Wow,

Tats cheap.. how much to ship tat out to Malaysia??
I was looking at de Generic-China-made hdmi cable sold by Blue Jeans n it was like USD30 for a 7.5m but de shipping was ...

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hey guys.....wanna ask u guys a question...

when you setup your dedicated HT room.....would you prefer with windows?
if no.....how do you treat those air as after a certain period...there bound to be some 'wet' smell.....dunno how to describe it better....like stale air....

if yes, where would you have the windows?

currently my HT room is in the midst of building
the room is about 15.5' x 26.5'......i only have 2 walls to choose for windows

the 15.5' wall which is behind the projector screen
26.5' wall to the right of the projector screen....

i also thought of windowless room...

last questions....what colour scheme is the norm for HT room.....
my plan is to put acoustic panels on the wall and relevant places....but obviously over the painted surface

opinions and feedbacks much appreciated

Its always risky to do the update yourself. I do know that there were people who failed during the update and had to send back to the service centre. You have been warned!!



It DID actually happened to me when my update failed halfway with a "Connection Failed" shown on the AV Pre-amp display panel. Switched off... and when switched back on, it just tried to continue update but still failed after trying another 2 times and stopped with error and then it just freezed there, no longer function. Luckily I was prepared for this and did a full "factory reset" using 3 button presses on the unit itself. At least my AV Pre-amp can still be used and I can try to repeat update later. However, because the update failed halfway at "DSP2", DTSX was already displayed when playing bluray BUT NO SOUND !! Even DTS and DTS-HD MA no sound. All Dolby Digital, Dolby True-HD amd Dolby Atmos audio still worked correctly.

I continued to use my AV Pre-Amp for 2 days in a "half working" condition. Luckily there is a reset. If not reset, it would have remained "frozen" and need to be sent back to the service centre immediately.

I was not going to give up and continue to think of what went wrong and how to continue the update. I even emailed to McIntosh support seeking help. On the third day, they replied and asked me to press some buttons and check the full firmware version of the various parts. He sent me the firmware version details and asked me to compare with that list. Then... on that same third day , I had a "brilliant" idea. Why not connect my AV Pre-Amp to my mobile phone data internet using hotspot and tethering? I did... and wow... the update continued until everything was done successfully. Phew... problem solved and checked the firmware details ... all version match the list exactly so I emailed reply to McIntosh about this and thanked them for the assistance. Crisis avoided! I still don't understand why UniFi connection failed eventhough internet was still connected.


Here is what I would advise to people who want to personally try to update the firmware... if possible, DON'T do it yourself and just send back to the professionals at the Service Centre to do it.

After that advice and IF anyone STILL wants to take the risk then do these ...

1) Before starting, find out how to do a factory reset. Get the combination button on the front of the unit which need to be pressed together. Ask the Service Centre or your dealer.

2) Do NOT use a slow or unstable internet connection. My UniFi 30Mbps is fast and also stable. My entire update took me about 35 min. If your connection is a "slow" 4Mbps speed... forget about updating.

3) If failed to continue update... do the "factory reset" and then try a different internet connection. My update failed when using my UniFi connection so I used my Maxis Data connection. If still failed, try bringing it to a friend's place to try using the connection there.

4) After trying ALL the above and still FAILED, then BAD LUCK... return it to Service Centre. Just do NOT blame me... I have already stated my warning and did NOT recommend anyone to it.

That's all about my personal experience with my McIntosh MX122 firmware update for DTSX and Auro-3D.

So... did you send your Denon to the service center for the DTSX firmware update? Or you still using back the older firmware without DTSX support?

Its not just Denon, it can also happen to Onkyo and Marantz too. As you already know, it did happen to my McIntosh. Somehow I think "something" is wrong with the UniFi cable connection which I initially used for the update. Luckily, I thought of using my phone wireless Maxis Data connection to continue the update and was successful! I told my bro-in-law not to take the risk and send his Marantz 8802 back to the Marantz service center for the update. His unit returned a week later and everything worked and now support DTSX.

It's SVS SB16-Ultra

Review Home Theater Review SVS SB16-Ultra