Quick start guide

When you use this product for the first time, perform setup following the steps below. See the related pages for details on operations and settings.

Step 1: Prepare items for setup

Prepare speakers, DVD player, cables, and other items necessary for setup.

For example, prepare the following items for setting up a 5.1-channel sound system.

Front right speaker

Video monitor

Subwoofer

Front left speaker

Center speaker

Components

(such as DVD player)

Surround right speaker Surround left speaker

Requirements

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Speakers

Front speaker

2

 

 

 

 

Center speaker

1

 

 

 

 

Surround speaker

2

 

 

 

Active subwoofer

 

1

 

 

 

Speaker cable

 

5

 

 

 

Subwoofer cable

 

1

 

 

Reproduction component such as DVD player

1

 

 

Video monitor such as TV

1

 

 

Video cable or HDMI cable

2

 

 

 

Audio cable

 

2

 

 

 

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•Prepare two speakers (for front). The priority of the requirement of other speakers is as follows:

1 Two surround speakers

2 One center speaker

3 One (or two) surround back speaker(s)

•If your video monitor is a CRT, we recommend that you use magnetically shielded speakers.

Step 2: Set up your speakers

Place your speakers in the room and connect them to this unit.

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Placing speakers

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Connecting speakers

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•This unit has a YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) that automatically optimizes this unit based on room acoustic characteristics (audio characteristics of the speakers, speaker positions, and room acoustics, etc.).

You can enjoy good balanced sound without special knowledge by using the YPAO technology (see page 18).

Step 3: Connect your components

Connect your TV, DVD player, or other components.

• Connecting a TV monitor or projector

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Connecting other components

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Connecting a Yamaha iPod universal dock or

 

 

Bluetooth wireless audio receiver

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Connecting the FM and AM antennas

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Step 4: Turn on the power

Connect the power cable and turn on this unit.

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Connecting the power cable

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Turning this unit on and off

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Step 5: Select the input source and start playback

Select the component connected in the step 3 as an input source and start playback.

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Basic procedure

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Selecting sound field programs

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•This unit supports the SCENE function that changes the input source and sound field program at one time. Four scenes are preset for different purposes for Blu-ray disc, DVD and CD, and you can select from a scene from those just by pressing a remote control key. See page 21 for details.

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