Product Description

Home Theater

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #174 in Home Theater
• Color: gray
• Brand: Denon
• Model: S302
• Dimensions: 22.28" h x 23.86" w x 18.70" l, 47.00 pounds

Features

• Full integrated, reference entertainment system with Scaling DVD-Video/CD Player
• HDMI output with selectable scale (480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p)
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Certified, DLNA certified, dedicated iPod inputwith onscreen display
• 50 watts per channel for Satellites and 100 watts for the subwoofer. RS232c ports

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer The Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System is the most innovative and stylish home theater system that merges the latest technology for superior sound, outstanding picture quality, simple and convenient connectivity and operation, and the utmost sophistication to integrate into any interior design. The Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System provides a new and exciting way to enjoy the most diverse variety of home entertainment, including direct connectivity to your portable players – such as iPod or Rio MP3 players – the S-302 delivers breathtaking images and dynamic surround sound like you have never experienced before.

The Denon S302 DVD Home Theater System's compact size still provides dynamic, quality sound

Simplicity is at the core of the Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System - which consists only of the main unit, two speakers and a slim subwoofer with the included cords to connect to your television with absolutely no complicated procedures. Simply follow the Quick Setup Sheet found in the box for easy connection. and you are ready to enjoy any type of entertainment source available. Features and functions can be easily accessed via the remote, the front panel controls or by using the intuitively-designed onscreen interface.

Powerful sound reproduction to meet your home theater needs

The Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System features Audyssey Dynamic EQ, and Spatial EQ as well as Bass XT technologies that create powerful and dynamic sound even with its compact speakers and subwoofer. The Denon original AL 24 Processing technology, found on Denon's A/V receivers and DVD/CD players, is built into the S-302, which allows closer-to-the-original sound reproduction of digitalized music signals. The matching speakers are in tune with European speaker designs and include a dual 4 inch mid-bass drivers and 1 inch soft dome tweeter speakers. The speakers are fine-tuned for both sound track and movie, and they can be wall-mounted, attached to the optional shelf stands (ASF-S05), or to the optional floor stands (ASF-S07) to fit one's life style. All of which is enhanced by the Dolby Digital/DTS decoding system with Dolby Virtual Speaker technology.

With Denon's electronics engineering, Audyssey Dynamic EQ & Bass-XT turn into reality to give powerful and dynamic audio and movie reproduction through the systems. The volume level of the slim yet powerful subwoofer can be adjusted if ever required. The S-302 also has the ability to decode MP3 and WMA formats as well as AAC, WAV, and those encoded in Free Lossless Audio Codec, as well as the ability to stream music either via Ethernet, or wirelessly from Internet Radio sources and other network attached storage devices, PC or Mac computers on the network. The S-302 can even play photo libraries in PC/Mac for slide shows. iPod and USB ports Can decode MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV and Free Lossless Audio Codec formats Plays streaming audio from Internet radio or other sources Can play computer photo libraries as slide shows

Uncompromising digital media connectivity and playback

The Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System is designed for total no-compromise audio and video, featuring state-of-the-art sound and image enhancing technologies including high quality video circuit using high precision video DAC. Even with its compact size, its dynamic sound is evident from the bottom to the top. Denon's experienced electronics engineering and latest technology make everything alive as ever. The Denon original high quality DVD drive mechanism together with its careful chassis construction actualizes stable disc rotation and concise signal reading, thereby adding further to the finest in sound and image production.

Simplicity is at the core of the Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System

Digital Media Connectivity includes Network Audio and Photo Playback, Playback of music files from PC or DLNA servers, AAC, WMA , MP3, FLAC and WAV file support. It is internet radio ready with playback from over 7,000 internet radio stations. The Denon S-302 DVD Home Theater System also includes JPEG Photo slideshow, Ethernet or Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b and g connections and iPod audio, photo and video playback with the optional ASD-1R/3N/3W docking station or direct connect cable AK-P100.

Denon's impeccable engineering and production quality has also led to the development of the vibration control design to improve the stability and control any potential noise generated from DVD vibrations. Add our original high-quality drive mechanism, and the S-302 creates the finest sound and image reproduction available for any all-in-one system. The smart and breakthrough design of the S-302 fuses elegant form and superior functionality for three-dimensional sounding and well-balanced acoustics unavailable in other integrated home entertainment systems.

Customer Reviews

A nice HTIB with a couple of problems
Listed below are my thoughts on the S-302 after a week of use.

Styling
The styling is fair. This is very subjective, but the cabinet does not really look like it should cost $1700. I very much like the compact size. The controls look fine and feel solid.

Sound
I am not an audiophile, so take this with a grain of salt. I believe the quality of the sound is very good when playing music. The bass was not too deep and the highs were very clear. There was a good separation of instruments on some the jazz recordings. I tested this with various types of music using sources from CD, FM, and MP3 (VBR 165-175 kbps).

DVD
This is a 2.1 system and to me that is what it sounds like. Watching several movies, I never had the illusion of 5.1. The sound is fine, the sub-woofer did a bit too much shaking of the apartment for my tastes, but this is easily adjustable with a dedicated button on the remote. Occasionally the voices did not seem to come from the correct place on the screen. This could be due to the location of the speakers as they are at the bottom of the screen since the stands are not yet available.

The picture from the DVD is very good. I have the S-302 connected via HDMI connection to my 42" plasma, which is 1080i. The picture is extremely sharp. No noticeable jagged lines.

The memory function of the DVD does not work very well. If you stop the DVD and turn off the unit, it will remember the location when you turn it back on. If you switch to another source (e.g., tuner) and return to the DVD, it starts at the beginning of the movie. Not the menus or the FBI warnings, so it appears that it recognizes that this DVD has not been newly inserted.


Internet/USB
This unit is equipped with WiFi (802.11b/g) and ethernet network capabilities. I was not able to get the wireless to work. My WPA key contains spaces and I could not figure out how to enter a space in the key. I removed the spaces from my key. I then turned off security. All of these options failed to connect. I then connected the device using a power line ethernet adapter and was able to connect. This connection is not reliable and I cannot tell if it is the adapter or the S-302. Occasionally, when starting the unit, it will try to connect using the wireless. This should occur only when the direct ethernet connection is not present.

The interface for the internet radio is easy to use. The stations are categorized by genre and country of origin. Although you can get to a station with this interface, a search feature would greatly facilitate getting to a known station. The interface for the USB is not so friendly. It is just a directory listing of the USB drive. It would be easier to navigate if it used the ID3 information to group by artist, album, genre, etc.

Tuner
While the quality of the sound from the tuner is very good, tuning of stations is very frustrating. There are three modes. FM Auto, FM Mono, and AM. When in FM Auto, the unit will not let you enter a weak station. Direct input of the station results in no sound whatsoever. Switching to FM Mono, the station can be entered and listened to. Entering a preset for this will remember which mode it is in, so this is necessary only once. Also, in the FM Auto mode, if a station starts to fade, it just goes out. It is either tuned or not tuned, so it can just keep cutting out. I would rather have static, but to do that I would have to use the FM Mono for all of my stations.

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Excellant sound from 2.1, Difficult WiFi setup
I Choose this 2.1 system for features and ease of set up. DVD Quality is excellant, fills entire room with sound. CD/music audio is good, but wont blow the windows out of the house which I didnt expect. WiFi Internet radio took about 3 days to figure out. Denon does not support uPnP with netgear routers. I eventually found this out on their website. Internet radio has 7K+ stations with no commercials. No support for Pandora though. Good funtions with Wii video games thru component cables, no lag, It has a rock arena sound setting which is good for rock band. Wife and 5yr old can operate system. This may be an overpriced system, but I am hopeing it makes up for it with longevity.

Never worked
When I first got the unit it made a a loud buzzing noise from thee subwoofer. I took it in for repairs and it no longer buzzes, but now it turns off on it's own and won't turn back on until I unplug it. It also will get stuck playing a disc and i can't stop it or turn it off without unplugging it. Absolute waste of money.