Denon AVR-3805 A/V Dolby Digital Surround Reciever

by Denon

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Product Manual [8.02mb PDF]

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• Item Weight: 45 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 46 pounds
• ASIN: B00020M092
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,929 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Denon's ultimate-performance 7.1-channel AVR-3805 surround receiver is a high-quality, high-value receiver that's loaded with sound-enhancing and image-preserving features, including the finest digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters. The receiver provides 7 channels of amplification (120 watts per channel, 8 ohms, 20 to 20,000 Hz, with less than 0.05 percent THD) to drive all the main loudspeakers in a 7.1 home theater surround system. Ensuring high power and stability, the component employs a huge power transformer and an oversized block capacitor.

Of course, you get full compatibility with all the latest advanced audio formats, including 7.1-channel surround decoding of, among other formats, Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS, DTS 96/24 5.1 for DVD-Video, DTS ES Discrete 6/1, DTS ES Matrix 6.1, DTS Neo: 6 Cinema & Music modes, and Dolby Pro Logic II/IIx (for cinema, music and games). Dolby Pro Logic IIx is the first technology to offer a choice of processing traditional stereo music and movie content into either 6.1- or 7.1-channel signals.

The AVR-3805 marks the debut of a significant Denon feature: Auto Set-Up calibration and Room EQ, making it easier to tailor the performance of the receiver for your specific home theater or music-listening environment. The AVR-3805 analyzes and calibrates 6 critically important speaker settings: connection, phase, size, channel level, time delay, and frequency response.

A feature called Room EQ corrects frequency response with an 8-band parametric equalizer and adjusts to the optimum soundfield, compensating for speaker and room capability issues. Auto Set-Up calibration and Room EQ requires the use of an optional microphone, either Denon's own DMS-305 or another compatible mic. You can disable both the EQ and Auto Set-Up features if you prefer calibrating the receiver in the traditional manner.

The AVR-3805 owes a big part of its great sound quality to its premium digital-audio technologies, such as Analog Devices SHARC 32-bit floating-point DSP processing and Denon's proprietary advanced DDSC-D (Dynamic Discrete Surround Decoder-Digital) circuitry.

The AVR-3805 features 3 assignable sets of component-video inputs and one set of monitor inputs (all with high-definition-compatible 100 MHz bandwidth). Simplifying video connectivity and switching among its 7 (each) composite- and S-video inputs, the AVR-3805 includes video up-conversion that converts composite- and/or S-video sources to component-video without compromising video quality, greatly simplifying your connections between the receiver and your television.

The receiver offers 10 audio inputs plus a tuner with 56 presets, including a phono input for your turntable. Denon's "power amp assigned" function provides a fully-powered, discrete 2-channel second zone, and the receiver lets you send a fixed-level audio output to a third zone, as well.

Like the company's flagship AVR-5803 receiver, the AVR-3805 also features the latest Denon Link 3, which allows the receiver to receive high-resolution, multichannel digital audio data directly from the Denon DVD-5900 and DVD-9000 DVD players (and future Denon products) for the ultimate level of sonic performance. Denon Link 3 is compatible with all previously released Denon Link products, but is now ready to accept digital SACD data from future Denon source units, if and when formal approval is granted. The AVR-3805 also has an RS-232 serial port for external controllers.

Denon's sleekly contoured programmable EL (Electro-Luminescence) remote control lets you command even the most sophisticated home entertainment systems from a single intuitive device.

What's in the Box
Receiver, remote control, remote batteries, an AM loop antenna, an indoor FM antenna, an AC power cord, a warranty card, a service-center list, and a user's manual.

Product Description

This product has been Factory refurbished to perform as new. It comes with Denon USA 90-Day Parts & Labor Warranty. DENON AVR-3805 -- High-end home theater savvy, beefy 7-channel power, and impeccable construction meet in Denon's remarkable AVR-3805. The sound is powerful, pristine, and totally enveloping, thanks to 120 watts x 7 channels of Denon's high-current amplification. 5/6/7 Channel stereo modes New DDSC-Digital EX featuring Analog Devices Melody 100 32-bit DSP processor 24-bit, 192kHz A/D on all stereo analog inputs Sixteen Burr-Brown 24-bit, 192kHz DACs AL24 Processing Plug on all channels Speaker Selector Assignable, Ultra Wideband (100MHz) Component Video switching (3 inputs / 1 output) Video Conversion (Composite to S-Video to Component) Discrete Multi-room, multi-source A/V outputs 7 assignable digital inputs & 2 digital outputs New EL learning / pre-programmed Remote Control Detachable Power Cord

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Receiver!!!, March 12, 2005

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Ryan E. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denon AVR-3805 A/V Dolby Digital Surround Reciever (Electronics)

I bought this product about three months ago and it has not been a disappointment! Although it seems like a lot of money to spend on a receiver, it is worth every penny.

It easily handles all types of music including DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD formats even at high volumes without any sign of distortion. It also has the power needed to create booming movie effects. You can also customize about any setting, making it work well in many different settings.

You can buy a separate microphone automaticlly changes sound settings to match your room size, shape, and other properties unique to your environment.

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Enjoy!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance and Quality / Attrocious Manual, January 4, 2006

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J. Simmons - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon AVR-3805 A/V Dolby Digital Surround Reciever (Electronics)

I just installed this receiver over Christmas. It was a bit of a jump from an older Denon receiver (still perfect after 13 years), but we need surround sound and 3 zones of music. We basically used all of the surround sound and multi-zone features in this unit.
The positives:
It performs as well as could be hoped for. Sound quality is amazing and build quality is better than I thought was available from a large manufacturer.
The interconnect options are unbelievable. Other than no DVI (which a friend who's a pro camera man recommends), it's got everything.
It does everything as advertised.
The negatives:
It's heavy (44 pounds) Watch your back! As an engineer, I find it reassuringly heavy (high quality), so this is a positive to me.
Setup took ridiculously long because of the manual (2 hours to get a Denon CD changer to output sound to zone 2/3). I'm an engineer in a high tech company with tons of electronic integration experience, so I don't think it's me. If you only hook up the 5.1/7.1 speakers with a DVD player and a couple of stereo inputs it shouldn't be bad. But, when you start using multi-zone, etc. it gets very involved. My observations on the cause:
First, there are many undocumented limitations (E.G., which input formats will drive which outputs for audio multi-zone).
Second, the manual was apparently translated from Japanese to English by someone who spoke neither Japanese, nor English. It's a confusing mess.
I talked to a local Denon shop and they said they send a tech out to do the setup with every unit they sell.
My overall opinion: It's a beautiful piece of work, but prepare your significant other for 2-3 days of immersion in the project if you are going to use all the system capabilities.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous unit that will drive you nuts!, March 25, 2006

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William R. Koplin "Drwiz" (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon AVR-3805 A/V Dolby Digital Surround Reciever (Electronics)

I am proud owner of one of these, hooked up full THX with (big) Bose (not the tiny uppie systems for people who want to hide their speakers) and Snells. It replaced a 5700 when I added the 2 extra channels. Up until the 5700, I never had to read a manual in my life (62yo), and even that wasn't too bad except the 5700's remote wasn't very friendly). This beast (3805)is a different story, the remote doesn't make sense, the manual is impossible to figure out, and what a pain in the butt to program every input to the format you want to use (i,e, analog, coax, optical, VHS, S-VHS, component, composite --you get the jist) And if you want to plug something else in temporarily (like my car Sirius recever in its home dock) you're going to get a migraine trying to figure out what to unplug to plug the Sirius in before the program's over.

SOUNDWISE THIS UNIT IS FABULOUS--MORE THAN MATCHES THE 3 LEXICONS I'VE OWNED, but finally gave up on because of their total lack of versatility for use in the real world.

BOTTOM LINE I ENTHUSIASTICALLY LOVE THE RECEIVER, HATE THE REMOTE, AND ALWAYS TAKE MY SHOES OFF WHEN I CHANGE ANY SETTINGS SO I WON'T BE TEMPTED TO KICK THE #### OUT OF IT IF IT STILL DOESN'T WORK AFTER THE 3RD TRIAL SETUP