Model SA8400 User Guide Super Audio CD Player CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASERAPPARAT
ENGLISH DEUTSCH WARRANTY For warranty information, contact your local Marantz distributor. RETAIN YOUR PURCHASE RECEIPT Your purchase receipt is your permanent record of a valuable purchase. It should be kept in a safe place to be referred to as necessary for insurance purposes or when corresponding with Marantz. IMPORTANT When seeking warranty service, it is the responsibility of the consumer to establish proof and date of purchase. Your purchase receipt or invoice is adequate for such proof.
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. This product can be powered by 230 V AC only. COPYRIGHT Recording and playback of any material may require consent.
ENGLISH INTRODUCTION PRODUCT FEATURES This unit can playback the outstanding sound performance in Super Audio CD. This unit has the following unique features. • D/A converter section that accurately converts DSD/CD signal into high-quality analog signal with the DEM(Dynamic Element Matching) Super DAC(CS4397). • Low-noise low-distortion filter circuit and highspeed current-feedback-type output amplifier with the differential input type HDAM.
I N A P P RO P R I AT E P L AC E S F O R INSTALLATION To keep your player in perfect working order for the longest possible time, avoid installing the player in the following locations.
ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL Ú6 c Ú5 Ú4 Ú3 Ú2 Ú1 Ú7 PLAY STOP PAUSE DISPLAY OFF OPEN/CLOSE POWER / / ON/OFF PHONES SOUND MODE TIME TEXT LEVEL DISPLAY - z x b n vm , . Ú0 z POWER ON/OFF switch n TIME button . PHONES (headphones)jack ⁄2 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.
n TIME button Ú6 Ú5 Ú8 Ú9 Ú4 Û0 Ú3 Û1 m Û8 OPEN/CLOSE DISPLAY OFF b SOUND MODE 1 2 3 REPEAT 4 5 6 AMS 7 8 9 RANDOM PROGRAM 0 CANCEL A-B TIME TEXT MENU ENTER SCROLL/ Q.REPLAY RECALL Û7 Û6 Û5 Û4 Û3 Ú2 n Û2 Û9 m TEXT button ⁄2 PAUSE button ⁄3 STOP button ⁄4 PLAY button ⁄5 OPEN/CLOSE button ⁄6 DISPLAY OFF button The buttons listed above are the same to the buttons on the front panel of the main unit. Please see the correspond items in “Front Panel” section.
ENGLISH REAR PANEL AC IN AUDIO OUT FILTER DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPT. COAX. L R STANDARD REMOTE CONTROL IN CUSTOM EXT. INT. OUT A A STEREO AUDIO OUT (analog output) connectors B FILTER STANDARD/CUSTOM (Filter standard/custom switch) Set this switch according to the amplifier and speakers to be connected. For more details, refer to “Filter Switch” section on page 12. * Switching the filter setting has to be done while the unit is in stand-by mode.
c d ef g 1 2 RNDM PROG TRK 3 4 5 6 a A–B ALL 7 8 1 h ijk CD SACD TOTAL 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 STEREO b a Main display g 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. This lights during repeat play.
ENGLISH CONNECTIONS 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.
Press PLAY button. SWITCHING SOUND MODE (SUPER AUDIO CD) To stop playback * In this instruction manual, some operations can only be performed with the remote control. For operations that can be performed with buttons both on the main unit and on the remote control, the button names are shown in the mark. And for operations that can only be performed with buttons on the remote control, the button names are shown in the mark.
ENGLISH START SOUND MODE When a Super Audio CD hybrid layer discs that has both a Super Audio CD high sound quality stereo area and a CD area information are to be played, this player makes it possible to set the layer/area (Super Audio CD or 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.
Press the SCROLL/RECALL button on the remote control during the program or when the program is stopped (“PROG” lights up). Every time press SCROLL/RECALL button, the programmed tracks will be displayed one after the other in order. QUICK REPLAY Q&A • How many tracks can be programmed? Up to 30 tracks can be programmed for program play.
ENGLISH TIMER PLAY TROUBLE SHOOTING FILTER SWITCH 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. FILTER CUSTOM STANDARD * For connection to audio timer and it’s operation, please refer to the instruction manual of your audio timer. AC IN AUDIO OUT Audio Timer AC IN FILTER DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPT. COAX. L R STANDARD REMOTE CONTROL IN CUSTOM EXT. INT.
10 ■ Dimensions (unit: mm) Optical Readout System Laser Wave length Signal format Sampling frequency — — 0.5W / 32Ω (max, Vol.) 0.5Vp-p (75Ω) -19dBm 0.5W / 32Ω (max, Vol.) AlGaAs 650nm AlGaAs 780nm 1-bit DSD 2.8224MHz 16-bit linear PCM 44.1kHz 3 2channels 2Hz — 20kHz 2Hz — 20kHz 100dB 0.0020% Precision of quartz 2.2V 440 335 PLAY STOP PAUSE 113 2channels (Max.) 2Hz — 100kHz 2Hz — 50kHz (-3dB) 114dB 0.0009% Precision of quartz 2.2V DISPLAY OFF OPEN/CLOSE Power Supply N Version .............
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