I am running Roon from a nucleus and have the above home cinema receiver which is Roon tested.
I can only use Roon via airplay. I must be doing something wrong?
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Roon Tested can refer to AirPlay or USB. No Denon AVR is Roon Ready.
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What other connection type were you expecting?
âRoon testedâ only means tested onnections over USB, airplay and chromecast.
âRoon Readyâ is needed for RAAT connection.
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I use HDMI from NUC to Denon 8500h. With HDMI you can play multi-channel hi-res.
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Details below :
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Roon Core is a Nucleus
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I use a Netgear RAX 80 as a modem/router.
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My main system is a NAIM based system and my music streamer is a NDX2. This is connected via ethernet
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I have various Sonos speakers around the house which Roon sees.
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The Denon AVC is in another room. It is connected to the network via an Ethernet cable and it uses a powerline connection to link to the modem/router.
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I have 50,000 plus tracks stored on my NAS (synology DS916+)
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My equipment is linked to the router via Ethernet either directly or via a powerline connection
I can see the Denon AVC but can only use Airplay. It does not show the Roon interface. It shows the Denon Heos interface.
Not sure what is going on so any help would be appreciated.
Iâm sorry, but what were you expecting? The Denon is NOT Roon Ready, so it does not understand the RAAT protocol, which would be necessary for sending multichannel audio over ethernet, and for displaying Roon content on the Denon screen (if Denon developed their software to do this).
You will only get airplay on that device. It doesnât have a Roon network interface as it isnât Roon Ready just roon tested.
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I am fully aware that its not Roon Ready.
It was a simple question as Denon (and a dealer I spoke to the other day) give the impression that the Roon content will be available on the screen. Its not a massive issue but it would be nice to have. Denon need to be a little clearer about the limitations of their interaction with Roon as their website gives the impression of more of an interface and interaction than there actually is.
Not sure if you have the Denon already and if a ânow playingâ interface/feature was something you really wanted or if you were just seeing if you could enable something like it, post the dealer leading you to believe the Denon supported it.
But if you use Airplay you should see the basic metadata and artwork for the current track on screen.
https://support.denon.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1784/~/apple-airplay
If you want a ânow playingâ screen with the Roon branding you could always plug a Chromecast into a space HDMI port on the Denon and use it as a Roon display. You donât need to be sending audio to the Chomecast to do this, it can simply be used as s ânow playingâ screen separate from audio.
Although if you have you Nuculus physically connected to say the HDMI1 input (for audio), by default youâll be seeing the video from that HDMI input too (which is just a basic black diagnostic/status screen), so youâll never see the the ânow playingâ screen via the Chomecast as it will be connected to a different HDMI port.
I know some AVRs allow you to setup an âinputâ to play audio from say HDMI1 and video from the HDMI2 port, but not sure if thatâs possible on your Denon.
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