Yamaha DSP-AX863SE manual

YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUEN A PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCA RBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R 1, CANADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG , GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB OURG 7731[...]

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 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. A llow ventilation[...]

1 En PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA TION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION APPENDIX English Featur es ..... ............ ......... ............. ......... ............ ....... 2 Supplied accessories .............. ................ ............ ........ 2 Notice . ............. ......... ............ .......... ............ ...[...]

FEATURES 2 En Built-in 7- channel power ampli fier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.06% THD, 8 Ω ) Front: 105 W + 105 W Center: 105 W Surround: 105 W + 105 W Surround back: 105 W + 105 W SCENE function ◆ Preset SCENE templates for various situations ◆ SCENE templates for customizing capability ◆ Controlling Y amaha SCENE co[...]

Notice 3 En INTRODUCTION English Manufactured under lic ense from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby L aboratories . Manufactured under licens e under U.S. Patent No’ s: 5,451,942;5,95 6,674;5,974,3 80;5,978,762;6 ,226,616;6,487, 535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issu ed &[...]

GETTING STARTE D 4 En ■ Installing batteries in the remote control 1 Press the par t and slide the batter y compartment cover off. 2 Insert the four supplied batteries (AAA, R03, UM-4) accordi ng to the polarity markings (+ and –) on the inside of the battery compartment. 3 Slide the cover bac k until it snaps into place . • Change all of the[...]

Quick start guide 5 En INTRODUCTION English The follow ing steps describe the easiest way to enjoy D VD mo vie playback in your home theater . See pages 11 to 15 for details of the speake r placement. Prepare the f ollo wing items. ❏ Speakers ❏ Fr ont speakers ..................... .............. x 2 ❏ Center speaker .............. ..........[...]

Quick start guide 6 En Place your speakers in the room and connect them to this unit. 1 Place your speakers an d subwoofer in the roo m. 2 Connect speaker cables to each speaker . Be sure to connect the “+” (r ed) and “–” (black) properly . Cables are colored or shaped differently , perhaps with a stripe, groo ve or ridge. Conn ect the st[...]

Quick start guide 7 En INTRODUCTION English 1 Connect the digital coaxi al audio cable to the digital coaxial audio outp ut jac k of y our D VD play er and the D VD DIGIT AL INPUT COAXIAL jack of this unit . 2 Connect the video cable to the composite video output jack of your D VD player and D VD VIDEO jac k of this un it. y • When you connect a [...]

Quick start guide 8 En 1 T urn on the video monitor and then set the input source selector of the video monitor to this unit. 2 Press J SCENE1 button. This unit is turned on. “DVD Movie V ie wing” appears in the front panel display , and this unit automatically opti mize o wn status for the D VD playback. y The indicator on the selected SCENE b[...]

Quick start guide 9 En INTRODUCTION English ■ After using this unit... Press C ST ANDBY/ ON to set this unit to the standby mode. This unit is set to the standb y mode and consumes a small amount of po wer in order to recei ve infrared signals from the remote control. T o turn on this unit from the standb y mode, press the desired J SCENE buttons[...]

CONNECTIONS 10 En Connections Rear panel R L AUD IO MULTI CH INPUT PRE OUT DOCK VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO HDMI DIGIT AL INPUT REMOTE OUT DIGIT AL OUTPUT SPEAKERS DVD SUBWOOFER FRONT SB (8CH) SUB WOOFER SUR. BA CK SURROUND SINGLE CENTER CENTER FRONT (6CH) SURROUND DVD DTV/CBL S VIDEO VIDEO DTV/CBL DVR DVR MONITOR OUT VCR OUT IN IN OUT 12 DVD DVD CD DTV/[...]

11 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. ■ 7.1-chan nel speaker la y out 7.1-channel speaker layout is highly re commended for playback the sound of high def inition audio formats (Dolby T rueHD, DTS-HD Maste[...]

12 En Connec tions ■ 6.1-chann el speaker l ay out See page 14 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. See page 13 for details. Front left and right speaker s Center speaker Surround left and right speakers Subw oofer(s) The functions and sett[...]

13 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Using presence speak ers The presence speakers supplement the sound from the front and surround back sp eakers with extr a ambient ef fects produced by the sound f ield programs (see page 47). Y ou can ad just the vertical po sition of dialogu es with using the presence speakers (see page 57). T o use the[...]

14 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 insu lated cables running side by side. Cables ar e colored or shaped dif ferently , pe rhaps w[...]

15 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 AUD IO MULTI CH INPUT PRE OUT HDMI DIGIT AL INPUT SPEAKERS SUBWOOFER FRONT SB (8CH) SUB WOOFER SUR. BA CK SURROUND SINGLE CENTER CENTER FRONT (8CH) SURROUND 12 DVD DVD CD DTV/CBL OPTICAL COAXIAL DVD DVR O[...]

16 En Connec tions ■ Connecting the speak er cable 1 Remove appr o ximately 10 mm of insulation from the end of eac h speaker cable and then twist the exposed wires of the cable together to prevent short circuits. 2 Loosen the knob. 3 Insert one bare wire into the hole on the side of each term inal. 4 Tighten the knob to secure the wire. ■ Usin[...]

17 En Connections PREP ARA TION English Connect one of the type of the audio jack(s) and/or vi deo jack(s) that your input components are equipped with. ■ A udio jac ks This unit has three types of audio jacks. Connection depends on the av ailability of audio jacks on your other components. A UDIO jacks For con ventional analo g audio signals tra[...]

18 En Connec tions ■ HDMI signal com patibility A udio sign als y • If the input source compon ent can decode the bitstream audio signals of audio commentaries, you can play back the au dio sources with the audio commenta ries mixed down by using the following connections: – multi-channel analog audio input (see page 25) – DIGIT AL INPUT OP[...]

19 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 IN jacks can be output at the HDMI OUT jack only when “S .A UDIO” is set to “O THER” (see page 82). • Audio signals input at the HDMI IN jacks are not output at the A UDIO output[...]

20 En Connec tions Connect your TV (or projector) to the HDMI OUT jack, the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack of this unit. y • Y ou can choose to play back HDM I audio signals on this unit or on another HDMI component connected to the HDMI OUT jack of this unit. Use the “S.A UDIO” p[...]

21 En Connections PREP ARA TION English • When “VIDEO CONV .” is set to “OFF” (see page 79), be sure to make the same type of vide o connections as those made for your TV (see pa ge 20). 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. • When “VIDEO CO[...]

22 En Connec tions ■ Connecting a D VD recorder , PVR or VCR ■ Connecting a set-to p bo x R L AUDIO MUL TI CH INPUT PRE OUT DOCK VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO HDMI DIGIT AL INPUT DIGIT AL OUTPUT SPEAKERS DVD SUBWOOFER FRONT SB (8CH) SUB WOOFER SUR. BA CK SURROUND SINGLE CENTER CENTER FRONT (8CH) SURROUND DVD DTV/CBL S VIDEO VIDEO DTV/CBL DVR DVR MONITO[...]

23 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting audio compo nents • T o make a digital connection to a component other than the default comp onent assigned to eac h the DIG IT AL INPUT jack or the DIGIT AL OUTPUT ja ck, select the corres ponding setting for “OPTICAL OUT”, “OPTICAL IN”, or “COAXIAL IN” in “I/O ASSIGNMENT” (s[...]

24 En Connec tions ■ Connecting an e xternal amplifier This unit has more than enough power for any home use. Ho we ve r , if you want to add more po wer to the speaker output or if you want to use another amplifier , connect an external amplif ier to the PRE OUT jack s. Each PRE OUT jack ou tputs the same channel signals as th e corresponding SP[...]

25 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting a m ulti-format pla y er or an external dec oder This unit is equipped with 6 additi onal input jacks (left and right FR ONT , CENTER, left and right SURR OUND and SUBWOOFER) for discrete multi-channel i nput from a multi-format player , extern al decoder , sound processor or pre- amplifier . I[...]

26 En Connec tions ■ Using REMO TE OUT j ac ks Connect the component which is the Y amaha product and hav e the capability of the SC ENE control signals to the REMO TE OUT jack as follows. y • If the components have the ca pability of the SCENE control signals, this unit can automatically activate the corresponding components and start the play[...]

27 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ A C OUTLET (SWITCHED) Use this outlet to supply po wer to any connected components. Connect the po wer cable of your other components to this outlet. Po wer to this outlet is supplied when this unit is turned on. Ho wev er , power to this outlet is cut of f whe n this unit is turne d of f or when C ST AND[...]

28 En Connec tions ■ T urning on this unit Press C ST ANDBY/ON (or E POWER ) to turn on this unit. y • When you turn on this unit, there w ill be delay for a few seconds before this unit can rep roduce sound. • Y ou can also turn on this unit by pressing J SCE NE (or 4 SCENE ) buttons . ■ Set this unit to the stan dby mode Press C ST ANDBY/[...]

29 En Connections PREP ARA TION English 1 HDMI indicator Lights up when the signal of th e selected input source is input at the HDMI IN jacks (see page 18). 2 AD APTIVE DRC indicator Lights up when the adaptiv e dynamic range control feature is turned on (see page 72). 3 DOCK indicator • Lights up when you station your iPod in a Y amaha iPod uni[...]

30 En Connec tions VIRT U AL indicator Lights up when the V irtual CINEMA DSP mode is activ e (see page 50). SILENT CINEMA indicator Lights up when headphones are connected and a sound field p rogram is selected (see page 50). E Multi-inf ormation disp lay Show s the name of the current sound field program and other information when adju sting or c[...]

OPTIMIZING THE SPEAKER SETTING FO R YOUR LISTENING ROOM (YPAO) 31 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 . The supplied optimizer microphone collects [...]

32 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 4 Press 9 l / h to select the desired setting for “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” and then press 9 n . Extra speaker assignment EXTRA SP ASSIGN Selects the function of the speakers connected to the EXTRA SP terminals. Choices: FRO NT B , ZONE B, PRESENCE, NONE • When y ou use the alternat[...]

33 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room (YPAO) PREP ARA TION English 7 Press 9 n to select “ST ART” and then press 9 ENTER to star t the setup procedure. The following message appears in the OSD. When this unit starts the automatic setup procedure, loud test tones are output at the speakers. For more accurate measurements, [...]

34 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 10 Press 9 ENTER to display the setup results in detail. 11 Press 9 l / h repeatedly to toggle between the setup result displa ys. Press 9 k / n to to ggle between the parameters in a results. y If you are not satisfied with the results or want to manually adjust each parameter, u[...]

35 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room (YPAO) PREP ARA TION English ■ If an err or screen appear s Press 9 k / n / l / h to select “RETR Y” or “EXIT” and then press 9 ENTER . The follow ing display is an example when “E-9:USER CANCEL” appears in the OSD. Choices: RETR Y , EXIT • Select “RETR Y” to retry the[...]

SELECTING THE SCENE TEMPLATES 36 En This unit is equipped with 17 preset SCENE templates for var ious situations of using this unit. As the initial f actory setting, the follo wing SCENE templates are assigned to each SCENE button (see page 8): SCENE 1: D VD Movie V iewing SCENE 2: Music Disc Listening SCENE 3: TV V iewing SCENE 4: Radio Listening [...]

37 En Selecting the SCENE templates BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Which SCENE template would you like to select? * When iPod is connected to the Y a maha iPod uni versal do ck or a Bluetooth component is connected to the Bluetooth adapter , this u nit plays back the audio sources input at the DOCK termina l. y Y ou can create your original SCEN E [...]

38 En Selecting the SCENE templates ■ Preset SCENE template s descriptions The illustrations of the SCENE b utton in the follo wing table indicate the assigned SCENE b u ttons in the default setting. * When the connected DVD player or CD play er has the capability of the SCENE control signals and is connected to the REMOTE OUT jack of this unit, [...]

39 En Selecting the SCENE templates BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can create your original SCENE templates for each SCENE button . Y ou can refer to the preset 17 SCENE templates to create the original SCENE templates. 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Press and hol d the desire d 4 SCENE button for 3 seconds. The SCENE temp[...]

40 En Selecting the SCENE templates ■ Contr olling the input sour ce components in the SCENE mode Y ou can operate both this unit and the input source component by using the remote control. Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in advance (see page 85). 1 Press the desired 4 SCENE button on the remote contr ol. 2[...]

PLAYBACK 41 En BAS I C OPERA TION English 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. y See page 45 to display the in put source information on the video mon itor . 2 Rotate the I INPUT selector (or press one of the input sel ector buttons ( 5 )) to select the desired input source . The name of the currentl y selected input source appears[...]

42 En Playback Use this feature to select th e component connected to the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks (see page 25) as the input source. Rotate the I INPUT selector to select “MUL TI CH” (or press P MUL TI CH IN ). “MUL TI CH” appears in the front panel display . y Use “MUL TI CH” menu in “INP UT MENU” to set the parameters for MUL TI CH [...]

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 between input jacks when more than one input jack is assigned to the same input source . y • W e recommend that you set the audio input jack select to “A UT O” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the d[...]

44 En Playback Connect a pair of head phones with a st ereo analog audio cable plug to the PHONES jack on the front panel. y When you select a soun d field pro gram, SILENT CINEMA mo de activ ates automatically (see page 50). • When you connect headphones, no signals ar e output at the speaker terminals. • All Dolby Digital and DTS audio signal[...]

45 En Playback BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can display the audio and video information of the current input signal. 1 Set the operation mode selector to F AMP and then press H SET MENU on the remote contro l. The top “SET MENU” disp lay appears in the OSD. 2 Press 9 n repeatedly to select “SIGNAL INFO” and then press 9 ENTER . The audio[...]

46 En Playback Use this feature to automa tically set this unit to th e standby mode after a certain amount of time. The sleep timer is useful when you are goi ng to sleep while this unit is playing or recording a s ource. The sleep timer also automatically turns of f an y external components connected to the A C OUTLET (see pag e 27). Even if this[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS 47 En BAS I C OPERA TION English This unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital de coders that allo w you to enjoy multi-channel playback from almost any stereo or multi-channel sound source. This unit is also equipped with a Y amaha digital sound f ield processing (DSP) chip containing se ve ral sound fi eld programs [...]

48 En Sound field programs LIVE/CLUB ■ For various source s • The available sound f ield parameters and the created sound fields diff er depending on the input so urces and the settings of th is unit. • “DIALG.LIFT” is available only when “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” in “SPEAKER SET” is set to “PRESENCE” (see page 68). ENTERT AINMENT ■[...]

49 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English The av ailable parameters dif fer depending on the input sources and th e settings of this unit. STEREO ■ The Compressed Music Enhan cer MUSIC ENHANCER ■ Surround decode mode SUR. DECODE Adventure This progra m is ideal for precis ely reprodu cing the soun d design of action and adventure mo[...]

50 En Sound field programs ■ Using sound field pr ograms without surroun d speaker s (Virtual CINEMA DSP) V irtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA DSP programs without surround speak ers. It creates virtual speakers to reproduc e the natural sound fi eld. When you set “SUR. L/R SP” to “ NONE” (see page 69), V irtual CINEMA DSP a[...]

USING AUDIO FEATURES 51 En 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. This operation will override the level adjustments made in “A UT O SETUP” (see page 31) and “SP LEVEL” (see page 70). 1 Pres[...]

USING IPOD™ 52 En Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y amaha iPod unive rsal dock (such as YDS-10, sold se parately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page 25) , you can enjoy playback of your iPod us ing the supplied remote control. Y ou can also use the Compressed Music Enhanc er mode of this unit to improv e the s ound qual[...]

53 En Using iPod™ BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Controlling iP od in the menu browse mode Y ou can perform the adv a nced operations of your iPod using the supplied remote control with the aid of the OSD of this unit. Y ou can bro w se the songs stored on your iPod in the OSD. Further , you can ch ange or adjust settings for your iPod to suit yo[...]

USING BLUETOOTH™ COMPONENTS 54 En Y ou can connect a Y amaha Bluetooth adap ter (such as YBA-10, sold se parately) to the DOCK terminal of this unit and enjoy the music contents stored in your Bluetooth component (suc h as a portable music player) without wiring between this unit and the Bluetooth component. Y ou need to perform “pairing” the[...]

RECORDING 55 En BAS I C OPERA TION English Recording adjustments and other operati ons are performed fr om the recordi ng components. Refer 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. • TONE CONTR OL (see page 51) and V OLUM[...]

ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS 56 En Y ou can enjoy good quality sound with the initial factory settings. Although you do not hav e to change the initial factory settings, you can change some of the parameters to better suit the input source or your listening room. Y ou cannot change the sound field par ameter va lues when “MEMOR Y GU ARD” in ?[...]

57 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Basic configuration of so und field progra ms Each sound fi eld program ha s some parameters def ining the characteristi cs of the program. T o customize the selected sound field program, adjust “DSP LEVEL” and/ or “DIALG.L IFT” f irst, and then try other parameters. y T [...]

58 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Sound field parameter s f or the a dv anced c onfigurations Use the following sound f ield parameters to customize sound field programs in detail. y T o change sound fi eld parameter settings, see page 56 for details. Sound field pa rameter Features INIT.DLY P.INIT.DLY S.INIT.DLY SB INI.DLY Initial delay . Pr[...]

59 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ROOM SIZE P.ROOM SIZE S.ROOM SIZE SB ROOM SIZE Room size. Presence, su rround, and su rround back room size. Adjusts the appar ent size of the surround sound f ield. The lar ger the v alue, the larger the su rround sound f ield becomes. As the sound is repeatedly reflected ar ound a [...]

60 En Advanced sound configurations REV.TIME Re verberation time. Adjusts the amount of time taken for the dense, subsequent re verberation sound to decay by 60 dB at 1 kHz. This chan ges the apparent size of the acoustic environment over an e xtremely wide range. Set a longe r re v erberation time for “dead” sources and listening room en viron[...]

61 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Selecting decoder s used wit h sound field progra ms (SUR.) Use this feature to sele ct the desired decoder used with MO VIE sound f ield prog rams (except “Mono Movie”). See page 48 for details about MO VIE sound field program. A v ailable decoder s ■ Selecting deco ders f[...]

62 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Decoder descriptions ( SUR.) y When you select the surround decode mo de for Dolby Digital, DT S or DTS 96/24 sources, this unit automatically selects “SURROUND DECODE Dolby Digital”, “SURROUND DECODE DTS” or “SURR OUND DECODE DTS 96/24” program. Decoder parameter descriptions Decoder Descriptions[...]

CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) 63 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can use the follo wing para meters in “SET MENU” to a djust a variety of system settings and customize th e way this unit operates. Change the initial settings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the needs of your listenin g en vironment. ■ A uto set[...]

64 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) V olume menu 2 VOLUME MENU Sound menu 3 SOUND MENU Par a m e t e r Function s Pag e ADAPTIVE DRC Selects whether this uni t automati cally adjust s the dyn amic range i n conjunct ion with th e volu me le vel or no t. 72 ADAPTIVE DSP LEVEL Selects whe ther this un it adjust s the DSP effect level automatic[...]

65 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. Option menu 5 OPTION MENU Note Pa r a m e t e r F unctions Pag e I/O ASSIGNMENT Assigns the input/ou tput[...]

66 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ Signal information SIGNAL INFO Use this feature to check audio and vi deo signal information (see page 45). D)INIT. CONFIG AUDIO SELECT Design ates the de fault audio in put jack se lect sett ing for the input sources con nected to the DIGIT AL INPUT jac ks when you turn on the power of this unit. 81 D[...]

67 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 R P ARAMETER during the “SET ME NU” operation, the “SET MENU” operation is canceled. • Press 0 RE[...]

68 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”, “SP LEVEL” and “SP DIST ANCE”. ■ Speaker sett i[...]

69 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Front speakers FRONT SP When “LFE/BASS OUT” is set to “FR ONT”, you can select only “LARGE” in “FR ONT SP”. If the value of “FR ONT SP” is set to other than “LARGE” in advance, this unit change the value to “LARGE” automatically . Center speaker CE[...]

70 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Bass cross o ver CROSS OVER Use this feature to select the crossov er frequency of all the speakers set to “SML” (or “SMALL”) in “SP EAKER SET” (see page 68). All fre quencies belo w the selected frequency will be sent to the subwoofer (s) or front speakers depending on the se tting of “LFE/B[...]

71 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. Ho wev e r , this is not possible in mo[...]

72 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. When “AD APTIVE DRC” i s set t[...]

73 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 . y Currently applied parametric[...]

74 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. This set tin[...]

75 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. HDMI automatic lip sync mode HDMI AUTO If the connected video monito r is connected to the HDMI OUT jack of this unit and compatible with the automatic[...]

76 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Use this menu to adjust the para meters of each input source. Some parameters desc ribed above may not be av ailable for all input sources an d some para meters are only available for specif ic input sources. Input/output assignment I/O ASSIGNMENT Use this feat ure to assi gn th e input/output jacks accord[...]

77 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Input rename INPUT RENAME Use this feature to change th e name of the input source that appears in the OSD and in the front panel display . 1 Press 9 l / h to place the “_” (underscore) under the space or the character you want to edit. 2 Press 9 k / n to select the chara[...]

78 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Start pair ing START PAIRING Use this feat ure to start pa iring the connected Y amaha Bluetooth adapter (such as YB A-10, sold separately) with your Bluetooth component. For details about the p airing, refer to “Pairing the Bluetooth™ adapter and your Bluetooth™ component” on page 54. 1 Press 9 EN[...]

79 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 “INIT” in “ADV ANCED SETUP” to set “OSD SHIFT” to the factory presets (see page 97). Dimmer DIMMER Use this feature to adjust the brightness of the front[...]

80 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) • This unit does not con vert 480 line video signals and 576 line video signals interchangeably . • The analog component vide o signals with 480i (NTSC)/576i (P AL) of resolution are con verted into the S-video or composite video signals and output at the S VIDEO MONIT OR OUT and VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack[...]

81 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Memory guar d C)MEMORY GUARD Use this feature to pre vent accidental changes to sound field pro gram parameter an d other syst em settings. • Y ou can change the following parameters ev en if “MEMOR Y GU ARD” is set to “ON”: – “EXTD SUR.” in “SOUND MENU?[...]

82 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ HDMI set E)HDMI SET Use this feature to select the component to play back HDMI audio signals. Support audio S.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. • This unit [...]

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 83 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English In addition to controlling thi s unit, the remote control ca n also operate other audio visua l components made by Y amaha and other manufacturers. T o control your TV or other com ponents, you must set up the appr opriate remote control code for each input source (see page 85). ■ Contro[...]

84 En Remote control features ■ Contr olling other compon ents Set the operation mo de selector to F SOURCE to control other components selected with the input selector bu ttons ( 5 ). Y ou must set the appropria te remote control c ode for each input source in advanc e (see page 85). The following table shows the function of each control b utton[...]

85 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Selecting a component to be contr olled Y ou can select a compone nt to be controlled independently of the input sour ce selected with the input selector buttons. Press 6 SELECT k / n repeatedly to select the desired component. The name of the component to be controlled appears in the [...]

86 En Remote control features 2 Press and hold C LEARN for a bo u t 3 seconds usin g a ballpoint pe n or similar object. The library name (e.g. L;D VD) and the name of the selected control a rea (e.g. D VD) appear alternately in the display window ( 6 ) on the remote control. y • Y ou can set a r emote control code of a different type of componen[...]

87 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can program remote cont rol codes from other remote controls. Use the learn feature if you want to program functions not included in the basic operations cov ered by the remote control codes, or an appropriate remote contr ol code is not av ailable. Y ou can program the function of ot[...]

88 En Remote control features 5 Press and hold the button y ou want to program o n the other remote contr ol until “OK” appears in th e display windo w ( 6 ) on the remote control. “NG” appears in the display windo w ( 6 ) on the remote control if learning was unsuccessful. In this case, start o ver from step 4. y • If you want to program[...]

89 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 3 Press 9 k / n to select and enter a character . Pressing 9 n changes the chara cter as follows: A to Z, 1 to 9, 0, + (plus), – (hyphen), ; (semicolon), / (slash), and space. Pressing 9 k changes the characters in reverse order . 4 Press 9 h to move the cursor to the ne xt position. y P[...]

90 En Remote control features ■ Default macr o funct ions *1 Y ou can turn on some components (including Y amaha components) co nnected to this unit b y conn ecting them to the AC OUTLETS on the rear panel of this unit. Power control may not be synchronized with this unit depending on the compon ent. For details, refer to the operating inst ructi[...]

91 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Programming mac ro operat ions Y ou can program your own macro and use the macro programming feat ure to transmit se veral remote control commands in seque nce at the pr ess of a button. Be sure to set up remote control codes or perform learning operations before programming the macro.[...]

92 En Remote control features Y ou can clear all changes made in each function set, such as learned functions, macros, renamed control area names and setup remote control ID. ■ Clearing function sets 1 Set the operation mode selector to F AMP or F SOURCE and then press C CLEAR by using a ballpoint pen or similar ob ject. “CLEAR” appears in th[...]

93 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Clearing a learned function Y ou can clear the function lear ned for a certain button in each control area. 1 Set the operation m ode selector to F AMP or F SOURCE and then press an input selector button ( 5 ) to select the control area containing the f unction y ou want to c lear . Th[...]

94 En Remote control features ■ Clearing a macr o function Y ou can clea r the function progr ammed for a certain macro button. 1 Set the operation mode selector to F AMP or F SOURCE and then pre ss C MACR O using a ballpoint pen or similar object. “MCR ?” appears in the display windo w ( 6 ) on the remote control. If you do not complete each[...]

ADVANCED SETUP 95 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 . Change t he initial se ttings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the need s of your listenin[...]

96 En Advanced setup ■ Remote contr ol AMP ID REMOTE AMP Use this feature to set the AMP ID of this unit for remote control recognition. This fe ature is useful when you operate this unit and the other Y amaha receivers/ amplifiers in the same room separately . Choices: ID1 , ID2 • Select “ID1” when the remote cont rol AMP ID code is set to[...]

97 En Advanced setup AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Bi-amplifier setting BI-AMP Use this feature to acti vate or deacti v ate the bi-amp lifier function (see page 16). Choices: ON, OFF • Select “ON” if you want to activ ate the bi-amplifier function. “SUR.B L/R SP” is set to “NO NE” automatically , and this uni t outputs the front [...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 98 En Refer to the table below when this un it does not function properly . If the proble m you are experiencing is not listed belo w or if the instruction belo w does not help, turn off this unit, disconnect the po wer cable, and cont act the nearest auth orized Y amaha dealer or service center . ■ General T roubleshooting Proble[...]

99 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Only the center speaker ou tputs substantial sound. When playin g a monaural s ource with a sound f ield prog ram, the sou rce signal is directed to the cente r channel, and the front and surrou nd speakers output effect sounds. No sound is heard fr om the center speaker . “CENTER SP” in “[...]

100 En Troubleshooting ■ HDMI The sound effects cannot be recorded. It is not pos sible to reco rd the sou nd effects with a recordi ng component . A source cannot be recorded by a digi tal recording component connected to th e DIGIT AL OUTPUT jack. The source c omponent is not connect ed to the DIGIT AL I NPUT jacks of this unit . Connect th e s[...]

101 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Remote contr ol Prob lem Cause Remed y See page The remote con trol does not work or function properly . Wrong distan ce or angle. The remote control will function wit hin a maximum range of 6 m and no more t han 30 degrees o ff-axis from the fron t panel. 30 Direct sunl ight or lig hting ([...]

102 En Troubleshooting ■ iP od In case of a transmission error w ithout a status message appearing in the f ront panel and in the OSD, check the connection to y our iPod (see page 25). ■ Bluetooth Note Status message Caus e Remedy See page Loading... This unit is in the middle of reco gnizing the connection with your iPo d. This unit is in the [...]

103 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ AU T O S E T U P Before A UT O SETUP During A UT O SETUP Error message Cause Remed y See page Connect MIC! Opt imizer micr ophone is n ot connect ed. Connec t the suppl ied optimi zer microph one to the OPTI MIZER MIC ja ck on the fr ont panel. 31 Unplug HP! Headphones are connected. Unpl u[...]

104 En Troubleshooting After A UT O SETUP • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNING” screens appears, chec k th e cause of the problem, then run “A UTO SETUP” again. • If a warning message “W -1”, “W -2”, or “W -3” appears, corrections are made, but they may not be optimal. • If an error message “E- 10” occurs repeated ly , co[...]

RESETTING THE SYSTEM 105 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” par ameters. • The initial factory set tings are activ ated ne xt time you turn on this unit. y [...]

GLOSSARY 106 En ■ A udio and vide o synchr onization (lip sync) Lip sync, an abbreviation for lip synchronization, is a technical term that in volv es both a proble m and a capability of maintaining audio and video signals sy nchronized during post-p roduction and transmission. Whereas the aud io and video latency requires complex end-user adjust[...]

107 En Glossary ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Dolby Surr ound Dolby Surround uses a 4-channe l analog recording system to reproduce realistic and dynamic sound effects: 2 front left and right channels (stereo), a cent er channel for dialog (monaur al), and a surround ch annel for specia l sound ef fects (monaural). The surround chan nel repro[...]

108 En Glossary ■ LFE 0.1 channel This channel re produces low-frequen cy signals. The freq uency range of this channel is from 20 Hz to 120 Hz. This channel is counted as 0.1 because it only enforces a low-frequency range compared to the full-range reprod uced by the other 5/6 channels in Dolby Digital or DTS 5.1/6.1-channel systems. ■ Neo:6 N[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAM INFORMATION 109 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Elements of a sound field What really cre ates the rich, full tones of a li v e instrument are the multiple refl ections from the wa lls of the room. In addition to making the sound liv e , these reflections enable us to tell where the player is situa ted as well as the size[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 110 En A UDIO SECTION • Mi nimum RMS Ou tput Power for Front, Center, Surround, Surround ba ck 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.06% THD, 8 Ω ....... .................. ........... 105 W • D ynamic Power (IHF) Front L/R, 8/ 6/4/2 Ω .......... ................... ........ 140/175/205/250 W • Maximum Output Po wer Speaker impeda nce setti n[...]

INDEX 111 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Numerics 1 BASIC MENU, Manual setup .......... 6 3 2 VOLUME MENU, Manual setup .... . 64 2ch STEREO, Sound field pr ogram .... 49 3 SOUND MENU, Ma nual setup ........ 6 4 4 INPUT MENU, Manual setup .......... 65 5 OPTION MENU, Manual setup ...... . 65 7ch Enhancer , Sound field program ... . 49 7ch S[...]

Index 112 En E-1:NO FRONT SP, Automa tic setup error mess age .................... ............. 1 03 E-10:INTERNAL ERROR, Autom atic setup error message .............. ......... 103 E-2:NO SUR SP, Automatic setup error message . ................ ............ ............. 103 E-3:NO PRNS SP, Automatic setup error message . ................ .......[...]

Index 113 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English NO SUR SP, Automatic setup error message ...... 103 NOISY, Automatic setup error message ...... 103 Not Available, Bluetoot h status m essage ...... ......... 102 Not found, Bluetoot h status m essage ...... ......... 102 Number of speakers, Auto setup result ................ ............. . 33 ■ O Ope[...]

Index 114 En Surround back left/right speakers, Speaker settings ....... ................ ........ 69 Surround back sound field initial delay, Sound field par ameter ................. ..... 58 Surround back sound fi eld liveness, Sound field par ameter ................. ..... 59 Surround back sound fi eld room size, Sound field par ameter .........[...]

115 En English Limited Guarantee f or Eur opean Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland Thank you for having chosen a Y amaha prod uc t. In the unlikely event that your Y a maha product needs guarantee service, please co ntact the dealer from whom it was purchased. If you experience any diff iculty , please co ntact Y amaha representative off ice in yo[...]

i ■ Fr ont panel SILENT CINEMA PHONES TONE CONTROL STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT SCENE AUDIO SELECT EFFECT PROGRAM INPUT STANDBY /ON 1234 OPTIMIZER MIC R L AUDIO OPTICAL VIDEO AUX VIDEO S VIDEO VOLU ME SPEAKERS CD E F G H I J AB[...]

ii APPENDIX ■ Remote control V - A UX/DOCK – + + – – + ENTER DISPLA Y AU DI O MENU TITLE TV MUTE TV INPUT MUTE 4 3 2 ENT + 10 0 9 5 1 AV TV 123 4 7 6 8 RETURN ON OFF CLEAR LEARN RENAME MACRO REC INFO EON MODE- PTY SEEK- ST ART V OLUME STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT A/B/C/D/E PRESET/CH SET MENU SRCH MODE LEVEL SLEEP STEREO MUL TI CH IN MUL TI CH IN SU[...]

iii List of remot e contr ol codes CABLE ABC 0030, 0035 AMERICAST 0926 BELL SOUTH 0926 BIRMINGHAM CABLE COMMUNI CATI ONS 0303 BRITISH T ELECOM 0030 CABLE & WIRELESS 1095 DAERYUNG 0035, 0504, 0904, 1904 DIRECTOR 0503 FILMNET 0470 GENERAL INSTRUMENT 0030, 0303, 0503, 0837, GOLDSTAR 0171 HAMLIN 0036, 0300 JERROLD 0030, 0303, 0 503, 0837 LG 0171 MN[...]

iv APPENDIX AUDIOLAB 1216 AUDIOTRONIC 1216 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, 1325 JBL 0137, 1333 JVC 0101, 0558, 1401, 1522 KLH 1417, 1439 KENWOOD 1054, 134 0 MCS 0066 MAGNAVOX 0558, 1116, 1216, [...]

v CATHAY 0064 CELEBRITY 0027 CELERA 0792 CENTURION 0064 CHANGHONG 0792 CHING T AI 0036, 0119 CHUN Y UN 0027, 0036, 0119, 0207 CHUNG HSIN 008 0, 0135, 0207 CIMLINE 0036 CINERAL 011 9, 0478 CITIZEN 0057, 0087, 0 119 CLARION 0207 CLARIV OX 0064 CLATRONIC 0274, 0397 CONDOR 0347, 0397 CONRAC 0835 CONTEC 0036, 0207 CRAIG 0207 CROSLEY 0081 CROWN 0036, 006[...]

vi APPENDIX SEG 0291, 0695 SEI 0543 SKY 0064 SSS 0207 SABA 0136, 0190, 0314, 0362 SACCS 0265 SAGEM 0637 SAISHO 0036, 0291, 05 43 SALORA 0190, 038 0, 0388, 0575 SAMBERS 0543 SAMPO 0036, 0057, 0119, 0120, 0181, 0198, 0205, 0677, 1782 SAMSUNG 0036, 0057, 0064, 0087, 0117, 0119, 0181, 0205, 0291, 0397, 0583, 0614, 0645, 0729, 0793, 0839, 0841 SANSEI 04[...]

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The circled numbers and alphabets corre spond to those in the Owner’ s Manual. ■ Front panel DSP-AX863SE/DSP-AX763 B SILENT CINEMA PHONES TONE CONTROL STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT SCENE AUDIO SELECT EFFECT PROGRAM INPUT ST ANDBY /ON 1234 OPTIMIZER MIC R L AUDIO OPTICAL VIDEO AUX VIDEO S VIDEO VOLUME SPEAKERS CD E F G H I J A B 00_cd_DSP-AX863SE-AX763_B[...]

■ Remote contr ol V - A UX/DOCK – + + – – + ENTER DISPLA Y AU DI O MENU TITLE TV MUTE TV INPUT MUTE 4 3 2 ENT + 10 0 9 5 1 AV TV 123 4 7 6 8 RETURN ON OFF CLEAR LEARN RENAME MACRO REC INFO EON MODE- PTY SEEK- ST ART V OLUME STRAIGHT PURE DIRECT A/B/C/D/E PRESET/CH SET MENU SRCH MODE LEVEL SLEEP STEREO MUL TI CH IN MUL TI CH IN SUR. DECODE P[...]