Marantz sr8001: standby light blinks rapidly,

I'm an authorized service center for Marantz although I mainly work on vintage equipment, according to the manual the code your getting is for speaker impedance imbalance , but if you don't have speakers hooked to it then you have issues with one of the channels output stages, it may not be something you can fix yourself unless you have some fairly advanced electronic skills

Marantz US SR8001

Cheers

It needs to be serviced. Bad caps, resistors, & possibly a transistor or two. Not an unbearable repair, but you can count on it being 100-175 depending on the shop. You followed all the troubleshooting you could without opening the unit.

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http://www.retrevo.com/support/Marantz-SR7002-Receivers-manual/id/6753ci475/t/2/

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PROTECTIVE FEATURE

In some cases, the STANDBY indicator may blink slowly, twice per second. In this case, turn off the unit, unplug the power cord, and check the following points.

Make sure the speaker cables are not reversed and connected to the wrong sides (+ and -) on the unit.

Make sure the speaker cables connected to the unit are not shorted. (Check both the unit end and the speaker end.)

Make sure the volume does not exceed the level that the unit is capable of producing.

When using the unit in a rack or other enclosed space, heat may build up inside the unit and cause a fire. When installing the unit, be sure to leave suffi cient space between the top, back and both sides of the unit and walls or other AV components to prevent the internal temperature from rising.

After checking these points, plug in the power cord and use the remote controller to turn on the unit. Turn down the volume before resuming playback. Confirm that there are no problems with the speaker connections and playback performance.

If this symptom recurs, request service at your nearest service center.

In rare instances, the unit may enter standby mode and the STANDBY indicator may blink rapidly, 8 times per second. In this case, unplug the power cord and request service at your nearest service center.

blinking power lights are a factory setting to inform the customer there is an internal electronic fault. and the unit needs to be repaired by a service pro in 99% of cases the owner can do nothing to fix it.

send it in

best luck

Mine is doing the exact same thing! All I want to do is get it OUT of standby mode!

Hello there.

These are blind posts (i.e the unscrew back) but will not allow you to unscrew them fully to use spades.
Only bananas (of any type) and bare wire (do not recommend it).

I own the same SR and faced many issues (even going into "protection mode") due to bad quality binding posts used on this machine.

For any clarifications (specific type of terminals) let me know.

Evangelos

Test all your speaker impedances and check for shorts on both wiring and speakers. Use a digital multimeter. If you still have an issue, disconnect all speakers and test receiver. If you still have a problem, post a comment and I can help some more.

I have exactly the same problem! Sometimes when I turn the input dial it comes back on but this time it is out for good. I have tried re-wiring and unplugging etc. nothing seems to work.

For resetting sr6001: When power lights blinking, press "clear" + "pure direct" + "7.1 ch input" simultaneously for 3 seconds.


iskender