"Official" Yamaha RX-A1000/RX-A2000/RX-A3000 thread - Page 277

iOS v3.4 app is live also, looks like it was mostly for the iPhone 5 display optimization.

Google's Play Market says this about 3.4...

What's in this version:
- Multi-Language Support
- Supports 11 additional languages
- Icon Edit
- Hide unused icons (Input/Scene)
- Rename (Input/Scene/Zone)
- Other operability improvement

Interesting, that is what the previous iOS version had.

So you can only just now rename the scenes?

Or the verbage wasn't updated if it was solely for the iPhone/iPad Mini???

Possible I guess.
Also (not that I have it) but the iPad Mini resolution is the same as iPad 1&2, so the 3.4 iOS update is only for iPhone 5

Ah, Ok...

I have a support ticket open with Yamaha on the Sirius IR problem. The tech confirmed today that Sirius has not cut off Yamaha users. They are working with Sirius to resolve the problem. Looks like it will require a firmware update, with a tentative schedule for some time next month. Not happy about the timing, but at least they are working on it.

Many thanks for the update...

Opposite of what the tech had told me.. He stated that Sirius had indeed cut off yamaha users and were letting SOME people on.

I'll believe it when I see it...sad to say not optimistic about additional fw updates from Yamaha....

Hi all,

I have a dumb question that I am sure has been asked multiple times in this thread and don't want to go through 270+ pages to find the answer so thanks for understanding.

I have a RX-A2000 and had an Oppo BD83, about a month ago my 5 year old grabbed the remote to the receiver and the display changed to straight. It use to display either the Dolby True HD or the DTS-HD logos. I have tried everything I can think of including going through the speaker mic setup again. Today I replaced the Oppo 83 with a Opo 103 which is doing the same thing. Is there an easy way to get it back the way it was?

Thanks for any help.

Press the INFO button on the remote until it says "Audio Decoder". If it then says "PCM" instead of Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD then your Blu-Ray player is doing the decoding.

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Thanks, ill check that. If so then do I just turn off decoding on the Oppo?

You can disable decoding on your Blu-Ray player, but it won't actually make a difference. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD are both lossless compression schemes, so your Blu-Ray player and receiver will decode the soundtrack to the exact same PCM values. Letting the player do the decoding will also let it mix in secondary audio tracks like director's commentary which can only be mixed with decoded PCM.

Letting the player do the decoding will also, if this matters to anyone, allow for additional DSP over the soundtrack. If you attempt to apply DSP onto a bitstream of lossless BD audio, the Yamaha will switch to lossy DD/DTS before applying the DSP. I have a 5.1 setup and sometimes I like to use STANDARD instead of STRAIGHT (it is a slight DSP that seems mostly to create virtual presence channels, as far as I can tell). I do it more often with lossy audio from my cable box than with lossless BD audio, but even on the latter, depending on the title, I sometimes find it pleasant. However, it only works on PCM lossless, not bitstreamed lossless. Once I discovered this, I ran the gamut of DSP settings to see if this was universal--it is. Just FYI.

The RX-A2000 shouldn't have this problem. It has two DSPs so it can do both decoding and DSP effects.

But yah, for the RX-A1000 and under letting the Blu-Ray player do the decoding will let the receiver apply all its DSP effects.

Ah. I have the RX-A1000. Didn't know that about the 2000/3000 models. I don't really care if my AVR display only shows PCM, though. I watch the screen anyway.

Hello,

I hope someone here could point me to a solution. I have an HTPC that can do bitstreaming (Intel Core i7 with Z77 chipset) connected to my Yamaha RX-A3000 receiver and this receiver is connected to a LG 60PK750-UA Plasma TV.

The problem is that somehow my computer is seeing the TV instead of the receiver and I cannot bitstream with my computer.

What I'd like to do is to make my computer to see the Yamaha AVR instead of my TV.

Thanks.

You should be able to see both the Yamaha receiver and your LG as media devices on your network. What program on your PC are you using to stream media, and what kind of media are you trying to play? Your Yamaha receiver only supports playing music files, movie files won't work and you'll have to use your TV for those.

I just changed my modem (died) and router. Now my 2000 does not see my NAS for music files. The desktop, laptop , iPods and Droid phones all see the NAS to play music on each respective device. The 2000 does see the music folders (albeit empty) on the PCs but not the NAS. The PC's, iPods and Droid phones all connect to the 2000 via web controls and apps. This tells me it is not the NAS, but rather the 2000. All internet connected functions do work on the 2000. I tried with both devices using DHCP and static IPs, including 1 static both ways. Any thoughts??

It's probably your router that the problem since that's what changed. Check if it has a IGMP routing/proxy setting and see if disabling it or enabling it solves the problem.

Is the MAC address filter on on the 2000? I did turn it on on mine and then some devices were no longer available.
Just a thought!

Did you figure out how to get the straight out of the display? It always displays "Movie Straight", "Surround Decode Striaght". I could have sworn, initially when I set it up I could get it to display "Surrond Decode Dolby ProLogic - II" by pressing the "Surrond Decode" button multiple times. I have played around with the setting for a long time and cannot figure out how to take the "Straight" out. The info button for "Audio Decoder" does say Dolby Digital.

Also I am getting the best surround sound from my setup in "Pure Direct" no other setting is even close. I am really frustrated with the receiver because most of the times the subwoofer does not seem to fire properly unless I press "Pure Direct".

Any input appreciated

Dolby ProLogic II only works with stereo, so if you have a source selected that sending multichannel audio (eg. 5.1 Dolby Digital) then SUR. DECODE button won't do anything.

Pure Direct often effectively disables the subwoofer because the receiver no longer redirects bass frequencies from the main channels to subwoofer. Only the LFE channel gets sent to the subwoofer, so if you're listening to something without an LFE channel like most music then the subwoofer goes unused.

If you're only hearing something from your subwoofer when Pure Direct is on then you may not have your receiver configured correctly. You may want to check the speaker configuration and/or rerun YPAO.
Edited by Ross Ridge - 12/12/12 at 9:02am

DPLII also works with mono. It results in movie soundtracks that come out only from the centre speaker, which is my preference for such soundtracks. Ironically, the various "mono" DSP settings on each of my AVRs (Integra and Yamaha) do nothing of the kind.

Is there an option to make on my AVR to not pass the HDMI information from my TV to my Computer?

I have the RX-A3000 and I no longer get the overlay for the GUI/volume when I have content playing, It started when I got a new cable box - TWC went from a SA to a Samsung. Everything seems to work fine it just won’t bring it up. I’ve tested it with multiple sources (xbox, PS3, Cable) it works fine if I turn the input source off
I’m running the newest firmware. Everything is connected with HDMI cables. All other aspects are working fine.
Anyone have any idea?

Ah, I misunderstood your question. Your receiver will always add its audio capabilities to the TV's information (EDID) and pass that to your computer. If you're trying to bitstream audio formats like DTS-HD or Dolby TrueHD from a Blu-Ray disc you need several things.

Your video card needs to support these formats. Older video cards only support lower bandwidtth SPDIF compatible audio formats like Dolby Digital and DTS.

You need to select the HDMI audio output device instead of the motherboard's onboard soundcard. Right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar notification area and select Playblack devices. Select the device with HDMI in the name, and push the Set Default button.

The media your playing needs to be encoded in an audio format that both Windows and your receiver support for bitstreaming: DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital (AC-3), DTS, or PCM. Any prerecorded Blu-Ray or DVD disc should meet this requirement, but media files can use other unsupported formats like AAC.

Finally, your media player software needs to be configured to bitstream the audio rather than decoding itself.

Note that there's usually nothing wrong with letting your media player do the decoding. For the lossless "HD" formats, DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD, you media player will decode the audio to the exact same PCM values that your receiver will. For the other lossy formats there's no reason to believe your receiver will do a better job of decoding them than your media player.

If your PC is outputting multichannel PCM to your receiver then you don't need to anything. Bitstreaming the audio to the receiver will let it display the audio format being used, but it won't improve the audio quality.

If the video format isn't one of the standard TV video formats that receiver officially support then the overlayed GUI features won't work. This will happen even with standard TV resolutions if non-standard timings are used. While the volume overlay will no longer appear in this case, you should still be able to bring up the on-screen display (OSD). The OSD will just replace the non-standard video rather than overlay it.

If you can't bring up the OSD at all, or this affecting more than just the input your cable box is connected to then it sounds like the receiver has gotten confused. Unplugging it from the wall for 10 minutes or so usually solves this problem.

If this happens again you can try fiiddling around with your cable box's video output settings.

alright ill see if powering it off for a bit fixes the issue