SELECTING THE SURROUND MODE ADJUSTING THE MAIN VOLUME

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ADJUSTING THE TONE (BASS &

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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.

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

To add the THX effect to the Auto Surround mode, press the THX button on the front panel.

To select a specific surround mode, press the SURROUND MODE button on the front panel.

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

To increase the volume, turn the VOLUME knob clockwise or press VOL button on the remote control unit, and to decrease the volume, turn counterclockwise or press VOL button on the remote control unit.

Notes:

The volume can be adjusted within the range of – to +18 dB, in 0.5 dB.

However, when the channel level is set as described on page 39, 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)

To adjust the tone, tap the A/V Amp and press the page up button until page 6/8 is displayed.

To adjust the bass effect, tap Bass + or Bass . To adjust the treble effect, tap Treble + or Treble .

Note:

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

TEMPORARILY TURNING OFF

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1. To program the SR9600 for automatic standby, tap the Sleep on the remote control unit. Each tap of the button will increase the time before shutdown in the following sequence:

OFF 10 20 30 40

90 80 70 60 50

2.The sleep time will be shown for a few seconds on the FL display, and it will count down until the time has elapsed.

When the programmed sleep time has elapsed, the SR9600 will automatically turn off.

Note that the SLEEP indicator on the FL display will illuminate when the sleep mode is set.

3.To cancel the sleep mode, tap the Sleep until the “SLEEP OFF” and the SLEEP indicator disappear.

To select the auto surround mode, tap the “A/V Amp” and press the page up button until page 2/8 is displayed. Tap the “AUTO”.

To add the THX effect to the Auto Surround mode, tap the THX mode button on page 2/8 of the remote control unit.

To select a specific surround mode, tap the mode button on pages 2/8 to 4/8 on the remote control unit.

To temporarily silence all speaker outputs such as when interrupted by a phone call, press the H button on the remote.

This will interrupt the output to all speakers and the head phone jack, but it will not affect any recording or dubbing that may be in progress.

When the system is muted, “MUTE” appears on the display.

Press the H button again to return to normal operation.

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Marantz SR9600 manual Selecting the Surround Mode Adjusting the Main Volume, Adjusting the Tone Bass Treble Control

SR9600 specifications

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