How to set up CD player and Integrated Amp with AV Receiver? I have the AV receiver Marantz SR8500 connected to Marantz DV6500 DVD player and B&W speaker 5.1. I do not want to use DVD player as CD player. I feel that the sound not so quality. How to solve this problem?
Your question is somewhat confusing, but I will take a shot at an answer.
Your SR5800 has 4 optical digital audio inputs and 3 coaxial digital audio inputs (they carry the same information, just different style cable). Your CD player should have either or both a optical and/or coaxial digital audio output - that is what you hook up to your receiver with the proper cable. For audio only, that is the only connection necessary between a high quality CD player and the AV receiver.
Keep it simple Don...connect the CD player to your Marantz...you should know how this is done, there really are no other ways to connect this to the receiver.
Forget the integrated amp, get it out of the equation.
Don you are not limited to the CD player input. You can connect via the available optical input and assign it to the CD player through the setup menu. If the coaxial or optical doesn't sound good, try the 5.1 SACD.