A/V Receiver User Guide SR8400

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .................................. 2

PRECAUTIONS ................................... 2

DESCRIPTION..................................... 2

FEATURES .......................................... 3

ACCESSORIES ................................... 3

FRONT PANEL .................................... 4

FL DISPLAY ................................................................... 5

REAR PANEL ...................................... 6

REMOTE CONTROLLER RC1400 ...... 7

NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ............................................ 7

LCD INDICATORS ......................................................... 8

REMOTE CONTROL RANGE ........................................ 9

LOADING BATTERIES .................................................. 9

BATTERY REPLACEMENT INTERVAL ......................... 9

SETTING THE TIME .................................................... 10

GENERAL INFORMATION OF RC1400 TO SR8400 .. 10

CONNECTIONS................................. 11

SPEAKER PLACEMENT ............................................. 11

CONNECTING SPEAKERS ......................................... 11

CONNECTING AUDIO COMPONENTS ...................... 12

CONNECTING VIDEO COMPONENTS ...................... 13

ADVANCED CONNECTING ........................................ 14

CONNECTING THE REMOTE CONTROL JACKS ..... 14

CONNECTING THE ANTENNA TERMINALS .............. 15

CONNECTING FOR THE MULTI ROOM ..................... 16

SETUP ............................................... 17

ON SCREEN DISPLAY MENU SYSTEM..................... 17

1 INPUT SETUP (ASSIGNABLE DIGITAL INPUT

AND COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT) ............................ 18

2 SPEAKER SETUP .................................................... 18

3 PREFERENCE .......................................................... 19

4 SURROUND ............................................................. 20

5 PL II (PRO LOGIC II) MUSIC PARAMETER ............. 20

6 CS II (CIRCLE SURROUND II) PARAMETER ........ 20

7 MULTI ROOM ........................................................... 20

8 7.1 CH INPUT LEVEL ............................................... 21

9 DC TRIGGER SETUP ............................................... 21

BASIC OPERATION (PLAY BACK) .. 22

SELECTING AN INPUT SOURCE ............................... 22

VIDEO CONVERT ....................................................... 22

SELECTING THE SURROUND MODE ....................... 22

ADJUSTING THE MAIN VOLUME .............................. 22

ADJUSTING THE TONE (BASS & TREBLE)

CONTROL. ................................................................... 22

TEMPORARILY TURNING OFF THE SOUND ............ 23

USING THE SLEEP TIMER ......................................... 23

NIGHT MODE .............................................................. 23

SURROUND MODE ........................... 23

OTHER FUNCTION ........................... 26

TV AUTO ON/OFF FUNCTION .................................... 26

ATTENUATION TO ANALOG INPUT SIGNAL ............. 26

LISTENING THROUGH HEADPHONES ..................... 26

VIDEO ON/OFF ........................................................... 26

DISPLAY MODE ........................................................... 26

SELECTING ANALOG AUDIO INPUT OR

DIGITAL AUDIO INPUT ................................................ 26

RECORDING AN ANALOG SOURCE ......................... 27

HT-EQ .......................................................................... 27

SPEAKER A/B .............................................................. 27

7.1 CH INPUT. .............................................................. 27

AUX2 INPUT ................................................................ 27

BASIC OPERATION (TUNER) .......... 28

LISTENING TO THE TUNER ....................................... 28

PRESET MEMORY ...................................................... 28

MULTI ROOM SYSTEM..................... 30

MULTI ROOM PLAYBACK USING

THE MULTI ROOM OUT TERMINALS ........................ 30

MULTI ROOM PLAYBACK USING THE MULTI

SPEAKER TERMINALS ............................................... 30

OPERATION OF THE MULTI ROOM OUTPUTS WITH

THE REMOTE CONTROL FROM A SECOND ROOM. .. 30

REMOTE CONTROLLER

OPERATION ...................................... 31

CONTROLLING MARANTZ COMPONENTS .............. 31

BASIC OPERATION .................................................... 33

PROGRAMMING MACROS ........................................ 36

CLONE MODE ............................................................. 38

SETUP ......................................................................... 39

TROUBLESHOOTING ....................... 40

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ....... 42

DIMENSIONS .................................... 42

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing the Marantz SR8400

Surround receiver.

This remarkable component has been engineered

to provide you with many years of home theater

enjoyment. Please take a few minutes to read this

manual thoroughly before you connect and

operate the SR8400.

As there are a number of connection and

configuration options, you are encouraged to

discuss your own particular home theater setup

with your Marantz A/V specialist dealer.

PRECAUTIONS

CAUTIONS ON INSTALLATION

For heat dispersal, leave at least 20 cm/8 inch of

space between the top, back and sides of this unit

and the wall or other components.

• Do not obstruct the ventilation holes.

20 cm (8 ins.)

AV SURROUND RECEIVER SR8400

SELECTOR

VOLUME

DOWN

MEMORY

TUNING

MODE

F/P

CLEAR

7.1CH INPUT

AUX2

MUTE

MULTI SPEAKERMULTISPEAKERS A/B

POWER ON/STANDBY

PHONES

ENTER

STANDBY

AUX INPUT

S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R

DSS/VCR2

AUX

VCR1

DVD

CD-R

TAPE

TUNER

S-DIRECT

SELECT

DIGITAL

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