Yamaha DSP-AX861SE manual

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

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

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

NOTICE 2 En Manufactured u nder license from Dolby L aboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DTS-ES | NEO:6 | 96/24. Product “DTS” and “DT S-ES | NEO:6” are registered trademarks of DTS, Inc. “96/24” is a trademark of DT S, Inc. “iPod” is a trade mark of Apple In c., r[...]

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: 105 W + 105 W Center: 105 W Surround: 105 W + 1 05 W Surround back: 105 W + 105 W SCENE function ◆ 17 preset SCENE templates for various situations ◆ 4 original SCENE template s for customizing capa[...]

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

Quick start guide 5 En INTRODUCTION English The follow ing steps describe the easiest way to enjoy D VD movie playback in your home theater . The follow ing items are not included in the package of this unit. ❏ Speakers ❏ Fr ont speakers ..................... .............. . 2 ❏ Center speaker .............. .............. ....... 1 ❏ Surr[...]

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 DVD DIGIT AL INPUT 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 cabl[...]

Quick start guide 8 En 4 Connect the po wer plug of this unit and othe r components into the A C wall o utlet. y This unit is equipped with A C OUTLET for the power supply of th e other components. See page 24 for details. ■ For further connections • Using the other kind of speaker combinations ☞ P . 12 • Connecting a video monitor via v ar[...]

Quick start guide 9 En INTRODUCTION English 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Press 3 SCENE1 bu t to n . “D VD MO VIE VIEWING” appears in the front panel display , and this unit automatically opti mize o wn status for the D VD playback. y The indicator on the selected SCENE button lights up while this unit is in the SCENE [...]

Quick start guide 10 En ■ After using this unit... Press 1 ST ANDBY/ON to set this unit to the standby mode. This unit is set to the st andb y mode and cons umes a smal l amount of power in order to recei ve infrared signals from the remote control. T o turn on this unit from the standby mode, press the desired 3 SCENE (or A SCENE ) buttons or 1 [...]

CONNECTIONS 11 En PREP ARA TION English Connections Rear panel TUNER A B C DOCK DIGIT AL OUTPUT PHONO CD MD/ DVD DTV/CBL DTV/CBL DVR DVD DVR DVD IN OUT IN OUT DTV/CBL DVR VCR MONITOR OUT MONITOR OUT CD-R (PLAY) OUT OUT IN VCR SB(8CH) FRONT(6CH) SINGLE CENTER CENTER S VIDEO VIDEO SURROUND SUBWOOFER FRONT SURROUND SUR. BA CK SUBWOOFER AUDIO MUL TI CH[...]

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 pos[...]

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 potential 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 69). • 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 MONITOR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can choose to play back HDMI audio sig nals on this unit or on another HDMI component connected to the HDMI 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 74), 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 TUNER B C DTV/CBL DTV/CBL DVR DVR IN IN OUT OUT DTV/CBL VCR DVR OUT IN VCR SB(8CH) FRONT(6CH) SINGLE CENTER CENTER S VIDEO VIDEO SURROUND SUBWOOFER FRONT SURROUND SUR. BA CK AUDIO MUL TI CH INPUT OUT IN COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO REMOTE OUT YP B P R V S S V V S[...]

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 amplifier , connect an external amplif ier to the PRE OUT jack s. Each PRE OUT jack ou tputs the same channel signals as th e corresponding SP[...]

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 univ ersal 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 ■ A C OUTLET (SWITCHED) Use this outlet to supply power to any c onnected comp onents. Connect the po wer cable of your other components to this outlet. Powe r to this outlet is supplied when this unit is turned on. Ho we ver , power to this outlet is cut off when this unit is set to the standb y mode. For inform ation on the m[...]

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 5 TONE CONTR OL on the front panel and then press 1 ST ANDBY/ON to turn on this unit. This unit turns on, and the advan ced setup menu appears in the front panel display . 3 Rotate the 6 PR OGRAM selector on the fron[...]

26 En Connec tions 1A Input signal indicators Lights up when this unit is reproducing DSD (Direct Stream Digital) or PCM (Pul se Code Modulation) digital audio signals. 2B Decoder indicator s The respecti ve indicator lights up when any of the decoders of this unit function. 3 ENHANCER indicator Lights up when the Compressed Music Enhancer mode is [...]

27 En Connections PREP ARA TION English L Input channel and speaker indicators LFE indicator Lights up when the input signal contains the LFE signal. Input c hannel indicator s Indicate the channel compone nts of the current digital input signal. Presence and surround bac k speaker indicator s Light up according to the number of presence and surrou[...]

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 av 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 s[...]

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 , PRESENCE, NONE • When y ou use the alt[...]

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. Press D k / n to toggle between the parameters in results. y If you are not satisfied with th e results or want to manually adjust each parameter, use “MANU A L SETUP” (see page 61). • The[...]

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 “RETR Y” to retry the “A UT O SETUP” proced[...]

SELECTING THE SCENE TEMPLATES 33 En BAS I C OPERA TION English This unit is equipped with 17 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 Movie V iewing SCENE 2: Music Disc Listening SCENE 3: TV V iewin g SCENE 4: R[...]

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

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 17 SCENE templates to c reate the ori ginal SCENE tem plates. 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. 2 Set the operation mode selector to L AMP and then press and hold the de sired A SCENE button f or [...]

PLAYBACK 37 En BAS I C OPERA TION English 1 T urn on the video moni tor connected to this unit. y See page 40 to display the in put source information on the video mon itor . 2 Rotate the 0 INPUT selector (or press one of the input sel ector buttons ( B )) to select the desired input source . The name of the currentl y selected input source appears[...]

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 0 INPUT selector to select MUL TI CH (or B 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 the same input source . y • W e recommend that you set the audio input jack select to “A UT O” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the d[...]

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 ■ A udio inf ormation “---” appears when this unit ca nnot display the correspo nding information. ■ Video inf ormation “---” appears when this unit ca nnot display the correspo nding information. Use this feature to automa tically set this unit to the standby mode after a certai n 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 f ield processing (DSP) chip containing sev eral sound field programs whic h you can use to enhan[...]

43 En Sound field programs BAS I C OPERA TION English ■ For audio music s ources y For audio music sources, we also recommend that you use the Pu re 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 KE[...]

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 64). ■ 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 following soun d field prog ram (except “Mon o Movie”). See page 58 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 u[...]

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 7 STRAIGHT (or Q STRAIGHT ) to select “S[...]

USING AUDIO FEATURES 48 En 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 8 PURE DIRECT (or P PURE DIRECT ) to turn the Pure Dir ect mode on or off. The 8 PURE DIRECT button lights up while [...]

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 U STEREO on the remote control repeatedly to select “2ch Stereo”. y • Y ou can use a subwoofer with this progra m when “LFE/BASS OUT” is set to “SWFR” or “BOTH” (see page 66). ?[...]

USING IPOD™ 50 En Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y amaha iPod universal 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 ca n also use th e Compressed Music Enhancer mode of this uni t to improve the sound qu [...]

51 En Using iPod™ BAS I C OPERA TION English 1 Set the operation mode selector to L SOURCE and then press R 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 52 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 53 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can enjoy good quality sou nd 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 field parameter v alues [...]

54 En Advanced sound configurations ■ Basic configuration of soun d field programs 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” first, and then try other parameters. y T o change sound fi eld parameter s[...]

55 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 53 for detai ls. Sound fiel d parameter Features INIT.DLY P.INIT.DLY S.INIT.DLY S[...]

56 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, [...]

57 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[...]

58 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[...]

59 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[...]

60 En Advanced sound configurations Decoder parameter descriptions Decoder parameter Features PLIIx Music PLII 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 PLIIx Music PLII Music DIMENSION Pro Logic IIx[...]

CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) 61 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Y ou can use the follo wing parameters i n “SET MENU” to adjust a v ariety of system settings and customiz e the way this unit operates. Change the initial settings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the needs of your listenin g en vironment. ■ A uto set[...]

62 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 brightness of the dis play and conv erts video[...]

63 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 L AMP and then press N SET ME[...]

64 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[...]

65 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Front speakers FRONT S P 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 64), you can select only “LARGE” in “FRO[...]

66 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 [...]

67 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Speaker dista nce C)SP DIS TANCE 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 m[...]

68 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 Initial sett ing: 0.0 dB y Press D k / [...]

69 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 of this unit. This feature is useful to a v oid the unex pected loud sound by mistak e. For e xample, the original v olume range is 16.5 dB to –80.0 dB. Howe ver , when “MAX V OL.” is set to –5[...]

70 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[...]

71 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English For OPTICAL OUTPUT jack 1 OPTICAL OUT Choices: (1) PHON O, CD, MD/CD-R , DVD, DTV/CBL, V -A UX, VCR , D VR Y ou cannot sel ect a specific item more than once for the same type of jack. For OPTICAL IN PUT jacks 2, 3 and 4 OPTICAL IN Choices: (2) PHON O, CD, TUNER, MD/CD -R , D[...]

72 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: TU NER, PHONO, CD, MD/CD-R, D VD, DTV/CBL, VCR, D VR, V[...]

73 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 y As a result of the parameter setting in “DISPL A Y SET”, no screen may appear on the video monitor . In such a case, use “V .RESET” (see page 91) to set the “VIDEO CON V .?[...]

74 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) HDMI aspect ratio HDMI ASP Use this feat ure to adjust the aspect ratio for video signals output at the HDMI OUT jack. Choices: THROUGH , 16:9 NORMAL, SMAR T ZOOM • Select “THROUGH” if you do not mak e any adjustments t o the aspect ratio for HDMI video signal sources. • Select “16:9 NORMAL” to[...]

75 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETU P) AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Memory guard B)MEMORY GUARD Use this feature to pre v ent accidental chang es to DSP program parameter values a nd other system settings. Choices: OFF , ON • Select “OFF” to turn of f the “MEMOR Y GU ARD” feature. • Select “ON” to protect: – sound field [...]

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 76 En In addition to controlling this unit, the remote control can also operate other audiovisual components made b y Y amaha and other manufacture rs. T o control your TV or other components, you mu st set up the appropriate remote control code for each input source (see page 79). ■ Contr olling the input sour ce componen[...]

77 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Controlling this unit Set the operation mode selector to L AMP to control 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 L AMP . ■ [...]

78 En Remote control features ■ Contr olling other compon ents Set the operation mode selector to L SOURCE to control other components selected with the input selector bu ttons ( B ), or . Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each inpu t source in adv ance (see page 79). The following table sho ws the function of each control but[...]

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

80 En Remote control features 2 Press and hold T LEARN for about 3 seconds usin g a ballpoint pe n or similar object. The library name (ex. L;D VD) and the name of the selected input area (ex. D VD) appear alternately in the display window ( J ) on the remote control. y • Y ou can set a remote control code of a different type of component to an i[...]

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

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

83 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 3 Press D k / n to select and enter a character . Pressing D n changes the character as fo llows: A to Z, 1 to 9, 0, + (plus), – (hyphen), ; (semicolon), / (slash), and space. Pressing D k changes the charac ters in re verse order . 4 Press D h to move the cursor to the next position. y [...]

84 En Remote control features ■ Default macr o funct ions *1 Y ou can turn on some components (includ ing Y amaha components) connected to this unit by connecting them to the A C OUTLET on the rear panel of this unit. Power control may not be synchr onized with this unit dependin g on the com ponent. For details, refer to the operating inst ructi[...]

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

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

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

88 En Remote control features ■ Clearing a macr o function Y ou can clear the function programmed for a certain macro button. 1 Set the operation mode selector to L AMP or L SOURCE and then press T MACRO using a ballpoint pen or similar object. “MCR ?” appears in the display windo w ( J ) on the remote control. If you do not complete each of [...]

ADVANCED SETUP 89 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English This unit has additional menus that are di splayed in the front panel display . The adv anced setup menu offer s additional operations to adjust and custo mize the way this unit opera tes . Change t he initial se ttings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the need s of your listenin[...]

90 En Advanced setup ■ Speaker imped ance SP IMP. Use this feature to set the speak er impedance of this unit so that it matches that of your speake rs. Choices: 8 Ω MIN , 6 Ω MIN • Select “ 8Ω MIN” to set the speaker impedance to 8 Ω . • Select “6 Ω MIN” to set the speak er impedance to 6 Ω . ■ User pr esets PRESET Use [...]

91 En Advanced setup AD V ANCED OPERA TION English 4 Press the numeric buttons ( F ) to enter the four -digit remo te contr ol code fo r the input area y ou want to use. Remote control AMP ID codes Select one of the following c odes to set the remote control AMP ID code for the input area you want to use. 5 Press D ENTER to set the number . “OK?[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 92 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[...]

93 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, 90 Check that the speaker wir es are not t ouching eac h other and the n turn this uni t bac[...]

94 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”. 64 “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “SWFR” or “FRONT” when a 2-chann[...]

95 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Remote contr ol 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. Ma ke sure all sp eaker cables a re connecte d correctl y . 13 There is noise interference f rom digital or radio frequency equipmen t. This unit[...]

96 En Troubleshooting ■ HDMI ■ iP od In case of a transmission error w ithout a status message appearing in the f ront panel and in the OSD, check the connection to y our iPod (see page 23). ■ A UTO SETUP Before A UT O SETUP Error message Cau se Remedy See page DEVICE OVER The number of the conne cted HDMI components i s over the limit. Reduc[...]

97 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English During A UT O SETUP After A U T O SETUP • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNING” screens appear s, check th e cause of the problem, then run “A UT O SETUP” again. • If a warning message “W -1” appears, correctio ns are made, but they may not be optimal. • If a warning message “W -2[...]

RESETTING THE SYSTEM 98 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 pa rameters of this uni t including the “SET MENU” parameters. Howev er , the advanced se tup menu parameters will not be initialized. • The initial factory settings ar e activ a [...]

GLOSSARY 99 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Bi-amplification connect ion A bi-amplification co nnection uses two amplif iers for a speaker . One amplifier is conne cted to the woofer section of a loudspeaker while th e other is connected to the combined mid and tweeter section . W ith this arra ngement each amplifier operates over a restrict[...]

100 En Glossary ■ DTS 96/ 24 DTS 96/24 offers an unprecedent ed 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 rate compared to the typical 48 kHz sampling rate. “24” refers to 24-bit word length. DTS 96 / 24 offer s sound quality tran[...]

SOUND FIELD PROGRAM INFORMATION 101 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Elements of a sound field What really cre ates the rich, full tones of a li v e instrument are the multiple refl ections from the wa lls of the room. In addition to making the sound liv e , these reflections enable us to tell where the player is situa ted as well as the size[...]

PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER INFORMATION 102 En This unit emplo ys Y amaha Parame tric Room Acoustic Optimizer (YP A O) technology to optimize the frequenc y characteristics of its parame tric equalizer to match your listening en vironment. YP A O uses a combination o f the following three par ameters (F requency , Gain and Q factor) to provide highly prec[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 103 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English A U DIO SECTION • Minimum RMS Output Po wer for Front, Cente r , Surround , Surround ba ck 20 Hz to 20 kH z, 0.06% THD, 8 Ω ....................... ............. 105 W • Dynamic Po wer (IHF) Front L/R, 8/6/4/ 2 Ω .............. .................. ...... 140/1 75/205/250 W • Ma ximum Ou[...]

INDEX 104 En ■ Numerics 1 SOUND MENU, Manual setup ........ 61 2 INPUT MENU, Manual setup .......... 61 2ch Enhancer, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 2ch STEREO, Sound f ield program .... 46 3 OPTION MENU, Manual setup ....... 62 7ch Enhancer, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 7ch STEREO, Sound f ield program .... 46 96/24 indicator .....................[...]

Index 105 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Front panel display scroll, Display settings .................. ............. . 74 FRONT PRE OUT jack connection ..... 22 FRONT SP, Speaker settings . .............. 6 5 Front speaker set selection .. ................ . 38 Front speakers, Speaker settings .......... 6 5 FRONT, Multi channel input setting[...]

Index 106 En Reverberation delay, Sound field par ameter ................. ..... 57 Reverberation level, Sound field par ameter ................. ..... 57 Reverberation time, Sound field par ameter ................. ..... 57 Roleplaying Game, Sound field pr ogram ................... ..... 44 ROOM SIZE, S ound field pa rameter .... 56 Room size, Sou[...]

i ■ Fr ont panel VOLUME INPUT PROGRAM SCENE S VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL L AUDIO R VIDEO AUX EFFECT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT PHONES SILENT CINEMA ST ANDBY /ON AUDIO SELECT TONE CONTROL SPEAKERS OPTIMIZER MIC 1 234 8 12 3 4 56 7 9 0 A[...]

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

iii List of remote control codes CABLE ABC 0030, 0035 AMERICAST 0926 BELL SOUTH 0926 BIRMINGHAM CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 0303 BRITISH T ELECOM 0030 CABLE & WIRELESS 1095 DAERYUNG 0035, 0504, 0904, 1904 DIRECTOR 0503 FILMNET 0470 GENERAL INSTRUMENT 0030, 0303, 0503, 0837, GOLDSTAR 0171 HAMLIN 0036, 0300 JERROLD 0030, 0303, 0 503, 0837 LG 0171 MNET 0[...]

iv APPENDIX LD PLA YER CARVER 0091 DENON 0086 MARANTZ 0091 MITSUBISHI 0086 NAD 0086 NAGSMI 0086 OPTIMUS 0086 PHILIPS 0091 PIONEER 0086 SALORA 0091 SONY 0228 T ELEFUNKEN 0086 Y AMAHA 2200 MD RECORDER KENWOOD 0708 ONKYO 0895 SHARP 0888 SONY 0517 Y AMAHA 2500, 2501, 2502 RECEIVER (TUNER) ADC 0558 AIWA 0185, 1116, 1415, 1432, 1668 ALCO 1417 ANAM 1636 A[...]

v AMERICA ACTION 0207 AMPRO 0778 AMSTRAD 0036, 0064, 0198, 0398, 0439, 0460, 0543 ANAM 0036, 0207, 0277 ANAM NATIONAL 0277, 0677 ANITECH 0036 APEX DIGITAL 0775, 0792, 0794 AUDIOSONIC 0064, 01 36 BANG & OLUFSEN 0592 BASIC 0036 BAUR 0064, 0388, 0539 BAYSONIC 0207 BEAUMARK 0205 BEKO 0397, 0513, 0741, 0742 BELL & HOWELL 0181 BEON 0064 BLAUPUNKT[...]

vi APPENDIX PIONEER 0136, 0190, 0193, 0314, 0706, 0787, 0893 PORTLAND 0119 PRANDONI-PRINCE 0543 PRIMA 0788 PRISM 0078 PROFEX 0036, 0388 PROSCAN 0074 PROTECH 0036, 0064, 0274, 0291, 0445, 0695 PROTON 0036, 005 7, 0205 PULSAR 0044 QUASAR 0078, 0277, 0677 QUELLE 0064, 0131, 0388, 0539 R-LINE 0064 RCA 0027, 0057, 0074, 0117, 0119, 0205, 0706, 1074, 117[...]

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

The circled numbers and alphabets corre spond to those in the Owner’ s Manual. ■ Front panel DSP-AX861SE/DSP-AX761 B VOLUME INPUT PROGRAM SCENE S VIDEO VIDEO OPTICAL L AUDIO R VIDEO AUX EFFECT PURE DIRECT STRAIGHT PHONES SILENT CINEMA ST ANDBY /ON AUDIO SELECT TONE CONTROL SPEAKERS OPTIMIZER MIC 1 234 8 12 3 4 56 7 9 0 A 00_sheet_DSP-AX761_B.bo[...]

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