Hi folks,
my Marantz CD-85 is not louder than a bumblebee!!! Any ideas what might be defective???
I bought it off the bay and it has arrived here some minutes ago...
Pleas answer in english or german language.
I don´t understand your language, sorry.
Thanks in advance for your help. notworthy
Jörn from Germany
You did connect it to the cd player input on your amp right? A friend of mine once connected his cd player to the phono input off his amp and he was faced with similar problems...
Of course it is connected to the CD-in on my Marantz PM-94 flagship. :yes:
My Marantz CD-17 II that I had before worked well on that input...
Does it have a variable output? If that's the case, than it may be that you have connected it via the variable output. Then you simply have to put up the volume or connect it via the fixed output.
Oke, that probably wasn't the post you were waiting for then :wink:
A longshot:
(http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/img/info/marantz/marantz-cd85/groot/IMG_0012.jpg)
There's something on the back on the right top of your player. I once owned a player with an adjustable output volume knob wich looked similar to what i saw on the picture above. But as i said; it's a longshot.
This is my last attempt, after this i will let it to my much more experienced and audiophile educated fellow forum members to give you some advice :lol:
Citaat van: f.luisteraar op maart 23, 2011, 12:24:55
Does it have a variable output? If that's the case, than it may be that you have connected it via the variable output. Then you simply have to put up the volume or connect it via the fixed output.
Nope, NO variable output there otherwise I would have checked that already. :yes:
Citaat van: JeroenLeeuwarden op maart 23, 2011, 12:28:19
Oke, that probably wasn't the post you were waiting for then :wink:
A longshot:
(http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/img/info/marantz/marantz-cd85/groot/IMG_0012.jpg)
There's something on the back on the right top of your player. I once owned a player with an adjustable output volume knob wich looked similar to what i saw on the picture above. But as i said; it's a longshot.
This is my last attempt, after this i will let it to my much more experienced and audiophile educated fellow forum members to give you some advice :lol:
Sorry but I don´t understand what you mean, sorry HLP
Can you place a picture of youre remote controll here?
I have found the following text on: http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/?strPage=Info&strBrand=Marantz&strType=cd85
Review Hi-Fi Choice May 1989
With the Marantz CD94 starting to get a bit long in the tooth and with an unfilled market slot in the £500 price region, other manufacturers were in a position to take advantage, so Marantz now launched the Marantz CD85 which competes head on with some highly regarded established players in this price group.
In complete contrast to the light plastic boxed siblings that Marantz is so good at -and in true Japanese fashion, for an upmarket player needs to be weighty- the company has invested in some heavy engineering here. The heavy diecast zinc alloy chassis forms the very rigid structure upon which the player is founded. The top panel is another two-piece alloy extrusion, and some of the steel panels are copper plated, along with the screws that hold it all together. The front panel is yet another high quality alloy extrusion, but the buttons and end caps are plastic. To complete the effect, the side panels are solid wood with a high gloss finish, and the whole thing sits on four large round metal-finished feet.
There are all facilities you would expect from a machine of this type -apart that is from a variable line output. FTS is available for a total of aroun 150 discs, plus all the normal track, index and search facilities (two speeds), full programming for up to 24 tracks or extracts, full edit facilities, AMS (which plays the first 10 seconds of each track) and full repeat facilities. Everything is duplicated on the remote handset, which also has a track select keypad.
Internally the player is very interesting. It has an entirely different board layout from Marantz's cheaper offerings, and represents a completely new computer optimised design, using multi-board construction techniques with ribbon cable linkages. The power supply uses a large transformer, ample audio quality supply capacitors and multi chip regulators attached to a proper heatsink. The main board is covered with audiophile Cerafine electrolytics for decoupling and a variety of film caps elsewhere, including coper foil polystyrene types.
The wiring around the transport control looks a little messy, but apart from that the design is well sorted. A selected 'B' grade digital filter drives the similarly selected TDA1541A S1 digital-to-anaolgue converter, with good quality film decoupling. The audio section is arranged in a straight line down one side of the board, with all components mirrored positionally for left and right channels. Single op-amps are used in place of the normal dual types for the audio current to voltage conversion, filtering and the final stage, which is direct coupled to the output. Output muting is by relay but de-emphasis is FET-switched. The transport is one of Philips' better types, with an alloy laser deck mounted on a foam-damped spring suspension. Even the draw is metal rather than plastic and is smoother in operation, but the disc clamp looks standard and it's no quicker than normal.
Citaat van: lo op maart 23, 2011, 13:11:10
Can you place a picture of youre remote controll here?
Sorry but it came WITHOUT a RC. frusty
Thats a pity. I think there are volume controle buttons on the remote controll, same as on the remote control of the CD17 that you have owned. Maybe you can ask llOll, the owner of http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/homepage/, wether the CD85 has volume controll butons on its RC?
groet,
lo
Otherwise you can contact the following Service Centre: http://www.audioservice.nl/.
You can call them or write them an e-mail.
Citaat van: lo op maart 23, 2011, 13:34:37
Thats a pity. I think there are volume controle buttons on the remote controll, same as on the remote control of the CD17 that you have owned. Maybe you can ask llOll, the owner of http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/homepage/, wether the CD85 has volume controll butons on its RC?
groet,
lo
There are NO such buttons, I found a pic of the RC on the web...looky here:
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t169/rescuediverhh/imagemagic.jpg)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t169/rescuediverhh/imagemagic.jpg
Citaat van: JeroenLeeuwarden op maart 23, 2011, 12:28:19
Oke, that probably wasn't the post you were waiting for then :wink:
A longshot:
(http://www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/img/info/marantz/marantz-cd85/groot/IMG_0012.jpg)
There's something on the back on the right top of your player. I once owned a player with an adjustable output volume knob wich looked similar to what i saw on the picture above. But as i said; it's a longshot.
This is my last attempt, after this i will let it to my much more experienced and audiophile educated fellow forum members to give you some advice :lol:
that's for the voltage
LOL :schater:
Citaat van: recue diver op maart 23, 2011, 12:41:45
Nope, NO variable output there otherwise I would have checked that already. :yes:
Well, I thought he's German, so..... clown1
pompom pompom pompom
oh well, you now know how to change the voltage settings. Never know when that's come in handy nopompom
So now we can close this thread because I´ll return the player to the seller to get a full refund. :yes:
Thanks to all of you for your help. notworthy
Cheers from Germany
Jörn
Why not look for a CD94 to match your PM94?
So because I won´t pay around 1kilo Euros for a CD-Player I´m a vinyl fan. :wink:
If anyone loves vinyl here as well please feel free to join my Facebook group Highend & Vinyl lovers united.
So please enjoy our group...it´s a fantastic place to be.
See you soon???
It would be a pleasure to me.
Cheers from Germany
Jörn Gill