Yamaha HTR-6090 manual

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    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[...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 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 suff icient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to person s.[...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ii EXAMPLE OF ANTENNA GROUNDING MAST GROUND CLAMP ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810–20) GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810–21) GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250. PART H) ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT NEC – NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE d) If the product does[...]

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    CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 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 ventilatio[...]

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    1 En PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA TION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION FEATU RES .... ............ ......... ............ .......... ............ .. 2 GETTING STARTED ... .......... ............ ............ ....... 3 Supplied accessories .............. ................ ............... ..... 3 CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS . ....[...]

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    FEATURES 2 En Built-in 7- channel power ampli fier ◆ Minimum RMS output po wer (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.04% T HD, 8 Ω ) Front: 120 W + 120 W Center: 120 W Surround: 120 W + 120 W Surround back: 120 W + 120 W Sound field pr ograms ◆ Proprietary Y AMAHA technology f or the creation of sound fie ld s ◆ Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital EX decoder ◆ DTS[...]

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    GETTING STARTED 3 En INTRODUCTION Check that you recei ved all of the follo wing parts. GETTING ST ARTED Supplied accessories About this manual • y indicates a tip for your oper ation. • Some operations can be performed by using either the b uttons on the front panel or the ones on the remote contr ol. In case the button names dif fer between t[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 4 En This section describes only the amplif ier controls and functions of this unit. Se e the follo wing pages for details about other control and functions. • AM/FM tuning ... ............ ........... . see page 53 • XM satell ite radio tuni ng ........... see page 61 1 MASTER ON/OFF T urns this unit on or of f (see page[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 5 En INTRODUCTION 9 PHONES jac k Outputs audio signals for pri v ate listening with headphones (see page 40). 0 ENHANCER T urns on or off the Compressed Music Enhancer mode (see page 51). A NIGHT T urns on or off the night listening modes (see page 52). B PURE DIRECT T urns on or off the Pure Direct mo de (see page 49). C STR[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 6 En ■ Remote contr ol contr ols and functions This section describes only the amplif ier controls and functions of this unit. Se e the follo wing pages for details about other control and functions. • AM/FM tuning .......... ........... ........... ........ see page 53 • XM satellite radio tuning ..... .............. .[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 7 En INTRODUCTION 0 MA CR O ON/OFF T urns on or off the macro function (see page 106). A MA CR O Programs a series of operations to be controlled with a single button (see page 106). B ST ANDBY Sets the main zone to the standby mode (see page 30). This button is operational onl y when MASTER ON/OFF on the front panel is press[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 8 En ■ Installing batteries in the remote control 1 Press the par t and slide the batter y compartment cover off. 2 Insert the four supplied batteries (AAA, R03, UM-4) according to the polari ty markings on the inside of the battery com partment. 3 Slide the cover bac k until it snaps into place . • C hange all of the bat[...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 9 En INTRODUCTION 1 HDMI indicator Lights up when the signal of th e selected input source is input at HDMI IN 1 or HDMI IN 2 jacks (see page 18). 2 DOCK indicator Lights up when you station your iPod in a Y AMAHA iPod uni versal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page [...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 10 En 0 neural indicator Lights up when the Neural Surround decoder is activ ated (see page 80). A DSP indicators The respecti ve indicator lights up when any of the DSP sound field program s are selected. CINEMA DSP indicator Lights up when you select a CINEMA DSP sound field program (see page 44). HiFi DSP indicator Lights [...]

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    CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 11 En INTRODUCTION 1 REMO TE jac ks See page 112 for details. 2 COMPONENT VIDEO jacks See pages 20 and 21 for connection information. 3 A udio component jac ks See page 23 for connection information. 4 Video component jac ks See pages 20 and 21 for connection information. 5 ANTENNA terminals See page 27 for connection informa[...]

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    CONNECTIONS 12 En The speak er layout below sh o ws the speake r setting we recommend. Y ou can use it to enjoy CINEMA DSP and multi-channel audio sources. Front left and right speakers (FL and FR) The front speakers are used for the main source sound plus effect sounds. Place these speakers at an equal distance from the ideal listening posi tion. [...]

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    13 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION Be sure to connec t the left cha nnel (L), right ch annel (R), “+” (red) and “–” ( black) properly . If the connections are f aulty , no sound will be heard fro m th e speake rs, and if the polarity of the speake r connections is incorrect, the sound will be unnatural and lack bass. • Before connecting th[...]

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    14 En CONNECTIONS FRONT terminals Connect front left and right speakers to these terminals. CENTER terminals Connect a center speake r to these terminals. SURROUND terminals Connect surround left and ri ght speake rs to these terminals. SURROUND B A CK terminals Connect surround back left an d right speakers to these terminals. When you use a surr [...]

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    15 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION 5 Hook the speaker termi nal wrench onto the WRENCH HOLDER on the rear panel of this unit when not in use. ■ Connecting the banana plug The banana plug is a single- pole electrical connector widely used to terminate spea ker cables. 1 Tighten the knob using the supplied speaker terminal wre nch. 2 Insert the banana[...]

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    16 En CONNECTIONS W Some of the speak ers ha ve speak er wire connec tions that allo w bi-amplif ication to enha nce the performance of the speaker system. This unit allows y ou to make bi- amplification connection to one speak er system. Check if your speakers support bi-amplif i cation. As these speakers are shipped to you, you will not e shortin[...]

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    17 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ 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 left jacks[...]

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    18 En CONNECTIONS This unit has the HDMI IN 1, HDMI IN 2 and HDMI OUT jacks for digital audi o and video signal i nput/output. Connect the HDMI IN 1 or HDMI IN 2 jack of this unit to th e HDMI output jack of other HDM I components (such as a DVD player). Connect the HDMI OUT jack of this unit to the HDM I IN jack of other HDMI com ponents (such as [...]

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    19 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ 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 “SUPPOR T A UDIO” is set to “OTHER” (see page 92). • Audio signals input at the HDMI IN jacks are not output at the analog A[...]

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    20 En CONNECTIONS Connect your TV (or projector) to the HDMI OUT ja ck, the COMPONENT VIDEO M ONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDEO MONIT OR OUT jack of this unit. Do not connect this uni t or othe r components to the A C power supply until all connections between components are complete . y Y ou can select to play back HDMI a[...]

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    21 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION Do not connect this u nit or other components to the A C power suppl y until all connections between componen ts are co mplete. • When “V CONV .” is set to “OFF” (see page 96), be sure to make the same type of vid eo connections as those made for your TV (see page 20). For e xample, if you conn ected your T[...]

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    22 En CONNECTIONS ■ Connecting a D VD recorder , PVR or VCR *1 When you connect another VCR to this unit, connect it to th e VCR 1 terminals (S VIDEO IN, VIDEO IN, AUDIO IN, S VIDEO OUT, VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT jacks) same as D VR/VCR 2 terminals except the DIGI T AL INPUT (COAXIAL) jack. ■ Connecting set-to p bo xes Note VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO DI[...]

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    23 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connecting audio compo nents • T o make a digital connection to a component other than the default comp onent assigned to each the DIGIT 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” (see page 93[...]

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    24 En CONNECTIONS ■ Connecting an e xternal amplifier This unit has more than enough p ower f or any home use. Howe ver , if you want to add more po wer to the speaker output or if you w ant to use a nother amplifier , connect an external amplifi er to the PRE OUT jacks. • When you make connections to the PRE OUT jacks, do not make connections [...]

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    25 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION This unit is equipped with 6 additi onal input jacks (left and right FR ONT , CENTER, left and right SURR OUND and SUBWOOFER) for discrete multi-channel i nput from a multi-format player , extern al decoder , sound processor or pre- amplifier . If you set “INPUT CH” to “8ch” in “M UL TI CH SET” (see page [...]

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    26 En CONNECTIONS This unit is equipped with the DOCK term inal on the rear panel that allows you to connect a Y AMAHA iPod univ ersal dock (such as th e YDS-10, sold separately) where you can station you r iPod and control playb ack of your iPod using the supplied re mote control. Connect a Y AMAHA iPod uni versal dock (s uch as the YDS-10, sold s[...]

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    27 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION Both FM and AM indoor ante nnas are supplied with this unit. Connect each antenna correctly to the designated terminals. In general, th ese antennas should provide suff icient signal strength. • The AM loop antenna should be placed aw ay from this unit. • The AM loop antenna should alw ays be connected, e ven if [...]

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    28 En CONNECTIONS ■ Connecting the A C power cabl e Use the supplied A C cable. Do not use other A C power cables as doing so may result in fire or electrical shock. Plug the supplied A C power cable into the A C inlet after al l other connections are complete, then plug the A C po wer cable into an A C wall outlet. ■ A C OUTLETS (SWITCHED) Use[...]

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    29 En CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION If you are to use 6 ohm speakers, set “SPEAKER IMP .” to “6 Ω MIN” as follow s BEFORE using this unit. 4 ohm speakers can be als o used as the front speaker s. 1 Make sure this uni t is turned off. See page 30 for details about turning on or off this unit. 2 Press and hold ST RAIGHT on the front panel and t[...]

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    30 En CONNECTIONS When all connections are complete, turn on this un it. ■ T urning on this unit Press MASTER ON/OFF on the fr ont panel inward to the ON position to turn on this unit. When you turns on this unit by pressing MASTER ON/ OFF, the main zone is turned on. ■ T u rning off this unit Press MASTER ON/OFF on the fr ont panel again to re[...]

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    AUTO SETUP 31 En PREP ARA TION This unit employs the YP A O (Y AMAHA Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) tec hnology which lets you av oid troublesome listening-based spea ker setup and achie ves highly accurate s ound adjustments automatically . The supplied optimizer microphone collects and th is unit analyzes the sound yo ur spea kers produce in[...]

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    32 En AUTO SETUP 3 Make sure of the following c heck points before starting the A UT O SETUP operations. • Speakers are connected appropriately . • Supplied optimizer microphone is connected to this unit and placed appropriately . • Headphones are disconnected from this unit. • The room is suf ficiently q uiet. • The video moni tor connec[...]

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    33 En AUTO SETUP PREP ARA TION V olume le vel LEVEL Checks and adjusts the v olume le v el of each speaker . Choices: CHECK , SKIP • Select “ CHECK” to automaticall y check and adjust this item. • Select “SKIP” to skip this item and perform no adjustments. 8 Press n to select “ST AR T” and then press ENTER to start the setup procedu[...]

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    34 En AUTO SETUP 9 Press ENTER to displa y the setup results in detail. 10 Press l / h repeatedly to tog gle between the setup result displays. y If you are not satisfied with th e results or want to manually adjust each parameter , run “MANUAL SETUP” (see page 83). • If you change speakers, speaker positions, or the layout of your listening [...]

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    35 En AUTO SETUP PREP ARA TION 11 Press ENTER to return to the top “RESUL T :EXIT” display . 12 Make sure the pointer is pointing at “SET” and “CANCEL” and then press l / h to select “SET” or “CANCEL”. Choices: SET , CANCEL • Select “SET ” to conf irm the “A UTO SETUP” results. • Select “CANCEL ” to cancel the ?[...]

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    36 En AUTO SETUP ■ If “W ARNING” appears When this unit detect s pot ential problems during the “A UTO SETUP” procedure, “W AR NING” appea rs in the “RESUL T :EXIT” display . Check the warning messages to correct your speaker settings. W arnings differ from errors in that warnings do not cancel the “A UT O SETUP” procedure. 1 [...]

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    PLAYBACK 37 En BAS I C OPERA TION Extreme caution shou ld be exer cised when you play bac k CDs encoded in DTS. If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a DTS-incompatible CD play er , yo u will onl y hear some unwanted noise that may damage your speakers. Check whether y our CD player supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sound output level [...]

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    38 En PLAYBACK 3 Start playback on the selected sour ce component or select a broadcast station. • Refer to the operating inst ructions for the source component. • See page 53 for details ab out tuning instructions. • See page 64 for details ab out XM Satellite Radio tuning instructions. 4 Rotate V OLUME on the front panel (or press V OLUME +[...]

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    39 En PLAYBACK BAS I C OPERA TION This unit comes with a v ariety of input jacks. Use this feature (Audio input ja ck select) to swit ch the input jack assigned to an input source wh en more than one jacks are assigned to an input source. y • W e recommend setting Audio input jack select to “A UTO” in most cases. • Y ou can adjust the defa [...]

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    40 En PLAYBACK Use this feature to select th e component connected to the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks (see page 25) as the input source. Rotate the input selector on the fr ont panel to select MUL TI CH INPUT (or MUL TI CH IN on the remote contr ol). y Use “MUL TI CH SET” menu in “INPUT MENU” to set the parameters for MUL TI CH INPUT (see page 95[...]

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    41 En PLAYBACK BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can display the format, sa mpling frequency , channel, bit rate and flag data of the current in put signal. 1 Set the operation mode selector to AMP and then press SET MENU on the remote control. The top “SET MENU” disp lay appears in the OSD. 2 Press n repeatedly to select “SIGNAL INFO” and then press[...]

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    42 En PLAYBACK Y ou can combine a video image from a video source with sound from an audio source. For example, you can enjoy listening to classica l music while vie wing beautiful scenery from the video source on the video monitor . Press the input selector buttons on the remote control to select a video source and then an audio source. y Set the [...]

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    SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS 43 En BAS I C OPERA TION This unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital de coders that allo w you to enjoy multi-channel playback from almost any stereo or multi-channel sound source. This unit is also equipped with a Y AMAHA digital sound field processing (DSP) chip containing sev era l sound field programs which you [...]

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    44 En SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS y Select a sound field pr ogram based on your listening prefer ence, not merely on the name of the program, etc. ■ For music audio sourc es y For audio music sources, we also recommend using the Pure Di rect mode (see page 49), the “STRAIGHT” mode (see page 48) or surround decode mode (s ee page 79). Sound field pro[...]

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    45 En SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS BAS I C OPERA TION ■ For variou s source s The av ailable sound field parameters and the created sound fields dif fer depending on the input sources and the settings of thi s unit. CLASSICAL Chamber This prog ram creates a relatively wide space with a high ceiling l ike an audienc e hall in a pa lace. It offers p leasan[...]

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    46 En SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS ■ For visual sour ces of m usic The av ailable sound field paramete rs and the created sound f ields dif fer depending on the input sources an d the settings of thi s unit. ■ For movie source s y Y ou can select the desire d decoder used with following sound f ield program ( except “Mono Movie”). See page 81 f or [...]

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    47 En SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Stereo pla yback MOVIE Spectacle This prog ram creates the extremely wi de sound field o f a 70-mm movie thea ter . It precis ely reprod uces the so urce soun d in detai l, making both the vid eo and the so und f ield incre dibly real . This is ide al for an y kind of vid eo source encoded wi th Dol[...]

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    48 En SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS ■ Using sound field pr ograms withou t surroun d speaker s (Virtual CINEMA DSP) V irtual CINEMA DSP allows you to enjoy the CINEMA DSP programs without surround speak ers. It creates virtual speakers to reproduc e the natural sound fi eld. When you set “SUR. L/R SP” to “ NONE” (see page 87), V irtual CINEMA DSP [...]

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    USING AUDIO FEATURES 49 En BAS I C OPERA TION Use the Pure Direct mode to enjoy the pure high fidelity sound of the selected source. When the Pure Direct mode is activ ated, this unit plays ba ck the selected source with the least circuitry . Press PURE DIRECT on the fr ont panel (or on the remote control) to turn on or of f the Pure Direct mode. T[...]

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    50 En USING AUDIO FEATURES Y ou can adjust the output level of each speake r while listening to a music source. This is also possible when playing sources input at the MUL TI CH INPUT jacks. This operation will override the le vel adjustments made in “A UT O SETUP” (see page 31) and “SP LEVEL” (see page 89). 1 Set the operation mode selecto[...]

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    51 En USING AUDIO FEATURES BAS I C OPERA TION Compression artifacts (such as the MP3 format) are created by a lossy compression scheme where the audio is resampled to lower the bit rate and to remove sounds that are indistinguishabl e to typical human hearing. The Compressed Music Enhancer fe ature of this unit enhances your listening e xperience b[...]

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    52 En USING AUDIO FEATURES The night listening modes are designed to improve listenability at lower v olumes or at night. Choose either “NIGHT :CINEMA” or “NIGHT:MUSI C” depending on the type of material you are playing. 1 Press NIGHT on the front panel (or set the operation mode selector to AMP an d then press NIGHT on the remote contr ol)[...]

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    FM/AM TUNING 53 En BAS I C OPERA TION There are 2 tuning methods: automatic a nd manual. Automatic tuning is effecti v e when station signa ls are strong and there is no interference. If the signal from th e station you want to select is weak, t une into it manually . Y ou can also use the automati c and manual preset t uning featur es to store up [...]

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    54 En FM/AM TUNING Automatic tuning is ef fectiv e when station signals are strong and there is no interference. 1 Rotate the INPUT selector to select “TUNER” as the input source. 2 Press FM/AM to select the reception band. “FM” or “AM” appears in the front panel display . 3 Press TUNING MODE so that the A UTO indicator ligh ts up in th[...]

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    55 En FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION If the signal recei ved from the station you want to select is weak, tune into it manually . Manually tuning into an FM st ation automa tically switches the tuner to monaural reception to increase the signal quality . 1 Rotate the INPUT selector to select “TUNER” as the input source. 2 Press FM/AM to select[...]

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    56 En FM/AM TUNING Y ou can use th e automatic preset 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 easily by selecting the preset station numbe r . 1 Rotate the INPUT selector to select “TUNER” as t[...]

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    57 En FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can also store up to 40 station s (A1 to E8: 8 preset station numbers in each of the 5 preset station groups) manually . 1 T une into a station auto matically or manually . See pages 54 and 55 for tuning instructions. 2 Press MEMOR Y. The MEMOR Y indicator flas hes in the front panel display for approximat[...]

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    58 En FM/AM TUNING Y ou can tune into any desired station simply by selecting the preset station group and number under which it was stored. y When performing this oper ation w ith the remote control, set the operation mode selector to S OURCE and then press TUNER to select “TUNER” as the input source. 1 Press A/B/C/D/E on the fr ont panel (or [...]

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    59 En FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can exchange the assignmen ts of two preset stations with each other . The exam ple below describes the procedure to exchange preset station “E1” with “A5”. 1 Select pres et station “E1 ” using A/B /C/D/E and PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h . See “Selecting preset stations” on page 58. 2 Press and h[...]

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    XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 60 En XM Satellite Radio is a satellite radi o service with mill ions of li steners across the United States and Canada, broadcasting liv e daily . The XM Satellite Radio channel lineup includes o ver 160 digi tal channels of choi ce from coast to coast: 67 commercial-free music channels , featuring hip hop to opera, class[...]

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    61 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION The following controls are av ailable only wh en “XM” is selected as the input source . Rotate the INPU T selector on the fr ont pan el (or set the operation mode selector to SOURCE and then pr ess XM on the remote control) to se lect “XM” as the input source. ■ Front panel functio ns 1 S[...]

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    62 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 6 SRCH MODE Changes the search mode between the All Channel Search, Category Search, and Preset Search modes (see page 65). 7 A-E/CA T . l / h (All Channel Searc h mode) Changes the channel cate gory . (Category Search mode) Changes the channel cate gory . (Preset Searc h mode) Changes the preset channel group (A to [...]

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    63 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION 1 Rotate the INPUT select or on the front panel (or set the operation mode sele ctor to SOURCE and then press XM on the remote control) to select “XM” as the input source. The cursor on the left of th e XM indicator lights up in the front panel display . 2 Check the XM Satellite Radio reception[...]

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    64 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 1 Rotate the INPUT selecto r on the front panel (or set the operation mode selector to SOURCE and then press XM on the rem ote control) to select “XM” as the input sour ce. The cursor on the l eft of the XM indicator lights up in the front panel display an d the XM Satellite Radio information (such as chan nel nu[...]

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    65 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION ■ All Channel Sear ch mode 1 Press SEARCH MODE on the front panel (or SRCH MODE on the remote control) repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH”. 2 Press CA TEGOR Y on the fr ont panel (or A-E/ CA T . l / h on the remote control) repeatedly to change the channel category . 3 Press PRESET/TUNING/CH[...]

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    66 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING ■ Category Sear ch mode 1 Press SEARCH MODE on the front panel (or SRCH MODE on the remote control) repeatedly to select “CA T SEARCH”. 2 Press CA TEGORY on the front panel (or A-E/ CA T . l / h on the remo te control) repeatedly to change the channel category . 3 Press PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h on the front panel[...]

  • Page 71

    67 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Preset Sear ch mo de Prior to selecting a preset channel in the Preset Search mode, you must preset XM Sa tellite Radio channels. For details, see “Setting the XM Sate llite Radio preset channels” on page 69. y The initial factory setting of all pr eset channels (A1 to E8) is “[001] Pre v[...]

  • Page 72

    68 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING ■ Direct Number Acces s mode 1 Press SRCH MODE on the remote control repeatedly to select “ALL CH SEARCH” or “CA T SEARCH”. 2 Press the numeric buttons on the remote control to enter the desired three-digit channel nu mber . For e xample, to enter the number 123, press the numeric buttons as sho wn below . [...]

  • Page 73

    69 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION 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 easily by selecting the preset channel group and number as described in “Preset Search mode” on page 67. 1[...]

  • Page 74

    70 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 4 Press PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h on the front panel (or PRESET/CH k / n on the remote control) repeated ly to select a preset channel number (1 to 8) while the MEMOR Y indicator is flashing. The preset cha nnel number appears in the front panel display . 5 Press MEMOR Y on the fr ont panel (or XM MEMOR Y on the remote [...]

  • Page 75

    71 En XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION When the c hannel number / name is displa yed: When the channel category is displayed: When the artist name / song title is displa yed: y • The front panel display can in dicate up to 14 alphanumeri c characters at once. Y ou can set whether to display the XM Satellite Radio information in the fr[...]

  • Page 76

    USING IPOD 72 En Once you hav e stationed your iPod in a Y AMAHA iPod uni versal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (see page 26), you can enj oy playback of your iPod using the supplied remote control. Y ou ca n also use the Compressed Musi c Enhancer mode of this uni t to improve the sou nd qual[...]

  • Page 77

    73 En USING iPod BAS I C OPERA TION 1 Set the operation mode selector to SOURCE and then press DISPLA Y on the remote contro l. The follo wing display appea rs in the OSD. 2 Press k / n / l / h on the remote contr ol to navigate the iP od menu and then press ENTER to begin pla ybac k of the selected song. Choices: Playlists (play lists), Artists (a[...]

  • Page 78

    RECORDING 74 En Recording adjustments and ot her operations are performed from the reco rding components. Re fer to the operating instructions for those components. The DTS signal is a digital bitstream. Attemp ting to digitall y recor d the DTS bitstream will result in noise being recorded. Theref ore, if you want to use this unit to r ecor d sour[...]

  • Page 79

    ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS 75 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can enjoy good quality sound with the initial f actory settings. Although you do not hav 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 when “M[...]

  • Page 80

    76 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS ■ Sound field parame ter descriptions Y ou can adjust the v alues of certain digi tal sound f ield parameters so that the sound f ields are recreated accurately in your listening room. Not all of the follo wing parameters are found in e v ery program. y T o change sound field par ameter settings to suit yo ur l[...]

  • Page 81

    77 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS AD V ANCED OPERA TION ROOM SIZE P.ROOM SIZE S.ROOM SIZE SB ROOM SIZE Room size. Presence, su rround, and surround back room size. Adjusts the appar ent size of the surround sound f ield. The lar ger the v alue, the larger the su rround sound f ield beco mes. As the sound is repeatedly reflected ar ound a room, th[...]

  • Page 82

    78 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS REV.TIME Re verberation time. Adjusts the amount of time taken for the dense, subsequent re verberation sound to decay by 60 dB at 1 kHz. This chan ges the apparent size of the acoustic environment over an e xtremely wide range. Set a longe r re v erberation time for “de ad” sources and listening room en viro[...]

  • Page 83

    79 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Selecting decoder s f or 2-c hannel sourc es (surr ound decode mode) Use this feature to play back sources with selected decoders. Y ou can play back 2-channel sources on multi- channels. 1 Set the operation mode selector to AMP and then press SUR. DECODE on the remote control to select [...]

  • Page 84

    80 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS ■ Decoder descriptio ns y When you select the surround decode mode for Do lby Digital, DT S or DTS 96/24 sources, this unit automatically selects “SURROUND DECODE Dolby Digital”, “SURROUND DECODE DTS” or “SURR OUND DECODE DTS 96/24” program. SURROUND DECODE PRO LOGIC Dolby Pro Logic processing for a[...]

  • Page 85

    81 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS AD V ANCED OPERA TION Decoder parameter des criptions ■ Selecting decoder s used wit h sound field progra ms Use this feature to select the desired decoder used with MO VIE sound f ield programs (except “Mono Movie”). See page 46 for details about MO VIE sound field program. 1 Set the operation mode selecto[...]

  • Page 86

    82 En ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS ■ Selecting decoder s f or m ult i-channel source s If you connected surround back speakers, use this feature to enjoy 6.1/7.1-chann el pl ayback for multi-chan nel sources using the Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolb y Digital EX or DTS-ES decoders. 1 Set the operation mode selector to AMP and then press EXTD SUR. on t[...]

  • Page 87

    CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) 83 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can use the follo wing paramete rs 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 p AUTO[...]

  • Page 88

    84 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) Input menu 3 INPUT MENU Use this menu to manually re assign the input/output jacks, select the input mode or rename the input source. Option menu 4 OPTION MENU Use this menu to manually adj ust the optional syst em parameters. ■ Signal information SIGNAL INFO Use this feature to check audio signal inform[...]

  • Page 89

    85 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Use the remote control to acce ss and adjust each parameter . y • Y ou can cha nge the “SET MENU” parameters while this unit is reproducing sound. • If you press P ARAMETER during the “SET MENU” operation, the “SET MENU” opera tion is canceled. • R epeat the followin[...]

  • Page 90

    86 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) 5 Press k / n repeatedly and then press ENTER to select and enter the desired submenu. The following display is an example wher e “LFE LEVEL” i s selected. 6 Press k / n to select the desired parameter and then l / h to change the pa rameter settings. • Press h to increase the v alue. • Press l to [...]

  • Page 91

    87 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Front speakers FRONT SP Choices: SMALL, LARGE • Select “SMALL” (small) if you hav e small front speakers that do not re produce lo w-frequency signals effecti vely . The low-frequenc y signals of the front left and right channels are directed to the speakers selected in “LFE/B[...]

  • Page 92

    88 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) Surround bac k speakers SB L/R SP Choices: NONE, SMLx1, SMLx2 , LRGx1, LRGx2 • Select “NONE” (none) if you did not connect surround back speakers. The surround back channel signals are directed to the surround left and right speakers. • Select “SMLx1” (s mall x 1) if you hav e a small surround [...]

  • Page 93

    89 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Speaker le vel B)SP LEVEL Use this feature to manual ly balance the speaker le v els between the front left o r surr ound left speakers and each speaker selected in “S PE AKER SET” (see page 86). Control range: –10.0 to +10.0 dB Control step: 0.5 dB Initial setting: FR. L/FR[...]

  • Page 94

    90 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) • “ CENTER”, “SUR. L”, “SUR. R”, “SB L”, “S B R”, “SWFR”, “PRNS L” and “PRNS R” cannot be adjusted if “CENTER SP” (see page 87), “SUR. L/R SP” ( see page 87), “SB L/R SP” (see page 88), “LFE/B ASS OUT” (see page 86) and “PRESENCE SP” (see page 88) are s[...]

  • Page 95

    91 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Graphi c equalizer GEQ Use to match the tonal quality of the center, surround L/R and surround back L/R, surround back , presence L/R speakers and the subw oofer with that of the front L/R speakers. Y ou can adjust 7 frequency bands (63Hz, 160Hz, 400Hz, 1kHz, 2.5kHz, 6.3kHz, 16kHz). C[...]

  • Page 96

    92 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) ■ A udio settings D)AUDIO SET Use this feature to adjust the overall audio settings of this unit. Muting type MUTING TYPE Use this feature to adjust ho w much the mut e function reduces the output v olume (see page 40). Choices: FULL , –20dB • Select “FULL ” to completely mute all the audio outpu[...]

  • Page 97

    93 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Use this menu to reassign the i nput/output jacks, select the input mode or rename the input source. ■ Input/output assignme nt A)I/O ASSIGNMENT Use this feature to assign th e input/output jacks according to the component to be used if the initial settings of this unit do not corre[...]

  • Page 98

    94 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) For OPTICAL OUTPUT jacks 8 and 9 OPTICAL OUT Choices: (8) MD/T APE , CD-R, CD, P HONO, D VD, DTV, CBL/SA T, VCR 1, D VR/VCR 2, V - AU X (9) MD/T APE, CD-R , CD, PHONO, D VD, DTV, CBL/SA T, VCR 1, D VR/VCR 2, V - AU X • Y ou cannot select a specific ite m more than on ce for the same type of jack. • Whe[...]

  • Page 99

    95 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ V olume T rim C)VOLUME TRIM Use this feature to adjust the le vel of the signal input at each jack. This is useful if you want to balance the le vel of each input source to av oi d sudden changes in v olume when switching between input sources. Choices: XM, TUNER, PHONO, CD, CD-R,[...]

  • Page 100

    96 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) Use this menu t o adjust t he optional system parameters. ■ Displa y setti ngs A)DISPLAY SET Use the “V -RESET” in “ADV ANCED SETUP” to set the parameters i n “DISPLA Y SET” (except “D IMMER”, “SH OR T MESSAGE”, “ON SCREEN” and “FL SCROLL”) to the factory presets (see page 119[...]

  • Page 101

    97 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION Component interlace/progressive up-con version CMPNT I/P Use this feature to acti vate or deacti v ate the analog interlace/progressiv e con version of the analog video signals input at the com posite video, S-video and component video jacks so that the analog video signals deinterlac[...]

  • Page 102

    98 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 GU ARD” feature. • Select “ON” to protect: – DSP sound field program parameters – all [...]

  • Page 103

    99 En CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP) AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Zone set F)ZONE SET Zone 2 volume ZONE2 VOL Use to select ho w the vol ume control will operate with regard to the ZONE 2 OUTPU T jacks. Choices: VA R , FIX • Select “V AR” to adjust the ZONE 2 OUTPUT volume simultaneously with V OLUME +/– on the remote control. • Select[...]

  • Page 104

    REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 100 En In addition to controlling this unit, the remote control can also operate other audiovisual component s made by 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 102). ■ Controlling this unit Set the operati[...]

  • Page 105

    101 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Controlling other compone nts Set the operation mode select or to SOURCE to control other components sele cted with the input selector buttons or . Y ou must set the appropriate remote control code for each input source in ad vance (see page 102). The follo wing table shows the function of ea[...]

  • Page 106

    102 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES ■ Selecting a compo nent to be contr olled Y ou can select a c omponent to be controlled independently of the input source selected with the input selector buttons. Press SELECT k / n repeatedly to select the desired component. The name of the component to be controlled appears in the display window on the remote co[...]

  • Page 107

    103 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION 2 Press and hold LEARN for about 3 seconds using a ballpo int pen or similar ob ject. The library name (ex. L;D VD) and the name of the selected input area (ex. DVD) appear alternately in the display window on the remote control. y • Y ou can set a remote control code of a dif ferent type of co[...]

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    104 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES Y ou can program remote cont rol codes from other remote controls. Use the l earn featur e if you want to program functions not included in th e basic operations cov ered by the remote control codes, or an appropriate remote control code is not av ailable. Y ou can program the function of other remote control to the b[...]

  • Page 109

    105 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION 5 Press and hold the button you want to program on the other remote control until “OK” appear s in the disp lay wi ndow on the remote control. “NG” appears in the display windo w on the remote control if learning was unsucces sful. In this case, star t ov er from step 4. y • If you want[...]

  • Page 110

    106 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 3 Press k / n to select and enter a character . Pressing n changes the character as follows: A to Z, 1 to 9, 0, + (plus), – (hyphen), ; (semicolon), / (slash), and space. Pressing k changes the charac ters in reverse order . 4 Press h to move the cur sor to the next position. y Press l to move the cursor to the prev[...]

  • Page 111

    107 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Default macr o functions *1 Y o u can turn on some components (inclu ding Y AMAHA components) conne cted to th is unit by connectin g them to the A C OUTLETS on the rear panel of this unit. Power control may not be synchronized with this unit depending on the component. For details, refer to [...]

  • Page 112

    108 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES ■ Progr amming macr o operations Y ou can program your own macro and use the macro programming feature to tra nsmit sev eral remote control commands in sequence at the pr ess of a button. Be sure to set up remote control codes or perform learning operations before programming the macro. • T he default macro is not[...]

  • Page 113

    109 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION 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 AMP or SOURCE and then press CLEAR by using a ballpoint pen or similar object. “CLEAR?[...]

  • Page 114

    110 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES ■ Clearing a learned functi on Y ou can clear t he function lear ned for a certain button in each control area. 1 Set the operation mode selector to AMP or SOURCE and then press an input selector button or to select the input area containing the function y ou want to c lear . The selected compone nt name appears in [...]

  • Page 115

    111 En REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Clearing a macr o function Y ou can clear the function programmed for a certain macro button. 1 Set the operation mode selector to AMP or SOURCE and then press MA CR O using a ballpoint pen or similar object. “MCR ?” appears in the display windo w on the remote contr ol. If you do not com[...]

  • Page 116

    USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION 112 En This unit allows you to configu re a multi -room audio system. The mult i-zone conf iguration featur e enables you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the main room and second room (Zone 2). Y ou ca n control this unit from the second room using the supplied remote control. Y ou need the fol[...]

  • Page 117

    113 En USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Using the internal amplifier s of this unit Connect the Zone 2 speakers dire ctly to the SP1 speaker te rmin als and select “[SP1]” fo r “ZONE2 AMP” (see page 99). Y ou can select Zone 2 by using the control buttons on the front panel or on the remote control. ■ Selecting Zon[...]

  • Page 118

    114 En USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION 3 Refer to “Selecting th e input source of Zone 2”, “Adjusting the volume level of Zone 2”, “Adjusting the ba lance of the s peaker level in Zone 2” or “Adj usting the tonal qual ity of Zone 2” on page 116 to perform further operations. Remote contr ol operations 1 Set the operation mode selecto[...]

  • Page 119

    115 En USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Selecting the input sour ce of Zone 2 Press ZONE 2 INPUT to activate the Zone 2 input select mode and then r otate the INPUT selector on the fr ont panel (or set the operation mode selector to AMP and then press one of the input selector buttons on the remo te contr ol) to select the i[...]

  • Page 120

    116 En USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION ■ Adjusting the ba lance of the spe aker level in Zone 2 1 Press ZONE 2 CONTROLS on the front panel to activ ate the Zone 2 contr ol mode . 2 Press T ONE CONTROL repeatedly to select “BALANCE” and then rotate PR OGRAM on the front panel to adjust the balance of the front left and right speaker level of th[...]

  • Page 121

    ADVANCED SETUP 117 En AD V ANCED OPERA TION 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 op erates . Change t he initial se ttings (indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the need s of your listening en vi[...]

  • Page 122

    118 En ADVANCED SETUP ■ Speaker imped ance SPEAKER 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 impedanc e to 8 Ω . • Select “6 Ω MIN” to set the speaker impe dance to 6 Ω . ■ User pr esets USER[...]

  • Page 123

    119 En ADVANCED SETUP AD V ANCED OPERA TION ■ Bi-AMP BI-AMP Use to activ ate or deactiv ate the bi-AMP function. Choices: ON, OFF • Select “ON” if you want to acti v ate the bi-AMP function. • Select “OFF” if you want to deactiv ate th e bi-AMP function. When BI-AMP is set to ON, the SURR OUND B A CK terminals cannot be used to connec[...]

  • Page 124

    120 En ADVANCED SETUP 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter the f our- digit remote control code for the input area yo u want to us e. Remote control AMP codes Select one of the follo wing codes to set the remote cont rol AMP code for the input area you want to use. Y ou need to set the co rresponding rem ote control AMP ID (see page 118). 5 Press E[...]

  • Page 125

    121 En ADVANCED SETUP AD V ANCED OPERA TION 4 Press the numeric buttons to enter the four - digit remote control code f or the input area yo u want to use. Remote control tuner codes Select one of the following c odes to set the remote control tuner code for the input area you want to use. Remote control XM codes Select one of the following c odes [...]

  • Page 126

    TROUBLESHOOTING 122 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 se rvice center . ■ General TROUBLESHOOTING Prob[...]

  • Page 127

    123 En TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Prob lem Cause Remed y See page No picture. The output and inpu t for the p icture are connected t o dif ferent ty pes of vide o jacks. Set “V CONV .” to “ON” or conne ct your source components i n the same way as y ou connect you r video monit or to this unit. 96 Non-standa rd video s ignals a[...]

  • Page 128

    124 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”. 86 “LFE/BASS OUT” in “SET MENU” is set to “SWFR” or “FR ONT” when a 2- ch[...]

  • Page 129

    125 En TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ T uner Prob lem Cause Remed y See page “CHECK SP WIRES” appear s in the front panel display . Speaker cabl es are shor t-circuit ed. Make sure al l speaker cabl es are conn ected corr ectly . 13 There is noise interference f rom digital or radio frequency equipmen t. This unit is too close to t[...]

  • Page 130

    126 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. Status message Cause Remed y See page CHECK ANTENNA The XM Passport and XM Passport Home Dock are not c[...]

  • Page 131

    127 En TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Remote contr ol Prob lem Cause Remed y See page The remote c ontrol does not work or function properly . Wrong distan ce or angle. Th e remote con trol will func tion within a maximum range of 6 m (20 ft) an d no more tha n 30 degrees o ff- axis from the front panel. 8 Direct sun light or lig hting[...]

  • Page 132

    128 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 26). ■ A U T O SETUP Before A UTO SETUP Error message Caus e Remedy See page DEVICE OVER The number of the connecte d HDMI components i s over the limit. Red[...]

  • Page 133

    129 En TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION During A UT O SETUP After A U T O SETUP • I f the “ERR OR” or “W A RNING” screens appears, check th e cause of the probl em, then run “AUT O SETUP” again. • I f warning “W -1” appears, c orrections are made, but they may not be optimal. • I f warning “W -2” or “W - 3” appe[...]

  • Page 134

    RESETTING THE SYSTEM 130 En Use this feature to reset all the parame ters of this unit to the initial fa ctory settings. • T his procedure completely re sets 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. • T he initial factory settings are ac ti[...]

  • Page 135

    GLOSSARY 131 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ 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 ov er a restricted fre[...]

  • Page 136

    132 En GLOSSARY ■ Dolb y Surr ound Dolby Surround uses a 4-channel analog recording system to reproduce realistic and dyn amic sound ef fects: 2 front left and right channe ls (stere o), a center channel for dialog (monaural), and a surround channel for special sound effects (monau ral). The surround channel reproduces sound within a narrow frequ[...]

  • Page 137

    133 En GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ Sampling frequency an d number of quantized bits When digitizing an analog a udio sig nal, the number of times the si gnal is sampled pe r second i s called the sampling frequency , while the degree of f ineness when con verting the sound le v el into a numeric value is called the number of quantized bits[...]

  • Page 138

    SOUND FIELD PROGRAM INFORMATION 134 En ■ Elements of a sound field What really crea tes the rich, full tones of a li ve instrument 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 situat ed as well as the size and shape of the room in which[...]

  • Page 139

    PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER INFORMATION 135 En ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION This unit employs Y AMAHA Parametric Room Aco ustic Optimizer (YP A O) technology , together with the Param etric EQ setting s (see page 90), t o optimize the frequency characteristics of its parametric equali zer to match your listening en vironment. YP A O uses a combination of the f[...]

  • Page 140

    SPECIFICATIONS 136 En A UDIO SECTION • Minimum R MS Output Power for Front , Center, Surround, Surround ba ck 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.0 4% THD, 8 Ω .. ....................... ........... 120 W • Dynamic Power (IHF) 8/6/4/2 Ω ................... .................. .................. 155/195/250/33 0 W • Dynamic H eadroom 8 Ω .. ..............[...]

  • Page 141

    APPENDIX-i SOUND OUTPUT IN EA CH SOUND FIELD PR OGRAM *1 / / : OFF *2 / / : ON, PRIORITY : PRNS *3 / / : ON, PRIORITY : SB Front left speaker Surround left sp eaker Surround back right speaker Center speaker Surround right speak er Presence left speaker Front right speaker Surround back left speaker Presence right speaker Speaker from which sound i[...]

  • Page 142

    APPENDIX-ii MO VIE ST ANDARD (PLII Movi e) (PLIIx Movie) (Neo:6 Cinema) PRIORITY : PRNS (Dolby Digital) / (DTS) (Dolby Digital) / (DTS) (Dolby Digital) / (DTS) PRIORITY : SB MO VIE Spectacle Sci-Fi Adventure Drama Mono Movie STEREO 2ch Stereo Monaural playback STEREO 7ch Stereo Program Input source 2-channel audio (monaural) 2-channel audio (stereo[...]

  • Page 143

    APPENDIX-iii SURROUND DECODE PRO LOGI C PRO LOGIC Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS SURROUND DECODE PLII Movie PLII Music PLII Game Movie/Game Movie/Music/Game Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Music SURROUND DECODE PLIIx Movie PLIIx Music PLIIx Game Movie/Game Movie/Music/Game[...]

  • Page 144

    APPENDIX-iv SURR OUND D ECODE Neo:6 Cinema Neo:6 Music Cinema Cinema/Mus ic Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Music SURR OUND D ECODE neural sur . Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS Dolby Digital / DTS STRAIGHT Monaural playback PURE DIRECT Monaural playback Program Input source 2-channel audio (monaural) 2-channel au[...]

  • Page 145

    APPENDIX-v LIST OF REMO TE CONTROL CODES CABLE ABC 0030, 0035 AMERICAST 0926 BELL SOUTH 0926 BIRMINGHAM CABLE COMMUNICATIONS 0303 BRITISH T ELECOM 0030 CABLE & W IRELES S 1095 DAERYUNG 0035, 0504, 0904, 1904 DIRECTOR 0503 FILMNET 0470 GENERAL INSTRUMENT 0030, 0303, 0503, 0837, GOLDSTAR 0171 HAMLIN 0036, 0300 JERROLD 0030, 0303, 0503, 0837 LG 01[...]

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    APPENDIX-vi CAMBRIDGE SOUNDWORKS 1397 CAPETRONIC 0558 CARVER 1116, 1216 CENTREX 1284 DENON 1387 FERGUSON 0558 FINE ARTS 1216 GRUNDIG 1216 HARMAN/KARDON 0137, 1331 INTEGRA 0162, 1325 JBL 0137, 1333 JVC 0101, 0558, 1401, 1522 KLH 1417, 1439 KENWOOD 1054, 1340 MCS 0066 MAGNAVOX 0558, 1116, 1216, 1296, MARANTZ 0066, 11 16, 1216, 1316 MICROMEGA 1216 MUS[...]

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    APPENDIX-vii CONTEC 0036, 0207 CRAIG 0207 CROSLEY 0081 CROWN 0036, 0064, 0207, 0397, 0445 CURTIS MATHES 0057, 0074, 0081, 0087, 0120, 0172, 0181, 0193, 0478, 0729, 1174, 1374 DAEWOO 0036, 0057, 0064, 0119, 0135, 0181, 0197, 0205, 0207, 0401, 0478, 0650, 0661, 1688 DANSAI 0064 DAYTON 0036 DE GRAAF 0235, 0575 DECCA 0064, 0543 DENON 0172 DIGATRON 0064[...]

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    APPENDIX-viii SEARS 0074, 00 81, 0181, 0183, 0198, 0205 SELECO 0190, 0286 SEMIV OX 0207 SEMP 0183 SHARP 0057, 0120, 0677 SHEN Y ING 0036, 0119 SHENG CHIA 0036, 01 20, 0263 SIAREM 0543 SIEMENS 0064, 02 22 SINUDYNE 0543 SKANTIC 0383 SKYGIANT 0207 SKYWORTH 0064 SOLAVOX 0190 SONITRON 0235 SONOKO 0036, 0064 SONOLOR 0190, 0235 SONTEC 0064 SONY 0027, 0677[...]

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