[mythtv-users] A/V Receivers & MythTv

[Steven Adeff]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> with the recent release of MythTv .21 and in an effort to help our
>  flagging economy ;)  i'm in the process of upgrading my entire
>  'entertainment center'.  one of the big components i'll be upgrading
>  is my A/V Receiver.  at the moment, the Denon 3808CI is the front
>  runner.  i'm just curious to see what other Mythers use and why.  i
>  haven't found a receiver yet that will take input/commands via any
>  input aside from the remote.  the Denon has an RJ45 ethernet jack on
>  it, as do other receivers; has anyone been able to get their receiver
>  to change sound fields, presets, volume, etc. via RJ45?  it would be
>  quite cool to use LIRC/Myth to control the whole ball of wax.

I have a Denon 3806 and love it. The RJ45 port (on the Denon's at
least, and from what I understand any receiver ) is usually just for
firmware updates and some of the newer receivers allow for streaming
radio playback.

In general any good home theater component will have an RS-232 port
for system integration. Other than that  there really is no other
command input method other than the remote. You could use an IR
Blaster to control the Denon though. I don't think there are any
systems for allowing a linux PC to talk to RS-232 devices.


-- 
Steve
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