Denon AVR 889 - can't see setup menu on my TV Help!

[denonavr889]

I have a Denon AVR 889, about 2 years old now. This amp has a feature where you press the menu button on the amp and it brings up the menu on the TV. I pressed it to make a change, screen just went black. I tried a different TV, still screen goes black. It is hooked up via HDMI cable, tried another cable, still no luck. The HDMI cable is plugged into the input on the amp.

I did a factory reset of the amp to see if that would fix the problem, not only did it not fix it, now I can`t use it as all my settings are gone.

Any ideas what this cvould be..

[holsty101]

Now you've done a factory reset maybe the video output had defaulted to composite (might say in the manual)?

[AV_Integrated]

Look at the manual, but not all Denon's necessarily output their menus via HDMI. Maybe only via component or composite video.

[denonavr889]

No I don't see that anywhere. I noticed it did have a section in the manual about making sure that the HDMI setting is set to a digital output because it can't carry an analog signal, which makes sense. What doesn't make sense is why wouldn't Denon have their HDMI output set to digital? I managed to get my TV to work just using the actual impossible to navigate menu on the receiver, still need to get my PS# going which is on HDMI 2, and I would like to get the whole on screen mneu thing working.

I remember when I first purchased my receiver, all I did was hook the HDMI cable up from my receiver to my TV, pressed menu and it worked. Very strange. And I did try another tv with a HDMI connection, still didn't work. The screen just goes black when I press menu, so a signal is being received, my guess is I have ot figure out how to change the HDMI setting in my receiver to digital?

At work all day today, won't get a chance until tomorrow evening to look.

Thanks all for your suggestions

[mmmmDoNut]

The menu should be on the front panel of your Denon as well. I know mine is front panel as well as on screen display via hdmi.

[denonavr889]

Oh yeah that's what I have been going with, just tedeous to navigate through.