Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RX-V1800 Yamaha
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YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUEN A PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCAR BOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CAN ADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG , GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.
Caution-i En • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash wit h arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral tr iangle, is in tended to alert yo u to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to person s.
Important safety instructions Caution-ii En EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING MAST GROUND CLAMP ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810–20) GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810–21) GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250.
Caution-iii En 1 T o assure th e finest performan ce, please read this manual carefully . Keep it in a safe place for future refer ence. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry , clean place – away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold.
1 En PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA TION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION APPENDIX English Notice . ............. ......... ............ .......... ............ ............ .. 2 Featur es ..... ............ ......... ..........
NOTICE 2 En W e W ant Y ou Listening For A Lifetime Y amaha and the Electronic Industries Association’ s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level.
FEATURES 3 En INTRODUCTION English Built-in 7-c hannel power amp lifier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (20 Hz to 20 k Hz, 0.04% T HD, 8 Ω ) Front: 130 W + 130 W Center: 130 W Surround: 130 W + 1 30 W.
Features 4 En Check that you receiv ed all of the follo wing accessories. The form of the supplied accessories varies depending on the models. Supplied accessories Note Remote control Batteries ( 6) (.
GETTING STARTED 5 En INTRODUCTION English ■ Installing batteries in the remote contr ol 1 Press the part and slide the battery compartment cover off. 2 Insert the four supplied batteries (AAA, R03, UM-4) accord ing to the polarity markings (+ and –) on the inside of the battery compartment.
QUICK START GUIDE 6 En The following steps describe the easiest way to en joy D VD movie playback in your home theater . In these steps, you need the follo wing supplied accessories. ❏ AM loop antenna ❏ Indoor FM antenna ❏ P ower cab le The follow ing items are not included in the package of this unit.
Quick start guide 7 En INTRODUCTION English Place your speakers in the r oom and connect them to this unit. 1 Place your speaker s and subwoof er in the room. 2 Connect speaker cables to each speaker . 3 Connect each speaker cable to the corresponding speaker terminal of thi s unit.
Quick start guide 8 En 1 Connect the digital coaxial audio cable to the digital coax ial audio outpu t jack of y our D VD play er and the D VD DIGIT AL INPUT CO AXIAL jack of t his unit. 2 Connect the video cable to the composite video outpu t jack of your D VD player and D VD VIDEO jac k of this uni t.
Quick start guide 9 En INTRODUCTION English 4 Connect th e suppli ed AM loo p antenna and indoor FM antenna to th is unit. The types of the supplied in door FM antenna and the FM antenna terminal of this unit are different depending on the models.
Quick start guide 10 En 1 T urn on the video monitor connected to this unit. 2 Press A MASTER ON/OFF inward to the ON position on the fr ont panel. 3 Rotate the C INPUT selector to set the input source to “D VD”. y • The recommended sound fi eld program is set for each input source (DVD, etc.
Quick start guide 11 En INTRODUCTION English What do you want to do with this unit? Using various input sour ces • Basic operations of this unit ☞ P . 42 • Enjoying FM/AM radio programs ☞ P . 54 • Enjoying XM Satelli te Radio programs ☞ P .
12 En A TRIGGER OUT jacks These ar e contro l exp ansion ter m inals for custom installation. B RS-232C terminal This is a control e xpansion termin al for factory use only .
13 En Connections PREP ARA TION English The speaker layout belo w sho ws the speaker setting we re commend. Y ou can use it to enjoy the CINEMA DSP and multi-channel audio sources.
14 En Connec tions ■ 6.1-chann el speaker l ay out See page 17 for connection information. y W e recommend that you also add the presence speakers for the effect sounds of the CINEMA DSP sound field program.
15 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Presence left and ri ght speaker s (PL and PR) The presence speakers supplement the sound from the front speak ers with extra ambient ef fects produced by the soun d field programs (see page 4 6). W e recommend that you use the p res ence speakers especia lly for the CINEMA DSP sound field programs.
16 En Connec tions Be sure to connect the left ch annel (L), right channel (R), “+” (red) and “–” (black) prope rly . If the connections are faulty , this unit cannot reproduce the input sources accurately . • A speaker cord is actually a pair of in su lated cables runnin g side by side.
17 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ For the 6.1-c hannel speaker se tting ■ For the 5.1-c hannel speaker se tting Surround back speaker SPEAKERS CENTER BI-AMP SURROUND BACK/ PRESENCE/ZONE 2/.
18 En Connec tions ■ Connecting the speak er cable 1 Remove appro x imately 10 mm (0.4 in) of insulation from the end of each speaker cable and then twist the ex posed wires of the cable together to pr event short circuits. 2 Loosen the knob usin g the supplied speaker terminal wrench.
19 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting the banana plug (Except U .K., Eur ope, Asia and K orea models) 1 Tighten the knob using the supplied speaker terminal wre nch. 2 Insert the banana plug connector into th e end of the corresponding terminal.
20 En Connec tions ■ Aud i o j a cks This unit has three types of audio jacks. Connection depends on the a vailability of audio jacks on your other components. A UDIO jacks For con ventional analog audio si gnals transmitted via left and right analog audio cables .
21 En Connections PREP ARA TION English This unit has four HDMI input jacks and one HDMI output jack for digital audi o and video signal i nput/output. Connect the HDMI IN 1, HDMI IN 2, HDMI IN 3 or HDMI IN 4 jack of this unit to t he HDM I output jack of other HDMI components (such as a D VD player).
22 En Connec tions ■ HDMI signal com patibility wi th this unit A udio sign als y • If the input source compon ent can decode the bitstream audio signals of audio commentaries, you can play back t.
23 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ A udio signal flow • 2-channel as well as multi-channel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS signals input at one of the HDMI input jacks can be output at the HDMI OUT jack only when “SUPPOR T A UDIO ” is set to “O THER” (see page 88).
24 En Connec tions Connect your TV (or projector) to the HDMI OUT ja ck, the COMPONENT VIDEO M ONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDEO MONIT OR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can select to play back HDMI audio signals on this unit or on another HDMI componen t connected to the HDM I OUT jack on the rear panel of this unit.
25 En Connections PREP ARA TION English • When “VIDEO CONV .” is set to “OFF” (see page 92), be sure to make the same type of vide o connections as those made for your TV (see pa ge 24). For exampl e, if you connected your TV to the VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack of this unit, connect your other components to the VIDEO jacks.
26 En Connec tions ■ Connecting a D VD player VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO HDMI COMPONENT VIDEO DIGITAL INPUT D V D COAXIAL DVD OPTICAL 6 2 DVD DVD Y P R P B DVD B R L IN2 C O V S L R P R P B Y DV D p l a y .
27 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting a D VD recorder , PVR or VCR * When you connect another VCR to this unit, connect it to th e VCR terminals (S VIDEO IN, VIDEO IN, A UDIO IN, S VIDEO OUT, VIDEO OUT and A UDIO OUT jacks) same as DVR terminals except the DIGIT AL INPU T (COAXIAL) jack.
28 En Connec tions ■ Connecting audio component s • Connect your turntable to the GND terminal of this unit to reduce noise in the signal. Howe ver , you may hear less noise withou t the connection to the GND terminal for some turntables. • The PHONO jacks are only compatible with a turntable with an MM or a high-output MC cartridge.
29 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting an externa l amplifier This unit has more than enough power for an y home use. Ho wev er , if you want to add mo re po wer to the speaker output or if you want to use another amplif ier , connect an external amplif ier to the PRE OUT jacks.
30 En Connec tions ■ Connecting a m ulti-f ormat pla yer or an e xternal decoder This unit is equipped with 6 additio nal input jacks (left and right FR ONT , CENTER, left and right SURROUND and SUBWOOFER) for discrete mu lti-channel input from a multi -format player , e xternal de coder , sound processor or pre-amplifier .
31 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting a Y amaha iP od univer sal dock This unit is equipped with the DOCK te rminal on the rear panel that allows y ou to conne ct a Y amaha iPod unive.
32 En Connec tions Both FM and AM indoor ante nnas are supplied with this unit. Connect each antenna correctly to the designated terminals. In general, these antennas should provide suff icient signal strength. • (Asia and General models only ) Be sure to set the tuner frequency step according to the frequency spacing in your area (see page 120).
33 En Connections PREP ARA TION English 1 Make sure this uni t is turned off. 2 Press and hold O STRAIGHT on the front panel and then press A MASTER ON/OFF inward to the ON position to turn on this unit. This unit turns on, and the advan ced setup menu appears in the front panel display .
34 En Connec tions 1 HDMI indicator Lights up when the signal of the selected input source is input at one of the HDMI input jacks (see page 21). 2 DOCK indicator Lights up when you station your iPod in a Y amaha iPod univ ersal dock (such as th e YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK te rminal of this unit (see page 31).
35 En Connections PREP ARA TION English 9 T uner indicators Lights up when th is unit is in the FM, AM or XM Satellite Radio tuning mode. TUNED indicator Lights up when this unit is tuned into a station (see page 54).
36 En Connec tions The remote c ontrol transmits a directiona l infrared ray . Be sure to aim the remote control directly at the remote control sensor on this unit during operation. Display window ( A ) Show s the name of the select ed input source that you can control.
37 En PREP ARA TION English This unit employs the YP A O (Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technol ogy which lets you av oid troublesome listening-based spea ker setup and achie ves highly accurate s ound adjustments automatically .
38 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room 4 Press 3 ENTER to star t the setup procedu re. This unit starts the automatic setup pro cedure. Loud test tones are output from each speaker during the automatic setup procedure. Once all items are set, the result display appears in the OSD.
39 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room PREP ARA TION English 6 Press 3 l / h repeated ly to toggle between the setup result displays.
40 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room ■ Customizing th e measurements Y ou can select the parame tric equalizer type, and acti v ate or deacti v ate each check item s. 1 Connect the supplied optimizer micr ophone to this unit and place the micropho ne appr opriately .
41 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room PREP ARA TION English ■ If an err or screen appear s Press 3 l / h to select “RETR Y ” or “EXIT” and then press 3 ENTER . The following display is an example where “E-9:USER CANCEL” appears in the OSD.
42 En 1 T urn on the video monitor connected to this unit. y • See page 44 to display the input sourc e information. • Y ou can display a gray backgr ound in the OSD when there is no video signal being input b y setting “GRA Y BA CK” in “OPTION MENU” to “A UTO” (see page 91).
43 En Playback BAS I C OPERA TION English This unit comes with a v ariety of in put jacks. Use this feature (audio input jack select) to switch the input jack assigned to an input source wh en more than one ja cks are assigned to an input source. y • W e recommend that you set the audio input jack select setting to “A UT O” in most cases.
44 En Playback Press D MUTE on the remote contr ol to mute the audio output. Press D MUTE again to resume the audio outpu t. y • Y ou can also rotate Q VO L U M E on the front panel or press B VO L UM E + / – on the remote contr o l to resume the audio output.
45 En Playback BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can combine a video image from a video source with sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjo y listening to classical music whi le vie wing beautiful scenery from the video s ource on the video monitor .
46 En This unit is equipped with a variety of precise d igital de coders that allow you to enjo y multi-channel playback from almost any stereo or multi-ch annel sound source.
47 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ For audio music s ources y For audio music sources, we also recommend using the Pure Direct mode (see page 52), the “STRAIGHT” mode (see page 51) or surround de code mode (see pa ge 72).
48 En Sound field programs ■ For various source s The av ailable sound field paramete rs and the created sound f ields dif fer depending on the input sour ces and the settings of thi s unit. LIVE/CLUB Cellar Club This progr am simulate s a li ve hous e with a lo w ceil ing and home y atmos phere.
49 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ For visual sour ces of m usic The av ailable sound field parameters and the created sound fields dif fer depending on the input sources and the settings of thi s unit. ■ For movi e sour ces y Y ou can select the desired decoder (SUR.
50 En Sound field programs ■ Stereo pla ybac k ■ Compressed Music Enha ncer MOVIE Adventure This progra m is ideal for precis ely reprodu cing the so und desi gn of actio n and adventure movies. The sound fiel d restrains re verberations b ut puts emphasis on reproducing a pow erful space expand ed widely to t he left and r igh t.
51 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Using sound field pr ograms without surr ound speaker s (Virtual CINEMA DSP) V irtual CINEMA DSP allo ws you to e njoy the CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound fiel d programs without surround speakers.
52 En Use the Pure Direct mode to enjo y the pure f idelity sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is acti vated, this unit play s back the selected s ource with t he least circuitry . Press M PURE DIRECT (or E PURE DIRECT ) to turn on or off th e Pure Direct mode.
53 En Using audio features BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can adjust the output lev el of each speaker while listening to a music source. This is also possible when playing sources input at the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks.
54 En There are 2 tuning methods: automatic a nd manual. Automatic tuning is ef fecti ve when st ation signals are strong and there is no interference.
55 En FM/AM tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can use the automatic pres et tuning feature to store up to 40 FM stations with strong signals (A1 to E8: 8 preset station numbers in each of the 5 preset station groups) in order . Y ou can then recall an y preset station ea sily by selecting the pres et station number .
56 En FM/AM tuning 4 Press G PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h to select a preset station number (1 to 8) while the MEMOR Y indica tor is flashing. • Press G h to select a hig her preset station number . • Press G l to select a lo wer preset station number .
57 En FM/AM tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can exchange the assignmen ts of two preset stations with each other . The exam ple below describes the procedure to exchange preset station “E1” with “A5”. 1 Select preset station “E1” using F A/B/C/D/ E and G PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h on the front panel.
58 En XM Satellite Radio of fers an extrao rdin ary v ariety of commercial-free music, pl us the best in sports, ne ws, talk and entertainment. XM is broa dcast in superior digital audio from coast to coas t. From rock to regg ae, from classical to hip hop, XM has something for ev ery music fan.
59 En XM™ Satellite Radio tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Checking y our XM Radio ID Once you hav e installed the XM Mini-T uner Home Dock, inserted the XM Mi ni-T uner, conn ected the Home Doc k to your XM Ready home audio system, and installed the antenna, you are ready to subscribe and begin recei ving XM programming.
60 En XM™ Satellite Radio tuning ■ All Channel Sear ch mode 1 Press H SEARCH MODE (or F SR CH MODE ) repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH”. 2 Press F CA TEGOR Y (or 3 A-E/CA T .
61 En XM™ Satellite Radio tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Direct Number Access mode 1 Press F SR CH MODE on the remote control repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH” or “CA T SEARCH”. 2 Press the numeric buttons ( 5 ) on the remote control to enter the desired three-digit chann el num ber .
62 En XM™ Satellite Radio tuning Y ou can use this feature to store up to 40 XM Satellite Radio channels (A1 to E8: 8 preset channel numbers in each of the 5 preset channel groups). Y ou can then recall any preset channel e asily by selecting the preset channel group and number as describe d in “Preset Search mode” on page 60.
63 En XM™ Satellite Radio tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can display the XM Satel lite Radio info rmation (such as channel number , channel na me, category , a rtist name, or song title) for the currently selected channel in the front panel display or in the OSD.
64 En Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y a maha iPod univ ersal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page 31), you can enjoy playback of your iPod using the supplied remote control.
65 En Using iPod™ BAS I C OPERA TION English 1 Press I DISPLA Y on the remote contr ol. The follo wing display appea rs in the OSD. 2 Press 3 k / n / l / h on the remote control to navigate the iP od menu and then press 3 ENTER to begin pl ayback of the selected song.
66 En Recording adjustments and ot her operations are performed from the reco rding components. Re fer to the operating instructions for those components. • When this unit is set to the standby mode, you cannot r ecord between other componen ts connected to this unit.
67 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can enjoy good quality sound with the initial factory settings. Although you do not ha v e to change the initial factory settings, you can change some of the parameters to better suit the input source or your listening room.
68 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Basic configuration of soun d field programs Each sound field program has some parameters def ining the characte ristics of the progra m. T o customize the selected sound field program , adjust “DSP LEVEL” and/ or “DIALOG LIFT” first, and then try other parameters.
69 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Sound field para meter descriptio ns Y ou can adjust the values of certain digi tal so und field parameters so that the sound f ields are recreated accurately in your listening room.
70 En Advanced sound configurations ROOM SIZE P.ROOM SIZE S.ROOM SIZE SB ROOM SIZE Room size. Presence, surround, an d surround back room size. Adjusts the appar ent size of the sound field. The larger the v alue, the larger th e surround sound fi eld becomes.
71 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English REV.TIME Re verberation time. Adjusts the amount of time taken for the de nse, subsequent rev erberation sound to decay by 60 dB at 1 kHz. This change s the apparent size of the acoustic en vironment over an extremely wide range.
72 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Selecting decoder s f or 2 -channel source s (surr ound decode mode) Use this feature to play ba ck sources with selected decoders. Y ou can pl ay back 2-channel sources on multi- channels. Set the operation mode selector to C AM P and then press K SUR.
73 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Decoder descripti ons SUR. DECODE Sur. Decode PRO LOGIC Dolby Pro Lo gic processing for an y sources. EXTD SUR. DECODE Sur. Decode PLIIx Movie PLII Movie Dolby Pro Lo gic IIx (or Dolb y Pro Logic II) processing for mo vie sources.
74 En Advanced sound configurations y When you select the surround decode mode for the multi-channel digital sources, this unit automatically selects the correspondi ng decoder for each source. Decoder parameter descriptions ■ Selecting decoder s used with sound field progra ms (SUR.
75 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can use the followin g parameters in “SET MENU” to adjust a variety of system settings and customize the wa y this unit operates. Change the initial settings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the needs of your listenin g en vironment.
76 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) V olume me nu 2 VOLUME MENU Sound menu 3 SOUND MENU Par a m e t e r Function s Pag e ADAPTIVE DRC Select s whether t his unit aut omaticall y adjusts the dynamic range in co njunction with the volu me le vel or no t.
77 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Input menu 4 INPUT MENU Some parameters descr ibed below may not be a vailable for all in put sources and some parameters are only a v ailable for specific input sources.
78 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ System memory SYSTEM MEMORY Use this feat ure to create your fav orite settings and assign th e settings to each M SYSTEM MEM OR Y b utton (see page 96). ■ Signal information SIGNAL INFO Use this feature to check audio signal information (see page 44).
79 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use the remote control to acce ss and adjust each parameter . y • Y ou can change the “SET MENU” parameters while this unit is reproducing sound. • If you press I P ARAMETER during the “SET MENU” operation, the “SET MENU” operation is canceled.
80 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Use this feature to manual ly adjust the basic speak er settings. Most of the “B ASIC MENU” parame ters are set automatically when you run the a utomatic setup. y Set “TEST TONE” to “ON” to output the test tone for the “SPEAKER SET”, “SPEAKER LEVEL” and “SP DIST ANCE”.
81 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Surround left/right speakers SUR. L/R SP Choices: NONE, SMALL , LARGE When the surround speakers are large: Select “LARGE” (large). When the surround speakers are small: Select “SMALL” (sm all).
82 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Subw oofer phase SUBWOOFER PHASE Use this feature to switch the phase of your subwoofer if bass sounds are la cking or unclear .
83 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Speaker dista nce C)SP DISTANCE Use this feature to manually adj ust the distance of each speaker and the delay applied to the respective channel. Ideally , each speaker should be the same di stance from the main listening position.
84 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Use this menu to manually ad just the various volume settings. Adaptive d ynami c range contr ol ADAPTIVE DRC Use this feature to adjust the dynamic range in conjunction with the volume le v e l. This feature is useful when you are listening at lower v olumes or at night.
85 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use this feature to adjust the au dio parameters. ■ Equalizer A)EQUALIZER Use this feature to sele ct the parametric equali zer or the graphic equalizer . Equalizer type select EQ TYPE SELECT Use this feature to sele ct the type of equalizer .
86 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ Low-fre quency eff ect le vel B)LFE LEVEL Use this feature to adjust the o utput le vel of the LFE (lo w- frequency ef fect) channel acco rding to the ca pacity of your subwoofer or headphones. The LFE channel carries low-frequenc y specia l ef fects which are only added to certain scenes.
87 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ A udio and video sync hroniza tion (lip sync) D)LIPSYNC Use this feature to adjust the au dio and video synchronization.
88 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ HDMI set F)HDMI SET Use this feature to select the component to play back HDMI audio signals. Support audio SUPPORT AUDIO Use this feat ure to select whether to play back HDMI audio signals on this unit or on another HDMI component connected to the HDMI OUT jack on the rear panel of this unit.
89 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Input/output assignment I/O ASSIGNMENT Use this feature to assign th e input/output jacks according to the component to be used if the initial settings of this unit do not correspond to your needs.
90 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) XM Radio antenna ANTENNA LEVEL (U .S.A. and Canada models o nly) Use this feature to check the current reception le vel of the XM Satellite Radio signals (see page 58). F or the best reception, adjust the orientation of the antenna of connected Home Dock so that a value of 60% or more is displayed here.
91 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use this menu to adjust the optional system par ameters. ■ Display settings A)DISPLAY SET Use “VIDEO” of “INITI ALIZE” in “ADV A NCED SETUP” to set “OSD SHIFT” and “GRA Y B A CK” to the factory presets (see page 120).
92 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Front panel di spla y scroll FL SCROLL Use this feature to set the mode to display the XM Satellite Radio info rmation o r iPod menu (such as son g title or channel name ) in the front panel display . ■ Video settings B)VIDEO SET Video con version VIDEO CONV.
93 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English • The “HDMI SCALI NG” parameter appears only when you set “VIDEO CONV .
94 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ Initial c onfiguratio n D)INIT. CONFIG Use this feature to select th e settings of the audio input jack select, acti ve decoders and e xtended surround when you turn on this unit.
95 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English When the speakers in Zo ne 2 or Zone 3 is connected to the SP2 spe aker terminals of this unit directly: Select “[SP2]”. See “Using the interna l amplifi ers of this unit” on page 112 for details.
96 En Use this feature to sav e up to six of your fav orite settings that can be easily recalled when needed. Y ou can save the following system setting parameters: * The settings of “D YNAMIC RANGE”, “LFE LEVEL ”, and the tonal quality control for headphones ar e not sav ed.
97 En Saving and recalling the system set tings (SYSTEM MEMORY) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 4 Press 3 l / h repeatedly to select the desired memory number (“MEMOR Y1 ” to “MEMOR Y6”). y • System settings are already stored in the selec ted memory number , the stored system parameter settings appear in the menu screen.
98 En Saving and recalling the system settings (SYSTEM MEMORY) ■ Example 1: Comparing th e results of the automatic setup an d manual setup This unit is equip ped with three ty pes of parametric equ.
99 En Saving and recalling the system set tings (SYSTEM MEMORY) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Example 3: Sa ving the sound configurations for specific sources The desired sound configurati ons are dif ferent for each input source.
100 En In addition to controlling this unit, the remote control can also operate other audiovisual components made b y Y amaha and other manufacture rs. T o control your TV or other components, you mu st set up the appropriate remote co ntrol code for each input source (see page 102).
101 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Controlling other compone nts Set the operation mode selector to C SOURCE to control other components sele cted with the input selector buttons ( 1 ) or . Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in adva nce (see page 102).
102 En Remote control features ■ Selecting a compo nent to be contr olled Y ou can select a component to be contro lled independently of the input source selected with the input selector buttons ( 1 ). Press A SELECT k / n repeatedly to select the desired component.
103 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 1 Set the operation mode selector to C SOURCE and then press an input selector button ( 1 ) or to select the input area you want to set up. 2 Press and hold L LEARN for about 3 seconds using a ballpoi nt pen or similar object.
104 En Remote control features Y o u can program remote cont rol codes from other remote controls. Use the l earn featur e if you want to program functions not included in th e basic operations cov ered by the remote control codes, or an appropriate remote control code is not av ailable.
105 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 5 Press and hold the button you want to program on the other remote control until “OK” appear s in the disp la y window ( A ) on the remote control. “NG” appears in the display windo w ( A ) on the remote control if learning was unsuccessful.
106 En Remote control features 3 Press 3 k / n to select and enter a character . Pressing 3 n changes the charac ter as follows: A to Z, 1 to 9, 0, + (plus), – (hyphen), ; (semicolon), / (slash), and space. Pressing 3 k changes the characters in re verse order .
107 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Default macr o functions *1 Y ou can turn on some components (including Y amaha componen ts) connected to this unit by connecting them to the A C OUTLET(S) on the rear panel of this unit.
108 En Remote control features ■ Pr ogramming macr o operations Y ou can program your o wn macro and use the macro programming feature to tra nsmit sev eral remote control commands in sequence at the pr ess of a button. Be sure to set up remote control codes or perform learning operations before programming the macro.
109 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can clear all changes made in each function set, such as learned functions, macros , renamed input area names and setup remote control codes.
110 En Remote control features 2 Press L LEARN using a ballpoi nt pen or similar object. “LEARN” and th e selected component name (e.g. “DVD”) appear alternately in t he display window . • Do not press and hold L LEARN . If you hold it down for more than 3 seconds, the remote contr ol enters the remote control code setting mode.
111 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English This unit allo ws you to conf igure a multi- zone audio system. The mul ti-zone conf iguration featur e enables you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main zone, second zone (Zone 2) and third zone (Zone 3).
112 En Using multi-zo ne configuration ■ Using the int ernal amplifie rs of t his unit If yo u want to use one internal amplifier (SP1 or SP2) of this unit Connect the Zone 2 or Zone 3 speakers directly to the SP1 or SP2 speaker termin als and select either “[SP1]” or “[SP2]” for “AMP” (see page 94).
113 En Using multi-zo ne configuration AD V ANCED OPERA TION English y • Y ou must complete this step within 10 seconds while the selected zone flashes in the front panel display . Otherwise, the currently selected zone mode is automatically canceled.
114 En Using multi-zo ne configuration ■ Selecting the input sour ce of Zone 2 or Zone 3 Rotate the C INPUT selector on the front panel (or set the operation mode se lector to C AMP and then press one of the input selector buttons on the remote control) to select the input sour ce of the selected zone .
115 En Using multi-zo ne configuration AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Using Zone 2/Zone 3 remote contr ol (excep t Euro pe model) Y ou can control Zone 2 or Zone 3 features by using the sup p lied Zone 2/Zone 3 re mot e control. First, set the ID1/ID2 switch and ZONE 2/ZONE 3 switch appropriately .
116 En Using multi-zo ne configuration 6 PRESET/CH k / n (All Channel Searc h mode) Searches for a channel within all channels. Press and hold for quick search. (Category Search mode) Searches for a channel within the selected category . Pres s and hold for quick search .
117 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English This unit has additional menus that are di splayed in the front panel display . The adv anced setup menu offer s additional operations to adjust and custo mize the way this unit opera tes .
118 En Advanced setup ■ RS-232C ac cess on the st andby mode RS-232C STANDBY Use this feature to set this unit to transmi t data via the RS- 232C interface when this unit is in the standby mode.
119 En Advanced setup AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Setting remote contr ol TUNER ID 1 Set the operation mode selector to C AMP or C SOURCE and then press 1 TUNER on the remote control to select the tuner to change the remote control ID .
120 En Advanced setup 4 Press the numeric buttons ( 5 ) to enter the four -digit remote control code f or the input area yo u want to use. *1 The remote control setting. *2 The setting of this unit. 5 Press 3 ENTER to set the number . “OK” appears in the display windo w ( A ) if the setting was successful.
TROUBLESHOOTING 121 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Refer to the table belo w when this unit does not function prope rly . If the problem you are experien cing is not listed belo w or if the instruction belo w does not help, turn of f this unit, disconnect the po wer cable, and contact the near est authorized Y amaha dealer or service center .
122 En Troubleshooting Short me ssage displays do not appear on the vid eo monitor . “SHOR T MESSA GE” is set to “OFF”. S et “SHOR T MESSA GE” to “ON”. 91 “GRA Y BA CK” is set to “OFF ”. Set “GRA Y B A CK” to “A UTO”. 91 “VIDEO CONV .
123 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English No sound is heard from the surround bac k speaker s. “SUR. L/R SP” in “SET MEN U” is set to “NONE” and “SUR.B L/R SP” is automatically set to “NONE”. Set “SUR. L/R S P” and “SUR.
124 En Troubleshooting ■ T uner This uni t suddenly enters the standby mode. The intern al temperatu re becomes too high and the overheat protection circuitr y has been ac tiv ate d. W ait a bout 1 hour for this unit to c ool down and then turn it back on.
125 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ XM Satellite Radio (U.S.A. and Canada mode ls only) If an operation takes longer than usual or an error occurs, one of the follo wing messages may appear in the front panel display . In this case, read the caus e and follo w the co rresponding remedies.
126 En Troubleshooting ■ Remote contr ol Problem Ca use Remedy See page The remote control does not work or function properly . Wrong dist ance or ang le. The remote cont rol will f unction wi thin a maxim um range of 6 m (20 ft) an d no more than 30 degrees off- axis from the fron t panel.
127 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ iP od In case of a transmission error without a status message appearing in the front panel and in the OSD, ch eck the connection of y our iPod (see page 31). ■ AU T O S E T U P Before A UT O SETUP Note Status message Cause Remedy See page Loading.
128 En Troubleshooting During A UT O SETUP After A UT O SETUP • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNIN G” screens appears, check the cause of the problem, then run “ AU TO SE T U P ” again. • If warning message “W - 2” or “W -3” appears, the adjustme nts are made, howe ver the adjustment may not be optimal.
RESETTING THE SYSTEM 129 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Use this feature to reset all the para meters of this unit to the initial f actory sett ings. • This procedure completely resets all the parameters of this unit including the “SET MENU” parameters.
GLOSSARY 130 En ■ A udio and vide o synchr onization (lip sync) Lip sync, an abbre viation fo r lip synchronization, is a technical term tha t in v o lves both a problem and a capability of maintaini ng audio and video signals synchronized during post-pr oduction and transmission.
131 En Glossary ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Digital Plus is an advanced audio technology de veloped for high-def inition programming and media including HD broadcasts, HD D VD, and Blu-ray Disc.
132 En Glossary ■ DTS Expr ess DTS Express is an adva nced audio technology for the optional feature on Blu-ray Disc or HD D VD, which offers hig h-quality , low bi t rate audio optimized for network streaming, and In ternet appl ic ations. DTS Express is used for the Sec ondary Audio feature of Blu- ray Disc or the Sub Audio feature of HD D VD.
133 En Glossary ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ PCM (Linear PCM) Linear PCM is a signal format under which an analog audio signal is digi tized, record ed and transmitted with out using any compression . This is used as a method of recording CDs and D VD audio.
SOUND FIELD PROGRAM INFORMATION 134 En ■ Elements of a sound field What really crea tes the rich, full tones of a li ve instru ment are the multi ple reflections from the walls of the room.
PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER INFORMATION 135 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English This unit employs Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer (YP A O) technolo gy to op timize the frequency characteristics of its parame tric equalizer to match your listening en vironment.
SPECIFICATIONS 136 En A UDIO SECTION • Mi nimum RMS Ou tput Power for Front, C enter, Surround, Surround ba ck 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.04% THD, 8 Ω ....... .................. ........... 130 W • D ynamic Power (IHF) 8/6/4/2 Ω ............... ......
137 En Specifications ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English GENERAL • Power Supp ly [U.S.A. and Can ada models] ............................. AC 120 V , 6 0 Hz [General and As ia models] ...................... ................. AC 110/120/220/230–240 V , 50/60 Hz [China model] .
138 En ■ Numerics 1 BASIC MENU, Manual setup .......... 75 2 VOLUME MENU, Manual setup ..... 76 2ch Enhancer, Sound field pr ogram .... 50 2ch Stereo DIRECT, Sound field paramete r ....... ............. .. 72 2ch Stereo, Sound field pro grams ... ..
139 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English DIMENSION, Decoder parameter ... .... 74 DIMMER, Display setting s ................. 91 Dimmer, Display settings ............ ........ 91 Direct number access mode, XM tuning ....... ................ ............
140 En ■ P P.INIT.DLY, Sound field parameter ... 69 P.ROOM SIZE, Sound field paramete r ....... ............. .. 70 PANORAMA, Decoder parameter ...... 74 Parameter initialization, Advanced setup .... ................ ......... 120 Parametric equalizer information .
141 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Surround room size, Sound field parameter .. ................ ............ ........... 7 0 System memory ............... ................ .... 78 ■ T Test tone, Basic menu ...... ................ .... 83 Test tone, Equalizer .
i ■ Fro nt panel MASTER PURE DIRECT VOLUME MAIN ZONE INPUT OFF ON SLEEP ZONE ON/OFF ZONE CONTROLS MULTI ZONE MIC OPTIMIZER EFFECT PROGRAM YP AO ZONE 3 R L OPTICAL ZONE 2 AUDIO VIDEO AUX SILENT CINEM.
ii APPENDIX ■ Remote contr ol – + + – – + ENTER DISPLA Y A UDIO MENU TITLE TV MUTE TV INPUT MUTE 4 3 2 ENT + 10 0 9 5 1 AV TV 7 6 8 4 3 2 0 9 5 1 7 6 8 RETURN ON OFF CLEAR LEARN RENAME MACRO REC DISC SKIP V OLUME CH TV V OL EFFECT PARAMETER STRAIGHT XM MEMORY A-E/CA T .
iii Sound output in each sound field pr ogram Front left speaker Sur round left speaker Surround back right speak er Center speaker Surround right speaker Presence left speaker Front right speak er Su.
iv APPENDIX *1 / / / : OFF *2 / / / : ON or discrete 6.1/7.1-channel au dio signals are input. EX PL x neural EX PL x neural Program PRIORITY Input a udio sour ce 2-channel (monaural) 2-channel (stereo) 5.
v List of remote control codes CABLE ABC 0030, 0035 AMERICAST 0926 BELL SOUTH 0926 BIRMINGHAM CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 0303 BRITISH T ELECOM 0030 CABLE & WIRELESS 1095 DAERYUNG 0035, 0504, 0904, 1904 .
vi APPENDIX AUDIOVOX 1417 BOSE 1256 CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS 1397 CAPETRONIC 0558 CARVER 1116, 1216 CENTREX 1284 DENON 1387 FERGUSON 0558 FINE ARTS 1216 GRUNDIG 1216 HARMAN/KARDON 0137, 1331 INTEGRA 0162,.
vii CONTEC 0036, 0207 CRAIG 0207 CROSLEY 0081 CROWN 0036, 0064, 0 207, 0397, 0445 CURTIS MATHES 0057, 0074, 0081, 0087, 0120, 0172, 0181, 0193, 0478, 0729, 1174, 1374 DAEWOO 0036, 0057, 0064, 0119, 01.
viii APPENDIX SEARS 0074 , 0081, 0181, 0183, 0198, 0205 SELECO 0190, 0286 SEMIVOX 0207 SEMP 0183 SHARP 0057, 0120, 06 77 SHEN Y ING 0036, 0119 SHENG CHIA 0036, 0120, 02 63 SIAREM 0543 SIEMENS 0064, 02.
ix PILOT 0064 PIONEER 0069, 0094, 0108 POLK AUDIO 0108 PROFITRONIC 0267 PROLINE 0027 PROSCAN 0087, 1087 PROTEC 0099 PULSAR 0066 PYE 0108 QUASAR 0062, 10 62 QUELLE 0108 RCA 0062, 0069, 0 087, 0267, 083.
YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUEN A PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCAR BOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CAN ADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG , GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.
The circled numbers and alphabets corre spond to those in the Owner’ s Manual. Les nombres et lettres dans un cercle cor respondent à ceux du mode d’emploi.
■ Remote contr ol/Boîtier de télécommande – + + – – + ENTER DISPLA Y A UDIO MENU TITLE TV MUTE TV INPUT MUTE 4 3 2 ENT + 10 0 9 5 1 AV TV 7 6 8 4 3 2 0 9 5 1 7 6 8 RETURN ON OFF CLEAR LEARN RENAME MACRO REC DISC SKIP V OLUME CH TV V OL EFFECT PARAMETER STRAIGHT XM MEMORY A-E/CA T .
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