Official Denon AVP-A1HD/AVP-A1HDCI and POA-A1HD/POA-A1HDCI owners thread. - Page 160

Originally Posted by ohyeah32

I am one of the few here that is still using the stock remote.

Seth

Originally Posted by ohyeah32

Well guys I'm happy to report that the update on my AVP went smoothly. It took a full 61 minutes to complete. And I decided to observe what it was doing every step of the way. And since I was camped out in front of my AVP anyway, I also wrote down what it showed in the AVP's display window. Here is what it showed from step one all the way through:

Main Firm
Sub Firm
Flash Firm
DSP1 Firm
Sflash Firm
Sflash Firm
Ether IM Firm
Ether WP Firm

After it completed the update, the AVP re-started itself. I checked to see if the steaming was working, and it sure was! So so far all is well.


Seth

Originally Posted by Franin

I've just finished watching the fantastic 4 rise of the silver surfer and decided to have a look at this streaming music also.I have 3 ethernet cables in my room one being connected to the AVP and the other 2 for the BD players and would to have say amazing.I was sitting for 1/2 and hour listening to the music and man the convience is there, makes you think why bother with a cd player at all.I also saved pics of my kids and while listening to the music the pics come out clear, really good.I used to have it for the A1XVA but I find this one runs really good.I couldn't believe it you select Queen greatest hits volume 3 and I get the album cover on the top left hand corner same with van Halen albums etc etc its really good.On the Stereo side of things bloody hell it sounds fantastic, very happy.

Originally Posted by progprog

Wow, that's really too bad. I was wondering what the shutdown was about yesterday morning, but everything seems okay afterwards. Only this morning have I noticed that posts are missing all over the place. Are these two things related- yesterday's shutdown and today's missing posts?

Oddly enough, somebody just today received a PM that I sent weeks ago.....

Originally Posted by Krellav

running well. I really like being able to stream music from my pc (media player)! Music from the internet radio sites are pretty good also except for the occasional drop of signal. Not sure why that occurs. At some point I would like to get to lossless audio over the net or via pc but will need someone who has experience in setting it up to provide a guide.

I continue to be impressed with the AVP. It seems to be really well thought out with all of the technical capabilities. In my opinion this is a state of the art piece by today's standards and nothing comes close in video or audio. Never thought I would say that about a Denon product. But there it is! Would love to see a comparison of the Krell and Levinson pre/pros with the AVP. I believe it may cause mass histeria among audiophiles!

On another note, any recommendations for a full function remote to control everything. I have my eye on the Harmony 1000 as it appears to be easy to setup. Thanks for you input!

KrellAV

Originally Posted by progprog

Isn't it great? I just love the convenience and I listen to my music so much more now that it's easy. And when you consider that you can get really, really good quality music this way, it certainly does make you wonder why you need that CD player in the stack. I took mine out a few months ago....

He he he well thanks to Mark or I would never have believed it to work and became the icing on the cake for my HAA calibration. But I have to admit rnrgagne I give you credit mate you kept insisting that it works well and your right.

I remember asking the question about the different results I got for the db reading in my SPL meter for each speaker and I visited our Aussie home forum to have a read as sugggested by Alebonau but I found some interesting comments like level matching the db to 75db for each speaker regardless what Audyssey puts out. Now I believe that is wrong in a way correct me if im wrong guys because unless there all identical they have different characteristics. To level match them could cause peaks in the room, so thats where Audyssey comes in it's designed to get the best for your room and the listening pos it brings down the peaks and tries to bring up the nulls in it's own way.It's there to match the speaker level but not in db as such but in tone if you follow me.Like I said i could be wrong and im sure there someone who will say your wrong but it makes sense to me because as I said before unless there identical speakers throughout most have different charateristics even if they are from the same manufacturer, some have xtra drivers, the freq response is different, the build etc. As an example I recently purchased a set of Berylluim Sonance Virtuoso 834 DR sealed ceiling speakers for my surrounds the baffle,the mid and tweeter can pivot pointing towards you which is great.I noticed that level matching there was a lot of high and mid it did not seem right(I thought here goes another $600 to get out my HAA calibrator) so I decided to use the Audyssey instead and it did a fantastic job in matching the tone but the SPL meter showed it less than some of the others.When i watched the movie I could hear them clearly so I believe it's not all about db matching as some say. Correct me if im wrong guys im sure someone might have a better explanation.

Originally Posted by Franin

makes me think if I really want to go for that universal player now, I mean most of my music is stored in the PC in the office and fair enough I have to keep it on to use it but who cares.I sat on my arse and did not have to bother getting up and down changing discs. Im thinking about giving it a miss now it has to offer something more for me too buy I know it might be able to pass HD audio through Denon link but for HDMI is doing great regardless.

Originally Posted by rnrgagne

I'm fighting the urge to say "I told you so".... oops, I guess I did ..



Tough to say really, because you're never dealing in absolutes. Audyssey should be more accurate through the entire frequency range than an SPL meter because of the calibrated mic and accuracy of the test tones it generates.

Originally Posted by progprog

If you weren't going to use it for music, what advantage could a new player offer over your 2500? Doesn't the 2500 bitstream every available audio codec? That's such a nice unit that I snap one up in a hurry if my Pioneer BD player wasn't elss than a year old...

That reminds me, did the recent update fix that one problem you were having with the 2500?

Originally Posted by progprog

If you weren't going to use it for music, what advantage could a new player offer over your 2500? Doesn't the 2500 bitstream every available audio codec?

Originally Posted by Franin

Certainly did im looking at getting another to replace my Panasonic DMP-BD30.I want have it all Denon apart from HD DVD the toshibas will have to do.

Originally Posted by progprog

Yeah, kind of sucks about HD-DVD. I really like the format and, in fact, still buy them whenever I see them at a good price. I wish somebody (like you, Denon!) would make one last, definitive player- a robust, high-end unit with serial control (or at least rear-panel IR control) for those of us that plan to use the format as long as the discs last. I have three Toshibas, but they definitely feel like a mid-consumer-level product next to solid stuff like Denon.

Originally Posted by Franin

BTW talking about toshibas for some reason the RS-232 port did not work. i was sent some RS-232 protocls but I must of done soemthing wrong as it did not work. Did you get yours going by RS-232?

Originally Posted by progprog

You have RS-232?? Mine are HD-A35s and they don't offer serial control. Good performers otherwise, but like I said, they don't feel like they were built to last forever, and they don't have anything but front-panel IR control. Which one are you using?

Originally Posted by progprog

Frank,

Don't know if this will offer any insight, but just in case:
http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin...thread.cgi?204

Originally Posted by thebishman

Can anyone offer any advice.

I have just returned from about 4 weeks in the UK and now the AVP will not synch up to my wireless network. It was working perfectly before I left.

It recognises the network, and I have the correct WEP key in place but it simply keeps saying 'Connection failed'.

All other aspects of my wireless network are working fine, it's just the AVP that seems to have gotten bollocks'd up.

TIA,
Bish

Originally Posted by Franin

makes me think if I really want to go for that universal player now, I mean most of my music is stored in the PC in the office and fair enough I have to keep it on to use it but who cares.I sat on my arse and did not have to bother getting up and down changing discs. Im thinking about giving it a miss now it has to offer something more for me too buy I know it might be able to pass HD audio through Denon link but for HDMI is doing great regardless.

Originally Posted by rnrgagne

I wonder if anyone else has had and cured this problem;

My GUI is gone, no volume display or OSD either over HDMI or composite monitor out.

I don't know how it happened, I think my universal remote might have an incorrect macro or something because using it to turn on my system is the only thing I did differently.

I can't figure out how to get it back on going through the menu on the front of the AVP and the manual might as well be in a foriegn language..

Originally Posted by Krellav

On another note, any recommendations for a full function remote to control everything. I have my eye on the Harmony 1000 as it appears to be easy to setup. Thanks for you input!

KrellAV

Originally Posted by tzucc

is the general concensus that this very capable processor has remaining software bugs, or is it stable (other than the previous post where the UI disappeared)?

Originally Posted by EricBergan

I'm a fan of the Harmony's but a little less so of the 1000. In general, I prefer more hard buttons, and something that can be used with one hand. I'm using the Harmony One these days, but have others scattered around.

I do find the Harmony's easy to set up and use, and more importantly, I don't get complaints from my family anymore about "I just want to watch TV!".

I've used Pronto's and their siblings before this, and while they are very powerful, my experience was they require much more development, and more updating when you swap in/out equipment. (Not that any of us ever change our configurations...)

It literally took me about 5 minutes to rip out my Theta and do the basic setup of the AVP on my Harmony, to be able to properly watch satellite/BD/HD-DVD/DVD/VCR/listen to music, etc. Granted, I did go back a couple more times over the following days as I learned which AVP functions I wanted quick access to, and what setup/tweaking functions to make sure I could find, and how to get zones to work.

No, I don't own Logitech stock. Actually, now that I think of it, I've been using these since before Logitech bought them...

eric