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Setup / Calibration Help!
#201361 03/22/08 02:57 AM
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Hello all,

I just got my Epic 80/500 system from FedEx today and I am very excited. Everything is unboxed and pictures will come soon...not an ideal room setup, but I think it will be OK.

So anyway, this is my first home theater setup. Before I just had a receiver and 2 floorstanding fronts. So I plugged everything in, ran my cables, and got my denon 3808 all fired up. I ran Audyssey and it tested all of my speakers but couldn't find my sub. I have the sub plugged in, i turned the volume up to about 1/4 the volume on the knob, and i have the SW cable going from the SW out to the line in on the sub itself. Am I missing something?

Also, before running setup, like an idiot, i just tried flipping it to the tv/cable input where i have red yellow and white plugged in, and i got video, but no sound at all \:\(

I am pretty sick right now and patience is thin. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks so much!

Greg


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Re: Setup / Calibration Help!
Megnaro #201362 03/22/08 03:02 AM
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Is the light on on your sub amp? Like most amps, red means standby and green means power. Audyssey is specific in stating during set up you want to turn the sub to the "on" position and not "auto."


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St_PatGuy #201365 03/22/08 03:06 AM
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In addition make sure your Denon in the setup menu has the sub enabled, at least from memory I'm almost sure there is something about the sub in the setup menu on my receiver that I had to enable.


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Megnaro #201366 03/22/08 03:08 AM
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Do you have to sub cable plugged into the sub "preout" and not the "ExtIn"?

Also, if you go into he receiver setup menu where you assign the speakers to small or large (you want small by the way no matter what Audyssey tells you), do you have it set to YES, that your using sub?


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Megnaro #201367 03/22/08 03:09 AM
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Greg,
I'm also not sure how you have your sound and video hooked up, the red, white and yellow cables are connected from what to what?


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HomeDad #201368 03/22/08 03:12 AM
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Does Audyssey work with analog inputs? Or does it require a digital connection? I've had a tough time with my 3808 sending a signal to my sub when I try two-channel via analog. I tried the coax connection and it worked fine, but not with analog.


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St_PatGuy #201370 03/22/08 03:18 AM
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Good point Sean, particualarly when using a two channel analog connection.


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The 3808 has alot of different settings to eneable and disable the sub so make sure it is enabled in all setup possibilities. 2ch and 5-7 channel etc.

Sean I am not sure what you mean about "Does Audyssey work with analog inputs?" Audyssey doesn't need any inputs to make its tests and the 3808 will apply the Audyssey EQ to all or none as you want.


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jakewash #201373 03/22/08 03:24 AM
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Oops, I meant to ask if Audyssey will recognize the sub in an analog only set-up? I can't seem to get my 3808 to do any kind of bass management in the analog realm--even after hooking my cd player to the Ext In.


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jakewash #201374 03/22/08 03:24 AM
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If that's the case the problem with the sub probably lies in the receiver setup.


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