Marantz ER2500 User Manual

Marantz ER2500 User Manual

Dvd surround receiver/5.1/6.1ch speaker system
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CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT
I.H.T. IEC 825
Model ER2500 / SS2500 User Guide
DVD Surround Receiver /
5.1/6.1ch Speaker System

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  • Page 1 Model ER2500 / SS2500 User Guide DVD Surround Receiver / 5.1/6.1ch Speaker System CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUKT I.H.T. IEC 825...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Only for USA, CANADA IMPORTANT SAFETY CAUTION INSTRUCTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT DO NOT OPEN This product was designed and manufactured to A product and cart combination should be CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, meet strict quality and safety standards.
  • Page 3 Only for USA, CANADA Grounding or Polarization – This product may Lightning – For added protection for this If the product does not operate normally by Replacement Parts – When replacement be equipped with a polarized alternating- product during a lightning storm, or when it is following the operating instructions.
  • Page 4 - Ne rien insérer dans l’appareil par les orifices de avec Marantz. seguro ou para quando tiver de contactar a Marantz. - Não retire a tampa do equipamento. ventilation. IMPORTANT IMPORTANTE - Não atire nada para dentro do equipamento...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ......................2 GUI (GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE) ..................24 DVD MENU ............................24 EQUIPMENT MAINS WORKING SETTING ..................2 PLAYING VCD DISCS WITH PBC FUNCTION ................25 COPYRIGHT ............................2 PLAYING MP3/WMA ........................25 PRECAUTIONS ....................... 2 VIEWING JPEG ..........................
  • Page 6: Foreword

    The no compromise DTS digital process sets the external source; the conventional DTS Digital Surround format, Your Marantz product has been prepared to standard of quality for cinema sound by delivering — it will not be exposed to excessive heat, cold,...
  • Page 7: Features

    NOT PLAYABLE DISCS decoding technology that provides better spatiality • DVD discs whose region number is not “1” nor and directionality on Dolby Surround program ER2500 “ALL”. material; provides a convincing three-dimensional 6.1ch DVD Receiver s o u n d f i e l d o n c o n v e n t i o n a l s t e r e o m u s i c •...
  • Page 8: About Dvd Discs

    Unlike conventional turntables for playing analog Indicates the number of recorded discs, the ER2500 reads the information recorded on subtitle languages. the disc from underneath without contacting it using a beam of laser light. Therefore, the performance of...
  • Page 9: Controls On The Main Unit

    Volume STANDBY STANDBY PHONES PHONES ER2500 • Do not use a disc with a special shape. Do not attempt to play a disc with a special shape such as a heart-shaped disc or octagonal z POWER ON / STANDBY button m FUNCTION button ⁄0 Display...
  • Page 10 B FRONT L/R speaker terminals L AM antenna and ground DISPLAY ¡2 ¡3 • Connect the front left and right speaker cord of terminals f g h ¡ 0 ¡1 ¡4 front channel, observing the polarity • Connect the supplied AM loop antenna. Use the of the cord and terminals.
  • Page 11: Control Button On The Remote Control Unit

    o Cursor ( , , !7 MUTE button ) buttons CONTROL BUTTON ON THE REMOTE CONTROL UNIT • These buttons are used to operate the MENU • This button is used to mute the sound from the functions. speakers. When this button is pressed, the speakers’...
  • Page 12: Tone Button

    @3 . /RDS button #0 S.TITLE button $0 NIGHT button • In DVD mode, press this button to select a subtitle • Pressing this button prevents the Dolby Digital In DVD mode language. signal from playback at a loud voice. This function •...
  • Page 13: Operation Of Remote Control Unit

    DVD-SET UP TOP MENU TOP MENU programmed to use the codes for your appliances control unit and the IR SENSOR of the ER2500 ENTER ENTER of different brands. This is done by keying in a 3- should be less than about 5 meters. If the transmitter...
  • Page 14 STEREO DISPLAY TV-CH STEREO DISPLAY TV-CH SCANNING THE CODE TABLE CHECKING THE CODE Once you have found and the codes for your various VOLUME VOLUME appliances, you may want to write them down here. SYSTEM SYSTEM SOURCE SOURCE SYSTEM SYSTEM SOURCE SOURCE DVD-SET UP...
  • Page 15: Connections

    • Be sure to use speakers with the specified Connect the speakers to the corresponding with 45-60 degrees from the listening position. impedance shown on the rear panel of this speaker terminals of the ER2500 using colored unit. cords supplied. Center speaker...
  • Page 16: Phantom Surround Back Speaker (5.1/6.1Ch Speaker System Ss2500)

    PHANTOM SURROUND BACK SPEAKER Subwoofer +:Red / -:Black +:White / -:Black (5.1/6.1CH SPEAKER SYSTEM SS2500) ER2500 The 5.1/6.1ch speaker system SS2500 is used as a 5.1-channel speaker system, but it also lets you SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) enjoy surround sound on 6.1 channels.
  • Page 17: Connecting Antenna Terminals And Other Speakers

    Subwoofer bears only low AUDIO AUDIO frequency range so you can place it anywhere in TV AUDIO IN TV AUDIO IN COMPONENT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUT the room. ER2500 Surround-Left woofer Front Active Left Subwoofer Surround Passive Surround- back speaker...
  • Page 18: Connecting Video Components

    • If you want to out the analog audio signal from VCR audio output terminal via FUNCTION ANTENNA ANTENNA SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) VIDEO VIDEO button of ER2500 from digital source (include ONLY ONLY SURROUND SURROUND Ω ) ) (75Ω WOOFER...
  • Page 19: Connecting Audio Components

    CONNECTING AUDIO COMPONENTS CD recorder / MD deck DIGITAL ER2500 ANTENNA ANTENNA SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) SPEAKER SYSTEMS(6-16 OHMS) VIDEO VIDEO ONLY ONLY SURROUND SURROUND Ω ) ) (75Ω WOOFER WOOFER CENTER CENTER FRONT FRONT OPTICAL OUT OPTICAL OUT IN IN...
  • Page 20: Speaker Setup

    TV-VOL Press the cursor button to set next speaker SPEAKER SETUP TV-CH SPEAKER SIZE SURROUND DIMMER size setting (CENTER). VOLUME • Repeat step 5. to 8. to set other speaker 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 After you have connected all the components, and determined the speaker layout, it is now time to size settings.
  • Page 21: Speaker Distance

    TV-INPUT STANDBY/ON SLEEP TV-VOL SURROUND BACK Adjust the master volume to the normal listening TUNER TV POWER SPEAKER DISTANCE SPEAKER BALANCE (TEST TONE) level by VOLUME buttons. BS-YES (Default) TV-INPUT This mode is used to set the speaker distance from The test tone function is useful to adjust the relative Select this when the surround back speakers are SURROUND...
  • Page 22: Speaker Level

    During playback DVD, press the SPK SET button. Volume • "SP SIZE" appears on the front display. STANDBY PHONES ER2500 Press the cursor button twice. • "CH LEVEL" appears on the front display. Press the cursor button. • "FL LEVEL"(Level of Front Left) appears on the front display.
  • Page 23: Basic Operations

    AUDIO AUDIO ANGLE ANGLE ZOOM ZOOM STANDBY SURROUND SURROUND DIMMER DIMMER TV-CH TV-CH PHONES SURROUND SURROUND DIMMER DIMMER TV-CH TV-CH ER2500 TV-VOL TV-VOL REPEAT REPEAT 1/ALL 1/ALL RANDOM RANDOM TV-CH TV-CH SURROUND SURROUND DIMMER DIMMER VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME NTSC/PAL NTSC/PAL T.TONE...
  • Page 24: Setting The Surround Mode

    • When you press the SURROUND button, STEREO Dolby Digital EX (Only 6.1ch Setting) SETTING THE SURROUND MODE Sound is output from front speakers. In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have the sound is cut off for a moment. •...
  • Page 25 Neo:6 Cinema, Neo:6 Music The relation between the selected surround mode and the input signal This mode decodes 2-channel signals into 6- channel signals using high-accuracy digital The surround mode is selected with the SURROUND button on the remote control unit. However, the matrix technology.
  • Page 26: Basic Operation (Playback)

    STANDBY/ON SLEEP SLEEP DVD-SET UP DVD-SET UP TOP MENU TOP MENU STANDBY PHONES PHONES ER2500 pressed. ENTER ENTER For DVD, once a disc is loaded, it is played TUNER TUNER TV TV TV POWER TV POWER For the procedure for playing back MP3 and...
  • Page 27: To Stop Playing

    ANALOG SL EEP Playback resumes from the point where it left • If 4 button is pressed once, the unit skips off the last time. PHONES to the beginning of the current chapter(track). ER2500 TV-CH TV-CH SURROUND SURROUND DIMMER DIMMER...
  • Page 28: Gui (Graphical User Interface)

    TV-INPUT TV-INPUT TV-VOL TV-VOL For DVD playback SEARCH PLAYING GUI (GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE) DVD MENU DVD VCD SVCD DVD VCD SVCD T I M E AU D I O Most of DVD discs have their own menu screen (DVD SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH SURROUND...
  • Page 29: Playing Vcd Discs With Pbc Function

    SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH VOLUME PLAYING VCD DISCS WITH PBC FUNCTION PLAYING MP3/WMA MP3 WMA DVD-SET UP DVD-SET UP TOP MENU TOP MENU When a VCD disc with PBC(Play Back Control) If disc in MP3/WMA format is loaded, menu screen is ENTER ENTER function is loaded, PBC function of unit is ON.
  • Page 30: Viewing Jpeg

    TV-INPUT TV-VOL CAUTIONS ON DISCS IN MP3/WMA TO FLIP THE PICTURE VIEWING JPEG JPEG FORMAT. Press Cursor(3 / 4) buttons on the remote This unit can play discs with JPEG(picture) files. • This unit can handle with the multi-session. SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH control unit during showing a picture to flip the...
  • Page 31: Various Playing Functions

    STANDBY/ON SLEEP TUNER TV POWER TUNER TV POWER TV-CH SURROUND DIMMER STANDBY/ON SLEEP TV-INPUT TV-INPUT VARIOUS PLAYING STEP PLAY VOLUME CHANGING ANGLES ZOOM FUNCTION TUNER TV POWER You can switch angles to play for DVD discs which When playing a wide aspect picture in letter box TV-VOL FUNCTIONS TV-VOL...
  • Page 32: Changing Audio

    TV-VOL TV-VOL CHANGING AUDIO CHANGING SUBTITLE LANGUAGES REPEAT PLAY SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH The audio to be played can be changed for DVD The subtitle language can be changed for DVD VOLUME VOLUME DVD VCD SVCD discs that contain multiple audio languages. discs that contain multiple subtitle languages.
  • Page 33: A-B Repeat Play

    TUNER TV POWER TV-INPUT Press REPEAT 1/ALL button on the remote At the end of the desired passage, press MP3 WMA JPEG A-B REPEAT PLAY DVD VCD SVCD control unit to select the folder repeat mode. REPEAT A-B button again, then “ ”...
  • Page 34: Random Play

    STANDBY/ON SLEEP TV-CH SURROUND DIMMER • If REPEAT button is pressed once in VOLUME MP3 WMA JPEG RANDOM PLAY TUNER TV POWER random play, currently played track is VCD SVCD MP3 WMA JPEG TV-INPUT played repeatedly. All tracks will be played in random sequence. DVD-SET UP DVD-SET UP TOP MENU...
  • Page 35: Program Play

    STANDBY/ON SLEEP To check the programmed track Select the tracks to be programmed using the TUNER TV POWER PROGRAM PLAY VCD SVCD numeric buttons on the remote control unit. TV-INPUT While the unit is stopped and in program mode, press the Cursor(3 / 4) buttons on the remote •...
  • Page 36: Basic Operations (Tuner)

    • If “PRESET” indicator is lit, press the TUNE preset, press the 2/BAND button on the PHONES PHONES NTSC/PAL T.TONE SPK SET TONE NIGHT ER2500 S.TITLE AUDIO ANGLE ZOOM on the front display. MODE button to change the manual tuning remote control unit. REPEAT...
  • Page 37: Selecting Preset Channel

    SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH SURROUND DIMMER TV-CH SELECTING PRESET CHANNEL CLEARING PRESET CHANNEL VOLUME VOLUME STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON SLEEP SLEEP STANDBY/ON STANDBY/ON SLEEP SLEEP DVD-SET UP DVD-SET UP TOP MENU TOP MENU DVD-SET UP DVD-SET UP TOP MENU TOP MENU ENTER ENTER ENTER ENTER TUNER...
  • Page 38: Other Operations

    Audio with partially compressed dynamic POWER ON/STANDBY OPEN/CLOSE PLAY/IIPAUSE STOP FUNCTION FUNCTION DOWN-VOL-UP DOWN-VOL-UP off. range. MAX : Audio with fully compressed dynamic range. Volume STANDBY PHONES PHONES ER2500 Notes: • When using headphones, the surround mode will change to STEREO mode compulsorily.
  • Page 39: Dvd Setup Menu Operation

    DVD SETUP MENU OSD LANGUAGE SUB-TITLE TV DISPLAY You can select the language for OSD (On Screen To set the subtitle language to display. The default This menu is to set picture aspect ratio to fit into OPERATION Display). This setting allows you select a preferred setting is “OFF”.
  • Page 40: Tv Type

    How it is displayed • When your TV is 16:9 screen. TV TYPE PARENTAL RATING Picture in 16:9 aspect ratio Set up picture format according to type supported If a disc has parental lock level, the disc is played • When your TV is 4:3 screen. Player’s setting How it looks by your TV or monitor.
  • Page 41: Password

    With numeric buttons, enter your password. With numeric buttons, enter your old password. PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUTPUT DEFAULT SETUP (DVD SETUP MENU ONLY) • After you entered the password, the password • The default password is “0000”. When setting If this default setup is set, all the settings made in the Notes: input screen disappears and then the setup the password first time, enter “0000”...
  • Page 42: Trouble Shooting

    • Depending on the TV, you may not be able to • Connect the antenna correctly. your dealer or nearest Marantz sales office or change the aspect ratio. • Change the antenna location.
  • Page 43: Setup Codes

    Magatron ......... 183, 174 051, 115, 132 BUSH ......033, 068, 124, 074 088, 169, 174, 176 MARANTZ ....... 001, 168, 163 FERGUSON ....146, 040, 041, 150, Candle ..........163, 169 MATSUI ... 090, 099, 106, 060, 118, 068, 134 HYPER ..........
  • Page 44 METZ ......094, 050, 114, 133 PATHE CINEMA ..... 099, 111, 116, 132 REDIFFUSION ......062, 123, 134 SIERA ..099, 001, 050, 019, 142, 149, 078 MGA ........ 175, 163, 183, 161 Penney ....165, 178, 166, 170, 163, SILVER ...........
  • Page 45 Vidtech ..........183, 161 VOXSON ......... 050, 134 Wards ......168, 179, 163, 183, 162, 161, 184, 169, 159 WATSON ..........111 WATT RADIO .. 046, 099, 051, 109, 116, 127 WEGA ............. 033 WHITE WESTINGHOUSE ..099, 111, 189, 192, 193 YOKO ............
  • Page 46: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Power Supply Rating - ER2500 - ER2500U ..................... AC 120 V / 50 Hz ER2500S ..................... AC 230 V / 50 Hz AMPLIFIER SECTION Power Consumption ....................155 W Output power (6ohms, 1 kHz, THD 0.8%) ............... 90 W/Ch Dimensions (W x H x D) ............
  • Page 47 You can find your nearest authorized distributor or dealer on our website. JAPAN Marantz Japan, Inc. 35-1 Sagami Ohno 7-Chome, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 228-8505, Japan U.S.A. Marantz America, Inc. 1100 Maplewood Drive, Itasca, IL 60143, U.S.A. EUROPE Marantz Europe B.V.

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