Denon AVR-4806 A/V Receiver Gets XM-ready

The new Denon AVR-4806 multi-zone audio/video receiver now incorporates XM Satellite Radio functionality with the addition of an optional "Connect-and-Play" XM Satellite Radio antenna.





The Denon AVR-4806 A/V Receiver gets XM Satellite Radio functionality through the inclusion of XM Radio's chipset technology and a new proprietary chip and signaling protocol. With the addition of the optional "Connect-and-Play" antenna, AVR-4806 purchasers will be free to activate the XM Radio service, with access to all satellite and terrestrial signals, as well as channel tuning, decoding and audio transmission, with no additional installation or accessories needed. XM Satellite Radio provides listeners with more than 150 digital channels, including 67 commercial-free music channels, 65 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming, and 21 traffic and weather channels.

The AVR-4806 is compatible with every popular 6.1 and 5.1-channel surround sound format from Dolby and dts to THX Ultra2 Cinema and Music, as well as THX Surround EX decoding.

Denon AVR-4806 Specs:

• 130 watts x 7 into 8 ohms (20-20,000 Hz) at 0.05% THD


• THX Ultra2 certification


• THX Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, HDCD and Dolby Headphone processing


• HDMI/DVI switching (3 HDMI inputs, 1 DVI input, 1 HDMI output)


• DDSC-Digital construction


• 16 Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converters


• ALPHA 24 Plus upsampling for stereo and multichannel digital sources


• 7.1-channel input


• 7.1-channel preamp output


• component video conversion


• component video switching (3 in, 1 out, 100MHz bandwidth)


• digital inputs: 5 optical, 3 coaxial


• digital outputs: 3 optical


• 8 A/V (including 8 S-video and one front-panel) inputs


• 3 audio (including phono) inputs


• 56 AM/FM presets


• 17-1/8"W x 6-15/16"H x 20-1/2"D

See also:

Onkyo 7.1-Channel TX-SR503 Receiver

GoVideo D2740 Wireless Media Receiver + DVD Player

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