Marantz NR1604 - Manual (Page 127)

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Manual Setup
Default settings are underlined.
Perform when setting the speakers manually or when changing settings made in Audyssey® Setup.
• If you change the speaker settings after performing Audyssey® Setup, it will not be possible to select
Audyssey MultEQ®, Audyssey Dynamic EQ® and Audyssey Dynamic Volume® ( vpage 112 , 113 ).
• “Manual Setup” can be used without changing the settings. Please set if necessary.
Setting items Setting details
Amp Assign
Select power amplifier
usage method to match
your speaker system.
Assign Mode : Set the assignment mode.
• Surround Back : Setting for 7.1-channel playback using surround back
speakers.
• ZONE2 : Setting to assign the unit’s built-in power amplifier for ZONE2
and output the audio in stereo.
• Bi-AMP : Setting to use the front speakers via the bi-amp connection.
• Front B : Setting to use the second set of front speakers for playback.
You can switch the front speakers A and B to be used for playback in
accordance with the 2-channel playback or multi-channel playback mode.
When you select this Front B setting, also perform the “Front Speaker”
( vpage 126 ) procedure.
• Front Height : Setting for 7.1-channel playback using front height
speakers.
Speaker Config.
Indicate speaker presence
and select speaker size
categories based on bass
reproduction capability.
NOTE
Do not use the outward
shape of the speaker to
determine selection of a
“Large” or “Small” speaker.
Instead, use the frequencies
set in “Crossovers”
( vpage 126 ) as the
standard for determining
bass reproduction capability.
Front : Set the front speaker size.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that for most multi-channel speakers,
this is the best choice.
• When “Subwoofer” is set to “No”, “Front” is automatically set to
“Large”.
• When “Front” is set to “Small”, “Center”, “Surround“, “Surr. Back”
and “Front Height” can not be set to “Large”.
Center : Set the presence and size of the center speaker.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when a center speaker is not connected.
“Large” is not displayed when “Front” is set to “Small”.
Subwoofer : Set the presence of a subwoofer.
• Yes : Use a subwoofer.
• No : Select when a subwoofer is not connected.
When “Front” is set to “Small”, “Subwoofer” is automatically set to
“Yes”.
Setting items Setting details
Speaker Config.
(Continued)
Surround : Set the presence and size of the surround speakers.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the surround speakers are not connected.
• When “Surround” is set to “Large”, “Surr. Back” and “Front Height”
can be set to “Large”.
• When “Surround” is set to “None”, “Surr. Back” and “Front Height” are
automatically set to “None”.
Surr. Back : Set the presence, size and number of surround back speakers.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the surround back speakers are not connected.
• 2spkrs : Use two surround back speakers.
• 1spkr : Use only one surround back speaker. When you select this
setting, connect the surround back speaker to the left (L) channel.
NOTE
When “Assign Mode” setting ( vpage 124 ) is “Surround Back”, you
can make the “Surr. Back” setting.
Front Height : Set the presence and size of the front height speakers.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the front height speakers are not connected.
NOTE
When “Assign Mode” setting ( vpage 124 ) is “Front Height”, you can
make the “Front Height” setting.
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