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Notices .......... .......... ............ ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... .. 8
Features ........ ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... ............ .......... 10
Getting start ed ............ .......... ............ ......... ............ ............ ........ 11
Quick start gu ide .......... ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... ..... 13
Connections ........... ............ ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... 20
Optimizing the speaker setting for your listening r oom
(YPAO) .. ............ .......... ............ ......... ............ ............. ......... ... 4 2
Before starting the automatic se tup ............... ................ ............. ...42
Using the qu ick automatic setup ..... ............... ............. ................ ...43
Using the basic a utomatic setup ....................... ................ ............. 44
Reviewing the resu lt of the autom atic setup ....................... ...... 45
Using advance d automatic setup ............................. ............ .......... 46
Playback ....... .......... ............ .......... ............ ............ .......... ............ 50
Basic procedure .............. ................ ............ ................ ............. ......50
Selecting the MU LTI CH INPUT co mponent .. ................ ............. 50
Selecting the HDM I OUT jack ......................... ................ ............. 51
Selecting the fr ont speaker se t ....................... ................ ................ 51
Using the Zon e B feature..... ................ ............. ............... .......... 51
Using your headphones ........ ................ ............ ................ ............. 51
Playing video sources in the back ground of an au dio source ........51
Selecting audio input jacks
(AUDIO SELECT) ..... ................ ............... ............. ................ ...52
Muting the a udio output .... ................ ............ ................ ............. ...52
Using the sleep ti mer ............ ............. ............... ............. ................ 52
Canceling the sleep tim er .... ................ ................ ............ .......... 52
Operating this unit
by using the graphical user interface (GUI) menu .............. ......53
Items in GUI menu ..................... ............ ................ ............. ......53
Basic controls in the G UI menu .......... ................ ................ ...... 53
Basic operation of the GUI menu
by using the front panel co ntrols ..... ............. ............... .......... 53
Sound field programs ....................... .............. ............. ............. 54
Selecting sound f ield program s ...... ............ ................ ................ ...54
Sound field p rogram de scriptions ...... ............ ................ ............. ...54
For audio music sources ................... ............ ................ ............. 55
For various sources .. ............... ............. ................ ................ ...... 57
For visual sources o f music ....................... ................ ............. ...57
For parties ............ ............. ................ ................ ............ ............. 58
For game program s .............. ............. ................ ............ ............. 58
For movie sources ............... ............. ................ ............... .......... 58
Stereo playback ...................... ............. ................ ............ .......... 59
For compression artifacts
(Compressed Mu sic Enhanc er mode) ... ............. ................ ...59
Surround deco der mode. ................ ............ ................ ............. ...59
THX Surroun d mode ........................ ............ ................ ............. 59
Using sound field programs without sur round speakers
(Virtual CINEMA DSP).. ................ ............. ............... .......... 60
Enjoying m ulti-channel sou rces and sou nd field prog rams with
headphones ( SILENT CINEMA ).... ................ ............ .......... 60
Using CINEMA DSP HD³ mode ................ ................ ................ ... 60
Enjoying un processed input sources.. ............... ................ ............. 60
Deactivating the “STRAI GHT” mode ............. ............... .......... 60
Using audio features .............. .......... ............ ............ ............ ..... 61
Enjoying pu re hi-fi sound ............... ............ ................ ............. ......61
Adjusting the tonal quality ................ ............... ................ ............. 61
Adjusting the sp eaker level ............. ............... ............. ................ ...61
Recording ........ ......... ............. ......... ............ ............ .......... .......... 62
Using iPod ™ . .......... ............ ............ .......... ............ .......... ........... 64
Controlling iPod™ ................... ............ ................ ................ ......... 64
Remote contro l operation . ............ ................ ................ ............ 64
Controlling iPod in the simple remote mode ... ................ ......... 64
Controlling iPod in the menu b rowse mode ....... ............. ......... 64
The function s of the play info rmation display ........... ............ ... 65
Using Netwo rk/USB featu res ...... ............ ......... ............. ........... 66
Navigating th e network and USB men us ....... ................ ............... 66
Remote contro l operation . ............ ................ ................ ............ 67
Using a PC server or Yamaha MC X-2000 ....................... ............ 68
Installing Windo ws Media Player 11 on your PC .. ............... ... 68
Registering this unit o n the Yamaha MCX- 2000 ......... ............ 68
Using the Inter net Radio ................... ................ ............. ............... 69
Storing your favorite Inter net Radio stations
with bookmark s ..................... ............. ................ ............ ...... 69
Using a USB storage device or a USB portable audio player ...... 69
Using shortcut buttons ...... ............. ................ ................ ............ ... 70
Assigning the items to th e numeric button ( 1-8) ................ ...... 70
Select an item by using numer ic buttons (1-8 ) ......................... 70
Advanced soun d configura tions ............. ............ ............ ......... 72
Selecting decoder s ................ ............ ................ ............. ............... 72
Selecting decoders for 2-channel sour ces
(surround deco de mode) . ................. ............ ................ ......... 72
Decoder de scriptions .................... ................ ............. ............... 72
Selecting decoders u sed with sound field program s ........... ...... 72
Selecting decoders f or multi-channel sources ........... ............... 72
Playing back sou rces with the THX S urround modes ............... ... 73
For 2-channel sour ces ....... ............ ................ ............. ............... 73
For multi-channel sources ...................... ................ ............... ... 73
Graphical user interfa ce (GUI) menu ..................... ............ .... 74
GUI menu overvie w.... ................ ............. ............... ............. ......... 76
Stereo/Surrou nd (Stereo/Surr ound menu) ..... ................ ............... 77
Input Select . ................ ............. ................ ............... ............. ......... 81
Manual Setup (Basic)..... ............. ................ ................ ............ ...... 83
Manual Setup (Volume) .............. ............. ............... ............. ......... 86
Manual Setup (Sound) ...... ................ ............. ................ ............ ... 86
Manual Setup (Video) .... ............. ................ ............ ................ ...... 89
Manual Setup (Multi Zone) ..................... ............... ................ ...... 91
Manual Setup (Network) ......... ............ ................ ............. ............ 92
Manual Setup (Option) ..................... ................ ............. ............... 93
Signal Info. (Input signal inf ormation) ................ ................ ......... 95
Language ............ ............... ............. ................ ............. ............... ... 95
Saving and recalling the system settings
(System Memo ry) . ............... .......... ............ ............ ......... ....... 96
Saving the curr ent system settings . ................ ................ ............... 96
Saving by the S YSTEM MEMORY b uttons ...... ................ ...... 96
Saving by the G UI menu oper ation ........... ................ ............... 96
Renaming the store d settings .. ................ ............ ................ ...... 97
Saved paramete rs for the main zone ............. ................ ............ 98
Saved paramete rs for Zone 2 , Zone 3, or Zone 4 ......... ............ 98
Loading the stored system settings ............. ................ ............... ... 98
Loading by th e SYSTEM MEMORY b uttons ................ ......... 98
Loading by th e GUI menu o peration ... ............... ................ ...... 98
Using example s ........... ................ ............. ............... ............. ......... 99
Example 1: Switching the settings
of this unit according to the using situations ...... ............... ... 99
Example 2: Switching the setting of this unit according
to the environm ent of the liste ning room .......................... . 100
Controlling this unit by using the Web browser
(Web Cont rol Center) .... .......... ............ ............ ............ ....... 101
Contents
Introduction
Preparation
Basic Oper ation
Internal Source Operation
Advanced Operation