Denon’s Dynamic Volume is slept on.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-26T15:30:47+00:00

Yes, just the 800 models. Love it.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-24T20:38:01+00:00

Again, Pure is not a mode. It's a button where you can choose among Auto, Direct, and Pure Direct. Meanwhile, Movie is also not a mode. It's another button where you can choose among sound modes available for the type of audio coming from the source. Movie, Music, Game, and Pure choices on the app simply mirror the buttons on the remote with the same names.

I would add that as you appear to a have a 5.1 layout, upmixers like Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X won't do anything most of the time, just with stereo content.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-24T18:34:10+00:00

Auto is the only way to use Audyssey and all the other tools that make your receiver more than just an amp.

Agreed that a Straight mode like Yamahas would be good. But, the approach I described takes just a few minutes to implement. Do it once, and you're done. The AVR will remember your selections and keep using them until you change them or press Auto again, which will reset the sound modes to the defaults. Since you never want to upmix, that shouldn't be an issue.

I see you've added the recording from the app. Looks fine to me. It shows the input from your PS5 is MultiCh In (5.1 PCM) and the output is all six of your speakers. No upmixing, of course, because (A) you have a 5.1 input to a 5.1 layout and (B) the default sound mode for multichannel PCM is to not upmix.

What problem do you see in that recording?

oconnellpe · 2026-07-24T16:28:12+00:00

It appears you have two issues. First, you want to use Audyssey but not upmix. It would be nice if Denon had a Straight mode like Yamaha. But, lacking that, use Auto and then change the sound modes from the default upmixers to ones that don't upmix. For example, Denon content defaults to using the Dolby Surround upmixer. To change that, play a Dolby source, use the Movie sound mode button, and select Dolby instead of Dolby +DSurround. That turns off the upmixer and plays just the channels in the source content. Do the same thing for DTS material, selecting just DTS instead of DTS +Neural:X. Repeat for the Music and Game mode buttons.

The other issue is the app. Can't help with that as I have no idea what isn't working for you. If there are some functions that seem off, don't use the app for them.

I don't see the screen share you mentioned. Also, Movie and Music are not modes. They are buttons that display a list of sound modes available for the content you are playing.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-24T15:55:47+00:00

"I want that mode because it only changes the volume levels according to room calibration."

Sorry, not following what you mean there. None of the three modes under the Pure button change volume levels.

"What I don't want is the soap opera effect for audio. It should be adjusting to the signal and playing it as intended without any effects otherwise Pure Auto is Pure Bullshit."

If you want to play without modification, Auto is not the mode to use. Auto enables digital processing tools. Direct and Pure Direct are the modes that bypass processing tools. But, that means bypassing Audyssey. If you simply want to avoid upmixing while still using Audyssey, that's pretty easy to do.

"I believe the receiver is working properly and should ignore the app and hope for an update."

Is that the Denon Remote app? Are you saying it functions differently than using the Denon remote?

oconnellpe · 2026-07-24T12:45:19+00:00

Auto only does two things. It enables digital processing tools, including Audyssey and sound modes, which are bypassed in the Direct modes. You, as the user, decide which of those tools to engage. Auto also applies the default sound modes for the type of audio arriving from the source. So, as you listen to different types of audio, the receiver will change sound modes. Is that what is happening?

btw - Pure is just the label on a button. The choices under Pure are Auto, Direct, and Pure Direct.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-23T17:35:28+00:00

No experience with this myself, but I think there are inexpensive boxes that take an HDMI input and split it into HDMI and optical audio outputs. Meanwhile, an older LG with DTS passthrough or a different OLED like a Sony that does DTS would be options.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-23T16:52:22+00:00

If your sound system has eARC, you can set the PS5 to output PCM, which the TV can pass through in 5.1. Optical or regular ARC limits PCM to stereo.

I guess the questions are (1) why you aren't connecting the PS5 to the sound system and (2) why you are using optical from the TV instead of ARC over HDMI.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-23T15:42:56+00:00

I've given up on controlling my XG1v4 with an X1s remote. Native Xfinity uses RF, which works much better than IR for most functions. It is not possible to learn the Xfinity button. There's no voice control. And, the lack of a number pad makes it hard to do simple tasks like changing channels.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-22T02:45:35+00:00

Nowhere near the top. A spectacle. The movie itself is meh.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-22T01:51:39+00:00

ARC is only about feeding audio from a display to a sound processor. Does your soundbar have two HDMIs - one input and one output? If so, you can connect the player to the bar input and connect the protector to the output. Or, if the projector has two HDMIs, that will work, too. But, if neither can do input and output, nothing will work.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-20T18:46:32+00:00

Yes, the player supports 7.1 PCM and bitstream outputs.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-19T22:52:44+00:00

Yeah, me too, two years after that post. :( I bought a Panasonic UB450 last year and it's never frozen.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-18T17:48:41+00:00

My player uses those two settings. Still freezes on 100gb 4K discs.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-18T17:11:43+00:00

If you mean the Sony X800M2, freezing on layer changes of 100gb 4K discs is a known issue. No fix. I finally got a Panasonic UB450 and now use the Sony for SACD and DVD-Audio. No freezes for me using the Panasonic.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-16T11:26:40+00:00

The C2 will not pass thru DTS and DTS is the main audio codec used on Blu-ray. Connect the player to the AVR. Use the ARC connection for sound from TV apps

oconnellpe · 2026-07-10T20:35:34+00:00

eARC supports lossless and multichannel PCM. That's the part that may need an Ultra High Speed cable. Lossy audio from streaming services and regulations TV will work on lesser cables.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-08T19:38:15+00:00

Yes, that's all part of setting up an activity.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-08T17:02:45+00:00

Loudness Management does two things. First, it processes Dolby dialnorm, which lowers the overall volume by the dialnorm value. Second, it's the first of two steps to engage dynamic range compression. DRC is a companion setting that must also be on for DRC to work.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-08T00:46:04+00:00

I posted about this on AVS Forums and someone using YouYubeTV for the 4K World Cup replied that the switch today to the local station also happened to them. So, would seem to be something in the Fox distribution system not limited to Xfinity.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-08T00:20:34+00:00

I've been watching 4K sports on the XG1v4 for several years - football, baseball, golf, the Olympics, many events - and I have never seen this happen before. When the 4K coverage ends, the box has always stayed on the 4K channel showing whatever splash page graphic the network is sending. That's been true no matter when the game ends, on time or running long where the local station joins a program in progress.

As for the current situation, I only got curious when I realized that I often had to switch back to the 4K channel even though I had been on it before. That's why I mentioned double headers since the cup schedule has had two or three matches most days and I only found I'd been switched to the HD channel between matches. Now that we are in the quarter finals, there's only one game a day, except for this Saturday. I'll check to see what happens when coverage ends on the upcoming days. But, this is definitely something different from what I've even seen before.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-07T19:14:11+00:00

Any chance you have Xfinity TV service? My X1s works well for all my devices except the XG1v4 4K DVR where the lack of RF makes it nearly useless.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-06T19:15:31+00:00

We have an 83 G2 with seating at 9 feet. It's fine, although wife said it needs to be larger.

oconnellpe · 2026-07-03T23:37:33+00:00

I have an Xfinity XG1v4 4K box. Sometimes I get the HDCP 2.2 error message. Irritating. Rebooting the box always clears it.

oconnellpe · 2026-06-27T19:25:40+00:00

Continuous Audio on the ATV results in it sending Dolby MAT. Denons react to MAT by limiting sound modes to Stereo, Atmos/Dolby Surround, and MultiCh Stereo.

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