*OFFICIAL* Denon AVR 391 / 591 / 1611 Owner's Thread - Page 149

Originally Posted by b33b 

Thanks for the remote recommendations, probably need two of them as my wife usually falls asleep with the remote on her side of the sofa - not that I would do anything like that. At A4L I keep forgetting my goal and start playing the 'for another $30' game.

Originally Posted by b33b 

Hard to imagine life with just one remote but good to know. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Tom Ames 

You can certainly use two, but it will be much less efficient, ie, extra button presses and some frustration initially as the user learns the "workarounds" necessary. FWIW, the same sync issue occurs if one person uses a Harmony and another person presses buttons on the AVR, TV, etc. It isn't an insurmountable problem, but it really defeats the primary advantage of the Harmony--at least for that session.

Originally Posted by krolholio 

I'm wondering if anyone might have a quick fix for a remote control/volume issue on my AVR 391 receiver. I've had the unit since early 2011, and the only issue I've had so far (unit would freeze up and not respond to remote or front panel controls and had to unplug from the power source) was been handled by Denon's factory authorized service center last spring. Currently, I am not able to continuously change the volume on the unit from the remote control as I had been able to in the past. To change the volume, you have to depress the volume up or down buttons for every increment you want to change it (VERY tedious!). Everything else on the remote seems to work fine.

Although I am not the only person in our house that has used it, the only instance I can personally reference was that someone had the volume turned way up (probably turned on our TV and ran the audio thru the receiver) and when I turned on the receiver one day the audio was really loud and I manually turned it down on the front panel. Doesn't seem that that should have messed up the remote though. So I'm wondering if there is a setting somewhere that I am missing that I might be able to change volume continuously again on the remote.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by jonrichards1974 

My AVR-591 is acting oddly. The remote control is not responsive. If I turn the volume down, it sometimes does and sometime does not, for example. I replaced the batteries and tried a harmony with the same result. Also, it started switching inputs all on its own. I was watching a movie on the PS3, and it automatically switched to the radio. The next morning, when I turned it on, all my settings were gone, like the input names, radio presets. I reset the microprocessor, but is still is acting weirdly. Anyone else have this issue?

Originally Posted by Phil Lawton 

well i connected the composite video, but it's not working. I wanted to make sure it wasn't the TV so I hooked up an old DVD player strait to the TV and it works fine. Then I connected the same DVD player to the receiver. The audio gets sent to the receiver, but it looks like the video doesn't make it to the TV (The TV says no signal). I can't imagine that it is the cable since the one between the TV and the receiver is the same one i used between the TV and the DVD player. This is frustrating because when I connect the HDMI to the receiver it seems like it tires to send the signal through that, but the screen just goes black. (but it doesn't say no signal). Its like the receiver is refusing to send a signal to the monitor out.

Originally Posted by jdsmoothie 

Try using a Quick Select for each input, making the volume change and the pressing/holding each Quick Select button for a few seconds to memorize the new settings.

Originally Posted by batpig 

How could the receiver possibly "know" in this situation? It just send out a signal via the speaker terminals.

If you just wire the two speakers up directly, they would be hooked up in "parallel" and would present a combined impedance load to the receiver. For example, if you had two pairs of 8-ohm speakers hooked up, the receiver would be presented with a 4-ohm load. Probably not an issue but could be a problem at higher volumes.

If you added a speaker switch to control the A/B function, there are switches that provide an impedance matching function to avoid this issue. If you google or search on Amazon for this term you will find many options.

All that said.... by the time you factor in the cost and hassle of implementing this solution, you would be better served by simply swapping receivers. I bet you could sell your 591 and find a different Denon with 7 channels that can power Zone 2 for less than a 50 dollar incremental expense -- basically the same as what you would be spending on the speaker selector.

For example, don't know where in Texas you are, but I was able to quickly find the following options in Dallas:

1. Denon AVR-791 for $140: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/3745738674.html
2. Denon 1910 for $220 (I would negotiate this price down): http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/ele/3740165741.html
3. Another AVR-791 for $195 OBO: http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/ele/3710981838.html
4. An AVR-1912 for $250: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/ele/3764780767.html

In Houston:

1. Denon 2309ci for $135: http://houston.craigslist.org/ele/3759564734.html
2. Denon 1611 (the same as your 591 but with 7ch and Zone 2), the guy is asking $300 but that is ridiculous, you can point out that Accessories4Less sells the refurb 1612 for $200: http://houston.craigslist.org/ele/3757483973.html