User manual MARANTZ SR8400

[. . . ] Model SR8400 User Guide AV Surround Receiver CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. Read Instructions ­ All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. [. . . ] This receiver incorporates a DTS-ES decoder, which can handle DTS-ES Discrete-encoded and DTS-ES Matrix-encoded program sources from DVD, etc. . DTS-ES Discrete 6. 1 features digital discrete recording of all channels including the surround back channel(s) and higher quality of audio reproduction. DTS-ES is not available in the system without a surround back speaker. CIRCLE SURROUND II (CSII-CINEMA, CSII-MUSIC, CSII-MONO) Circle Surround is designed to enable multichannel surround sound playback of non-encoded and multichannel encoded material. Backward compatibility provides listeners with up to 6. 1 channels of surround performance from entire collection of music and film, including broadcast, videotape and stereo recorded music. Depending on source material, you can select CSIICinema mode, CSII-Music mode or CSII-Mono mode. CAUTION NOTE for DTS signal * Connected DVD-player, laser-disc player or CDplayer needs to support DTS-digital output. You may not be able to play some DTS source signals from certain CD players and LD players even if you connect the player to the SR8400 digitally. This is because the digital signal has been processed (such as the output level, sampling frequency, or frequency response) and the SR8400 cannot recognize the signal as DTS data. * Depending on the player used, DTS play may produce a short noise. * While signals from DTS-laser disc or CD are playing in another Surround mode, you cannot switch to digital input or from digital input to analog input by INPUT SETUP in SETUP MAIN MENU or the A/D button. * The outputs for the VCR 1 OUT, DSS/VCR 2 OUT, TAPE OUT, and CD-R OUT output analog audio signals. Do not record from CDs or LDs that support DTS using these outputs. If you do, the DTS-encoded signal will be recorded as noise. NOTE for Dolby Digital Surround EX signal * When playing Dolby Digital Surround EXencoded software in 6. 1 channels, it is required to set the EX/ES mode. * Note that some of Dolby Digital Surround EXencoded software does not contain the identification signal. In this case, set the EX/ ES mode manually. NOTE for 96kHz PCM audio * AUTO, Source- DIRECT, and STEREO modes can be used when playing PCM signals with a sampling frequency of 96 kHz (such as from DVD-Video discs that contain 24 bit, 96 kHz audio). If such signals are input during playback in one of the other surround modes, output from SR8400 will be muted. * Certain DVD player models inhibit digital output. For details, refer to the player's operation manual. * Some DVD formatted discs feature copy protection. When using such disc, 96 kHz PCM signal is not output from the DVD player. For details, refer to the player's operation manual. dts MODE (dts, Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music) This mode is for DTS encoded source materials such as LASER DISC, CD, and DVD. [. . . ] 6 ohms 135 W / Ch Surround Back L&R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ohms 135 W / Ch Input Sensitivity/Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 mV/ 47 Kohms Signal to Noise Ratio(Analog Input / Source Direct) . . . 105 dB Frequency Response (Analog Input / Source Direct) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]