RX-V559
 Important Safety Instructions
 FCC Information for US customers
Example of Antenna Grounding
 For Canadian Customers
We Want You Listening For a Lifetime
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Serial No
 Contents
 Features
 Snap the battery compartment cover back into place
Supplied accessories
Installing batteries in the remote control
Getting Started
 Controls and Functions
Front panel
 PRESET/TUNING, Edit
Tuning Mode AUTO/MAN’L
Volume
Input Mode
 Remote control
Controlling this unit
 Return
Power
Volume +
Standby
 Numeric buttons
Using the remote control
Controlling the Tuner functions
Band
 Front panel display
 EON
PTY Hold
 Asia and General models only
Rear panel
AC Outlets
 Connections
Placing speakers
 A. model Front Speakers Center
Connecting speakers
Front speakers a Right Left Surround speakers Subwoofer
Speaker
 Surround terminals
Front terminals
Center terminals
Surround Back terminals
 Tighten the knob to secure the wire
Connecting the speaker cable
Loosen the knob
 Audio jacks
Information on jacks and cable plugs
Video jacks
 Audio signal flow for Audio OUT REC
Audio and video signal flow
Video signal flow for Monitor OUT
 Connecting a TV
 Connecting a DVD player
Connecting a DVD player, a DVD recorder, a VCR or an STB
DVD player
 Connecting an STB
Connecting a DVD recorder or a VCR
DVD recorder or
 CD player
Connecting a CD player, an MD player or a tape deck
MD recorder or Tape deck
 Connecting a Yamaha iPod universal dock
 Connecting a multi-format player or an external decoder
Multi-format player or External decoder
 Ground GND terminal
Connecting the AM loop antenna
Into place
Outdoor AM antenna
 Connecting the power cable
Memory back-up
 See page 27 for details about turning on or off this unit
Setting the speaker impedance
Make sure this unit is turned off
Following display appears in the front panel display
 Turning on this unit
Turning on and off the power
When all connections are complete, turn on this unit
Turning off this unit
 Press u / d to select Basic Setup
Basic Setup
Press Enter to enter Basic Setup
Press SET Menu to enter SET Menu
 Basic Setup
Press Enter to confirm your selection
 Press j / i to select the desired setting
Press SET Menu to exit from Basic Setup
 Playback
Currently selected Input source Input mode
Available input sources
 Treble
Currently selected Surround field program
 Using Silent Cinema
Using Audio Features
Muting the audio output
 Auto
Selecting the input mode
Using the sleep timer
DTS
 Flashes
Adjusting the speaker level
Lights up
 Selecting the Compressed Music Enhancer mode
 Multi CH Input
Selecting the Multi CH Input component
Music Enhancer
Display
 Enjoying unprocessed input sources
Enjoying multi-channel sources in 2-channel stereo
Enjoying pure hi-fi stereo sound
Direct Stereo
 Displaying the input source information
Using Video Features
Signal Info
SET Menu
 Playing video sources in the background
Selecting the OSD mode
Music
 Auto Auto
Enjoying Surround Sound
Enjoying multi-channel sources in surround
Decoders
 Enjoying 2-channel sources in surround
PRO Logic
 Using Virtual Cinema DSP
 Recording
Mdsleep
 Press PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h once to begin automatic tuning
FM/AM Tuning
Automatic tuning
4 1
 Hold down the button to continue searching
Manual tuning
No colon
 For more than 3 seconds
Automatic preset tuning
Press and hold Memory MAN’L/AUTO FM
Press FM/AM to select FM as the reception band
 2,5
Manual preset tuning
Automatic preset tuning options
Tune into a station automatically or manually
 Repeat steps 1 through 5 to store other stations
Selecting preset stations
Preset station number
Displayed station has been stored as C3
 1,3
Exchanging preset stations
See Selecting preset stations on
Press and hold Edit for more than 3 seconds
 A5FM 90.6 MHz L R
Press Edit again
 XM Satellite Radio Tuning
Information from XM Satellite Radio Inc
 XM Satellite Radio controls and functions
Remote control functions
Front panel functions
 Remote control Lights up
Activating XM Satellite Radio
 Basic XM Satellite Radio operations
Preview L R
 All Channel Search mode
Selecting the XM Satellite Radio search mode
Preset Search modes. You can also enter the channel
 Srch Mode on the remote control
Category Search mode
Press Search Mode on the front panel or
Repeatedly to select CAT Search
 Repeatedly to change the preset channel
Preset Search mode
CAT. j / i on the remote control
Press Category on the front panel or
 Direct Number Access mode
Display changes as follows
 Preset channels
 Preset channel number appears in the front panel display
Displaying the XM Satellite Radio information
 When the artist name / song title is displayed
When the channel number / name is displayed
When the channel category is displayed
Press Display on the front panel or on the remote control
 Selecting sound field programs
Remote control operations
Sound Field Programs
Elements of a sound field
 Stereo
Sound field program descriptions
For movie/video sources
Music
 SUR. Standard
For music sources
Movie Theater
SUR. Enhanced
 Changing sound field parameter settings
P02 Music
 INIT.DLY
Sound field parameter descriptions
DSP Level
SB INI.DLY
 Room Size P.ROOM Size S.ROOM Size SB Room Size
Liveness S.LIVENESS SB Liveness
 REV.DELAY
REV.TIME
 Direct
REV.LEVEL
CT Level SL Level SR Level SB Level
 Center Width
Dimension
Panorama
Image
 TV Sports Mono Movie Game
Sound field program speaker layouts
Hall in Vienna Bttm Line Roxy Thtr
Monaural Stereo
 SUR. Standard Dolby Digital PRO Logic DTS
Channel audio 6.1-channel audio Monaural Stereo
 Straight
SUR. Enhanced Dolby Digital PRO Logic DTS
Plii Movie PLIIx Movie
Direct Stereo
 Manual setup Manual Setup
Basic setup Basic Setup
SET Menu
 Signal information Signal Info
 Press u / d to select Manual Setup
Using SET Menu
Use the remote control to access and adjust each parameter
Press Enter to enter Manual Setup
 Front SP
Speaker settings Aspeaker SET
Bspeaker Level
Press SET Menu to exit from SET Menu
 LFE/BASS OUT
Center SP SUR. B SP
SUR. L/R SP
Center speaker Center SP Surround back speakers
 Cross Over
02ASUBWOOFER Phase
Subwoofer phase Subwoofer Phase
Crossover Cross Over
 Speaker distance CSP Distance
CSP Distance
Elfe Level
Center graphic equalizer Dcenter GEQ
 Fdynamic Range
Audio settings Gaudio SET
Gaudio SET
 Optical
Input Menu
CMPNT-V Input
Coaxial
 Cinput Rename
Binput Mode
Input mode Binput Mode
Input rename Cinput Rename
 Adisplay SET
Dvolume Trim
Display settings Adisplay SET
Dimmer Dimmer
 Parameter initialization CPARAM. INI
Bmemory Guard
CPARAM. INI
OSD shift OSD Shift
 EXM Radio SET
XM Radio setting EXM Radio SET
Dmulti Zone SET
A. model only
 Parameter Parameter setting
Advanced Setup
5 2,4
 Remote control Tuner ID Remote TUN
Factory presets Preset
Remote control AMP ID Remote AMP
Remote control XM ID Remote XM A. model only
 Controlling this unit, a TV, or other components
Remote Control Features
Controlling a TV
 Controlling other components
 Transmit indicator on the remote control flashes twice
Remote Control Code Default Settings
Press Code SET using a ballpoint pen or a similar object
Code
 Setting remote control AMP ID library Codes
Setting library codes
Setting remote control Tuner ID library Codes
 Press the numeric buttons to enter the code number
Press the numeric buttons to enter the code number 81918 or
Control XM
 Multi-zone configuration and Zone 2 connections
Using MULTI-ZONE Configuration
Connecting Zone
This unit
 Controlling Zone 2 with the front panel
Press Zone 2 ON/OFF to set Zone 2 to the standby mode
Controlling Zone
Press Zone 2 ON/OFF to turn on Zone
 Setting the remote control to the Zone Mode
Controlling Zone 2 with the remote control
 Controlling iPod without using the OSD
Controlling iPod
 Controlling iPod using the OSD
 Resetting the System
100
 101
Troubleshooting
General
 102
 103
 Tuner
104
XM Satellite Radio U.S.A. model only
 105
Remote control
IPod
 Audio information
Glossary
106
 Video information
107
 108
Sound field program information
Virtual Cinema DSP
 Specifications
109
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