Marantz SR7005

[river basin elec]

I am trying to interface with this older AV receiver, and wondered if there is a onscreen interface, and how to toggle that on.

For now, I open the front panel door and view large display to access functions. My challenge is why it is producing heat all the time when I have it turned off. Suspect something is wrong, but I saw a thread on zone 2 or 3 being left on. I seem to default to zone 2 on the control panel. The manual leaves a lot to be desired on advanced programming.

 

[TLS Guy]

I am trying to interface with this older AV receiver, and wondered if there is a onscreen interface, and how to toggle that on.

For now, I open the front panel door and view large display to access functions. My challenge is why it is producing heat all the time when I have it turned off. Suspect something is wrong, but I saw a thread on zone 2 or 3 being left on. I seem to default to zone 2 on the control panel. The manual leaves a lot to be desired on advanced programming.

I have to say, on first hearing that all sounds pretty terminal. I would do a hard reset back to factory defaults. I would try at least three. If it won't reset, or three resets don't get it to behave normally, then it needs dropping off at the recycling center. That is a 13 to 14 year old AVR so it is at the end of its lifespan anyway. I would be surprised honestly, if it is salvageable.

 

[river basin elec]

qualify my question. Unit works 100%. It has never provided a screen display on the TV, and I am not sure the interface was engineered to do that. The manual isn't very informative.

While it puts out heat, it may be due to 2nd or 3rd zone being on, despite me turning off power. I just don't know, but similar threads indicate that possibility. It will continue just like this for another 20 years I am pretty sure.

I was considering the master switch to kill power if I don't find out a simple cause.

 

[TLS Guy]

qualify my question. Unit works 100%. It has never provided a screen display on the TV, and I am not sure the interface was engineered to do that. The manual isn't very informative.

While it puts out heat, it may be due to 2nd or 3rd zone being on, despite me turning off power. I just don't know, but similar threads indicate that possibility. It will continue just like this for another 20 years I am pretty sure.

I was considering the master switch to kill power if I don't find out a simple cause.

If you connect it to a TV via HDMI, then you should be able so see the OSD at least. If you can't see the OSD, then the video board or HDMI board and may be both are caput. I would try a factory reset and see if that allows you to see the OSD. If you can't at last see the OSD, then there is not much you can do, and the unit is still useless. I would say that a unit that does not switch off is a fire hazard. I personally would not be using a unit with that degree of malfunction. Using units that have serious malfunction is not a good idea.

 

[lovinthehd]

qualify my question. Unit works 100%. It has never provided a screen display on the TV, and I am not sure the interface was engineered to do that. The manual isn't very informative.

While it puts out heat, it may be due to 2nd or 3rd zone being on, despite me turning off power. I just don't know, but similar threads indicate that possibility. It will continue just like this for another 20 years I am pretty sure.

I was considering the master switch to kill power if I don't find out a simple cause.

Your avr can display on the tv (and probably more than via just hdmi) how is the avr connected to the tv ( (i.e. with what type of video connection)? How long have you used this avr?

As far as being on, it is always at least in standby, but has more than one standby mode that can increase power use (such as HDMI CEC standby). A zone being left on might do that as well; even the front lcd panel should display if zone 2/3 is on, tho.

 

[river basin elec]

Original owner, used since mid 00s when I bought it from dealer. HDMI to Panasonic. I did find heat issue absent after I played with zones this morning. So it is definitely running standby mode despite control status off.

There are many audiophile brands advocating 100% on operation. It causes a lot less thermal stress. I don't shut down computers as a rule. And I don't experience issues for it if their is sufficient cooling.


I run TV source mostly (OTA HD antenna via RG6 input), but switch to DVD via optical cable, and blue ray via HDMI.


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[lovinthehd]

Original owner, used since mid 00s when I bought it from dealer. HDMI to Panasonic. I did find heat issue absent after I played with zones this morning. So it is definitely running standby mode despite control status off.

There are many audiophile brands advocating 100% on operation. It causes a lot less thermal stress. I don't shut down computers as a rule. And I don't experience issues for it if their is sufficient cooling.


I run TV source mostly (OTA HD antenna via RG6 input), but switch to DVD via optical cable, and blue ray via HDMI.


Sent from my SM-A526U using Tapatalk

You never used the user interface on the tv for settings/setup? Seems a pain to just use the avr's lcd panel for such especially if you're using an hdmi cable from avr to tv (assuming the Panasonic is a tv). If most of the time the tv is your source, you won't be able to get the avr's user interface to display on the tv (since the video is from the tv, not the avr).

Standby just assures a faster startup than anything. I do just leave my avrs running in standby rather than cut power to them altogether, but heat's not been an issue (but use only basic standby mode rather than CEC or Network type standby modes).