Problem advice please

my guess is the light burned out
We had a few power outages in the last week when this happens the unit remains powered on
The most recent power outage happened during the night and since my stereo is in the basement the unit had been powered on for a full day

Does it make sense to open up the unit and see if the light is burned or should I get a technician to look at it
as it's not as simple as it seems

Mike:

Why not just call/email John Tucker? He may have the answer. I had the same thing happen to a DRA 245 receiver about 10 years ago and at the time, Denon designed the unit to be serviceable by only a technician. Can't imagine that sort of thing changing any. The display should last years, in my case it lasted about a year and a half. Before I would go to a technician though, I would try Krelldog's advice and go through the various on-screen set-up menus ... just in case.

Regards, Rich

Blue how long have you owned the Denon?

The display of the Denon 2900 is not LCD; it is FLD which does not require illumination light. It produces light on its own.

Since the player is still functional, you should really check the settings as there is "Display OFF" function. If this is not the case, then the filament or cathode voltage for the FLD is the failure (power supply), or it may be the FLD driver or the FLD it self (very unlikely). This requires troubleshooting by experienced Tech.

Regards,
Alex