Yamaha HTR-6150 manual

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.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB OURG 7731[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Caution-i En • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is in tended to alert you to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitut e a risk of electric shock to p[...]

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. PART H) ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT NEC – NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE d) If the p[...]

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

1 En English PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BA S I C OPERA TION AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION APPENDIX Featur es .......... ............ ......... ............ .......... .......... .... 2 Getting st arted ............. .......... ............ ............ ......... 3 Quick star t guide ..................... .......... ............ ...[...]

Features 2 En Built-in 7- channel power ampli fier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer [U.S.A. and Canada models] (1 kHz, 0.9% THD, 8 Ω ) 90 W/ch [Other models] (1 kHz, 0.9% THD, 6 Ω ) 90 W/ch SCENE select function ◆ Preset SCENE templates for various situations ◆ SCENE template customizing capa bility Decoders and DSP cir cuits ◆ Proprietary Y[...]

Getting started 3 En English INTRODUCTION ■ Supplied accesso ries Check that you recei ved all of the follo wing parts. ❏ Remote control ❏ Batteries (2) (AAA, R03, UM-4) ❏ Optimizer microphone ❏ AM loop antenna ❏ Indoor FM antenna ■ V OL T A GE SELECT OR (Asia and General models only) ■ Installing batteries in t he remote control 1 [...]

Quick start guide 4 En The following steps describe the easiest way to enjo y D VD movie p layback in your home theater . Prepare the foll owing items. ❏ Speakers ❏ Fro nt speaker ........... .............. ............ x 2 ❏ Center speaker ......... .............. ............ x 1 ❏ Surround speaker ....... ........... ............ x 4 Sel[...]

Quick start guide 5 En English INTRODUCTION 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 . Cables are col ored or shaped differently , perhaps wi th a stripe, groo ve or rid ge. Connect the striped (groov ed, etc.) cable to the “+” (re[...]

Quick start guide 6 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 output jac k of y our D VD player and th e D VD VIDEO jack of this u nit. 3 Connect the video cable to the video i[...]

Quick start guide 7 En English INTRODUCTION 1 T urn on the video moni tor and then set the input source selector of the video monitor to this unit. 2 Press T SCENE 1 . This unit is turned on. “D VD V ie wing” appears in the front panel display , and this unit automatica lly optimize own status for the D VD playback. y The indicator on the selec[...]

Quick start guide 8 En ■ After using this unit... Press A MAIN ZONE ON/OFF on the front panel to set this unit to the standby mode. This unit is set to the standb y mode. In the standby mode, this unit consumes a small am ount of po wer in order to receiv e infrared signals from th e remote control. T o turn on this unit from the standby mode, pr[...]

Connections 9 En English PREP ARA TION Connections Rear panel L R SURROUND L R FRONT B L R FRONT A CENTER L R SURROUND BACK/BI-AMP SINGLE SWITCHED MONITOR OUT L R DTV/CBL DVR DVD MD/ CD-R OUT (REC) IN (PLA Y) OUT IN DTV/CBL DVR DVD OUT OUT +12V 15mA MAX. IN IN MONITOR OUT DTV/CBL DVR DVD OUT S VIDEO IN CD L R SUB WOOFER SUB WOOFER SURROUND CENTER M[...]

10 En Connec tions The speaker layout belo w shows the spea ker setting we reco mmend. Y ou can use it to en joy CINEMA DSP and multi- channel audio sources. Front left and right speaker s (FL and FR) The front speakers are us ed for the main source sound plus effect sounds. Place these speakers a t an equal dis tance from the ideal listenin g posi[...]

11 En Connections English PREP ARA TION Be sure to connec t the left cha nnel (L), right ch annel (R), “+” (red) and “–” ( black) properly . If the connections are f aulty , this unit cannot reproduce the input sources accurately . Connecting speakers Caution • Before connecting the speaker s, make sure that the AC po wer plug is discon[...]

12 En Connec tions ■ Before connecting to the SPEAKERS terminal A speaker cord is actually a pair of insulated cables running side by side. Cables are colored or shap ed differently , perhaps with a stripe, groov e or ridges. Connect the striped (groov ed, etc.) cable to the “+” (red) terminals of this unit and your speaker . Connect the plai[...]

13 En Connections English PREP ARA TION 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[...]

14 En Connec tions ■ HDMI compatibili ty with this unit • When CPPM copy-protected D VD audio is played back, video and audio si gnals may not be output depend ing on the type of the D VD player . • This unit is not compatible w ith HDCP-incompatible HDMI or D VI components. • Y ou can check the potential problem about the HDM I connection [...]

15 En Connections English PREP ARA TION ■ A udio signal flow • 2-channel as well as multi-channel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS signals input at the HDMI IN DVD or HDMI IN DTV/ CBL jack can be output at th e HD MI OUT jack only when “SUPPOR T A UDIO” is set to “Other” (see page 70). • Audio signals input at the HDMI IN jacks are not outp[...]

16 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 MONIT OR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can choose to play b ack HDMI audio signals on th is unit or on another HDMI component connected to the H DMI OUT jack of this unit. Use the “SUPPOR T A UDI[...]

17 En Connections English PREP ARA TION • When “VIDEO CONV .” is set to “OFF” (see page 73), be sure to make the same type of vide o connections as those made for your TV (see pa ge 16). 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[...]

18 En Connec tions ■ Connecting a D VD recorder , PVR or VCR ■ Connecting a set-to p bo x MONITOR OUT L R DTV/CBL DVR DVD MD/ CD-R OUT (REC) IN (PLA Y) OUT IN DTV/CBL DVR DVD OUT OUT +12V 15mA MAX. IN IN MONITOR OUT DTV/CBL DVR DVD OUT S VIDEO IN CD L R SUB WOOFER W O SURROUND CENTER MUL TI CH INPUT AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUT ZONE 2 OUT FRONT(6CH) SB(8[...]

19 En Connections English PREP ARA TION Connect the audio components as follo ws. ■ Connecting a CD pla y er and a CD recorder/MD recor der • When you connect your CD pla yer via analog and digital connection, priority is given to the signal input at the DIGIT AL INPUT jack. • T o make a digital connection to a component ot her than the defau[...]

20 En Connec tions This unit is equipped with the DOCK term inal on the rear panel that allo ws you to conne ct a Y amaha iPod univ ersal dock (such as YDS-10, sold separately) or Bluetooth adapter (such as YB A-10, so ld separately). Connect a Y amaha iPod univer sal dock or Bluetooth adap ter to the DOCK terminal on the rear panel of this unit us[...]

21 En Connections English PREP ARA TION Use the VIDEO A UX jacks on th e front panel to connect a game console or a vide o camera to this unit. • T o reproduce the source signals input at these jacks, select “V -A UX” a s the input source. • When audio signals are input at the A UDIO jacks, POR T ABLE jack and the DOCK terminal on the rear [...]

22 En Connec tions Connecting th e wire of the AM loop antenna y The wire of the AM loop ante nna does not have any polarity and you can connect either end of the wire to AM or GND terminal. Assembling the supplied AM loop antenna The types of the supplied AM loop antenna is different depending on the models. Once all con nections are complete, p l[...]

23 En Connections English PREP ARA TION 1 Press C SY STEM OFF on the front panel to set this unit to the standby mode. Refer to the right column for details. 2 Press and hold N T ONE CONTROL and then press A MAIN ZONE ON/OF F to turn on this unit. This unit turns on, and the advan ced setup menu appears in the front panel display . 3 Press O PROGRA[...]

24 En Connec tions The XM and SIRIUS indicator is only applicab le to the U.S.A. and Canada models and th e cursor on the left of the XM indicator o r SIRIUS indicator lights up only when “XM” or “SIRIUS” is selected as the input source. 1 HDMI indicator Lights up when the signal of the selected input source is input at the HDMI IN jacks (s[...]

25 En Connections English PREP ARA TION D CINEMA DSP indicator Lights up when you select a sound field program (see page 41). VIRT U AL indi cator Lights up when V irtual CINE MA DSP is acti ve (see page 41). SILENT CINEMA indicator Lights up when headphones are connected and a sound field program is se lected (see page 41). E Multi-inf ormation di[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room 26 En This unit employs the YP A O (Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technol ogy which lets you a void troublesome listening- based speak er setup and achie ves h ighly accurate sound adjust ments automatically . The supplied optimizer microphone collects and this unit analyzes the [...]

27 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room English PREP ARA TION 4 Make sure that “SETUP” is set to “A UT O” and the pointer is pointing at “ST ART”. y Y ou can also select the followi ng setup methods. In this case, press 8 k to select “SETUP”, press 8 l / h to select the one of the followi ng choises and then sel[...]

28 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room The display changes as follows. The results displayed under “R ESUL T” are as follo ws. Number of speakers SP Displays the number of speak ers connected to this unit in the follow ing order: Front/Back/Subwoofer Speaker distance DIST Displays the speak er distance from the list ening[...]

29 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room English PREP ARA TION 10 Press 8 n and then press 8 l / h to select “SET” or “CANCEL”. Choices: SET , CANCEL • Select “SET” to conf irm the “A UT O SETUP” results. • Select “CANCEL” to cance l the “A UTO SETUP” results. 11 Press 8 ENTER to confirm your selectio[...]

SELECTING THE SCENE TEMPLATES 30 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: SCENE 1: DV D V i e w i n g SCENE 2: Disc Listening SCENE 3: TV V iewing SCENE 4: Radio Listening If you want to use o[...]

31 En Selecting the SCENE templates English BA S I C OPERA TION ■ 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 SCENE [...]

32 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, [...]

33 En Selecting the SCENE templates English BA S I C OPERA TION 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. ■ Customizing the preset SCENE templates Use this feature to customiz e the preset SCENE template s. 1 T urn on the video moni[...]

34 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 sou rce component by using the remote control. Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in advance (see page 78). 1 Press the desired 6 SCENE b utton on the remote contr ol.[...]

PLAYBACK 35 En English BA S I C OPERA TION 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Press M SPEAKERS repeatedly to select the front speaker s you want to use. The respectiv e speak er indicators lights up in the front panel display . 3 Press R INPUT l / h repeatedly (or press one of the input se lector buttons ( 4 )) to select the de[...]

36 En Playback This unit comes with a v ariety of input jack s. Use this feature (audio input jack sele ct) to switch between input jacks when more than one input jack is assigned to as the same input source. y • W e recommend setting the a udio input jack select to “A UTO” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the default audio in put jack sele[...]

37 En Playback English BA S I C OPERA TION Y ou can display the operating in formation of this unit on a video monitor . 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Press O DISPLA Y . The current status scre en appear s in the OSD. y Y ou can select the amount of ti me that the current status is displayed in the OSD by using the “OSD-[...]

38 En Playback Y ou can combine a video image from a video source with sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy listening to classica l music while vie wing beautiful scenery from the video source on the video monitor . Press the input selector buttons ( 4 ) to select a video source and then an audio source. y • Y ou can also select[...]

39 En Playback English BA S I C OPERA TION Use this feature to automa tically set the main zone to the standby mode after a ce rtain amount of time. Press 5 AMP and then pres s T SLEEP repeatedly to set the amount of time. Each time you press N SLEEP , the front panel display changes as shown belo w . The SLEEP indicator flashes while you are switc[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS 40 En This unit is equip ped with a v a riety of precise digital decoders that allow you to en joy multi-chan nel playback from almost any stereo or multi-channel sound source. Press O PR OGRAM l / h (or press 5 AMP and then press B PROG l / h repeat edly ). The name of the selected sound field program appears in the front pane[...]

41 En Sound field programs English BA S I C OPERA TION ■ Enjoying 2-channel sour ces using the standar d decoder s Signals input from 2-channel sources can also be played back on multi-channels. Press 5 AMP and then pres s Q SUR. DECODE repeatedly to select a decoder . Y ou can select from the follo wing decoders depending on the type of source y[...]

42 En Sound field programs ■ Editing sound fields parame ters Y ou can enjoy good quality sound with the factory default parameters. Although you do not ha ve to change the initial settings, you can change some of the parameters to better suit the input source or your listening room. 1 While listening to a source, press 5 AMP and then press S P A[...]

USING AUDIO FEATURES 43 En English BA S I C OPERA TION Use the DIRECT mode to enjo y the high quality sounds of the selected source. When the DIRECT mode is activated, this unit plays ba ck the selected sour ce with the least circuitry . Press Q DIRECT (or press 5 AMP and then D DIRECT ) to select “ DIRECT ” . • “TONE CONTROL” and “SOUN[...]

44 En Using audio features The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lo wer volumes or at night. 1 Press 5 AMP and then R NIGHT repeatedly to select “NIGHT:CINEMA” or “NIGHT :MUSIC”. Choices: NIGHT :CINEMA, NIGHT :MUSIC, OF F • Select “NIGHT :CINEMA” when watching f ilms to reduce the dynamic range of film sou[...]

FM/AM TUNING 45 En English BA S I C OPERA TION There are 2 tuning methods: automatic a nd manual. Automatic tuning is effecti v e when station signa ls are strong and there is no interference. If the signal from th e station you want to select is weak, t une into it manually . Y ou can also use the automatic and manual pr eset tuning features to st[...]

46 En FM/AM tuning Y ou ca n use the auto matic pres et tuning feature to store FM stations with strong signals up to 40 (A1 to E8: 8 preset station numbers in ea ch of the 5 preset station groups) of those stations in order . Y ou can then recall any preset statio n easily by sele cting the preset station number . 1 Press R INPUT l / h repeatedl y[...]

47 En FM/AM tuning English BA S I C OPERA TION Y ou can tune into any desired station simply by selecting the preset station group a nd number under which it was stored. y When performing this operation with the remote control, pr ess 4 TUNER to select “TUNER” as the input source . 1 Press F A/B/C/D/E (or 8 A-E/CA T . l / h ) repeatedly to sele[...]

XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 48 En XM Radio offers an e xtraordinary v ariet y of commercial-free music, plus the best in premier sports, ne ws, talk radio, stand-up comedy , children’ s and entertai nment programming. XM is broadcast in superior digital audio quality from coast to coast. From rock to re ggae, from classi cal to hip hop, XM has some[...]

49 En XM Satellite Radio tuning English BA S I C OPERA TION Once you hav e installed the XM Mini-T uner Dock, inserted the XM Mini-T uner, connected the XM Mini- T uner Dock to your XM Ready ® home audio system, and installed the antenna, you are ready to subscribe and begin recei ving XM program ming. There are th ree places to f ind your eight c[...]

50 En XM Satellite Radio tuning y Before performin g operations, press 3 XM to select “XM” as the input source. ■ All Channel Sear ch mode 1 Press D SEARCH MODE (or M SRCH MODE ) repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH”. 2 Press G PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 8 PRESET/CH k / n ) repeatedly to search for a c hannel within all channels. y • Y o[...]

51 En XM Satellite Radio tuning English BA S I C OPERA TION 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 easily by selecting the preset channel group and number as described in “Preset Search mode” on p[...]

52 En XM Satellite Radio tuning Y ou can display the XM Satell ite Radio information (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. If a status message or an error message appears in the front panel display or in the OSD, see the “XM Sat[...]

SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO™ TUNING 53 En English BA S I C OPERA TION SIRIUS Satellite Radio provides ov er 130 channels of excl usi ve entertainment and 100% co mmercial-free music. Only SIRIUS has more than 65 original music channels, from today's hits to R&B, oldies and cla ssical masterpi eces. From authentic country and real bluegrass to[...]

54 En SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning Before using the SIRIUS Sate llite feature, yo u need to acti va te your SIRIUS Satel lite Rad io subscription. T o acti vate the subscription, you need the Sirius ID, which is uniquely assigned to the SiriusC onnect tuner . Si rius ID is 12-digit number and it appears on the package of the SiriusConnect tuner[...]

55 En SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning English BA S I C OPERA TION ■ All Channel Sear ch mode 1 Press D SEARCH MODE (or M SR CH MODE ) repeatedl y to select “ALL CH SEARCH”. 2 Press G PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 8 PRESET/CH k / n ) repeatedly to search for a c hannel within all c hannels. y • Y ou can search for a channel quickly by pressin [...]

56 En SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning Y ou can use this feature to store up to 4 0 SIRIUS 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 55. 1 Sear[...]

57 En SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning English BA S I C OPERA TION 3 Press 8 n repeatedly to select “OPTION MENU” and then press 8 ENTER . 4 Press 8 k / n repeatedly to select “G)SIRIUS SET” and then press 8 ENTER . The follo wing menu screen appears. 5 Press 8 n repeatedly to select “P ARENT AL LOCK” and then press 8 ENTER . “NEW PIN[...]

58 En SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning Y ou can display the SIRIUS Sa tellite Radi o information (such as channel number , cha nnel name, category , a rtist name, composer name, or s ong title) for the currently selected channel in the front panel display or in the OSD. If a status message or an error message appears in the front panel display or i[...]

USING IPOD™ 59 En English BA S I C OPERA TION Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y amaha iPod universal dock (such as YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page 20) , you can enjoy pla yback of your iPod using the s upplied remote control. Y ou can also use the Compressed Music Enhanc er mode of this unit [...]

60 En Using iPod™ ■ Controlling iP od in the menu bro wse mode Y ou can perform the adv anced operations of your iPod using the supplied remote cont rol when you connect this unit and a monitor using the S VIDEO or VIDEO connection. Y ou can browse the songs stored on your iPod in the OSD. Further , you can ch ange or adjust settings for your i[...]

USING BLUETOOTH™ COMPONENTS 61 En English BA S I C OPERA TION Y ou can connect a Y amaha Bluetooth adap ter (such as YB A-10, sold separately) to the DOCK terminal of this unit and enjoy the music contents stored in y our Bluetooth component (such as a porta ble music player) wi thout wir ing between this unit and the Bluetooth component. Y ou ne[...]

RECORDING 62 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. • TONE CONTR OL (see page 43) and VOLUME settings, speaker le v els[...]

SET MENU 63 En English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Y ou can use the follo wing paramete rs in “SET MENU” to adjust a v ariety of system settings and customiz e the 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 setu p AUTO SETUP Use this fea[...]

64 En SET MENU Option menu 3 OPTION MENU The “XM RADIO SET” and “SI RIUS SET” parameters are only applicable to the U . S.A. and Canada models. ■ Signal information SIGNAL INFO Use this feature to check audio signal information (see page 38). Use the remote control to access an d adjust each parameter . y Y ou can change the “S ET MENU?[...]

65 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Use this menu to manually adju st an y speaker settings or compensate for video signal pr ocessing delays when using LCD monitors or projectors. ■ Speaker setti ngs A)SP EAKER SET Use this feature to manually adjust any speaker settings. FRONT B speaker setting FRONT B Use this feature to sel ect the [...]

66 En SET MENU Surround left/right speakers SUR. L/R SP Choices: NONE, SML , LRG When the surround speaker s are large Select “L RG” (la rge). When the surround speaker s are small Select “SML” (small). When yo u do not use the surround speakers Select “NONE” (none) . This unit is s et to the V irtual CINEMA DSP mode (see page 41). Surr[...]

67 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Crosso ver CROSSOVER Use this feature to select the crosso ver frequ ency of all the speakers set to “SML” (or “SMALL”) in “S PEAKER SET” (see page 65). All frequ encies be low the selected frequency will be sent to the subwoofer or fron t speakers depending on the setting of “LFE/B ASS OU[...]

68 En SET MENU ■ Speaker distan ce C)SP DISTANCE Use this feature to manual ly adjust the distance of each speaker and the delay applied to the respecti ve channe l. Ideally , each speaker should be the same distance from the main listening position. Howe ve r , this is not possible in most home situati ons. Thus, a certain amount o f delay must [...]

69 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ Dynamic range F) DYNAMIC RANGE Use this feature to select the amount of dynamic range compression to be applied to your speakers or headphones. This setting is ef fecti v e only when this unit is decoding Dolby Digital and DTS signals. Speaker SPEAKER Adjusts th e speak er compression. Headphone HEA[...]

70 En SET MENU ■ HDMI set H)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 transmits audio and video si[...]

71 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Use this menu to reassign the inpu t jacks, select the decoder mode or rename the input source. ■ Input assignment A)INPUT ASSIGNMENT Use this feature to assign the input jacks according to the component t o be used if the initial sett ings of this unit do not correspond to your need s. Change the fol[...]

72 En SET MENU 4 Repeat steps 1 through 3 to rename each input source. 5 Press 8 ENTER to exit from “INPUT RENAME”. ■ V olume trim C)VOLUME TRIM Use this feature to adjust the output volume of each source. This is useful if you want to balance the le vel of each input source to a void sudden changes in volume when switching betw een input sou[...]

73 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Use this menu to adjust the optional system par ameters. ■ Display settings A)DISPLAY SET Dimmer DIMMER Use this feature to adjust the brightness of the front panel display . Control range: –4 to 0 Control step: 1 •P r e s s 8 l to make the front panel display dimmer . •P r e s s 8 h to make the[...]

74 En SET MENU ■ Memory guard B)MEM ORY GUARD Use this feature to prev ent accidental changes to DSP program parameter v alues a nd other system settings. Choices: OFF , ON • Select “OFF” t o turn of f the “MEMOR Y GU ARD” feature. • Select “ON” to protect: – sound field program parameters – all “SET MENU” items – all sp[...]

75 En SET MENU English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ Bluetooth set ting E)BLUETOOTH SET Use this feature to start pa iring the connected Y amaha Bluetooth adapter (such as YB A -10, sold separately) wi th your Bluetooth component. F or details about the pairing, refer to “Pairing the Bluetooth™ adapter and your Bluetooth™ component” on page 61[...]

Remote control features 76 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 control code for each input source (see page 78). ■ Controlling this unit Press 5 AMP to co[...]

77 En Remote control features English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ Controlling other compone nts Press one of the input selector buttons ( 4 ) or A to C buttons to control other components. Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in advance (see page 78). The follo wing table shows the function of each control b u tton[...]

78 En Remote control features Y ou can control other components b y setting the appropriate remote control code s. For a comple te list of av ailable remote control codes, refer to “Lis t of remote control codes” at the end of this manual. Remote control code default settings Y ou may not be able to operate your Y amaha component e ven if a Y a[...]

Using multi-zo ne configuration 79 En English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION This unit allows you to conf igure a multi- zone audio system. The Zone 2 feature allo ws you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main z one and the second zone (Zone 2). Y ou can control this unit from the seco nd zone using the supplied remote control. Y [...]

80 En Using multi-zo ne configuration Y ou can select and control Z one 2 by using the control buttons on the front panel or on the remote control. The av ailable operations are as follo ws: • Selecting the input source of Zone 2. • T uning into FM or AM when “TUNER” is selected as the input source of Zone 2 (see page 45). • T uning into [...]

81 En Using multi-zo ne configuration English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION Operating Zo ne 2 Press R INPUT l / h to select the desired input sour ce whil e the ZON E2 in dicator is flashing in the front panel displa y . • Select “TUNER” as the input source to use the TUNER features in Zone 2. F or details about the TUNER operations, see “FM/AM tu[...]

Advanced setup 82 En This unit has additional menus that are displayed in the front panel display . The advanced setup menu of fers additional operations to adjust and customize the way this unit operates. Change the ini tial settings (indica ted in bold under each parameter) to re flect the needs of your listening en vironment. •O n l y A MAIN Z[...]

83 En Advanced setup English AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ SCENE IR code setting SCENE IR Use this feature to output the re mote control signals at the REMO TE OUT jac k automatically when this unit is in the SCENE mode. Choices: ON , OFF • Select “ON” when the co mponent connected to the REMO TE OUT jack is the Y a maha component and has the ca[...]

Troubleshooting 84 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[...]

85 En Troubleshooting English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Prob lem Cause Remed y See page The sound su ddenly goes off. The protect ion circuitr y has been act iv ated because of a short circu it, etc. Check that the imped ance settin g is corr ect. 23 Check that the speaker wir es are not t ouching eac h other and the n turn this uni t back on. — Th[...]

86 En Troubleshooting Problem Ca use Remedy See page Dolby Digital or DTS sources cannot be played. (Dolb y Digital or DTS indicator in the front panel display does not ligh t up.) The connecte d componen t is not se t to output Dolby Dig ital or DTS digital signals. Make an appropriat e setting fol lowing the operating instruct ions for your compo[...]

87 En Troubleshooting English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ T uner Prob lem Cause Remed y See page FM FM stereo r eception i s noisy . The charact eristics of FM stereo broadcas ts may cause th is problem when the transmitt er is too far awa y or the antenna input is poor . Check the a ntenna conn ections. 21 T ry using a hig h-quality di rectiona l [...]

88 En Troubleshooting ■ XM Satellite Radio If an operation takes longer than usual or an error occurs, one of the following messages ma y appear in the front panel display . In this c ase, read the caus e and follow the corresponding remedies. Status message Ca use Remedy See page CHECK XM TUNER The XM Mini-T uner is not installed in the XM Mini-[...]

89 En Troubleshooting English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ SIRIUS Satellite Radio 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. Status message Cause Remed y See page ANTENNA ERROR The antenna is [...]

90 En Troubleshooting ■ A UTO SETUP Before A UT O SETUP During A UT O SETUP Error message Cause Remedy See page Connect MIC! Optimizer microphone is not connected. Conne ct the supplied optimizer m icrophone to the OPTIMIZER MIC jac k on the front panel. 26 Unplug HP! Headphones a re connecte d. Unplug the h eadphones. — Error message Cause Rem[...]

91 En Troubleshooting English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION After A U T O SETUP • If the “ERR OR” or “W A RNING” screens appear s, check th e cause of the probl em, then run “AUT O 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 [...]

92 En Troubleshooting ■ Bluetooth Status message Ca use Remedy See page Searching... The Bluetooth adapter and the Blueto oth component is in the middle of the pai ring. The Bluetoot h adapter and the Blue tooth component is in the mi ddle of esta blishing the connec tion. Completed The paring is comple ted. Canceled The paring is canceled. BT co[...]

93 En Troubleshooting English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Remote contr ol ■ Resetting the syst em Use this feature to reset all the para meters of this unit to the initial fa ctory settings. 1 Press C SYSTEM OFF on the fr ont panel to set this unit to the standby mode. 2 Press and hold N TO N E C O N T RO L and then press A MAIN ZONE ON/OF F to t[...]

Glossary 94 En ■ Bi-amplifi cation connecti on A bi-amplification connection uses two amplif iers for a speaker . One amplifier is conne cted to the w oofer section of a loudspeaker while the other is connected to the combined mid and tweeter se ct ion. W ith this arrangement each amplifier operates over a restricted frequency range. This restric[...]

95 En Glossary English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Dolby Surr ound Dolby Surround uses a 4-channel analog recording system to reproduce realis tic and dynamic sound ef fects: 2 front left and right channels (stere o), a center channel for dialog (monaural), and a surround channel for special sound effects ( monaural). The surround channel reproduce[...]

96 En Glossary ■ SILENT CINEMA Y amaha has developed a natu ral, realistic sound ef fect DSP algorithm for hea dphones. Parameters for headphones ha ve been set for each sound f ield so that accurate representations of all the sound field programs can be enjoyed on headphones. ■ S-video signal W ith the S-video signal system, th e video signal [...]

Specifications 97 En English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION A U DIO SECTION • Minimum RMS Outpu t Pow er for Front, C enter , Su rround, Surround B ack [U.S.A. and C anada models ] 1 kHz, 0.9% THD, 8 Ω .................... ....................... ........... 90 W [Other models] 1 kHz, 0.9% THD, 6 Ω .................... ................... ..........[...]

INDEX 98 En ■ Symbols <XM> - - -, XM tuning status me ssage ............... 88 ■ Numerics 1 SOUND MENU, Manual setup ........ 63 2 INPUT MENU, Manual setup .......... 63 2ch Stereo, Sound f ield program ......... 40 3 OPTION MENU ....... ............. ........... 73 3 OPTION MENU, Manual setup ....... 64 7ch Stereo, Sound f ield program .[...]

Index 99 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English E)XM RADIO SET, Option menu ......................... ........... 75 E-1:NO FRONT SP, Auto setup error message ................ 90 E-2:NO SURR.SP, Auto setup error message ................ 90 E-3:SBR->SBL, Auto setup error message ................ 90 E-4:NOISY, Auto setup error message ................[...]

Index 100 En Parameter initialization, Option menu ............... ................ ..... 74 PARENTAL LOCK, SIRIUS Satellite Radio setting .. ............. ................ ..... 75 PCM indicator .............. ................ ........ 24 PHONES jack ........ ............... ............. .. 37 Play informa tion display, iPod controlling .........[...]

Index 101 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ X XM ANTENNA, XM Radio setting ............ ................ . 75 XM Mini-Tuner Dock ......... ................ . 48 XM Radio antenna, XM Radio setting ............ ................ . 75 XM Radio setting, Option menu ......................... ........... 75 XM Satellite Radio tuning ........... .....[...]

i ■ Front pa nel/Face a v ant SPEAKERS PHONES SILENT CINEMA A/B/OFF l PRESET/TUNING/CH h CATEGOR Y A/B/C/D/E BAND ZONE 2 ON/OFF EDIT SEARCH MODE PRESET/TUNING MEMORY ZONE CONTROL INFO TUNING AUTO/MAN'L OPTIMIZER MIC AUDIO SELECT DIRECT STRAIGHT EFFECT TONE CONTROL l INPUT h l PROGRAM h VOLUME SCENE 123 4 VIDEO L AUDIO R VIDEO AUX MAIN ZONE P[...]

ii APPENDIX ■ Remote control/Boîtier de téléco mmande REC SUR. DECODE NIGHT STRAIGHT DIRECT PARAMETER MUL TI CH IN AUDIO SEL SLEEP ENHANCER l PROG h TV MUTE TV INPUT TV VOL TV CH PO WER AMP ST ANDBY PO WER MUTE PO WER 8 10 7 0 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 ENT DVD V -A UX/DOCK BC DTV/CBL DVR CD MD/CD-R TUNER SRCH MODE MENU VOLUME TITLE ENTER BAND LEVEL DISPLA[...]

iii List of remote control codes Liste des codes de commande Blu-ray play er Samsung 2137 CD play er Y amaha 5000, 5013 CD Recorder Y amaha 5001 DV D Acoustic Solutions 2078 Aiwa 2055, 2100 Akai 2096 Akura 2076 Alba 2078, 20 86 Apex 2027, 2049 A wa 2078 Axion 2078 Brainwav e 2096 Brandt 2073, 2085 Brokso nic 2060 Bush 2075, 2078, 2112 Centrex 2077 [...]

iv APPENDIX Agazi 0206 A GB 0204 Aiko 0127, 0200, 0207, 0208 Aiwa 0028, 0139, 0229, 0237 Akai 0059, 0065, 01 27, 0129, 0130, 0200, 0204, 0208, 0209, 0213, 0217, 0218, 0255 Akiba 0209, 0218 Akura 0206, 0209, 0218 Alaron 0200 Alba 0200, 020 7, 0208, 0209, 0217, 0218 ALBIRAL 0212 Allstar 0213 Amplivision 0207 Amstrad 0204, 0206, 0208, 0209, 0218 Amtro[...]

v Kolster 0213 Konka 0209, 0218 Korpel 0213, 02 17 Korting 0205 Ko yoda 0208 KTV 0062, 0127, 0207 Kyoto 0200, 0212 Lenco 0208 Lenoir 0207, 0208 Lesa 0214 Leyco 0206, 0213, 0217 LG 001 6, 0038, 0039, 0127, 0128, 0157, 0158, 0163, 0164, 0166, 0188, 0189, 0200, 0201, 0207, 0208, 0210, 0213, 0214, 0215, 0217 Liesenk 0217 Life 0206, 0208 Lifetec 0206, 0[...]

vi APPENDIX Sylvania 0060, 0061, 0063, 0080, 0134, 0142, 0148 Symphonic 0062, 008 0 Sysline 0217 Sytong 0200 T andy 0127, 0207, 0209, 0211, 0218 T ashiko 0200, 0207, 0210 T atung 0127, 0204, 0207, 0213, 0217, 0237 TCM 0206, 0208 T eac 0127 T ec 0207, 020 8, 0214, 0215 T echwood 0060, 0061 T ek nika 0058, 0060, 0061, 0062 T ele avia 0216 T el ecor 0[...]

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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. ■ Front panel/F ace avant HTR-6150 UC SPEAKERS PHONES SILENT CINEMA A/B/OFF l PRESET/TUNING/CH h CA TEGORY A/B/C/D/E BAND ZONE 2 ON/OFF EDIT SEARCH MODE PRESET/TUNING MEMORY ZONE CONTROL[...]

■ Remote contr ol/Boîtier de télécommande REC SUR. DECODE NIGHT STRAIGHT DIRECT PARAMETER MUL TI CH IN AUDIO SEL SLEEP ENHANCER l PROG h TV MUTE TV INPUT TV VOL TV CH PO WER AMP ST ANDBY PO WER MUTE PO WER 8 10 7 0 9 6 5 4 3 2 1 ENT DVD V -A UX/DOCK BC DTV/CBL DVR CD MD/CD-R TUNER SRCH MODE MENU VOLUME TITLE ENTER BAND LEVEL DISPLA Y RETURN ME[...]