*OFFICIAL* Denon AVR 1910/790 Owner's Thread - Page 24

Très bien, mon ami. I hope something is lost in translation with "death ears".

And you still can. As I said, just connect the SCART cable and change the PS3 Sound setting to SCART and you can listen to MP3's over your Zone 2 speakers.


Keep in mind that lower tone frequencies are less audible than higher tone frequencies and are more "fealt" than heard so the sub test tones will "sound" nowhere close to the level of your other speaker test tones.

If not already done, see p. 28 of your manual. You need to set HDMI Control to ON (default is OFF) and set your Standby Source to HDMI 3 (or whatever HDMI jack you are using for the cable box as the default setting is Last Used).

I understand. Just not too excited at the prospect of switching the cable back and forth.

Thanks everyone, for the tips. I'd gotten such a good deal on that 3600 years ago ($800 for a one year old model from someone on home theater forum) that I fear it's spoiled me!

I'd been planning on buying online, since the deals are so good, but now I'm going to try to find a way to at least demo a 1909 or 1910, at least for the 2ch music. If it doesn't tickle my fancy, I'll consider moving up to the 2809 / 989.

Off to the store!
-Brian

In theory that should work, but I'm having to turn on the receiver first just to get the picture from the cable box to the tv to come on. I've tried various standby settings in the manual input menu on the receiver but nothing's working. I'll keep tinkering.

Huh? You mean switching the PS3 Sound setting back and forth, not the cable, as the HDMI and Scart cables don't have to be switched once in place. Although with a programmable remote (eg. Harmony) it would be much easier.


If you have HDMI Control ON and HMDI Standby source set correctly and still no joy, well, perhaps it's time to Reset the Microprocessor and start over again.

i have similar issue but with ps3. if i turn off (standby) the receiver, my blueray movie should play over the tv speakers. however the ps3 seems to do some voodoo when it is switched from full surround (amp output) to just tv. i cant hear voices at all. it is like when the ps3 goes back to a different output source for the sound it doesnt recalibrate this and just leaves the voice channel MIA.

this also happened to my pioneer vsx-519

one of the reasons i got this one instead of the 1909 was the idea that i could EASILY switch from receiver sound to tv sound with just a button press.. yeah right...


i am going to hook up my cable box to see how it works.. unfortunately i only have one two hdmi cables... but i doubt i will keep the 1910 if i cant get this worked out.. since i am essentially not able to use a feature that i wanted..

of course this may be one of those posts that i go back and read in a couple of months and think.. jesus what a n00b i was...

just tried it with the motorola cable box and when i turn the receiver off i get a long pause and then picture but no sound...

maybe it has something to do with inputs..

Probably a setup issue, especially if you were not using HDMI with the cable box to begin with.

i am reading over the input assign section right now..

but this is the first time i have plugged up the cablebox to the receiver.. and i only have hdmi cables.. one for the ps3 and one for the cablebox.. i actually need one more so i can stop switching them back and forth..

I have a non brand Mp3 player, Its got a mini usb to charge and download mp3 files and a ear plug connetion.

How and where can I plug this to the 1910.

I have wire which plugs in the earphone and at the other end has to rca jacks
Can I plug this in front of the receiver (aux input) if so I have to increase the vol to max in the mp3. tia

Just got my 790 for $350 brand new thanks to an associate discount. On my way home to try it out. So if I'm reading the last few posts correctly, anything that is plugged into the receiver I have to have the receiver on in order to have sound? is there a way to just have the receiver on to use its video processing but have the sound come out of the tv if I don't feel like using the full blown surround sound?

On standby and on

[quote=jdsmoothie;16769563]Huh? You mean switching the PS3 Sound setting back and forth, not the cable, as the HDMI and Scart cables don't have to be switched once in place. Although with a programmable remote (eg. Harmony) it would be much easier.


Oh thanks man. I totally forgot they could both be plugged in at once.

the other day when I bought my speakers I saw a BLUEHD LOGO on the 1910, now playing Iron Man on the PS3 and I don't see the logo lit. Was I seeing in color at the store.

frank, there is no HD decoding light ON if the Denon is not decoding the bitstream and the PS cannot send it in bitstream. Sounds just as good either way. This and other info available @ batpigworld section on PS3.

I must be doing something wrong. I can't get the sound to come out of my tv only, instead of the surround sound. I am trying with a standard dvd player and a ps2 both connected using a component cable. I connected it to the dvd input and connected the red and white audio into the dvd audio input. I have one HDMI cable going to my tv and set the hdmi sound output to TV but still no sound. What am I doing wrong here?

In addition to setting the HDMI Audio Out to TV, you must also set HDMI Control to OFF.

Tried that and no luck. Keep in mind, I am using it with no speakers at the moment. I'm just using it for the video processing for now (which is pretty good). Does this receiver even have the capability of taking audio from an analog source and outputting it through the HDMI out and just using the tv speakers?

Would I be better off returning this and just getting a dedicated video scaler? I picked up this receiver because I got a very good deal on it and couldn't pass it up. I also like the fact that it uses the ABT video chip.

I have also a regular dvd player connected with component wires but instead using the audio red and white wires I used coaxial audio and it works for me.

try using the red or white rca to as a coaxial connection as audio, if the distance from dvd to receiver is short it should work, I know on my HK avr55 worked. Haven't tried on this one due I have a coaxial cable.

I think this Harmony one is getting me confused.

what does distance have to do with it

Sorry again got confused with the Subwoofer. Any way that's what the tech. told me when I bought my HK avr55 9 years ago.

yes sir thanks so much.. stupid sequential steps... i have thrown away my paper copy of my owners manual. it is absurd really.. i have never seen anything so poorly laid out. i have read field manuals in the army that made more sense.

i have found that if you download the manual on pdf then search the entire pdf for what section you are working on, adobe lists all 17 pages that will cover your topic all nice and neat and in the same place. much better..

there is really never a need to switch on the fly from surround sound to tv listening so i guess it isnt that big of a deal...


i believe that this receiver is much better than my 5.1 pionerr vsx-519. the tech papers of the denon specifically ( http://www.usa.denon.com/AVR_4_Digit...xx10_v0529.pdf ) state that it supports 1080p/24fps. i dont believe the 519 supported it, and it was essentially causing the signal to be downconverted (maybe not a good word to use) into a 1080p/30fps. i believe the video capabilities of this receiver is much better and is what i am looking for. not sure if the denon would out perform the similarily powered 919 or 1019 of the pioneer line...

Just bought the AVR-1910 to replace a nearly 10 year-old AVR-1800. Set up was easy enough and Audyssey auto calibration worked like a charm.

That said, I'm having a problem with audio and video pass through when the AVR is in standby mode. It passes video but does not pass audio.

The source is a FIOS set top box connected to the AVR via HDMI. I've tried AMP, TV, Source On, Source Off, etc., but the results are the same -- video passes but no audio.

I'd really like to be able to watch television from time to time without powering up the AVR. Any suggestions?


If I can't figure this out, I might connect the FiOS box to the TV via digital or analog patch cords. But I'd rather the HDMI cable pass audio from the AVR is standby mode.

RMcR

You didn't mention if you have the HDMI Control set to "ON"?