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In Reply to: pre-review Denon 5803 posted by petew on May 13, 2002 at 18:14:43:

I have to look in my manual for my 7.1 receiver all the time. Even when you think you know how it works, that's when you discover all the features left out of the manual. I honestly don't know how people who can't set their VCR's clock are supposed to have a hope in hell with these. And then there's the onscreen menus...yup, it's payback for sure.
My previous receiver was just Dolby Pro Logic or something, a piece of cake. Mindless to use.
Have you tried setting up all your speaker levels for good balance? For all of the sound modes (different for Dolby, dts, and their variants)? Have you tried properly setting up your sub? Best if the women/children/pets aren't around...

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LOL! (whew! i thought it was me) - petew 15:03:06 05/14/02 (0)
when i got the thing the wife and kids were at the mall for a few hours
so i took it out of the box and stared at it for a while...no, i should say "admired" it. i say "stared" at it now in hindsight---for now it's more like an unpredictable and dangerous animal than an appliance of modern convenience.
within five minutes i put a pretty good sized gouge on one of the top corners, trying to squeeze it into the Salamander rack--those shelf brackets are wicked sharp, and the damned thing is so heavy and awkward
then i sat down on the sofa with a handful of manuals and pondered the "remote", which is more like a laptop than a "clicker", but less intuitive.
so i did what any reasonable person might do under such intellectually challanging circumsataces--uncorked a fresh bottle of Zin and began to read...
within not too many minutes i had properly marinated both the owner and the owner's manuals in vintage teeth-staining red--clearly reading the instructions is ill-advised, if not outright hazardous to your health and furnature
anyway that was last week
and yes, i do dearly miss my "pro logic" pre-processor with the conventional button-type remote, and yes it was a mindless wonder to use even in the dark, though i prefer the term of art: "intuitive" over "mindless".
no, i have not yet been able to make sounds come out of the thing...apparently something i did while playing with the remote (which is a bit bigger than the space shuttle and more complex by half) has re-configured all the default settings, and no, i have no intention of trying to "calibrate" the damned thing for all kinds of surrounds....all i wanted was some way to watch two different component video sources without having to swap wires each time....
the horror...
the horror...

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