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
