Quick ? for Denon 2310 owners

[drunkmunk]

Hi all. I have recently been bitten by the upgrade bug for a new receiver and will be purchasing it once I redeploy back home. I have been looking at the Denon 2310 as an option and was wondering "is the zone 2 remote RF based?"

I bought a new home last year and have speakers routed as a zone 2 to my back porch for card nights and BBQ's but my current set up only has a "speaker B" option so I have to listen to the same source and can't have the music up louder outside without drowning out everyone on the inside. I usually have music set up through an xbox 360 streaming MP3's on a random shuffle for parties and get togethers. so a true zone 2 appeals to me as long as I can control the volume and source from outside.

I also welcome any other advice for receivers or setups to help accomplish the above task.

Thanks in advance

 

[AVRat]

I don't know of any out of the box curent receiver remotes that are RF. Most people use a universal/RF solution from URC, Logitech, etc.

 

[drunkmunk]

Thanks for the reply. I'll look into perhaps getting a harmony 890 if I can get a good deal on it but that would be used as a primary remote and I don't know if I'd want to have it outside for long periods. maybe I could just go for the 1910 and use the extra cash from the budget on the remote.

 

[jostenmeat]

Thanks for the reply. I'll look into perhaps getting a harmony 890 if I can get a good deal on it but that would be used as a primary remote and I don't know if I'd want to have it outside for long periods. maybe I could just go for the 1910 and use the extra cash from the budget on the remote.

Search no more, get this for $80:
http://www.amazon.com/RFS200-PowerPak-Bundle-MasterControl-PowerBlaster/dp/B000FL9E6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1265242560&sr=8-1

The remote by itself is $55, or perhaps the cheaper RF10 might fit the bill for $45. I usually see the RF20 at $50, but seems to be $5 more right now.

Anyways, for the price of the Harmony 890, you can get the RF200 system package, + 2 extra remotes, for a total of three remotes. With a bit of change in the pocket.

 

[adk highlander]

Hi all. I have recently been bitten by the upgrade bug for a new receiver and will be purchasing it once I redeploy back home. I have been looking at the Denon 2310 as an option and was wondering "is the zone 2 remote RF based?"

I bought a new home last year and have speakers routed as a zone 2 to my back porch for card nights and BBQ's but my current set up only has a "speaker B" option so I have to listen to the same source and can't have the music up louder outside without drowning out everyone on the inside. I usually have music set up through an xbox 360 streaming MP3's on a random shuffle for parties and get togethers. so a true zone 2 appeals to me as long as I can control the volume and source from outside.

I also welcome any other advice for receivers or setups to help accomplish the above task.

Thanks in advance

One other issue to remember is that you will need to use analog connections for your zone 2 sources. I don't know if an xbox outputs to both the analog and digital ouputs. I have heard this is an issue with PS3's but I don't know about the xBox.

 

[SamJam]

Search no more, get this for $80:

The remote by itself is $55, or perhaps the cheaper RF10 might fit the bill for $45. I usually see the RF20 at $50, but seems to be $5 more right now.

Anyways, for the price of the Harmony 890, you can get the RF200 system package, + 2 extra remotes, for a total of three remotes. With a bit of change in the pocket.

Wow - that seems like a great deal compared to some of the Logitech units I've looked at. Does it compare well in functionality? I'm in a similar situation - looking for an RF remote (and also have the AVR-2310). In my case my SO wants all components hidden. Thanks for the referral!

Sam

 

[adwilk]

Search no more, get this for $80:
http://www.amazon.com/RFS200-PowerPak-Bundle-MasterControl-PowerBlaster/dp/B000FL9E6U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1265242560&sr=8-1

The remote by itself is $55, or perhaps the cheaper RF10 might fit the bill for $45. I usually see the RF20 at $50, but seems to be $5 more right now.

Anyways, for the price of the Harmony 890, you can get the RF200 system package, + 2 extra remotes, for a total of three remotes. With a bit of change in the pocket.

Thats a great deal...

Thanks for your service, OP...

 

[jostenmeat]

Wow - that seems like a great deal compared to some of the Logitech units I've looked at. Does it compare well in functionality? I'm in a similar situation - looking for an RF remote (and also have the AVR-2310). In my case my SO wants all components hidden. Thanks for the referral!

Sam

Here is a recent and relevant thread.
http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62788

 

[drunkmunk]

One other issue to remember is that you will need to use analog connections for your zone 2 sources. I don't know if an xbox outputs to both the analog and digital ouputs. I have heard this is an issue with PS3's but I don't know about the xBox.

Thanks for the heads up! I didn't realize that was a limitation of the zone 2. I was planning on having everything routed either hdmi or fiber optic. Are there any recievers that will decode digital sources to a stereo zone 2 setup?

 

[AVRat]

The Denon 3310 and up via coax/optical 2-ch PCM only.

 

[pthoresen]

I am sure you know this, but the 2310 does come with a remote for Zone 2.

Zone 2 works fine for 2 channel music with this receiver.
I only use it for radio and CD player.