Marantz Pre-Pro Glitch


I have owned a Marantz AV-7005 pre-pro for several years and never had a problem. I recently bought

an AV-7701 off Agon and can't seem to get it to recognize the HDMI input and/or pick up correct codecs.

It has an HDMI input specifically labeled 'Blu-Ray', so that's what I used. For a day or two, I was getting

video, but only Dolby Pro-Logic audio processing. Now it appears to be picking up the newer codecs,

but there is no video through the HDMI. I've tried using another HDMI input, still nothing. Would appreciate

any suggestions anyone who's run into this with the AV-7701 might have. The Blu-Ray player is an Oppo

BDP-95 that is connected to the pre-pro through both the HDMI and 7.1 analog outputs. 

discnik

Showing 1 response by martykl

Depending on the vintage, some Marantz AVRs had HDMI sockets that failed over time.  I had to replace my family room Marantz AVR after two years of seeing one socket fail, moving the cable to the next socket, seeing that one fail after several months, etc.

Im not sure how long this problem plagued Marantz, but it wasn't just me.  A web search (many years ago) revealed that the issue was pretty widespread at the time.