swacker69 Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I was wondering why i cant enable discrete volume in my living room but can if i want to use the master bedroomMy living room has a denon 4306 and i want to use an anouncement when i press the lights to come in the house. If i want to use the master bedroom i can use discrete volume as its not enabled. I dont use a control4 amp in the living room. In the master bedroom i use a control4 speaker point. Since i use the speaker point is that why i can use discrete volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 The reason you can't is because the driver for the denon can't do discrete volume control.Because of that, Control4 can't issue a go to volume command for that zone.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swacker69 Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 hey Ryanso i guess in a nutshell if the living room (Denon 4306) was at a high or low volume when the unit was powered off the last state is what the announcement is going to be at ...makes sense but kinda a bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Yep. It would fire the announcement at whatever volume the receiver was last set to.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil12011 Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 What you are describing is the reason we rarely use a non C4 device for announcements. With a receiver, you have to wait for it to power up, and you are stuck at the last volume setting, etc. With a speakerpoint or C4 amp, you have discrete volume settings when the announcement triggers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 The denon AVR-4306 has serial control. There is a serial driver from C4 for it too. The serial driver may have discrete volume control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signature Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 On denons you can set a turn on volume. Just set it to a good level and you should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav-Jason Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 There is a possibility to make this work if you have the right wiring, and/ or the equipment is placed right. What's the set up? Where is everything located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swacker69 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 My setup is as followsI have a hc 300 as my only controller in the living room with a denon 4306 as my receiver. 4 in wall speakers and no control4 amp. im running the latest 1.72. I dont have a speaker point downstairs but do upstairs. not sure what else you want to know...i have 26 dimmers but that irrelevant...lolI didnt know the denon had a set turn on volume option..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 My setup is as followsI have a hc 300 as my only controller in the living room with a denon 4306 as my receiver. 4 in wall speakers and no control4 amp. im running the latest 1.72. I dont have a speaker point downstairs but do upstairs. not sure what else you want to know...i have 26 dimmers but that irrelevant...lolI didnt know the denon had a set turn on volume option..??So connect the dennon to the HC300 via serial and use the serial driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signature Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I use it on every job. It turns on to that specific volume everytime. Works great no matter how loud or quiet it was when you turned it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 What I would think would be drawback to all this is the fact thet the Denon needs several seconds to power-up. You need to delay the announcement don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 yes, at least in my case I had to put a delay on it. I created 2 separate announcements for each announcements. The first with no delay which goes to all my stand a lone speakers, then the second with a delay that goes to my denon avr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 ...then, after the announcement, your AVR is on all day??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 no, mine turns right back off after the announcment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Really? I wonder why mine doesn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 hmm....I don't know, you could always add a timer to turn the avr off after the announcement, but I didn't have to do that on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'll try again. The timer would get me there though... I'll ask my dealer because he loves it when I throw things like this his way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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