How do I turn tape monitoring on my Denon AVR 3803 on/off? I recently purchased a set of Series V Bose 901's and I am having a difficult time figuring out how to activate the equalizer.

On the Denon AVR-888 (and I presume others), you have to put the unit in "record" mode. This is covered under "Other Operations and Functions" in the manual. Here are the steps:
1. On the front of the unit, press the zone2/rec select button
2. Turn source select until "recout source" is displayed
3. Turn source select to choose the input source

Hope this helps.
Matt

Dec 20, 2008 • Denon AVR-3803 Receiver

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Make sure you select correct input and which mode such as analog or coaxial or optical input
ensure the TAPE MONITOR is OFF
Speakers A or B
or detail your connection which item from where to where . I will help you more
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Dec 04, 2008 • Denon AVR-3803 Receiver

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System: DENON AVR 3803 The TV is connected to the receiver, so both the audio and video components are fed through the receiver, I think. The image on the TV was present, but the TV/VCR button was pushed...

THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS THE TV SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE DENON,
1. MONITOR OUT OF THE DENON TO AN INPUT ON THE TV.
2. AUDIO OUT FROM THE TV TO AN INPUT ON THE DENON.
ALL YOU DEVICES CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE DENON IF #1 CONNECTION IS USED OR ALL DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE TV IF #2 IS USED

Nov 27, 2008 • Denon AVR-3803 Receiver

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There's good news and bad news. The bad news you need a separate amp because a multichannel receiver with Bose 901's attached as recommended for a standard stereo receiver will only sound right in STEREO on stereo analog material. The other speakers around the room are not designed to receive its Active Equalization and if you engage your Tape Monitor you will NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR DIGITAL sources at all. Tape Monitor is for analog stereo material only and on modern AV receivers it disables any digital inputs so you really can't use the Tape Monitor circuit or attached devices for modern digital sources. However, you can still employ the Tape Monitor with any type of stereo-only sound processor (non-Bose EQ, dbx expander, etc) and the various DSP options to spread 2-channel analog source material around the room. I have a whole stack of analog processors, tape and CD recorders slaved to my single Tape Monitor and then into a dbx400x Program Route Selector. It not only expands my Tape Monitor to handle nearly unlimited external devices but it makes routing for listening or recording easy with simple pushbuttons. But I digress...

The good news. I have a setup similar to what you want to do and it works great! With one caveat - My receiver actually has 5.1 analog Outputs (probably like yours) so I can drive up to 6 external amplifiers if I want to (I drive 4).

A separate stereo amp for the 901's was my solution. I run a Carver AV-406 (5-channel amp) for my 901's in Front, 2 Subwoofers and the Rear Surround channel, with the Active EQ between the receiver Front L&R Outputs and the 901's amp channels. My receiver controls everything and just drives the Center and Surround speakers.

You could get by with just a stereo amp for the 901's. A Carver M-200 is a good efficient amplifier that would have you cooking just fine (2x100W). Run it with the Active EQ between the receiver Front L&R Pre-Outputs ** and the 901's amp channels.
** Front L&R Pre Out >>> Bose EQ Amplifer IN, then
Bose EQ Amplier OUT >>> NEW amplifier IN.

Attach the 901's to the new amp, set its volume to Max and run through your receiver's speaker level setup.

Oct 19, 2008 • Bose 901 VI Main / Stereo Speaker

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one option that may yield results, since the bose connection to equalizer is presently not possible is to set the speaker out put on the denon for 'small' on all but the front speakers.
and then set the delay for all speakers based on the distance to the amp.
this should result in better audio that that with the bose eq.
will work on the issue of using the eq. with the denon if you like. but, you will likely not improve on the sound with the denon set up correctly.
good luck
mark

Dec 17, 2007 • Bose 901 VI Main / Stereo Speaker

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Short answer from personal experience.

There is no way around this part. Get a separate power amp for the 901's if you want to use them in a multichannel way or alongside non-901 speakers.

Connect the Active EQ between the pre-outs and the amp input. Run speaker assignment, levels, etc and have fun.

Oh, but you don't have pre-outs. Bummer. Most AVR's will NOT pass digital sources to analog tape outs. Page 40 of the manual confirms that.

no can do. sorry. You need Pre-Outs to feed an external amp.

Anonymous May 23, 2011

Are you serious?? I thought the AVR-3803 had pre-outs? And Page 40 of my manual doesn't mention anything about passing digital sources to analog tape outs. Page 40 of my manual refers to "Storing System Call Signals"
Anonymous May 23, 2011

My mistake. I saw the 1803 in the title and ran with that.

OK, you're in business IF you get a separate amp for the 901's. I use a Carver pushing 100 WPC.

NO analog processor can be used in a selected tape loop of a modern AVR with digital sources. As you probably discovered while playing with the Bose Active EQ, the digital source disappears when activating the Tape Mon.

See the note on page 52 about REC OUT and digital sources.

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