Crank It for Denon & Marantz

Works using iPhone. On iPads, the app finds the Denon stereo but doesn’t connect on iOS 16.3.1 (iPad Pro). It used to work on iPad Air iOS 12.5.7, but not anymore. Doesn’t work inputting IP address either. ISSUE RESOLVED: I needed to be on the same WiFi as the Denon Receiver for the iPads to connect to it.

Worked immediately and picked up my denon avr-s750, which the denon app could not! But I was hoping for zone control so I could use it for controlling my outside speakers on zone 2.

Simple, and much more useful than the confusing, and unreliable Denon app. Once a receiver is setup, people want to change the source, and volume, quickly and reliably. This accomplishes that in a very intuitive and creative way. D&M should hire the developer to fix their failed remote control app. On top of that, I would have paid $5.00 for a good remote like this that works well, and the developer gives it away to the world, ad-free. Thank you sir!!! Now, a nice feature to add would be to have the ability to make a widget or Siri command that you can one click turn on the receiver and change to a specific input (Sonos Port users anyone?). Maybe a premium feature offering someday, or in-app purchase?? A guy can only hope so. Either way, great work!

Thanks so much for putting this together. Since Denon hasn’t updated their remote app supporting older receivers like my AVR-X3000, I’ve lost network control of it. What’s worse, while that app allows you to manually specify an IP address, it doesn’t work across VLANs. Even before I put the receiver on a separate VLAN, their app worked rather poorly with constantly forgetting the receiver and not being able to find it again without uninstalling and reinstalling. This app works perfectly. It scanned my network and of course didn’t find the receiver because it’s on my IoT VLAN, but quickly prompted for an IP address which I provided. Immediately was able to power on and control my X3000. Fantastic! Why Denon can’t seem to figure out how to make a decent and supported app is beyond me.

Definitely a better control than what Denon provides for my older AVR. I do have an issue where the app will show the volume but is still in the connecting phase not letting me alter anything. I was also wondering if there was a way to set a custom limit as I am concerned it would still be too high.

If I Airplay music from my phone, as soon as This app launches, Airplay goes to pause. Had to delete it and just use the Denon app.

Amazing work on this app. 0 ads, 0 issues. Just amazing. Thank you.

Was cautiously optimistic—the Denon app is abysmal and am eager to find an alternative. Crank it found my receiver on the network, but then just hangs indefinitely while “connecting.” Alas, back to the drawing board.

This App work perfectly with my Denon AVR-X1400H Thnx Crank It

This app does almost everything you really need it to. The only 2 things that would be the icing on the cake is a zone selection function and an audio output configuration function (stereo, full Dolby etc). It’s responsive, reliable, and easy on the eyes. Can’t recommend enough for people who want to be free of their AVR remote.