Marantz NR1604 Owner's Manual page 127

Manual Setup
Perform when setting the speakers manually or when changing settings made in Audyssey ® Setup.
• If you change the speaker settings after performing Audyssey ® Setup, it will not be possible to select
Audyssey MultEQ ® , Audyssey Dynamic EQ ® and Audyssey Dynamic Volume ® (vpage 112, 113).
• "Manual Setup" can be used without changing the settings. Please set if necessary.
Setting items
Amp Assign Assign Mode : Set the assignment mode.
• Surround Back : Setting for 7.1-channel playback using surround back
Select power amplifier
usage method to match speakers.
your speaker system. • ZONE2 : Setting to assign the unit's built-in power amplifier for ZONE2
and output the audio in stereo.
• Bi-AMP : Setting to use the front speakers via the bi-amp connection.
• Front B : Setting to use the second set of front speakers for playback.
You can switch the front speakers A and B to be used for playback in
accordance with the 2-channel playback or multi-channel playback mode.
When you select this Front B setting, also perform the "Front Speaker"
(vpage 126) procedure.
• Front Height : Setting for 7.1-channel playback using front height
speakers.
Speaker Config. Front : Set the front speaker size.
Indicate speaker presence • Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
and select speaker size frequencies.
categories based on bass • Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
reproduction capability. very low bass frequencies. Note that for most multi-channel speakers,
this is the best choice.
NOTE
Do not use the outward
• When "Subwoofer" is set to "No", "Front" is automatically set to
shape of the speaker to
"Large".
determine selection of a
• When "Front" is set to "Small", "Center", "Surround", "Surr. Back"
"Large" or "Small" speaker.
and "Front Height" can not be set to "Large".
Instead, use the frequencies
Center : Set the presence and size of the center speaker.
set in "Crossovers"
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
(vpage 126) as the
frequencies.
standard for determining
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
bass reproduction capability.
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when a center speaker is not connected.
"Large" is not displayed when "Front" is set to "Small".
Subwoofer : Set the presence of a subwoofer.
• Yes : Use a subwoofer.
• No : Select when a subwoofer is not connected.
When "Front" is set to "Small", "Subwoofer" is automatically set to
"Yes".
DVD
Default settings are underlined.
Setting details
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Setting items
Speaker Config. Surround : Set the presence and size of the surround speakers.
(Continued) • Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the surround speakers are not connected.
• When "Surround" is set to "Large", "Surr. Back" and "Front Height"
can be set to "Large".
• When "Surround" is set to "None", "Surr. Back" and "Front Height" are
automatically set to "None".
Surr. Back : Set the presence, size and number of surround back speakers.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the surround back speakers are not connected.
• 2spkrs : Use two surround back speakers.
• 1spkr : Use only one surround back speaker. When you select this
setting, connect the surround back speaker to the left (L) channel.
NOTE
When "Assign Mode" setting
can make the "Surr. Back" setting.
Front Height : Set the presence and size of the front height speakers.
• Large : Use a large speaker that can adequately play back very low bass
frequencies.
• Small : Use a small speaker that has inadequate playback capacity for
very low bass frequencies. Note that this is almost always the best
choice.
• None : Select when the front height speakers are not connected.
NOTE
When "Assign Mode" setting (vpage 124) is "Front Height", you can
make the "Front Height" setting.
Speakers
Setting details
(vpage 124) is "Surround Back", you
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