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Home Theater Package (Subwoofer Integrated Rec eiver + Speaker) YHT-S401 (SR-301 + NS-BR3 01) UAB Owner’s Manual[...]
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i En 1 Read t hese in struct ions . 2 Keep thes e ins tructio ns. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follo w all in stru ction s. 5 Do not use th is appa rat us near wa ter. 6 Clean only wi th dry cl oth. 7 Do not bloc k any ventila tion openin gs. Install in accorda nce with the manu facture r’s instruct ions. 8 Do not install nea r any heat sourc es such a[...]
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ii En Yamaha and t he Electronic Ind ustries Associatio n’s Consumer Electronics Grou p want you to get the m ost out of your equipme nt by pl aying it at a sa fe level . One that lets t he sound c ome thro ugh loud and c lear without annoy ing blarin g or distortion – an d, most important ly, without affect ing your sensitive hearing. Since he[...]
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iii En 1 To assu re the fine st perfo rmance , pl ease re ad th is ma nual careful ly. Keep it in a safe plac e for future refe rence. 2 Instal l this unit in a we ll ventilate d, cool, dry, clean place – away fro m direct sunlig ht, heat sources, vib ration, dust, moisture, and/or c old. For proper ve ntilation, a llow the foll owing min imum cl[...]
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1 En INTRODUCTION PREPARATION BASIC OPERATION USEFUL OPERATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English ■ About this manual • In this manu al, ope rations that c an be perfor med us ing ei ther t he fro nt pa nel bu ttons or the r emote c ontr ol are explained using the remo te control. • y indica tes a tip for your operati on. Notes contain importa nt[...]
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2 En INTRODUCTION This produ ct consists of the following ite ms. Before mak ing conn ections, make sure you have received all of the following items. ■ Units ■ Accessorie s Before installing batteries or using the remote control, ma ke su re that you r ead precau tions on the r emote contr ol and batteries in “Ca ution: Read this before ope [...]
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3 En Getting started INTRODUCTION English ■ Front panel of the subwoof er integrated re ceiver 1 STATUS indicator Light s up to show the sy stem condit ion. ( ☞ P. 10) 2 (Power) Turns on the unit, or sets it to stan dby mode. ( ☞ P. 1 0) A smal l amount of electri city is co nsume d to recei ve the infrared signa l from the remote contro l ev[...]
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4 En Getti ng starte d ■ Front panel display of the subwoofer integrated receiver 1 HDMI indicator Lights up durin g norm al co mmunic ation w hen HD MI is sele cted as an input s ource. 2 Tuner indicators TUNED indicator Lights up whe n the un it is receiv ing a statio n. ( ☞ P. 13) STEREO indicator Lights up whe n the un it is receiving a str[...]
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5 En Getting started INTRODUCTION English ■ Remote control 1 SURROUND Select s the sur roun d mode. ( ☞ P. 1 1) 2 STEREO Turns ex tended st ereo mode on and off alt ernately. ( ☞ P. 1 1) 3 Input buttons Select th e input sou rce yo u want to li sten to. ( ☞ P. 1 0) Press the respe ctive input b utton re peatedly to select the input source. [...]
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6 En PREPARATION To enjoy qual ity sound th orough ly, plac e this uni t in the appropriate positions, and install th e componen ts properly. T he following illustrations a re the setting images of this unit. • Do not place th is unit on/unde r any other com ponents such as BD playe r in a pile. T he vibration of this uni t may cause syst em fail[...]
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7 En Placing PREPARATION English y • Aim t he TV remote cont rol toward the top of TV remote sign al rece ptor . • You ca n operate the TV remote co ntrol by u sing the TV rem ote signal receptor even if the unit is in standby mode. • Some T V remote cont rols may not work . • You ca n attach the TV rem ote sig nal recept or in an ar ea whe[...]
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8 En Follow th e procedure belo w to connect the subw oofer integrat ed receiver and speakers. y • Addition al surround speak ers (commerci ally available ) are required for 5.1ch playb ack. • Refer t o “Using other spe akers” ( ☞ P. 20) when usi ng additional speake rs. Connection • Do not connect the po wer cable until all con nection[...]
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9 En Connection PREPARATION English Follow the steps below fo r cable conn ection a ccording to the co mponents y ou use. *1 y For HD MI contro l function , an optica l cable is not req uired if the TV’s “A RC” term inal is us ed “2”. Aud io return ch annel (ARC ) carri es digital audio signal (from the TV) to this unit via an HDMI cable.[...]
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10 En BASIC OPERATION Once you h ave finished all cab le connectio ns and remote cont rol operation , follow the procedu re below to start basic playb ack oper ation. 1 Pres s (Power). This unit is tu rned o n and the S TATUS indic ator light s green. The in put source and su rround mo de appear in the front pa nel displa y. y This uni t has th e a[...]
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11 En BASIC OPERATION English You can enjo y a realistic sou nd effect. Press SURROUND to set surround mode. Press SURROUND repeatedly until desired mode appears in the front pa nel displa y. Surround mode d escription s in followi ng order *1 This m ode is available o nly duri ng play back with surround speaker s connecte d. ( ☞ P. 20) y • The[...]
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Enjoyi ng soun d modes 12 En Play back digitally co mpressed form at such as MP3 and WMA em phasizing b ass and treb le exten ded dynamica lly. Press ENHANCER to turn the f unction on/off. When Compress ed Music Enhanc er is activated, ENHANCER indicato r is displayed. y The un it memor ize s the setti ngs assign ed to each i nput source . While wa[...]
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13 En BASIC OPERATION English ■ Automat ic preset You can st ore up to 40 F M stations ( 01 to 40). 1 Press ANALOG/FM repeatedly to se lect FM input. 2 Press O PTION to ente r the optio n menu. “1.VOLUME TRIM” appears fi rstly in the front panel di splay. 3 Press / to selec t “2.AUTO PRESET” and pre ss ENTER. y Press PRESET / repeat edly [...]
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Liste ning t o FM broad casts 14 En ■ Manual station preset Use th is feature to p reset your des ired stat ion manual ly. 1 Tune in to a radio station y ou want to p reset. 2 Pres s MEMOR Y. “MANUAL PRESET” appe ars in the front panel display, followed soon by the preset nu mber to which the station will be r egistered. y By pressing down ME[...]
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List eni ng to FM br oadc asts 15 En BASIC OPERATION English ■ Switching the information display Each tim e you press INFO, the inform ation displ ay changes as follows: Informati on type • SURROUND MODE Displays the surroun d mode or stereo mode. • FREQUENCY Displays the frequ ency and pre set number. • PROGRAM SERVICE (PS) Displays the cu[...]
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16 En Connect a USB d evice, such as iPod /iPhone, USB flash memo ry or porta ble music p layer, t o play bac k audio f iles. Battery charge feature The batt ery of a connecte d device can be ch arged when the unit is on. An iPo d/iPhone c onnected to the un it keeps on bein g charged even i f the unit is set to standby mod e. Support ed iPo d/iPho[...]
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Playing back iPo d/iPhone and USB device 17 En BASIC OPERATION English 1 Press O PTION to ente r the optio n menu. 2 Press / to selec t “2.REPEAT” and press ENT ER. 3 Pres s / to select the available o ption and pre ss ENTER. Available o ptions (Default s etting: OFF) ■ Shuffle playback of iPod/iPhone 1 Press O PTION to ente r the optio n men[...]
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18 En USEFUL OPERATION You can ch ange vario us settings of t his unit u sing the setup me nu. 1 Pres s SETUP to en ter the setup m enu. “1:SP LE VEL” is displa yed in th e front p anel displa y. 2 Pres s / to select me nu and press ENTER. Repeat thi s procedure until desi red menu/sub me nu is displaye d. 3 Pr ess / to adjust th e value of e a[...]
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19 En Setu p menu USEFUL OPERATION English Menu: 1:SP LEVEL Adjust the vol ume balance be tween the channe ls with test tones outpu t from each channel. Sub menu: “1-1:FRONT L” “1 -2:FRONT R”: Adjusts the output level of the front speaker (left/right) channe ls. “1-3:CENTER”: Adjusts the ou tput leve l of the c enter speaker cha nnel. ?[...]
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20 En Setup me nu Menu: 5:SP SETUP You can set the sp eaker type if you want to add o r change speakers. When you connect on ly the supplie d speaker, you do not have t o chan ge the setting . ■ Selecting the number of channels and the fr ont s peaker type Sub menu: 5-1:SP CHANNEL You can sel ect the number of out put speakers. Sub menu: 5-2:SP T[...]
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21 En Setu p menu USEFUL OPERATION English Menu: 7:D.RANGE You can adjust the dynam ic range compressi on. Dynam ic range is the differen ce between the small est sound that can be hear d above the n oise of the equi pment and t he biggest sound t hat can be heard wi thout distor tion. Available options: AUTO/MI N, STANDARD, MAX (Default setting : [...]
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22 En 1 Pres s input button to select th e desi red input to change th e setting . 2 Press O PTION to ente r option me nu. The option men u is displayed in the front panel displa y. Option me nu items The follo wing menu items ar e provided for each input. *1 See the pag e 13 f or det ails. *2 See the pag e 17 f or det ails. 3 Pres s / to select th[...]
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23 En USEFUL OPERATION English You can use t he TV remote cont rol to operate this un it if your TV su ppor ts the HDMI c ontrol function (e x. REGZA Link) and is connected to this unit’s HDMI OUT (ARC) jack. *1 Remote contro l of TV (Example) *1 y • Some T V supports switchin g the UniVol ume functi on on/off except the ab ove. • Even if you[...]
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24 En Operat ing the unit by TV’s rem ote control 1 Select t his unit a s the input s ource of the TV. 2 Turn on the HDMI c ontrol fun ction suppo rted component ( example : BD playe r) connecte d to this unit. 3 Select t he input s ource of this u nit to BD player a nd check w hether th e image in t he play er is corr ectl y displ ayed or not . [...]
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25 En ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Refer to the chart b elow should this unit no t function properly . If the pr oblem yo u are ex periencin g is not liste d belo w, or if the in struction below does not help , set this unit to the standb y mode, disconn ect the AC power supply cable, and contact the nearest auth orized Yam[...]
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26 En Trou blesh ooting ■ HDMI The volume l evel decreases without any operati on. The volu me level is autom aticall y set to 70 the next ti me you turn on the un it to protect the speak ers. Sound is poo r (noi sy). A speaker cable may be shorted. Make su re all cables ar e conn ected pro perly. 8 This unit doe s not operate pr operly . This un[...]
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27 En Trouble shooti ng ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English ■ FM ■ Messages for iPod/iPhone and USB device Confirm the conne ction of you r device if any malfun ctions ex cept the fo llowing me ssage in the front panel display occurre d. ( ☞ P . 16) Proble m Cause Soluti on See page FM stereo reception is noisy. The cha racter istic s of FM stereo[...]
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28 En Trou blesh ooting ■ Messages for firmware update y Resetting this u nit Wh en the u nit fre ezes, th e prob lem ma y solv e by rese tting the uni t. To reset the unit, press (Pow er) button of this uni t for more than 10 sec onds. Status message Cause Solution See page Connect USB! An USB flash memo ry is not connected. Conne ct the USB fla[...]
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29 En ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English ■ AIR SURROUN D X TREME This unit employs n ew technolo gies an d algorithm s that make it possi ble to achiev e 7-channel surround sound wit h only fr ont sp eake rs, an d witho ut usin g wal l refle ctions . Ordinarily, two front speakers, a center sp eaker, two surrou nd speakers, two surround back speake r[...]
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30 En Glossar y ■ Dolby TrueHD Dolby True HD is an advanced lossless audio t echnology develop ed for high- definiti on di sc-based media includ ing Blu-ray Di sc. Selected as an op tional audio st andard for Blu-r ay Disc, t his t echnolog y deli vers s ound t hat is bit- for-bit identic al to the studio master, offering a high- definitio n home[...]
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31 En ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English ■ SR-301 AUDIO SECTION • M inimum RMS O utput Po wer Front Left and Right (1 kHz, 1% THD, 6 Ω ) ........ ..... .... 45 W+45 W Center (1 kHz, 1% THD, 6 Ω ) ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... .. 4 5 W Surround Left and R ight (1 kHz, 1% THD, 6 Ω ) ........ .... 45 W+45 W Subwoofer (100[...]
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32 En Specifica tions ■ HDMI si gnal compatibility Receiva ble audio sig nals y • Refer to th e supplied inst ruction manua ls of the input sourc e componen t, and set the component appro priate ly. • When CPPM c opy-protected DVD-Audio is pla yed back, video and aud io signals may not be output depen ding on the t ype of th e DVD player. •[...]
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33 En Specifica tions ADDITIONAL INFORMATION English • Be care ful not to spill liqu id on t he remote co ntrol. • Be careful not t o drop the remote control . • Do not le ave the remo te control in a place th at is: – hot or humid, such as near a heater o r in a bathro om – extreme ly cold –d u s t y • If the effective operation dist[...]
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