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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.
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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.
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- 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...
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 ..........................
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,...
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 •...
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...
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...
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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.
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’...
@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 •...
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...
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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...
• 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...
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.
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...
• 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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
• 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. •...
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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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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 “ ”...
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...
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 •...
• 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...
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...
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.
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”.
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.
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”...
• 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.
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) ............
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