The Official Marantz SR7005 Receiver Page!! - Page 58

Originally Posted by Hrimnir 

Hey guys, im trying to figure out how to get just a SIMPLE extension of the IR for the factory remote. I have the receiver (SR7005) in a rack thats behind the theater seats. right now we have to point the remote at the receiver which is a huge PITA.
I found this RX101 thing which *should* work, but the problem is the cable is only 5' long, and its also $100, which is more than i was hoping to spend.
I've looked at dozens of these IR extender kits, but, they all seem to want to use these little emitter bulbs. I've read you can use a 1/8" phono cable to plug into the port on the back of the receiver, but then i've also read about tons of people having problems with marantz receivers not working with those kits.
Does anyone have a setup or info they know specifically works with this receiver?

Originally Posted by Selden Ball 

thynamite,
One significant difference is that Marantz includes Audyssey room equalization, which equalizes the sound coming from the subwoofer, making it more accurate, in addition to equalizing the higher frequencies. Pioneer's MCACC does not equalize the subwoofer.
The difference in receiver power ratings is small enough to not be audible, although the Pioneer will run cooler because it uses more efficient amplifiers.
Biamping also makes no audible difference, but it doesn't hurt anything, either.
If Airplay is important to you, you might consider getting one of the newer Denon receivers.

Originally Posted by burg32 

Question on my setup - i have all inputs (TV, Bluray, 360, etc...) going into the SR7005. Both HDMI out cables run to the projector.

The issue i have having is this scenario - playing music throughout the basement requires use of the SR7005, which then prohibits use of the projector screen for video. I would like to be able to have the projector on (say for watching a football game with no audio) while music is playing.

I attempted to use an HDMI splitter to accomplish this, but i am learning that comcast, my provider, does not allow the signal to be split.

I do not have composite cables run to the projector, only the two HDMI's.

Is there a way to accomplish this?

Originally Posted by burg32 

Question on my setup - i have all inputs (TV, Bluray, 360, etc...) going into the SR7005. Both HDMI out cables run to the projector.
The issue i have having is this scenario - playing music throughout the basement requires use of the SR7005, which then prohibits use of the projector screen for video. I would like to be able to have the projector on (say for watching a football game with no audio) while music is playing.
I attempted to use an HDMI splitter to accomplish this, but i am learning that comcast, my provider, does not allow the signal to be split.
I do not have composite cables run to the projector, only the two HDMI's.
Is there a way to accomplish this?

Originally Posted by jdsmoothie 

Why two HDMI cables going to the PJ? If you connect the cable box with component video (as well as HDMI) you can first select an audio source and then use the "Video Select" setting to select the component video source (ie. will not work with HDMI video sources).

Originally Posted by burg32 

we ran two hdmi's just so we would have future flexibility - only use the one currently. my point in saying that is that we did not run any component cable to the projector. perhaps we should have.
at any rate, i did as suggested and ran the component cable from the comcast box to the avr (i connected the component cable into the VCR component in on the avr. Everything works great now EXCEPT there are vertical dashed lines that run across the screen. they only last a fraction of a second but they pop back up whenever there is a significant change in the screen. the lines are most visible on dark colors.
I recall we had this problem when we first set everything up and fixed it by turning off the "video convert" option in the menus. However, when i do that this time, i lose the video signal completely. any advice? thanks to everyone for their help and patience.

Originally Posted by burg32 

we ran two hdmi's just so we would have future flexibility - only use the one currently. my point in saying that is that we did not run any component cable to the projector. perhaps we should have.
at any rate, i did as suggested and ran the component cable from the comcast box to the avr (i connected the component cable into the VCR component in on the avr. Everything works great now EXCEPT there are vertical dashed lines that run across the screen. they only last a fraction of a second but they pop back up whenever there is a significant change in the screen. the lines are most visible on dark colors.
I recall we had this problem when we first set everything up and fixed it by turning off the "video convert" option in the menus. However, when i do that this time, i lose the video signal completely. any advice? thanks to everyone for their help and patience.

Originally Posted by kevin_mahaney 

I don't have any problems like that with video convert on, but you might try messing with the i/p scaler options. Also, what is the output resolution on your comcast box? That could be something to mess with as well--if you're trying to output 1080p from the box (not sure if or why it would have that option), you might run into trouble trying to send 1080p over component.

Originally Posted by burg32 

fwiw, we had the same issue on the hdmi output. thats when we turned off video convert. same thing is happening with component, except i lose the signal when i turn video convert off. good idea to mess with the comcast box though. i will try that.

Originally Posted by kevin_mahaney 

Not sure why this wasn't the first thing that came to mind, and I do not want this to sound insulting in the least bit, but did you make sure the Comcast box supports multiple live outputs?

Originally Posted by burg32 

perhaps i should clarify one point. we had to turn off the video convert for each input, sat, game, bd, dvd, etc.... in this case when i turn it off in vcr, i lose the entire signal. So i assume i am doing something wrong, again.

Originally Posted by djPerfectTrip 

^^^If you bought it new, it should come with the latest.

Originally Posted by Greg_R_STL 

I just bought a new SR7005. When it gets here, should I upgrade the firmware to the latest version, or a particular version, or should I leave it alone?

Originally Posted by davidbarrickman 

One limitation of the SR-7005 is that it will not accept HDMI DSD bitstream so if you're into SACD you will need to set the OPPO to output DSD as PCM (the
OPPO-93 SACD PCM out over HDMI is at 88.2 kHz). The 7005 will accept this with no problem either for stereo or Mch. You may already be aware of this, but thought I'd post this just in case you didn't know...SACD as 88.2 kHz PCM sounds fine to me, but others will disagree and prefer SACD as DSD bitstream. OPPO is capable for both, 7005 only can process PCM.