Questions about connecting NUC directly to a receiver

[Geoff_Coupe]

First, I would disable all the HDMI outputs except for HDMI 0 (the one that’s presumably connected to your TV via your receiver). That’s the one used for your audio output as well.

Next, could you post screenshots of the device settings that you have configured (click on the gearwheels icon of HDMI 0, and then choose Device setup). It may be some incompatibility in these settings that is the cause of the issue.

Edit: it’s possible that there’s an HDMI handshake issue being caused by the TV connected to your receiver. See this thread for details:

HDMI output for multi-channel work with Denon AVR?

Is your Denon AVR being used in a home cinema setup, with its HDMI output being connected to a TV? If so, try physically unplugging the HDMI connection between the AVR HDMI output, and the TV HDMI input, and see whether the Nucleus HDMI output can be set up and work with the Denon. In my case, I ran into HDMI handshake issues when I replaced our old Panasonic LCD TV with a new Samsung QLED TV. In the end I had to invest in a Dr. HDMI device to sit between my ROCK NUC and my Denon 3808 AVR. No…