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The Outlaws' Guide to
the Marantz SR5004
®
Marantz
SR5004
7.1 Channel Receiver
Version 1.02

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  • Page 1 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 ® Marantz SR5004 7.1 Channel Receiver Version 1.02 Marantz is a registered trademark of D&M Holdings Outlaw and cowboy logo are registered trademarks of Outlaw Audio, LLC...
  • Page 2 For many, a surround receiver like the SR5004 can be a daunting challenge for which a 96-page manual offers little reassurance. Our goal with this guide is to provide you with a convenient reference to help navigate the challenging path ahead.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Table of Contents A Brief Note on this Guide SR5004 Features Connecting Your SR5004 Video Output Video Inputs Audio Inputs Audio Outputs Other Connections Connection Summary Sheet Quick Setup Guide Input Setup Speaker Setup...

  • Page 4: Sr5004 Features

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 SR5004 Features The SR5004 surround receiver incorporates support for the newest audio formats, room correction and equalization, and video processing along with pre-amplifier outputs that allow it to be paired with a separate power amplifier. The result is a very powerful, flexible, and full-featured component with the technology to bring out the best in any source, display, or speaker system.
  • Page 5 ® ™ AM/FM, XM -Ready, and SIRIUS Connect In addition to AM and FM radio reception and 60 radio presets, the SR5004 ™ includes provisions for both XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio. XM and SIRIUS subscriptions and antenna modules are required (sold separately).

  • Page 6: Connecting Your Sr5004

    The third possible input type available on an HDTV is component video. Most displays will offer this input type, but you should only use it with the SR5004 if HDMI and DVI are not available. This is the last of the video display tiers that will support HD resolutions: Video Display Tier HD-Component.
  • Page 7 Video Output Connections HDMI Video Display Tier The HDMI Video Display Tier is the case for which the SR5004 was optimized. It is also in many ways the simplest to connect, both for the output and for the video and audio inputs that we will be looking at shortly.

  • Page 8: Video Inputs

    The Composite Video Display Tier applies to displays whose best input is composite video. In this case, connect the SR5004’s composite video monitor output to the TV’s composite input. We will address the video input limitations associated with this case in the next section.
  • Page 9 Use the best possible video output offered by every source you have. For those HDMI sources, connect a cable from its HDMI output to one of the SR5004’s four HDMI inputs. DVI sources (with or without HDCP) should be treated in the same manner, with either a DVI-to-HDMI cable or a DVI-to-HDMI adapter and an HDMI cable connecting the source to one of the SR5004’s HDMI inputs.

  • Page 10: Audio Inputs

    480i video signal. Composite Video Display Tier This final display tier is not likely to be common among SR5004 owners. For those rare cases, however, all sources (regardless of their capabilities) must be connected with a composite video cable to one of the four rear AV inputs or the front AV input.

  • Page 11: Audio Outputs

    The 7.1 channel analog audio connection is only required for DVD-Audio, SACD, and the newer audio formats offered by Blu-ray. With the SR5004’s support for HDMI and for decoding of all of these formats, there should be no need to use 7.1 channel analog output with Blu-ray players.
  • Page 12 Some users will use the SR5004’s internal amplifiers to drive their speakers. In that case, you will need to connect speaker wires to the SR5004’s binding posts. There are several options available here. The front left/right speakers are connected to “FRONT A”, the surround speakers are connected to “SURROUND”, and the center speaker is...

  • Page 13: Other Connections

    Other Rear Panel Connections The SR5004 offers a 12VDC trigger labeled “DC OUT”. This trigger uses a mono 1/8” mini-plug and can be connected to equipment such as power amplifiers to turn them on...

  • Page 14: Connection Summary Sheet

    IR input to allow the SR5004 to receiver IR signals from other rooms. This can also be used for the main zone when the SR5004 is located out of the line-of-sight (inside a piece of furniture or in a remote equipment rack).
  • Page 15 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 CONNECTION SUMMARY SHEET BD Input DVD Input VCR Input Source: _____________ Source: _____________ Source: _____________ HDMI: IN1 IN2 IN3 HDMI: IN1 IN2 IN3 HDMI: IN1 IN2 IN3 Component: IN1 IN2 IN3 Component: IN1 IN2 IN3...

  • Page 16: Quick Setup Guide

    Menu Navigation Controls – Remote Menu Navigation Controls – Front Panel Start by turning your TV on and setting it to the input that is connected to the SR5004’s monitor output. This will let you navigate the menus on your video display. You may...

  • Page 17: Input Setup

    Inputs available to it. From this point forward, an Input refers to one of the eight inputs listed on the Connection Summary Sheet: BD, DVD, VCR, DSS, TV, CD/CD-R, AUX, and 7.1CH. If we refer to any of the cables plugged into the SR5004, we will identify them as connections.
  • Page 18 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Our first stop upon entering the Input Setup menu is the Function Input Setup sub- menu. In this menu, you can select video and audio inputs for nine different inputs. You will want to refer to the Connection Summary Sheet on page 15 when adjusting this menu.

  • Page 19: Speaker Setup

    Before leaving the Input Setup menu, you may want to edit the names used for the SR5004’s inputs. This can be done in the Function Rename menu, but it is not essential for operating the receiver. We will talk in detail about this on page 34. For now, we will move on to the next step in the Quick Setup process: the speakers.
  • Page 20 Pages 27 through 30 of the SR5004 User Manual provide a detailed description of the process of running the Audyssey MultEQ setup. Here, we will offer a quick overview of the process.
  • Page 21 The first is “Start”, which will start the measurement process for a second microphone position. You may want to take a moment to check that Audyssey properly identified all of the speakers that are connected to the SR5004, in which case you may select “Check” to see the speaker results.

  • Page 22: Surround Setup

    Roadmap to the Setup Menus, on page 35. Surround Setup The Surround Setup menu includes a number of controls related to the SR5004’s surround sound processing features, but none are going to require immediate attention to configure or use the processor. For information on the settings that are available in this menu and what they mean, see the Roadmap to the Setup Menus later in this guide (starting on page 38).

  • Page 23: Video Setup

    Video Setup Menu The first item in the Video Setup menu is the Video Convert sub-menu. This sub-menu determines how each input’s video signal is converted and output from the SR5004’s HDMI, component, and composite video outputs. Video Convert Sub-Menu Each input can be adjusted independently, and each has three options: “Analog&HDMI”, “Analog Only”, and “Off”.
  • Page 24 1080i or 1080p for 1920x1080 displays). If you are unsure of the best resolution for your TV, you can use the “Auto” setting and allow the SR5004 to request a preferred resolution from your TV. If you are using sources that already have excellent video processing, or if you have an HDTV or an external video processor connected to the SR5004’s HDMI output, you can use the “Through”...

  • Page 25: Preference

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 component video signal will be deinterlaced (converted from 480i/576i to 480p/576p). This setting should be left set to “Disable” for the SD-Component Video Display Tier, but it may need to be set to “Enable” for the HD-Component Video Display Tier because some HDTV’s will not accept a 480i/576i signal via component video.

  • Page 26: Acoustic Eq

    “On”. The DC Trigger sub-menu includes all but one of the SR5004’s inputs. The input that is omitted is Aux (the front panel input). Users who plan to pair the SR5004 with a separate power amplifier and trigger that amplifier on are advised to check if they will be using this input.

  • Page 27: Audio Formats And Listening Modes

    Analog Stereo and PCM Stereo These two sources are treated the same way by the SR5004. The first is analog stereo connections, similar to what you might find from a VCR or some game consoles (Nintendo Wii, for example). The second is digital connections with stereo PCM signals, including sources such as CD’s and some digital cable channels.
  • Page 28 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Labs developed a successor to Dolby Digital for use with HD-DVD and Blu-ray. This audio format is called Dolby Digital Plus (DD+). Dolby Digital Plus offers 7.1 discrete channels (rather than 5.1). It also employs a lossy compression algorithm, but operates at a higher sampling rate.

  • Page 29: The Listening Mode Toolbox

    The remote control’s “SURR” button will scroll through the available options for surround processing. A series of tables on pages 83 and 84 of the SR5004 User Manual identifies the listening modes that can be used with each source audio format.
  • Page 30 (See page 40 for those settings). When the SR5004 is operating with five or fewer speakers, Pro Logic II will be available. When one or more surround back speaker is available, Pro Logic II will be replaced by Pro Logic IIx in the listening mode options.
  • Page 31 Pro Logic IIz processing will only be available if speakers are connected to the “Front B/Height” speaker connections on the SR5004 and the height speakers are enabled in the Speaker Setup menu. DTS Neo:6 Neo:6 could be considered DTS’s version of Dolby Pro Logic II.
  • Page 32 Dolby Headphone When headphones are connected to the SR5004, Dolby Headphone processing can be employed to give a more immersive experience, particularly when listening to multichannel sources such as DVD and Blu-ray movies.

  • Page 33: Roadmap To The Setup Menus

    Rename sub-menu that we will discuss below. We recommend using that section and the pages from the SR5004 User Manual referenced below to locate any information you might need about the settings they contain. In addition to the Quick Setup Guide, the page numbers listed on the next page will bring you to the relevant portions of the SR5004 User Manual.
  • Page 34 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Function Input Setup: Page 25 7.1ch Input Setup: Page 26 Function Rename: Page 26 The Function Rename sub-menu allows editing of the default input names. As an example, the “DSS” entry might make more sense if it were labeled “CABLE”. The Function Rename menu allows that.

  • Page 35: Speaker Setup

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Speaker Setup Portions of this menu are covered in the Quick Setup Guide. Also, some useful page references in the SR5004 User Manual are listed below. Speaker Setup Menu Auto Setup: Pages 27-30...
  • Page 36 “Large”. The subwoofer can be set to “Yes” or “No”, but “No” is only an option if the Front speakers are set to “Large”. Because the SR5004 supports either a single surround back speaker or a pair of surround back speakers, the “Surround Back” setting can be “None” (no surround back speakers), “1ch”...
  • Page 37 In many cases, it is not even possible to have pairs of speakers (front left/right or surround left/right, for example) the same distance from the listening position. To compensate for these differences in distances, the SR5004 can delay each speaker signal separately so that all channels’ sound reaches the listening position at the same time.

  • Page 38: Surround Setup

    These adjustments can also be made manually in the Speakers Level sub-menu. A process for doing this using the SR5004’s internal test tones is described on page 33 of the Marantz SR5004 User Manual. If the Audyssey MultEQ automatic calibration is not used, we recommend performing this manual calibration using an SPL (sound power level) meter.
  • Page 39 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Channel Level: Page 33 PLIIx Music Parameter: Page 34 CS II Parameter: Page 34 Neo:6 Parameter: Page 34 HT-EQ: Page 33 LFE Level: Page 33 M-DAX: Page 33 The first sub-menu in Surround Setup is Channel Level, which allows for speaker level adjustments for different surround modes.
  • Page 40 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Pro Logic IIx-Music offers three settings. These settings can only be adjusted if “Parameter” is changed from “Default” to “Custom”. When “Custom” is selected for Parameter, the three settings can be changed and those settings will be used when Pro Logic IIx-Music is applied.

  • Page 41: Video Setup

    DC trigger, and HDMI audio options. The DC Trigger Setup sub- menu was discussed in the Quick Setup Guide (page 25). Page references for the SR5004 User Manual are provided below. In addition, we will discuss several items in detail.
  • Page 42 HDMI Audio: Page 36 HDMI Lip Sync: Page 36 As discussed in the Connecting your SR5004 section, the SR5004 offers two extra zones for separately-controlled audio playback. These two zones (Zone A and Zone B) are controlled in the Preference menu, and each has a sub-menu for that control.
  • Page 43 “Main” and a “Sub,” that carry the two different languages (often English and Spanish in the US). The SR5004 can be set to recognize these and select either the Main or Sub channel. The “Audio” setting in the Preference menu provides this control, and the...

  • Page 44: Acoustic Eq

    HDMI. The “Through” setting will pass the incoming HDMI audio signal through to the TV, but will not allow the SR5004 to use the audio. If “Through” is selected, all inputs using an HDMI video connection will require a separate audio connection.
  • Page 45 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 “EQ. Mode” can be set one of five ways. These five options are listed and described below. The Audyssey Dynamic EQ and Audyssey Dynamic Volume settings will not be accessible unless “EQ. Mode” is set to one of the three Audyssey options.
  • Page 46 Acoustic EQ menu or directly from the remote using the “D.EQ/VOL” button. Each time the “D.EQ/VOL” button is pressed, the SR5004 will cycle through one of five options: Audyssey Dynamic EQ off and Audyssey Dynamic EQ on with each of the four Audyssey Dynamic Volume settings (Off, Light, Medium, and Heavy).

  • Page 47: Tips And Tricks

    Note that if you are using the SR5004 with a separate power amplifier and the amplifier is being triggered by the SR5004, you will need to use an AC adapter instead of a trigger cable. See page 26 for more information.
  • Page 48 Summary Sheet and the Listening Modes Menu Reference Sheet. Obviously, that only helps with some of the settings required to get the SR5004 configured in the event of a system reset. The Quick Setup Guide and Roadmap to the Setup Menus combine to mention every menu available on the SR5004, however, and a few notes in those two sections –...
  • Page 49 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Resetting the SR5004 To reset the SR5004, turn the unit on and go to the front panel. Hold down the SURR. MODE and CLEAR buttons for three seconds. This will erase all user settings and radio station presets, returning the unit to its default state.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Troubleshooting Pages 78 through 82 of the SR5004 User Guide offer a detailed list of troubleshooting suggestions. We have compiled a shorter list here to cover the most common problems that are likely to be encountered. If the list below does not resolve the issue, the more extensive list in the SR5004 User Guide may help.
  • Page 51 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 On-Screen Menus Not Available Verify that the display is turned on and set to the correct input. Verify that the menus have not been locked. See page 24 of the SR5004 User Manual. No Audio/Video at Record Output Verify that the active input is connected using stereo analog audio cables.

  • Page 52: Notes

    The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Notes Marantz SR5004...
  • Page 53 The Outlaws’ Guide to the Marantz SR5004 Notes Trademark Acknowledgements for The Outlaw Guide to the SR5004 Outlaw and the Outlaw Audio logo are registered trademarks of Outlaw Audio, LLC. Marantz is a registered trademark of D&M Holdings. Dolby, Pro Logic, Surround EX, TrueHD and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

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