Yamaha RX-V661 manual

YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUEN A PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCAR BOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CAN ADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG , GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB OURG 7731[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Caution-i • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash wit h arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral tr iangle, is in tended to alert yo u to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to pe[...]

Important safety instructions Caution-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 prod[...]

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. Caution-iii 1 T o assure th e finest performan ce, please read this manual carefully . Keep it in a safe place for future refer ence. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry , clean place – away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. A llow ve[...]

1 En PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA TION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION APPENDIX English Notice . ............. ......... ............ .......... ............ ............ .. 2 Featur es ..... ............ ......... ............. ......... ............ ....... 3 Supplied accessories .............. ................ .........[...]

NOTICE 2 En W e W ant Y ou Listening For A Lifetime Y amaha and the Electronic Industries Association’ s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One that lets the so und come through lo ud and clear without anno ying blaring or distortion – and, most importantly , without affectin[...]

Features 3 En INTRODUCTION English Built-in 7-c hannel power amp lifier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (20 Hz to 20 k Hz, 0.06% T HD, 8 Ω ) Front: 90 W + 90 W Center: 90 W Surround: 90 W + 90 W Surround back: 90 W + 90 W SCENE function ◆ 18 preset SCENE templates for various situations ◆ 4 original SCENE template s for customizing capability ?[...]

GETTING STARTE D 4 En ■ Installing batteries in the remote control 1 T ake off the battery compartment co ver . 2 Insert the two supplied batteries (AA, R6, UM-3) accord ing to the polarity markings (+ and –) on the inside of the battery compartment. 3 Snap the battery compartment cover back into place. • Change all of the batteries if you no[...]

Quick start guide 5 En INTRODUCTION English The follow ing steps describe the easiest way to enjoy D VD movie playback in your home theater . In these steps, you need the following supplied accessories. ❏ AM loop antenna ❏ Indoor FM antenna The follow ing items are not included in the package of this unit. ❏ Speakers ❏ Fr ont speakers .....[...]

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

Quick start guide 7 En INTRODUCTION English 1 Connect the digital coaxi al audio cable to the digital coaxial audio outp ut jac k of y our D VD play er and the D VD CO AXIAL jack of this unit. 2 Connect the video cable to the composite video output jac k of y our DVD pla yer and D VD VIDEO jac k of this unit. 3 Connect the video cable to the VIDEO [...]

Quick start guide 8 En 4 Connect the supplied AM loop antenna and indoor FM antenna to this unit. See page 24 for the connection information. y The wire of the AM loop antenna does not hav e any polarity and you can connect either end of the wire to AM or GND terminal Assembling the supplied AM loop antenna 5 Connect the po wer plug of this unit an[...]

Quick start guide 9 En INTRODUCTION English 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Press B MASTER ON/OFF inward to the ON position on the front panel. 3 Press F SCENE1 bu t to n . “D VD V iewing” appears in the front panel display , and this unit automatical ly optimize o wn status for the DVD playback. y The indicator on the s[...]

Quick start guide 10 En • T o use the “TV V ie wing” template (Case B), you must connect a satellite receiver , a cable TV rec eiv er or an HDTV decoder to this unit in advance. See page 20 for de tails. • T o use the “Radio Listening” template (Case C), you ha ve to tune into the desired radio station. See pages 50 to 52 for the tuning[...]

CONNECTIONS 11 En PREP ARA TION English Connections Rear panel A B C PHONO CD (PLA Y) IN OUT (REC) DVD DVD DT V/ CB L CD DVD MD/CD-R MD/CD-R DTV/CBL DTV/CBL DVR DVD MONITOR OUT DVR DVD IN OUT IN OUT DTV/CBL DVR VCR MONITOR OUT MD/ CD-R OUT IN VCR SB(8CH) FRONT(6CH) SINGLE CENTER CENTER S VIDEO VIDEO OUT SURROUND SUB WOOFER SUB WOOFER FRONT SURROUND[...]

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

13 En Connections PREP ARA TION English Be sure to connec t the left cha nnel (L), right ch annel (R), “+” (red) and “–” ( black) properly . If the connections are f aulty , this unit cannot reproduce the input sources accurately . A speaker cord is actually a pair of insula ted cables running side by side. Cables ar e colored or shaped d[...]

14 En Connec tions ■ Connecting the speak er cable 1 Remove appro x imately 10 mm (0.4 in) of insulation from the end of each speaker cable and then twist the ex posed wires of the cable together to pr event short circuits. 2 Loosen the knob. 3 Insert one bare wire into the hole on the side of each term inal. 4 Tighten the knob to secure the wire[...]

15 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ A udio jac ks This unit has three types of audio jacks. Connection depends on the av ailability of audio jacks on your other components. A UDIO jacks For con ventional analo g audio signals transmitted via left and right analog audio cables . Connect red plugs to the right jacks and white pl ugs to the le[...]

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

17 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ A udio signal flow • 2-channel as well as multi-channel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS signals input at the HDMI IN 1 or HDMI IN 2 jack can be output at the HDMI OUT jack only when “SUPPORT A UDIO” is set to “OTHER” (see page 77). • Audio signals input at the HDMI IN jacks are not output at the A [...]

18 En Connec tions Connect your TV (or projector) to the HDMI OUT jack, the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDEO MONIT OR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can choose to p lay back HDMI audio signals on this unit or on another HDMI component connected to the H DMI OUT jack of this unit. Use the “SUPPOR T A UDIO[...]

19 En Connections PREP ARA TION English • When “VIDEO CONV .” is set to “OFF” (see page 81), be sure to make the same type of vide o connections as those made for your TV (see pa ge 18). For exampl e, if you connected your TV to the VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack of this unit, connect your other components to the VIDEO jacks. • When “VIDEO CO[...]

20 En Connec tions ■ Connecting a D VD recorder , PVR or VCR ■ Connecting a set-to p bo x C DVR DVR IN OUT IN OUT DVR VCR OUT IN VCR S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO OUT IN COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO Y P B P R L R V S V S S V P R P B Y L R L R V S L R S-video in S-video out V ideo out Audio out D VD recorder , PVR or VCR S-video in V i deo out Audio out Audio in[...]

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

22 En Connec tions ■ Connecting an e xternal amplifier This unit has more than enough power for any home use. Ho we ve r , if you want to add more po wer to the speaker output or if you want to use another amplif ier , connect an external amplifier to the PRE OUT jacks. • When you make connections to the PRE OUT jacks, do not make connections t[...]

23 En Connections PREP ARA TION English ■ Connecting a Y amaha iP od univer sal dock This unit is equipped with the DOCK te rminal on the rear panel that allows y ou to conne ct a Y amaha iPod universal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) where you can station your iPod and control playback of your iPod u sing the supplied remote contro l.[...]

24 En Connec tions Both FM and AM indoor ante nnas are supplied with this unit. Connect each antenna correctly to the designated terminals. In general, these antennas should provide suff icient signal strength. y See page 8 for connectio n information of the su pplied indoor FM antenna and AM loop antenna. • The AM loop antenna should be placed a[...]

25 En Connections PREP ARA TION English 1 Make sure this uni t is turned off. Refer to the right column for details. 2 Press and hold C TONE CONTR OL on the front panel and then press B MASTER ON/ OFF inward to the ON posi tion to turn on this unit. This unit turns on, and the advan ced setup menu appears in the front panel display . 3 Rotate the D[...]

26 En Connec tions The XM indicator is only applicab le to the U.S.A. and Canada mode ls and the cursor on the left of the XM indicator lights up on ly when “XM” is selected as the input sourc e. For details , see “Basic X M Satellite Radio operations” on page 54. 1B Input signal indicators Lights up when this unit is reproducing DSD (Direc[...]

27 En Connections PREP ARA TION English L Multi-inf ormation displa y Show s the name of the current sound field program and other informatio n when adju sting or changing settings. M SLEEP indicator Lights up while the sleep timer is on (see page 41). N 96/24 indicator Lights up when a DTS 96/24 signal is input to this unit. O Input channel and sp[...]

OPTIMIZING THE SPEAKER SETTING FOR YOUR LISTENING ROOM 28 En This unit employs the YP A O (Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technol ogy which lets you a v oid troublesome listening- based speak er setup and achie ves h ighly accurate sound adjust ments automatically . The supplied optimizer microphone collects and this unit analyzes the [...]

29 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room PREP ARA TION English 4 Press D l / h to select the desired setting for “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” and then press D n . Extra speaker assignment EXTRA SP ASSIGN Selects the function of the speakers connected to the EXTRA SP terminals. Choices: FRONT B , ZONE2, PRESENCE, NONE • When y ou use [...]

30 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room This unit performs the follo wing checks: Speaker wiring WIRING Checks which speakers are connected and the polarity of each speake r . Speaker size SIZE Checks the frequency res ponse of each speaker and sets the appropriate low-f requency crosso ver for each channel. Speaker distance D[...]

31 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening room PREP ARA TION English 9 Press D l / h repeated ly to toggle between the setup result displays. y If you are not satisfied with th e results or want to manually adjust each parameter, run “MANU A L SETUP” (see page 69). • The distances displayed in the “DIST ANCE” results may be [...]

32 En Optimizing the speaker setting for your listeni ng room ■ If an err or screen appear s Press D k / n / l / h to select “RETR Y” or “EXIT” and then press D ENTER . The follo wing display is an e xample where “E-9:USER CANCEL” appears in the OSD. Choices: RETR Y , EXIT • Select “RE TR Y” to retry the “A UTO SET UP” proce[...]

SELECTING THE SCENE TEMPLATES 33 En BAS I C OPERA TION English This unit is equipped with 18 preset SCENE templ ates for va rious situations of using this unit. As the initial factory setting, the f ollowing SCENE templates are assigned to each SCENE button: SCENE 1: D VD V iewing SCENE 2: Disc Listening SCENE 3: TV V iewin g SCENE 4: Radio Listeni[...]

34 En Selecting the SCENE templates ■ Which SCENE template w ould y ou like to select? y Y ou can create your original SCENE template s by editing the preset SCENE templates. See page 36 for details. 1 2 3 4 Radio Li stening CD Hifi Listening CD Listening CD Music Li stening XM Listening iPod Listening D VD Live Viewing D VD Movie Viewing DV D V [...]

35 En Selecting the SCENE templates BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ Preset SCENE templates desc riptions The illustratio ns of the SCENE b utton in the foll owi ng table indicate the assigned SCENE bu ttons as the default setting. *1 When the connected DVD play er or CD player has the capability of the SCENE control signals and is connected to the R[...]

36 En Selecting the SCENE templates Y ou can create your original SCENE templates for each SCENE button. Y ou can refer to the preset 18 SCENE templates to c reate the ori ginal SCENE tem plates. 1 T urn on the video monitor connected to this unit. 2 Set the operation mode selector to K AMP and then press and hold the de sired F SCENE button f or 3[...]

PLAYBACK 37 En BAS I C OPERA TION English y Before perform ing operations, s et the operation mo de selector on the remote control to K AMP . 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. y See page 40 to display th e input source information. 2 Rotate the I INPUT selector (or press one of the input sel ector buttons ( A )) to select the de[...]

38 En Playback ■ A quick guide to contents Use this feature to select th e component connected to the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks (see page 22) as the input source. Rotate the I INPUT selector to select MUL TI CH (or A MUL TI CH IN ). “MUL TI CH” appears in the front panel display . y Use “MUL TI CH SET” menu in “INPUT MENU” to set the para[...]

39 En Playback BAS I C OPERA TION English This unit comes with a v ariety of in put jacks. Use this feature (audio input jack select) to switch between input jacks when more than one input jack is assigned to as the same input source . y • W e recommend setting the audio input jack selec t to “A UTO” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the def[...]

40 En Playback Connect a pair of head phones with a st ereo analog audio cable plug to the PHONES jack on the front panel. y When you select a soun d field pro gram, SILENT CINEMA mo de activ ates automatically (see page 46). • When you connect headphones, no signals ar e output at the speaker terminals. • All Dolby Digital and DTS audio signal[...]

41 En Playback BAS I C OPERA TION English 4 Press N SET MENU on the remote control again t o exit from “S ET MENU”. ■ A udio inf ormation “---” appears when this unit ca nnot display the correspo nding information. ■ Video inf ormation Use this feature to automaticall y set the main zone to the standby mode after a certain amount of tim[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS 42 En This unit is equipped with a variety of precise d igital de coders that allow you to enjo y multi-channel playback from almost any stereo or multi-ch annel sound source. This unit is also equipped with a Y amaha digital sound field processing (DSP) chip containing sev eral sound field programs whic h you can use to enhanc[...]

43 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ For audio music s ources y For audio music sources, we al so recommend using the Pure Direct mode (see page 48). • The av ailable sound field parameters dif fer depending on the settings of the speakers. • “DIALG.LIFT” is available only when “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” in “SPEA KER SET?[...]

44 En Sound field programs ■ For various source s • The available sound f ield parameters and the created sound fields diff er depending on the input so urces and the settings of th is unit. • “DIALG.LIFT” is available only when “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” in “SPEAKER SET” is set to “PRESENCE” (see page 72). ■ For visual sour ces of m[...]

45 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ For movi e sour ces y Y ou can select the desired decoder used with follo wing soun d f ield program (e xcept “Mono Mo vie”). See page 66 for details. • The av ailable sound field parameters and the created sound f iel ds differ depending on the inpu t sources and the settings of th is[...]

46 En Sound field programs ■ Stereo pla ybac k The av ailable param eters differ depending on th e input sources and the settings of this unit. ■ The Compressed Music Enhancer ■ Using sound field pr ograms without surroun d speaker s (Virtual CINEMA DSP) V irtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA DSP programs without surround speak er[...]

47 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English When this uni t is in the “STRAIGHT” mode , 2-channel stereo sources are output from only the front left and right speakers. Multi-ch annel sources are de coded straight into the appropriate channels wi thout any additional ef fect processing. Press E STRAIGHT (or S STRAIGHT ) to select “S[...]

USING AUDIO FEATURES 48 En y Before performing operation s, set the operation mod e selector on the remote control to K AMP . Use the Pure Direct mode to enjo y the pure high fi delity sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is acti v ated, this unit plays back the sele cted source with the least circuit ry . Press G PURE DIRECT (or[...]

49 En Using audio features BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can mix down multi-cha nnel sources to 2 channels and enjoy playback in 2-channel stereo. Press P STEREO on the remote control repeatedly to select “2ch Stereo”. y • Y ou can us e a subwoofer with this progra m when “LFE/BASS OUT” is set to “SWFR” or “BOTH” (see page 74). [...]

FM/AM TUNING 50 En There are 2 tuning methods: automatic a nd manual. Automatic tuning is ef fecti ve when st ation signals are strong and there is no interference. If the signal from the station you w ant to select is weak, tu ne into it manually . Y ou can also use the automatic and manual preset tun ing features to store up to 40 stations (A1 to[...]

51 En FM/AM tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can use the automatic pres et tuning feature to store up to 40 FM stations with strong signals (A1 to E8: 8 preset station numbers in each of the 5 preset station groups) in order . Y ou can then recall an y preset station ea sily by selecting the pres et station number . 1 Rotate the I INPUT selec[...]

52 En FM/AM tuning 4 Press 5 PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h to select a preset station number (1 to 8) while the MEMOR Y indica tor is flashing. • Press 5 h to select a higher preset station number . • Press 5 l to select a lowe r preset station nu mber . 5 Press 6 MEMOR Y while the MEMOR Y indicator is flashing. The station band and frequenc y appear [...]

XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 53 En BAS I C OPERA TION English XM Satellite Radio offers an e xtraordin ary v ariety of commercial-fre e music, plus the best in sports, news, talk and entertainment. XM is br oadcast in superior digital audio from coa st to coast. From r ock to re ggae, from classical to hi p hop, XM has something for e very music fa n.[...]

54 En XM Satellite Radio tuning Once you ha ve installed the XM Mini-T uner Dock, inserted the XM Mini-T uner, connected the XM Dock to your XM Ready® home audio system, and installed the antenna, you are ready to subscribe and begin recei ving XM programming. There are three places to find yo ur eight character XM Radio ID : on the XM Mini-T uner[...]

55 En XM Satellite Radio tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ All Channel Sear ch mode 1 Press 2 SEARCH MODE (or N SRCH MODE ) repeatedl y to select “ALL CH SEARCH”. 2 Press 5 PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or D PRESET/CH k / n ) repeatedly to search for a c hannel within all c hannels. y • Y ou can search for a chan nel quickly by pressing and hol[...]

56 En XM Satellite Radio tuning Y ou can use this feature to store up to 40 XM Satellite Radio channels (A1 to E8: 8 preset channel numbers in each of the 5 preset channel groups). Y ou can then recall any preset channel e asily by selecting the preset channel group and number as describe d in “Preset Search mode” on page 55. 1 Search f or a ch[...]

57 En XM Satellite Radio tuning BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can display the XM Satel lite Radio info rmation (such as channel number , channel na me, category , a rtist name, or song title) for the currently selected channel in the front panel display or in the OSD. If a status message or an error me ssage appears in the front panel display or [...]

USING IPOD™ 58 En Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y a maha iPod univ ersal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page 23), you can enjoy playback of your iPod using the supplied remote control. Y ou can also use the Compres sed Music Enhancer mode of this uni t to improve th e sound qu[...]

59 En Using iPod™ BAS I C OPERA TION English 1 Set the operation mode selector to K SOURCE and then press O DISPLA Y on the remote control. The follo wing display appea rs in the OSD. 2 Press D k / n / l / h to navigate the iP od menu and then press D ENTER to begin play bac k of the selected song. Choices: Playlists (play lists), Artists (artist[...]

RECORDING 60 En Recording adjustments and ot her operations are performed from the reco rding components. Re fer to the operating instructions for those components. • When this unit is set to the standby mode, you cannot r ecord between other componen ts connected to this unit. • TONE CONTROL (see page 48) and V OLUME se ttings, the speaker lev[...]

ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS 61 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can enjoy good quality sound with the initial factory settings. Although you do not ha v e to change the initial factory settings, you can change some of the parameters to better suit the input source or your listening room. Y ou cannot change the sound fi eld parameter v alues [...]

62 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Basic configuration of soun d field programs y T o change sound fi eld parameter settings, see page 61 for details. Each sound field program has some parameters def ining the characte ristics of the progra m. T o customize the selected sound field program , adjust “DSP LEVEL” and/ or “DIALG.LIFT” firs[...]

63 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Sound field para meters for the ad vance d configurations Use the following sound field parameters to customize sound f ield programs in detail. y T o change sound field parameter settings, see page 61 for detai ls. Sound fiel d parameter Features INIT.DLY P.INIT.DLY S.INIT.DLY S[...]

64 En Advanced sound configurations ROOM SIZE P.ROOM SIZE S.ROOM SIZE SB ROOM SIZE Room size. Presence, surround, an d surround back room size. Adjusts the appar ent size of the surround so und f ield. The lar ger the v a lue, the larger the surroun d sound field b ecomes. As the sound is repeatedly reflected around a room, the larger the hall is, [...]

65 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English REV.TIME Re verberation time. Adjusts the amount of time taken for the de nse, subsequent rev erberation sound to decay by 60 dB at 1 kHz. This change s the apparent size of the acoustic en vironment over an extremely wide range. Set a longer re v erberation time for “dead” sourc[...]

66 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Selecting decoder s used with sound field progra ms (Decoder T ype) Use this feature to select the desire d decoder used with MO VIE sound f ield programs (except “Mono Movie”) . See page 45 for details about MO VIE sound field program. A v ailable decoders ■ Selecting decod ers f or 2-c hannel sour ces[...]

67 En Advanced sound configurations AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Decoder descripti ons y When you select the surr ound decode mode for Dolby Digital, DT S or DTS 96/24 so urces, this un it automatically selects “SURROUND DECODE Dolby Digital”, “SURR OUND DECODE DTS” or “S URR OUND DECODE DTS 96/24” program. SURROUND DECODE PRO LOGI[...]

68 En Advanced sound configurations Decoder parameter descriptions Decoder parameter Features PRO LOGIC IIx Music PRO LOGIC II Music PANORAMA Pro Logic IIx Music and Pro Lo gic II Music pano rama. Sends stereo sign als to the surr ound speakers as well as the f ront speakers for a wrapar ound effect. Choices: OFF , ON PRO LOGIC IIx Music PRO LOGIC [...]

CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) 69 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can use the followin g parameters in “SET MENU” to adjust a variety of system settings and customize the wa y this unit operates. Change the initial settings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the needs of your listenin g en vironment. ■ A uto setu [...]

70 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Option menu 3 OPTION MENU Use this menu to manually adjus t the optional system parameters. ■ Signal information SIGNAL INFO Use this feature to check audio and vi deo signal information (see page 40). Par a m e t e r Features Pag e A)DISPLAY SET Adjusts the brig htness of t he display and converts video[...]

71 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use the remote control to acce ss and adjust each parameter . y • Y ou can change the “SET MENU” parameters while this unit is reproducing sound. • Press E RETURN to return to the previous menu lev el. 1 Set the operation mode selector to K AM P and then press N SET M[...]

72 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Use this feature to manually adju st speaker settings or compensate for video signal pr ocessing delays when using LCD monitors or projectors. Most of the SOUND MENU parameters are set auto matically when you run A UTO SETUP (see page 28). ■ Speaker sett ings A)SPEAKER SET Use this feature to manual ly a[...]

73 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Front speakers FRONT SP Choices: SMALL, LARGE When the front speaker s are large Select “LARGE” (large). When the front speaker s are small Select “SMALL” (sm all). When “LFE/B ASS OUT” is set to “FRNT” (see page 72), you can select only “LARGE” in “FRON[...]

74 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) LFE/Bass out LFE/BASS OUT Use this feat ure to select th e speakers that output the LFE (low-frequenc y ef fect) and the lo w-frequenc y signals. Choices: SW FR, FRNT, BO TH When a subw oofer is conn ected to this unit and you want to get natural bass so und Select “SWFR” (subwoofer). The LFE signal s [...]

75 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Speaker dista nce C)SP DISTANCE Use this feature to manually adj ust the distance of each speaker and the delay applied to the respective channel. Ideally , each speaker should be the same di stance from the main listening position. Ho wev e r , this is not possible in mo[...]

76 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Center graphic equalizer CENTER GEQ Use to match the tonal quality of the center speaker with that of the front left and right speakers. Y ou can adjust 5 frequency bands (100 Hz, 300 Hz, 1 kHz, 3 kHz and 10 kHz). Control range: –6.0 to +6.0 dB Control step: 0.5 dB y Press D k / n to select a frequency b[...]

77 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Maximum volume MAX VOL. Use this feature to set the maximum vo lume le vel in the main zone. This feature is us eful to a void the une xpected loud sound by mistake. F or ex ample, the original v olume range is 16.5 dB to –80.0 dB. Howe ver , when “MAX V OL.” is set to [...]

78 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) y Use this feature to activ ate the desired decode r manually when this unit cannot detect the signal flag encoded to the input sources correctly . • The av ailable decoders var y depending on the setting of the speakers and the input sources. • 6.1/7.1-channel playback is not possible in the fo llowin[...]

79 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English For OPTICAL OUTPUT jack 1 OPTICAL OUT Choices: (1) PHONO, CD, MD/CD-R , D VD, DTV/CBL, V -A UX, VCR, D VR • Y ou cannot select a specific item more than once for the same type of jack. • When you connect a component to both the DIGIT AL INPUT (COAXIAL) and DIGIT AL INPUT [...]

80 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ V olume T rim C)VOLUME TRIM Use this feature to adjust th e output level of each input source. This is useful if you want to balance the le vel of each input source to a void sudden changes in volume when switching betw een input sources. Choices: XM, TUNER, PHONO, CD, MD/CD-R, D VD, DTV/CBL, VCR, D VR[...]

81 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use this menu to adjust the optional system par ameters. ■ Display settings A)DISPLAY SET Dimmer DIMMER Use this feature to adjust the brightness of the front panel display . Control range: – 4 to 0 Control step: 1 •P r e s s D l to make the front panel display dimmer .[...]

82 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ Memory guard B)MEMORY GUARD Use this feature to prev ent accidental changes to DSP program parameter v alues a nd other system settings. Choices: OFF , ON • Select “OFF” t o turn of f the “MEMOR Y GUARD” feature. • Select “ON” to protect: – sound field program parameters – all “SE[...]

83 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Zone 2 Initial v olume INI VOL. Use this feature to set the v olume le vel of Zone 2 when the power of this unit is turned on. Choices: Off , –80.0 dB to +16.5 dB Control step: 0.5 dB • The “MAX VOL.” setting takes priority ov er the “INI VOL.” setting. • When y[...]

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 84 En In addition to controlling this unit, the remote control can also operate other audiovisual components made b y Y amaha and other manufacture rs. T o control your TV or other components, you mu st set up the appropriate remote co ntrol code for each input source (see page 87). ■ Contr olling the input sour ce compone[...]

85 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Controlling this unit Set the operation mode selector to K AMP to contr ol this unit. *1 These buttons always control this unit regardless of the operation mode selector positio n. *2 These buttons control this un it only when the component operation mode selector is set to K AMP . ■[...]

86 En Remote control features ■ Contr olling other compon ents Set the operation mo de selector to K SOURCE to control other components selected with the input selector buttons . Y ou must set the appropriate remote co ntrol code for each input source in adv ance (see page 87). The follo wing table show s the function of each control button used [...]

87 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can control other co mponents by setting the appropriate remote control c odes. For a complete list of av ailable remote control codes, refer to “List o f remote control codes” at the end of this manual. Remote control code default settings Y ou may not be able to operate your Y a[...]

88 En Remote control features Use this feature to clear all the remot e control codes pre viously set and reset all of them to the initial f actory settings. 1 Press U CODE SET using a ball point pen o r a similar obje ct. The V TRANSMIT indicator on the remote control flashes twice. 2 Press the numeric buttons ( B ) to enter the code number “998[...]

USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION 89 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English This unit allows you to conf igure a multi- zone audio system. The Zone 2 feature allo ws you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main z one and the second zone (Zone 2). Y ou can control this unit from the second zone using the supplied remote control. Y ou [...]

90 En Using multi-zo ne configuration ■ Using the internal amplifie r of this unit Connect the speakers in the second zone to the EXTRA SP sp eaker terminals and then set the “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” to “ZONE2” (see page 72). y • Y ou can use the FRONT B speak ers as the fr ont speaker system of another zone. Set “E XTRA SP ASSIG N” to “[...]

91 En Using multi-zo ne configuration AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Operating Zo ne 2 Rotate the I INPUT selector to sele ct the desired input source while the ZONE2 indicator is flashing in the fr ont panel displa y . • Select “TUNER” as the input source to use the TUNER features in Zone 2. F or details about the TUNER operations, see “FM/[...]

ADVANCED SETUP 92 En This unit has additional menus th at are displayed in the front panel disp lay . The adv anced setup menu of fers additional operations to adjust and cust omize the way this unit operate s. Change the init ial settings (indicate d in bold under each parameter) to reflect the need s of your listening en vironment. • The settin[...]

93 En Advanced setup AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Speaker impedance SP IMP. Use this feature to set the speak er impedance of this unit so that it matches that of your speakers. Choices: 8 Ω MIN , 6 Ω MIN •S e l e c t “ 8Ω MIN” to set the speaker impedance to 8 Ω . • Select “6 Ω MIN” to se t the speaker impedance to 6 Ω[...]

94 En Advanced setup ■ Remote control TUNER ID REMOTE TUN Use this feature to set the TUNER ID of this unit for remote control recognition. Choices: ID1 , ID2 • Select “ID1” when the remote control TUNER ID code is set to “82005”. • Select “ID2” when the remote control TUNER ID code is set to “81949”. Setting remote cont rol T[...]

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

TROUBLESHOOTING 96 En Refer to the table below when this un it does not function properly . If the proble m you are experiencing is not listed belo w or if the instruction belo w does not help, turn off this unit, disconnect the po wer cable, and cont act the nearest auth orized Y amaha dealer or service center . ■ General T roubleshooting Proble[...]

97 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Prob lem Cause Remed y See page The sound su ddenly goes off. The protect ion circuitr y has been act iv ated because of a short circu it, etc. Check that the speaker i mpedance set ting is corr ect. 25, 93 Check that the speaker wir es are not t ouching eac h other and the n turn this uni t bac[...]

98 En Troubleshooting Problem Ca use Remedy See page No sound is h eard from the subw oofer . “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “FRONT” when a Dolby Digital or DTS signal is being pl ayed. Set “LFE/B ASS OUT” to “SWFR” or “BO TH”. 72 “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “SWFR” or “FRONT” when a 2- chan[...]

99 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ T uner Prob lem Cause Remed y See page “CHECK SP WIRES” appear s in the fron t panel display . Speaker cabl es are shor t-circuit ed. Make sur e all spea ker cables are connecte d correctl y . 13 There is noise interference f rom digital or radio frequency equipmen t. This unit is too cl[...]

100 En Troubleshooting ■ XM Satellite Radio If an operation takes longer than usual or an error occurs, one of the following messages ma y appear in the front panel display . In this c ase, read the caus e and follow the corresponding remedies. ■ Remote contr ol Status message Cause Remed y See page CHECK ANTENNA The XM Mini-T uner and XM Dock [...]

101 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ HDMI ■ iP od In case of a transmission err or without a status message appearing in the front panel and in the OSD, check the connection to y our iPod (see page 23). ■ AU T O S E T U P Before A UT O SETUP Error message Cause Remed y See page DEVICE OVER The number of the co nnected H DM[...]

102 En Troubleshooting During A UT O SETUP After A UT O SETUP • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNIN G” screens appears, check t h e cause of the problem, then run “A UTO SETUP” again. • If a warning message “W -1” a ppears, corrections are made, bu t they may not be optimal. • If a warning message “W -2 ” or “W -3” a ppears, no[...]

RESETTING THE SYSTEM 103 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Use this feature to reset all the para meters of this unit to the initial f actory sett ings. • This procedure completely resets all the parameters of this unit including the “SET MENU” parameters. However , the advanced se tup menu parameters will not be initialized. • The initial[...]

GLOSSARY 104 En ■ Bi-amplifi cation connecti on A bi-amplification connection uses two amplif iers for a speaker . One amplifier is conne cted to the w oofer section of a loudspeaker while the other is connected to the combined mid and tweeter se ct ion. W ith this arrangement each amplifier operates over a restricted frequency range. This restri[...]

105 En Glossary ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ DTS 96/24 DTS 96/24 of fers an unpreced ented lev el of audio quality for multi-channel sound on D VD video, and is fully backward-compatible with all DTS decoders. “96” refers to a 96 kHz sampling ra te co mpared to the typical 48 kHz sampling rate. “24” refers to 24-bit word length. DTS [...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAM INFORMATION 106 En ■ Elements of a sound field What really crea tes the rich, full tones of a li ve instru ment are the multi ple reflections from the walls of the room. In addition to making the sound li ve , these reflections enab le us to tell w here the playe r is situate d as well as the size and shape of the room in whic[...]

PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER INFORMATION 107 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English This unit employs Y amaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer (YP A O) technology , together with the Param etric EQ setting s (see page 75), t o optimize the frequency characteristics of its parametric equa lizer to match your listening en vironment. YP A O uses a combination o[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 108 En A UDIO SECTION • Mi nimum RMS Ou tput Power for Front, C enter, Surround, Surround ba ck 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.06% THD, 8 Ω ....... ....................... ........ 90 W • D ynamic Power (IHF) Front L/R, 8/ 6/4/2 Ω .......... ................... ........ 12 0/155/190/235 W • Maximum Useful Ou tput Power (JEIT A) [Asia, [...]

109 En Specifications ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English GENERAL • Power Supp ly [U.S.A. and Can ada models] ............................. AC 120 V , 6 0 Hz [General model] ...................... ................. AC 110/120/220/230–240 V , 50/60 Hz [Asia model ] ...................... .................. ............. AC 220/230–240 V , 50/60 Hz[...]

i ■ Fro nt panel VOLUME INPUT PROGRAM SCENE S VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL L AUDIO R VIDEO AUX SEARCH MODE EFFECT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT PHONES SILENT CINEMA ON/OFF AUDIO SELECT TONE CONTROL OPTIMIZER MIC 1 234 SPEAKERS PRESET/TUNING EDIT FM/AM A/B/C/D/E CATEGOR Y MEMORY TUNING AUTO/MAN'L DISPLAY ON/OFF ZONE 2 CONTROL ZONE l PRESET/TUNING/CH h MAIN ZON[...]

ii APPENDIX ■ Remote contr ol REC SCENE 123 4 VOLUME TV VOL TV CH AMP SOURCE TV TRANSMIT CODE SET STANDBY POWER POWER POWER AV TV MUL TI CH IN AUDIO SEL DOCK MD CBL PHONO MUTE TV MUTE TV INPUT 4 3 2 1 8 10 7 0 9 6 5 SLEEP MOVIE ENTERT AIN LIVE/CLUB CLASSICAL ENT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT STEREO ENHANCER NIGHT SUR. DECODE MENU TITLE SET MENU SRCH MODE [...]

INDEX 110 En ■ Numerics 1 SOUND MENU, Manual setup ........ 69 2 INPUT MENU, Manual setup .......... 69 2ch Enhancer, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 2ch STEREO, Sound f ield program .... 46 3 OPTION MENU, Manual setup ....... 70 7ch Enhancer, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 7ch STEREO, Sound f ield program .... 46 96/24 indicator .....................[...]

Index 111 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English EQ TYPE, Auto setup parameter ......... 2 9 Equalizer type select, Equalizer .......... . 75 Equalizer, Soun d menu .... ................ .... 75 EQUALIZING, Auto setup parameter ...................... . 30 Extended surround decoders, Sound menu ....................... .............. 7 7 External amplifi[...]

Index 112 En PL II Movie, Decoder type ................ .. 67 PL II Music, Decoder type ........... ........ 67 PL LEVEL, Sound field parameter ...... 66 Playing video sour ces in the backgr ound ............. ............... 40 PLII Movie, Deco der type ................... 66 PLIIx Game, Decoder type ................ .. 67 PLIIx Movie, Decoder typ[...]

Index 113 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Surround left/right speakers , Speaker settings . ................ ............. . 73 SURROUND PRE OUT jack connection ............. ................ ........... 22 Surround right speaker lev el, Sound field parameter ...................... 6 6 Surround sound field initial delay, Sound field parameter ..[...]

iii List of remote control codes CABLE TV RECEIVER 3M 10033 A-MARK 10008, 10144 ABC 10237, 10003, 10008, 10033 A CCUPHASE 10003 A CORN 10237 A CTION 10237 A CTIVE 10237 AMERICAST 10899 ARCHER 10237 BCC 10276 BELL SOUTH 10899 BRITISH TELECOM 10003 CENTUR Y 10008 DIRECTOR 10476 DX ANTENNA 11500 FOSGA TE 10276 FUJITSU 11497 GE 10144 GENERAL INSTR UMEN[...]

iv APPENDIX CAR VER 20054, 20 170 CCE 20037 CELEBRITY 20000 CELERA 20765 CHANGHONG 20156, 20765, 20767, 20783 CINERAL 2009 2, 20451 CITEK 20047 CITIZEN 20000, 20030, 20054, 20060, 20092, 20171, 20180, 20186, 20451, 20463 CLARION 20180 CLASSIC 20030, 20092 COLOR TYME 20017, 20030, 20047, 20054, 20060, 20178 COMMERCIA L SOLUTIONS 20047, 21447 CONIC 2[...]

v PHILIPS 20030, 2 0037, 20054, 20171, 20186, 20690, 21254, 21454, 21455 PILO T 20030, 20051, 20060, 20178 PIONEER 20166, 2 0679, 20866, 21260 POLAR OID 20765, 20865 POR T LAND 20092, 20451 PRECISION 20180, 20236 PRIMA 207 61, 20783, 20815, 20817 PRINCETON 20700 PRISM 20051, 20250 PR OSCAN 20047, 21347 , 21447 PR O TEC 20037, 20264 PR O TON 20178 P[...]

vi APPENDIX VCR A-MARK 30037, 30240, 30000 ABS 31972 ADMIRAL 30060, 30048, 30039, 30047, 30104, 30209 AD VENTURA 3003 7, 30240, 30000 AIW A 30037, 30 000, 30307, 30348, 31284, 31291, 31332, 31336 AKAI 30041 ALBA 30209 ALIENW ARE 31972 ALLEGR O 30039 AMERICAN HIGH 30035, 30081 AMSTRAD 30000 ANAM N A TIONAL 30226 ASHA 30240 ASTRA 30035, 30240 A UDIO [...]

vii SEARS 30060, 30035, 30162, 30037, 30048, 30039, 30047, 30033, 30045, 30000, 30042, 30104, 30067, 30043, 30209, 30041, 30034, 31237 SHARP 30048, 30047, 30032, 30000, 30807, 31285, 31742, 31810 SHINTOM 300 39, 30240, 30000 SHOGUN 30240 SIEMENS 30037, 30104 SIGNA TUR E 30060, 30035, 30037, 30048, 30000 SINGER 300 37, 30240 SONIC BLUE 306 14, 30616[...]

viii APPENDIX REALISTIC 40571 REOC 40752 RIO 40869 R O TEL 40623 R OW A 4100 4 SABA 40651 SAMPO 40752 SAMSUNG 40490, 40573, 40744, 40820, 40899, 41044, 41075, 41599 SANSUI 40695, 41695 SANYO 40670, 40675, 40695, 41583 SCHNEIDER 40783 SCHW AIGER 40752 SENSOR Y SCIENCE 41158 SHARP 40630, 40675, 40752, 41256, 41556, 41642, 42002 SHARPE R IMAGE 41117 S[...]

ix CD RECORDER CLASSIC 71297 DENON 70626 FISHER 71325 GPX 71296 HARMAN/KARDON 71202 JVC 71294 KENWOOD 70626 LG 71208 MARANTZ 70626 PHILIPS 70626 PIONEER 71062, 7 1087 RCA 70053 SONY 70000, 70100, 71364 TDK 71208 Y AMAHA 70888, 71292 MD RECORDER DENON 70873 KENWOOD 70681, 70826, 71683 ONKYO 708 68, 71685 OPTIMUS 71063 P ANASONIC 71682 PIONEER 71063 [...]

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■ Front panel RX-V861/RX-V661 U VOLUME INPUT PROGRAM SCENE S VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL L AUDIO R VIDEO AUX SEARCH MODE EFFECT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT PHONES SILENT CINEMA ON/OFF AUDIO SELECT TONE CONTROL OPTIMIZER MIC 1 234 SPEAKERS PRESET/TUNING EDIT FM/AM A/B/C/D/E CA TEGORY MEMORY TUNING AUTO/MAN'L DISPLAY ON/OFF ZONE 2 CONTROL ZONE l PRESET/TUNIN[...]

■ Remote contr ol REC SCENE 123 4 V OLUME TV VOL TV CH AMP SOURCE TV TRANSMIT CODE SET ST ANDBY PO WER POWER POWER AV TV MUL TI CH IN AUDIO SEL DOCK MD CBL PHONO MUTE TV MUTE TV INPUT 4 3 2 1 8 10 7 0 9 6 5 SLEEP MOVIE ENTERT AIN LIVE/CLUB CLASSICAL ENT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT STEREO ENHANCER NIGHT SUR. DECODE MENU TITLE SET MENU SRCH MODE XM MEMORY[...]

RX-V661 P ag e 35 (f ootnote *2) Incorrec t *2 Y ou can select “ V -A UX” as the input source even if your iPod is stationed in the Y amaha Univ ersal Dock connected to this unit. When the SCENE mode is deactivated and your iPod is stationed in the Y amaha Universal Dock, this unit selects “DOCK” as the input source automatically . Correct [...]