"Official" Yamaha RX-A1000/RX-A2000/RX-A3000 thread - Page 216

Hello all.

My computer crashed and had to reformat the harddrive, and now my A3000 can't find my PC. I don't remember doing anything for this initially, but maybe I made that setting quite awhile ago. Do any of you know what I might need to do? The receiver is hooked up to the internet with a cat6 cable, and I'm able to listen to Internet Radio via the receiver, so I know it's connected to the network. In addition, the computer is on and connected to the network wirelessly.

Thanks for you help!

Dialogue lift? Where is that??? I have tried multiple times to download the owners manual from yamaha, but it always gets stuck. Yeah, its slowly driving me insane. Im going to swap out my PS3 with a panasonic 110 blu ray player to make sure it isnt a source issue. I am watching House through the Hulu app on my LG tv, & I have the volume set at 34 which is plenty loud. I have some old hdmi cables mixed in my setup as well, I will swap those out too, just in case.
The issue is irritating the heck out of me.

dialog lift is for presence speakers, call yamaha parts to get a paper manual

try HDMI over cat6 instead?

Try this link for the manual. I got it from the Crutchfield site. http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Mobil...Brand%7cYamaha

I am putting together a new system, I am debating on buying the yamaha 2000, or the 867 and emo 5 channel amp, I have not decided on speakers yet, but I am leaning towards aperion verus bookshelfs wich are 6 ohms, if I buy the 2000 my plan would be to biamp the fronts using the 2000, or running them unbiamped with the 867, looking for opinions on this, thanks

Thanks Ross. I switched them and it worked!!! I knew it had to be something simple. Just understanding how the Zones really worked also helped. Sure wish the Zones accepted digital signals though. I have Dish and frequently listen to satellite music through my TV which only has an optical output. Can't listen to music (from the tv) anymore in stereo with my superior floor speakers with the configuration I presently have. Oh well. I'll figure something out.

I got my 3000 for under a $1000 just 3 weeks ago from Newegg. Wouldn't be surprised to see even better deals during Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Especially since they are closing the older models out.

Dialogue lift won't help a low volume level center channel. It only helps reposition where the dialogue appears to be coming from. My guess is your center channel level is not set appropriately.

YPAO doesn't always get the basics right. I always tweak mine afterwards using an analog sound meter to fine tune speaker distances and levels etc. Mic placement can give you poor results as well

Some soundtracks/movies aren't well balanced however. I picked up the Super 8 Bluray yesterday morning for the kids to watch on our Thanksgiving road trip to the inlaws. I can't wait to audition in our HT once we return. Running a Yamaha 11.2 setup w/ four subs.

Definitely "sounds" like you need the manual. :-)

Cheers

Guys - I have a couple quick questions ...

I'm very near to my speaker purchase with Black Friday just around the corner, and I was looking at the manual to check a few things regarding speaker configuration. These images are taken directly from the RX-A2000 official manual (which Yamaha graciously shipped to my house for free!).

My first question is, if I went with a 7.1 speaker configuration as described in the image below ... is that something that can be setup without any hassle with just the Receiver alone? You don't need a separate Amp for that or anything, do you?



^^^ If, for example, I had two Polk RTi12's for the Fronts, a CSi5 for the Center, an HSU or Outlaw for the Sub, and perhaps FXi's or even Monitor 30's or 40's or something like that for the 4 rears (Rear Surrounds & Rear Back) ... would that all work well connected to the Receiver??


My other question is taking it one step further, if I wanted to go with this, supposedly 9.1 speaker configuration as described in the image below ... which adds two "Presence" speakers ... do you then require a separate Amp or something or is that all connectable to just the Receiver itself?



Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks!!

In your post, you indicate that your television has only optical out. If the dish Sat box has analog out, connect the box to the AVR with rca type patch cords. Also, connect your Dish box to the AVR via hdmi. You will then be able to pass sat music digitally from the Dish box to zones 2 and 3 when using the "party" function.

A separate amp is not mandatory with a 7.1 configuration.
A separate amp is not mandatory with the 9.1 configuration you've described, but when a sound program that utilizes the presence speakers is used, you will lose audio from the surround back speakers..

Hey - thanks for responding; I'm a bit new to this kind of an HT setup so please bear with my questions.

So I understand that I can have a 7.1 configuration with decent speakers without using an external Amp.

In most likelihood I won't be setting up a 9.1 w/ presence speakers ... but just for the sake of knowledge, can you elaborate on the "a sound program that utilizes presence" part, I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean.

One other question that I did have which I should have asked initially itself ... if I utilized 2 Sub-Woofers instead of one ... and thus making it a 7.2 configuration - will that work as well?

Thanks!!

I'm referring to Yamaha's sound programs that are standard with the AVR: Standard, Action, Drama, etc. Refer to the box on page 17 of your OM and the footnote on page 15 that refers you to the sound programs. The answer to your second question is yes.

Excellent! Thank you so much for your responses.

If you're running Windows 7, start Windows Media Player and select Stream -> Automatically allow devices to play my media.

In addition to what cbhpi suggested, you might consider replacing the front speakers in your 5.1 setup with your floor speakers.

Guys,

Big sale coming up @ Newegg

RX-A3000 for 899 and free shipping starting 11/24

I was wondering if I should post on the New found deals forum. What do you all think?

MrJai

Okay I did what cbhpi sugessted and that worked. Thanks.


I'm trying to keep music completely separate from my tv/movie viewing.

That's a tremendous deal. Almost a hundred dollars cheaper then I paid 3 weeks ago.

Yeah me too. If we only knew...

With the HDMI pass-through feature, you can connect your Dish to the AVR and watch tv without having to fiddle with the AVR.

Thanks. I'll try it. So much to learn with this AVR. My old simple Adcom setup was so simple.

If there's one thing I have learned about electronics and computers is there will always be something better and prices will always go down right after your purchase.

He'll have to fiddle somewhat, as the receiver will pass through whatever signal the input was set to when last used. But, you can choose inputs without turning it on.

That deal at the egg on the A3000 is killing me, I was looking for an A1000 do not want to spend that much, but that is a killer deal.
Old Mike

All,

The sale is going on right now. Take advantage while you can.

Yep, I just ordered mine 899.99 shipped. Hopefully here early next week!!! Hope I'm happy. It will be replacing my Sunfire TG III. I need HDMI Switching with my Panasonic AE4000 (rear projection setup)

Ummm what was the differences between a2000 vs a3000 again? I think it has rear presence capability and what else?

I got my a2000 for 600 but i paid my brother another 100 to ship it, then yamaha stiffed me on the mic which costed me 37 bucks, so 737.00 total, 160.00 less then the a3000..

Too Bad new egg does not ship to Canada.Thats a great price.