I recently moved to a house that has a Denon AVR-3310CI surround receiver. I can't figure out how to get any of the inputs working except for the input on the front that is connected to a Senos.
I have a few devices that I've tried to connect using RCA connectors and/or HDMI. For example, I have a newer laptop with and HDMI port so, I thought I could connect that to HDMI 1 on the back and then select DVD which seems to be mapped to that port...no luck. I also tried using the headphones jack on the laptop, and RCA adapter and both the audio ports for the DVD and the audio ports for the CD (port 3). No luck and I've tried studying the manual and I'm just not getting anywhere.
It's ALL in the manual. Try YouTube- you should be able to find something for a Denon AVR- the speaker setup is the same for most models.
Connect an FM antenna and find out if the radio works. If it does, move on.
Connect something to the input that shows on the front display when you press the button that corresponds to the button- let's use the BD player as an example. It will also show the type of input used, which should be HDMI. If it doesn't work, go to the network settings and click on Information, then look for the IP address- it will need to be hard wired but don't look at that as a bad thing- wired is better.
Once you find the IP address, open the browser on a computer and type it in the search bar in the browser. You'll see a web page that allows you to make all of the settings and at the lower left corner, you'll see a button with 'Save'- do that and save it to your desktop but don't change the name of the file. You won't be able to see any info if you try to open it.
Do the hard reset ONLY if you can't get it to work in any way.
Once the AVR has been reset, go into the menu using the remote control or the buttons on the front and set up the network connection, making note of the IP address. Enter the address in the search bar and once you reach the AVR's GUI, check the speaker settings. You can make all of the input and output settings in the IP-based setup. Once you set it up the way you want it, save the setting and put it in a folder that makes finding it easy if you need to restore it later. Add a date, 'initial setup' or something like that.
If you were able to see the settings before the hard reset and most are the same as the ones you used for the settings, you can use it for an alternate setup but since it may be different form the way you want to set it up, just save it to serve as a
If you save the configuration and want to keep it that way after the hard reset, find the IP address and look at the lower left- you'll see a button labeled 'Load'- click on that and it will show the window for finding a file, so you'll need to know where the saved configuration is located on your computer. It might be called config/dat or something similar.
At the lower left corner on the back panel, you'll see an RS-232 port- this is for controlling it with Crestron, Control4,, AMX or some other system that's geared toward the custom integration industry- it won't do anything else for you.
