BASIC OPERATION

SELECTING THE SURROUND MODE

NIGHT MODE

ADJUSTING THE MAIN VOLUME

ENGLISH

(PLAY BACK)

SELECTING AN INPUT SOURCE

 

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

Example : DVD

Example: AUTO SURROUND

M

D1

D2

LEARN

 

NAME

D3

 

 

D4

USEPAGE 1 2 3 4

D5

 

AV SURROUND RECEIVER SR8002

 

Useful at night or when loud noise is undesirable,

 

this mode compresses the dynamic range, making

 

it easier to hear quieter audio content without

SURROUND

increasing the overall volume.

DIGITAL

AAC

Note that the effect of night mode is determined

 

by the Dolby Digital content. Night mode may have

 

no effect with content that does not support this

 

function.

 

CHVOL

OK

LIP.SYNC

PREVMUTE

GUIDE

MENUEXIT

TEST

CH.SEL

SURR

AV SURROUND RECEIVER SR8002

TV DVD VCR DSS

TUNER

CD

CD-R

MD

TAPE

AUX1

AUX2

AMP

 

 

LIGHT

 

1

 

 

2

RC8001SR

Learning Remote Controller

To select DVD, turn the INPUT SELECTOR knob on the front panel or press the DVD button on the remote controller 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 44) , the renamed name appears on the

 

display.

• As the input is changed, this unit will automatically

CH

 

 

VOL

7.1CH

 

ATT

SPK-AB

4

 

5

6

DISP

 

OSD

SLEEP

7

 

8

9

CLEAR

 

0

MEMO

TUNER

CD

CD-R

MD

TAPE

AUX1

AUX2

AMP

 

 

LIGHT

 

1

 

 

2

RC8001SR

Learning Remote Controller

(Using the unit)

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

(Using the remote controller)

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 60.

• To add the THX mode to the Auto Surround mode,

 

press either the THX button on the unit or the THX

 

button on the remote controller.

To select a specifi c surround mode, Press the

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

D1

 

D2

LEARN

 

NAME

D3

MACRO

 

 

D4

USE

PAGE 1 2 3 4

 

D5

CH

 

 

VOL

TUNER

CD

CD-R

MD

TAPE

AUX1

AUX2

AMP

 

 

LIGHT

 

1

 

 

2

RC8001SR

Learning Remote Controller

1. To select this mode, press the AMP button on the remote controller, and then press the > button until PAGE3 is displayed.

2. Each time the NIGHT (D1) button is pressed, the mode changes according to the following options indicated on the front of the unit.

• AUTO Mode

N I G H T A U T O

1 2 3

7.1CH

ATT

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 controller.

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 controller.

Notes:

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

However, when the channel level is set as described on page 51, 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)

switch to the digital input, surround mode,

attenuation, and night mode status which were

entered during the configuration process for that

source.

• When a video source is selected, the selected

video signal is output from the MONITOR OUT

terminal.

individual surround mode button on page 1.2 on

the remote controller.

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 "D-NORM X dB" (X being a numeric value).

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: "D-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.

AUTO mode is available when decording Dolby TrueHD signals.

When night mode is activated, “NIGHT” is illuminated on the front of the unit. (See page 9)

NIGHT Mode ON

N I G H T O N

Setting the Night mode to “ON” compresses the dynamic range in Dolby Digital only.

• NIGHT Mode OFF

N I G H T O F F

Turn off the Night mode.

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Marantz SR7002, SR8002 manual Selecting the Surround Mode, Dialogue Normalization Message, Example DVD Example Auto Surround

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