"Official" Marantz 7400/7500/8400/8500 thread - Page 24

Hi,

New here and thanks for your help.

My SR7400 when turned on displays a message Check Power 5 and the suts down.
If I turn it on again the volume is shown and then it shuts down...
Actual message is "Check Pow 5"

any ideas... turning off does at the wall does nothing.
thanks

I have the SR-8500 and would like to know if I can change the source names on the RECEIVER itself (i.e. change DVD, VCR, TV, AUX1 to maybe "Plasma", "PS3", "XBOX", "Samsung" not just on the remote. Having difficulty finding it in the manual

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

no you can't change the source name on the receiver

Thank you!

So I think my 8500 is starting to fail. A couple of weeks ago the DVI 1 input started to fail as it would just flash a picture for about a 1/2 second then just go black. Today the display started to show strange characters and unused indicators like Peak, HDCD and 96/24 would turn on at random when increasing or decreasing volume. Performance wise it still functions but this is the first time anything like this has happened. Turning it off and back on helped. However, one of those SR7005s looks pretty good right now...

Wow, I just found this thread hoping to find an answer to the same exact problem. Did you ever get an answer to this? Mine was proceeded by a sudden flash of sparks on the back while watching a DVD and was followed by a strong burning smell. I hope my receiver is not fried!

To all SR8500 owners out there... what audio mode do you usually set your unit to when watching blurays? How about normal TV? I know my ears aren't as trained as many of yours and am curious what you all feel sounds best.

Thank you.

For Bluray I use the analog ins and for tv, dvr and SDDVDs I'll use coax or optical and have the receiver set to THX auto. I have an SR8500

I'm hoping a few of you can give me some straight advice.

I've got an SR8400 I found in my parents house a few weeks ago. Apparently my dad bought it in 04' and never took it out of the box. For practical purposes, is this receiver worth using as my mainstay, and what drawbacks are there? If i keep it, what can i add to it, and If i sell it, what's it worth (new, still in box)?


Thanks in advance.

Bo
Edited by roxreps - 7/27/12 at 12:57pm

That's a nice find, it won't be worth much in this HDMI world if you try to sell it, but it is worth keeping for the sound, provided your TV has enough HDMI inputs you can bypass the video in the 8400, especially if you program your remote to switch inputs on the TV at the same time it switches sound input on the 8400. You could use the Component Video switching for all your gear, but some people believe HDMI is slightly better, and is the best choice for components that feature 1080P playback, as opposed to Component Video's limitation of 720P or 1080i only. However, since most displays upscale a 1080i signal to 1080P anyway, there may not be much if any quality loss if you use the Component switching.

You can still get the high-resolution Dolby HD and DTS Master Audio if your BD player has analogue outputs to the 8400's 7.1 inputs. If not, if you use TOSlink or Coaxial digital, at least the "regular" DTS may take advantage of full bitrate for a sound that is slightly better than that on DVD. Then again if most of your viewing is digital TV or DVD, you won't have a need for HD audio anyway. For the Marantz's on-screen display use the unit's Component Out to your TV.

As you can see there are some workarounds necessary, but at least it saves you from spending cash on a modern unit. The bypass HDMI above is what I do with my older SR9300.

Still using an old SR7500 here. But looking to retire it in the next few months with the new model SR6007. In the meantime, the upscaling circuit stopped working on the SR7500 a while back. Is it worth repairing? Everything else still works perfectly. I know the receiver is around 8-9 years old and not worth much at all to sell. Even the remote is probably worth more than the receiver.

I have a Marantz SR-5001 and the HDMI is not working.

LG 60PV250 television
xbox 360
SONY Blueray Disc Player

I am using HDMI 3 in on the TV

When I connect the HDMI Cable from the TV to the xbox or Blueray player it works great (of course sound is throught the TV.

However when I plug the XBOX 360 and SONY BD player into the Marantz SR-5001 there is no output to the TV. In additon there is no sound through the speakers and turning the dial on the received between DVD and TV shows no data message. Any thoughts for troubleshooting?