The "official" Yamaha RX-V671 thread. 7.1-Channel Network AVR - Page 45

Originally Posted by badboy69

Just picked up a 671, sounds good but I am hoping someone can give me a clue on how this can be acheived.....
When using optical from the tv to avr, are there any RCA outs that can be used? I have a pair of powered speakers which need RCA inputs, but this Yammy does not have pre outs so how can i get that done?
Also, I havnt checked this yet but my TV is new so im assuming it might support ARC, if so....and i connect it via HDMI in from the tv (ARC) to the receiver, are there any of the RCA outs which can be used when HDMI is selected as the input.

Originally Posted by badboy69

Just picked up a 671, sounds good but I am hoping someone can give me a clue on how this can be acheived.....
When using optical from the tv to avr, are there any RCA outs that can be used? I have a pair of powered speakers which need RCA inputs, but this Yammy does not have pre outs so how can i get that done?
Also, I havnt checked this yet but my TV is new so im assuming it might support ARC, if so....and i connect it via HDMI in from the tv (ARC) to the receiver, are there any of the RCA outs which can be used when HDMI is selected as the input.

Originally Posted by badboy69

Yeah thats the problem, the tv is new and only has hdmi and optical outs. The "pre outs" currently works well with my dvd plater, tuner etc. its only when optical and hdmi from tv are used that I cant find a way to use rca outs from the ARV.
I think the best will be to use the active speakers for stereo in my room and buy a pair of fronts. Any suggestions that will suit the yamaha series with say US$250. (Just fronts, bookshelf or floor standers)

Originally Posted by T_Bro

I just got a 671 this week. I'm having a problem with the YPAO speaker calibration. I'm getting a W-1 error at the end of the calibration process. When I check the details of what is wrong, I'm told all 5 of my speakers are out of phase. I know all the speakers are wired properly (plus to plus, negative to negative).

Also the volume level indicator is in negative decibels, with the number getting smaller as I turn the volume up.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by olo567

According to the manual, you might get the out of phase error even when they're wired correctly with some speakers. I'd ignore it if you're sure of your wiring.

Since they're negative numbers, it's actually going up as you turn it up.
That's perfectly normal. 0 dB is the reference level, and louder that you should ever be.

Originally Posted by javibmw

I am keeping on trying to stream music from a PC to rv-v671, but streaming means that I can fast foward a song in my PC, and it plays through yamaha...I can access shared folders from yamaha to my PC, but it is not what I want....

Originally Posted by phoenixone

Besides using Windows Media Player to stream music from my PC to the 671, is there any other similar type of platform I can use instead? Like winamp or the likes?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by RollTide2011

I use TVersity I downloaded the free version I seems to work well also works with ps3

Originally Posted by C0rk

Whether or not you can do things like FF and pause usually depend more on the DLNA server (on the PC) that the client. What server are you running? If you're not running a DLNA server, then you're probably just accessing at the file level, and you won't be able to FF and stuff.

Originally Posted by phoenixone

Besides using Windows Media Player to stream music from my PC to the 671, is there any other similar type of platform I can use instead? Like winamp or the likes?
Thanks.

Originally Posted by satsuki_yatoshi

Hello.

I'm using a rx-v671 for about a week and i'm very pleased with the sound it's deliver combined to cabasse speakers.

I'm using it with a wirless headphone RS180 form sennheiser.

But i miss an option (or it's in but i haven't found it), each time i plug the headphone the speakers are disabled, so i need to plug/unplug the headphone jack everytime i need to use the headphone, it's not good for the headphone's jack longevity and not very convenient too.

So is there any way that i can leave the headphone jack plugged in and switch between headphone and speakers with the remote contoler ?

Thanks a lot

Originally Posted by SlipperyJim

I acquired an RX-V671 a few days ago, and have been loving it.

However I've searched around everywhere to try and figure this out, but I can't seem to find a definite answer as to whether the main impedance setting (8 or 6 ohms) also applies to the Zone 2 speakers. The Zone 2 setup faq merely says not to hook them to speakers with an impedance lower than 6 ohms.

So I'm leaning towards thinking this means that it's ok to hook 6-ohm speakers to the Zone 2 terminals even though the only impedance setting available is set to 8 ohms (to match the Main Zone speakers), since separate amps are presumably involved... but I'm leery about jeopardizing the health of this fine system. Especially since on the back there's a box drawn around all the outputs (including the Zone 2 ones), that says if the setting is 8 ohms, then both the front and "other" speakers should be at 8 ohms.

Perhaps this is obvious, but it's my first dedicated receiver, so I have much to learn!

Thanks,
James

Originally Posted by SlipperyJim

I talked to a Yamaha support rep, and he said the Zone 2 speakers are amped separately and it's perfectly fine to connect them to 6 ohm speakers while the Main Zone is connected to 8 ohm speakers (in case anyone else is wondering the same thing -- which most of you probably aren't. Most people probably just connect a pair of speakers without thinking about it, I imagine)

Originally Posted by wthomas69

Download serviio to stream music to the 671, it is free and works

Originally Posted by affliction_emrah

hi all,
just bought 671 one week ago and really loving it!
I have a question but first wanted to reply those 2 post;
You can definitely stream your FLAC files over DLNA SixSmith, which im doing it via Android app from the day one.
aweedman, Android app working flawlessly! at my side. Actually i couldnt believe app and receiver connect each other how easily and very instant when i tried it to first time. And still works amazing.

My question is about speaker set up advice:
i have 7.1 speakers set up.
I read at some forums that the latest researches shows that front surround effect and amount of speakers more important then rear surround, and also 2 rear speakers is enough for the good envelope feeling. As you know, Audyssey (not talking about the way Audyssey measure the room) using this method for surround sound and we have similar approach with "Presence" speakers.
I would like to ask, should i use my 2 extra speakers as usual 7.1 speaker set up or use them as Presence speakers? I have a big room by the way. Will i get the benefit of HD sounds mix as 6.1-7.1 with Presence speakers?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Powergod

Thank you in advance if you can help me. I have an RX-V671 AVR, Samsung UN60ES7500F HDTV, DirecTV STB, and Harmony 1100 remote. I have the DirecTV input into HDMI2 of the AVR and the AVR input into HDMI2 of the HDTV so I can use ARC. ARC is turned on and functioning properly. The remote turns things on in this order: DirecTV then HDTV then AVR. Everything turns on just fine and the remote puts the AVR on HDMI2. Here is my problem.........after about 5-8 seconds the AVR switches over to AV4 input which is the default ARC input....it won't stay on HDMI2. I worked around this by setting the Harmony 1100 to delay 20 seconds and then send a signal to the AVR to turn to HDMI2 again...but do I really need to do this? I assume the HDTV is switching the AVR to AV4 but I don't know why or how to fix it? Can anyone help? I have tried rearranging the order in which things power on but to no avail. I apologize if this has already been covered in this thread....I looked but didn't really find anything similiar.

Originally Posted by Powergod

Thank you in advance if you can help me. I have an RX-V671 AVR, Samsung UN60ES7500F HDTV, DirecTV STB, and Harmony 1100 remote. I have the DirecTV input into HDMI2 of the AVR and the AVR input into HDMI2 of the HDTV so I can use ARC. ARC is turned on and functioning properly. The remote turns things on in this order: DirecTV then HDTV then AVR. Everything turns on just fine and the remote puts the AVR on HDMI2. Here is my problem.........after about 5-8 seconds the AVR switches over to AV4 input which is the default ARC input....it won't stay on HDMI2. I worked around this by setting the Harmony 1100 to delay 20 seconds and then send a signal to the AVR to turn to HDMI2 again...but do I really need to do this? I assume the HDTV is switching the AVR to AV4 but I don't know why or how to fix it? Can anyone help? I have tried rearranging the order in which things power on but to no avail. I apologize if this has already been covered in this thread....I looked but didn't really find anything similiar.