Yamaha RX-Z11 manuale d’uso

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 , GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB OURG 7731[...]

2 En Front panel MASTER MAIN ZONE INPUT ON OFF MIC OPTIMIZER AUDI O SELECT SPEAKERS AB YP AO SILENT CINEMA PHONES ON/OFF PURE DIRECT VOLUME MUL TI ZONE STRAIGHT TUNING MODE ZONE ON/OFF MENU TONE CONTROL ZONE CONTROLS REC OUT/ ZONE 2 MEMORY BAND EDIT PRESET/TUNING EFFECT DISPLA Y MAN'L/AUTO SEARCH MODE PUSH ENTER PROGRAM R L OPTICAL HDMI IN USB[...]

3 En Remote contr ol AMP TV SOURCE ZONE MODE SELECT SETUP ID MACR O 4 3 SYSTEM MEMOR Y V OLUME DV D C D V- AU X MUL TI AV TV PHONO CD-R PO WER ST ANDBY PO WER PO WER DTV D VR VCR DOCK TUNER XM BD HD D VD MD TA P E CBL SA T NET USB REC SRCH MODE LEVEL BAND MENU TITLE CLASSICAL 1 CLASSICAL 2 LIVE/CLUB ENTERT AIN MEMOR Y PC/MCX RETURN DISPLA Y PRESET/[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 4 En • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol, w ithin an equ ilateral triangle, is intended to alert you to t he presence of u ninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of suff i cient magnitude to constitut e a risk of electric shock to pers[...]

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 5 En 1 T o assure the f inest performance, pl ease read this manual carefully . K eep it in a safe place for future reference. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry , clean place – away from direct sunlight, heat s ources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. Allow v entilat[...]

6 En Notices ........ ............ .......... ............ ............ ......... ............. ......... ..... 8 Features ........ ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... ............ .......... 10 Getting start ed ............ .......... ............ ......... ............ ............ ........ 11 Quick start gu ide .........[...]

Contents 7 En Preparation Introd uction Basic Operation Internal Sour ce Operation Adv a nced Operation Additi onal Information Advanced so und configur ations ........ ............ ......... ............ ..... 86 Selecting decode rs ...................... ................ ................ ............ ....... 86 Selecting decoders for 2-channel so[...]

8 En Manufactured under licen se from Dolby Laboratori es. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double- D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent No’ s: 5,451,942;5, 956,674;5,974, 380;5,978,762 ;6,226,616;6, 487,535 & other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS is a regi stere[...]

Intr oduction Features ................... ................. ................................ ................. ........... 10 Getting star ted ........ ................. ................................ ................. ........... 11 Supplied accessories ....... ......................................................... ..........................[...]

10 En Built-in 11-channel po wer amplifier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.04% THD, 8 Ω ) Front: 140 W + 140 W Center: 140 W Surround: 140 W + 140 W Surround back: 140 W + 140 W Front presence: 50 W + 50 W Rear presence: 50 W + 50 W Sound field pr ograms ☞ P . 58 ◆ Proprietary Y amaha technology for the creation of sound fie[...]

11 En Introd uction Check that you re cei ved all of the follo wing parts. The form of the supplied accessories varies depending on the models. ■ Installing batteries in the remote control 1 T a ke off the battery compartment cover . 2 Insert the four supplied batteries (AAA, LR03) according to the pol arity markings (+ and –) on the inside of [...]

Getting started 12 En The remote c ontrol transmits a directiona l infrared ray . Be sure to aim the remote control directly at the remote control sensor on this unit during operation. 6 LIGHT Lights up the remote control buttons and the display window ( 4 ). Display window ( 4 ) [1] ID1/ID2 indicator Indicates the currently sele cted remote contro[...]

13 En Introd uction The following step s describe the easiest way to enjoy Blu-ray Disc/HD D VD movie pl ayback in your home theater . See pages 21 to 25 for detail s of the speaker placement. In these steps, you need the following supplied accessory . ❏ Po w e r c a b l e The follo wing items are not included in the package of this unit. ❏ Spe[...]

Quick start guide 14 En Place your speakers in the room and connect them to this unit. For other speaker configurations If you want to connect less than 11 speakers and 2 subwoofers, connect the speakers as follo ws. Step 1: Set up your speakers Front left Front right Center Surround left Surround right Surround back left Surround back right Front [...]

Quick start g uide 15 En Introd uction 10 0 10 0 Surround left speaker Front left spea ker Right subwoofer Left subwoofer Surround bac k left speaker Left rear presence speaker Left front presence speaker Be sure to connect the left channe l (L), right channel (R), “+” (red line) and “–” (white line) pro perly . Check the impedance of the[...]

Quick start guide 16 En 1 Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI output jack of your Blu-ra y Disc/HD DVD pla yer and the BD/HD DVD HDMI IN 1 jack of this unit. 2 Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI OUT 1 jack of this unit and the HDMI input jac k of y our video monitor . 3 Connect the suppli ed powe r cable to A C IN of th is unit and then plug the po we[...]

Quick start g uide 17 En Introd uction 1 T urn on the video monitor co nnected to this unit. 2 Press B MASTER ON/OFF on the front panel in ward to the ON position. After this unit is turned on, it takes approximatel y 20 seconds until this unit produces sounds, and whil e “P lease wait” appears in the front panel display , this unit does not ac[...]

Quick start guide 18 En What do you want to do with this unit? Using va rious input sour ces • Basic operations of this unit ☞ P . 54 • Enjoying FM/AM radio programs ☞ P . 68 • Enjoying XM Satellite Radio programs ☞ P . 74 • Using your iPod with this unit ☞ P . 78 • Enjoying the contents stored on your PC ☞ P . 80 • Enjoying I[...]

Preparation Connections ............... ................................ ................. ................ ......... 20 Rear panel .............. .............. ............ .............. .............. .............. ........... .............. ......... ... ... 20 Placing speakers .............. .............. .............. .............. .....[...]

Connec tions 20 En 2 RS-232C terminal This is a control e xpansion terminal for custom installation. Consult your dealer for details. Connections Rear panel SPEAKERS SPEAKERS GND AM FM ANTENNA-2 XM DIGIT AL OUT DOCK ZONE OUT VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO AC OUTLETS SWITCHED ZONE OUT PRE OUT AC IN GND MUL TI CH INPUT RS-232C TRI[...]

Connections 21 En Preparation The speaker layout belo w shows the speak er se tting we recommend. Y ou can use it to en joy the CINEMA DSP an d multi-channel audio sources. ■ 11.2/11.1 - channel spea ker la y out 11.2/11.1-channel speaker layout is highly recommended for pl ayback the sound of high def initi on audio formats (Dolby T rueHD, D TS-[...]

Connec tions 22 En ■ 7.2/7.1 (or 6. 2/6.1) -c hannel speaker la yout See page 23 for connection information. Front left and right speaker s Center speaker Surround left and right speakers The functions and settings of each speake r are the same as those for the 11.2/11.1-channel spea ker layout (see page 21) . Surround bac k left and right speake[...]

Connections 23 En Preparation Be sure to connect the left ch annel (L), right ch annel (R), “+” (red line) and “–” (white line) properl y . If the connections ar e faulty , this unit cannot reproduce the inpu t sources ac curately . • A speaker cord is actually a pair of insulated cables running si de by side. Cables are colored or shap[...]

Connec tions 24 En ■ For the 7.2/7.1 ( or 6.2/6.1) -c hannel speaker setting * If you us e a single surround back speak er , connect the speaker to the SUR.BA CK/BI-AMP (SINGLE) speaker termina l. SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SURROUND (SINGLE) SUR. BA CK/ BI-AMP FRONT B/ ZONE FRONT A EXTRA SP SURROUND SUR. BA CK/ BI-AMP FRONT B/ ZONE FRONT A CENTER EXTRA SP[...]

Connections 25 En Preparation ■ For the 5.2/ 5.1 -channel speaker set ting SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SURROUND FRONT B/ ZONE FRONT A EXTRA SP SURROUND FRONT B/ ZONE FRONT A CENTER EXTRA SP A B A B + + R L Surro und right speaker Center speak er (U.S.A. model) FRONT B speakers Front right speaker Front left speaker Surround left speaker[...]

Connec tions 26 En The use of subwoofers with b uilt-in amplifiers, such as the Y ama ha Acti ve Servo Processing Subwoof er System, is ef fec tiv e not o nly for reinforcing bass frequencies from any or all channels, but also for reproducing th e high fidelity sou nd of the LFE (lo w-frequen cy ef fect) channel included in digital audio signals. T[...]

Connections 27 En Preparation The presence speakers supplement the sound from the front and surr ound back speakers with extra ambient ef fects produced by the sound field programs (see page 58). Pres ence speake rs function more ef fectively when the CINEMA DSP HD³ mode is activ e (see page 64). Y ou can adjust the vertical position of dialogues [...]

Connec tions 28 En 1 Remove appr o ximately 10 mm (0.4 in) of insulation from the end of eac h speaker cable and then twist the exposed wires of the cab le together to prevent short circ uits. 2 Loosen the knob. 3 Insert one bare wire into the hole on the si de of each terminal. 4 Tighten the knob to secure the wire. ■ Connecting the banana plug [...]

Connections 29 En Preparation ■ A udio jacks This unit has three types of audi o jacks. Connection depends on the av ailability of audio ja cks on your other components. A UDIO jacks For con ventional analog audio signals transmit ted via left and right analog audio cables. Connect red pl ugs to the right jacks and white plugs to the left jacks. [...]

Connec tions 30 En ■ Audio signal flow • 2-channel as well as multi-c hannel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS signals input at the HDMI input jacks can be output at the HDMI OUT jacks only when “Support Audio” is set to “Other” (s ee page 113). • The followin g types of audio signals can be only input at HDMI input jacks: –D S D –D o l [...]

Connections 31 En Preparation Connect your TV (or projector) to one of the HDMI OUT jacks, the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDE O MONITOR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can select to play back HDMI audio signals on this unit or on another HDMI component connected to the HD MI OUT jacks on the rear panel of [...]

Connec tions 32 En • When “Con version” is set to “Off” (see page 107 ), be sure to make the same type of video connections as t hose made for your TV (see page 31). For example, if you connected yo ur TV to the VI DEO MONITOR OUT jack of this unit, connect your ot her components to the VIDEO jacks. • When “Con version” is set to ?[...]

Connections 33 En Preparation ■ Connecting a D VD play er ■ Connecting set-t op bo xes VIDEO IN AUDIO IN HDMI DIGIT AL IN DVD DVD S VIDEO VIDEO DVD DVD OPTICAL COAXIAL 7 2 DVD B 1 IN2 DVD 1 L R C O V S P R P B Y DV D p l a y e r HDMI out Coaxial out Component ou t S-video out V ideo o ut Audio out Optical out (U .S.A. model) VIDEO IN COMPONENT [...]

Connec tions 34 En ■ Connecting a D VD recor der ■ Connecting a VCR VIDEO OUT VIDEO IN COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN HDMI DIGIT AL IN DVR P R P B Y DVR DVR DVR S VIDEO VIDEO DVR OPTICAL 4 DVR D 4 IN4 DVR 4 4 4 R L L R V V S S P R P B Y L R O D VD recorder Optical out S-video in V ide o in Audio in V ideo out Audio out HDMI out Component ou[...]

Connections 35 En Preparation ■ Connecting audio compone nts • Connect your turntable to the GND terminal of this unit to reduce noise in the signa l. H owe ver , you may hear less noise withou t the connection to the G ND termina l for some tu rntabl es. • The PHONO jacks are only compatib le with a turntable with an MM or a high-output MC c[...]

Connec tions 36 En ■ Connecting e xternal amplifier s This unit has more than enough power for any home use. Ho weve r , if you want to use external amp lif iers, connect the external am plif iers to the PRE OUT jacks. Each PRE OUT jack outputs the same channel signals as the corre sponding SPEAKERS terminals. y Use the external amplifiers in the[...]

Connections 37 En Preparation ■ Connecting a m ulti-format pla yer or an external decode r This unit is equipped with 6 additional i nput jacks (left and right FR ONT, CENTER, left and right SURROUND and SUBW OOFER) for discrete multi-channel input from a multi-fo rmat player , external de coder , sound processor or pre-amplifier . If you set “[...]

Connec tions 38 En ■ Connecting a Y amaha iP od universa l dock This unit is equipped with the DOCK terminal on t he rear panel t hat allows you to connect a Y amaha iP od universal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) wher e you can station your iPod and control playback of your iPod usi ng the supplied re mote control. Connect a Y amaha i[...]

Connections 39 En Preparation Use the VIDEO A UX jacks on the front panel to connect a game console or a video ca mera to this unit. Using the VIDEO AUX jacks on the front panel Caution Be sure to turn down the v o lume of this unit and other components before making connection s. MASTER MAIN ZONE INPUT ON OFF MIC OPTIMIZER AUDIO SELECT SPEAKERS AB[...]

Connec tions 40 En T o connect this unit to your network, plug one end of a network cable (CA T -5 or higher straight cable) into the NETWORK port of this unit, and plug the other end into one of the LAN ports on your router that supports the DHCP (Dynamic Host Conf iguration Protocol) se rver function. The followin g diagram shows a conn ection e [...]

Connections 41 En Preparation Both FM and AM indoor antennas are supplied with this unit. Connect each antenna correctly to the designated terminals. In general, these antennas should prov ide suf ficient signal strength. • The AM loop antenna should be placed a way from this unit. • The AM loop antenna shou ld always be connected, even if an o[...]

Connec tions 42 En ■ Connecting the A C power cable Plug the supplied A C power cable in to the A C inlet after all other connections are complete, and then plug the A C power cable into an A C wa ll outlet . ■ A C OUTLET(S) (SWITCHED) Australia model .............. ........... ......... ........... ........ 1 outlet U.S.A. and Canada models ..[...]

Connections 43 En Preparation Before using this unit, set the sp eaker impedance of the connected speakers and th e language of the menu items and messages. 1 Make sure this unit is tur ned off. 2 Press and hold M PROGRAM on the fr ont panel and then press B MASTER ON/OFF inward to the ON position to turn on this uni t. Press and hold M PROGRAM unt[...]

Connec tions 44 En 1 neural indicator (U.S.A. and Canada models only) Lights up when the Neural-THX Surround decoder is activ ated (see page 86). 2 RECOUT indicator Lights up when this unit is in the recording input source selecting mode (see page 66). 3 HDMI indicator Lights up when the signal of the selected input sou rce is input at one of the H[...]

Connections 45 En Preparation D DSP indicators The respectiv e indicator lights up when any of the sound f ield programs are selected. CINEMA DSP HD indicator Lights up when you select a CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field pr ogram (see page 58). HD³ indicator Lights up when the CINEMA DSP HD³ mode is activ e (see page 64). E VIRTU AL indicator Li[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 46 En This unit employs the YP A O (Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Op timizer) technology whic h lets you a void troublesome listening-ba sed speaker setup and achie ves highly accura te sound adjustments automatically . The supp lied optimizer micro phone collects and this unit analy[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your l istening room (YPAO) 47 En Preparation Use this feature to opt imize the so und of this unit to the listening room quickly . 1 Connect the supplied opti mizer microphone to the OPTIMIZER MIC j ack on the front panel. “MIC ON” appears in the front panel display . If “GUI” appears in the front panel d[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 48 En 5 Disconnect the optimizer micr ophone to exit fr om the automatic setup mode. The optimizer microphone is sensiti ve to heat. K e ep it aw ay from direct sunlight and do not place it on top of this unit. Use this feature to customize the measur ements and the settings of the auto[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your l istening room (YPAO) 49 En Preparation 8 Once all measurement items are set success fully , follo wing display appears in the menu screen. In this menu, you can perf orm the following operations: •P r e s s 9 n and select “Setup” to set the measured v alues. •P r e s s 9 k and select “Retry” to [...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 50 En y • Y ou can reload the disp layed result of the automatic setup by pressing 9 ENTER . • The results of the measureme nt th at are the causes of the warning message(s) app ear in red . • “– – –” appears when no speaker is co nnected to the corresponding speaker cha[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your l istening room (YPAO) 51 En Preparation 3 Press I MENU on the remote control. Follo wing menu screen appe ars in the video monitor . 4 Press 9 k to select “Setup Menu” and then 9 h . The list of the measurements in the automatic set up appears in the screen. 5 Press 9 k repeatedly to select “Multi Meas[...]

Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room (YPAO) 52 En 15 Once the setting has been completed, press 9 ENTER . This unit st arts the meas urem ents of the speaker angles. 16 Once the follo wing display appears in the video monitor , move the opti mizer mic rophone to the “(2)” position on the micr ophone base. 17 Press 9 ENTER to [...]

Basic Operation Pla yback ................. ...................................................................... ......... 54 Basic procedure .. ............... ........... .............. .............. ........... .............. ............... .............. . .. 54 Selecting the MUL TI CH INPU T co mponent .......... .............. ...........[...]

Playback 54 En 1 T urn on the video monitor connected to this unit. y • If you connect two video monitors to the HDMI OUT jacks of this unit, press C HDMI OUT repeatedly to select the active video monitor . • Y ou can control this unit by using the graphical user interface (GUI) screen. See page 57 for details . • Y ou can turn on or off the [...]

Playback 55 En Basic Operation Use this feature to select the HDMI OUT jack to outp ut the input signals. Press C HDMI OUT on the remote control repeatedly to select the desired setting of “HDMI OUT SEL”. Each time you press C HDMI OUT , the front panel display changes as show n belo w . Use this feature to turn the front speaker system (FR ONT[...]

Playback 56 En This unit comes with a v ariety of i nput jacks. Use this feature (audio input jack select) to switch the input jack assigned to an input source when more than one jacks are assigned to an input source. y • W e recommend setting the audio input jack select to “AUT O” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the default the audio i np[...]

Playback 57 En Basic Operation This unit features a sophisticated graphica l user interface (GUI) menu that helps you to control the amplifier function of this unit. W ith the GUI menu, you can view the information of th e signals being input and the status of this unit. Y ou can also set up this unit us ing the GUI menu (see page 88). ■ Items in[...]

Sound field programs 58 En This unit is equipped with a va riety of precise d igital decoders that allow you to enjoy mul ti-channel playback from almost an y stereo or multi-channel sound source. This unit is also equipped with a Y amaha digital sound f iel d processing (DSP) chip containing se ver al sound field progr ams which you can use to enh[...]

Sound field programs 59 En Basic Operation ■ For audio m usic sources y For audio music sources, we also recommend using the Pure Direct mode (see page 65), the “STRAIGHT” mode (see page 64), or surrou nd decode mo de (see page 86). CLASSICAL 1 Descriptions of the characterist ics of the sound field pr ograms Follo wing indexes indicates the [...]

Sound field programs 60 En CLASSICAL 2 LIVE/CLUB Hall in Stuttgar t This is a large asymmetrical concert ha ll with ar ound 2000 seats loca ted in downtown Stuttgart. S ound refl ected off the conc rete wall loc ated to the l eft of li steners has a powerful presence. Hall in Vien na This is an appr oximately 17 00-seate d, middle-si zed concert ha[...]

Sound field programs 61 En Basic Operation ■ For v arious sour ces ENTERT AIN ■ For visual sour ces of music ENTERT AIN The Bottom Line This is the soun d fiel d at stage front in The Bo ttom Line, that was a famou s New Y ork jazz club once. Th e floor can seat 300 pe ople to th e left and r ight in a sound field offering real and vibran t sou[...]

Sound field programs 62 En ■ For parties ENTERT AIN ■ For game prog rams ENTERT AIN ■ For movie source s y Y ou can select the desired decoder used with following sound field pr ogram (excep t “Mono Movie”) . See page 86 for details. MO VI E Disco This progr am recreates t he acoustic environment of a lively disco in the he art of a big c[...]

Sound field programs 63 En Basic Operation ■ Stereo pla yback STEREO ■ For compression ar tif acts (Compres sed Music Enhancer mode) ENHANCER ■ Surroun d decoder mode SUR. DECODE ■ THX Surround mode THX Use this feature to play back sources with the accurate surround processing program s compliant wi th the THX spec ifi cations. See page 86[...]

Sound field programs 64 En ■ Using sound field pr ograms without surr ound speaker s (Virtual CINEMA DSP) V irtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA DSP or HiFi DSP sound field programs without surround speakers. It creates virtual speakers to re produce the natural sound f i eld. When you set “Surround” to “ None” (see page 100),[...]

Basic Operation 65 En Basic Operation Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure fidelity sound of the selected source . When the Pure Direct mode is acti vated, this unit plays back the selected source wi th the least circuitry . Press C PURE DIR ECT (or M PURE DIRECT ) to turn on or off the Pure Di rect mode. The C PURE DIRECT b utton on the fron[...]

Recording 66 En Recording adjustments and other operations are performed from the recording components. Refer to the ope rating 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 65) and the volume settings, the speaker le[...]

Internal Sour ce Operation FM/AM tuning ............. ................................ ............................... .......... 68 Automatic tuning ............ .............. .............. ........... .............. .............. ............ .............. ..... 68 Manual tuning ......................... ........... ............... ..........[...]

FM/AM tuning 68 En There are 3 tuning methods: automatic, manual and direct frequency . Automatic tuning is ef fectiv e when station signals are st ro ng and there is no interference. If the signal from the st ation you want to select is weak, tune in to it manually . Y ou can also tune into th e desired station b y entering the frequency . Y ou ca[...]

FM/AM tuning 69 En Internal Sour ce Operation If the signal receiv ed from the stat ion you w ant to select is weak, tune into it manually . Manually tuning into an FM stati on automatically switches the tuner to monaural reception to increase the signal qual ity . 1 Rotate the D INPUT selector on the front panel to select “TUNER” as the input [...]

FM/AM tuning 70 En Y ou can tune into any desired statio n simply by selecting the preset station group and number under which it was stored. 1 Make sure that a colon (:) appears in the fr ont panel displa y . If the colon (:) does not appears in the front panel display , press L PRESET/TUNING (or I SRCH MODE so that the colon (:) appears. 2 Press [...]

FM/AM tuning 71 En Internal Sour ce Operation Use this feature to store the desi red FM and AM stations manually . Y ou can also store up to 40 stations (A1 to E8: 8 preset station numbers in each of the 5 pr eset station groups) manually . 1 T une into the desir ed station. See pages 68 and 69 for tuning instructions. 2 Press J MEMOR Y (or 0 MEMOR[...]

Using HD Radio™ feature s (U.S.A. model only) 72 En HD Radio is a ne w technology that enables FM and AM radio stations to broadcast programs digitally . Digital broadcasting provid es listeners with radically im proved aud io quality and reception as well as new data services. Furthermor e, supplemental program s ervice s allo w listeners to sel[...]

Using HD Radio™ features (U.S.A. model o nly) 73 En Internal Sour ce Operation Use this feature to select one of the 8 HD Radio audio programs (HD1 to HD8) when the unit is in the tuner mode. Each audio program contains data programs. Press A PRG SELECT b / a on the remote contr ol repeatedly to toggle between HD Radi o audio pr ograms. The HD in[...]

XM™ Satellite Radio tuning (U.S.A. and Canada models only) 74 En XM Satellite Radio offers an extrao rdinary variety of commercial-f ree music, plus the best in sports, ne ws, talk and entertainm ent. XM is broadcast in superior digital audio from coas t to coast. From rock to re ggae, from cl assical to hip hop, XM has something for e ver y m us[...]

XM™ Satellite Radio tuning (U.S .A. and Canada m odels only) 75 En Internal Sour ce Operation 1 Rotate the D INPUT selector (or press 3 XM ) to select “XM” as the input source. The cursor on the left of the XM indicato r lights up in the front panel display and the XM Satell ite Radio information (such as channel number , channel name, catego[...]

XM™ Satellite Radio tuning (U.S.A. and Canada models only) 76 En ■ Direct Number Acces s mode 1 Press I SRCH MODE on the remote control repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH” or “CA T SEARCH”. 2 Press the numeric buttons ( B ) on the remote contro l to enter the desired thr ee-digit channel n umber . For e xample, to enter the number 123,[...]

XM™ Satellite Radio tuning (U.S .A. and Canada m odels only) 77 En Internal Sour ce Operation 5 Press J MEMOR Y (or 0 MEMOR Y ) to set the selected XM Satellite Radio channel as a preset channel while the MEMOR Y indi cator is flashing . A colon (:) appears next to the preset channel number for confirmation, and the MEMOR Y indicator turns of f i[...]

Using iPod™ 78 En Once you ha ve stationed your iPod in a Y a maha iPod uni versal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK t ermina l of this unit (see page 38), you can enjoy pla yback of your iPod using the supplied remote control. Y ou can also use the Compress ed Music Enhancer mode of this unit to enhance th e sound [...]

Using iPod™ 79 En Internal Sour ce Operation 2 Press 9 k / n / l / h to na vigate the iP od menu and then press 9 ENTER to beg in playback of the selected song. Choices: Playli st (playlis ts), Artists (artists), Albums (alb ums) , Songs (songs), Genres (genres), Composer s (composers), Settings (settings) • Playlist > Songs • Artists >[...]

Using Network/USB features 80 En This unit is equipped with network and USB features that allow you to enjoy W A V (PCM format only), MP3, MPEG -4 AA C, and WMA fil es sav e d on your PC, Y amaha MCX-2000, USB storage device and USB portable audio player or access the Internet Radio. • Ya m a h a MCX-2000 may not be for sale in some locations. ?[...]

Using Network/USB features 81 En Internal Sour ce Operation The following procedure sho ws th e basic steps to navigate the network and USB menus. See pages 82 to 84 for details about each sub input source. 1 Press 3 NET/USB on the remote control to select “NET/USB” as the input source. The cursor on the left of the NET/USB indicator lights up [...]

Using Network/USB features 82 En Use this feature to enjoy music files sa ved on your PC or Y amaha MCX-2000. MCX-2000 is a music server that enhances the concept of Y amaha exclusi ve MusicCAST, a digital music deli very method ov er a personal network. 1 Install Windows Media Pla yer 11 on your PC, or register this unit on yo ur Y amaha MCX-2000.[...]

Using Network/USB features 83 En Internal Sour ce Operation Use this feature to listen to Int e rnet Radio stations . This unit uses the vT uner Internet Radio sta tio n database servic e particularly customized for this unit, providi ng ov er 2000 radio st ation database. Further , you can store your fa vo rite stations with bookmarks. • This se[...]

Using Network/USB features 84 En Use this feature to acc ess the de sired music sources (W A V , MP3 and WMA files on the connected PC, MCX-2000 or USB storage dev ices and Internet Ra dio stations) directly . Y ou can preset 8 items in each sub input sources. ■ Assigning the i tems to the numeri c b utton (1-8) 1 Press 3 NET/USB to select “NET[...]

Ad v anced Operation Adv anced sound configurations ..... .......................................... ......... 86 Selecting decoders ............. .............. .............. .............. ............ .............. .............. ............. ....... 86 Playing back sources with the THX Surround m odes ............... ........................[...]

Advanced sound configurations 86 En ■ Selecting decoder s for 2 -channel sources (surro und decode mode) Use this feature to play back s ources with selected decoders. Y ou can play back 2-channel sources on multi-channels. Set the operation mode selector to F AM P and then press Q SUR. DECOD E repeatedly on the remote control to select the surro[...]

Advanced sound configurations 87 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Selecting decoders for multi-channel sources If you connected surround back speak ers, use this feature to enjoy 6.1/7.1-channel playback for mul ti-channel sources using the Dolb y Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital EX, DTS-ES, or Neural-THX decoders. 1 Set the operation mode selector to F AM [...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 88 En RX-Z11 GUI menu tree Graphical user interface (GUI) menu Stereo/Surround ☞ P . 91 Input Select ☞ P . 96 Manual Setup XM (U.S.A. and Canada mod els only) TUNER MUL TI CH PHONO CD CD-R MD/T APE BD/HD D VD DV D DTV CBL/SA T DV R VCR V- A U X DOCK NET/USB Adapt iv e DRC Adaptiv e DSP Lvl Max V olume Initia[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 89 En Adv a nced Operation Auto Setup ☞ P . 46 System Memory ☞ P . 115 Signal Info. ☞ P . 114 Multi Zone ☞ P . 109 Network ☞ P . 111 Option ☞ P . 112 Main Zone2 Zone3 Zone4 Audio Info. V ideo Info . English Français Deutsch Españo l Русский Language ☞ P . 114 Speaker B Zone SP Assign Party[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 90 En This unit features a sophist icated graphical user interf ace ( GUI) menu that helps you to cont rol the amplif ier function of this unit. With the GUI menu, you can view the information of the si gnals being input and th e status of this unit. ■ Stereo/Surr ound (Stereo/Surroun d menu) Use this feature [...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 91 En Adv a nced Operation Use this feature to se lect the sound field programs (see page 58), the surround decode mode, the THX Surround mode, or the “STRAIGHT” mode (see page 64), and adjust the parameters of each program. ■ Basic configuration of s ound field pr ograms Each sound f ield program has so m[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 92 En ■ Sound field parame ter descriptions Y ou can adjust the va lues of certain digita l sound fi eld parameters so that the sound f ields are recreated accurately in your l istening room. Not all of the following par ameters are found in ev ery program. Sound field parameter Features Decoder T ype Decoder [...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 93 En Adv a nced Operation Liveness Sur . Liveness SB. Liveness Liv eness. Sur round and sur round back l iv eness. Adjust s the reflec tivity of the virtu al walls in the hal l by changing the ra te at which the e arly reflec tions dec ay . The ear ly reflect ions of a soun d source decay much faster in a r oom[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 94 En ■ Stereo pr ogram parameter descriptions ■ Compressed Music Enhance r mode parameter descrip tions Rev . Level Rev erberation lev el. Adjusts the volume of the re verbe ration sound. The larger the valu e, the stronger th e rev erberation becomes. Control rang e: 0 to 100% Sound field parameter Feature[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 95 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Decoder paramete r descriptions ■ Initialize (Program parameters initialization) Use this feature to initia lize the parameter o f the selected sound f ield program. Choices: No , Y es • Selec t “Y es” a nd then press 9 ENTER to set the program parameters to the factory def[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 96 En Use this feat ure to reassign dig ital input/outputs, select the input signal, rename the inputs, or adjust the le vel of the signal input at each input source. • Some para meters described ab ove ma y not be av ailable for all input sources and some parameters are only available for specific input sourc[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 97 En Adv a nced Operation ■ A udio Select (Audio input jac k select) Use this feature to select the type of the input jack you w ant to use. y • Y ou can also select the audio input jack by pressing F A UDIO SELECT (or O A UDIO SEL ). See page 56 for details. • Y ou can set the default audio input jack se[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 98 En ■ Multi CH Assign (Multi channe l assignment) Use this feature to set the directio n of the signals input into the center , subwoofer and surround channels when a source component is connected to the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks. Input Channels ( Input chan nels) Use this setting to select the num b er of chann[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 99 En Adv a nced Operation Use this menu to manually adjust an y speaker setting. y • Most of the parameters described in the ba sic menu are set automatically when you run “Auto Setup”. Y ou can us e the basic menu to make further adjustments, but we r ecommend running “Auto Setup” f irst. • Y ou ca[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 100 En Center (Center speaker) Surr ound (Surr ound left/right speakers) y See page 23 for the connection info rmation of the surround speakers. Surround Back (Surround bac k left/right speakers) y See page 23 for the connection info rmation of the surround speakers. Cross Over (Cr oss over) Use this feat ure to[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 101 En Adv a nced Operation Phase (Subwoofer phase) Use this feature to switch the pha se of your subwoofers if bass sounds are lacking or unclear . Bass Out (Bass out) Use this feature to sele ct the speake rs that output the LFE (l ow- frequency ef fect) and the low-frequenc y signals. THX Ltd. recommends t ha[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 102 En ■ Speaker Le vel (Speaker le vel) Use this feature to manually balanc e the speaker le vels between th e front left or surround left speak e rs and each speak er selected in “Speaker Set” (see page 99). Control range: –10.0 dB to +10.0 dB Initial sett ing: 0.0 dB Control step: 0.5 dB y • If your[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 103 En Adv a nced Operation Initial V olume (Initial v olume) Use this feature to set the volume level of the main zone when the power of this unit is turned on. Choices: Off , Mute, –80.0 dB to +16.5 dB Control step: 0.5 dB • When this unit is in the auto set up procedure, the volume level is automatically [...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 104 En ■ Parametric EQ (P a rametri c equaliz er) Use this feature to adjust the parametric equalize r of each speaker . PEQ Data Cop y (Par ametric eq ualizer data co py) Use this feature to copy the result data of the aut omatic setup to the manual conf iguration area. Y ou can select the parametric equalize[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 105 En Adv a nced Operation 4 Press 9 n to select “EDIT” and press 9 E NTER to access the edit window . For more information on the pa ramet ric equalizer and each parameter , see page 160. The paramete r selected in “P ARAM” is highlighted. •P r e s s 9 l / h to adjust the para meter . •P r e s s 9 [...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 106 En Au to (Automatic audio delay adjustment) Use this feature to make fine ad justments of the audio and video synchronization when you set “HDMI Auto” to “On”. Control range: 0 to 240 ms Control step: 1 m s y “offset” indicates the dif ference betw een the value of the audio delay that this unit [...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 107 En Adv a nced Operation Use this menu to adjust the video parameters. Use the “VIDEO” in “INITIAL IZE” to set the parameters in “Manual Setup (V ideo)” (except “Short Message” and “On Screen”) to the factory presets (see page 144). ■ Con v ersion (Video con v ersion) Use this feature t [...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 108 En ■ HDMI Aspect (HDMI aspect ratio) Use this feature to select whet her this unit con verts the aspect ratio of 4:3 video signals and outputs at the HDMI OUT jacks. • When “HDMI Resolution” is set to “Through”, you cannot make any adjustments to “HDMI Aspect”. • If the aspect ra tio of the[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 109 En Adv a nced Operation Use this menu to set the functions of the multi-zone configuration. ■ Speaker B (Speaker B set ting) Use this fea ture to select the location of th e FR ONT B speakers. • If you connect headphones to the PHONES jac k of this unit, the sound is output from both the headphones and t[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 110 En Zone2 Mono/Zone3 M o no/Zone4 Mon o (Zone 2/Zone 3/Zo ne 4 monaural mo de) Use this feature to select whether you play back sources monaurally in the selecte d zone. Muting T ype (Zone 2/Zo ne 3/Zone 4 m u ting type) Use this feature to adjust ho w mu ch the mute function reduces the output volume of th e[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 111 En Adv a nced Operation Use this menu to adjust the netw o rk and USB system parameters. ■ Configuration (Netw ork configuration) Use this feature to vie w the network parameters (IP address, etc.) or to change them manually . DHCP (DHCP setting) Use this feature to select whethe r this unit can obtain the[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 112 En ■ Info rmation (Network information) Use this feature to display th e network system information. The abov e display is an exam ple. MA C Address (MA C (Media Acce ss Control) address) This information displays the MA C address that is assigned to this unit. Status (Network status) This information d is[...]

Graphical user interface (G UI) menu 113 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Decoder Mode (Default decoder mode) Use this feature to designate the default decoder mode (see page 97) for the input sources when you turn on the power of this unit. ■ EXTD Surro und (Default e xtended surr ound decoder mode setting) Use this feature to designate th e extended[...]

Graphical user interface (GUI ) menu 114 En ■ T rigger Output (T rigger output) Use this feature to se lect the functions of each T RIGGER OUT jack of this unit. T rigger operation mod e Source (Source) After selecting the input source , you can set the function of the TRIGGER OUT jacks when the corresponding input source is selected. Manual (Man[...]

Saving and recalling the system se ttings (System Memory) 115 En Adv a nced Operation Use this feature to save and recall up to 10 of your fa vorite setting for the main zone. Y ou can also sav e up to four of your f avorite settings for Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4. ■ Saving b y the 7 SY STEM MEMOR Y but to ns Y ou can sav e the current system se t[...]

Saving and recalling the system settings (System Memory ) 116 En y • If you select “Zone2”, “Z one3”, or “Zone4” in step 3, you can select “Memory1” to “Memory4”. Y ou can sa ve the param eters for the selected zone only when the zone is turned on. • If system settings are alr eady saved in the selected memory number , this [...]

Saving and recalling the system se ttings (System Memory) 117 En Adv a nced Operation 8 Press 9 h repeatedly to se lect “OK” and press 9 ENTER when complete . y Repeat steps 5 to 7 to rename each input. 9 Press I MENU again to exit fr om the GUI menu. If you change the setting of “Language” (see page 114) or “LANGU A GE” (see page 144),[...]

Saving and recalling the system settings (System Memory ) 118 En ■ Loading by the 7 SY STEM M EMOR Y buttons Y ou can reca ll the system setti ngs stored in “Memory1” to “Memory4” by pressing the correspondin g 7 SYSTEM MEMOR Y buttons. y T o recall the system settings for Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4, press H ZONE on the remote control repe[...]

Saving and recalling the system se ttings (System Memory) 119 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Example 1: Switching the set tings of this unit accor ding to the us ing situations Use the follo wing exa mple to ch ange the settings of this unit according to the using situat ions just b y pressing the 7 SYSTEM MEMOR Y buttons. SYSTEM MEMOR Y 1: Settings f[...]

Controlling this unit by u sing the Web browser (Web Control Center) 120 En Y ou can operate this unit by using a W eb br owser . Y ou can select the i nput source and sound field program, bro wse the iPod or n etwork/USB contents, select the pre set items, and adjust the parame ters of this unit by using the graphical user interface (W eb Control [...]

Remote control features 121 En Adv a nced Operation In addition to controlling this unit, the re mote control can also operate other audiovisual components made b y Y amaha and other manufacturers. T o control your TV or other components, you must set up the appropriate re mote control code fo r each input sourc e (see page 124). ■ Contro lling t[...]

Remote control features 122 En ■ Contr olling other components Set the operation mode selector to F SOURCE to control other components selected with th e input selector b uttons ( 3 ) . Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in advance (see page 124). The follo wing table shows the function of each control button [...]

Remote control features 123 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Selecting a component to be contr olled Y ou can select a component to be controlled indepe ndently of the input source selected with the input selector buttons. Press 5 SELECT l / h repeatedly to se lect the desired component. The name of the component to be controlled appears in the display [...]

Remote control features 124 En Y ou can set the backlight m ode of the remo te control. 1 Press G SETUP on the remote control using a ballpoint pen or similar object. “SETUP” appears in the display windo w ( 4 ) on the remote control. 2 Press 9 k / n repeatedly to select “LIGHT” and then press 9 ENTER . “LIGHT” and th e current “LIGHT[...]

Remote control features 125 En Adv a nced Operation 3 Set the operation mode selector to G SOURCE and then press an input selector button ( 3 ) or 5 SELECT l / h repeatedly to select the control area y ou want to customize . “P-SET” and na me of the selected cont rol area appea rs in the display window ( 4 ) al ternately . y If you want to sele[...]

Remote control features 126 En Y ou can program remote control c odes from other remote controls. Use the learning feature if you want to program functions no t included in the basic operations cov ered by the remote control codes, or an appropriate remote control code is not a vailable . Y ou can program the function of other re mote control to th[...]

Remote control features 127 En Adv a nced Operation 6 Press and hold the b utton you want to pr ogram on the other rem ote contr ol un til “OK” appears in the display windo w ( 4 ). “NG” appears in the display windo w ( 4 ) if learning was unsuccessful. In this case , start ov er from step 4. y • When you want to program ano ther function[...]

Remote control features 128 En 6 Press 9 l / h repeatedly to mo ve the cursor (_) to the position y ou want to edit. 7 Press 9 k / n repeatedly to select and enter the desired character . Pressing 9 k changes the character as fol low s: A to Z, a to z, 0, 1 to 9, space, - (minus), + (plus), / (slash) and : (colon). y Pressing 9 n changes the charac[...]

Remote control features 129 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Default macr o functions *1 S et the appropriate remote control code for TV in advance (see page 124). *2 T his unit plays the last received sta tion or selected contents before the unit was set in the standby mode. ■ Progr amming macro operations (M A CRO) Y ou can program your own macro an[...]

Remote control features 130 En Example Set the input source to D VD → T urn on the DVD player → T urn on the video monitor Step 1 (“MCR1”): Pr ess D VD. Step 2 (“MCR2”): Press A V POWER. Step 3 (“MCR3”): Press TV PO WER. • T o change the selected input area, press 5 SELECT l / h . Pressing the input selector buttons will program a[...]

Remote control features 131 En Adv a nced Operation 5 Press G SETUP again to exit fr om the setup mode . ■ Clearing a learned func tion (ERASE) 1 Press G SETUP usin g a ballpoint pe n or similar object. “SETUP” ap pears in th e display window ( 4 ). 2 Press 9 k / n repeatedly to select “ERASE” and then press 9 ENTER . The remote c ontrol [...]

Remote control features 132 En Use the supplied simplified remote control to mak e basic cont rols of this unit. ■ Setting the contr olling zone of the simplified remote contr ol Use this feature to set the cont rolling zone (see page 139) and remote control ID (see page 143) of the simp lified remote control. Setting the remote contr ol ID Press[...]

Using multi-zone configuration 133 En Adv a nced Operation This unit allo ws you to conf igure a multi- zone audio/video system. The multi-zone configuration feature enables you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main zone, second zone (Zone 2), th ird zone (Zone 3), a nd forth zone (Zone 4). Y ou can control this unit from[...]

Using multi-zo ne configuration 134 En This unit can control the audio a nd video system in the main zone and up to 3 optional z one (Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 4), and y ou can use the internal amplif iers or external amplif iers in Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4. The multi-zone system conf iguration dif fer s depending on your requirements and equipmen [...]

Using multi-zone configuration 135 En Adv a nced Operation Y ou need the following addition al equipment to use the multi-room functions of this unit: • An infrared signal recei ver in Z one 2, Zone 3, and/or Zone 4. • An infrared emitter in the main room. T his emitter transmits th e infrared signals from the remote control in Zone 2, Zone 3, [...]

Using multi-zo ne configuration 136 En ■ Using external amplifiers When you use the external amplifiers in the Z one 2, Zone 3, and/or Zone 4, connect the external ampl if iers to the ZONE OUT jack s of this unit with the anal og audio cables. • T o av oid unexpected noise, DO NO T use the Zone 2/Zone 3 feature with CDs encoded in DTS. • Adju[...]

Using multi-zone configuration 137 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Connecting Zone vid eo monitor Connect the video monitor(s) in Zone 2 to the ZONE OUT VIDEO and/or ZONE OUT COMPONENT VIDEO jacks. If you connect the multiple zone video monitors to ZONE OUT VIDEO and/or ZONE OUT COMPONENT VI DEO jacks, the video monitor s play back the same source simu[...]

Using multi-zo ne configuration 138 En ■ Using REMO TE IN/OUT and TRI GGER OUT ja c ks f or Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 4 Y ou can use the REMO TE IN/OUT and TRIGGER OUT jacks of this unit for Zone 2, Zone 3, and Zone 4 as well as the main zone. Refer to “Using REMOTE IN/OUT jacks” and “Using the TRIGGER OUT jacks” on page 38 for more inform[...]

Using multi-zone configuration 139 En Adv a nced Operation After the connec tion, turn on this unit and the n set the assignment of the speaker termin als and other zone parameters. ■ Assigning the zone speake rs Use “Zone SP As sign” to set the zone that each speaker termi nal are used for . 1 Press I MENU on the remote control. The top GUI [...]

Using multi-zo ne configuration 140 En 3 Perf orm the operations in the selected zone . For further operations, refe r to the follo wing pages : y T o turn of f the desired zone, press O ZONE 2 , O ZONE 3 , or O ZONE 4 again. Remote contr o l operations 1 Press H ZONE repeatedly to select the zone y ou want to contr ol. “MAIN”, “ZONE 2”, ?[...]

Using multi-zone configuration 141 En Adv a nced Operation ■ Adjusting the tonal quality of Zone 2, Zone 3, or Zone 4 1 Press Q TONE CONTR OL on the front panel. 2 Press M PROGRAM repeatedly to select the high- frequency response (TREBLE), the low-frequency response ( BASS). 3 Rotate M PROGRAM to adjust th e high -frequency response ( BASS). Cont[...]

Advanced setup 142 En This unit has additional menus th at are displayed in the front panel disp lay . The adv anced se tup menu of fers additional operati ons to adjust and customize the way this unit operates. Ch ange the initial settings (i ndicated in bold under each pa rameter) to reflect the n eeds of your listening en vironment. • The sett[...]

Advanced setup 143 En Adv a nced Operation ■ W ake on RS-232C a ccess RS-232C STANDBY Use this feature to set this unit to transmit data via the RS-232C interface when this unit is in the standby mode. Initial setting: [U.S.A. Canada models]: YES [Other models]: NO ■ Netwo rk standb y NET STANDBY Use this fea ture to select whether this unit ac[...]

Advanced setup 144 En ■ Pa rameter initialization INITIALIZE Use this feat ure to reset the pa rameters of this unit to the init ial factory settings. Y ou can select th e category of para meters to be initialize d. • Use “Initialize” in the sound field program menu to initialize the parameters of the desired program ( see page 95). • Whe[...]

Ad ditional Inf ormation T roub leshooting .............. ................ .............. ............... .......... 146 Resetting the system ........ ............................ ............... .......... 154 Glossary .............. .......................................... ............... .......... 155 Sound field program inf ormation ....... [...]

Troubleshooting 146 En Refer to the table below when this unit doe s not function properly . If the problem you are e xperiencing is not listed below or if the instruction below does not help, turn off this u nit, di sconnect the po wer cable, and contact the ne arest authorized Y amaha dealer or servic e center . ■ General T roubleshooting Prob [...]

Troubleshooting 147 En Additi onal Information The sound s uddenly goes off. The protect ion circui try has be en activated because of a short cir cuit, etc. Check th at the spea ker impedanc e setting is correct . 43, 142 Check th at the spea ker wires are not touc hing each ot her and then turn this uni t back on. — The sleep t imer has tu rned[...]

Troubleshooting 148 En ■ T uner A source ca nnot be recorded b y an analog component conn ected to the A UDIO OUT jacks. The source c omponent is not connecte d to the analog A UDIO IN jacks of this unit. Connect the s ource component to the anal og A UDI O IN jacks. 35 The sound field parameters and some other settings of this unit cannot be cha[...]

Troubleshooting 149 En Additi onal Information ■ XM Satellite Radio (U .S.A. and Canada models onl y) If an operation takes longer than usual or an error occurs, one of the following messages may appe ar in the front panel display . In this case, read the cause and follow th e corresponding remedies. ■ Remote control Status message Cause Remedy[...]

Troubleshooting 150 En ■ HDMI ■ Netw ork and USB Prob lem Cause Remedy See page No picture or sound The number of t he connecte d HDMI compone nts is ov er the limit. Reduce the n umber of th e connected HDMI component s. — HDCP auth entication fai led. Check that the conne cted HDMI c omponents su pport the HDCP copy protec tion standa rds. [...]

Troubleshooting 151 En Additi onal Information Error message Cause Remedy See page Please wait (Starting Ser ver) This unit i s in the middle of waking up MCX- 2000 that has been set t o the standby mode. W ait for a pproximatel y 20 second s. — Connect error There is a problem wit h the signal path from your networ k to this unit. Check th e con[...]

Troubleshooting 152 En ■ iP od In case of a transmission error without a st atus message appearing in the f ront panel and in the vi deo mon itor , check the conne ction to y our iPod (se e page 38). ■ Aut o S e t u p Before A uto Setup Note Status message Cause Remedy See page Loading... This un it is in the middle o f recognizing th e connect[...]

Troubleshooting 153 En Additi onal Information During A u to Setup After A uto Setup • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNING” screens appears, check the cause of the prob lem, the n run “Auto Setup” again. • If warning “W2” or “W3” appears, the adjustment are made, howev er the adjustments may not be optimal. • Depending on the spea[...]

Resetting the system 154 En Use this feature to reset all the parame ters of this unit to the initial fa ctory settings. • This procedure completely resets all the parameters of this unit including the GUI menu para meters. • The initial factory settings ar e activ a ted next time you turn on this unit. y T o cancel the initialization procedure[...]

Glossary 155 En Additi onal Information ■ A udio and video synchronization (lip sync) Lip sync, an abbre viation for lip s ynchronization, is a techni cal term that in volv es both a problem and a capability of maintaining audio and video signals synchroni zed during post-production and transmission. Whereas the audi o and video la tenc y require[...]

Glossary 156 En ■ Dolb y Surround Dolby Surround uses a 4-channel analog recording system to reproduce realistic and dynamic sound eff ects: 2 front left and right channels (stereo), a center cha nnel for dialog (m onaural), and a surround channel for special sound effects (monaural). The surround channel reproduces sound within a narro w frequen[...]

Glossary 157 En Additi onal Information ■ LFE 0.1 channe l This channel reproduces lo w -frequency signals. The frequenc y range of this channel is from 20 Hz to 120 Hz. This channel is counted as 0.1 because it only enforces a low-frequenc y range compared to the full-range reproduced b y the other 5/6 channels in Dolby Digital or DTS 5. 1/6.1-c[...]

Glossary 158 En ■ THX Ultra2 Before any home theatre component can be THX Ultra2 ce rtified, it must incorporat e all the features abo ve and also pass a rigorous series of quality and performance tests. Only then can a product feature the THX Ultra l ogo, which is your guarantee that the Home Theatre products you purchase will giv e you superb p[...]

Glossary 159 En Additi onal Information ■ THX Ultra2 Cinema mod e THX Ultra2 Cinema mode plays 5. 1 mo vies using all 8 speakers giving you the best possible movie watching experience. In this mode, ASA processing blends the side surround speakers and back surround speakers pro viding the optimal mix of ambient and directional surround sounds. Th[...]

Sound field program information 160 En ■ Elements of a sound field What really creat es the rich, full tones of a li ve instrument are the multiple reflections from the walls of the room. In addition to making the sound liv e, these reflections enable us to tell where the player is situated as we ll as the size and shape of the room in whic h we [...]

Sound field program in formation 161 En Additi onal Information ■ Sound output in eac h sound field pro gram Sound output from each speak er depends on the type of audio signals being input. Refer to the diag rams in the table below to un derstan d the speaker layout for each sound field program. Be advised that there may be no or not enough soun[...]

Sound field program information 162 En *1 / / / : OFF *2 / / / : ON or discrete 6.1/7.1-channel audio signals are input. q EX q PL x neural q EX q PL x neural Program HD³ Input audio source 2-channe l (monaural) 2-cha nnel (st ereo) 5.1-channel* 1 6.1/7.1-channel* 2 CLASSICAL1 Hall in Munich A Hall in Munich B Hall in Frankfurt Hall in Stuttgart H[...]

Sound field program in formation 163 En Additi onal Information ■ A vailable pa rameters f or each sound field pr ogram A vailab le sound field param eter may diff er dependin g on th e speaker settings. Note CLASSICAL1 Hall in Munich A   Hall in Munich B   Hall in Frankfur t   Hall in Stuttgar t ?[...]

Parametric equalizer information 164 En This unit employs Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimiz er (YP A O) technology , together with the P arametric EQ settings (see page 104), to optimize the freque nc y characteristics of its parametric equalizer to match your listening en vironment. YP A O uses a combination of the follo wi ng three paramet[...]

Block diagrams 165 En Additi onal Information ■ A udio section Block diagrams CD HD/BD DVD DVD DTV MD /T APE DVD CBL/SA T DVR IN (Front) IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 XM NET REC/Zone Selector INPUT Selector DIT HDMI Selector XM Rx USB (Front) USB (Rear) PHY USB Selector DIR HDMI Rx NET/USB Selector Audio DAC Decoder Cinema DSP YP AO, etc. ZONE OUT/DVR CD-R[...]

Block diagrams 166 En ■ Video section IN (Front) IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 HDMI Selector HDMI Rx Selector Video I/P Converter Video Selector Selector HDMI Tx HDMI Tx OUT 1 OUT 2 INPUT Selector Video Decoder GUI Processor Video I/P Converter Video Encoder S E L S E L S E L MONITOR OUT 1 MONITOR OUT 2 ZONE2 OUT MONITOR OUT V-AUX HDMI DVD DTV CBL/SA T DVR[...]

Specificatio ns 167 En Additi onal Information A UDIO SECTION • Minimum RMS Out put Power (20 Hz to 20 kH z, 0.04% THD, 8 Ω) Front, Cen ter , Surrou nd, Surround back ........... .................. .................. 140 W Front presence, Rear p resence ........ ................... ....................... ............... 50 W • Dynamic Power [...]

Specifications 168 En ■ HDMI signal com patibility A udio sign als y • If the input source compon ent can decode the bitstream audio signals of audio commentaries, yo u can play back the audio sources with the au dio commentaries mixed down by us ing the following connect ions: – multi-channel analog audio input (see page 37) – DIGIT AL INP[...]

Index 169 En Additi onal Information ■ Numerics 11.1-channel spea ker connection .... ............ ..... 23 11.1-channel spea ker layout ........ ............ ........ 21 11.2-channel spea ker connection .... ............ ..... 23 11.2-channel spea ker layout ........ ............ ........ 21 11ch Enha ncer ......................... .............[...]

Index 170 En Front speaker set selection .... ................ ........... 55 Front speakers .............. ............. ............... ........ 99 Front/rear USB port indicator, Front panel display .................. ................ .... 44 ■ G Genres, network m enu ....... ............. ................ . 8 0 Graphic user in terface (GUI) sc[...]

Index 171 En Additi onal Information Primary DNS serv er ..... ................ ............ ...... 111 PRO LOGIC ................ ................ ............ ........ 86 Program parameters initia lization ......... ........... 95 Programmin g macro operations ............ ......... 129 Projector con nection .......... ................ ..........[...]

Index 172 En ■ V VCR connection ..... ............... ................ ........... 34 Vertical dialogue position ............... ................ . 91 VIDEO AUX jacks ......... ................ ............. .... 3 9 Video componen t jacks ...... ................ .............. 20 Video conver sion ......... ............. ............... ...... 1[...]

List of remote control codes 173 En Additi onal Information TV ACURA 00101 ADDISON 01201, 01601, 08401 ADMIRAL 01301 , 02201, 05801 ADVENT 09601 AGB 06801 AIKO 01201 AKAI 00101, 00301, 02901, 04601, 06801, 08901, 10501 AKURA 03701 ALBA 00101, 00401, 04801 , 08501 AMERIC A ACTI ON 02701, AMPRO 09401 AMSTRAD 00101, 00401, 02501 , 04801, 05101, 05301,[...]

174 En List of remote control codes PR O TECH 001 01, 00401, 03301, 03701, 05201, 08501 PR O TON 00101, 00301, 02601 PULSAR 00201 QU ASAR 00601, 03401 , 08301 QUELLE 00401, 01401, 04601, 06701 RADIOLA 00401 RADIOMARELLI 06801 RADIOSHACK 00301, 00501, 02001, 02601, 02701 RCA 00001, 00301 , 00501, 01101, 01201, 02601, 08601, 11501, 11801, 13901, 1220[...]

175 En Additi onal Information List of remote control codes NESCO 01402 NEW A VE 00402 NIKKO 00402 NOBLEX 02002 NOKIA 00602, 016 02, 02002 NORDMENDE 00602, 02402 OCEANIC 00002, 00602 OKANO 02302, 02602 OL YMPUS 00302, 01902 OPTIMUS 00402, 01102, 01602 , 02802 ORION 01702 , 02602, 02702, 04402 OSAKI 00002, 00402, 01402 OTT O VERSAND 01502 P ALLADIUM[...]

176 En List of remote control codes CD PLA YER AIW A 00605 ARCAM 00605 A UDIO RESEARCH 00605 A UDIO TON 00605 A UDIOLAB 006 05 A UDIOMECA 006 05 CAIRN 00605 CALIFORNIA A UDIO LABS 00205 CAR VER 006 05, 00805 CYRUS 00605 DENON 01005 DKK 00005 DMX ELECTRONICS 00605 DY NA M I C BA S S 00805 EMERSON 00905 FISHER 00805 GENEXXA 00305, 00905 GOODMANS 0090[...]

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