Zone 2 and digital in...

glemay
glemay Posts: 574
edited January 2010 in Electronics
Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone here is using the zone 2 feature on their receiver. I'm using it on my Denon AVR-2805 and everything works great until I try to change the input to my digital coaxial. For some reason I can't get any sound out of my speakers...

Any ideas, maybe a setting that I'm missing?

Thanks,

Jerry
Main System:
Denon AVR-2805, Polk Audio RTi70's, Polk Audio CSi40, Polk Audio FXi50, Paradigm PW-2200 v.2, Toshiba 42XV545U HDTV

Second System:
Denon AVR-1705, Polk Audio R40, Polk Audio CS245i, Polk Audio R15, Paradigm PS-1200a
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,076
    edited January 2010
    You have to assign Zone 2 to a source, one source.
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  • glemay
    glemay Posts: 574
    edited January 2010
    Hmm... I just flipped through the manual, looks like it says that digital output does not get sent to Zone 2... Maybe that's why it doesn't work... Then again, maybe I'm misreading it and have something setup wrong. Can anyone confirm if a digital signal can be sent to Zone 2?
    Main System:
    Denon AVR-2805, Polk Audio RTi70's, Polk Audio CSi40, Polk Audio FXi50, Paradigm PW-2200 v.2, Toshiba 42XV545U HDTV

    Second System:
    Denon AVR-1705, Polk Audio R40, Polk Audio CS245i, Polk Audio R15, Paradigm PS-1200a
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    glemay wrote: »
    Hmm... I just flipped through the manual, looks like it says that digital output does not get sent to Zone 2... Maybe that's why it doesn't work... Then again, maybe I'm misreading it and have something setup wrong. Can anyone confirm if a digital signal can be sent to Zone 2?

    Looks like it can't, page 67 says it all in that note.


    “Digital signals are not output from the ZONE2 audio output jacks.”


    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


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  • glemay
    glemay Posts: 574
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, that's what I thought. Should have checked the manual sooner. Anyway, thanks guys. Guess I'll have to stick to an anolog input for Zone 2.
    Main System:
    Denon AVR-2805, Polk Audio RTi70's, Polk Audio CSi40, Polk Audio FXi50, Paradigm PW-2200 v.2, Toshiba 42XV545U HDTV

    Second System:
    Denon AVR-1705, Polk Audio R40, Polk Audio CS245i, Polk Audio R15, Paradigm PS-1200a
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited January 2010
    NP, I may be wrong, but that is what I gathered from reading the manual.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • glemay
    glemay Posts: 574
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, I understood the same thing. So it's confirmed, unless someone else tells us otherwise.:)
    Main System:
    Denon AVR-2805, Polk Audio RTi70's, Polk Audio CSi40, Polk Audio FXi50, Paradigm PW-2200 v.2, Toshiba 42XV545U HDTV

    Second System:
    Denon AVR-1705, Polk Audio R40, Polk Audio CS245i, Polk Audio R15, Paradigm PS-1200a
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2010
    Unfortunately, most receivers skimp out on this feature.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,291
    edited January 2010
    When using a digital source, I have to select 'downmix" as my source. It allows me to play music in a 2nd area, but the same thing must be playing in my main listening area.
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,215
    edited January 2010
    That threw me at first with my denon 1082. I run both rca (analog) and coax(digital) out of the sources so you can listen to anything. It took a few reads of their criptic manual to figure it out though. Looks like you got working ok now.
    Main system: Lyngdorf TDAI 2170 w/ Pioneer 42" plazma-> Polk LSiM 703 w/Tivo, Marantz tuner, BRPTT: Nothingham Spacedeck-> Pioneer PL L1000 linear arm-> Soundsmith DL 103R-> SUT->Bottlehead ErosDigital: I3 PC w/ Jriver playing flac -> Sonore Ultrarendu -> Twisted Pair Audio ESS 9028 w/ Mercury IVY Vinyl rips: ESI Juli@24/192-> i3 PC server
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