Model SA-7S1 User Guide Super Audio CD Player CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASERAPPARAT SA-7S1 U Cover Page 5 06.8.29, 1:51 PM Adobe PageMaker 6.
CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
ENGLISH 中 文（简体） WARRANTY 保修 For warranty information, contact your local Marantz distributor. 关于保修信息，请与您当地的 Marantz 批发商联络。 RETAIN YOUR PURCHASE RECEIPT 保留您的购买收据 Your purchase receipt is your permanent record of valuable purchase. It should be kept in a safe place to be referred to as necessary for insurance purposes or when corresponding with Marantz.
ENGLISH CONTENTS FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................... 2 EQUIPMENT MAINS WORKING SETTING ....................................................................................................... 2 COPYRIGHT ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION ............................
ENGLISH FOREWORD This section must be read before any connection is made to the mains supply. EQUIPMENT MAINS WORKING SETTING Your Marantz product has been prepared to comply with the household power and safety requirements that exist in your area. — Power requirements (U.S.A.) ................... AC 120V 60Hz — Power requirements (China) .................... AC 220V 50Hz INTRODUCTION Thank you for selecting the Marantz SA-7S1 Super Audio CD Player for your Audio system.
PRODUCT FEATURES This unit can playback the outstanding sound performance in Super Audio CD. This unit has the following unique features. • Low-noise low-distortion filter circuit and high-speed HDAM SA2-type output amplifier with the differential input type HDAM. • Text information display function that can display disc titles, track titles etc. in Super Audio CD. • CD-R/CD-RW discs can be played. • Discs can be played using an external high-precision clock.
ENGLISH BEFORE USING NOTES ABOUT THE DISCS * Handle the discs carefully so as not to scratch their surfaces. * Keep the surfaces of the discs clean at all times. When cleaning the surfaces of discs, always be sure to use the special cleaner and wipe the surfaces in the directions shown in the figure below. • Wipe the surface radially from the center. • Do not wipe the surface in the circumferential direction. * Do not attach pieces of paper or stickers to the label surfaces of the discs.
PRECAUTIONS • • • • • In winter, droplets of water form on the insides of the windows of a heated room: this is called condensation. This player uses an optical lens, so the condensation may form in the following cases.
ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL ⁄0 ⁄1 ⁄2 ⁄3 ⁄4 ⁄5 ⁄6 ⁄7 z x c v b z POWER ON/OFF switch This switch is used to turn the power ON and OFF. When it is pressed, the display window lights up, and the power comes on. When it is pressed again, the display window is extinguished, and the power goes off. The disc to be played is placed on the tray. * Close the tray by pressing the operation button, not by pressing it in with your hand. c INV. PHASE (Inverted phase) indicator This lights when the INV.
⁄3 REMOTE CONTROLLER ⁄3 ⁄0 OPEN/ CLOSE SOUND MODE b ⁄5 ¤6 ‹2 DISPLAY TIME TEXT MENU ENTER RECALL SCROLL INPUT AMP VOLUME ⁄4 ¤0 ⁄4 button TEXT This button is pressed to switch the main screen from the time display to the text display when using a text-compatible Super Audio CD. (See page 19) ‹3 ⁄5 m button TIME This button is used to switch from the text display to the time display when using a text-compatible Super Audio CD. It is also used to change the time display.
ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS ¤4 AMS (Automatic Music Scan button) Use this button for AMS play. (See page 18) ¤5 REPEAT button This button is for repeat play. Each time this button is pressed, repeat mode changes as follows. “All Repeat” → “Track Repeat” → “Repeat Off” (See page 16) ¤6 MENU button and setup) ENTER button (Menu These buttons are used to set the time for quick replay. (See page 19) ¤7 QUICK REPLAY (Quick replay) button This button is used to do quick replay of the tracks.
ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS REAR PANEL A B A ANALOG OUTPUTS UNBALANCED connectors These are the unbalanced output jacks of the analog audio signals. The analog connection cord can be connected to the CD, AUX, or other connectors on an amplifier. Be sure to connect the L and R channels correctly to the corresponding jacks. * Never connect to the PHONO connector on the amplifier. B ANALOG OUTPUTS BALANCED connectors These are the balanced output jacks of the analog audio signals.
ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS DISPLAY c d e f gh i j a mn o pq k CD, Super Audio CD, STEREO Disc indicator The time display and text information of the disc to be played as well as the setting menus and other displays appear on the main display. (music calendar) The number of tracks recorded on the disc to be played, the number of remaining tracks to be played, and the number of tracks programmed by program play appear here. “ ” light when 21 or more tracks have been recorded on the disc.
Depending on your amplifier/receiver/Stereo System, there are various ways to connect to this player. For correct connection please refer to instruction manuals of stereo system to be connected. Caution: Do not connect output from this unit to PHONO input of your audio system. 1. Connect the audio cable q to this unit’s front speaker outputs and the stereo inputs on your amplifier, receiver or stereo system. 2.
ENGLISH OPERATION * In this instruction manual, some operations can only be performed with the remote control. For operations that can be mark. performed with buttons both on the main unit and on the remote control, the button names are shown in the And for operations that can only be performed with buttons on the remote control, the button names are shown in the mark. CONNECTING THE POWER SUPPLY 1 Plug the power cable into AC IN jack on the back panel.
To start playback form the first track Press PLAY button. ENGLISH OPERATION 7 Switching Sound Mode (Super Audio CD) To stop playback Press STOP button. To eject disc Press OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc tray and take the disc off. Press the button again to close the tray. Disc tray must be closed when the unit is not be used. Button To pause playback PAUSE button. Press PAUSE indicator will light and playback is paused at the point PAUSE that the button is pressed.
ENGLISH OPERATION START SOUND MODE When a Super Audio CD hybrid layer discs that has both a Super Audio CD high sound quality stereo area and an Audio CD area information are to be played, this player makes it possible to set the layer/area (Super Audio CD or Audio CD) to be preferentially played. This setting can be made when the tray is closed and there is no disc in the disc tray. q Press SOUND MODE button on the player. The currently selected layer/area is displayed.
7 Filters The SA-7S1 is equipped with the “PEC 777f2” filter, developed with an improved algorithm from the digital filter for CD playback “PEC777f” (Phase Error Compensation 777 filter) that uses Marantz original DSP. When playing a super audio CD, the D/A converter internal filter is used. The filter has 3 types of built-in characteristics for both Audio CDs and Super Audio CDs, and the characteristics for each are shown in the table below. Change these settings according to your own personal preference.
ENGLISH OPERATION PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE TRACKS OF A DISC 7 Specify track number to play (Direct Search) Specify track number with numerical buttons (0-9) on the remote (example) 3rd track : Press 3 . 12th track : Press 1 and then press 2 (within approximately 1.5 seconds). If the first pressed number is only in the digit of ones and not in the digit of tens, search begins approximately 0.5 second after. If a wrong number is pressed Press correct number again.
PLAYING TRACKS IN A RANDOM SEQUENCE (RANDOM PLAY) When RANDOM button on the remote is pressed in stop mode, and then PLAY button is pressed, the unit shuffles track order automatically and plays all the tracks in the shuffled order. The RNDM (random) indicator lights. • The gap between tracks will be approximately 2 seconds during random play. ENGLISH OPERATION PLAYING TRACKS IN A SPECIFIC SEQUENCE (PROGRAM PLAY) You can arrange and play tracks in a specific sequence.
ENGLISH OPERATION To Check the Programmed Tracks Q&A Press the RECALL/SCROLL button on the remote control during the program or when the program is stopped (“PROG” lights up). Every time press RECALL/SCROLL button, the programmed tracks will be displayed one after the other in order. • How many tracks can be programmed? Up to 30 tracks can be programmed for program play. To Delete a Programmed Track • Can I listen to program play repeatedly? Press REPEAT button once.
QUICK REPLAY When QUICK REPLAY button is pressed during playback, the unit goes back to the amount of time set by the MENU and starts playback from there. * Playback that goes beyond the track is not allowed. Also, when the total time of the track being played is shorter than the time set for quick replay, or when the playback time is shorter than the time set for quick replay, if QUICK REPLAY button is pressed, the track will be goes back to the start of that track and playback is started from there.
ENGLISH OPERATION SWITCHING OFF THE DISPLAY OR STAR MARK (DISPLAY (DISPLAY) OPERATIONS) During playback, the LCD display and each indicator can be turned off. There are 2 display conditions (modes). 1. In this mode, the LCD display and all of the indicators are switched on and off in connection with the star mark. When the DISPLAY button is pressed during playback, the LCD display and all of the indicators are switched between ON (display on) and OFF (display off).
USING A MASTER CLOCK GENERATOR WHEN PLAYING DISCS The master clock generator 7 Using a master clock generator for playback It is recommended that you connect a master clock generator that outputs very high accuracy clock signals. In digital devices such as CD players or super audio CDs, there is a process that samples or restores the analog signal. In order to conduct this process, a clock signal (sampling frequency) is used. A master clock generator is an oscillation device that makes this clock signal.
ENGLISH OPERATION TIMER PLAY This unit can perform timer play by cooperating with your audio timer. Connect this unit’s power cord to the audio timer’s power socket and the timer’s power cord to power outlet. * For connection to audio timer and it’s operation, please refer to the instruction manual of your audio timer. Audio Timer ANALOG OUTPUT CONNECTOR PHASE SWITCHING By digitally processing audio signals read by this unit, it is possible to perform phase inversion without changing the tone quality.
If you think a malfunction has occurred, first check the points listed below. The problem is likely to have been caused by a simple operational error or a connection problem. If the problem cannot be corrected even after carrying out the following checks, consult your dealer or nearest Marantz sales office or service counter. • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The disc fails to rotate.
ENGLISH SPECIFICATIONS Super Audio CD Audio Characteristics Analog output Channels Frequency range Frequency characteristics Dynamic range THD (1kHz) wow & flutter Output level Unbalanced Balanced Digital output output level (cinch JACK) output level (optical) Audio CD 2channels 2Hz — 100kHz 2Hz — 50kHz (-3dB) 114dB (Filter 3) 0.0009% (Filter 3) Precision of quartz 2channels 2Hz — 20kHz 2Hz — 20kHz 100dB (Filter 1) 0.0020% (Filter 1) Precision of quartz 2.
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