How to Play Tidal on Denon Receiver in 2 Ways

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on April 07, 2023

• Select your language:
• English

  Arabic Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Indonesian Italian Japanese Kazakh Korean Malay Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese

Q1: "I have ‎Denon receiver, Denon AVR-X2700h, and I can't play Tidal music on this ‎Denon receiver. Why? By the way, my Tidal free trial has expired."

Q2: "Does HEOS work with TIDAL? How do I connect my Denon receiver to my TIDAL? I am using Tidal HiFi account. Please help."

Q3: "I can play the tracks listed as atmos on HEOS, but do not have the option of Atmos. Why can't I stream atmos tracks from Tidal on Denon X8500H? Some ideas?"

Denon is born to complete your state-of-the-art home theater system. Denon Home Wireless Speakers and Denon Receivers are its two popular smart audio system devices. Its company has launched great Denon AV receivers, which lets get the most immersive home theater experience. With your Denon receiver, you can stream with your favorite music tracks from popular streaming platforms, including Spotify, Deezer, Pandora, Napster, SoundCloud, Tidal, Amazon Music, etc. Tidal is a handful of streaming music services offer high fidelity audio. If you want to connect Tidal on Denon receiver, you'd better put your eyes on this article. This article will guide you how to play Tidal on Denon Receiver in 2 Ways.

What Subscription Level do I Need to Use Tidal on Denon Reveiver?

Denon reveiver supports FLAC up to 24/192kHz formats via USB drive or thru HEOS. Denon reveiver only supports Tidal Premium or HiFi accounts. A Tidal Free account is not supported to stream Tidal music on Denon Reveiver. With a Tidal subsription, you can stream Tidal HiFi Quality soundtrack on Denon reveiver via HEOS App. But HEOS does not support atmos Tidal tracks, the music plays on a shuffle basis. Let's get started on how to listen to Tidal on Denon AV Receivers.

CONTENTS

Solution 1. Get Tidal on Denon Receiver via HEOS App (Required Premium)

Some Denon receivers have HEOS built-in. This means you can stream Tidal to Denon receiver via HEOS App. But this requires a Tidal Premium or HiFi account.

Which Denon Devices Feature HEOS Built-in?

Check the following list of Denon devices with HEOS built in:

Denon AV Receivers

• Denon AVR-X1400H
• Denon AVR-X1500H
• Denon AVR-X1600H
• Denon AVR-X2400H
• Denon AVR-X2500H
• Denon AVR-X2600H
• Denon AVR-X2600H DAB
• Denon AVR-X3400H
• Denon AVR-X3500H
• Denon AVR-X3600H
• Denon AVR-X4300H
• Denon AVR-X4400H
• Denon AVR-X4500H
• Denon AVR-X6300H
• Denon AVR-X6400H
• Denon AVC-X6500H
• Denon AVC-X8500H
• Denon AVR-S650H
• Denon AVR-S750H
• Denon AVR-S950H

Denon Stereo Receivers

• Denon DRA-800H

Denon Hi-Fi

• Denon DNP-800NE

Denon Mini

• Denon CEOL N-10
• Denon RCD-N10

HEOS Speakers

• HEOS 1 HS1, HEOS 1 HS2
• HEOS 3 HS1, HEOS 3 HS2
• HEOS 5 HS1, HEOS 5 HS2
• HEOS 7 HS1, HEOS 7 HS2

HEOS Bars

• HEOS Bar
• HEOS Homecinema HS1, HEOS Homecinema HS2

HEOS AVR

• HEOS AVR

HEOS Components

• HEOS Super Link
• HEOS Amp HS1, HEOS Amp HS2
• HEOS Link HS1, HEOS Link HS2
• HEOS Drive HS1, HEOS Drive HS2

Steps to Play Tidal on Denon AV Receiver via HEOS App:

Preparation:

1) Download the Tidal App onto your Android or iOS device.

2) Connect the Denon AV Receiver with your iOS or Android device to the same network.

Step 1. Open the HEOS app on your your iOS or Android device.

Step 2. Tap Music on the bottom, click on the Settings icon, select "HEOS Account" to create a HEOS account.

Step 3. Then turn back to the Settings, choose "Music Sources" > "Online Music" option.

Step 4. Selet Tidal from the list, and sign in with your Tidal Premium/HiFi account.

Now you can stream Tidal music on Denon Receiver freely!

Solution 2. Play Tidal on Denon Receiver via USB Drive (Free & Offline)

Most Denon receivers have built-in Bluetooth and USB port. Another way to use Tidal on Denon receiver is via a USB stick. But due to DRM restrictions, you are not allowed to download Tidal music to local computer and transfer Tidal songs to USB flash drive. Here you can turn to a powerful third-party Tidal music downloader - UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter.

UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter is an all-in-one tool which will let you seamlessly batch download Tidal songs on your computer without a Premium account. In addition, it will convert an endless number of Tidal songs to unprotected MP3, M4A, FLAC, AAC, WAV and AIFF audios. Not just this, it can run at up to 10X higher speed, but with zero music quality and ID3 tags loss.

It also comes with a built-in Tidal web player and music player, this means you don't to install the Tidal music app or other apps. After which, you could copy Tidal songs to USB drive, so then listen to Tidal music on any Denon receivers, Denon HEOS speakers, smart speaker, smart TVs, game consoles whenever you want to.

Great Features of UkeySoft Tidal Music Converter:

• Download music from Tidal HiFi (Plus) and Tidal Free.
• Download Tidal songs/albums/artists/playlists/podcasts.
• Download Tidal songs to computer without Premium/HiFi.
• Convert Tidal music to MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF.
• Remain full ID3 tags for Tidal songs, like title, artist, etc.
• Batch download and convert Tidal songs at 10X faster speed.
• Customize output quality and ensures 100% lossless conversions.
• Built-in Tidal web player, music player and manager.
• Offline play Tidal on Denon receiver via USB drive easily.
• Enjoy Tidal on any MP3 player, smart speakers, phone, etc.

Tutorial - How to Play Tidal Music on Denon Receiver via USB Drive?

Step 1. Sign in to Your Tidal Account on UkeySoft
After installation, launch UkeySoft Tidal Music Converteron your PC or Mac. You need to log in to your Tidal Free/HiFi account on the converter to access your music library.

Step 2. Choose Output Format and Audio Quality
In this step, you need to set the parameters of your Tidal songs. Click on the "Gear" icon at the upper corner. It will pop up the settings window.

You are able to customize the output format, output quality, output folder, output file name and more. Pick MP3 format and 320kbps quality for Tidal songs.

Step 3. Import Tidal Songs to UkeySoft
On the main screen, you can open any Tidal playlist/album/artist/track, and click on the red "+" icon in the right side to import them.

Select the desired Tidal songs by checking the mark before each song.

Step 4. Download and Convert Tidal Music to MP3
Now that the Tidal songs have been added successfully, just press on the "Convert" button to unlock the limits on Tidal music and convert your Tidal songs to unprotected MP3 audio files.

When finishing the conversion of Tidal songs, you can click on the "History" icon to get the output Tidal songs. With the built-in music player on UkeySoft, you can play these songs directly!

Step 5. Transfer Tidal Songs to USB for Offline Playback on Denon Receiver
Insert a USB flash drive to the computer, open the USB folder, directly drag and drop the converted Tidal songs to it.

Plug in the USB drive to the USB port of your Denon Receiver. Now you could play Tidal songs your Denon Receiver offline via USB drive.

Now give it a try!

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Justin Sabrina

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

Comments

1. No comment yet. Say something...

Prompt: you need to log in before you can comment.
No account yet. Please click here to register.