The "Official" Denon 4308ci Owners Thread - Page 4

It looks like to only two owners so far have 1080i displays. Hopefully there will be more owners soon to add to the great info we have already received.

I have a Sony 60" SXRD that is 1080p... just waiting on my 4308 to be sent to me.

The 2900 is set to 480p?

Hi when the auto setup detected that you speakers were out of phase. Were they actually out of phase? I've heard with some speakers they wire some of the drivers out of phase deliberately and this can give false results on these type of setup tests. Thats why there is usually an ignore option when it tells you the speaker is out of phase.

Have either of you tried the two HDMI outs. This feature interests me because I use a RPTV for everyday stuff and a projector for sports and movies?

Thanks.

Hi DVRDude,

Very nice setup !

Question:
When I read most manuals (like Onkyo TX-SR875) they advise to leave at least 20 cm above for heat dispensing.

In the manual of Denon:
For proper heat dispersal do not install this unit in a confined space such as a bookcase or similar enclosure.

Don't you have any troubles with heat dispensing ?

Best regards,
Pete

Can you see the picture folder?
I just checked my setup and in Twonky under clients/security I had selected Denon.
This only allows music to be seen by the 4306.
When I changed it to generic media receiver it showed the picture folder but had (not play) after it.

I guess Twonky needs updating.

Good Morning DolfanJay,

When the setup told me 3 of my speakers were out of phase I switched the wires on all 3 of the speakers at the amp and the front left still came back with it being out of phase. When I swapped the speaker wire at the speaker it went on to tell me that I was successful and all speakers were in phase.

I am not sure I would know why to send out 2 HDMI outs? Does it give you the ability to see 2 things on the screen at the same time?

All: You are all very welcome and I wish I could help you get all of the questions you would like answered.

I was pretty happy to hear I would not need to buy the $2000 DVD-3800BDCI player and I really wish they had a price on the DVD-2500BTCI. It is nice to know there will be a stripped down version and my hope it that it will come in much, much lower.

does the 4308 do hdmi upscaling/upconverting or is does it just do a passthrough for all hdmi sources?

Hi there.....just a simple question hopefully someone can answer:

can you rename the inputs? for example change VDP to XBOX or DVD to HD-DVD. I would love for the renamed inputs to be displayed on the front panel and also be reflected in the GUI when you select inputs. I need a fool proof system.

many thanks.

1. Yes you can upscale HDMI;
2. Yes, you can rename inputs.

I am considering the Denon 3808/4308 or the Onkyo 875/905 and I have a question about multi-zone usage brought about by all those folks reporting audio delay problems with the Onkyo 805. In that thread they blame Audessy and say some amount of delay is required for that.

I intend to use the multi zone feature and will be using the Zone 2, Zone 3 outputs to other amps to speakers in adjacent rooms. Since you can hear the sound from adjacent rooms then all of the speakers need to be in sync or there will be ugly echo effects.

Has anyone run Zone 2,3 speakers yet? Can you run multiple zones with the same sound and have the Zone 1 main speakers Audessy equalized and the Zone 2, 3 outputs in perfect time sync? If the main zone is using processing such as THX or PLII x (which might delay the main zone) do the Zone 2,3 stereo outputs still stay perfectly in sync? Do you have to use pure direct/no processing mode for it to work?

Can someone with an 4308 do an experiment to be sure?????

I maybe worrying too much but I figure better to ask than be sorry later....

Password, key, passphrase, just different words for the same thing. With WEP, the password generates the key, with WPA the password IS the key. That password will be the same thing you enter when attaching other devices to your WPA wireless network, such as your hard drive.

I have tried the setup now in both 480i and 480p and it will not work either way. Thanks and iI thought I would try.

Thanks Dvrdude for taking the trouble to reply.

No doubt when you get the internet radio connected you'll be giving your impressions on how good or otherwise it is.

Enjoy your machine - I envy you!

Thanks

Ron

DVRdude, Denonlover:

When you guys switch to cable, do you get something on your receivers that say "offset -7db" for instance? Do you have any idea how to adjust this? I'm testing out the 4308 and I keep getting this message when I first change to a cable tv source...

That is the dialog norm offset present in Dolby Digital AC-3 bitstreams... you won't see that with PCM sources, or analog inputs.

If the 4308CI is anything like the 4306, the front display will indicate the Dialog Normalization and the offset. For my 4306 with every DD source with Dialog Norm I've seen has been -4db. I compensate on the HDTV (Charter with CableCARD) by adding +4db to the TV input.

This made me think of something; I apologize if this is answered in the manual but I didn't see it in my brief skim. Can you globally adjust a given input's sensitivity? For example my Wii is ridiculously louder than all my other inputs; when I watch everything else I listen from -30 to -20 and when I play the Wii I have to have it at like -50. Can I set the Wii input to automatically be down 20db? I presume that'd be referred to as an offset.

Yes input levels can be offset as indicated on page 39 of the manual...see pic

Any sign of the speaker popping plaguing the Onkyo units thus far? Seems that the speakers pop when running a PS3 and some people are seeing it with other peripherals as well.

Denonlover:

Have you been able to test the 1080i deinterlacing yet?