I've got a Denon amp (PMA-1600) paired with a Marantz CD player (6006); both have a virtually identical remote control, as they're from the same company, really. Is there a way to use one remote for both devices?
With 2 Marantz components you connect them together using a cable from the Amp Remote Out port to the CD Remote In port and switch the CD player remote switch from Internal to External.The remote for my Marantz CD player (in my signature) must have a different design, as it has a CD and and Amp button. I think had I the matching amp, I could one remote for both.
That might work. I've only ever done that with gear from the same manufacturer - but worth a try.With 2 Marantz components you connect them together using a cable from the Amp Remote Out port to the CD Remote In port and switch the CD player remote switch from Internal to External.
See: https://manuals.marantz.com/cd6007/eu/en/YRWWSYnuhqcgza.php
Whether this works with a non-heterogeneous system, is another matter. It does work with my Marantz amp and cd player, so I use only one control. Had I a Marantz network player, I could chain that in as well.
Basically, the amp IR tells the CD what to do when the remote button is pressed.
The PMA-1600 does have such a port, at the back.