Marantz NR1601 Setting items Setting details Speaker Config, Distance, Feet / Meters, 1m / 0.01m

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Setting items	Setting details
Speaker Config.	Surround : Set the presence and size of the surround speakers.
(Continued)	• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back low
	frequencies.
	• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
	low frequencies.
	• None : Select when the surround speakers are not connected.
	• When “Surround” is set to “Large”, “Surround Back” and “Front
	Height” can be set to “Large”.
	• When “Surround” is set to “None”, “Surround Back” and “Front
	Height” can automatically set to “None”.

S.Back : Set the presence, size and number of surround back speakers.

•Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back low frequencies.

•Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for low frequencies.

•None : Select when the surround back speakers are not connected.

•2sp : Use two surround back speakers.

•1sp : Use only one surround back speaker. When you select this setting, connect the surround back speaker to the left (L) channel.

NOTE

When the “Amp Assign” setting (vpage 49) is other than “Normal”, you cannot make the “S.Back” setting.

Front Height : Set the presence and size of the front height speakers.

•Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back low frequencies.

•Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for low frequencies.

•None : Select when the front height speakers are not connected.

NOTE

When the “Amp Assign” setting (vpage 49) is other than “Front Height”, you cannot make the “Front Height” setting.

	Manual Setup
Setting items	Setting details
Bass Setting	Subwoofer Mode : Select low range signals to be reproduced by
Set subwoofer and LFE	subwoofer.
signal range playback.	• LFE : The low range signal of the channel set to “Small” speaker size is
	added to the LFE signal output from the subwoofer.
	• LFE+Main : The low range signal of all channels is added to the LFE
	signal output from the subwoofer.
	• “Subwoofer Mode” can be set when “Speaker Config.” – “Subwoofer”
	(vpage 49) is set to “Yes”.
	• Play music or a movie source and select the mode offering the strongest
	bass.
	• Select “LFE+Main” if you want the bass signals to always be produced
	from the subwoofer.
	NOTE
	If “Front” and “Center” for “Speaker Config.” are set to “Large”, and
	“Subwoofer Mode” is set to “LFE”, no sound may be output from the
	subwoofers, depending on the input signal or selected surround mode.
	LPF for LFE : Set LFE signal playback range.
	• 80Hz / 90Hz / 100Hz / 110Hz / 120Hz / 150Hz / 200Hz / 250Hz
Distance	Unit : Set the unit of distance.
Set distance from listening	• Feet / Meters
position to speakers.	Step : Set the minimum variable width of the distance.
Measure beforehand the	• 1ft / 0.1ft
distance from the listening	• 0.1m / 0.01m
position to each speaker.
	FL / FR / C / SW / SL / SR / SBLz / SBRz / FHL / FHR : Select the speaker.
	zz When the “Speaker Config.” – “S.Back” setting (vpage 50) is set to
	“1sp”, “S.Back” is displayed.
	• 0.0ft – 60.0ft / 0.00m – 18.00m : Set the distance.
	• The speakers that can be selected differ depending on the “Amp Assign”
	(vpage 49) and “Speaker Config.” (vpage 49) settings.
	• Default settings :
	FL / FR / C / SW / FHL / FHR : 12.0 ft (3.6 m)
	SL / SR / SBL / SBR : 10.0 ft (3.0 m)
	• Set the difference in the distance between the speakers to less than 20
	ft (6.0 m).

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			NOTE
			Speakerssetto“None”in“SpeakerConfig.” (vpage49)arenotdisplayed.
			Default : The “Distance” settings are returned to the default settings.
			• Yes : Reset to the defaults.
			• No : Do not reset to the defaults.
			When you select “Default” and press ENTER, the “Default Setting?”
			prompt is displayed. Select either “Yes” or “No”, and press ENTER.
Remote control operation	Move the cursor	Confirm the setting	Return to previous menu
buttons	(Up/Down/Left/Right)