Member Reviews: Denon AVR-2312CI Receiver

Bought a 2312ci and soon thereafter had flickering/power down issues. Denon said it was an "HDMI handshake" issue and instructed me to reset the unit and reprogram. Denon said to be very gentle with it, and turn on HDMI connected electronics first before turning on the receiver. That did help for a short while, then the 2312 degraded until it just began turning on and off intermittently every 30 secs or so, regardless of whether anything is connected to the HDMI or not. Then I realized this issue is not only common when buying your first 2312 or 3312ci, but also replacement 'refurb' units that Denon sends to you... a process that will leave you without a receiver for lengthy period...

Bought this to upgrade from another Denon and get HDMI handling, 1080p upscaling and all of those kind of things. The automated speaker set up is great but the mapping of the buttons and inputs is overly complex. The Network radio section has just about everything BUT Sirrus/XM much to my dismay. My real heartburn is that it has been in the shop 4 times in the first year. I have been without it about 2 of the last 11 months and Denon doesn't seem to be concerned about it. Had a cold solder joint that was intermittent that took the first two times in to find followed by a bad HDMI board and now it seems to have problems that are heat related and intermittently just shuts down. Denon...