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START SOUND MODE

When a Super Audio CD hybrid layer discs that has
both a Super Audio CD high sound quality stereo
area and a CD area information are to be played,
this player makes it possible to set the layer/area
(Super Audio CD or CD) to be preferentially played.
This setting can be made when the tray is closed
and there is no disc in the disc tray.

q

Press 

SOUND MODE

 button on the player.

The currently selected layer/area is displayed.
If the Super Audio CD is selected : Super Audio CD
If the CD is selected

: CD

w

Press the 

SOUND MODE

 button again to display

the layer/area to be played first, and then leave
the setting for at least two seconds to register the
setting for the start sound mode.

Caution

* Even when discs are changed over or the power

turned off, the “start sound mode” setting is stored
in the memory and remains unchanged.

* At the time of shipment, the sound mode is set to

Super Audio CD.

PLAYING YOUR  FAVORITE TRACKS
OF A DISC

SPECIFY TRACK NUMBER TO PLAY (DIRECT
SEARCH)

Specify track number with numerical buttons (0-9)
on the remote

(example)

3rd track : Press 

3

.

12th track : Press 

1

 and then press 

2

( w i t h i n   a p p r o x i m a t e l y   1 . 5
seconds).

If the first pressed number is only in the digit of ones
and not in the digit of tens, search begins
approximately 0.5 second after.

If a wrong number is pressed

Press correct number again.

* If a track number that is not in the disc is specified,

“No Track” will be shown on the main display. Please
specify a correct track.

SKIPPING TO THE PREVIOUS OR NEXT TRACK
(TRACK SKIP)

To listen to a track posterior to the current track

Press 

 buttons on the main unit or 

button on the remote the number of times you want
to proceed tracks.

To listen to a track prior to the current track

Press 

 buttons on the main unit or 

button on the remote go back to the beginning of the
current track. Then press 

 buttons on the

main unit or 

 button on the remote the number

of times you want to go back.

PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE PARTS OF
A DISC (SEARCH)

If 

 buttons on the main unit or

 buttons on the remote are kept pressing

during playback, track search begins. Release the
button when the point you want to listen to gets close.

* No sound is output during the search operation.

REPEATED DISC PLAY (REPEAT
PLAY)

ALL TRACK REPEAT

When 

REPEAT

 button on the remote is pressed,

” “ALL” indicator will light up and all track repeat

play begins.

To Return to Normal Play

Press 

REPEAT

 button two times. “

”  “ALL”

indicator will disappear, repeat mode will be off and
it returns to normal play mode.

* If 

REPEAT

 button is pressed when in program

mode, programmed tracks are played repeatedly.

ONE TRACK REPEAT

Press 

REPEAT

 button on the remote two times.

”, ”1” indicators will light and the track will be

played repeatedly.

To Exit from One Track Repeat

Press 

REPEAT

 button. “

”  “1” indicator will

disappear, repeat mode will be off and it returns to
normal play mode.

A-B REPEAT

q

Press 

A–B

 button on the remote at your chosen

starting point.  The “A-B” indicator will blink.

w

Press 

A–B

 button again at your chosen end

point. “A-B“ “

” indicator will light up and the

chosen section will be played repeatedly.

To Exit from A-B Repeat

Press 

A–B

 button on the remote. “A-B“  “

indicator will disappear, A-B repeat mode will be off
and it returns to normal play mode.

* A-B repeat cannot be done when random play is

going on.

* The end point (where “A-B” “

” indicator is lit up)

of the repeat section cannot be set before the time
of the starting point (where “A-B” indicator blinks)
of the repeat section.

PLAYING TRACKS IN A RANDOM
SEQUENCE (RANDOM PLAYBACK)

When 

RANDOM

 button on the remote is pressed

in stop mode, and then 

PLAY

 button is pressed,

the unit shuffles track order automatically and plays
all the tracks in the shuffled order. The RNDM
(random) indicator lights.

• The gap between tracks will be approximately 2

seconds during random play.

To Exit from Random Play and Return to Normal Play

Press the 

STOP

 button, and then press the

RANDOM

 button while playback is stopped.

The RNDM (random) indicator goes off, and random
play is released.

If 

 buttons on the main unit or 

 button

on the remote are Pressed during Random Play

It jumps to the next track of the shuffled order.

If 

 buttons on the main unit or

 buttons on the remote are Pressed during

Random Play

Search will be done only in the current track. Search
does not go to the previous or next track.

To Listen to Random Play Repeatedly

Press 

REPEAT

 button on the remote once during

random play. Every time the order will be shuffled.

• If 

RANDOM

 button is pressed during program

play, the programmed tracks will be shuffled.

PLAYING TRACKS IN A SPECIFIC
SEQUENCE (PROGRAM PLAY)

You can arrange and play tracks in a specific
sequence.  Up to 30 tracks to be played can be
programmed.

(Example: To program the 7th track in a disc
with 25 tracks)

TOTAL

TRK

1 2

3 4

5 6

7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

q

Press 

PROG

 button on the remote in stop

mode. “PROG” indicator will blink and it goes to
program mode.

PROG

TOTAL

TRK

w

Choose a track to be programmed with numeric
buttons on the remote.

(Example: The 15th track is chosen and it’s
length is 4min30sec)

PROG

TOTAL

TRK

15

e

With the sequence described in step 

w

 above,

program another track. Repeat that sequence to
program all the tracks you want. You can program
up to 30 tracks.

(Example: The 7th track is chosen and total
length of 7th and 15th is 7min50sec)

PROG

TOTAL

TRK

7

15

r

Press 

PLAY

 button to starts playback in

programmed order.

* When 21 or more tracks are programmed, 

 will

light up instead of the track number indicator.

Lights up

Lights up

Only the numbers of
programmed tracks light up

1st track programmed

Lights up

Total playing time of
programmed tracks

Total programmed number

Summary of Contents for SA8400

Page 1: ...Model SA8400 User Guide Super Audio CD Player CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASERAPPARAT ...

Page 2: ...s English WARNINGS Do not expose the equipment to rain or moisture Do not remove the cover from the equipment Do not insert anything into the equipment through the ventilation holes Do not handle the mains lead with wet hands Do not cover the ventilation with any items such as tablecloths newspapers curtains etc No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the equipment When ...

Page 3: ...oles are not covered air is allowed to circulate freely around the equipment it is placed on a vibration free surface it will not be exposed to excessive heat cold moisture or dust it will not be exposed to direct sunlight it will not be exposed to electrostatic discharges In addition never place heavy objects on the equipment If a foreign object or water does enter the equipment contact your near...

Page 4: ...he figure below Do not attach pieces of paper or stickers to the label surfaces of the discs When a disc has a piece of plastic tape or rental CD label with paste protruding from the edge or when a disc still bears traces of sticky tape or adhesive labels do not attempt to play it If such a disc is played on the CD player you may find that you cannot remove it or that some other kind of malfunctio...

Page 5: ...to a warm room Since in cases like this the track numbers may not be read and the player is prevented from operating properly wait about 30 minutes and then operate the player This player may cause interference on a tuner or TV set If this is the case place it further away from the tuner or TV set Compact discs have much less noise than analog records and hardly any noise is heard before play star...

Page 6: ...sed to turn lighting ON and OFF of the display window Pressing this button once darkens the display The third time this button is pressed the display will be extinguished and the indicator in 6 lights PHONES headphones jack The headphones are connected to this jack Use headphones with a standard plug 0 LEVEL headphone volume control This control is used to adjust the headphone volume Turn it clock...

Page 7: ... for checking the programmed tracks during a program or when a program is stopped See page 11 3 CANCEL button Use this button to cancel a programmed track See page 11 4 A B A B Repeat button This button is to determine starting and ending points for A B repeat play See page 10 5 RANDOM button This button is for random play See page 10 6 AMS Automatic Music Scan button Use this button for AMS play ...

Page 8: ... the remote control connectors on the player and on a Marantz AV component are connected using the accessory remote control connecting cables the components can be operated as a system by remote control When connecting to a component which is equipped with remote control connectors the player s REMOTE CONTROL IN connector must always be connected to the REMOTE CONTROL OUT connector on the other co...

Page 9: ...ights during program play e TRK track indicator This lights above the display of the track number now playing for instance f A B A B repeat indicator This lights during A B repeat play g ALL 1 repeat indicator This lights during repeat play h TOTAL total time indicator When the total remaining time or the total program time is displayed this lights above the display i 8 8 8 8 8 pause indicator Thi...

Page 10: ... connected Caution Do not connect output from this unit to PHONO input of your audio system 1 Connect the audio cable q to this unit s front speaker outputs and the stereo inputs on your amplifier receiver or stereo system 2 Connect the optical cable w coaxial cable e to the digital input on your AV amplifier D A converter CD R etc Signal will be output from the digital audio out jacks OPT COAX on...

Page 11: ...cator will light and playback is paused at the point that the button is pressed To restart playback press PAUSE button again or press PLAY button To change time display Press TIME button Each time TIME button is pressed display will change in the following order Track elapsed time Track remaining time Total remaining time Track elapsed time Track remaining time The remaining playing time from the ...

Page 12: ... Exit from One Track Repeat Press REPEAT button 1 indicator will disappear repeat mode will be off and it returns to normal play mode A B REPEAT qPress A B button on the remote at your chosen starting point The A B indicator will blink wPress A B button again at your chosen end point A B indicator will light up and the chosen section will be played repeatedly To Exit from A B Repeat Press A B butt...

Page 13: ... AMS button is pressed during playback the PLAY indicator 3 will blink and the program will jump to the next track after a display time of approximately 10 seconds TRK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 When you find a song that you want to listen to press the AMS button again or press the PLAY button PLAY indicator will light up constantly and normal playback will begin from the current track If...

Page 14: ...rrect position on the disc tray 4 Is the disc placed properly with the label side facing up 5 Is the disc dirty 6 Is the disc scratched 7 Is the disc warped The disc is rotating but no sound is heard 1 Are the amplifier and speakers connected properly 2 Is the amplifier switch ON 3 Is the amplifier s function or selector switch set to CD or AUX or such to whatever you have connected this unit to 4...

Page 15: ...lGaAs AlGaAs Wave length 650nm 780nm Signal format 1 bit DSD 16 bit linear PCM Sampling frequency 2 8224MHz 44 1kHz Power Supply N Version AC 230V 50Hz Power Consumption 20W Cabinet etc Dimensions Width Height Depth 440 113 335mm Net weight 7 5kg Operating temperatures 5 C 35 C Operating humidity 5 90 without dew Accessories Remote control unit RC8400SA 1 Dimensions Width Height Depth 48 5 21 5 15...

Page 16: ...ind your nearest authorized distributor or dealer on our website JAPAN Marantz Japan Inc 35 1 Sagami Ohno 7 Chome Sagamihara shi Kanagawa 228 8505 Japan U S A Marantz America Inc 1100 Maplewood Drive Itasca IL 60143 U S A EUROPE Marantz Europe B V P O Box 8744 5605 LS Eindhoven The Netherlands ...

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