Anyone else have any issues with Denon 2900?

[Seabear]

Good Day,
I recently got a great deal on a Denon 2900 DVD player at Crutchfield.
The first one that I brought home would not recognize Redbook CD's. It would play everything else, but when I loaded a RBCD, I would get the "No Play" message on the front display.
Returned it for another, and now this one is having issues as well.
This one will not recognize DVD-A's. Or, I should say, it will not recognize the DVD-A portion of DVD-A's. It will only lock onto the Dolby Digital portion of the disc, and the little light at the left side of the player for DVD-A never lights up.
Plays CD's, SACD's & DVD's just fine. (Incredibly, actually.)
I have tried everything in the settings and menus, but it will not find the DVD-A portion of any discs.
In addition, it will not output a test signal through the digital outputs, and when I have tried to calibrate it manually, it will not raise the individual speaker levels past 0db, it will only lower them.
Plus, the Progressive Scan indicator on the front of the player stays lit, no matter what type of media I have in the player.
Anyone else out there come across units with these sorts of problems?
I am leaning against taking it back to Crutchfield and exchanging it for another unit from the Outlet, just because I do not want to end up with a unit that has even more or different problems, so I guess I am just going to take it back and let them send it to Denon for repairs.
Would love to hear if anyone else out there has come across these problems before.
Seems odd that both would have similar problems.
Thanks in advance,
TjB

 

[Mort Corey]

The only thing I can recall off hand is that the speaker level is adjustable from 0 to -10 so there's nothing wrong there. Do you have it hooked up with both analog and digital connections?

Zero problems with mine. I've not tried anything but store bought media so can't comment on home made DVD/CD.

Mort

 

[Seabear]

Yup, all connections are correct, I've checked and checked, and all is as it should be.
And these are only the DVD-A's that it is having problems with. And at that, only a portion of the discs. It will recognize the Dolby Digital sections, but not the DVD-A sections.
I have come across a couple of threads concerning similar issues with the 5900.
I am starting to worry
Also;
I am only talking about store bought DVD-A's. Everything else plays just fine.
TjB

 

[Rob Babcock]

Check the setup menu and be sure you don't have it set to default to playing the Dolby Digital track instead of the hi rez. That could account for your problem.

 

[Seabear]

Well, THANKS Rob!
You Fianlly got me on the right track!
I've FINALLY figured it out!
Reading Helps, although I SWEAR I've looked at this a dozen times!
In the set up menu there is that "ect" section, and in that section there is a setting for choosing "Audio" or "Video".
Interestingly, when I got the player, this option was set to Video, and it being a DVD PLAYER, I naturally assumed that this was the default, and that the unit would switch to Audio Mode when an Audio Disc was inserted. But, in re-reading the manual, the default setting is suppossed to be Audio.
Well,
As it turns out that setting is used to toggle between the multi-channel DVD-A Audio portion of DVD-A Discs and the VIDEO portions of DVD-A Discs.
I cannot believe that this is not mentioned anywhere else in the set up process and manual, with the exception of a note next to the small box describing the "ECT" menu,
or the Audio Set Up Tips Paper that I downloaded from Denon.
It has nothing to do with the Audio / Video selection process between DVD-A, SACD, DVD Video DISCS- Merely the selection of the different signal options from DVD-A Discs.
And, needless to say, neither the guys at Crutchfield, nor Denon, have been any help in figuring this out.
Wow.
Whew!
THANKS ROB!

 

[davee70]

I just want to say that I had the same problem with mine when I set it up. The DVD-2900 owner's manual is confusing on how to set "Audio" vs. "Video" for Player Mode. Be sure to select the default setting of "Audio", otherwise you cannot access the hi-resolution content. However, be aware that you may loose some standard resolution content. For example, on Neil Young's Harvest DVD-Audio disc, you can watch the video of the interview with Neil in the "Audio" mode but the hi-resolution audio content is for 5.1 only. There is no hi-resolution stereo downmix. However, there is a standard resolution Dolby Digital stereo version of the album on the disc but you have to switch the Player Mode to "Video" to play it. To do this, you have to actually eject the disk before you can make the change to the Player Mode from the set-up menu. This is because the Player Mode is locked when the disc is in the player, even after play has been stopped with the Stop button. Not exactly user friendly!

 

[j_garcia]

No problems with mine. I didn't even look in the manual, but the video vs audio seemed pretty obvious to me just going through the setup menus. Other than the lack of a 10dB offset for hires, I'm very pleased with this player.

 

[Mort Corey]

I was happy with mine too.....until the disc tray decided not to open any longer. Sent it to the authorized service center....got it back.....now the tray opens SOMETIMES Sheeze...back to the shop again. I'ts a little over two years old...but still.

Mort

 

[sivadselim]

I was happy with mine too.....until the disc tray decided not to open any longer. Sent it to the authorized service center....got it back.....now the tray opens SOMETIMES Sheeze...back to the shop again. I'ts a little over two years old...but still.

Mort

Yeah, I have problems with the tray on my 2200, too. I hafta give it a little help sometimes.

 

[davee70]

Denon DVD-2900 running a little warm?

Anyone else notice the Denon DVD-2900 runs a little warm? I first noticed this when I removed a hybrid SACD/CD from the tray and noticed how warm the top of the disk was to the touch - not slightly warm but more like very warm, although not exactly burning hot either. I've never had a CD or hybrid SACD come out of the tray warm with my trusty old single-bit Onkyo CD player. However, the Denon 2900 consistently runs what I guess I would have to call hot for a digital player. Anyone else observe this with theirs? I am worried it could be the drive mechanism causing it. Since I just got it, I don't want it to fail quite yet. I wonder whether it could also be the digital processing with the 192 kHz PCM/2.8 MHz DSD chips. Computers run hot so why not audio chips? Just wondering if this behavior is normal. I would think that if it was designed to run hot it would be better ventilated than it is. The fact of the matter is the unit has no ventilation whatsoever. Should I be worried?

 

[sivadselim]

Anyone else notice the Denon DVD-2900 runs a little warm? I first noticed this when I removed a hybrid SACD/CD from the tray and noticed how warm the top of the disk was to the touch - not slightly warm but more like very warm, although not exactly burning hot either. I've never had a CD or hybrid SACD come out of the tray warm with my trusty old single-bit Onkyo CD player. However, the Denon 2900 consistently runs what I guess I would have to call hot for a digital player. Anyone else observe this with theirs? I am worried it could be the drive mechanism causing it. Since I just got it, I don't want it to fail quite yet. I wonder whether it could also be the digital processing with the 192 kHz PCM/2.8 MHz DSD chips. Computers run hot so why not audio chips? Just wondering if this behavior is normal. I would think that if it was designed to run hot it would be better ventilated than it is. The fact of the matter is the unit has no ventilation whatsoever. Should I be worried?

My 2200 has always "roasted" discs to a nice, warm temperature. It's still doing fine after 2+ years, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[davee70]

My 2200 has always "roasted" discs to a nice, warm temperature. It's still doing fine after 2+ years, so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Thanks sivadselim. I'm relieved to hear that. (I think.)

Maybe it's designed that way to bake off moisture ...finger prints - that sort of thing, dontcha think?

 

[j_garcia]

It isn't the chips, it is the motor, which the disc is literally sitting on while it is spinning. No need to worry about it.