Chuck Kent
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- May 29, 1999
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Nothing earth shattering here, but with most of the 3802 threads talking about sound quality and such, I thought I'd mention a few different things.
1) If you buy or already have a Cinema 7 remote (and the Radio Shack 15-1994 would probably work too), you can apparently generate the remote codes for the Status and Video Select buttons. These control buttons used to be on the older model Denon remote controls and the codes still work on the 3802. You just need a way to generate them, ala the Cinema 7. (I'm using commands I copied from my old Denon AVR-2500 and therefore haven't tested the Cinema 7 codeset. But it should work since the older codes I copied do.) The receiver code is 0160 for Denon. The Status code (then called Panel) is 473. The Video Select code is 474. See Link Removed for the entire codeset.
If someone tries these, please let all of us know if they work ok.
2) The reason I mention the Status button, and want it on the remote (so that it's handy), is that it will show you what type of Dolby Digital you are decoding and, if you're interested, how much (if any) dialog normalization is being applied to the sound. While this feature may have been on the 3801, is wasn't on my 3300 and it is handy info to know.
3) The adjustable crossover is a big letdown, IMO. It's a universal, all or nothing setting. If you don't have identical speakers all the way around, it's really not much better than the old single setting. (From what I've read in the 4802 manual, it's also a universal setting. YUK!)
Hope some of you 3802 buyers or potential buyers find this a little helpful...
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1) If you buy or already have a Cinema 7 remote (and the Radio Shack 15-1994 would probably work too), you can apparently generate the remote codes for the Status and Video Select buttons. These control buttons used to be on the older model Denon remote controls and the codes still work on the 3802. You just need a way to generate them, ala the Cinema 7. (I'm using commands I copied from my old Denon AVR-2500 and therefore haven't tested the Cinema 7 codeset. But it should work since the older codes I copied do.) The receiver code is 0160 for Denon. The Status code (then called Panel) is 473. The Video Select code is 474. See Link Removed for the entire codeset.
If someone tries these, please let all of us know if they work ok.
2) The reason I mention the Status button, and want it on the remote (so that it's handy), is that it will show you what type of Dolby Digital you are decoding and, if you're interested, how much (if any) dialog normalization is being applied to the sound. While this feature may have been on the 3801, is wasn't on my 3300 and it is handy info to know.
3) The adjustable crossover is a big letdown, IMO. It's a universal, all or nothing setting. If you don't have identical speakers all the way around, it's really not much better than the old single setting. (From what I've read in the 4802 manual, it's also a universal setting. YUK!)
Hope some of you 3802 buyers or potential buyers find this a little helpful...
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