Sensitivity for the FM tuner is variable, that is to say you can adjust it, by default the tuner is set so that it only "Seeks" and Receives local signals in stereo but this can be changed. When you think about it these defaults make a lot of sense, normally people would just rather use the RDS search function to search for a station, tune directly or a frequency etc.
I have to tell you that the FM tuner sounds surprisingly good given that its built-in and not a dedicated tuner, I listen to a classical music station and the transmitter is 60 miles away, you can hardly hear any background noise when the volume is turned up to a very high level and that's in an area where the volume certainly will never go here unless I want to gamble the life of my speakers away <smile>. No touch screens whatever. On 26/06/2013, at 1:22 AM, Casey <cwoll...@wi.rr.com> wrote: > Hello Dane coming in a bit late on the units message. > But How is the sensitivity of this f.m tuner in this unit? > And are there buttons on this receiver or is it touch screen to exactly how > easy is it to use before you get the app verses when you have the app? > Also is everything labeled in the app for this receiver or did you have to > label some buttons in the app so you can use it effectively? > One last thing this receiver can you put it in to a two channel mode if you > only have two speakers or you just wish to use two channels instead of all > six or seven that it has? > > > > On 6/23/2013 6:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Here's a message I sent to a Mac discussion list, the message doesn't >> specifically discuss Mac's or iPhones, rather the eMail discusses a very >> nice Denon AV Receiver I have and how I manage to access it, thought the >> list would be interested and apologies if the message isn't quite on topic. >> <snip> >> I've had the Denon AVR2113 Surround-Sound Receiver for just over 3 months >> now and - with the help of the Denon "remote App - the device is a joy to >> use, I can use much of the functionality of the Receiver without the App but >> using the app gives me so much access to so much more information on the >> receiver, its status and its functions than the remote controller alone >> could do. >> >> There are many points to this Receiver and - in some ways - I really do >> think that the word "Receiver' is the wrong word to describe such a unit, >> perhaps "Entertainment" or "Media" Center would be more accurate. >> >> The Receiver has built-in Internet radio thanks to the vtuner Internet radio >> system, allows access to Spotify, Last.Fm and so forth through the menu >> system of the Receiver and through the Denon Remote app itself, you can even >> access Podcasts and video services such as Flicker. >> >> I won't write at length about the functionality of the Receiver through the >> app as this would take around 3 weeks to sum up so perhaps if people are >> interested enough then they can ask specific questions and I'll do my best >> to answer them given the fare knowledge I now have of the Receiver gained >> over the last 3 months. >> >> I would like to touch on what I regard as being an incredible feature of >> this Receiver and its associated app and that is the built-in FM tuner and >> the tuners RDS feature. >> >> RDS stands for Radio Data System, this allows for transmission of data on >> the FM band using a sub carrier of a transmitter, for example BBC Radio 4 >> could transmit data alongside the audio signal which might display the name >> of the current aired programme, the current time of day and so forth. >> Smooth FM might use the RDS to display the current title and artist of the >> track playing or what the next track might be. >> >> In any event you can actually have your IOS device read the RDS data to you >> from the Remote App, this is the first accessible way I've seen of accessing >> RDS data. >> <snip> >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > -- > Casey > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
