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Recidivist13
Contributor I
April 11, 2024
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Issues with Denon AVR X4000 connecting to Sonos Connect

  • April 11, 2024
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Hi, this is doing my head in, can't seem to get the Denon to push out sound to my new second hand Sonos Gen 1 stuff. I've got a Sonos connect, 2 x Play 5 (gen1) speakers. trying to hook up old Denon TT, CD, Tape and DVD deck through my denon amp to the new speakers. previously had passive speakers that worked fine. I can get turntable to play if I bypass everything and use 3.5mm jack from small pre amp and it sounds great, but I want it all to go through the AVR. Any help appreciated 

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Best answer by Stanley_4

Any active output would work if you can reprogram the AVR to send your sound to it. My Denon’s manual was less than helpful in that but it is a starting point.

If you have a CD player hooking that to your Sonos and making sure you can play from it would assure you you had the Sonos settings correct. Then go back and fight the AVR configuration.

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refrisco
Contributor I
May 14, 2024

Denon pre outs are too weak unless you have zone 2. Set zone two to fixed (70).

Using OPTIONS button on remote select all zones. Select Start. This combines zine 1 and two. Important as it allows zone 2 to output both analog  digital sources which only feeble main zone will do you won’t find that fact in manual or any thread here nor will you find you can eliminate audio delay echo by muting. Zone 2 continues unaffected

set Sonos line input to at least 6/7. 
 Why? Denon owns Helios and wants you to buy their system not Sonos….

For more details see my other post:

Proved Solution outputting Denon AVR to Sonos inputs. 


 

 

 

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