Marantz SR-18EX User Guide - Page 17

ENGLISH REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RC-18SR This chapter describes the functions which control the SR-19EX. See pages 17-30 to refer to other functions of the RC-18SR. v POWER ON and OFF These two buttons are used for turning on or off SR-19EX. m DIRECT button The DIRECT command buttons (4 on each side of the LCD display, 8 total) work with the PAGE buttons (4 pages for each source component) to provide up to 32 dedicated specialized functions for each of the 11 function input selectors. Each DIRECT function may also be provided with an alphanumeric function indicator visible in the LCD display. Press the AMP or TUNER button . to control the receiver. Press one of these buttons to select a surround mode for the current listening session. AMP MODE1 1 AUTO Auto select surround modes 2 DOLB Dolby Digital or Pro Logic decoding 3 THX THX cinema or THX Surround EX decoding 4 DTS DTS-cinema or DTS-music 5 HALL Hall surround sound 6 MTRX Matrix surround sound 7 MOV Movie surround sound 8 2-CH Stereo sound (no surround) MODE2 1 A/D analog / digital select switch Switches between the analog input and the digital input. 2 DIR source direct switch When this switch is pressed, the signals are transmitted by bypassing the tone control circuitry so that they can be reproduced with higher quality. 3 ATT attenuate for analog input 4 OSD on screen display Once the button is pressed, the on-screen display is turned on and each a control button related to the SR-19EX is pressed thereafter, the information will be displayed on the TV screen. When the button is pressed again to turn the on-screen display off, it disappears from the TV screen. (Refer to "ON-SCREEN DISPLAY MENU SYSTEM" on page 14) 5 MONO monaural decoding When this button is pressed, the monaural sound is selected. 6 3-D 3-D surround decoding This button is not used for SR-19EX. 7 NITE NIGHT mode for Dolby Digital Pressing this button prevents the Dolby Digital signal from playback at a loud voice. This function reduces the voice by 1/3 to 1/4 at maximum. Thus, it eliminates the occurrence of an abruptly loud voice at night. However, the function is valid only for the case when the Dolby Digital signal (AC-3) is entered into digital Input and data to compress the voice exists in the signal to be played back. 8 MLTI activates multi-room mode MODE3 1 TRB+ increases treble 2 TRB- decreases treble 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 PROCESSOR 7 LVL+ Increases channel level volume 8 LVL- decreases channel level volume After pressing the CH+ button, use the LVL+ and LVL- buttons to adjust the volume level of each speaker channel. Note: These level control is for temporary adjustment, so these setup is not memorized for each source. 1 VOL+ increases external decoder's volume This button is not used for SR-19EX. 2 VOL- decreases external decoder's volume This button is not used for SR-19EX. 3 6-CH 6 channel direct button When the surround processor is connected to the DIRECT IN JACKS, press this button to play it. 4 BYP bypasses external processor's decoding 5 SLEP sleep timer button This button is used for setting the sleep timer. 6 DISP display off function When this button is pressed, the display is turned off. 7 MODE surround mode select button 8 PHNO phono function button TUNER BAND 1 FM 2 AM 3 LW 4 BAND 5 MODE 6 TIME 7 F/P 8 SCAN FM band button AM/MW band button long wave band button This button is not used for SR-19EX selects radio band button mono/stereo/muting mode selector button time display button This button is not used for SR-19EX frequency or preset channel display select button This button is not used for SR-19EX preset scan button , PAGE buttons These buttons are used to select any 1 of the 4 pages of 8 functions for each DIRECT button, as explained above. . FUNCTION buttons These buttons are used for selecting an input function. Press one of these buttons twice within 2 seconds will activate the chosen input. ⁄1 VOLUME UP (+) AND DOWN (-) These buttons are used to raise and lower the main system volume level. ⁄2 TEN KEYPAD They are useful for tuning a pre-set radio station and setting a station name. ⁄3 M (MEMO) button This button is used to enter the tuner preset memory numbers and station names. ⁄4 C (Clear) button This button is used to cancel certain memory or programming operations. ⁄6 CURSOR buttons The cursor buttons can be used to navigate within on-screen menus. These buttons are unavailable when the mode is set to DSS, TV or DVD. ⁄7 MUTE button This button can be used to mute the sound temporarily. ⁄9 LIGHTING button This button is used to activate the back-lit LCD screen and back-lit keys. 12