All right, so I finally get a free evening to hook up my new Marantz 8400. A couple of hours free, anyway.
Net result: no sound.
Any tips? I'm trying to run a basic two-channel system, with a dvd player and 10-year-old JVC non-digital television. But I don't think I'm configuring the receiver properly in the setup mode.
Is there an old thread here with basic instructions for running two-channel stereo from a 7.1 receiver? Or are any of you lucky UBID winners running two channels off your 8400?
ok, for starters if your problem is no sound, swapping video cables around wont fix it.
Secondly you want to use digital audio from your dvd player to your receiver or you will not get DTS or surround sound.
I see from your manual you have 6 assignable digital inputs, 4 optical 3coaxial.
Harmon Kardon appearently cannot afford to keep their website operational, so i cant pull a manual for your dvd player, so i have no idea what outputs it has.
Determine whether you want to use coaxial or optical digital cables to the receiver.
Remember which number digital in you used on the receiver back. once amp is turned on, put remote into "amp" mode.
Press menu
select input setup
set dvd to the corresponding input you plugged it into on the back (D1-D6).
press menu again to exit.
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Thanks for the tips. I'm getting both sound and picture, now. But this is weird: I have a set of component wires (red, white, yellow) running from the TV to the receiver. I also have an s-video cable running from the TV to the receiver. The only way I could get a picture was to hook up both. If I unplug EITHER ONE, the picture goes away.
If you are using basic cable from your tv's video monitor out to the receiver then you dont need it, sounds like you have a loop ran.
If you are using a cable or sat box try hooking up as in this diagram:
This is the proper configuration for your older tv.
If you are not running a cable or sat box then run the audio from the monitor out of your TV to the Tv analog audio input where cable box is shown to go now.
