Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product PM-15S1 Marantz
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Model PM-15S1 User Guide Integr ated Amplifier.
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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.
ENGLISH BEFORE USE ..................................................................................................................... ................... 1 FEA TURES ..................................................................................
1 ENGLISH 7 7 7 7 7 Do Not T ouch Hot Spots During and Immediately After Use During and immediately after use, the PM-15S1 is hot in ar- eas other than the controls and rear panel connection jacks. Do not touch hot spots and especially the top panel. Contact with hot areas can cause burns.
2 ENGLISH Marantz has surpassed itself with the new PM-15S1 stereo integrated amplifier , which incor porates many of the design concepts of the PM-11S1 flagship model amplifier . Amplifier • HDAM SA2 As in the PM-11S1 model, the PM-15S1 also incor porates the HD AM SA2 as the main amp module.
3 ENGLISH BEFORE MAKING CONNECTIONS Y our speaker system must satisfy the below conditions . If it does not, the PM-15S1 ’ s protectiv e circuit will trip, whereb y pre venting proper pla yback. In some cases, the amplifier and speakers ma y be damaged.
4 ENGLISH Center speaker Rear speaker (Right Surround) Sub-woof er F ront speaker (Left) Rear speaker (Left Surround) F ront speaker (Right) Ref erence listening position approx.
5 CONNECTIONS Connection Example 1: Basic Connection for Normal Stereo Playback Ref er also to the instruction manuals of components to connect equipment correctly .
6 CONNECTIONS Connection Example 2: Basic Connection for 5.1 Multi-Channel Playback Using 3 PM-15S1 The three PM-15S1s are connected by FCBS. For the FCBS connection, prepare 3 portable audio connection cables with monau- ral ⇔ monaural miniplugs or stereo ⇔ stereo miniplugs as described “ ABOUT FCBS ” on pg.
7 ENGLISH Connection Example 3: Complete Bi-Amp Connection for Stereo Playback Using 2 PM-15S1 The speaker system must support a bi-amp connection, therefore to determine whether your speakers do or not, check in the instruction manual that came with your speak ers or contact the manuf acturer.
8 ENGLISH NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PAR TS FRONT PANEL q POWER ON/OFF Switch This s witch tur ns power to the PM-15S1 ON and OFF . When pressed, power is activated and the blue indicator on the displa y w lights up . Appro ximately 8 seconds after power is activated, audio output is enabled.
9 ENGLISH V olume Lev el Indication The display panel also displays left-right volume level bal- ance. For instructions on how to trim volume level, see “TRIMMING” on pg. 18. The display panel also displays messages in response to PM-15S1 operation.
10 ENGLISH REAR PANEL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PAR TS A PHONO GND T erminal Connect the grounding wire from an analog record player here. B PHONO Input Jacks These jacks are f or connecting to an analog record play er .
11 ENGLISH J Operating Mode Switch This s witch is f or setting the operating mode of the PM- 15S1. STEREO: Set to use the PM-15S1 as an ordinary 2-chan- nel stereo amplifier . BI-AMP: Set to use two PM-15S1s in a complete bi-amp connection with FCBS.
12 ENGLISH RC-11PMS1 REMO TE CONTROLLER This remote controller can control the PM-15S1 and Marantz Super Audio CD pla yers and D VD play ers that have a remote control receptor . The operations possib le by remote control ma y diff er with each component, therefore see the instruction manual that came with the component.
13 ENGLISH The buttons in groups , and . are for operating Marantz products other than the PM-15S1, such as Super A udio CD pla yers and D VD play ers. The function of each button changes to match the component selected as the input source from the input selector buttons z .
14 ENGLISH PLA YB A CK T o e xplain how to pla y back input sources, representativ e e xamples are given with an Super A udio CD play er and analog record pla yer . Bef ore star ting either procedure, check the component is correctly connected to the PM-15S1.
15 ENGLISH RECORDING This example explains how to record from an input source such as an Super A udio CD play er to a recording device such as a CD-R. 1. Press the power ON/OFF s witch of the Super Audio CD player and CD-R to activate power to both components.
16 ENGLISH HO W T O USE AND SET FEA TURES ABOUT FCBS FCBS is short for Floating Control Bus System. It is a communication system that connects up to four PM-15S1s over a dedicated bus line so as to enable synchronized operations amongst them via 2-way data communications.
17 ENGLISH ATTENU A TION (A TT .) Attenuation is a one-touch feature for reducing volume level. When the A TT button on either the PM-15S1 or the remote controller is pressed, the volume level is attenuated.
18 ENGLISH TRIMMING T rimming is a feature f or adjusting left and r ight volume balance. T rimming is performed from the remote controller . TRIM : This button starts trimming. When multiple PM- 15S1s are connected, this button selects the amplifier with which to perform trimming.
19 ENGLISH HO W T O USE AND SET FEA TURES HO W T O SET ID If using the PM-15S1 by itself as a stereo amplifier , set the ID to “ 0 ” . When the PM-15S1 is shipped from the f actor y , the ID is set to “ 0 ” . When the ID is set to a number other than “ 0 ” , the PM- 15S1 cannot be used for standalone operation.
20 ENGLISH HO W T O USE AND SET FEA TURES REMOTE CONTROL JACKS The REMOTE CONTROL jacks are for connecting components that are capable of remote control (D.BUS jacks) such as a Marantz Super A udio CD Play er or D VD Pla yer . This enab les these other components to be operated with the remote controller included with the PM-15S1.
21 ENGLISH If you experience trouble with the PM-15S1, make the below checks before thinking the worst. Improper operation can cause the PM-15S1 to behave in a way that makes you think something is wrong with the equipment when actually not.
22 ENGLISH 7 7 7 7 7 Error Messages When multiple PM-15S1s are connected b y FCBS, the belo w error messages may appear on the displa y . In these cases, there is a problem with the ID number setting or remote cable connection. Check the ID numbers and remote cable as indicated in the below table.
23 ENGLISH P ower output (20 Hz – 20 kHz simultaneous drive of both channels) ...................................................... 80W x 2 (8 Ω load) .................................................... 120W x 2 (4 Ω load) T otal har monic distor tion (20Hz – 20kHz simultaneous drive of both channels, 8 Ω load) .
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