Marantz SR-18EX manual REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC-18SR, English

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REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC-18SR

This chapter describes the functions which control the SR-19EX. See pages 17-30 to refer to other functions of the RC-18SR.

vPOWER ON and OFF

These two buttons are used for turning on or off SR-19EX.

mDIRECT button

The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work with the PAGE buttons (4 pages for each source component) to provide up to 32 dedicated specialized functions for each of the 11 function input selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alphanumeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. Press the AMP or TUNER button . to control the receiver.

Press one of these buttons to select a surround mode for the current listening session.

AMP

MODE1	1 AUTO		Auto select surround modes
	2	DOLB	Dolby Digital or Pro Logic decoding
	3	THX	THX cinema or THX Surround EX decoding
	4	DTS	DTS-cinema or DTS-music
	5	HALL	Hall surround sound
	6	MTRX	Matrix surround sound
	7	MOV	Movie surround sound
	8	2-CH	Stereo sound (no surround)
MODE2	1 A/D		analog / digital select switch
			Switches between the analog input and the
			digital input.
	2	DIR	source direct switch
			When this switch is pressed, the signals are
			transmitted by bypassing the tone control
			circuitry so that they can be reproduced with
			higher quality.
	3	ATT	attenuate for analog input
	4	OSD	on screen display
			Once the button is pressed, the on-screen
			display is turned on and each a control button
			related to the SR-19EX is pressed thereafter,
			the information will be displayed on the TV
			screen. When the button is pressed again to
			turn the on-screen display off, it disappears
			from the TV screen. (Refer to “ON-SCREEN
			DISPLAY MENU SYSTEM” on page 14)
	5	MONO	monaural decoding
			When this button is pressed, the monaural
			sound is selected.
	6	3-D	3-D surround decoding
			This button is not used for SR-19EX.
	7	NITE	NIGHT mode for Dolby Digital
			Pressing this button prevents the Dolby Digital
			signal from playback at a loud voice. This
			function reduces the voice by 1/3 to 1/4 at
			maximum. Thus, it eliminates the occurrence
			of an abruptly loud voice at night. However, the
			function is valid only for the case when the
			Dolby Digital signal (AC-3) is entered into
			digital Input and data to compress the voice
			exists in the signal to be played back.
	8	MLTI	activates multi-room mode
MODE3	1 TRB+		increases treble
	2	TRB-	decreases treble
	3	BAS+	increases bass
	4	BAS-	decreases bass
			The button 1 to 4 are used to control the tone.
	5	R-EQ	activates RE-EQ function
			This button is not used for SR-19EX.
	6	CH+	channel select button
			Press this button to adjust the volume levels of
			the front, center, surround, subwoofer
			channels. Each press of the button changes
			the channel which can be adjusted.

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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 control is for temporary adjustment, so
		these setup is not memorized for each source.
PROCESSOR	1 VOL+		increases external decoder’s volume
			This button is not used for SR-19EX.
	2	VOL-	decreases external decoder’s volume
			This button is not used for SR-19EX.
	3	6-CH	6 channel direct button
			When the surround processor is connected to
			the DIRECT IN JACKS, press this button to play
			it.
	4	BYP	bypasses external processor’s decoding
	5	SLEP	sleep timer button
			This button is used for setting the sleep timer.
	6	DISP	display off function
			When this button is pressed, the display is
			turned off.
	7	MODE	surround mode select button
	8	PHNO	phono function button

TUNER

BAND	1 FM		FM band button
	2	AM	AM/MW band button
	3	LW	long wave band button
			This button is not used for SR-19EX
	4	BAND	selects radio band button
	5	MODE	mono/stereo/muting mode selector button
	6	TIME	time display button
			This button is not used for SR-19EX
	7	F/P	frequency or preset channel display select
			button
			This button is not used for SR-19EX
	8	SCAN	preset scan button

,PAGE buttons

These buttons are used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT button, as explained above.

.FUNCTION buttons

These buttons are used for selecting an input function. Press one of these buttons twice within 2 seconds will activate the chosen input.

⁄1VOLUME UP (+) AND DOWN (-)

These buttons are used to raise and lower the main system volume level.

⁄2TEN KEYPAD

They are useful for tuning a pre-set radio station and setting a station name.

⁄3M (MEMO) button

This button is used to enter the tuner preset memory numbers and station names.

⁄4C (Clear) button

This button is used to cancel certain memory or programming operations.

⁄6CURSOR buttons

The cursor buttons can be used to navigate within on-screen menus. These buttons are unavailable when the mode is set to DSS, TV or DVD.

⁄7MUTE button

This button can be used to mute the sound temporarily.

⁄9LIGHTING button

This button is used to activate the back-lit LCD screen and back-lit keys.

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