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Headphone Out not working.
#285193 01/04/10 08:15 PM
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Hey guys. My three month old son does not like it when I blast movies on my speakers so yesterday I tried using headphones on my denon 2809ci and there is no sound coming from the headphones. The headphones work fine on other sources. Is there anything I need to do on the receiver to have it send the signal to the phones? When i plugged them in the speakers went silent as expected.


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Listener #285194 01/04/10 08:22 PM
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You might just need to crank up the volume a lot on the volume control of the Denon until you start hearing anything especially if they are higher impedance cans.


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I think you have to set down mix to stereo or simply be using the stereo feed from the player and not DD or similar.


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Listener #285196 01/04/10 08:24 PM
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Your manual says the following, so it sounds like everything should be automatic and that you may have an actual bug or issue.

"Plug the headphones into the PHONES jack on the main
unit.
The sound from the speakers and pre-out connectors is automatically
cut."


This may sound silly but maybe make sure you are plugged into the Headphone out Jack and not the Setup Microphone In Jack.


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Murph #285198 01/04/10 08:35 PM
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Well I will try turning the volume way up I guess. I'm definately using the headphone jack not the mic. Headphone is the 1/4 jack. maybe there is a problem with my adapter.


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Listener #285200 01/04/10 08:48 PM
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If your Denon's volume control starts at -80, you might not hear anything or the sound might be very faint until you get into -20 or -10 on the dial, might even need much more depending on the impedance and sensitivity of the headphones.


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Listener #285202 01/04/10 09:00 PM
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Is there is separate headphone settings? I never had a receiver or processor that did not have a separate "+/-" db to add or substract from the main volume.
The adapter seems to be the culprit as even at -60/-70 you would hear something. Not loud, but you would not mistake it for silence.


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Listener #285204 01/04/10 09:09 PM
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Hi Listener,

Those 1/4-inch phone adapters and jacks are notoriously unreliable. Try cleaning the contacts and wiggling the connector around if you are using the adapter. I know one of my stereo mini-plug to 1/4-inch phone plugs is always intermittent unless I clean the plugs and firmly insert it.

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alan #285206 01/04/10 09:12 PM
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Thanks guys. It sounds like it may be the adapter indeed. I tried listening at -20 with no sound. If cleaning it doesn't work I'll pick up another adapter.


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Hmm... reeaaaallly... I didn't know those were unreliable. That could explain a problem I had this weekend.


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