Marantz Understanding Acoustic EQ Settings for the Stereo Receivers

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6 ACOUSTIC EQ

This display is for setting up the equalizer and changing the Equalizer mode.

• PRESET G. EQ ADJ :

“6-1 PRESET G. EQ ADJ” (see page 57)

• CHECK AUTO 1 & 2 :

“6-2 CHECK AUTO” (see page 57)

3. Select “FRONT”, “FLAT”, “AUDYSSEY”, “PRESET” or “OFF” with the 1 or 2 cursor buttons.

After you complete this portion of the setup, move the cursor to “RETURN” with the 3, 4, 1 and 2 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button.

To use the remote controller (RC8001SR) to change the EQ MODE, press the AMP button and then the

6 . ACOUSTIC EQ .

EQ . MODE	:	OFF
PRESET G . EQ1 ADJ
CHECK AUTO
RETURN	NEXT		EXIT

EQ MODE:

There are 4 equalizer modes to choose from: PRESET G. EQ that allows the user to manually adjust the equalizer, and AUDYSSEY, FRONT and FLAT that automatically adjust the equalizer from the measurement results of the AUTO SETUP feature (see page 46).

AUDYSSEY:

This mode adjusts the frequency characteristics of all speakers so as to create the best listening environment for the sound characteristics of the listening room.

FRONT:

This mode matches the characteristics of each speaker to those of the front speakers.

FLAT:

This mode flattens the frequency characteristics of all speakers.It is suited for playback of multichannel music such as Dolby Digital and DTS.

PRESET:

This mode adjusts the graphic equalizer that was set in PRESET G.EQ ADJ to adjust the characteristics of each speaker (see page 57).

OFF:

The graphic equalizer is not used.

1. Select “6. ACOUSTIC EQ” from MAIN MENU with the 3 or 4 cursor buttons and press the OK/ENTER button.

6 . ACOUSTIC EQ .

EQ . MODE	:	OFF
PRESET G . EQ ADJ
CHECK AUTO
RETURN	NEXT EXIT

2. Select “EQ. MODE” with the 3 or 4 cursor

buttons.

>button until the second page is displayed. When EQ is displayed on the remote controller, press the EQ (D5) button.

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D1

D2

D3

D4

USEPAGE 2

D5

CH	VOL
TUNER CD	CD-R MD

TAPE	AUX1	AUX2	AMP
		LIGHT
1			2

RC8001SR

Learning Remote Controller

Each time this button is pressed, the EQ MODE changes as follows.

OFF FRONT FLAT AUDYSSEY PRESET

Notes:

•“FRONT”, “FLAT” and “AUDYSSEY” can be selected after executing the AUTO SETUP feature.

•If a speaker that was determined “NON” in Auto Setup is manually turned on, the “AUDYSSEY”, “FRONT” and “FLAT” modes cannot be selected.

•The equalizer turns off when the Pure Direct mode, Source Direct mode, Dolby Headphone or Virtual mode is set.

•ACOUSTIC EQ MODEs are not used during playback of Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, or DTS-HD signals.

•Tone Control is disabled when an EQ MODE is in use.

	PRESET				ADJUST
RESET:		ALLCH				63 - 15 . 0
CH	:SR					125	- 2 . 5
+9						250	- 5 . 0
						500	+9	. 0
0dB
						1k	+3	. 5
						2k	- 5 . 5
-20						4k	- 7 . 0
63	250	1k	4k	16k		8k	- 18	. 5
						16k	- 20	. 0
125 500			2k	8k
RETURN							EXIT

		CHECK			AUTO
MD:	AUDYSSEY				63 - 15 . 0
CH:SR					125	- 2 . 0
+9					250	- 5 . 0
					500	+9	. 0
0dB
					1k	+3	. 0
					2k	- 5 . 0
-20					4k	- 7 . 0
63	250	1k	4k	16k	8k	- 18	. 0
					16k	- 20	. 0
125 500			2k	8k
RETURN						EXIT

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