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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Marantz SR4200 DTS/Dolby Digital
Surround receiver.
This remarkable component has been engineered to provide you with
many years of home theater enjoyment.
Please take a few minutes to read this manual thoroughly before you
connect and operate the SR4200.
As there are a number of connection and configurations options, you
are encouraged to discuss your own particular home theater setup
with your Marantz A/V specialist dealer.
DESCRIPTION
DTS was introduced in 1994 to provide 5.1 channels of discrete digital
audio into home theater systems.
DTS brings you premium quality, discrete multi-channel digital sound
to both movies and music.
DTS is a multi-channel sound system designed to create full range
digital sound reproduction.
The no compromise DTS digital process sets the standard of quality
for cinema sound by delivering an exact copy of the studio master
recordings to neighborhood and home theaters.
Now, every moviegoer can hear the sound exactly as the moviemaker
intended.
DTS can be enjoyed in the home for either movies or music on DVD’s,
LD’s and CD’s.
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Dolby Digital lets you enjoy Digital TV, Digital Satellite as well as DVD,
LD software in digital surround, which is the next step above Dolby Pro
Logic.
In Comparison with Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital can provide
separate left surround and right surround channels, for more precise
localization of sound and a more convincing, realistic ambience.
And, with Dolby Digital all five main channels can be full ranged and a
subwoofer can be added to each channel, if desired.
By providing up to 5.1 channels of digital audio independently. Dolby
Digital lets you enjoy better sound quality and more powerful presence
than conventional Dolby Surround.
Pro Logic II, the next generation in Dolby Surround Pro Logic
technology, brings the excitement of surround sound to any existing
stereo mix, while making existing Dolby Surround mixes sound more
like discrete 5.1-channel surround sound. It works with CDs, VHS
tapes and TV shows, and MP3 files and radio broadcasts-converting
all of these source to surround sound, without the artifacts by other
matrix-decoding technologies.
“Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of
Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works.
“DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are registered trademarks of Digital
Theater Systems, Inc.
FEATURES
• Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound decoding, plus Dolby Pro
Logic II decoding and a variety of additional surround modes.
• 96 kHz/ 24 bit decoding for highest possible fidelity and bandwidth,
and high-resolution playback of 96 kHz/ 24 bit PCM audio sources.
• 70 watts to each of the five main channels; the power amp section
features advanced, premium high-storage power supply capacitors,
and fully discrete output stages housed in cast aluminum heat
sinks.
• 5.1 channel pre-amp outputs for connection to external components
such as a subwoofer and external power amplifiers.
• 2 Digital outputs for connection to CD-R or MD.
• High-quality AM (MW/LW) /FM tuner with 50 station presets.
• Source Direct switch bypasses, tone controls and bass management
for purest sound quality.
• S-video and composite video switch.
• Radio Data System (RDS) provides information on FM broadcasts.