Marantz cinema 50 troubleshooting

N

Nutmax

Audiophyte
Hello,

I could use some help troubleshooting my Cinema 50. I have it hooked up to an LG C2 and it's been working great for about 2 weeks until this evening.

It can't get video output anymore. I didn't change anything between last night and tonight. I can't even get to the Marantz settings page anymore. It only shows Marantz as a media server?

My apple TV is connected to the "Media Player" input in the back of the receiver. It's working because I can hear sound coming from it when I shuffle the remote. [example]

I've tried unplugging it for 5 minutes and then plugging in the power and turning it back on with no luck.

When it first powers on, it will load a black screen with "dolby vision" at the top right which I assume is coming from the apple tv. It then switches back to my TV and shows "no signal" like this

I'd appreciate any help. Thank you so much
 
rsharp

rsharp

Audioholic
I'm beginning to wonder if it's the AppleTV causing these issues with HDMI. Once I moved from an Apple TV HD to an Apple TV 4K (though only outputting 1080p/60), problems have occurred.

The exact symptoms were that my receiver (Pioneer SC-91), would lose the following functionality:
  • Setup menu would not be output at all.
  • iOS remote app and Mac using a browser to directly connect to the receiver's IP address failed to connect at all. I'm using wired Ethernet.
  • Accessing setting functions directly on the receiver displayed "unavailable" on the receiver's display.
In addition, my display (Pioneer Kuro PRO-141FD) would rapidly cycle between three types of output (colored noise, a blue-tinted screen of the Apple TV's output, and no picture at all).

I had to unplug the receiver and leave off for a while (30 minutes, though maybe that could be a lesser time). Then all things worked again.

However, the problem came up again. Then, I moved the Apple TV 4K to use the receiver's HDMI 1 through 3 inputs (which support HDCP 2.2 and higher bandwidth). Previously, it was connected to inupt 6. So far, the problem has not returned.

I have no idea if the Cinema 50 has equal specs on all its HDMI inputs. But you may want to try using a different input to see if that makes a difference.

I've filed a bug with Apple regarding this issue just in case it truly is their problem.
 
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