Yamaha RX-V750 manual

YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUEN A PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBO ROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CAN ADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG , F.R. OF GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB O[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS i • 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 persons. The[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ii 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 product does[...]

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. iii 1 T o assure the finest p erformance, please read this manual carefully . Keep it in a safe place for future reference. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, co ol, dry , clean place — away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or co ld. Allow ventilation[...]

1 English PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA TION SOUND FIELD PROGRAM S AD V ANCED OPERA TION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION FEATU RES . ............ .......... ............ .......... ............ .... 2 GETTING STARTED ... .......... ............ ............ ....... 3 Supplied accessories ........... ............... ............. ........... 3 In[...]

FEATURES 2 Built-in 7-channel power amplifier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (0.06% THD, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 8 Ω ) Front: 100 W + 100 W Center: 100 W Surround: 100 W + 100 W Surround back: 100 W + 100 W Sound field features ◆ Proprietary Y AMAHA technology for the creation of sound fields ◆ Dolby Digita l/Dolb y Digital EX decoder ◆ DTS/DTS-ES[...]

GETTING STARTED 3 English INTRODUCTION Please check t hat you recei ved all of the following parts. 1 Press the part and slide the battery compartment cover off. 2 Inser t four supplied batteries (AAA, R03, UM-4) accor ding to the polarity m arkings (+ and –) on the inside of the battery compartment. 3 Slide the cover back unt il it sn aps into p[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 4 1 ST AND BY/ON T urns on this unit or sets it to the standby mode. When you turn on this unit, you will hear a click and ther e will be a 4 to 5-second delay before this unit can reproduce sound. In standby mo de, this unit consumes a small amount of power in order to receive infrared-signa ls from the remote control. 2 OPT[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 5 English INTRODUCTION A PHONES (SILENT CINEMA) jack Outputs audio signals for pri v ate listening with headphones. When you connec t headphones, no sign als are output to the OUTPUT jacks or to the speakers. All Dolby Digital and DTS au dio signals are mix ed down to the left and right headphone channels. B SPEAKERS A/B T ur[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 6 This section describes the func tion of each control o n the remote control used to contro l this unit. T o operate other components, see “REMO TE CONTR OL FEA TURES” on page 62. 1 Infrared windo w Outputs infrared control signals. Aim this window at the component you want to operate. 2 TRANSMIT indicator Flashes while [...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 7 English INTRODUCTION F MUL TI CH IN Selects MUL TI CH INPUT when using an exter nal decoder (etc.). G SELECT k / n Selects another component that you can co ntrol independently of the input co mponent selected with the input selector buttons. H AMP Selects the AMP mode. Y ou must sel ect the AMP mode to control the main uni[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 8 The remote c ontrol transmits a directional infrared beam. Be sure to aim the remote control directly at the remote control sensor on the main unit during operation. ■ Handling the remote contr ol • Do not spill w ater or ot her liquids on the remote control. • Do not drop the remote control. • Do not leav e or stor[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 9 English INTRODUCTION 1 Decoder indicator s When any of this u nit’ s decode rs function, the respecti v e indicator lights up. 2 SILENT CINEMA indicator Lights up when headphones ar e connected and a sound field pro gram is selected (see page 32). 3 NIGHT indica tor Lights up when you select night listening mode. 4 Input [...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 10 K 96/24 indicator Lights up when a DTS 96/24 signal is input to this unit. L LFE indicator Lights up when the input signa l contains the LFE signal. M Input ch annel indicator s Indicate the channel compo nen ts of the current digital input signal. N Presence and surround bac k speaker indicators Indicate the connect ion o[...]

CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 11 English INTRODUCTION 1 DIGIT AL INPUT jacks See pages 17, 19 and 20 for details. 2 A udio component jac ks See page 20 for connection information. 3 Video component jac ks See pages 17 and 19 for connection information. 4 Antenna terminals See page 22 for connection information. 5 PRESENCE/ZONE 2 speaker terminals (U .S.A.[...]

SPEAKER SETUP 12 The speaker layout belo w sho ws the standard ITU-R speaker setting. Y ou can use it to e njoy CINEMA DSP and multi-channel audio sources. Fr ont speaker s (FR and FL) The front speakers are used fo r the main source sound plus effect sounds. Place these spea kers an equal distance from the ideal listeni ng position. The distanc e [...]

13 English SPEAKER SE TUP PREP ARA TION Be sure to connect the lef t channel (L), right channel (R), “+” (red) and “–” (black) properly . If the connections are faulty , no sound will be heard from the speakers, and if the polarity of the speaker connect ions is incorrect, the sound will be unnatural and lack bass. • If y ou will use 6 [...]

14 SPEAKER SETUP FRONT SUB WOOFER FRONT A B CENTER PRE OUT SURROUND SURROUND BACK PRESENCE /ZONE 2 SPEAKERS SURROUND CENTER SURROUND BACK 23 1 6 7 10 9 8 4 5 Subwoofer system Center speaker Fron t speaker s (A) Surround back speakers Left Right Left Right Surround speakers Front speaker s (B) (U .S.A. model) Left Right Left Right Presence sp eaker [...]

15 English SPEAKER SE TUP PREP ARA TION ■ FRONT terminals Connect one or two speak er systems to these terminals. If you use only one speaker system , connect it to either the FR ONT A or B terminals. The Canada model cannot output to two separate speak er systems simultaneously . ■ CENTER terminals Connect a center speak er to these terminals.[...]

CONNECTIONS 16 Do not connect this unit or other components to the mains power until all connections between components are complete. ■ Cable indication s ■ Analog jac ks Y ou can input analog signals from audio components by connecting audio pin ca ble to the analog jacks on this unit. Connect red plugs to the right jacks and white plugs to th[...]

17 English CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connections f or D VD pla yback Connecting video components AUDIO DVD DVD COAXIAL DVD VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO MONITOR OUT DVD COMPONENT VIDEO P R P B Y VIDEO S VIDEO MONITOR OUT DIGIT AL INPUT L R C O DVD p l a ye r Video monitor (U .S.A. model) Optical ou t V ideo out Audio out V ideo in Coaxial ou t 00_RXV750_[...]

18 CONNECTIONS ■ Connecting to the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks This unit is equipped with 8 additional input jacks (left and right FR ONT, CENT ER, left and right SURR OUND, left and right SURR OUND B A CK and SUB WOOFER) for discrete mul ti-channel input from a multi -format player , external decoder , sound processor or pre-amplif ier . Connect the o[...]

19 English CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connections f or other video components ■ VIDEO A UX jacks (on the fr ont panel) Use these jacks to connect an y video source, such as a game console or video camer a, to this uni t. AUDIO DIGIT AL INPUT DVD OPTICAL DTV/CBL VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO DTV /CBL COMPONENT VIDEO DTV /CBL IN VCR 1 OUT O L R L R L R Ca[...]

20 CONNECTIONS ■ Connections f or audio components ■ Connecting a turntab le PHONO jacks are for connecting a turntable with an MM or high-output MC cartridge. If you hav e a turntable with a low-output MC cartridge, use an in-line boosting transformer or MC-head ampl ifier when con necting to these jacks. y Connect your turntable to the GND te[...]

21 English CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connecting to an ext ernal amplifier If you want to increase the power output to the speakers, or want to use another ampl if ier , connect an external amplifi er to the PRE OUT jacks as follow s. • When audio pin plug s are connect e d to the PRE OUT jacks for output to an external amplifier , do not make[...]

22 CONNECTIONS Both AM and FM indoor antennas are included with this unit. In general, these ante nnas should pr ovide suf ficient signal strength. Connect ea ch antenna correctly to the designated terminals. ■ Connecting the AM loop ant enna 1 Set up the AM loop ante nna, then connect it to the terminals on this unit. 2 Press and hold the tab to[...]

23 English CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connecting the A C power cor d Plug the po wer cord into an A C wall outlet. ■ A C OUTLET(S) (SWITCHED) U.K. and Australia models ........ ........... .......... 1 OUTLET K orea model ... ........... ........... ......... ........... ......... ........ None Other models ...... ............ ........... ....[...]

24 CONNECTIONS ■ IMPED ANCE SELECT O R switc h Do not change the setting of the IMPED ANCE SELECTOR switch when the unit power is switched on, as doing so may damage the unit. If this unit fails to turn on when ST ANDBY/ON is pressed on either the front panel or remote control, the IMPED ANCE SELE CTOR switch may not be fully slid to either posit[...]

25 English CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION When all connec tions are complete, turn on the po wer of this unit. 1 Press ST ANDBY/ON (SYSTEM PO WER on the remote control) to turn on the power of th is unit. 2 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. T urning on the power AUTO/MAN'L MONO S VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL L AUDIO R MAN'L/AUTO FM LE[...]

AUTO SETUP 26 This receiv er employs Y AMAHA Parametric Room Acoustic Optimize r (YP A O) technology which lets you av oid troublesome listening-based speak er setup and achiev es highly accu rate sound adjustments. The supplied optimizer microphone collects and analyzes the sound your speakers produce in y our actual listening en vironment. • Pl[...]

27 English AUTO SETUP PREP ARA TION For best results, make sure th e room is as quiet as possible during the auto setup proced ure (YP A O). If there is too much ambient noise, the results may not be satisf actory . y If your subwoof er has adjustable volume and crosso ver/high cut frequency controls, set the volum e between 9 and 11 o’clock (as [...]

28 AUTO SETUP 8 Use the cursor b uttons to display the results. • Press u / d to display information about indi vidual results. • Press j / i to switch betwe en each result list. 9 When finish ed, press SEL ECT. The RESUL T :E XIT screen appears. 10 Press u / d to select SET or CANCEL. SET T o apply the auto setup (YP A O) settings. CANCEL T o [...]

29 English AUTO SETUP PREP ARA TION ■ If a warning screen appear s 1 Press j / i to display detailed inf ormation about each warning. For detail s about each message, see page 30. y W arnings let you know about potential problems detected during auto setup. W arnings will not cancel the auto setup. 2 When you are fini shed, press SELECT. The RESU[...]

30 AUTO SETUP ■ T roubleshooting f or auto setup procedure Before auto setup Error s during auto setup Press SELECT to display detailed info rmation about indi vidual errors. Press j / i to switch between error messages. W arnings after auto setup Press j / i to display detailed information about indi vidual warnings. • If the ERROR or W ARNING[...]

PLAYBACK 31 English BAS I C OPERA TION 1 Press ST ANDBY/ON (SYSTEM PO WER on the remote control) to turn on the po wer . 2 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 3 Press SPEAKERS A or B on the front panel. Each press turns the respectiv e speakers on or of f. 4 Select the input source. Use INPUT (or press one of the input selector b ut[...]

32 PLAYBACK 7 Select a sou nd field program if desired. Use PR OGRAM (or press AMP to select the AMP mode, then press one of the so und fi eld program buttons repeatedly) to se lect a sound field program. See page 45 for details a bout sound field programs. T o listen with head phones (SILENT CINEMA) “SILENT CINEMA” allows you to enjoy multi-ch[...]

33 English PLAYBACK BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Selecting MUL TI CH INPUT Press MUL TI CH INPUT so that “MUL TI CH INPUT” appears in the front panel display and video monito r . MULTI CH INPUT When “MUL TI CH INPUT” is shown in the front panel display , no other source can be played. T o select another input source with INPUT (or one of the inpu[...]

34 PLAYBACK ■ Remote contr ol operation Press AMP to select th e AMP mode, then press one of the sound field program buttons repeatedly to select the desired program. The name of the selected pr ogram appears in the front panel display . y Choose a sound f ield program based on yo ur listening pref erence, and not on th e name of the program. •[...]

35 English PLAYBACK BAS I C OPERA TION • Some 6.1-channel compatible discs do not ha ve a signal (flag ) which this unit can automatically detect. When playing these kinds of discs with 6.1-channel, select a decoder (PLIIx Movie, PLIIx Music , EX/ES or EX) m anually . • 6.1-channel playback is not pos sible ev en if EX/ES is pressed in the foll[...]

36 PLAYBACK ■ Listening to high fidelity ster eo sound (PURE DIRECT) PURE DIRECT allows you to bypass this unit’ s decoders and DSP processors, and turn of f th e video circuitry and front panel display to enjoy pure high fi delity sound from analog and PCM sources. Press PURE DIRECT to activate pure direct. The indicator around the fr ont pane[...]

37 English PLAYBACK BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Downmixing to 2 c hannels Y ou can enjoy 2-chann el stereo playback e ven from multi- channel sources. Rotate PROGRAM (or press STEREO on the remote control) to select 2ch Stereo. 2ch Stereo y Y ou can use a subwoofer with this program when SWFR or BO TH is selected in “BASS OUT”. ■ Listening to unpr[...]

38 PLAYBACK • When you play DTS-encoded CD/L Ds with the input mode set to A UTO: – This unit automatically switc hes to the DTS decoding mode. The unit remains in DTS mode (and the t indicator may flash) for up to 30 seconds after playback of the DTS source is complete. T o manually r eleas e the DTS mode, pres s INPUT MODE to reselect A UTO. [...]

TUNING 39 English BAS I C OPERA TION There are 2 tuning methods ; automatic and manual. Automatic tuning is ef fecti ve when station signals are strong and there is no in terference. ■ A utomatic tuning 1 Rotate INPUT to selec t TUNER as the input source. 2 Press FM/AM to select the reception band. “FM” or “AM” appears in the front panel [...]

40 TUNING ■ Manual tuning If the signal from the station you want to select is weak, tune into it manually . Manually tuning into an FM stati on will automatical ly switch the tuner to monaural re ception to increase the signal qualit y . 1 Select TUNER and the reception band follo wing steps 1 and 2 as described in “A utomatic tuning”. 2 Pre[...]

41 English TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION 3 Press and hold MEMORY (MAN’L/A UTO FM) for more than 3 seconds. The preset number , the MEMOR Y and A UTO indicators flash. After about 5 seconds, automatic presetting starts from the frequency currently displayed and proceeds to ward the higher frequencies. When automatic pr eset tuning is complete d, the f[...]

42 TUNING 4 Press PRESET/TUNING l / h to select a preset station number (1 through 8) while the MEMOR Y indicato r is flashing. Press h to select a higher preset station number . Press l to select a l o wer preset station n umber . 5 Press MEMOR Y (MAN’L/A UTO FM) on the front panel while the M EMOR Y indicator is flashing. The station band and f[...]

43 English TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can exchange the assignmen t of tw o preset stations with each other . The exam ple below describes the procedure for exchanging pres et station “E1” with “A5”. 1 Select pres et station “E1 ” using A/B/ C/D/E and PRESET/TUNING l / h . See “Selecting preset st ations”. 2 Press and hold PRESET[...]

RECORDING 44 Recording adjustments a nd other operations are performed from the recording components. Refer to the operating instructions for those components. 1 T urn on the power of th is unit and al l connected c omponents. 2 Select the source component y ou want to record fr om. 3 Start playback (or select a br oadcast station) on the source co[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS 45 English SOUND FIELD PROGRAM S This unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital de coders that allo w you to enjo y multichannel playback from almost any sound sour ce (stereo or mu ltichannel). This unit is also equipped with a Y AMAHA digital sound f ield processing (DSP) chip containing se veral sound fi[...]

46 SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS DOLBY DIGITAL : SUR. STANDARD Standard 5. 1-channel p rocessing for Dolby Digital s ources. MUL TI DOLBY DIGITAL : SUR. ENHANCED CINEMA DSP enh anced proc essing for Dolb y Digita l sources. q D+PLIIx Movie : SUR. STANDARD Standard 6. 1/7.1-chann el processi ng (Dolby Pro Lo gic IIx Movie) for Dolby Digital so ur[...]

47 English SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS SOUND FIELD PROGRAM S * Y ou can select either Pr o Logic IIx or Pro Logic II processing using the P LII/PLIIx parameter on page 78. PRO LOGIC : SUR. STANDARD Standard pr ocessing f or Dolby Surround s ources. 2-CH PRO LOGIC : SUR. ENHANCED CINEMA DSP enh anced prece ssing for D olby Surround so urces. PR[...]

48 SOUND FIELD PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS Y ou can select from the following sound f i elds when playing music sources, like CD, FM/AM broadcasting, tapes, etc. * Y ou can select ei ther Pro Logi c IIx or Pro Logic II processing us ing the PLI I/PLIIx pa rameter on pag e 78. For music sources Program Features Sources CONCERT HALL HiFi DSP proce ssing. A [...]

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 49 English AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can display this unit’ s operating information on a video monitor . If you display the SET MENU and sound field pro gram parameter settings on a monitor , it is much easier to see the av ailable opti ons and parameters than it is by reading this information on the front panel display . 1 T[...]

50 ADVANCED OPERATIONS ■ Canceling the sleep timer Press SLEEP rep eatedly until “SLEEP OFF” appears in the front panel display . After a few seconds, “SLEEP OFF” disappears, and the SLEEP indicator goes off. y The sleep timer setting can also be c anceled by pressing ST ANDBY on the remote control (or ST ANDBY/ON on the front panel) to s[...]

51 English ADVANCED OPERATIONS AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can use the test tone fe ature to manually balance your speaker lev els. Please note that this operation will override the le vel adjustm ents made in “A UTO SETUP” (page 26), “SPEAKER LEVEL” (page 56) and “Manually adjusting speaker le v els” (page 50). Use the te st tone to set[...]

SET MENU 52 Y ou can use the follo wing parameters in SET MENU to adjust a v ariety of system settings and customize the way this unit operates. Change the ini tial settings (indicated in bold under ea ch parameter) to reflect the needs of your listening en vironment. ■ A UTO SETUP Use to specify which speaker paramete rs auto setup will adju st,[...]

53 English SET MENU AD V ANCED OPERA TION Use the remote control to acce ss and adjust each parameter . y Y ou can change SET M ENU para meters while the unit is reproducing sound . Y ou cannot change some SET M ENU parameters while the unit is in either cinema or music ni ght listening mode. 1 Press AMP. 2 Press SET MENU. 3 Press u / d to select M[...]

54 SET MENU Use to manually adjust any sp ea ker setting or compensate for video signal processin g delays when using LCD monitors or projectors. Most of the SOUND MENU parameters are set aut omatica lly when you run auto setup (see page 26). ■ Speaker set A)SPEAKER SET Use to manually adjust any speak er setting. y If you are not satisfied with [...]

55 English SET MENU AD V ANCED OPERA TION Surround back speakers SURR B L/R SP Choices: NONE, SMLx1, SMLx2 , LRGx1, LRGx2 • Select NONE if you do not ha ve a surround back speaker . The unit directs all of the surround back channel signal to the surroun d left and right speakers. • Select SMLx1 if you ha ve a small surround back speaker . The l[...]

56 SET MENU Subw oofer phase SUB WOOFER PHASE If bass sounds are lacking or unclear , use this feature to switch the phase of your subw oofer . Choices: NORMAL , REVERSE • Select NORMAL if you do not want to re verse the phase of your subw oofer . • Select REVERSE to re verse the phase of your subwoofer . ■ Speaker le vel B)S PEAKER LEVEL Use[...]

57 English SET MENU AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Center graphic equalizer D)CENTER GEQ Use this feature to adjust the built-in 5-band graphic equalizer for the center channel so that the tonal quality of the center speak er matches that of the front speak ers. Y ou can make adjustments li stening to t he currently selected source component or a test t[...]

58 SET MENU Dialog lift DIALG.LIFT Use to turn on and off the DIALG.LIFT parameter (see page 78). This parame ter adjust s the height of the front and center channel sounds (dialog, v ocals, etc.) b y assigning some of the front an d center channel elements to the presence speak ers. Choices: OFF , ON • Select OFF to turn of f DIALG.LIFT ef fect.[...]

59 English SET MENU AD V ANCED OPERA TION For CO AXIAL INPUT jacks 5 and 6 Choices: CD, V -A UX, DTV/CBL, VCR 1, MD/CD-R, D VD, PHONO, DVR/VCR2 • Y ou cannot select a specific item more than once for the same type of jack. • When you connect a component to both the COAXIAL and OPTICAL jacks, prior ity is giv en to the input signals from the COA[...]

60 SET MENU Use to adjust the optional system parameters. ■ Displa y set A )DISPLAY SET Dimmer DIMMER Use to adjust the brightne ss of the front panel display . Choices: –4 to 0 Video con version V CONV. Use this feature to turn on/off con version of composite (VIDEO) signals to both S- V ideo and component signals. This allows you to output co[...]

61 English SET MENU AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ P arameter initialization C)PARAM. IN I Use this feature to initialize the parameters for each sound fie l d program within a sound fiel d program group. When you initialize a sound fie l d program group, all of the parameter values within that group rev ert to their initial settings. Press the correspo[...]

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 62 In addition to controlling this unit, th e remote control can also operate other A/V compone nts made by Y AMAHA and other manufacturers. T o contro l other components, you must set up remote c ontrol with the appropriate manufacturer codes. This remote con trol also has a l earn feature which a llo ws the remote to acqui[...]

63 English REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can control other co mponents b y setting the appropriate manufacturer code s. Codes can be set up for each input area. The follow ing table sho ws the factory preset component (Library: component category ) and the manufacturer code for each area. Y ou may not be able to oper ate your Y[...]

64 REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 4 Press one of the buttons shaded below to see if you can contr ol y our component. If y ou can, the m anufact urer code is corre ct. y • If the manufactu rer of your component has more than on e codes, try each of them un til you find the correct one. • If you continuously w ant to set up a code for another component[...]

65 English REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION Once you set the appropriate manufacturer codes, you can use this remote to control your other components. Note that some b uttons may not correct ly operate th e selected component. Use the input sele ctor buttons to select the component you want to operate. The remote control automatically [...]

66 REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES If you want to program functi ons not included in the basic operations cov ered by the manufacturer code, or an appropriate manufacturer co de is not a v ailable, do the follow ing. Y ou can program any of the bu ttons av ailable in the component control area (s ee pag e 62). The buttons can be programmed independen tly f[...]

67 English REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION • “NG” appears in the display window if prog ramming was unsuccessful. In this case, start over from step 5. • This remote contr ol can lear n approximately 120 functions. Howe ver depending on the signals learne d, “FULL” may appear in the display before you program 1 20 function[...]

68 REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES Y ou can clear all changes made in each function set, such as learned functions, rename d source names and setup manufacturer codes. 1 Press CLEAR by using a ballpoint pen or similar object. y Complete each of the following steps in 30 seconds. Other wise, the learning mode will be automatically canceled. In this case, pr[...]

69 English REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Clearing a learned function Y ou can clear the function learned in a certain programmed bu tton in each area. 1 Press an input selector button to select the source component contai ning the function yo u want to clear . The selected component name appears in the display window . 2 Press L[...]

ZONE 2 (U.S.A., CANADA AND AUSTRALIA MODELS ONLY) 70 This unit allows you to conf igure a mult i-room audio system. Y ou can control th is unit from the second room usin g the supplied remote control. Y ou need the follo wing additional equipment to use the multi-room functions of this unit: • An infrared signal receiv er in the second room. • [...]

71 English ZONE 2 (U.S.A., CANADA AND AUSTRALIA MODELS ONLY) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Using this unit’ s internal amplifier T o use this unit’ s internal amplif ier , set “Z ONE2 AMP” to ON in SET MENU (see page 61). The supplied remote control ca n be used to control Zone 2. Y ou can ev en select th e input source and control components locat[...]

72 ZONE 2 (U.S.A., CANADA AND AUSTRALIA MODELS ONLY) 3 Press an input selector button to select the input sour ce yo u want to listen to in the second room. The display window sho ws “2: name of selected input” if the remote contro l is in the Zone 2 mode. 4 Y ou can co ntrol Zone 2 using the input selector , ST ANDBY, SYSTEM PO WER, MUTE and V[...]

EDITING SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS 73 English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION 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 “live”, these reflections enable us to t ell where the p layer is situated, and the size and shape of the room in wh ich we [...]

74 EDITING SOUND FIELD PARAMETERS 4 Press u / d to select the parameters. 5 Press j / i to change the parameter value. When you set a p arameter to a value other than the factory-set v alue, an asterisk mark (*) appe ars by the parameter name on the front panel display . 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 as necessar y to change other program parameters. Y[...]

SOUND FIELD PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS 75 English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Y ou can adjust the values of certain di gital sound field parameters so the sound fi elds are recreated accurately in your listening room. Not all of the following parameters are found in e very pro gram. ■ DSP LEVEL Function: This parameter adjusts the level of al l the DSP e[...]

76 SOUND FIELD PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS ■ LIVENESS Function: This parameter adjusts the r eflecti vity of t he virtual w alls in the hall b y changing the rate at which the early reflec tions decay . Description: The early re flections of a sound source decay much faster in a room with acous tically absorbent wall surfaces than in one which has hig[...]

77 English SOUND FIELD PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ REV .TIME (Re verberat ion time) Function: This parameter adjusts the am ount of time it takes for the dense, subsequent re v erberation sound to decay by 60 dB (at 1 kHz). This changes the appa rent size of the acoustic environment o ver an extremely wide range. Description:[...]

78 SOUND FIELD PARAMETER DESCRIPTIONS ■ DIALG.LIFT (Dialog lift) Function: This parameter adjusts the hei ght of the front and center channel s ounds b y assigning some of the front and center cha nnel elements to the presence spe akers. Description: The larger the parame ter , the higher the position of the front and center ch annel sound. Choic[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 79 English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Refer to the chart belo w when this unit does not function prope rly . If the problem you are experiencing is not listed belo w or if the instruction belo w does not help , set this unit to the standby mode, di sconnect the po wer cord, and contact the nearest authorized Y AMAHA de aler or service [...]

80 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Cause Remedy Ref er to page The sound suddenly goes off. The protec tion circuit ry has been acti v ated because of a short cir cuit, etc. Check th at the impe dance selec tor setti ng is correct . 24 Check th at the speaker wi res are no t touching each other and then turn t his unit back on. — The sleep ti mer has tur[...]

81 English TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Prob lem Cause Remedy Refer to page Dolby Digital or DTS sources cannot be played. (Dolb y Digital or DTS indicator on the front panel display does not light up.) The conne cted compon ent is not set to output Dolby Digital or DTS digital signals. Make an appropr iate sett ing following th e operat[...]

82 TROUBLESHOOTING ■ T uner Problem Cause Remedy Ref er to page There is noise interference from digital or high- frequency equipment, or this unit. This unit is too cl ose to the digit al or high- frequency equip ment. Move this unit furt her away from such eq uipment. — The picture is disturbed. The video so urce uses s crambled or encoded si[...]

83 English TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Remote contr ol Prob lem Cause Remedy Refer to page The remote con trol does not work nor function properly . Wrong distan ce or angle. The remote control will function wit hin a maximum range of 6 m (20 ft) an d no more tha n 30 degrees off- axis from the front panel. 8 Direct sunl ight or lig[...]

RESETTING THE FACTORY PRE SETS 84 If you want to reset all of your unit’ s parameters for any reason, do the follo wing. This procedure completely reset s ALL parameters, including th e SET MENU, lev el, assign and tuner presets. Be sure this unit is in standb y mode. 1 Hold down STRAIGHT (EFFE CT) on the fr ont panel and press ST ANDBY/ON. “F [...]

GLOSSARY 85 English ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is a digital surround sound system that giv es you completely independent mu lti-channel audio. W ith 3 front channels (left, center , and right), and 2 surround stereo channels, Dolb y Digita l pro vides 5 full-range audio channels. W ith an additional channel especially f[...]

86 GLOSSARY ■ CINEMA DSP Since the Dolby Surround and DTS systems were originally designed for use in movie theaters, their effect is best felt in a theater ha vi ng many speak ers and designed for acoustic effects. Since home conditions , such as room size, wall material, number of speak ers, and so on, can diff er so widely , it’ s inevitable[...]

87 English GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Component video signal W ith the component video signal system, the video signal is separated into the Y signa l for the luminance and the P B and P R signals for the chromi nance. Co lor can be reproduced more faithfully with this system because each of these signals is indepen d ent. The component s[...]

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