"Official" Yamaha RX-V667/RX-V767 Thread - Page 123

You have to do more than just connect the cables, you have to configure things in the Input menu (page 74, "Combining HDMI/AV1-2 Input source video and audio"). If you configure it properly it should work.

Hello all!

I have a buddy with the rx - v667 receiver and we cannot get into its on screen menu to save our lives. I've never messed with one, but I do have some knowledge of receivers and how they work. When I press the "on screen" button I get a message that says something to the affect of "not available". The installers that put his system in his house do have it running on some type of uhf remote system so the receiver is in another room and you need 2 people to relay what the on screen message says to the person in front of the receiver. But the only message we've been able to relay is "not available". How in the world do I get to the on screen menu? That's my question. Thank you for any help.

Here is how ours is hooked up Yamaha V -667.

HDMI from PS3 and Dishnetwork to back of receiver (hdmi in)

HDMI from receiver to TV (hdmi out on reciever)

If I press the on screen button with the receiver and tv both on, the menu appears on the left side of tv. The menu will appear no matter what source I am using. I cant find any settings anywhere that would allow you to disable the onscreen menu.

I would start by checking how it is wired up.

After talking with the friend further, he said that when the installers were putting in the system they were doing everything through computer. He said that seemed to be how they were setting AVR for the its sound and all the good stuff. Now this is all coming out of my friends mouth, but he also said that everything ran through the Blu ray player. Of course I know everything should be going through the AVR, but this is the way he knows it. Either way, he can't access any online menus, but the AVR is popping up a box that says "not available" so it does have a presence.

I haven't messed with it too much but I figured one of you guys might know what's up with the "not available" message or if there was a lock on it or something. Anyway, thanks for reading.

You should check how they wired everything up. It's possible they connected the Blu-ray HDMI out directly to the TV and only connected audio to the receiver (not the right way to do it, but installers do strange things sometimes).

Also, are you sure it's a 667? They can't have set up the 667 from a computer because it has no network or RS-232 port.
Edited by kriktsemaj99 - 2/12/13 at 6:47am

i just bought a b-stock 667 but i am having a strange problem. i run it 6.1 and ypao sets my side and rear speakers at +1 or+0.5db.the manual peq noise generator sounds roughly the same level as the fronts.however any and all formats dd,dts true hd etc result in nearly inaudible side and surround.the exception to this 7 channel stereo which works fine.i am perplexed , the only way to hear surround channels at anyware near correct levels is to manually set them at +10db.I even swapped out a different rear speaker to see if made any difference,it didnt.I tried unplugging the unit, but to no avail.next step is call yamaha and see if i can return it.

You have to be careful what you're testing with, most movies don't have a lot of surround activity all the time so you need to find a suitable scene. Or use a test disc with test tones (that's better than using the internal test tones becauses tones on the disc are going through all the same processing that a movie soundtrack would).

Having said that, it's normal to want to set your surrounds a few dB louder than the YPAO value if you're listening well below reference level (but usually that's 2 or 3dB unless you're listening at a very low volume).

Hope someone can help.

Seems easy to set up a lot of speakers, but I just have Front Left & Right, sub, and then two speakers in another room - and the two satellites are the tricky ones.

I've set them up as zone2, but no digital output, just tuner. SO, I need to do one of two things:

Either find a way to get the digital signal from the tv to channel to zone 2 (can this be accomplished by adding more wires from the tv along with the HDMI?)

Or find a way to have the speakers simply play like two additional front speakers. The zone control is nice, but some folks in the house like to use the signal from the tv for network streaming, and even for the tv audio in the other room.

Tried them set up the satellites as surround back speakers, but the output was undesirable (inaudible mostly).

Can someone tell me how to set these up properly?

Thanks!

So I've developed a problem exactly 2 years and 14 days after purchase (14 days past the warranty ). Last night there was a power outage in my neighborhood. All of my components are hooked up to a very expensive surge protector. When power was restored, all of the lights on the surge protector were green... no problems there... but now there is no sound coming out of the right channel on any of the settings 7.1, 5.1, 2 channel, etc. Having managed a stereo shop in the 90s I did all of the normal things... going through the set up, changing settings back and forth, switching out speakers... both speakers work on the left main side, no speakers work on the right main side.

I have downloaded the instructions to try a firmware update, other than that, I'm looking for any inexpensive options for repair, work arounds, etc. I just sent two pair of Advent Heritage speakers to be refoamed (all four woofers) so money is not great at the moment.

Before you try the firmware update you could try to initialize everything to default settings (see INIT in the Advanced Setup menu). If that doesn't work try the firmware update. But I'm not sure there's much chance this will fix it, it could well be a real hardware failure.

If it needs to be repaired I don't know what to suggest except contact Yamaha. Did the surge protector come with some kind of guarantee that you can claim against?

Also I do have the Service Manual for the 667 if that's of any use to you. It describes is a self-diagnostic function that can test each channel, but I've never used it and I'm not sure it will tell you anything except that one channel isn't working.
Edited by kriktsemaj99 - 2/26/13 at 12:47pm

Thanks for the quick reply. So I'm working out after work and in between sets I follow the instructions to check my firmware version. I have 2.04. When I turn the unit back on... sound comes out of the right channel. Then it stops... and after reviewing settings and selecting 7.1 again I have sound out of all channels. But I'm not convinced it's "fixed."

But it is possible that I did hit INIT when I was playing around with the Advanced Setup menu, playing around a bit. Does the manual cover the steps to initialize everything, and is it the same manual that describes the self-diagnostic? Is that the 13.8 meg manual found via Google search?

The Service Manual I have is 21MB. Apart from describing the self-diagnostic funciton it has all the schematics and list of components etc. Here's a link.

Not sure what to make of the strange behaviour on one channel, but maybe it is now fixed. There have been a few cases where settings get corrupted at random, and need to be reset.

I guess I'm not so sure if this is an issue or I'm just misusing my receiver, but whenever I set it to Straight or Pure Direct I never get anything out of the rear channels. It seems to do only the front towers. Also, between the various settings (PLII Movie, Neo:6 Cinema, etc) I never know what to choose for the best sound quality. I just find myself confused all the time with this receiver, haha!

If you know your audio source is surround with straight or direct pure and you're only getting two channel audio then you should check a couple of things. Make sure your audio signal going to the AVR is not down-mixed to stereo. Check that the speakers are enabled and make sure the wires have a good connection to the ports. PL II is from Dolby and Neo 6 is from DTS, it's just their method of transforming stereo audio into multi-channel. I prefer straight, but if you have a two channel audio input and want it sent to all channels, then you should use either of those options.

How can I tell if my AVR is down-mixing to stereo?

Well, the AVR would only down mix with a setting like Stereo, but I meant if your playback device is down mixing, e.g. blu ray player.

Hello all

Through my week of tinkering and tweaking with my 667, i have somehow managed to loose the audio decoder type on the front display (DTS etc etc). It now just displays "DVD" which was text that i labelled the input channel .. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to change this back. It shouldn't annoy me as much as it does :-)

Much appreciated :-)


Rob

Scratch that :-) The "info" button .. Doh !!!

Don't ya just hate that!

LMAO...just went through the same thing yesterday...ONLY took me 10 minutes to figure it out...Does that put me at the top or the bottom of the learning curve?

New question here. Not sure if I should post this in the Harman Kardon forum. At present I am using the Yamaha 667 as my HT system but was recently given an older HK AVR 635.
My question is 1 - does anyone know know if I can use just the output stage of the HK to drive my speakers? and 2 - would there be any audible difference?

LOL: Glad I'm not the only one that has those "Senior Moments".

Here's an ongoing dilemma that I can't seem to get straighten out. Naturally, cable company can't figure it out. I have an idea, but not sure, so wanted to check here. I can set the dvr's menu setup to output a 1080I signal to the tv set, but as soon as I turn the dvr off then back on, the dvr will revert back to a default 720p signal. My set up is source>dvr>a/v >tv via hdmi. Wondering if it's the a/v receiver that's causing the dvr to reset back to 720p. Wondering if I should connect dvr directly to tv? Only draw back by doing this I would have to have to use optic to connect tv to a/v as I don't have audio return hdmi capable tv. Hope this makes somewhat sense. Thanks in advance.

I would try disabling HDMI control on all devices and see if that helps.

Flying dog , have you tried to activate all of the available formats 480i, 720p & 1080i? This should cause the dct to output the native format then you can zoom or stretch the picture on non hd if you desire.

Yes, all that does is disable being able to turn everything on with the one buttone "all on" control.

Yes, dvr still reverts back to 720p whenever the unit is turned off no matter what setting everything is set to when all is on. I'll just have to keep dink'n around. May stumble across the right combo.



Thanks for the responds.

What's the brand and model of your dvr? Who is your provider?

It's Comcast's DCX3400M... http://mediacomcable.com/pdf/DCX%203400_User_Guide.pdf

I have never heard of this problem with a moto dvr. I would swap the dvr before I troubleshoot any further.
Good luck

Swapped three times in last four months. This is the top of their line. Probly just a matter of getting the right tech.