Cooling my Denon AVR

Danze1984 · 17 Aug 2019 at 07:07

My AVR gets far too hot in my glass fronted Besta unit, so I’ve bought a 200mm usb Noctua fan to act as an exhaust. Only problem is, once I plug it into my X2400H, it comes on. Is there a way to get it to only come on when the AVR is on? Don’t really want it to stay on 100% of the time.

barmyllama · 17 Aug 2019 at 07:42

That's weird. I had the same problem with my Denon 2300 and also have a USB fan plugged into the front USB port. But mine only comes on when the amp is powered on.

pioneer2000 · 17 Aug 2019 at 10:55

I went complete overkill and connected two fans to an eve energy plug, paired with a hue motion sensor so that the fans turn on when you go in the room. Not ideal but had no joy via usb.

theone8181 · 17 Aug 2019 at 11:56

What about a fan powered by mains just using an old fashioned timer?

TheVoice · 17 Aug 2019 at 12:39

You could try connecting it to a USB port on something else, like the TV.

brakeinup · 18 Aug 2019 at 14:33

TheVoice said:
You could try connecting it to a USB port on something else, like the TV.

USB port from the TV - this is what I do. I have the same amp and it used to get warm. When the TV is switched on the fan is on. However, I do have to have the door of the cabinet open to cool it properley.

3t3P · 7 Sep 2019 at 00:13

Ah Denon AVRs.

Enjoy your fried eggs.

hash70 · 11 Sep 2019 at 06:16

i had the same problem jst last week with my new marants av,i bought a ac infinity usb fan,it has 3 speed settings,it was only 18 quid and cools it really well

Danze1984 · 11 Sep 2019 at 11:55

I ended up sorting it, in the settings under Network Control, just had to change that to Off in Standby.

brakeinup · 18 Sep 2019 at 20:58

Danze1984 said:
I ended up sorting it, in the settings under Network Control, just had to change that to Off in Standby.

Thanks for this - I didn't realise this setting would kill USB power in standby.