Marantz SR-18EX, User Manual

Page 1: ...Model SR 18EX User Guide AV Surround Receiver R ...

Page 2: ...ND R WOOFER WOOFER SUB SUB R L MAIN MAIN IN OUT OUT PRE PRE SURROUND SURROUND FRONT FRONT L SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK L R CENTER CENTER OUT OUT OUT OUT WOOFER SUB DIRECT IN CENTER SURROUND R L MONI MONI ROOM ROOM MUL MULTI TI MONITOR OUT IN VCR1 CENTER AC OUTLETS 120V 60HZ SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A L R AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO OUT L R AUDIO OUT DIGITAL OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO OUT L R ...

Page 3: ...CENTER CENTER OUT OUT OUT OUT WOOFER SUB DIRECT IN CENTER SURROUND R L MONI MONI ROOM ROOM MUL MULTI TI MONITOR OUT IN VCR1 CENTER AC OUTLETS 120V 60HZ SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A OUT IN L R L R OUT IN L R L R NORMAL INPUT INVERT OUTPUT LINE IN RC IN MULTI ROOM SPEAKER MAIN AMP For MULTI ROOM MULTI ROOM INPUT CD PLAYER TAPE DECK SUBWOOFER AMPLIFIER MA6100 FM EXTERNAL ANTENNA FM FEEDER ANTE...

Page 4: ... OUT OUT OUT OUT WOOFER SUB DIRECT IN CENTER SURROUND R L MONI MONI ROOM ROOM MUL MULTI TI MONITOR OUT IN VCR1 CENTER AC OUTLETS AC OUTLETS 120V 60HZ 120V 60HZ SWITCHED 120W 1A SWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A UNSWITCHED 120W 1A L R LS RS OTHER MULTI CHANNEL PROCESSOR OTHER CONNECTIONS Connectio with external 3ch amplifiers for Front L Front R and subwoofer INVERT OUTPUT INPUT LEVEL BTL REMOTE ...

Page 5: ... proper grounding and in particular specified that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interferen...

Page 6: ...ipped with a polarized alternating current line plug a plug having one blade wider than the other This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way This is a safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet try reversing the plug If the plug should still fail to fit contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polariz...

Page 7: ...ure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original part Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards 22 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this video product ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the video product is in proper ope...

Page 8: ...A R N I N G CONTROL ON OFF DSS VOL AMP GUIDE MUTE 1 2 MACRO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 3 4 POWER VCR2 TV LD DVD VCR TUNER CD TAPE AUX CD R MD CH OK 1 3 2 4 6 5 7 9 8 M C 0 R C 1 8 S R LOW USE LEARN NAME 1 2 3 4 q w e r t y u i o 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 1 3 2 9 0 5 ...

Page 9: ... SETUP 15 ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFOMATION 18 BASIC OPERATION 19 LISTENING TO THE TUNER 19 PLAYBACK OPERATION 20 OTHER FUNCTIONS 21 MULTI ROOM SELECTOR 21 TV AUTO ON OFF FUNCTION 21 SETTING THE SLEEP TIMER ONLY REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 21 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC 18SR 22 OPERATION 22 FUNCTION AND OPERATION 22 RC 18SR BASIC OPERATION 25 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES 27 OTHER FUNCTIONS 31 DIRECT COMMAND FUNC...

Page 10: ... environment THX need not be activated for music movies made especially for TV or shows such as sports programming talk shows etc This is because they were originally mixed for a small room environment Lucasfilm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd THX Surround EX Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd In a movie t...

Page 11: ...HDAM discrete pre amp output stages 7 1 channel pre amp outputs for connection to external components such as a subwoofer and external power amplifiers Six channel direct inputs accommodate future surround sound formats or an external digital decoder Six Digital inputs for connection to other sources such as DVD DSS CD or LD Two Digital outputs for connection to CD R or MD High quality AM FM tuner...

Page 12: ...s and other programs that have a mono sound tracks S Source DIRECT In the source direct mode the tone control circuit and bass management configuration are bypassed for full range frequency response and the purist audio reproduction See page 23 for more information about surround modes r A D Analog Digital SELECTOR BUTTON This is used to select between the analog and digital inputs Note This butto...

Page 13: ...TUNING knob The Auto scan function starts when the GYRO TUNING knob is stopped 8 PRESET BUTTON Press this button to display the preset number The preset number is changed by rotating the GYRO TUNING knob 9 MULTI Multi Room button Press this button to activate the Multiroom system MULTI indicator will light up in the display 0 DISPLAY OFF button When this button is pressed the display is turned off...

Page 14: ...s when the Sleep function is in use 7 Copy Indicators This indicator lights when VCR1 COPY TAPE COPY or DIGITAL COPY system is active 8 Night Mode Indicator This indicator lights when the SR 19EX is in the Night mode which reduces the dynamic range of digital program material at low volume levels 9 PEAK indicator This indicator is a monitor for an analog audio input signal If the selected analog a...

Page 15: ...VCR1 DSS VCR2 DSS VCR2 DSS VCR2 DSS VCR2 S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 IN S2 OUT S2 OUT AUDIO AUDIO CD CD IN IN TAPE APE OUT OUT IN IN CD R MD CD R MD OUT OUT IN OUT OUT REMOTE REMOTE MUL MUL TI Y Cr Cr Y Cr Cr DSS DSS VCR2 VCR2 IN DVD DVD IN L R L R FRONT SURR BACK SURROUND SPEAKER SYSTEMS 8 OHMS SPEAKER SYSTEMS 8 OHMS DIG 3 IN R L L FRONT FRONT R L R FRONT FRONT SURROU...

Page 16: ...signal DTS signal or a standard PCM digital source 20 Digital Audio Outputs Optical Coaxial Connect these jacks to the matching digital input connector on a digital recorder such as a CD R or Mini Disc recorder 21 Speaker outputs terminals Front L Front R Surround L Surround R and Center Connect the these jacks to the matching or terminals on your speakers When making speaker connections always ma...

Page 17: ...ble 3 BAS increases bass 4 BAS decreases bass The button 1 to 4 are used to control the tone 5 R EQ activates RE EQ function This button is not used for SR 19EX 6 CH channel select button Press this button to adjust the volume levels of the front center surround subwoofer channels Each press of the button changes the channel which can be adjusted AMP MODE3 7 LVL Increases channel level volume 8 LV...

Page 18: ...Due to the sensitivity of the receiving LED the RC 18SR may also learn noise from fluorescent lights etc which can quickly fill up the memory of the RC 18SR In order to maximize the memory capacity of the RC 18SR please pay close attention to the following 1 Aim the transmitting remote control at a direct line of sight to the RC 18SR remote receiver eye 2 Keep 2 inches between transmitting remote ...

Page 19: ...UN 2 2 1 0 L B 0 S L S L 1 0 1 f t R 1 0 1 0 SW 0 B S R 1 0 R 0 S B 0 E 1 E X I R U N T E R N T E R T S O L S E S C 0 L V D F E M E T U E T S S T T E 1 2 L L T E B 0 L S L S 0 O F M P AN UA R 0 SW 0 S R R 0 0 B 0 0 S B N T X E S P L S A T A L V E N N E S E K T U E A M T U S B 2 2 T S E E O S L V I G E L E P V E L O 8 P B d L S T 1 E R E X I T R U N T E R M E E S S S T T U P Y E X I T 1 2 V C R 1 O...

Page 20: ...S SETUP SPEAKERS SETUP Speakers size The first few adjustments tell the SR 19EX which type of speakers are in use This is important as it adjusts the settings that determine which speakers receive low frequency bass information If you use full THX speaker systems which are approved by LUCASFILM LTD set to the SMALL THX position for front L R ch center ch surr L R ch surr back ch and then select su...

Page 21: ... the TEST TONE ON TEST TONE Press the OK button ON is indicated and the test tone starts from the front left speaker Notes Master volume level will be automatically set at the 0 dB position Level adjust Adjust the level of the test tone for each channel with the LVL LVL or buttons of the RC 18SR The current volume level is shown at the center of the display Notes The setup level for each channel i...

Page 22: ...an turn them on off simultaneously with SR 19EX 6CH INPUT 6 channel direct inputs on the SR 19EX share the front channel of the desired source Select the desired source with or button SYSTEM SETUP 2 2 ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL INPUT Six digital inputs can be assigned as the desired source Use this menu to set the SR 19EX for connected equipment and type of connection Example When the digital output of a ...

Page 23: ...e on screen display which can be activated by the Main unit or remote appears on the TV screen to show the current setting status of the SR 19EX These are available when OSD INFO setup is selected ENABLE 1 GENERAL INFORMATION When the OSD button is pressed the current settings are displayed on the TV monitor Press the OSD button again and this display will disappear This information will disappear...

Page 24: ...R MODE on the remote to select the desired frequency band if required 3 Press the AUTO TUNING button 7 on the SR 19EX to display the frequency 4 Turn the GYRO TUNING knob 1 on SR 19EX or press or button on the remote 5 If FM is selected press the FM MODE button u on the front panel or the MODE button D5 on the remote to select the desired audio mode AUTO TUNING USING THE SR 19EX Light up the AUTO ...

Page 25: ...R appears on the display to indicate that the specified preset number has been cleared STATION NAME PRESET The station name preset function allows the name of each preset channel to be entered using alphanumeric characters The Station Name button is valid only in the tuner mode Before station name preset operation store stations with the preset memory operation 1 Press the MEMO button i on the fro...

Page 26: ... which has been encoded in Dolby Digital sometimes you may see a brief message in the front panel display which will read Dial 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 Dial Norm 4 dB in the front panel display to keep the overall output ...

Page 27: ... component in your system as well as the Marantz D BUS components RC 5 The components to be controlled can be selected with 11 function buttons OPERATION The provided remote control unit RC 18SR is a system remote controller The POWER button v 10 key numeric buttons 2 and control buttons 5 are used in common across different input source components The input source system controlled with the RC 18...

Page 28: ...al audio recorder AMP Amplifier or receiver control functions DVD Digital video disc player CD R MD CD Recorder or mini disc player Note Press a function selector button only once to select the LD player etc Remember when you press a function selector button only once the RC 18SR will not send out a remote control code to instruct the amplifier or receiver to change to that corresponding input but...

Page 29: ...ters maximum c Direct commands 8 DIRECT commands are available in 1 page up to 4 characters maximum d Battery indicator When the batteries are running low this indicator will become visible At this point it will not be possible to learn any new remote codes but normal remote control operation is still provided including the use of any previously learned codes At this point you should consider chan...

Page 30: ... a sharp point such as the tip of a paper clip press the operation MODE button z Each time you press the button the mode within the LCD display the LEARN indicator will begin blinking 2 Place the laser disc player s supplied infrared remote controller so that its transmitter window usually at the top is facing the receiving infrared sensor window 2 of the RC 18SR at the bottom about 5 cm 2 inches ...

Page 31: ... Note that the factory programmed RC 5 codes are not stored in RAM and are therefore not erasable For any of these memory erasure options you must first set the RC 18SR to LEARN mode Erasing the memory assigned to a particular button Press and hold the CLEAR button 4 and press the button that you wish to erase 2 times The code previously learned by that button will be erased and will then be eithe...

Page 32: ... some or all of their names as well then feel free to proceed to the next section ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES Macro mode The word macro is used to describe a series of specific steps carried out in sequence For example a word processing program can use macros to carry out common repetitive typing tasks During the day to day operation of an A V system you might often find yourself pressing the ...

Page 33: ...e the MACRO button all indications will revert to the initial status There is one more important point to note about programming a macro sequence During a macro sequence you may include more than one function selection button to access some transport and or other commands Depending on the macro sequence this might result in the amplifier or receiver s function selection to be inadvertently changed...

Page 34: ...mode see Figure 16 Figure 16 5 To execute the new macro sequence press the appropriate MACRO button 1 through 4 that you chose at the beginning of the above programming sequence see Figures 17 18 and 19 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Note If you would like to cancel the MACRO function press the STOP 5 button Now we ll show you another macro programming example with a more sophisticated sequence act...

Page 35: ...ow the LEARN indicator of receiving RC 18SR starts to blink see Figure 23 Figure 22 Figure 23 After all bars are lit up on both displays TX OK transmission OK will appear in the source RC 18SR s LCD window and RX OK reception OK will appear in the cloned RC 18SR s LCD window confirming the end of the copying process see Figures 24 and 25 Figure 24 Figure 25 Please be sure that during the copying p...

Page 36: ...p sound level can be set by pressing the D 6 button The display indicates indication and the beeps are sounded by pressing the D 6 button The indication is followed by another the indication as the beep sound is increased When the appears this is the maximum If the D 6 button is pressed once more it will reset to OFF is indicated in the LCD window when the beep sound is set Note The beep sound is ...

Page 37: ...ed with various Marantz A V components or other components using the Philips RC 5 remote control language You can easily replace the factory supplied remote command codes with different codes from other brands of equipment Most functions that are supplied apply to a wide variety of equipment from many companies The following list shows the remote code assignments for the direct function buttons fo...

Page 38: ...r USA 2 SLOW PIP slow motion only 3 4 5 VCR1 TAPE 1 MODE 2 TP B selects tape deck B 3 DIR auto reverse direction 4 TIME time display 5 TRAY tray open close 6 AMS automatic music scan 7 REC record 8 PAUS pause DVD 1 MODE1 1 ANGL selects angle 2 TITL selects title menu 3 SUBT selects subtitle 4 MENU selects main menu 5 OSD activates on screen display 6 AUD selects audio 7 SET selects setup menu 8 RT...

Page 39: ...6 REC record 7 PAUS pause 8 STOP stop 2 PLAY MODE 1 2XPL twice normal playback speed 2 SLOW slower than normal playback speed 3 STIL still frame 4 5 SKIP skip to next program marker 6 VIS VHS index search next 7 VIS VHS index search previous VCR1 2 PLAY MODE 8 3 MENU 1 MENU activates menu 2 STAT shows current status 3 CLR clear programming 4 GOTO go to next item 5 PLUS video PLUS 6 7 8 DSS 1 DSS 1...

Page 40: ...s in PBC 7 NEXT next 8 PREV previous 4 VCD PHI 3 1 CD selects disc up for 2 SHUT selects shutter function REST 3 OVEW selects digest function only 4 RESM selects last paly function 5 CHAN selects channel 6 FADR selects MPX vocal fader 7 8 MD 1 MODE 1 1 MD A selects MD A for 2 MD B selects MD B REST 3 RPT selects repeat modes only 4 DISP selects display modes 5 EJCT eject 6 AMS automatic music scan...

Page 41: ...erial Hall Matrix Movie They will produce theater concert hall and stadium like atmospheres Select as your taste desires Note PCM audio signals can be processed in this mode when sampling frequency is 32 kHz 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz The 96 kHz sampling frequency mutes output 5ch STEREO This mode is used to create a wider deeper and more natural soundstage from two channel source material This is done by...

Page 42: ... 2 DIGITAL DOLBY Pro Logic L R AC 3 2ch Lt Rt 2 DIGITAL 2 SURROUND DOLBY Pro Logic L R S AC 3 EX 2 DIGITAL DOLBY D EX L C R SL S SR LFE 96kHz PCM PCM DOLBY D 96kHz L R PCM audio PCM DOLBY Pro Logic L R Analog ANALOG DOLBY Pro Logic DTS 5 1ch dts DOLBY D DTS AC 3 5 1ch 2 DIGITAL DTS Cinema no data Cinema AC 3 2ch 2 DIGITAL DTS Cinema no data AC 3 2ch Lt Rt 2 DIGITAL DTS Cinema no data AC 3 EX 2 DIG...

Page 43: ... R AC 3 2ch Lt Rt 2 DIGITAL 2 SURROUND STEREO L R S AC 3 EX 2 DIGITAL STEREO L C R SL S SR LFE 96kHz PCM PCM STEREO 96k L R PCM audio PCM STEREO L R Analog ANALOG STEREO DTS 5 1ch dts STEREO L C R SL SR LFE MONO AC 3 5 1ch 2 DIGITAL MONO L C R SL SR LFE AC 3 2ch 2 DIGITAL MONO L R AC 3 2ch Lt Rt 2 DIGITAL 2 SURROUND MONO L R S AC 3 EX 2 DIGITAL MONO L C R SL S SR LFE 96kHz PCM PCM MONO 96k PCM aud...

Page 44: ...programmed station when the PRESET button is pressed Nothing appears on the remote commander display Control with the remote control unit fails No sound is output from the surround back speaker REMEDY Connect the power plug to the outlet Cancel mute using the remote control unit See the connection diagram and connect the cables correctly Adjust the master volume Select correct position Disconnect ...

Page 45: ...rea HOW TO RESET THE UNIT Should the operation or display seem to be abnormal reset the unit with the following procedure The SR 19EX is turned on press and hold the CL CLEAR o and DISPLAY OFF 0 buttons simultaneously for 3 seconds or more Remember that the procedure will reset the settings of the function selector Surround mode delay time TUNER PRESET etc to their initial settings Memory backup n...

Page 46: ... 130 W Ch Surround 20 Hz 20 kHz 8 ohms 130 W Ch THD Front 20 Hz 20 kHz 8 ohms 0 05 Input Sensitivity Impedance Linear 350 mV 47 Kohms Signal to Noise Ratio Linear 106 dB Frequency Response Analog Input Source Direct 8 Hz 80 kHz 3 dB Digital Input 96 kHz PCM 8 Hz 45 kHz 3 dB VIDEO Television Format NTSC Input Level Impedance 1 Vp p 75 ohms Output Level Impedance 1 Vp p 75 ohms Video Frequency Respo...

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