Is it worth repairing my Marantz AV7701?

[vinni9284]

Dear fellow members,

 

My Marantz AV7701 started to have a mind of its own and now is continuously restarting on/off.

There is a YouTube clip of another with the same issue so it seems to be a common problem. Comments below on YouTube from another poster suggested it is the PSU.

Here is the clip (it's not me btw :-) ): 

 

 

 

The question I would like to ask, it is worth spending to repair or just save and spend on top for a new unit? I mean at least I would assume the repair may be around the $400 mark .. 

Even if the repair is good, usually warranties from the repair mob is not very long. 

 

As we all know that a replacement Prepro will not be cheap. 

 

4K passthrough is not that important (although it does supports it however 4K@30p) 

 

I am in Melbourne and I believe JLS electronics is pretty good.

Has anyone been in this dilemma?

 

What would you advise.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Cheers

 

 

Edited February 3, 2018 by vinni9284

[Addicted to music]

I've seen this happen on a Samsung panel that's trying to switch on and reinitialised. Not sure if this applies to you or what you have tried but do the easiest thing 1st that doesn't cost you anything.  The above fix was to replaced or refit the IEC mains connection at the back.  

 

Edited:  also try disconnecting items you have connected to the it one at a time, it maybe that something else you have connected is triggering this issue.

Edited February 3, 2018 by Addicted to music

[vinni9284]

Thanks very much.

 

Actually I had it connected to an LG UH770T with no issues and the swapped it over to an LG OLED B7T and this fault started to occur.

I definitely will try this.

 

Thank you once again.

 

Cheers

Edited February 3, 2018 by vinni9284
typo

[vinni9284]

I tried as per your recommendations however unfortunately, it still does it.

Even with nothing connected to it. Turn the power on and it cycles off/on loop.

You think is it worth repairing?

 

Cheers

[cwt]

56 minutes ago, vinni9284 said:

I tried as per your recommendations however unfortunately, it still does it.

Even with nothing connected to it. Turn the power on and it cycles off/on loop.

You think is it worth repairing?

 

Cheers

Before you consider repairing ; try a factory reset ; these components are like pc's these days 

[vinni9284]

Before you consider repairing ; try a factory reset ; these components are like pc's these days [emoji4]

Thanks.

Tried that and now it's worse lol!
Now it's going off/on --> tick tock tick tock lol.

I might look for an upgrade. I have read that the AV7701 is problematic. No comparison to the Japanese AV8801 flagship.. but then that's twice the price.

Thanks once again.

Cheers

[atavid]

I know this post is relatively old but if it helps anyone ,I recently had issues with my Marantz receiver.I tried the reset procedure as per the user guide but to no avail.

i then took the unit to a authorised Marantz repair place and they did a reset again .

I was puzzled as to why it worked for them but not for me ,even after several attempts.

They explained that as well as pushing the two normally required buttons for the reset they also simultaneously press the enter button.My user guide does not indicate this at all.Anyway it worked and Marantz is back to its usual self.