAL 2 CTRL SURR. CENTER FRONT L SPEAKERS FRONT PRE OUT R L R DIG–6 OUT IN DIG. OUT DIG. OUT RC-5 IN OUT VIDEO REMOTE MULTI OUT 2 CTRL 1 CTRL COAX R 6CH INPUT FRONT WOOFER SUB CENTER L SURR. DC CONTROL S-VIDEO DIG–5 DIG–4 DIG–3 DIG–2[...]

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    8 ENGLISH REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC-18SR This chapter describes the functions which need to control the SR8000. See page 18 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 SR8000. m DIRECT button The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work w[...]

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    9 ENGLISH OPERATION OF REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 1. Remote control The distance between the transmitter of the remote control unit and the IR SENSOR of the SR8000 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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    10 ENGLISH SET-UP After all components are connected, initial setup must be performed. ON SCREEN DISPLAY MENU SYSTEM The SR8000 incorporates an on-screen menu system, which makes various operations possible by using the cursor ( , , , ) and OK buttons on the remote handset. The settings made with these buttons are also shown in the on-screen displa[...]

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    11 ENGLISH OSD MAIN MENU 1. Press the AMP button. 2. Press any one of the cursor buttons ( , , , and OK buttons) to display the “MAIN MENU” of the on-screen display menu. Choose a desired item in the contents with or button, and press the OK button to select. Display will change to menu for each item. SYSTEM SETUP SYSTEM SETUP 1/3 6CH. INPUT : [...]

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    12 ENGLISH SPEAKERS SETUP 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 all front speakers be of the same type, with identical or similar driver units. This will deliver smooth[...]

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    13 ENGLISH SURROUND MODE SOURCE DIRECT : Switch the source direct ON or OFF with or button. This bypasses the surround processing and crossover for the main speakers (front left and right will be full range and the subwoofer will be ON) Note: Surround mode cannot be changed in Source Direct mode. SURR-MODE : Select the surround mode with or button.[...]

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    14 ENGLISH BASIC OPERATION LISTENING TO THE TUNER MANUAL TUNING 1. To select the tuner as the source, press the TUNER button t on the front panel or press the TUNER button . on the remote. 2. Press the TUNER button t on the front panel or press the TUNER button . on the remote to select the desired frequency band if required. 3. Press the F/P butto[...]

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    15 ENGLISH OTHER FUNCTIONS SETTING THE SLEEP TIMER Set the sleep timer while the power is turned on. 1. Turn the power ON and press the SLEEP button !0 or D5 on page 4 at AMP mode. “SLEEP” blinks on the display. 2. Press the SLEEP button !0 or D5 the number of times to set the desired sleep time in minutes. Each press of the SLEEP button !0 or [...]

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    16 ENGLISH 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 SR8000 is located. To use this function, a multi room remote unit and remote control signal receiver available from your Marantz dealer are necessary. The operations possible wi[...]

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    17 ENGLISH 2. FUCTION SELECT & SURROUND MODE When a function selector button or surround mode button is pressed VIDEO: Displays the current video source. When DSS/TV, LD, DVD, VCR or AUX is selected with the function selector, both AUDIO and VIDEO shows the same name. AUDIO: Displays the current analog audio input source. DIGITAL: Displays the [...]

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    18 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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    19 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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    20 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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    21 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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    22 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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    23 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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    24 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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    25 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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    26 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 “fresh[...]

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    27 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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    28 ENGLISH The marked “ ⊗ ” keys are not used for SR8000. See page 26 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 Mov[...]

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    29 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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    30 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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    31 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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    32 ENGLISH SURROUND MODES The SR8000 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. Surroud mode 1. AUTO 2. STERE[...]

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    33 ENGLISH Surround Input Signal Output Fluorescent Indicator LED Indicator Mode L/R LS/RS C SW Encoded Mode status (14seg) Ch. Status AUTO Dolby Digital (5.1 ch) Digital, Auto L, C, R, LS, RS, LFE Dolby Digital (2 ch) –– Digital, Auto L, R Dolby Digital (2 ch: Lt/Rt) Digital, Auto, Pro Logic L, R, S 96kHz PCM –– PCM Stereo, Auto 96 kHz L, [...]

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    34 ENGLISH CAUSE The power plug is not connected. Mute is on. The input cable is not connected correctly. The master volume control is turned all the way down. The function selector position is wrong. The headphones are connected to the headphone jack. Input cable connected incorrectly. Speaker cable connected incorrectly. The center speaker cable [...]

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    35 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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    36 ENGLISH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FM TUNER SECTION Frequency Range ................................................................................................................ ................................. 87.5 - 108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity ..................................................................................................[...]

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    R is a registered trademark. Printed in Japan 99/08 MITi 323J851250 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[...]