Using iPod™

Once you have stationed your iPod in a Yamaha iPod universal dock (such as YDS-11, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal of this unit (page 22), you can enjoy playback of your iPod using the supplied remote control. You can also use the Compressed Music Enhancer mode of this unit to enhance the sound quality of the compression artifacts (such as the MP3 format) stored on your iPod (page 45).

Notes

This unit supports iPod touch, iPod (Click Wheel, including iPod classic), iPod nano and iPod mini.

Some features may not be compatible depending on the model or the software version of your iPod.

Some features may not be compatible depending on the model of your Yamaha iPod universal dock. The following description is based on using YDS-11.

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Once the connection between your iPod and this unit is complete, “iPod Connected” appears in the front panel display.

For details about status messages displayed in the front panel display and in the GUI screen, see “iPod” (page 135).

You can select whether or not this unit charges the battery of the stationed iPod when this unit is in the standby mode by configuring the “Standby Charge” setting (page 99).

iPod menu tree

The following diagram shows the construction of the iPod menu. For information on how to display the iPod menu, see “Music Content menu operations” (page 65).

iPod

 

 

Music

 

 

 

Playlists

 

 

playlists

 

 

 

song list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists

 

 

 

artist list

 

 

 

album list

 

song list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

 

 

album list

 

 

song list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Songs

 

 

song list

artist list

 

album list

 

song list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genres

 

 

genre list

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composers

 

composer list

 

album list

 

song list

 

 

 

 

 

Videos *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shuffle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Simple Remote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

*“Videos” does not appear unless your iPod and Yamaha iPod universal dock support the video browsing feature. Also, the folder structure under “Videos” varies depending on the video contents stored on your iPod.

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