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For backup, you should look at http://www.carbonite.com. Not a bad solution. But keep in mind that to recover *EVERYTHING* it may take a few days or more.
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Denon 4520, EPIC80/500/VP180 Speakers
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Re: Another ouch!
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The old receiver is still dead, so... After all my deliberations, it turns out the local store had a floor model 2808 they were blowing out.  Just what the doctor ordered. I get my pre-outs, 2 12v triggers and a little more juice. The trade off is a slightly older scaler and only 2 HDMI in, but I don't expect to have a lot of HDMI components that need to be hooked in. Sorry to hear you lost your amp; I get a cold shiver every time I see dark clouds (every day here!). On that note, has anyone ever cashed in on the insurance policy most decent surge protectors have? Mine say $25K, which would cover the goods, but I have never heard of anyone actually collecting?
Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire
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Re: Another ouch!
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We're still waiting to hear back from Vassillios, to see what Monster/insurance does about his system. I think we're all curious about this subject....well that, plus the chicken/egg thing.
Half of communication is listening. You can't listen with your mouth.
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Monster.....teeheee.......snicker....... Good Luck! You will be lucky that they don't sue you for typing out their name in your insurance claim request. 
With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.
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Well, progress. I now have sound again! Yipeee!! I was prepared for a complicated menu system and confusing manual, but it still took a full 15 minutes to get sound even when the receiver powered up with the tuner as the sellected source. No amount of random button pushing got me there (that usually works for the simple suff. I actually had to consult the manual (3 separate pages no less) to find the right screen on the upper section of the remote so I could adjust the tuner and get the volume to respond. To put this in perspective, years ago I worked for a medical imaging development company. I found it easier to figure out the softare for 3d tracking of sugical instruments (for brain surgery) than I do this receiver. Now off to figure out how to enable optical in to get my HTPC connected. Should only be a couple of hours or so... 
Fred
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Which receiver did you get?
My Stuff :
M80's
QS8's
VP150
EP800
Denon 4802
Emotiva XPA-3
Samsung BD-P3600
Sharp 65 Inch Aquos LCD
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Denon 2808 floor model. I am starting another thread on setup.   ...
Fred
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Blujays1: Spending Fred's money one bottle at a time, no two... Oh crap!
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Sorry to hear about the dead receiver, but sometimes stuff like this is a blessing in disguise... I was about to recommend AVU as well but it looks like you already picked up a nice unit. I will be in the market myself shortly as I just sold my Onkyo 505... Time to upgrade to something with more HDMI ins and that will process the new audio codecs via HDMI.
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