Status UPDATE on upgrade!
Ask them to have Denon check the serial number of the unit to see when / where it was manufactured... I had a strange firmware version on my stock denon receiver when I first got it.. was told that it was a european model...
I went ahead and flashed the firmware and it took... its been working fine ever since.. I even did a few more upgrades... not sure if this 'anomaly' has any bearing on the problem... but I thought I'd offer up the info anyway..
Just got another call from the shop yesterday. Despite being on the phone with the Denon "brain trust" and performing the firmware flash procedure several times just to be sure it took, the unit still would not pass video/audio thru the hdmi ports. He was told the video board may have to be replaced...
(and thats an additional $1000)
I asked him if he tried every HDMI input port, and oddly enough he did not... When he tried them all out, he discovered that the only the 1st three HDMI inputs were having the trouble... the next three HDMI ports do pass the signals... (YAY!)
After another call to the Denon Brain trust, he was told that there are two chps on the video board that each control Three of the HDMI INPUTs.. I have a pic, but the site does not allow me to put it up... (I only have 3 posts and you must have 5)
So who came up with the 5 post minimum... kinda restrictive ... if I join the forum, I should be able to post pics right
from the gitgo... IMHO) I don't appreciate this restriction AT ALL!
oh well, looks like superfluous posting rules will deprive you of this pic... a pity ...
(time to find an alternate forum to post it on... sorry)