Sony RM-AV2000 vs. Marantz RC2000MKII

Posted by Nicholas Rexing on September 16, 1998 at 18:35:07:

In Reply to: Sony RM-AV2000 vs. Marantz RC2000MKII posted by SteveL on September 16, 1998 at 18:11:13:

I bought the Sony about six months ago. I found it through a relentless search for something that make my system operable by my wife. The AV2000 fits my needs almostly perfectly.

Almost: The remote has a combination of hard and soft keys - brilliant! The softkeys are a "subset" of the hard keys. And only a subset of the softkeys are usable under any given hard key. An example: press the "amp" hard key. The softkey area now has labels for amp-based functions like component input select. I would prefer to be able to use any/all labels not just Sony's choice.

Perfect: The combination of hard and soft keys makes this a real easy "convenient" remote to use. It will not replace every component remote for all functions. Rather, it replaces all other remotes for normal operation; I still use the amp remote for surround sound balancing as an example.

My system: Yamaha DSP-A1 amp, matching tuner, Panasonic S-VHS VCR, Sony 8-mm VCR, Pioneer DV500 DVD, Toshiba 50-inch rear projection TV.

My two biggest problems: The Yamaha amp uses unique codes for power on and power off. The Sony doesn't handle this well from what I can tell. The TV does not map the video inputs to channels so its difficult to select a component and the appropriate video input automatically

I found the Marantz remote capable of replacing all remotes (generally) but to big for a hand held, to heavy and not intuitative enough for my family.

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• Sony RM-AV2000 vs. Marantz RC2000MKII Robert Turnbull 21:03:38 9/16/98 (0)

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