Yamaha RX-V861 manual

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

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Caution-i En • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash 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[...]

Important safety instructions Caution-ii En EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING MAST GROUND CLAMP ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810–20) GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810–21) GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250. PART H) ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT NEC – NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE d) If the p[...]

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

1 En 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 Liste ning 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 affecti[...]

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 ◆ 18 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 T ake off the battery co mpartment 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 n[...]

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 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 cab[...]

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. The types of the supplied in door FM antenna and FM antenna terminal of this unit are dif ferent depending on the models. Connecting th e wire of the AM loop antenna y The wire of the AM loop ante nna does no[...]

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 Case C: “I want to list en to a music program of the FM/AM radio station... ” Press F SCEN E4 (or F SCENE4 ) to select “Radio Listening”. • T o use the “Radio Listening” template (Case C), you have to tune into the desired radi o station. See pages 50 to 52 for the tuning information. • T o achieve the best p[...]

CONNECTIONS 11 En PREP ARA TION English Connections Rear panel 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 OUT SURROUND SUBWOOFER FRONT SURROUND SUR. BA CK SUBWOOFER AUD IO 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 joy CINEMA DSP and multi- channel audio sources. Front left and right speaker s (FL and FR) The front speakers are us ed for the main source sound plus effect sounds. Place these speakers a t an equal dis tance from the ideal listenin g posi[...]

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 MONITOR OUT jack of this unit. y Y ou can choose to play back HDMI audio signals 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 82), 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 AUDIO OUT IN COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO . L R YP B P R V S S V V S S V P R P B Y L R L R L R L R D VD recorder , PVR S-video in S-video o ut V i deo out Audio in Audio out DV D recorder , PVR or VCR S-vid[...]

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 universal 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 uni versal 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. Press D k / n to toggle between the parameters in a 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 69). • T[...]

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 follow ing display is an e xample when “E-9:USER CANCEL” appears in the OSD. Choices: RETR Y , EXIT • Select “RE TR Y” to retry the “A UTO SET UP” proced[...]

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 owing t able indicate the assigned SCENE but tons in the defa ult setting. *1 When the connected DVD play er or CD player has the capability of the SCENE control signals and is connected to the [...]

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 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 I INPUT selector (or press one of the input sel ector buttons ( A )) 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 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 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 corresponding information. ■ Video inf ormation “– – –” appears when this unit ca nnot display the corresponding information. Use this feature to automa tically set the main zone to the standby mode after a cert[...]

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 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 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 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 T PURE DIRECT ) to turn the Pure Dir ect mode on or off. The G PURE DIRECT button lights up while [...]

49 En Using audio features BAS I C OPERA TION English Y ou can mix do wn 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 l ower p reset station numbe r . 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 sear ch for a chan nel quickly by pressing and ho[...]

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 amaha 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 qua[...]

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 goo d 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 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[...]

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

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 th e bright ness of th e display a nd converts vid[...]

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 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 72), you can select only “LARGE” in “FRO[...]

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 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[...]

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

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 When you connect a componen t to both the DIGIT AL INPUT (COAXIAL) and DIGIT AL INPUT (OPTICAL) ja cks, priority is giv en to the signals input at the DIGIT AL INPU T (CO[...]

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 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 96) to set the “VIDE O CONV .?[...]

82 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 “THR OUGH” if you do not make an y adjustments t o the aspect ratio for HDMI video signal sources. • Select “16:9 NORMAL” t[...]

83 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 [...]

84 En Customizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) ■ Zone 2 settings E)ZONE2 SET Zone 2 Maxim um v olume MAX VOL. Use this feature to set the maxi mum volume lev el in the Zone 2. Control range: 16.5 dB , 15.0 dB to – 30.0 dB Control step: 5.0 dB • The “MAX VOL.” setting takes priority over the “INI.V OL.” setting. For e xample, when “INI.V[...]

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 85 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION English In addition to controlling thi s unit, the remote control ca n also operate other audio visua l components made by Y amaha and other manufacturers. T o control your TV or other com ponents, you must set up the appr opriate remote control code for each input source (see page 88). ■ Contro[...]

86 En Remote control features ■ Controlling this unit Set the operation mode selector to K AMP to control this unit. *1 These buttons alw ays control this unit regardless of the operation mode selector position. *2 These buttons control this un it only when the component operation mode selector is set to K AMP . ■ Contro lling a TV Set the oper[...]

87 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Controlling other compone nts Set the operation mode selector to K SOURCE to control other components sele cted with the input selector buttons. Y ou must set the appropriate re mote control code for each input source in adv ance (see page 88). The following table show s the function o[...]

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

89 En Remote control features AD V ANCED OPERA TION English Use this feature to clear all the remote control codes pre viously set and reset all of them to the initi al factory settings. 1 Press U CODE SET using a ballpoint pe n or a similar object. The V TRANSMIT indicator on the remote control flashes twice. 2 Press the numeric buttons ( B ) to e[...]

USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION 90 En This unit allows you to conf igure a multi- zone audio system. The Zone 2 feature allows yo u to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main zone and the second z one (Zone 2). Y ou can control this unit from the second zone using the supplied remote control. Y ou need the follo wing additional[...]

91 En Using multi-zo ne configuration AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ Using the internal amplifier of this unit Connect the spe akers in the se cond zone to the EXTRA SP spea ker terminals and then set the “EXT RA SP ASSIGN” to “ZONE2” (see page 72). y • Y ou can use the speakers connect ed EXTRA SP speaker terminals as the front speake[...]

92 En Using multi-zo ne configuration Operating Zone 2 Rotate the I INPUT selector to s elect the desired input source whil e the ZONE2 indi cator is flashing in the fro nt panel displa y . • Select “TUNER” as the input source to use the TUNER features in Zone 2. Fo r details about the TUNER operations, see “FM/AM tuning” on page 50. • [...]

ADVANCED SETUP 93 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[...]

94 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 se t the speak er impedance to 6 Ω . * The Canada model cannot us[...]

95 En Advanced setup AD V ANCED OPERA TION English ■ 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 th e remote control TUNER ID cod e is set to “82005”. • Select “ID2” when th e remote control TUNER ID cod e is set to “8[...]

96 En Advanced setup ■ SCENE IR code setting SCENE IR Use this feature to output the remote control signals at the REMO TE OUT j ack automatically whe n this unit is in the SCENE mode. Choices: ON , OFF • Select “ON” when the comp onent connected to the REMO TE OUT jack is the Y amaha component and has the capability of th e SCENE control s[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING 97 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Refer to the table belo w when this unit does not function prope rly . If the problem you are experien cing is not listed belo w or if the instruction belo w does not help, turn of f this unit, disconnect the po wer cable, and contact the near est authorized Y amaha dealer or service center . ?[...]

98 En Troubleshooting Problem Ca use Remedy See page The sound suddenly goes off. The protec tion circuit ry has been acti v ated because of a short cir cuit, etc. Check that the sp eaker impe dance setting i s correct. 25, 94 Check th at the speaker wi res are no t touching each other and then turn t his unit back on. — The sleep t imer has turn[...]

99 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English Prob lem Cause Remed y See page No sound is heard from the subwoofer . “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “FR ONT” when a Dolb y Digital or DTS signal i s being playe d. Set “LFE/BASS OUT” to “SWFR” or “BOTH”. 72 “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “S WFR[...]

100 En Troubleshooting ■ T uner Problem Ca use Remedy See page “CHECK SP WIRES” appears in t he front panel display . Speaker cables are short- circuite d. Make sure all speaker c ables are c onnected correctly . 13 There is noise interference from digital or radio frequency equipment. This unit is too cl ose to the digit al or high- frequenc[...]

101 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ XM Satellit e Radio If an operation takes longer than usual or an error occurs, one of the follo wing messages may appear in the front panel display . In this case, read the caus e and follo w the co rresponding remedies. ■ Remote contr ol Status message Cause Remedy See page CHECK ANTENN[...]

102 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 numbe r of the co nnected HDMI components i s over the limit. Red[...]

103 En Troubleshooting ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English During A UT O SETUP After A U T O SETUP • If the “ERROR” or “W ARNING” screens appears, check th e c ause of the problem, then run “A UTO 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 104 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 105 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 restric[...]

106 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 107 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 108 En This unit emplo ys Y amaha P arametric Room Acoustic Optimizer (YP A O) technology to optimize the frequency characteristics of its parame tric equalizer to match your listening en vironment. YP A O uses a co mbination of the following three par ameters (F requency , Gain and Q factor) to provide highly preci[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 109 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 ......... .................. ......... 1 05 W • Dynamic Po wer (IHF) Front L/R, 8/6/4/ 2 Ω ................................ ...... 140 /175/205/250 W • Maximum Us[...]

110 En Specifications GENERA L • P ower Supply [U.S.A. and Can ada models] ..................... ......... AC 120 V , 60 Hz [General mo del] ............... ....................... . AC 110/120/220/230–240 V , 50/60 Hz [Asia model] ............... ....................... ................ AC 220/230–240 V , 50/60 Hz [China model] .. ..........[...]

INDEX 111 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English ■ Numerics 1 SOUND MENU, Ma nual setup ........ 6 9 2 INPUT MENU, Manual setup .......... 69 2ch Enhancer , Sound field program ... . 46 2ch STEREO, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 3 OPTION MENU, Manual setup ...... . 70 7ch Enhancer , Sound field program ... . 46 7ch STEREO, Sound field pr ogram .... 46 [...]

Index 112 En FL SCROLL, Display settings ........ ..... 82 FM antenna ............... ............ ............... 24 FM antenna connection ................ ........ 24 FM tuning .................... ............. ........... 50 FRONT B speaker setting, Speaker settings ....... ................ ........ 72 FRONT B speakers setting ............. ...[...]

Index 113 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION English PRESET SEARCH, XM tuning ........... 55 Preset station selection, FM/AM tuning ............. ............ ........ 52 Preset stations exchange, FM/AM tuning ............. ............ ........ 52 PRESET, Advanced setup ............... .... 94 PRIORITY, Speaker settings .... ........... 72 PRO LOGIC, Deco[...]

Index 114 En ■ V V.RESET, Advanced setup .................. 96 VCR connection ................. ............. ..... 20 VIDEO AUX jacks ............... ............. .. 23 VIDEO CONV., Display settings ........ 81 Video conversion, Display settings ..... 81 Video information ................. ............. .. 41 VIDEO jacks ................ ......[...]

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 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 MO[...]

iii List of remote control codes CABLE TV RECEIVER 3M 10033 A-MARK 10008, 1 0144 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 UME[...]

iv APPENDIX CAR VER 20054, 20170 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 20[...]

v PHILIPS 20030, 2 0037, 20054, 20171, 20186, 20690, 21254, 21454, 21455 PILO T 20030, 20051, 20060, 20178 PIONEER 20166, 20679, 20866, 21260 POLAR OID 20765, 20865 POR T LAND 20092, 2 0451 PRECISION 20180, 20236 PRIMA 20761, 20783, 20815, 20817 PRINCETON 20700 PRISM 20051, 20250 PR OSCAN 20047, 21347, 21447 PR O TEC 20037, 20264 PR O TON 20178 PR [...]

vi APPENDIX VCR A-MARK 30037, 30 240, 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 30039, 3 0240, 30000 SHOGUN 30240 SIEMENS 30037, 30104 SIGNA TURE 30060, 30035, 30037, 30048, 30000 SINGER 30037, 30240 SONIC BLUE 306 14, 30616 S[...]

viii APPENDIX REALISTIC 40571 REOC 40752 RIO 40869 R O TEL 40623 R OW A 41004 SABA 40651 SAMPO 40752 SAMSUNG 40490, 40573, 40744, 40820, 40899, 41044, 41075, 41599 SANSUI 40695, 41695 SANYO 40670, 40 675, 40695, 41583 SCHNEIDER 40783 SCHW AIGER 4075 2 SENSOR Y SCIENCE 41158 SHARP 40630, 40675, 40752, 41256, 41556, 41642, 42002 SHARPE R IMAGE 41117 [...]

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[...]

■ 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[...]