Marantz SR8400 Input Setup Assignable Digital, Input And Component Video Input, Speaker Setup

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1 INPUT SETUP (ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL

INPUT AND COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT)

Six digital inputs can be assigned to a desired source.

Use this menu to select the digital input jack to be assigned to the input source.

1. Select “INPUT SETUP” in SETUP MAIN MENU with or cursor button, and press the

OK button.

	1 I NP U T S E T UP
	C D	: D 6 - A T	T V	: D 4 - A T
	T A P E	: ANA	D V D	: D 5 - A T
	C D - R : D 1 - A T		V CR 1	: ANA
			D S S	: D 2 - A T
			AUX 1	: D - A T
			COMP 1 : DVD
			COMP 2 : DSS
	MA I N			E X I T
2. To select the input source, press the					or
	cursor buttons.
3. To select the digital input jack, press the					or

cursor buttons.

Select “Dx-AT” for input sources, for automatic detection of the digital input signal condition. If there is not a digital signal present, but there is an analog signal present, the analog signal will be played.

Select “Dig x”, when only a digital signal will be used. Select “ANA” for input sources for which no digital input jacks are used.

4. To select the vdieo source, select “COMP1” or “COMP2” by pressing the or cursor buttons, and press the or cursor buttons to select the vdieo source to be assigned .

5. After you complete this portion of the set up, move the cursor to MAIN with the or cursor buttons and press the OK button.

Notes:

•The TUNER and AUX2 are fixed to the analog input, and cannot be selected for any digital input.

•When a DTS-LD or DTS-CD is playing, this setup is not available. This is to avoid noise being generated from the analog input.

•If “Dx-AT” is selected and a DVD, compact disc or LD is fast-forwarded during playback, decoded signals may produce a skipping sound. In such cases, change the setting to DIGITAL.

2 SPEAKER SETUP

After you have installed the SR8400, connected all the components, and determined the speaker layout, it is now time to perform the settings in the Speaker Setup menu for the optimum sound acoustics for your environment and speaker layout. Before you perform the following settings, it is important that you first determine the following characteristics:

2-1 SPEAKERS SIZE

When setting the speaker size in the SPEAKER SIZE sub-menu, use the guidelines given below.

LARGE:

The complete frequency range for the channel you are setting will be output from the speaker.

SMALL:

Frequencies of the channel you are setting lower than approx. 100 Hz will be output from the subwoofer.

If the Subwoofer is set to “NONE” and the front speakers are set to “Large,” then the sound will be output from both the left and right speakers.

2 - 1 S P E AK E R S S I Z E
S UBWOOF E R		:	Y E S
F RON T L / R		:	L ARGE
C E N T ER		:	SMA L L
S URROU ND	L / R	:	SMA L L
S URR . B ACK		:	2 CH
S URR . B ACK	S I Z E	:	SMA L L

L P F / HP F		:	1 0 0 H Z
B A S S	M I X	:	BO T H
MA I N		N E X T E X I T

1. Select “SPEAKER SETUP” in SETUP MAIN MENU with or cursor button, and press the OK button.

2. To select the each speaker, press theor cursor buttons.

3. To select the setting of each speaker size, press theorcursor buttons.

4. After you complete this portion of the set up, move the cursor to “NEXT” with theorcursor buttons and then press the OK button to go to the next page.

SUBWOOFER:

YES:

Select when a subwoofer is connected.

NONE:

Select when a subwoofer is not connected.

FRONT L/R

LARGE:

Select if the front speakers are large.

SMALL:

Select if the front speakers are small.

•If “NONE” is selected for the Subwoofer setting, then this setting is fixed to “Large.”

CENTER

NONE:

Select if no center speaker is connected.

LARGE:

Select if the center speaker is large.

SMALL:

Select if the center speaker is small.

SURROUND L/R

NONE:

Select if no surround left and right speakers are connected.

LARGE:

Select if the surround left and right speakers are large.

SMALL:

Select if the surround left and right speakers are small.

SURR. BACK

NONE: Select if no surround back left and right speakers are connected.

2CH: Select if the surround back left and right speakers are connected.

1CH: Select if the one surround back speaker is connected.

In this case, the audio signal is emitted form the Surround L output terminal.

Notes:

•If “None” is selected for the Surround L/R setting, then this setting is fixed to “None.”

•You can use surround back speaker terminals as multi room speaker terminals when you use no surround back speaker. (See page 16)

SURR. BACK SIZE

LARGE:

Select if the surround back speaker is large.

SMALL:

Select if the surround back speaker is small.

Note:

•If “None” is selected for the Surround L/R setting, then this setting is not available.

LPF/HPF

When you use a subwoofer, you can select the cutoff frequency for the small speakers used. Select one of the crossover frequency levels according to the size of the small speaker connected.

80Hz :

Select this when the bass speaker is about 12 cm (4 3/4 inches).

100Hz :

Select this when the bass speaker is about 10 cm (3 15/16 inches).

120Hz :

Select this when the bass speaker is about 8 cm (3 3/16 inches).

Notes:

•Use the above comments as reference when adjusting.

•If S- Direct mode, 7.1CH Input is in use, this function does not take effect.

BASS MIX

•The bass mix setting is only valid when “LARGE” is set for the front speakers and “YES” is set for the subwoofer during stereo playback .

•When “BOTH” is selected, the low frequencies will be played through the main L&R, as well as the sub woofer.

In this playback mode, the low frequency range expand more uniformly through the room, but depending on the size and shape of the room, interference may result in a decrease of the actual volume of the low frequency range.

•By selecting “MIX”, the low frequencies will play through the main L&R ONLY.

Note:

•LFE signals during playback of Dolby Digital or DTS, will be played through the sub woofer.

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