Denon AVR zone 2 Pre out to Amp Line In not working

[Racerjim66]

Greetings: I have a Denon AV2800 receiver that has a Zone 2 "Pre Out" that I have connected to the Line In of a WiiM Amp. I have followed the instructions from Denon to turn on Zone 2 and provide the same signal there as I am providing to the HT speakers directly connected to the AVR. The idea is to have the TV sound broadcast to both the Wiim and the AVR HT speakers simultaneously. I can select the Line in source in the Amp, and I get the dancing vertical lines that usually mean connection is made, but I get no sound. I'm not sure if the issue is on the Denon side or the Wiim side, but as best I can tell, i've followed the manufacturers instructions for both devices, and it SHOULD work..... Any ideas where to look for the weird little setting that I'm guessing has me stymied. Thanks in advance.

 

[d6jg]

Greetings: I have a Denon AV2800 receiver that has a Zone 2 "Pre Out" that I have connected to the Line In of a WiiM Amp. I have followed the instructions from Denon to turn on Zone 2 and provide the same signal there as I am providing to the HT speakers directly connected to the AVR. The idea is to have the TV sound broadcast to both the Wiim and the AVR HT speakers simultaneously. I can select the Line in source in the Amp, and I get the dancing vertical lines that usually mean connection is made, but I get no sound. I'm not sure if the issue is on the Denon side or the Wiim side, but as best I can tell, i've followed the manufacturers instructions for both devices, and it SHOULD work..... Any ideas where to look for the weird little setting that I'm guessing has me stymied. Thanks in advance.

You MAY find that if you switch the AVR to an analogue source things will work but that digital signals over HDMI won’t output to Zone 2. I had an early Onkyo AVR that IIRC only allowed analogue over Zone 2.

 

[Racerjim66]

Thank you. Good thread to pull on. A Denon forum should be able to confirm that if true.

 

[JimBob]

I have a Denon AVR and it will not allow hdmi or optical out from tv to be played on zone 2.

 

[Mr Ee]

The idea is to have the TV sound broadcast to both the Wiim and the AVR HT speakers simultaneously.

You may find that the sound isn't synchronised due to the delay introduced by the wiim.