BASIC OPERATION

SELECTING THE SURROUND MODE

ADJUSTING THE MAIN VOLUME

ADJUSTING THE TONE (BASS & TREBLE)

CONTROL

ENGLISH

(PLAY BACK)

SELECTING AN INPUT SOURCE

 

Before you can listen to any input media, you must first select the input source on the SR7001.

Example : DVD

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CD-R

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AUX2

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To select DVD, turn the INPUT SELECTOR knob on the front panel or press the DVD button on the

Example: AUTO SURROUND

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D1

D2

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D5

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CLEAR

 

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CD

CD-R

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CH

 

VOL

SURROUND

 

 

DIGITAL

 

 

AAC

 

 

 

OK

 

 

LIP.SYNC

 

PREV

 

MUTE

 

GUIDE

 

MENU

 

EXIT

TEST

CH.SEL

SURR

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2

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SPK-AB

Adjust the volume to a comfortable level using the VOLUME control knob on the front panel or VOLUME 3 / 4 buttons on the remote.

To increase the volume, turn the VOLUME knob clockwise or press VOLUME 3 button on the remote, to decrease the volume, turn counterclockwise or press VOLUME 4 button on the remote.

Notes:

The volume can be adjusted within the range of – to 18 dB, in steps of 1 dB.

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D1

D2

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During a listening session you may wish to adjust the Bass and Treble Control to suit your listening tastes or room acoustics.

(Using the remote control unit)

To adjust the tone, press the AMP button and press the > button PAGE3 is displayed.

remote two times in a row. After you have selected DVD, simply turn on the DVD player and play the DVD.

As the input source is changed, the new input

 

name will appear momentarily an OSD information

 

on the video display. The input name will also

 

appear in the display, on the front-panel.

If you use the FUNCTION RENAME feature (see

 

page 26) , the renamed name appears on the

 

display.

• As the input is changed, the SR7001 will

 

automatically switch to the digital input, surround

 

mode, attenuation, and night mode status which

 

were entered during the configuration process for

 

that source.

When an audio source is selected, the last video

 

input used remains routed to the VCR1 & DSS/

 

VCR2 Outputs and Monitor Output. This permits

 

simultaneous viewing and listening to different

 

sources.

When a video source is selected, the selected

(Using the SR7001)

To select the Auto surround mode during playback, press the AUTO button on the front panel.

(Using the remote control unit)

To select the Auto surround mode, press the AMP button and press the > button until PAGE1 is displayed. Press the AUTO (D1) button.

For surround modes, see “Surround Mode” on page 42.

To add the THX mode to the Auto Surround mode, press either the THX button on the SR7001 or the THX button on the remote control unit.

To select a specifi c surround mode, Press the individual surround mode button on page 1.2 on the remote control unit.

However, when the channel level is set as described on page 33, if the volume for any channel is set at +1 dB or greater, the volume cannot be adjusted up to 18 dB.

(In this case the maximum volume adjustment range is “18 dB - Maximum value of channel level)

NIGHT MODE

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D1

D2

D3

D4

USE

PAGE

3

D5

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TUNER

CD

CD-R

MD

TAPE

AUX1

AUX2

AMP

 

 

LIGHT

 

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To adjust the bass effect, press BASS+ (D2) or BASS– (D3).

To adjust the treble effect, TREB+ (D4) or TREB– (D5).

Notes:

The tone control function is unavailable for the Source Direct, Pure Direct, Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker THX mode, and 192kHz PCM.

The tone control function is not available when PRESET G.EQ is being used.

DIALOGUE NORMALIZATION MESSAGE

Dialogue Normalization (Dial Norm) is a feature of Dolby Digital.

When playing back software which has been encoded in Dolby Digital, sometimes you may see a brief message on the FL display which will read "Dial Norm X dB" (X being a numeric value).

video signal is output from the MONITOR OUT

terminal.

(Using the remote control unit)

To adjust the tone, press the AMP button and press the > button PAGE3 is displayed.

Press the NIGHT (D1) button to turn on the Night mode. Setting the Night mode to “ON” compresses the dynamic range in Dolby Digital only.

This softens loud passages such as sudden explosions, to help prevent disturbing others late at night. To turn off the Night mode, Press the NIGHT (D1) button again.

Dialogue Normalization serves to let you know if the source material has been recorded at a higher or lower level than usual. For example, if you see the following message: "Dial Norm + 4 dB" on the FL display, to keep the overall output level constant just turn down the volume control by 4 dB. In other words, the source material that you are listening to has been recorded 4 dB louder than usual.

If you do not see a message on the FL display, then no adjustment of the volume control is necessary.

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Marantz SR8001 manual Selecting the Surround Mode, Example DVD, Example Auto Surround, Using the SR7001

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