If it works well, then you are in luck, but damage could still manifest later on. Also, I had issues selling my used gear when original packaging was damaged even less. So thinking about the re-sale value, these are return items for sure.
If it works well, then you are in luck, but damage could still manifest later on. Also, I had issues selling my used gear when original packaging was damaged even less. So thinking about the re-sale value, these are return items for sure.
I decided to keep it. The foam paper the receiver was wrapped in looked completely fine. Unwrapped it and the receiver is flawless, not a mark or fingerprint anywhere on it. Nothing rattles. Plugged it in and it booted up just fine. All connections on back seem fine, nothing bent or damaged.
I just don't have it in me to go through a stupid return process when the unit seems just fine.
I have seen that "GLAM AZON" vendor on Amazon! Must be a shell company for EE.Update for my exchange from electronics expo.
This time they sent the receiver in excellent condition. Packaged correctly, with stuffing in the shipping carton, and ‘fragile’ stickers on it as well.
A few things of interest:
1) One corner of the actual denon box was dinged pretty good, which had to have happened from denon shipping to EE. Thankfully the styrofoam inside was not cracked or smashed.
2) The original shipping label from denon to EE is interesting, as it was on the denon box itself. The receiver was labeled to “GLAM AMZN” which looks to be a separate seller listing for Amazon third party sellers.
3) Still not pleased with the trickery EE admitted to, how they were purposely manipulating pricing on prime day every ten minutes to appear as the first seller of an item. That’s how I got ‘tricked’ into buying from them in the first place.
Was yours part of that Electronic Expo Prime Day deal?I returned mine (bought from amazon) and it constantly stopped connecting to the internet. Tried resetting network to factory settings and latest firmware upgrade, but no good. Went back to my X4800H. Looking for a new receiver, but not sure what to buy at this point.
I purchased one at launch, after an initial setup issue (my fault), it's been working flawlessly with my LG OLED. I do however use it as a processor, so not making use of the internal amps.Does anyone own this here? I’m reading horror stories in recent reviews on amazon and Best Buy, saying the unit arrived damaged, or it was defective and certain channels didn’t work. I presume the HDMI and LG OLED issue was fixed by updates, as I didn’t see recent posts about that.
I've been using one for several months with no issues. I have an LG OLED, but don't use eARC.
I purchased one at launch, after an initial setup issue (my fault), it's been working flawlessly with my LG OLED. I do however use it as a processor, so not making use of the internal amps.
Many AVRs, including this model, can be connected directly to the owner's non-amplified speakers via the row of terminals labeled 'Speaker Front R, Speaker Front L etc' (which uses the AVR's internal power amplifiers), or can be connected to the owner's own external power amplifiers or powered/active speakers via the terminals labeled 'Pre Out' (which bypasses the AVR's internal power amplifiers).This is going to sound like a silly question perhaps… what’s do you mean by what you said? “Use it as a processor, not internal amps”?
This is going to sound like a silly question perhaps… what’s do you mean by what you said? “Use it as a processor, not internal amps”?
I’ve never went insane with home theater. Back in the day I bought a HTIB, and now I have a 7.1 setup with an older Denon X1400H. I don’t use any other equipment. I’ve now bought the X6800H and will just plug in my current 7.1 setup, run earc from my PS5, LG 4K player, and Apple TV 4K, then upgrade speakers down the road.
I can’t really figure out the Sound Mode options.
Using the TV Audio input (hdmi eARC connection).
Is there a way to have the 6800 automatically switch to plain DD (as opposed to DD + DSurr) when a DD signal is present?
Basically, if the signal is stereo, I want it to automatically switch to Stereo sound mode; if the signal is DD or DD+ I want to to switch to that corresponding sound mode; and if the signal is Atmos I want it to switch to Atmos sound mode. But I don’t want the default to also use the added DSurr algorithm to send stuff to the rear surround and height channels. ( I only want to hear stuff in those channels if it was purposely mixed that way.) Is that possible?
Try doing a factory reset it worked for me!Does anyone own this here? I’m reading horror stories in recent reviews on amazon and Best Buy, saying the unit arrived damaged, or it was defective and certain channels didn’t work. I presume the HDMI and LG OLED issue was fixed by updates, as I didn’t see recent posts about that.
Yes, that's possible. If a source is playing in a sound mode you'd rather not have it play through, cycle through the sound modes until you find the one you want - it should automatically switch to that sound mode in future.
Might be that there's a setting or two in the setup menu that manages that behaviour, but I believe that's how it works by default.