The "Official" Denon AVR-4311CI/AVR-A100 thread [NO PRICE TALK] - Page 699

I suggest you use DL3 for SACD, DVDA and CDs (set both player and AVR to DL3). I glanced at your OM and I think the only other way you can send SACD is analog. And sending analog means you have to use the Ext In on the AVR so you lose Audyssey. SACD over DL is DSD.

As Bill mentioned above, if there is significant content in a particular MC SACD's .1 ch and the -10 dB bug is in effect, you may be losing some bass. So if the bass seems too light over DL, then turn up the sub a bit. That only applies to MC SACD, stereo layers are fine.
Edited by SoundofMind - 2/8/13 at 6:35pm

Yes I do.

I played around on it last night. I'm pretty sure the -10 dB bug is in effect on MC SACD through DL3. I have Roy Orbison's Black and White Night on both SACD and DVDA. I haven't listened to the SACD version yet. I will play and compare them when I get a chance. That should tell me for if I am losing the bass.

If I use the DL3 for DVDA, should I use a component video cable to handle the video?
Edited by shady02 - 2/9/13 at 1:31pm

Upgrading the AVR with the Airplay firmware should not have caused a problem and if it's something you want, you should do the upgrade on the replacement unit.

Nope, no need for a separate cable-just CAT5 and HDMI from player to AVR.

I don't need the feature. I only upgraded it to get the popup to go away. I can live with the popup. Upgrading airplay definitely coincided with my network card breaking.

Many of us in this thread have installed the Airplay upgrade without any issues. The network card failing just after installing the Airplay upgrade is almost certainly a coincidence - chances are it would have failed anyway. Installing the Airplay upgrade will also most likely help you with future resale value in case you decide to upgrade / switch to another AVR at some point.

No need to do that, just turn off the notices- OM p106

I would WANT to upgrade it just to make sure the dang thing is working correctly! If it doesn't upgrade send that one back too! Repeat until you have a good unit.

+1

Although the settings factory default to ON for both the "update" and "upgrade" settings, both can be set to OFF.

Ok so I finally got my 7.1 setup. Ran through the setup and everything seemed fine. Had jurassic park DVD in and 5.1 dts sounded great. I then popped in ice age 3 Blu for my son but its only showing 5.1? Only way I'm able to get it to use back channels is switching to pliix cinema? What I don't get is isn't the left group of speakers on the display the source and the right side is the active? Shouldn't the 7.1 show on the left as its a dts hd 7.1 track? Ideally it should automatically choose 7.1 without having to switch to the pliix cinema mode?

Did you select the DTS 7.1 track on the BD otherwise it likely defaulted to 5.1?

It is selected to 7.1 in the audio track. When I checked status it showed as 5.1 on the 4311

If the left panel display is only showing 5 CH, then only 5CH are being received from the BD.

Optical/coaxial instead of HDMI???

Tu Turns out the Panasonic bluray was set to decode since avr before could only support PCM (onkyo sr803)

Well, it looks like I will be sending this one back too. SO FRUSTRATING. It keeps shutting off. Man I have never had a single problem out of my REFURB 3311, knock on wood, and this is the second defective 4311. It automatically cuts off when you turn it up even slightly. It starts flashing red around the power button. I'm NOT talking about turning it up loud. I'm talking about just turning up music loud enough to hear it in multi channel mode.

Is the power light flashing rapidly (ie. every 1/2 sec) or slower (every 2 sec)? Have you visually checked every speaker post to ensure there are no loose wire strands touching a nearby post? Have any in wall wiring that may have been punctured by a nail?

Fast flash of red. All speaker wires are secure and I'm using screw type banana plugs. Haven't touched anything since sending the last one back. The only thing wrong with last one was that it wouldn't connect to the network. It never shut off like this one. I did a microprocessor reset first. I will post results.

Update:

I reran Audyssey. One of the front wide speakers went from +3.5 level to -1.5! It's not cutting off for the time being. Maybe something went wrong in the setup.

Thanks to everyone who chimed in to help. Great thread.
Edited by thevolumnus - 2/10/13 at 3:54pm

Quick question regarding AirPlay working with the 1713.

I've got the AVR hardwired to the Modem. I'm able to connect to the network, get Pandora, internet radio, all that jazz.

I'm also able to get my iphone, and stream music from that to the receiver.

However I can't get iTunes on my laptop to stream music to the receiver. That's wireless, just like the iPhone, so I shouldnt have an issue there.

I've allowed iTunes to get through the firewall, so thats not blocked there.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

^^
You posted in the 4311CI Owner's thread ... suggest "cut" the post and then delete it using the "red x" in the lower left corner of your post and then paste it in the Denon AVR-XX13 Owner's thread linked in my sig. Thanks.

Check your ohms setting. Make sure its on 4 ....not 6 or 8 !!

shouldn't make a lick of difference under normal use. Sounds like a little bit of stray wire is shorting something out, and the usual recommendation is to carefully check all the speaker connections.

It makes a BIG difference. My 4311 was shutting down all the time until I changed the ohms setting.

Anyone here interested in swapping Anthem MRX-700 for a 4 month old Denon 4311ci? I cannot get used to the Denon sound coming from Marantz equipment and am thinking of giving Anthem amps a try. I have Paradigm reference speakers so it may be a good setup for the speakers also. If interested send me a PM and we can discuss.

My speakers are 8ohms, and the receiver is set to 8ohms. I had the same speakers hooked to my 3311 for well over a year at 8ohms, and I never had a single problem with shutoffs. I think the problem is now corrected. Something went wrong with the first Audyssey auto setup IMO. One of the speaker levels was way too high.

Hi there,

I have a Denon 4311CI, and have run Audyssey a couple of months back, but i guess some settings have changed by mistake.. i am not sure, although i was going through the avr's menu option today and and saw this.

Under Manual Setup > Speaker Setup > Speaker config these were the values.
Front - Small - 80Hz
Center - Small - 90Hz
Surround - Small - 120Hz
Surround Back - Small - 120Hz

And in the Audyssey Auto Setup > Parameter check > Speaker Config check it shows
Front - Large - Full band
Center - Small - 80Hz
Surround - Small 80Hz
Surround Back - Small - 90Hz

I am not sure what this means, and actually whats been read by the avr? I have set the MultEQ to MultEQ XT32 all the time.
Whats happening?

The speakers i have is a
Def Tech Mythos ST fronts
Mythos 10 center (will be upgrading this to cs-8080)
Gem XL rear
Promonitor 1000 for surround back.

Sounds like you changed the audyssey settings. That's up to you obviously. Nothing wrong with raising the crossovers after audyssey if you prefer it.

Out of these two above, which are the ones that are working in effect right now? I am confused.