Volume control through older Denon receiver

[ddublu]

I have an older Denon receiver in my home office. Just got Apple TV for this room. I have one HDMI coming from the TV to the audio closet and one HDMI coming from the receiver to what used to be a cable box. I plugged the cable box HDMI into my Apple TV.

Audio works great, picture is incredible but I can only control volume when 2-3 feet from the actual receiver (which ideally is behind a closed closet door).

How can I resolve this so my Apple TV remote can control the volume from across the room?

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Does your Denon support HDMI-CEC (they might call it some other name)? If it does, you probably just need to turn it on in your Receiver (and maybe your AppleTV if not already on- I think it is default ON in AppleTV, but not sure).

If Denon does support it & you have it turned on, but it is NOT working, those 2 cables may be too old. If they are pretty old, you might try installing newer HDMI cables both ways.

A third option is check your TV and see if the cable is plugged into an HDMI jack marked eARC. If not, switch it to that one. Then check your Receiver HDMI jacks and be sure the one to the TV is plugged into the right jack too.

A fourth option is to be sure Volume options in AppleTV are "on" instead of "auto" for Receiver. This makes the AppleTV remote use IR that your Denon can "see." See this article.

It's quite possible the Receiver and/or TV may be too old to use CEC or eARC. If so, another option is to switch control your AppleTV to using the Receivers remote, probably in AUX mode or similar. AppleTV can "learn" ANY remote, including your Denons and then it will control Denon volume and other buttons on the Denon remote can control the AppleTV.

I hope any of these help.