The "Official" Denon AVR-4306 Thread - Page 79

Yea I assigned my dvd to hdmi 2 and tv (dish) to hdmi 1. Digital audio in is also set to hdmi 1 and 2, component in is off on all settings. Ive pretty much messed with every possible setting combination. Only thing I haven't done is the mic test. Dont know if its worth investing money on the mic if the receiver is bad.

If you are not getting audio through the digital connections, but are getting picture, try the "Source" or "mode" buttons on the AVR's front panel. Them Source button is the small button on the far left of the recievers face plate, and the mode button is under the drop down panel. At times, my old 4306 would somehow or other get a stray input signal and change the settings. You basically want to make sure the source is correct and the mode is in auto.

An easy way to test is to have have something playing (TV, blu-ray, whatever) that is connected via a digital input and you know has sound. Try tapping the source button and wait a few seconds (you'll normally hear some clicking sounds from the receiver, that is fine). If you go through a full cycle (back to what the display said the first time you hit the button, I think there were something like three total options it cycled through) and still no sound, do the same procedure with the mode button.

I once thought my DVR was having an issue as I couldn't get audio out of it (HDMI only), and messed with it for a few days. I finally remembered to hit the source or mode button and voila, sound.

The best part, it takes all of a minute to try to see if this works. I hate having to go through long and/or expensive trouble shooting procedures. Hope it works for ya. The 4306 was/is a great AVR.
Edited by Snowmanick - 2/21/13 at 11:33pm

Thanks for the reply man ive tried that and nothing. I just tried it and even tried the video source and nothing. Only sound that works is threw rca. Digital optical and hdmi dont work period. Thanks again for your response it gives me hope haha

Only video works sorry^^^

Since you have assigned the HDMI inputs if you go into the 'Audio Input Setup / Digital In Assign' menu does it now show hdmi for the sources you assigned?

It sounds like you have tried about everything that should matter as far as hdmi is concerned. You get video but no sound and no indication of an audio stream on the left side of the AVR's display. As long as your source devices are outputting audio streams the AVR understands then you should be getting audio.

Just to test something you could see if setting the hdmi audio to 'TV' instead of 'amp' in the 'HDMI Input Assign' menu to see if you get sound from the tv. Not sure that this would tell us anything meaningfull whether it worked or not.

No need to run setup if you aren't seeing any indications of audio on the front display.

Harry

yea when i go into the "audio input setup/digtial in assign" it shows the hdmi sources in the right setting. also yea ive switched from amp to tv and audio does go to tv "on dish", on blu ray it doesnt send the sound to the tv. thanks for the try guys i truly think the avr is probably done, , i may be a newbie but when i get into something i can catch on fast. and ive honestly gone threw every single setting and changed it and tried something else. i even tried the system setup on my computer, messed with it there i think im just gonna sell it for parts on ebay. no one in my town really knows anything about fixing avrs so yea... just gonna try n find a onkyo tx nr-809. or 709

Yeah. Sounds like it's done. Too bad.

Harry

Thanks for your help harry

Looking for the current firmware load on the AVR-4306. I believe 6.0.0.4 to be current, from previous posts, but referenced links are all broken. Denon's US and EU sites tell me there is no firmware upgrade. Cute, since they don't know which version I am running.

Running 6.0.0.2 currently, which was put in around 2010, if I remember correctly. I also recall that it had to be done with an XP machine. That still the case?

Please let me know. Thanks.

Just picked up an avr-2313 to replace my 4306. Could get it for 500 and provides 3D, Airplay, more hdmi inputs, and bunch of others features.. Minus is that it feels cheap compared to the 4306, not that solid ouput, sound is quite good but you miss DDSC. And only 4 sound modes is not impressive.

Therefore I was wondering, can I use the 4306 as a back end amp? Setting the 2313 as front end is doable according to the manual? Concusion is that i want to use the 4306 for the speackers only, 2313 for (3D-video).

I have 6.0.0.4. If you would like to PM me your email address I'd be happy to email it to you. It's about 9MB. You should flash the receiver from a 32 bit operating system and XP is recommended. I do not know if Windows 7 32 bit would work and I would not even try it with Windows 8. If I recall correctly you have to change the IP address of the receiver to a specific address and that means the laptop would also need an address in the same subnet. If you aren't comfortable with networking I would suggest you ask someone with an IT background to help. You must flash the receiver from a PC that is hard wired to your network. I remember messing up my 4306 flashing from a laptop wirelessly. Good thing I found a utility on the net that was able to recover the receiver via the RS232 connector.

Now a little rant. The 4306 is the best Denon receiver I ever owned. It ran rock solid for 6 years in my theater room. I just replaced it with a 4520. I am on my 3rd 4520 now and have a case with Denon to get a 4th. 1st one started constantly rebooting after 2 weeks, 2nd one was DOA and the 3rd one I have now is giving me HDMI issues. I also have a 2112 that refuses to take a firmware update. I hate that US models can only take firmware updates over the Internet and Denon refuses to let me have a file I can stick on a USB stick, rather, they tell me to send it in for service. Ridiculous. The quality of Denon AV receivers is not what it used to be,

Jerry

Hi,

On request because of broken links firmware AVR-4306

Firmware 6.0.0.4:
http://www.dutchmans.serverthuis.nl/Denon/AVR-4306/AVR-4306_upgrade_6_0_0_4.rar

Instructions doc:
http://www.dutchmans.serverthuis.nl/Denon/AVR-4306/AVR-4306_Instructions%5b1%5d.pdf



Regards,

Dutchman01

Dutchman,

Thanks so much for posting the file and the guide. I'm looking forward to tackling this next week.

Quick question - in a much earlier post, it was recommended to update to 6.0.0.3 before updating to 6.0.0.4. Is this still the case (I have 6.0.0.2)? If so, do you have 6.0.0.3 as well?

Cheers, James

Anyone spinning vinyl using the 4306 phono input? What is your opinion of the phono stage?