Features
MAIN FEATURES
Advanced Features
4 SCENE buttons on front panel and remote unit offering easier operation XM Ready with XM HD Surround powered by Neural Surround Compatible with iPod via optional Yamaha YDS-10 iPod song titles displayed on front panel and OSD Improved YPAO supporting low frequency to 31.5Hz with auto setup On-screen display
High Sound Quality
7-channel 735W powerful surround sound (105W x 7) Pure Direct for high quality sound reproduction Digital ToP-ART and High Current Amplification HDMI Ver. 1.2a with support for Super Audio CD Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels Assignable amplifiers for bi-amp connection
High Picture Quality
1080p/60fps(Hz) - compatible HDMI (2 in/1 out) Video up-conversion and component video output with TBC (Time Base Corrector) 3 HDTV compatible component video inputs
Surround Realism
Upgraded CINEMA DSP with 17 DSP programs Compressed Music Enhancer Night Listening Enhancer (Cinema/Music) and SILENT CINEMA Audio Delay for adjusting lip-sync (0–160ms)
OTHER FEATURES
Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels Initial Volume Setting and Maximum Volume Setting YPAO Setup Menu appears with then YPAO mic is plugged in 3 HDTV compatible component video inputs Aluminum front panel iPod song titles displayed in English and Western European languages ISO 8859-1 (Latin1) on the front panel and on-screen display High-performance CINEMA DSP LSI (64-bit floating point quantization) Night Listening Enhancer (Cinema and Music), SILENT CINEMA and Virtual CINEMA DSP Dialogue Lift for dialogue to screen center Audio Delay for adjusting lip-sync (0–160ms) Preout terminals and subwoofer out Preset remote unit with illluminate buttons and 3 mode switches 9 selectable subwoofer crossover frequencies Subwoofer phase select Front panel Video Aux input terminal with optical digital and S-Video inut terminals Analog mixdown 8-channel external decoder input Phono input Speaker A, B, A+B selection Sleep timer 40-station preset tuning / Auto preset tuning
Technology
Made for iPod (Docking Station)
The Made for iPod logo indicates that the product is equipped to use an optional Yamaha Universal iPod Dock that lets you connect your iPod to this product. With the optional dock you can listen to your music and operate the iPod via the product’s remote control while at the same time charging the battery on your iPod. Depending on your product’s specifications, some will allow you to use the On-Screen Display feature on your video monitor to navigate your music. Some products can even allow you to view your photos and movies from your iPod on your video monitor (view the Specifications of each product for iPod playback compatibility)...
HDMI®
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. With the ability to deliver crystal-clear, all-digital audio and video via a single cable, HDMI dramatically simplifies cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater experience. HDMI can provide an interface between most audio/video sources, such as a set-top box, Blu-ray Disc™ player, DVD player or AV receiver and a video monitor, such as a high-definition television (HDTV), over a single cable.
Depending on the model of product, HDMI can support standard, enhanced or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It can support all currently-available compressed audio formats (such as Dolby® Digital and DTS) and most newer HDMI devices can support lossless digital audio formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio™.
(View the specifications of each product for details on HDMI compatibility.)
SIMPLAY HD
The Simplay HD Testing Program represents a standard of excellence in testing for a premium-HD "plug and play" consumer experience and to maximize users' access to HD content. Products bearing the Simplay HD logo have undergone stringent quality testing related to the High-Definition Multimedia Interface(tm) "HDMI(tm)" and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) specifications, as well as compatibility testing with a suite of other devices that have been Simplay HD verified.
Dolby Digital EX
This surround format from Dolby Digital includes an added center rear channel. The rear center channel is actually matrixed into the two rear channels, and is extracted upon playback. (Formerly called Dolby Digital Surround EX, or Dolby Digital Matrix 6.1.)
DTS NEO: 6
In this format, the back surround channel is matrix encoded into the left and right surround channels. For playback, the three channels are separately decoded.
XM - XM Ready
A product with this feature indicates that the item is XM Satellite Radio (XM Ready), allowing you to hear over 150 digital channels of music, news, sports, talk and entertainment from America's number one Satellite Radio service. With the addition of the optional digital antenna XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock and the XM Mini-Tuner accessories sold separately, just subscribe to XM Satellite Radio and hear radio as it was meant to be!
XM HD Surround Sound
XM and Neural Audio Corporation announce XM HD Surround, which provides content with six discrete channels of digital full fidelity audio powered by Neural Audio technology. Marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day. Beginning in April 2006, XM will broadcast the Fine Tuning® (XM Channel 76) and the classical pops music channel XM Pops (XM Channel 113) in XM HD Surround. XM will also broadcast a variety of special shows and live music performances at the XM studios in XM HD Surround.
Neural Surround
Neural Surround represents the latest advancement in surround technology and has been adopted by XM Satellite Radio for digital radio broadcast of surround recordings and live events in surround sound. Neural Surround employs psychoacoustic frequency domain processing which allows delivery of a more detailed sound stage with superior channel separation and localization of audio elements. System playback is scalable from 5.1 to 7.1 multi-channel surround playback.
Neural Surround™ name and related logos are trademarks owned by Neural Audio Corporation.
8 Ch Ext Input
8 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right, Surround Back Left & Right) and Subwoofer
CINEMA DSP Digital
Conventional multichannel audio reproduction systems base their sound on Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, using matrix and steering technologies to create surround sound effects. Yamaha CINEMA DSP is much more advanced, actually creating richly realized independent sound fields that envelop you in an unmatched surround sound experience. With dialogue, music and effects from ideally located in these separate sound fields, you will hear sound with accurate placement, smooth movement, exceptional clarity and richness, and startlingly realistic presence. It will seem as if the walls of your room have disappeared and you are in the middle of your own immense theater! The decoding circuitry performs Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS Digital Surround, DTS-ES (DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 and DTS-ES Discrete 6.1), DTS Neo:6 and DTS 96/24 decoding with extreme accuracy, as well as all digital sound field processing.
SILENT CINEMA™
SILENT CINEMA makes it possible to hear large-scale surround sound through ordinary headphones! This is a variation of CINEMA DSP technology that Yamaha developed to let you listen in private to movies and other multi-channel sources for hours without listening fatigue.
Compressed Music Enhancer
Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original as possible.
SCENE – A NEW LEVEL OF OPERATING EASE
Four SCENE buttons make operating the receiver easier than ever. They are initially set to default settings for DVD viewing, disc listening, TV viewing and radio listening. Pressing a SCENE button automatically launches a number of operations that initiate play of the source controlled by that button. Other SCENE settings are also available, such as iPod listening, XM listening, TV sports viewing and action game playing. Browsing and selecting the settings is quickly accomplished by changing Input via the front panel and watching the on-screen display. The settings can be selected for one-time use or they can replace the original default settings. The SCENE names can be changed, too.
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YPAO™ Automatic System Calibration
Yamaha’s YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First, it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, etc. Until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room and you don't have to do anything!
Audio & Video
Specs
Specifications
| Channels | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| RMS Output Power (20Hz - 20kHz) | 90W x 7 | |
| RMS Output Power (1kHz) | 105W x 7 | |
| Total Power (20Hz - 20kHz) | 630W | |
| Dolby Digital EX/ Dolby Pro Logic IIx | Yes | |
| DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 | Yes | |
| DTS 96/24 / DTS Neo:6 | Yes | |
| Pure Direct | Yes | |
| iPod Compatibility | Yes | |
| Compressed Music Enhancer | Yes | |
| Neural Surround | Yes | |
| XM HD Surround | Yes | |
| XM Satellite Radio Ready | Yes | |
| HDMI (In/Out) | (2 / 1) Ver 1.2a | |
| Component Video (In/Out) | (3 / 1) | |
| A/V Inputs (S-Video) | 5 (All S-Video) | |
| Digital Inputs/Outputs [O: Optical, C: Coaxial] | (O: 4, C: 2 / O: 1) | |
| Front A/V with Digital Input | Yes (S-Video / Optical) | |
| D/A Conversion | 192 kHz / 24 bit | |
| Surround Programs | 17 | |
| Night Listening Enhancer | Yes | |
| Time Base Corrector | Yes | |
| Component Video Upconversion | Yes | |
| Dialogue Lift | Yes | |
| YPAO (w/Optimizer Microphone) | Yes | |
| On-Screen Display (OSD) | Yes | |
| IR Inputs/Outputs | Yes | |
| Speaker A, B or A + B | Yes | |
| Selectable Subwoofer Crossover | Yes | |
| Multi-Channel Decoder Inputs | 8-Channel | |
| Pre-Out All Channels | Yes | |
| Learning Remote Capability | Preset | |
| Product Dimensions (W x H x D) | 17-1/8" x 6-3/4" x 15-1/2" | |
| Product Weight (lbs.) | 25.6 | |
| Shipping Dimensions (W x H x D) | 21-13/16" x 10-5/8" x 19-13/16" | |
| Shipping Weight (lbs.) | 32 | |
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