Marantz AV9000 AV9000 USER'S MANUAL - Page 17

ENGLISH SPEAKER SETUP AND LEVELS The home theater system you already have installed should function provided that there are left, center and right front speakers, left and right rear/surround speakers and a subwoofer. For best results we recommend that the front speakers be of the same type, with identical or similar driver units. This will deliver smooth pans across the front sound stage as the action moves from side to side. Your center channel speaker is very important as over 80 % of the dialog from a typical motion picture emanates from the center channel. Rear channel speakers need to be identical to the front channel speakers, but they should be of high quality. One of the benefits of Dolby Digital (AC-3) and DTS is that surround channels are full range, while they were frequency limited in earlier "Pro Logic' type systems. Bass effects are an important part of home theater. For optimal enjoyment a subwoofer should be used as it is optimized for low frequency reproduction. If you have full range front speakers, however, they may be used in place of a subwoofer with proper setting of the switches in the menu system. Speaker system configurations (diagram, as currently used) SUB WOOFER If the Surround speakers or Center speaker will not be used, set NONE for each speaker. The NONE setting will send the audio for the surround channels or Center channel to the front left/right speakers. FRONT CH.: Select the type of front speakers with or button. SURROUND CH.: Select the type of surround speakers with or button. CENTER CH.: Select the type of center speaker with or button. SUBWOOFER: Switch the subwoofer speaker ON or OFF with or button. Notes: The SUBWOOFER cannot be set to OFF when the front speakers are set to SMALL. This speaker size setup is not effective when the SOURCEDIRECT or 6CHANNEL-DIRECT mode is selected. SETUP 2/2 (SPEAKER DISTANCE) LEFT (L) RIGHT (R) CENTER (L) (R) SURROUND SPEAKERS If possible, mount the surround speakers on the walls to the sides of the viewing area, 2-3 feet above seated viewers, firing straight across at each other. SETUP 1/2 (SPEAKER SIZE) SETUP 1/2 SPKR SETUP SETUP UNLOCKED FRONT CH : SMALL/THX SURR CH : SMALL/THX CENTER CH : SMALL/THX SUBWOOFER : ON /THX TO NEXT SETUP MENU SETUP 2/2 SPKR DISTANCE UNIT : feet SPK L : 10 feet SPK R : 10 feet SPK C : 10 feet SPK LS : 10 feet SPK RS : 10 feet SPK SW : 10 feet ENTER TO LEVEL MENU SPEAKER DISTANCE for Time Alignment Use this parameter to specify the distance of the speaker's position from the listener. The delay time is automatically set according to these distances. UNITS: The units is be able to select "FEET" or "METER " with or button. If you select "FEET" the setting parameter will change in 1 foot steps. If you select "METER" it will change in 0.3 meter steps. SPK L= (Front L channel) SPK R = (Front R channel) SPK C = (Center channel) SPK LS = (Surround L channel) SPK RS = (Surround R channel) SPK SW = (Subwoofer channel) Input each speaker's distance with or button. Select speaker with or button. Input for each speaker's distance has been finished move to cursor to ENTER and push OK button. SETUP: Select "LOCK" with or button in order to lock the contents of the four CALIBRATION SET UP MENU. Then, when you want to change the contents of these setup, select "UNLOCK". SPKR setup (Speaker setup) This menu enters the information that the this product which type of speakers will be used for each channel Notes: The maximum distance a speaker may be placed is 30 feet (9 meters) from the listening position. Placement beyond that distance is beyond the range of the automatic time delay feature. The delay feature does not function in the STEREO, SOURCEDIRECT or 6 CHANNEL DIRECT modes. If you use THX speaker systems which are approved by LUCASFILM LTD set FRONT CH SURR. CH, and CENTER CH to the SMALL position and then select SUBWOOFER =ON In turn, these settings will determine which speakers receive low frequency (bass) information. For the purpose of establishing proper bass reproduction, use the LARGE settings if the speaker being used at any position is a traditional full-range loudspeaker that is capable of reproducing sound below 80 Hz. Use the SMALL setting for smaller, frequency-limited satellite speakers that are not able to reproduce sounds below 80 Hz. Note that when "small" speakers are used it is advisable to install a separate subwoofer 12