Marantz AV8003 Guida Utente

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SUB W: 

Set the distance from the subwoofer to your 
normal listening position.

SURR. B L: 

Set the distance from the surround back left 
speaker to your normal listening position.

SURR. B R: 

Set the distance from the surround back right 
speaker to your normal listening position.

•  Set the distance to each speaker in meters (m) or feet 

(ft) as follows.

  m: 0.03 - 9.15 m in 0.03 m steps

  ft: 0.1 - 30.0 ft in 0.1 ft steps

  (The values appearing on the FL display are 

approximate.)

•  For the speakers that you have selected “NONE” the 

speaker size menu will not appear.

• The setting for surr.back L and surr.back R appears 

if it is set, two surround back speakers in the 
SPEAKER SIZE menu.

• The setting of SURR. BACK appears if it is set for 

one surround back speaker in the SPEAKER SIZE 
menu.

 After you complete this portion of the setup,  

move the cursor to “NEXT” with the 

3, 4, 1 and 

2 cursor buttons and press the ENTER button 
to go to the next page.

        S P E A K E R   L E V E L
T E S T   M O D E     :    

M A N U A L

F R O N T   L         :       0 . 0 d B
C E N T E R           :       0 . 0 d B
F R O N T   R         :       0 . 0 d B
S U R R . R           :       0 . 0 d B
S U R R . B   R       :       0 . 0 d B
S U R R . B   L       :       0 . 0 d B
S U R R . L           :       0 . 0 d B
S U B   W             :       0 . 0 d B

R E T U R N     B A C K          

 

E X I T

Here you can set the volume for each speaker so that 
they are all heard by the listener at the same level. 
We recommend holding a dB SPL (Sound Pressure 
Level) meter at the listening position, at arms length, 
and pointing straight up at the ceiling, adjust the level 
of each speaker in turn unit it reads 75dB SPL when 
the meter is set to “C” weighting and Slow responce.

• The speaker level settings are not available in 7.1 

Channel Input mode, Pure Direct mode and Source 
Direct mode. 

TEST MODE:  

Select “MANUAL” or “AUTO” generation of the test 
tone with the 

1 or 2 cursor buttons. 

If you select “AUTO”, the test tone will be cycled 
through in a circular pattern beginning at Left  → 
Center  → Right → Surround Right → Surround 
Back Right → Surround Back Left → Surround 
Left → Subwoofer → Left, in 2 seconds increments 
for each channel.
Using the 

1 or 2 cursor buttons, adjust the volume 

level of the noise from the speaker so that it is the 
same level for all the speakers. 

If you select “MANUAL”, adjust the output level of 
each speaker as listed below.

 

 Move the cursor to FRONT L by pressing the 

4 cursor button. This unit will emit a pink noise 
from the front left speaker. 

 

  Remember the level of this noise and then 

press the 

4 cursor button. 

 

  (Note that this can be adjusted to any level 

between -12 and +12 dB in 0.5 dB increments.) 

 

  This unit will now emit the pink noise from the 

center speaker.

 Using the 

1 and 2 cursor buttons, adjust the 

volume level of the noise from the center 
speaker so that it is the same level as the front 
left speaker. 

 Press the 

4 cursor button again. This unit will 

now emit the pink noise from the front right 
speaker.

  Repeat steps 13 and 14 for the front right and 

other speakers until all speakers are adjusted 
to the same volume level.

After you complete this portion of the setup, press the 
ENTER button to move the cursor to “RETURN”. Press 
the ENTER button to go to “2. SPKR SETUP”.

• Speakers for which you selected “NONE” in the 

SPEAKER SIZE menu will not appear. 

• Surr. Back L and Surr. Back R appear if it is set for 

two surround back speakers in the SPEAKER SIZE 
menu. 

• Surr. Back appears if it is set for one surround back 

speaker in the SPEAKER SIZE menu.

• To adjust the speaker levels for 7.1 channel input 

sources, you will need to use the 7.1 Ch Input sub 
menu. (See page 23)

•  SUB W can be set from –18dB to +12dB.

You can set the advanced Speaker Array.

 

 Select 

“2. SPEAKER SETUP” from the MAIN 

MENU.

 

 Select 

“THX AUDIO SETUP” with the 

3 or 4 

cursor buttons.

 

 Press the ENTER button to enter the 

selection.

      T H X   A U D I O   S E T U P

  B O U N D A R Y   G A I N   C O M P .
  T H X   U L T R A 2   S U B - W :

Y E S

  B . G . C .                     : O N

  A D V A N C E D   S P K R   A R R A Y
  S U R R . B   S P K R
                        : T O G E T H E R

R E T U R N              

         

E X I T

THX ULTRA2 SUB-W : YES or NO
If you have a THX Ultra2 certifi ed subwoofer (or other 
subwoofer with fl at anechoic response to 20Hz), 
select “YES”.
If set to “YES”, you can chose to activate B.G.C. 
(Boundary Gain Compensation).
If set to “NO”, Boundary Gain Compensation may not 
be activated and the feature is locked out.

B.G.C.: ON or OFF
Set to ON when you feel too much bass is being 
output.
OFF: Boundary Gain Compensation is not applied.
ON: Boundary Gain Compensation is applied.

• If you set SUB W = NO in SPEAKER SIZE menu, 

Boundary Gain Compensation will not be activated. 
THX ULTRA2 SUB-W also cannot be set.

• If you set THX ULTRA2 SUB-W = YES, the Bass 

Peak Level setting is not applied.

SURR.B SPKR: TOGETHER, CLOSE or APART
The best ASA effect is when the surround back 
speakers are together and facing forward.
If the distance between the surround back speakers 
is,

• Less than 30 cm (12 in.): TOGETHER
• Greater than 30 cm (12 in.), and less than 48 in. 

(122 cm): CLOSE

• Greater than 122 cm (48 in.): APART

Speaker type and positioning
This diagram shows the desired positioning for 7.1 
channel speaker systems used in ASA mode. During 
system setup, select the distance between surround 
back speakers. 

• The Advanced Speaker Array setting cannot be 

made when using the Zone Speaker function or 
when ON is set for SPEAKER C on the rear panel 
of this unit.

• If you set SURR.B = NONE, 1CH, ZSP A or ZSP 

B in the SPEAKER SIZE menu, Advanced Speaker 
Array will not be activated.

After you complete this portion of the setup, move 
the cursor to “RETURN” with 

3, 4, 1 and 2 cursor 

buttons and press ENTER button to go to the 2. 
SPKR SETUP menu.

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