Recent content by Pistol Pete1

Apologies for spelling mistakes above...tried to change them but I'm supposedly spam!!! Here are the screen pictures...first one is a dvd, and the other two are blu ray:

The location of the Ben Q W1070 wasn't idea as it wasn't at the ack of the room, but I had no choice due to the size of screen I had and the location of the joists. ( I wanted to feed the cables from the side of the room in picture and have the Projector attacked to a joist for piece of mind...

Things have changed a lot since my last post on here. The main one is an addition of a projector and 77" electric screen into the system! Pictures to follow....

For the first time since purchasing the Samsung 32H5000 (November 2014) I have attempted to used the two HDMI connections on this tv. I firstly connected a Humax freeview box into the HDMI 1 connection. I got the 'Humax' logo on the screen, but from then on only a green screen. I moved it to the...

Thanks for your suggestion as to the cause of the problem. With an 18 month old daughter in the house, the machine never gets past -25dB which is not loud at all and the machine has been in a stand/rack since the day it was delivered, so I'd be surprised if either were the cause of this.

Thanks for you help with this Michael! Watching Spiderman and sounds fine so far! It's used daily so I will soon see if it's an ongoing issue. Especially with so long left on the warranty side of things.

All reconnected....inputs first followed by centre and front speakers, then finally rear speakers testing the receiver as I go along. All ok and it seems to be stable and working as it should.....but what happened? And how long till it happens again? I've emailed the supplier of the unit and...

All disconnected and the amp is on and stable. Weird that the led kept flashing even with the mains off! Now what....re connect a few at a time and check it's ok by switching it on....until something fouls it up?

My receiver just stopped working tonight. I thought my daughter had switched it off, so I turned it back on to be greeted by the 'crackle' sound from the rear left speaker and the machine switching itself off again. A red led under iPhone now flashes on the front panel. I've checked the rear...

Funnily enough I had a demo in Richer Sounds before Xmas. The Marantz CD6005 and Cambridge Audio Azur 351C. Using the same disc, the CA played it flawlessly, but the Marantz didn't, and got stuck half way through a tune. I say no more.......

I have no experience of your other ideas I'm afraid. The Marantz unit does have a subwoofer output so you can add a powered sub later on if it doesn't offer enough punch. Best thing to do is try and get a demo somewhere and decide for yourself if it's enough for your tastes.

Why do you need an av receiver then? If it's for the features you mentioned, why not look at the Marantz M-CR610 or a second hand M-CR603 perhaps?

Through the front pre outs on the receiver. To the OP....why are you wanting to add a stereo amp to the receiver if your only going to use it for 5.1 duties?

Although a 'power amp direct' function simples adding a stereo amp to an av receiver via pre outs, it's not a necessity. I've had a Marantz PM6004 connected to a receiver before, and that doesn't have that function. I just used the set up mic at a volume level (on the PM6004) that I could...

Your lucky.....Most of my larger, but sensible posts don't make it through the 'spam' filter, so I keep my posts short these days!