Denon AVR-3312: How to output analog signal from HDMI Input.

Hello everybody.

I just got an AVR-3312,
and my wish is to use it also as a DAC,
to convert all my FLAC files to analog signal,
and send it to a vintage amplifier.

My issue: I can't get any audio signal on the rec out from any HDMI signal.
I tried DVR out but also Zone 2 and Zone 3 PRE OUTS.

It works fine with any analog ins such as CD or PHONO.

My understanding is that the HDMI signal being a multi-channel signal,
it can't decode it and use it as a PCM.

Any way to go around that?

Lineage:

FLAC Files > Clementine For OSX> Macmini HDMI output
>AVR 3312 HDMI Game 1 Input

Thanks in advance!

Apparently I can get a signal on the FL-FR preamp outs,
but it is modulated by the amp volume. Which makes sense.
But I don't want that i want a linear signal on a line out,
so I can adjust the volume on the 2 pairs of speakers.
One on the Denon and the other on a vintage amp.
Edited by drsdncdx - 11/5/12 at 6:28am

Thank you for your answer Jeff.

Things is, I don't really need the 3312 to ouput the HDMI signal on Zone 2/3 output,
It could perfectly be on the regular DVR out... But apparently it won't either.

The problem seems to be that the 3312 D/A converter can't process an HDMI multichannel signal and convert it
as it would do with a Toslink PCM.
In fact I managed to ouput a Toslink signal on the analog outs.
So that might be a solution: Send the video of my Mac via HDMI,
and the audio via Toslink.
but....there's a delay between the Denon actual sound and the analog out.
The Denon seems to reproduce the Toslink signal milliseconds later than it outputs the converted signal on the analog out.
And the Audio Delay function wish goes only one direction won't help.

I though about that, obviously, but I liked the idea of having everything in a single box. Meaning that I could use the video upscaling features of the Denon,
and use it as a DAC. I thought that there would be an RCA out for anything the Denon would reproduce. Just as the Tape Rec outs on a good old amp.
Plain and simple.
Yes that is an integrated amp, and I would use it in the same room. Basically, I would use (or not) a pair of speakers on the Denon, and another pair (the main one) on the vintage amp. That's why the timing of the audio needs to be tight.
About an AVR with true preamps, you're right, I think that definitely is the right solution. Thing is my €€€ won't let me approach them apparently.
Do you have a certain model in mind that won't be much more expensive than the 3312?

SO! I think I might just have to bring the 3312 back to the shop, and I don't understand how such a simple action like having a record out of the signal being reproduced,
can't be performed. Maybe it's just an oldschool way of thinking...

Thanks!