Fried 'Digital Board' on Denon AVR-1908....is it good for anything now?

[RobTitley]

Hi,

I bought a Denon AVR-1908 four years ago and just the other day the front left channel went all staticky, then a high pitch noise and randomly no sound at all. I went to the Denon A/S centre here in S. Korea and they told me the 'digital board' is toast and there are no replacement parts available. Even if there were, they said its pricey.

So, do I now have an oversized paper weight? The video size of things still seems to work. The RCA inputs seem to emit the same static/noise as the HDMI inputs.

Maybe use it as a pre-amp in the future, but that might be fried as well, not sure? Fix it by hand? Sell it? Toss it out? What do you suggest I do with it?

Cheers,
Rob

 

[TLS Guy]

Hi,

I bought a Denon AVR-1908 four years ago and just the other day the front left channel went all staticky, then a high pitch noise and randomly no sound at all. I went to the Denon A/S centre here in S. Korea and they told me the 'digital board' is toast and there are no replacement parts available. Even if there were, they said its pricey.

So, do I now have an oversized paper weight? The video size of things still seems to work. The RCA inputs seem to emit the same static/noise as the HDMI inputs.

Maybe use it as a pre-amp in the future, but that might be fried as well, not sure? Fix it by hand? Sell it? Toss it out? What do you suggest I do with it?

Cheers,
Rob

It is never a good idea to use broken electronics. It is dangerous. That unit is only good for taking to the recycling center, nothing else.

 

[tom67]

Hook up FL to LR and use as 2 or 3 channel unit...just change menus to no fronts