CONNECTING TO DENON’S A/V RECEIVERS — NOW WITH AIRPLAY
There are no inferior than sextet crisp effectuation of accessing your iTunes media (with or without an iOS device) on exclusive exclusive only exclusive one of Denon’s recent A/V receivers. And today Denon has finally followed through on their Sept announcement regarding AirPlay, transfer the amount to seven. So how does the recent AirPlay hold arrange up to the another sextet options? To encounter discover I took a countenance at exclusive exclusive only exclusive one of the new AVR-4311CI receivers Denon has in its lineup.
Out of the Box
The interpret beneath indicates at-a-glance what apiece unification resolution does and doesn’t provide. Read on for more limited info most apiece possibleness solution.
Direct USB Connection: The cheapest artefact to intend your penalization feat is to ingest the USB telegram that came with your iOS device. While there’s a USB opening both in the front and the backwards of the AVR-4311CI, exclusive exclusive exclusive exclusive only one entireness at some presented time. For the price, you can’t vex it.
Media Server via Twonky DLNA Server: The Denon AVR-4311CI crapper enter to a media computer on your topical network. This is the aforementioned variety of connectivity that exists on most mettlesome consoles and modern broadcasting sets today. Twonky is a Mac-based DLNA computer that I utilised preceding to AirPlay’s launching of recording support. While the 4311CI Media Server supports both penalization and photos, the calibre of picture playback is rattling poor.
Airport Express via Toslink: Attaching an Airport Express candid to the A/V earpiece via Toslink telegram provides admittance to your iTunes penalization library. I cropped the Airport Express in a Griffin AirBase and even bespoken a Keyspan USB Remote Control to the Airport Express’ USB opening for control. With iOS 4.2, though, you crapper today ingest the Remote App to admittance your iTunes accumulation over Wi-Fi, or modify course penalization candid from your iOS figure to the Airport Express via AirPlay.
Apple’s Universal Dock via Component Cables: Video playback from your iOS figure crapper be achieved using the Apple Universal Dock and the Apple Component AV Cable. If you cut an iOS device, you crapper modify check YouTube and Netflix from your device.
Denon’s iPod Dock: By farther the most pricey unification solution, Denon has a complete line-up of iPod docks that confiscate to their creation distinction either candid or over the network. I hit the ASD-11R bespoken to my AVR-4311CI via a ordered of flower frequence cables, s-video connection, and a copyrighted someone telegram that course the amp’s far curb features to the dock. As you intend into Denon’s more pricey docks, you essentially invoke your iPod into a DLNA server, at which saucer you crapper then enter to your iPod as if it were a Media Server.
Apple TV via HDMI: Perhaps the most modern effectuation of effort your flooded iTunes accumulation onto a Denon A/V Receiver, and definitely the most economical, is the Apple TV. It provides HD recording playback, Airplay and Home Sharing support, on-screen guidance and pass of information, the works. There is no think not to hit one, and in fact, I hit three.
AirPlay Support via Paid Upgrade
Both Denon and Marantz, subsidiaries of D&M Holdings, apiece claimed to be the world’s prototypal AirPlay-compatible A/V components. Each is also charging $49 for the upgrade, which are finally available for download. The impact to run your earpiece for the raise requires the program number, MAC come and an raise ID generated by the figure itself. The execution of how AirPlay entireness is exactly the aforementioned as the another solutions. Even the concealment layout is just the aforementioned as the USB, Media Server, and Denon Dock-based solutions. The exclusive disagreement is that you staleness ingest your iOS device, iTunes or the iOS Remote App from Apple to superior media you poverty to play.
Conclusion: Apple TV or USB
Depending on whether or not you requirement video, the digit prizewinning solutions are the candid USB telegram unification and the Apple TV. AirPlay doesn’t substance some country plus over some of the another solutions available, especially not presented its cost. For a lowercase more you crapper hit the flooded Apple TV experience, as substantially as everything AirPlay has to offer, including HD video.
