"Offical" Yamaha RX-A810 - Page 3

Just my own humble option:

Sound Quality: A
Video Switching: A+
Video scaling: B+
Non-streaming Features: A-
Streaming features: A+
Value: B+

The only minor issue I've encountered is that the receiver does not like the "HDMI Out 1+2" setting for my Panasonic plasma HDTV and Mitsubishi HC-6800 projector. I have to switch between HDMI out 1 and 2 when I switch between my two video displays.

Overall grade: A

I have a yamaha a810 and i am having major problems with it outputing sound at 192khz through the hdmi input from my pc, It will only play it through 2 channels and i dont understand why, if i change the 'khz' to 96khz on the pc then it plays all channels, them amp is supposed to have 192khz burr brown dac for all channels? also when i play a DTS HD Master singnal to the amp via same pc it only says in information that the signal is DTS 48khz and 1536 bitrate, im majorly confused and need some help please.

Thanks

Luke

I'm not sure if the 192kHz problem is with the receiver or the PC, but you're not going to hear a difference between 96 and 192kHz anyway.

The bigger problem is that you only seem to be getting the lossy DTS core instead of lossless DTS-HD. If you're trying to use one of the Cinema DSP processing modes then that would be the reason (page 44 of the manual). The 810 can't decode a DTS-HD bitstream and apply certain types of DSP processing at the same time.

If you use STRAIGHT mode and still don't get DTS-HD, then the issue is probably with the PC (for some reason it's not sending the lossless bitstream).

I'm having a similar issue with the Panasonic DMP-BBT01 blu ray player via HDMI. I swapping the player onto my Denon and no issues.
I'm at the latest firmware on both so I'm at a loss as well (pun intended)

Is Yamaha a bit fussy with the bitstreams?

The problem is usually with the player, because it might not send a lossless bitstream with the default settings and it's not always obvious what to change (e.g. you usually have to disable secondary audio). But if you're sure the player is sending a lossless bitstream to your Denon AVR then that's not it.

Other than that, make sure the Yamaha is not set to some fancy DSP mode that prevents lossless bitstream decoding. Try STRAIGHT mode.

you are right, it was stuck in the dsp mode and the secondary audio had to be turned off, I hit the info screen and sure enough it said it was decoding DTS-HD but hitting straight button did not fix.

I cycled the "info" button on the front panel and that solved the display as well to show "DTS-HD MSTR". Ok, I love my Yamaha again:)

Thanks!

Thank you for your help but im still having difficulties, I tried playing a bluray through my PS3 and it still only played normal dts, i dont have a clue what to do

Which model of PS3? The older ones can't bitstream DTS-HD MA, they can either bitstream the lossy DTS core or they decode the lossless track and send it as PCM (the latter is better).

Hi, thanks for that, my PS3 is quite an old one so im going to purchase a new blu ray player to solve that problem, sorry but back to the 192khz problem ive got, when i change the settings on my pc to give the amp a 5.1 signal at 192 khz it still only plays through the front left and right subwoofer but when i check info it says it is recieving a 5.1 192khz signal and all channels are highlighted, is this a fault with my amp or does it just not support 192khz throuhg all channels?

Thanks

Luke

also i have my sky box linked via hdmi for video and optical for sound (dolby digital) which it only plays through 2 channels even though it says dolby digital on the screen, only plays through all channels whilst using a decoder also e.g prologic movie/dolby digital at the same time, when i press straight it says dolby digital but only coming from front left and right.

Thanks

Dolby Digital is sometimes 2.0, which would only use L/R speakers in Straight mode.

For the 192kHz issue, I don't know the answer. But I wouldn't use 192kHz anyway because there's no reason to, and it has the disadvantage of limiting what kind of processing the receiver can perform.

Anyone else having problems with USB audio on the A810?

I have tried several different USB flash drives filled with plain old mp3 files and most of the times I can't even get the directory listing to load.

Usually the receiver just hangs at "Loading contents" or something, some times it manages to display the first 10 or so files and then hangs if I try to scroll to the next 10 files.

I remember someone mentioning a while ago that the flash drive has to be formatted for the FAT32 file system and not NTFS. This may be your problem.

Yesterday I decided to take the update to v3.41 of the android version of the Yamaha AV Controller app. Why I did this I do not know - everything was working fine as it was. Sadly, the app now no longer works for me - it can not get out of demo mode (does not appear to know that a receiver is on the network). I noticed quite a few comments on Google Play about this problem (why didn't I read those before accepting the update???). Anyone else have a problem with v3.41?

Perhaps there was a firmware update that I missed somewhere along the way that v3.41 of the android app is dependent upon? I don't use the receiver for video, hence I do not have it connected to a TV and can not easily get it connected to a TV (without a 50' hdmi cable I'll need to disconnect everything from the receiver and move it downstairs to the TV). I figured I would check here before biting the bullet to check for a firmware update which may or may not help me.

Anyone having any issues with v3.41 of the AV Controller app?

I just purchased this open box at BB for 356 with tax and four year warranty.

Most of the posts seem to be about issues. Did I make a mistake?

People always post about problems, they never post when things are working well. Sounds like a good deal on the 810, so set it up and test it out.

Where can I buy a new mic for the ypao setup

My guess would be Yamaha.

Are the mics model specific?

Hi friends

I just got myself the BD-A1020 (blu ray DVD) to go with the RX-A810. First blu ray in is Star wars and I'm blown away. The DVD is a bit slow but works great otherwise.

I'd like to control both with the RX-a810 remote, but I can't find the remote code for the DVD player anywhere on the net. I have tried lots and lots of different codes without success.

Does anybody here know what this code is or where I can find it? I will appreciate it greatly.

Thanks
Tim