Playback In Zone2 (Separate Room); Audio Output; Playback - Marantz NR1604 Owner's Manual

Playback in ZONE2 (Separate room)

• You can operate this unit so as to enjoy audio in a room (ZONE2)
other than the MAIN ZONE (room where the unit is located).
• You can simultaneously play back the same source in both the MAIN
ZONE and ZONE2. You can also play back separate sources in the
MAIN ZONE and ZONE2.

Audio output

Zone playback by speaker output
• Set the "Assign Mode" (vpage 124) setting to "ZONE2", and
outputs ZONE2 audio from SURROUND BACK speaker terminals
(The default setting is "ZONE2").
• If you set the"Assign Mode" (vpage 124) setting to "ZONE2",
the main zone home theater system can play back up to 5.1 channels.
Even if you play back audio recorded in 6.1 or 7.1 channels, this unit
automatically downmixes the audio to 5.1 channels.
n Connecting and setting the speakers
"Assign Mode" setting
(vpage 124) and audio Connecting the speakers
signals output
Output signal :
ZONE2
Stereo (L / R)
When you connect a Blu-ray Disc player to the analog audio input
terminal BD, you can listen to audio from the Blu-ray Disc player in
ZONE2.
NOTE
It is not possible to play the digital audio signals input from the HDMI,
COAXIAL or OPTICAL connectors in ZONE2. Play using analog
connections (in stereo).
DVD

Playback

1
ZONE2
Press to switch the zone
mode to the ZONE2.
ZONE2 lights.
2
POWER X
Press
ZONE2 power.
The indicator on the display
lights.
• Also press input source select button when
in standby mode, the power turns on.
POWER X
• When is pressed, ZONE2 turns
off.
• Power in ZONE2 can be turned on or off by
ZONE2 ON/OFF
pressing
3
Press the input source select button to select the input
source to be played.
The audio signal of the selected source is output to ZONE2.
• To perform an operation with the main unit, press
many times.
ZONE2
ZONE2 SOURCE
Each time you press
(L) (R)
When power for both MAIN ZONE and ZONE2 is set to ON, power
w q w q
of the MAIN ZONE only can be turned off. In Step 1, press
POWER X
in this order.
to turn on the
Input source
select buttons
on the main unit.
ZONE2 SOURCE
, the input source changes.
MAIN
and
101
Adjusting the volume
Use VOLUME df to adjust the volume.
GAdjustable rangeH
0 – 40 – 98
(When the "Scale" (vpage 112) setting is "0 – 98")
GAdjustable rangeH – – – –79dB – –40dB – 18dB
(When the "Scale" (vpage 112) setting is "–79.5dB – 18.0dB")
• At time of purchase, "Volume Limit" (vpage
(–10dB)".
Turn VOLUME after pressing ZONE2 ON/OFF on the main unit to adjust
the sound volume.
Turning off the sound temporarily
MUTE :
Press .
The sound is reduced to the level set at "Mute Level" (vpage 132)
in the menu.
• To cancel, either adjust the volume or press
• The setting can also be cancelled by adjusting the volume or turning
off the ZONE2 power.
You can adjust the tone and volume for ZONE2 in "ZONE2 Setup"
(vpage 132) in the menu.
132) is set to "70
MUTE :
again.