Want to hear your iPod playlists on your home theater system? AirPlay lets you stream the tunes wirelessly to the receiver. You also get 3D passthrough, an on-screen wizard for simple setup, and state-of-the-art Dolby Pro Logic IIz decoding.
Denon Electronics, a premier manufacturer of high-quality home entertainment components celebrating 100 years of innovation and technology leadership, is unveiling its new product lineup for 2011. The Denon lineup offers consumers unprecedented networking capabilities, flexibility, performance and reliability, with a strong emphasis on connectivity, content access and "right out of the box" ease of use. In addition to its new receiver lineup, Denon is providing consumers and custom integration professionals with the features and capabilities they need to take maximum advantage of all today’s home entertainment possibilities, ranging from important firmware updates and upgrades to an affordable new "home theater in a box" surround sound system and more.
New Receivers in Denon’s Core Line Offer Even More Advanced Features
Denon’s core line of A/V receivers includes the new Models AVR-1312, AVR-1612 and AVR-1912, scheduled for April availability, as well as the AVR-1712, scheduled for June availability. All four new models are packed with features and capabilities previously found mainly in the company’s higher-priced receivers, such as multiple HDMI inputs (1.4a repeater function with 1080p and 3D pass-through capability), Dolby Pro Logic IIz featuring Front Height Effects Channels (in Models AVR-1612, AVR-1912 and AVR-1712), as well as Dolby TrueHD/ DTS-HD Master audio support for decoding the multi-channel recordings featured on Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs. Notably, the AVR-1912 is Denon’s lowest-priced networking-capable receiver to date, and features the built-in AirPlay music streaming feature as well.
New Onscreen "Setup Wizard" Ensures Great Out-of-the-Box Performance
Notably, for total ease of "first-time setup," six of Denon’s new receivers, the AVR-1612 and higher, feature the company’s new onscreen "Setup Wizard," a simple and straightforward instructional feature that includes language select, a speaker connection guide, speaker calibration, suggested Dynamic Volume/EQ settings, and source setup with a simple connection guide and more. Adding to their simplicity and ease-of-use, the system features an updated graphical user interface (GUI) that make the steps of system setup, operation and displaying other important information much easier for the end user. Notably, the new on-screen display (OSD) or GUI overlay via the HDMI connection eliminates the frustrating necessity of additional cable switching or programming interruptions when making adjustments, such as volume, while watching HD content.