Marantz NR1501 manual

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    A V Sur r ound Receiv er NR1501 ESP AÑOL FRANÇAIS ENGLISH[...]

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    CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NO T OPEN CA UTION: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REMO VE CO VER (OR B A CK) NO USER-SER VICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE REFER SER VICING TO Q U ALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated[...]

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    Additional Safety Inf ormation! • This product should not be placed in a built-in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer ’s instructions have been adhered to. • Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be pla[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 1 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ENGLISH Thank you for choosing the Marantz product. Please read this User Guide thoroughly to ensure proper operation and installation before using this product. After reading this User Guide, be sure to keep this for you[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 2 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ENGLISH FEA TURES HD AUDIO DECODER FEA TURED This unit comes with the latest digital surround sound decoding technologies listed below . For further details, refer to “SURROUND MODE” (page 40). • Dolby T rue HD • D[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 3 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ENGLISH BEFORE USE USAGE OF REMOTE CONTROLLER LOADING BA TTERIES Before using the remote controller for the fi rst time, load the batteries in the remote controller . The batteries provided are used to verify the operati[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 4 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT P ANEL q w !2 er ty u i o! 0 !1 !4 !3 !6 !7 !5 q POWER switch and ST ANDBY indicator When this switch is pressed once, the unit turns ON and the display illuminates. Wh[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 5 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ¡1 SIGNAL FORMA T indicators DTS This indicator is illuminated when a DTS signal is input. DTS HD This indicator is illuminated when a DTS-HD signal is input. DTS ES This i[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 6 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS REMOTE CONTROLLER The provided remote controller is a universal remote controller . The POWER button, numeric buttons and control buttons are used in common across different [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 7 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ENGLISH ¤4 TOP button Pressing this button during setup returns you to the top screen of the setup main menu. ¤5 DISPLA Y button This button is used to selects the display mode for the front display [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 8 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC CONNECTIONS ENGLISH BASIC 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, [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 9 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC CONNECTIONS ENGLISH CONNECTING SPEAKER WIRE 1. Strip away approx. 10 mm (3/8 inch) of wire insulation. 2. T wist the bared wire ends tight, to prevent short circuits. 1. 2. 10 mm (3/8 inch) FRONT R/L CENTER SURROUND[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 10 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC CONNECTIONS ENGLISH IN IN OUT OUT PRE OUT PRE OUT GAME GAME DVD DVD DSS DSS DIGITAL DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO IN IN R R L L 3 3 2 2 1 1 GND GND AM AM VIDEO VIDEO FM FM ( ( 75 75 Ω Ω ) ) SPEAKER SYSTEMS : 6-8 OH M SPEAKE[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 11 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC CONNECTIONS ENGLISH CONNECTING HDMI COMPONENTS BASIC CONNECTIONS HDMI JACKS This unit has 4 HDMI inputs and 1 HDMI output. It can send digital video and audio signals from Blu-ray’ s and other sources directly to[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 12 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ENGLISH BASIC CONNECTIONS CONNECTING THE ANTENNAS CONNECTING THE SUPPLIED ANTENNAS The supplied antennas are for indoor use only . GND GND AM AM ASSEMBLING THE AM LOOP ANTENNA Insertting[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 13 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC OPERA TION ENGLISH SELECTING AN INPUT SOURCE Before you can listen to any input media, you must fi rst select the input source on the unit. Example : DVD T o select DVD, turn the INPUT SELECTOR knob on the front p[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 14 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC OPERA TION ENGLISH TUNER OPERA TION T o operate the unit from the remote controller , press the TUNE button on the remote controller so that the tuner mode is engaged. LISTENING TO THE TUNER Frequency scan step for [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 15 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS BASIC OPERA TION ENGLISH REMOTE CONTROLLER OPERA TION T o control the unit by your remote controller , you have to select the device AMP or TUNER by pressing the SOURCE button. Please refer below for the details in AMP a[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 16 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS ENGLISH ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS CONNECTING THE REMOTE CONTROL JACKS IN IN OUT OUT PRE OUT PRE OUT GAME GAME DVD DVD DSS DSS L L R R DIGITAL DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO IN IN SURROUND BACK SURROUND BACK R R L L[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 17 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP After all components are connected, initial setup must be performed. ONSCREEN DISPLA Y MENU SYSTEM This unit incorporates an onscreen menu system, which makes various operations possible by using the [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 18 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP Note • After you complete this portion of the setup, move cursor to “ RETURN TO MAIN MENU ” with the 3 , 4 , 1 and 2 cursor buttons and pr ess the ENTER button. MAIN MENU >SYSTEM SETUP INPUT S[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 19 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP 1. SYSTEM SETUP The unit’ s main functions are set following the steps below . SYSTEM SETUP SUB W MODE:NORMAL HDMI AUDIO OUT: OFF TONE CONTROL : OFF HT-EQ : OFF VIDEO CONVERT : AUTO RETURN TO MAIN M[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 20 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP 2. INPUT SETUP The input source connected to the unit is set by following the steps below . INPUT SETUP >Blu-ray CONFIG GAME CONFIG DVD CONFIG DSS CONFIG VCR CONFIG CD CONFIG AUX1 CONFIG AUX2 CONFIG[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 21 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH 2-5 LIP SYNC With some video components connected to the unit, there may be a time lag between the video signal processing and the audio signals. While it may be a mere time lag, it can seriously affect the[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 22 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP 3-1 AUTO SETUP The unit's AUTO SETUP function automatically measures the acoustic characteristics of the speaker systems and listening room where the unit is installed using the microphone provide[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 23 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SPEAKER DIST ANCE SPEAKER DISTANCE >UNIT : METERS FRONT LEFT : 10.0ft CENTER : 10.0ft FRONT RIGHT: 10.0ft SURR RIGHT : 10.0ft SURR.B R : 10.0ft SURR.B L : 10.0ft SURR LEFT : 10.0ft SUBWOOFER : 10.0ft RET[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 24 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH SETUP 4. CH LEVEL SETUP Each channel level can be adjusted to suit the program source played as well as your own preferences. A maximum of two channel levels that have been adjusted can be stored in the unit[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 25 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS SETUP ENGLISH 5. SOUND P ARAMETER The NIGHT mode, the Dolby PL II MUSIC and NEO:6 P ARAMETER are set by following the steps below . SOUND PARAMETER >NIGHT MODE DOLBY PL I I MUSIC NEO:6 PARAMETER RETURN TO MAIN MENU 5-[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 26 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH ADV ANCED OPERA TION AMP OPERA TION USING THE SLEEP TIMER T o program this unit for automatic standby , press the SLEEP button on the remote controller . Each press of the button will increase[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 27 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH SELECTING ANALOG AUDIO INPUT OR DIGIT AL AUDIO INPUT If you have already assigned the digital inputs, you can temporarily select the audio input mode for each input source as following proced[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 28 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH ADJUSTING DIFFERENCES IN VOLUME LEVELS BETWEEN SPEAKERS (WITHOUT TEST TONES) Differences in the volume levels between speakers can be adjusted without using test tones. 2. 3. 3. 1. 4. 1. Press[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 29 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH VIDEO CONVERT FUNCTION The unit is equipped with a video convert function which outputs analog video input (video input or component video input) signals to HDMI. This means that these signal[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 30 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH ADV ANCED OPERA TION TUNER OPERA TIONS (PRESET MEMORY) With this unit, up to 30 FM and AM broadcast stations can be preset in the sequence desired. For each of these stations, the frequency an[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 31 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH REMOTE CONTROLLER OPERA TION NORMAL MODE WHEN OPERA TING MARANTZ AV EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS This remote controller is preset with a total of 10 types of remote codes, including Marantz BD (Blu- ra[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 32 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH ADV ANCED OPERA TION CONTROLLING MARANTZ COMPONENTS 1. Press the desired SOURCE button. 2. Press the desired operation buttons to play the selected component. • For details, refer to the com[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 33 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS ADV ANCED OPERA TION ENGLISH ADV ANCED OPERA TION CD MODE SOURCE T urns on the CD player’ s power; sets the power to standby ST ANDBY Sets the CD player’ s power to standby ON T urns on the CD player’ s power SLEEP[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 34 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS TROUBLESHOOTING ENGLISH TROUBLESHOOTING If you have any problem using this product, please be sure to check the items in the following table. If you trouble cannot be solved, please unplug the power cable immediately and [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 35 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS TROUBLESHOOTING ENGLISH Symptom Cause Solution Page There is no sound from the surround speakers. The surround mode is set to STEREO. When the surround mode is set to STEREO, no sound will come from the surround speakers[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 36 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS TROUBLESHOOTING ENGLISH TROUBLESHOOTING Symptom Cause Solution Page No image on the monitor TV . • The monitor TV connection, input switching, etc., are not set up correctly . • The unit has an HDMI connection to the [...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 37 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS TROUBLESHOOTING ENGLISH Symptom Cause Solution Page Cannot receive AM or FM signals. The antennas have not been connected properly . Make sure the AM and FM antennas are properly connected to the AM and FM antenna termin[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 38 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS OTHERS ENGLISH OTHERS SURROUND MODE This unit 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 s[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 39 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS OTHERS ENGLISH 2 MODE (Dolby Digital, Pro Logic II x MOVIE, Pro Logic II x MUSIC, Pro Logic II x GAME) This mode is used with source materials encoded in Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround. DOLBY DIGIT AL This mode is enab[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 40 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS OTHERS ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’ s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535; 7,003,467 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS,[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 41 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADV ANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS OTHERS ENGLISH Audio and DTS-HD High Res Audio are trademarks of DTS, Inc. © 1996-2007 DTS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dolby Digital identifi es the use of Dolby Digital audio coding for such consumer formats as DVD and[...]

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    NAMES AND FUNCTIONS 42 BASIC CONNECTIONS BASIC OPERA TION ADVANCED CONNECTIONS SETUP ADV ANCED OPERA TION TROUBLESHOOTING OTHERS OTHERS ENGLISH OTHERS FM TUNER SECTION Frequency Range ........... 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity .................IHF 1.8 μV/16.4 dBf Signal to Noise Ratio (Mono/Stereo) .......................................[...]

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    i SETUP CODES TV Acer .................................................................................. 1141 Admiral......................................................... 1002, 1009, 1089 Aiko................................................................................... 1059 Aiwa ............................................................[...]

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    ii OPTIMUS ................................. 3011, 3014, 3020, 3028, 3053 3054, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059 P ANASONIC ................................................ 3008, 3060, 3061 PHILIPS .................................................................. 3009, 3040 PIONEER .................................. 3020, 3021, 3062, 3063, 3064 QUASAR......[...]

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    DIMENSIONS Unit : mm (in) W eight: 8.6 kg (19.0 lb) Specifi cations subject to change without prior notice. &+ &&$&+ ('-#*&'"&*$&+ ''#*&*$&+ (+,&)"&$' .%#*("*$- &)#* *$- &%*)"($&+ ))%&a[...]

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    www .marantz.com Y ou can find your nearest authorized distributor or dealer on our website . is a registered trademark. Printed in China 06/2009 541 1 10291020M mzh-d[...]