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Marantz SR6300 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Model SR6300 User Guide AV Surround Receiver...
  • Page 2 CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY 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. Retain Instructions –...
  • Page 4 Servicing – Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Damage Requiring Service – Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged.
  • Page 5 PEAK Surround mode ¤7 PEAK ¤4 AUTO NIGHT DIGITAL ANALOG DISPLAY OFF HT-EQ HT-EQ Display off Input indicator AV SURROUND RECEIVER SR6300 SURROUND PEAK DOLBY DIGITAL AUTO DTS ES SURROUND EX NIGHT DIGITAL ANALOG DISPLAY OFF HT-EQ CLEAR MEMORY SPEAKERS 6.1CH IN...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    REMOTE CONTROLER RC7300SR ... 6 NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ... 6 REMOTE CONTROL RANGE ... 8 LOADING BATTERIES ... 8 GENERAL INFROMATION OF RC7300SR TO SR6300 ... 8 CONNECTIONS ... 9 SPEAKER PLACEMENT ... 9 CONNECTING SPEAKERS ... 10 CONNECTING AUDIO COMPONENTS ... 11 CONNECTING VIDEO COMPONENTS ...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the Marantz SR6300 DTS/Dolby Digital Surround receiver. This remarkable component has been engineered to provide you with many years of home theater enjoyment. Please take a few minutes to read this manual thoroughly before you connect and operate the SR6300.

  • Page 8: Features

    FEATURES BUILT-IN 6 CHANNEL POWER AMPLIFIER 100 watts to each of the six main channels ; the power amp section features an advanced, premium high- storage power supply capacitors, and fully discrete output stages housed in cast aluminum heat sinks . 192 kH /24-BIT D/A CONVERTER FOR ALL CHANNELS High performance digital circuitry with 192 kHz / 24-bit D/A converter...

  • Page 9: Front Panel Features

    FRONT PANEL FEATURES (SEE PAGE iii.) q POWER switch and STANDBY indicator When this switch is pressed once, the unit turns ON and display appears on the display panel. When pressed again, the unit turns OFF and the STANDBY indicator lights. When this unit is in the standby mode, pressing one of the FUNCTION SELECTOR buttons also allows to turn the power on.

  • Page 10: Rear Panel Connections

    The one marked UNSWITCHED is always live as long as the SR6300 is plugged into a live outlet. A component connected here may be left on permanently, or may be switched off with its own power switch.

  • Page 11: Remote Controler Rc7300Sr

    ATT button When the input signal is too high and the voice distorts even by throt- tling the SR6300 VOLUME control, turn on this function. “ATT” is indi- cated when this function is activated. The input level is reduced. Attenuator is invalid for use with the output signal of “REC OUT”.

  • Page 12: Pty Button

    ¤4 P.SCAN (preset scan) button (when TUNER mode is selected) Used to start preset scan when SR6300 is selected TUNER mode. ¤5 MUTE button Muting button of the SR6300. Press this button decrease the sound temporarily . Press this button again to return to the previous sound.

  • Page 13: Remote Control Range

    REMOTE CONTROL RANGE The distance between the transmitter of the remote control unit and the IR SENSOR of the SR6300 should be less than about 5 meters. If the transmitter is pointed to a direction other than the IR SENSOR or if there is an obstacle between them, remote control may not be possible.

  • Page 14: Connections

    CONNECTIONS SPEAKER PLACEMENT The ideal surround speaker system for this unit is 7-speaker systems, using front left and right speakers, a center speaker, surround left and right speakers, a surround center speaker and a subwoofer. For best results we recommend that all front speakers be of the same type, with identical or similar driver units.

  • Page 15: Connecting Speakers

    FRONT SPEAKER SYSTEMS RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT FRONT FRONT SPEAKER SYSTEMS B SURROUND SURROUND MODEL NO. SR6300 UNSWITCHED 120W 1A MAX SWITCHED 120W 1A MAX SURR.CENTER SURR.CENTER CENTER CENTER AC OUTLETS SPEAKER SYSTEMS A (120V...

  • Page 16: Connecting Audio Components

    DSS / DSS / VCR2 VCR2 SURROUND VCR1 VCR1 DSS / DSS / VCR2 VCR2 SWITCHED ANALOG AUDIO 100W MAX SURR.CENTER CENTER S - VIDEO AC OUTLET (230V 50Hz) DIGITAL AUDIO (COAXIAL) DIGITAL AUDIO (OPTICAL) MODEL NO. SR6300 AC IN...

  • Page 17: Connecting Video Components

    CONNECTING VIDEO COMPONENTS AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO OUT IN DIGITAL DIGITAL IN / OUT IN / OUT TAPE TAPE MONI MONI FRONT MONITOR MONITOR DIG - 5 IN SURR. VCR1 VCR1 VCR1 VCR1 TAPE TAPE DIG - 4 IN DIG - 4 IN DSS / DSS / DSS /...

  • Page 18: Advanced Connecting

    Therefore you need to aim the remote DSS / DSS / / MD VCR2 VCR2 signal only to the unit. Also, if a Marantz power amplifier (some models SURROUND VCR1 VCR1 VCR1 excluded) is connected with this terminal, the power amplifier’s power switch is synchronized with this unit’s power switch.

  • Page 19: Connecting The Antenna Terminals

    • Do not remove the AM loop antenna. • To avoid the risk of lightning and electrical shock, grounding is necessary. AM EXTERNAL ANTENNA FRONT SPEAKER SYSTEMS B SURROUND MODEL NO. SR6300 UNSWITCHED 120W 1A MAX SWITCHED 120W 1A MAX SURR.CENTER CENTER AC OUTLETS...

  • Page 20: Setup

    S-Video input of your TV or projector. (see page 12) • In order to view the SR6300’s displays, the correct video source must be selected on the video display. I N P U T S E T U P...

  • Page 21: Input Setup (Assignable Digital Input)

    This is to avoid noise being generated from the analog input. SPEAKER SETUP After you have installed the SR6300, connected all the components, and determined the speaker layout, it is now time to perform the settings in the Speaker Setup menu for the optimum sound acoustics for your environment and speaker layout.
  • Page 22 This is important for the timing of the acoustics to create the proper sound space that the SR6300 and today’s sound systems are able to produce. Note that the speakers that you selected “NONE” for in the Speaker Config sub-menu will not appear here.

  • Page 23: Preference

    OSD INFO: Select the OSD information function to enable or disable with cursor button. If you select “ENABLE”, SR6300 will display the status of the feature (Volume up/down, input select, etc..) on the TV monitor. But if you do not desire this information, select “DISABLE “.

  • Page 24: Cs2 (Circle Surround Ii) Parameter

    CS2 (CIRCLE SURROUND II) PARAMETER 6 C S 2 P A RAME T E R T RUBA S S S R S D I A L OG MA I N Select “CS2” in SETUP MAIN MENU with and press the OK button. To Select desired contents as below, press TRUBASS: Set the TRUBASS level between 0 and 6 level in 1 level interval with...

  • Page 25: Basic Operation

    With this unit you can preset up to 30 FM/AM stations in any order. For each station, you can memorize the frequency and reception mode if desired. 1-a. Manual Presetting (Using the SR6300) Refer to the “MANUAL TUNING” or “AUTO TUNING” section above to tune in a desired station.

  • Page 26: Playback Operation

    Connect your TV TUNER (etc) to the TV IN terminal. Be sure to connect the video input. Turn OFF the power to the TV TUNER and the SR6300 will be in standby mode. Turn ON the TV TUNER and tune in a receivable station.

  • Page 27: Setting The Sleep Timer

    SETTING THE SLEEP TIMER Set the sleep timer while the power is turned on. Turn the power ON and press the SLEEP button o / ‹2 . Press the SLEEP button o / ‹2 the number of times to set the desired sleep time in minutes.

  • Page 28: On Screen Display Infomation

    The on-screen display, which can be activated by the Main unit or remote, appears on the TV screen to show the current setting status of the SR6300. 1. GENERAL INFORMATION When the MENU/OSD button ¤2 is pressed, the current setting are displayed on the TV monitor.

  • Page 29: Remote Controller Operation

    • For details, refer to the components’s user guide. • It may not be possible to operate some models. CONTROLLING A MARANTZ DVD PLAYER (DVD MODE) POWER ON/OFF Turns the DVD player on and off POWER ON POWER OFF...
  • Page 30 CONTROLLING A MARANTZ CD PLAYER (CD MODE) POWER ON/OFF Turns the CD player on and off POWER ON Turns the CD player on POWER OFF Turns the CD player off Opens / closes the disc tray 0 - 9 Inputs the numeric...

  • Page 31: Learn Mode

    LEARNING PROCEDURE Place the remote controller so that its infrared signal transmitter is facing the infrared signal receiver on the Marantz remote controller at a distance of about 5 centimeters. Press and hold down the T.MODE ⁄1 and MEMO ¤6 buttons until LEARN is displayed in the display.

  • Page 32: Macro Mode

    Erasing the all functions Press and hold down the T.MODE ⁄1 and MEMO ¤6 buttons until LEARN is displayed in the display. Press and hold down the CL . button and press POWER ON ‹4 and POWER OFF ‹4 button. •...
  • Page 33 When you are finished programming macros, press and hold the OK button ⁄5 until the display returns to USE mode. • Macros cannot be programmed for the MEMO ¤6 , cursor/OK ⁄5 , VOL / ¤3 or CL . buttons. In the macro mode it is possible to program the memory to perform macros containing up to 10 steps.
  • Page 34 EXAMPLES OF MACRO PROGRAMS Example 1 Change the input source for the amplifier to CD and play the 3rd track on a CD in the CD player. Press and hold the T.MODE ⁄1 and MENU button ¤2 until the MACRO is displayed on the LCD. •...
  • Page 35 CLEARING MACRO PROGRAMS The following procedure is used to erase macros you have programmed into the remote controller’s memory. Press and hold the T.MODE ⁄1 and MENU button ¤2 until the MACRO is displayed on the LCD. • LEARN and MACRO is displayed blinking. Press and hold the CL button ., then the button for the function , to be cleared (in this case DVD) for 3 seconds.

  • Page 36: Surround Mode

    SURROUND MODE The SR6300 is equipped with many surround modes. These are provided to reproduce a variety of surround sound effects, according to the content of the source to be played. The available surround modes may be restricted depending on the input signal and speaker setup.
  • Page 37 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 SR6300 digitally. This is because the digital signal has been processed (such as the output level, sampling frequency, or frequency response) and the SR6300 cannot recognize the signal as DTS data.
  • Page 38 The relation between the selected surround mode and the input signal The surround mode is selected with the surround mode selector knob of the SR6300 or the remote control unit. However, the sound from the speakers depend upon the relationship between the selected surround mode and the input signal. They are as follows;...
  • Page 39 SURROUND OUTPUT CHANNELS INPUT SIGNAL MODE L/R C SL/SR SC SW CS2 CINEMA DOLBY DIGITAL(5.1CH) CS2 MUSIC DOLBY DIGITAL(2CH) CS2 MONO DOLBY DIGITAL(2CH:Lt/Rt) DOLBY DIGITAL EX(6.1CH) 96KHZ PCM PCM(AUDIO) O O O O O ANALOG O O O O O DTS(5.1CH) DTS-ES(6.1CH) VIRTUAL...

  • Page 40: Trouble Shooting

    If your trouble cannot be recovered with the remedy actions listed in the following table, malfunction of the internal circuitry is suspected; immediately unplug the power cable and contact your dealer, nearest Marantz distributor or the Marantz Service Center in your country. CAUSE Connect the power plug to the outlet.
  • Page 41 HOW TO RESET THE UNIT Should the operation or display seem to be abnormal, reset the unit with the following procedure. The SR6300 is turned on, press and hold the A/D u and DIMMER !0 buttons simultaneously for 3 seconds or more. Note: •...

  • Page 42: Technical Specifications

    TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FM TUNER SECTION Frequency Range ... 87.5 - 108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity ... IHF 1.8 µV/16.4 dBf Signal to Noise Ratio ... Mono/Stereo 75/70 dB Distortion ... Mono/Stereo 0.2/0.3 % Stereo Separation ... 1 kHz 45 dB Alternate Channel Selectivity ... ± 400 kHz 60 dB Image Rejection ...
  • Page 43 Ehte 4, 90503 Haapsalu, Estonia ul.Cedomir Kantargiev 21a, Skopje, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonija Uudenmaankatu 4-6, Helsinki SF-00120, Finland A division of Marantz Europe B.V., P.O. Box 301, 92 156 Suresnes Cedex, France Hakenbusch 3, 49078 Osnabrück, Germany 188, Hippocratous Street, 11471 Athens, Greece P.O.

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