Help: No sound with pre-out to old receiver

Just to double check, try another cable. Also, make sure the input is on CBL/SAT on the Denon. I used to use my old Sony receiver the same way. I used to CD input with direct. I had to turn the volume on the Sony up to 75-80% to level match with the rest of the speakers. I used mine for rear Atmos.

JamesS. said:

Just to double check, try another cable. Also, make sure the input is on CBL/SAT on the Denon. I used to use my old Sony receiver the same way. I used to CD input with direct. I had to turn the volume on the Sony up to 75-80% to level match with the rest of the speakers. I used mine for rear Atmos.

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Thanks @JamesS. for your suggestion! I didn't try a new cable until you mentioned it, but that's good troubleshooting practice. I am actually using these for rear Atmos as well, but had some photos when I got frustrated and tried to swap to the fronts to see if those would work.

I did solve this by going into the old Denon Input Assign settings. The CBL/SAT only had HDMI toggled on; Digital, Analog, Video were switched off. Turning Analog to on enabled the use of the CBL/SAT as an external amplifier.

I also had to crank my old receiver up to 72-80 to match the mains.

There is a lot of helpful information provided on the 2018 Marantz models in the first 7 posts of the 2018 Marantz AVR Owner's thread to include how to expand the SR7013 from 9CH ---> 11CH in post #7.

"OFFICIAL" 2018 Marantz "NR-Series"/"SR-Series" AVR Owner's Thread + FAQ (Posts 1-7) | AVS Forum

Cool. Glad it worked out.