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McIntosh MHT300 Owner's Manual

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McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 www.mcintoshlabs.com
MHT300
A/V Receiver
Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 www.mcintoshlabs.com MHT300 A/V Receiver Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Introduction

    The Serial Number: __________________________ McIntosh sound is “the sound of the music itself.” Purchase Date: ___________________________ Dealer Name: ___________________________ Copyright 2023 © by McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setup......24 ® The MHT300 RF circuitry receives strong local Connection Diagram ..... 25 FM station signals without distortion and receives Setting Up Surround Sound ..

  • Page 4: Dimensions

    Dimensions The MHT300 needs to be placed upright on its four feet. It also can be custom installed, see the following page for details. It is necessary to provide adequate ventilation for cool operation, ensuring long life for the MHT300.

  • Page 5: Custom Installation

    Follow these instructions for each side: are trademarks or registered trademarks of 1. Remove the two screws from the front side of the MHT300’s side panel. Save these for HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. future use if the mounting brackets are removed.

  • Page 6: Front Panel

    • Power OFF: Push and hold for 2 seconds to 2. Dirac Live LED shows whether Dirac Live EQ remote control. power down the MHT300. POWER OFF will is engaged, LED will be lit, or disengaged, LED appear on the display.

  • Page 7: Rear Panel Inputs

    • SBR (Surround Back Right) Note: HR1 and HL1 should be forward of HR2 and HL2. The 10. One AC power connector MHT300 support of Height speakers is limited to Top Front, • SBL (Surround Back Left) 11. Seven unbalanced amplifier inputs Top Middle and Top Rear locations.

  • Page 8: Connector And Cable Information

    The network connector is located port is used for firmware upgrades and to save and on the rear panel of the MHT300 to the left of the restore MHT300 setup information. The USB port is CAUTION label. It is labeled NET.

  • Page 9: Connecting A Loudspeaker

    AC connector located in the rear or less or less or less 4. Place the supplied McIntosh wrench over the top right corner of the MHT300 and into a grounded and 4 ohms 14AWG 12AWG 10AWG of the output terminal and rotate it one quarter functioning AC outlet.

  • Page 10: Navigating The Remote Control

    Note: The HR085 Remote Control has buttons used to control 9. Fast Reverse/Seek Down: Navigate multiple devices. Buttons whose function are not described are for use with other McIntosh products. backwards through the current active media For more information, refer to the HR085 Owner's Manual using this button.

  • Page 11: How To Use The Remote Control

    Preset Tuning • HDMI1 Press the PRESET 8 down or 11 up button and • HDMI2 the MHT300 will stop on the next Station in preset • HDMI3 memory. • HDMI4 Note: For information on entering a station into memory, refer to •...

  • Page 12: Trim Menu

    Trim Menu Trim Menu Using Knobs The trim menu allows you to make and store • MUSIC adjustments to various settings for all inputs. The • GAME To enter the trim menu, press and release the trim menu can be entered using the INPUT knob or INPUT knob.
  • Page 13 Voicing EQ Relaxed - Attenuates frequencies near 3kHz and boosts frequencies near 150Hz Music II – Slightly attenuates high frequencies, especially near 3 kHz. Apply additional voicing preferences to current input. The general voicing curves are added to the Dirac Live Room EQ (if implemented) or existing settings (if Dirac Live not implemented).

  • Page 14: Setup Menu

    1. Use the front panel and the Vacuum Fluorescent B. Use the up and down arrows on the silver ring to the MHT300 in the address bar of your browser (see Display (VFD) and the INPUT and VOLUME navigate through the options.

  • Page 15: Inputs Setup Menu

    “default” to keep default. If using the browser you can type in your HDMI 4 the original MHT300 input name or if you wish to desired level in the box on the right. HDMI TV use a custom name.

  • Page 16: General Setup Menu

    MHT300 in an Two files are created when using the front panel to unusable state. save to a USB drive in the rear of the MHT300: • DIRAC INFO • MHT300.CFG which contains the custom...
  • Page 17 30 minutes of no input. If you pause a movie (see “Power Control Connectors” on page 8). for more than 30 minutes and you do not want to find the MHT300 powered off, you would want to Disable Each Trigger can be set to: Auto Off.

  • Page 18: Audio Setup Menu

    -10dB to + These three sound categories can be assigned to an You can change the volume level of the MHT300 10dB. input using the trim menu, for more information refer using the slider.
  • Page 19 Audio Setup Menu (continued) Audio Setup Menu from Browser Auto will always send audio to all configured Dynamic Range Compress speakers no matter the input audio stream type. It Dynamic Range Compress has 3 options: OFF, ON, will use Dolby Surround to send audio to all config- and Auto that apply to the HDMI inputs.

  • Page 20: Video Setup Menu

    VIDEO, the MHT300 will enter sleep mode when from one device to communicate with another device ON, OFF the TV is turned off and the MHT300’s input is set via an HDMI cable connection. If you change HDMI ON, OFF to an HDMI input.

  • Page 21: Network Setup Menu

    You may do this if you want to Connected or Not Connected to the internet. have a static IP address for the MHT300. The default • Host IP address will display the MHT300’s IP is for DHCP is On. With DHCP on, all the network address.

  • Page 22: Speakers Setup Menu

    In amp assign, you select how to use the preampli- automatically when the Dirac Live setup program midrange frequencies. If it is not Large, then it is fier section of the MHT300. In the amp assign is run, after which they can be edited. Having an Small.
  • Page 23 Speakers Setup Menu (continued) Speaker Placement SETUP: SPEAKERS > SPEAKER LEVEL SETUP: SPEAKERS > CROSSOVER Setting Options Setting Options Speaker Position Test Tone On, Off Dependence Independent, All Front The Front Left and Right speakers should be an equal distance from the main listening Front Left -10 to +10dB in 1dB increments Cross All...

  • Page 24: Dirac Live ® Setup

    “Start.” This refreshes NET connection to DIRAC the Dirac Live User Manual on Filter Design: within the MHT300. Please wait at least 30 seconds to Select Arrangement https://confluence.dirac.services/x/FImCCQ connect to the MHT300 within the Dirac Live app.

  • Page 25: Connection Diagram

    Connection Diagram SUBWOOFER (up to 2) BLU-RAY PLAYER ROUTER LOUDSPEAKERS (up to 7)

  • Page 26: Setting Up Surround Sound

    7-RB 7-RB 1-LB 7-RB MHT300 is very flexible in its setup to adapt to many of these configurations. 7.2.4 with Front & Rear Tops Often surround setups are referred to by numbers The ideal setup for the MHT300 is shown above. It Another common setup for the MHT300 is shown for example 7.2.4.
  • Page 27 H1-R The MHT300 has seven speaker outputs to connect Your surround sound setup might include one or The MHT300 has four height outputs that can be to speakers around the room. two subwoofers. Use the SW1 and SW2 outputs on...

  • Page 28: Tuner Setup Menu

    MHT300 accommodates preset you would like to edit. It will display as Tuning Frequency, Preset these differences. Your McIntosh MHT300 has been many as you have stored, which could be up to 30. Region North America, Japan, Europe 50kHz, factory configured for the broadcast standards in your •...

  • Page 29: Navigating The Tuner Input

    Storing Preset Station To store an FM station in memory, Tune the AUTO = Surround mode MHT300 to the desired station. Using the remote -39.0 Volume control, press the PRESET button, the MHT300 will then store the station onto the next preset available (1-30).

  • Page 30: Amplifier Audio Specifications

    Amplifier Audio Specifications Preamplifier Audio Specifications Video Specifications Power Output Frequency Response HDMI (Inputs and Outputs) Minimum sine wave continuous average power out- ±0.5dB from 20Hz-20,000Hz Version 2.1, 8K, High Dynamic Range (HDR), put per channel, all channels operating is: Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG, 4:4:4 Color, Total Harmonic Distortion 120 watts into a 8 ohm load...

  • Page 31: Packing Instructions

    Customer Service It is very important that the four plastic feet 033836 Inside Carton only Department of McIntosh Laboratory. Refer to page 2. are attached to the bottom of the equipment. 033725 Top Pad Please see the Part List for the correct part numbers.
  • Page 32 McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, NY 13903 www.mcintoshlabs.com The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserve the right to improve design without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. McIntosh Part No. 24120200...

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