Marantz AV-9000 processor loses its mind ...

Do you think maybe a ood surge protector would fix it? Maybe when the power goes out there is a slight surge that resets the unit to its origional settings.

I have no experience with that particular piece of hardware, but every other pirce of gear i have owned would retain its settings if power is removed, for quite an extensive period of time too i might add.

It's probably a faulty unit.

if not, man that sucks. I would think Marantz would include such a feature that is standard in even the lowest and cheapest equipment.

actually, i cannot think of a single piece of gear i have ever owned that would lose its memory once power is removed, except the sony touchscreen remote commander, which would lose its settings if the batterys were removed for over an hour.