AVR problems

[Steve D.]

I have recently bought a new home theater system. Driving the system is a Denon AVR-X2300W. I have a Samsung 4K DVD player, and a full SVS 5.1 Prime Tower and surround speaker system. I have a new Sony Smart HDTV as well(850 series 55") Problems I am having:
1. Connect my iPhone thru the front panel USB port on Denon - no sound
I find that if I put the TV on, shut down the Denon, then restart the Denon, I get Audio thru the system (sometimes).
2. Put on TV, Denon, and then DVD. Put DVD in - only plays sound thru the TV. If I shut the Denon down and restart it, the TV shows speakers changing to external speakers and I get sound thru the system.

Cannot figure out why I am having these issues. Why should the TV have anything to do with simple playback of iPod materiasl thru a USB? Why do I have to turn the Denon on and off before I can play a DVD thru the surround sound?

I have attached a few photos, do I have it wired wrong? Am I missing any cables?
Please help.

 

[Pogre]

Did you read through the manual? Have you run the setup program? Did you run Audyssey yet? Did you go through your tv's settings and disable its speakers? How is everything connected? It sounds like a things aren't set up right.

 

[Steve D.]

I ran Audyssey. I did not disable the TV speakers. The HDMI/ARC on TV is plugged into HDMI/ARC on Receiver. Read thru manuals, just not that tech savvy to figure out if something else is wrong.

 

[Pogre]

I ran Audyssey. I did not disable the TV speakers. The HDMI/ARC on TV is plugged into HDMI/ARC on Receiver. Read thru manuals, just not that tech savvy to figure out if something else is wrong.

Are you doing your source switching through your tv and using arc? If you can, it's much better to run everything through the receiver and use it for switching. Then just 1 HDMI out to the tv. Arc isn't a very mature technology and can be a little buggy. I disabled arc in my receiver. Is there any reason you wouldn't be able to do this?

 

[Steve D.]

I believe I am running everything thru the Denon. I use the Denon remote to select DVD/Blu Ray, or Cab/Sat for the TV, and iPod/USB for the iPhone connect. I went thru the manual again and I have everything hooked up exactly as it states. What would I use if I don't use the ARC in/out?

 

[Bucknekked]

I have recently bought a new home theater system. Driving the system is a Denon AVR-X2300W. I have a Samsung 4K DVD player, and a full SVS 5.1 Prime Tower and surround speaker system. I have a new Sony Smart HDTV as well(850 series 55") Problems I am having:
1. Connect my iPhone thru the front panel USB port on Denon - no sound
I find that if I put the TV on, shut down the Denon, then restart the Denon, I get Audio thru the system (sometimes).
2. Put on TV, Denon, and then DVD. Put DVD in - only plays sound thru the TV. If I shut the Denon down and restart it, the TV shows speakers changing to external speakers and I get sound thru the system.

Cannot figure out why I am having these issues. Why should the TV have anything to do with simple playback of iPod materiasl thru a USB? Why do I have to turn the Denon on and off before I can play a DVD thru the surround sound?

I have attached a few photos, do I have it wired wrong? Am I missing any cables?
Please help.

Steve D
Your problem sounds like a problem I encounter with my new Denon x4200w.
My Denon x4200w recieves audio via HDMI from an Mac Mini media server. (Similar to a usb ipod)
My Denon also is attached to a flat panel TV that is the console for the Mac Mini and the display for the Denon when I call up the menus. Everything is attached via HDMI cables.

It works great, except when I shut down the system out of order, or, sometimes, power it up out of order. The HDMI handshakes get confused and the audio goes to my internal headphone jack on the Mac Mini instead of out through the Denon to the speakers. I'll save you how I solved it and figured it out but I've figured it out.

I need to power up the Denon first before I power up the flat panel TV (the Mac Mini is on all the time).
For powering down, I need to power down the Denon first and then the flat panel TV. (the Mac Mini stays on all the time and puts itself to sleep). If I stick to the right sequence, it works like a charm. If I power stuff up or off out of sequence, my audio most probably wont go out the Denon because the Mac Mini will default to its internal sound path.

Someone explained the source of the condition as being in the HDMI handshake. Its not broken, it just gets confused. That's my story. Its sounds similar to yours. I have found an easy workaround that just entails powering up and down in a sequence.

 

[Steve D.]

Thank you so much for the advice! I am also a dumbass, after going back through the manual specifics on the iPod, there are three remote steps that are needed to set up playback. I was not doing any of them. Testing it out now, seems to be working. The DVD is next, however, and that is exactly the problem you had. I'm learning, thanks to all for your patience.