Features
AV RECEIVER
6.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver (HTR-5950)
6.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver 6.1-Channel, 660W Powerful Surround Sound (110W x 6) Digital ToP-ART and High Current Amplification Direct Stereo for High Quality 2-Channel Sound Reproduction 192kHz/24-Bit DACs for All Channels HDTV Compatible 3 Component Video Inputs Component Video Up-Conversion Digital Video Processing with TBC (Time Base Corrector) XM Ready with XM HD Surround Powered by Neural Surround Compatible with iPod Via Optional Yamaha YDS-10 Compressed Music Enhancer Front Panel Mini Jack for Portable Player Connection On-Screen Display
REMOTE CONTROLS
Preset Remote Control
SPEAKERS
Compact Speaker System Package (NS-AP2600)
4 Satellite Speakers, and a Center Channel Speaker 2-way acoustic suspension speakers 28Hz-50kHz Frequency Range Magnetic Shielding Impedance: 6 ohms
Subwoofer (YST-SW012)
Front Firing 100WSubwoofer 8" Multi-range Driver Yamaha's Advanced Active Servo Technology
DVD CHANGER (DV-C6860)
Progressive Scan Compatible with DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, Picture CD, Audio CD, MP3, JPEG, WMA Disc Compatible with DVD+RW/+R (incl. DVD+R DL), DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW Dynamic Range 100dB 192kHz/24-Bit Audio D/A Converter 108MHz/12-Bit Video D/A Converter for High Picture Quality
MAIN FEATURES
Technology
CD Digital Video

DVD Players equipped with CD Digital Video capabilities will be able to play video and sound media that has been compressed together and recorded onto a CD disc.
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.
Digital ToP-ART

Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) is the name Yamaha has given to a design philosophy whose goal is to maximize digital quality while minimizing analog circuitry. The culmination of Yamaha’s long experience in digital engineering and design, it brings together several key elements to create the best-sounding, A/V components available on the market.
Dolby® Digital

The most popular 5.1 channel home theater sound system. An improvement over Dolby® Pro Logic® in that it offers: 1) Full frequency response in all channels (3 Hz — 20 kHz), 2) discrete surround channels, and 3) a separate track for bass, only, called the Low-Frequency Effects channel.
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 Digital Surround™

DTS Digital Surround™ was developed to replace the analog soundtracks of movies with a 6.1 channel digital sound track and is now rapidly gaining popularity in movie theaters around the world. DTS, Inc. has developed a home theater system so that you can enjoy the depth of sound and natural spatial representation of DTS Digital Surround™ in your home. This system produces practically distortion-free 6 channel sound (technically, front left and right, center, surround left and right and LFE 0.1 (subwoofer) channels for a total of 5.1 channels). This unit incorporates a DTS-ES decoder that enables 6.1 channel reproduction by adding the surround back channel to the existing 5.1 channel format.
DVD Video

DVD is essentially a large capacity optical video storage media that contains movies or other video content for home entertainment. DVD has become the standard for video publishing by most movie and video studios.
PlayXchange

Yamaha CD changers give you the benefits of extended playing time and direct selection from all discs. And with PlayXchange, you can change discs while the current one continues to play. You don't have to interrupt the music to change a disc and you're not limited to changing only one disc at a time.
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.
Video CD

DVD Players equipped with Video CD capabilities will be able to play video and sound media that has been compressed together using the MPEG 1 standard, and recorded onto a CD disc.
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!
6 Ch Ext Input

6 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right) and Subwoofer
DTS-ES DISCRETE 6.1

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.
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.
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.
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.
Audio & Video
Specs
Specifications
| Channels | 5.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total System Power | 760W | |
| Finish | Black | |
| RMS Output Power (1kHz) | 110W x 6 | |
| DTS 96/24 / DTS Neo:6 / DTS ES Discrete 6.1 | Yes | |
| Dolby Digital EX/ Dolby Pro Logic IIx | Yes | |
| XM Satellite Radio Ready | Yes | |
| Neural Surround | Yes | |
| XM HD Surround | Yes | |
| iPod Compatibility | Yes | |
| Compressed Music Enhancer | Yes | |
| Component Video Upconversion | Yes | |
| On-Screen Display (OSD) | Yes | |
| YPAO | Yes | |
| A/V Inputs / Outputs | 4 / 1 | |
| Front A/V with Digital Input | Yes | |
| Surround Programs | 14 | |
| Type | 5 Disc Changer | |
| Progressive Scan | Yes | |
| Front Speakers (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | 2-1/2" + 1/2" | |
| Center Speaker (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | Dual 2-1/2" + 1/2" | |
| Surround Speakers (Woofer, Tweeter Size) | 2-1/2" + 1/2" | |
| Removable Grill Cloth | Yes | |
| Power Output Level | 100W | |
| Driver Size | 8" | |
| Complete Package Dimensions (WxHxD) | 32-5/8" x 20-3/8" x 21-5/8" | |
| Total Weight (lbs.) | 83 | |
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