Yamaha RX-V661 Owner's Manual

YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A.YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONT

Quick start guide8 En4 Connect the supplied AM loop antenna and indoor FM antenna to this unit.See page 24 for the connection information.yThe wire of

ADVANCED SETUP98 EnThis unit has additional menus that are displayed in the front panel display. The advanced setup menu offers additional operations

99 EnAdvanced setupADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Speaker impedance SP IMP.Use this feature to set the speaker impedance of this unit so that it matches t

iiAPPENDIX Remote control/Boîtier de télécommande/Fernbedienung/FjärrkontrollenAfstandsbediening/Пульт ДУV-AUX/DOCK–++––+ENTERDISPLAYAUDIOMENUTITLETV

iiiList of remote control codesListe des codes de commandeListe der FernbedienungscodesLista över fjärrstyrningskoderLijst met afstandsbedieningscodes

ivAPPENDIXLD PLAYER CARVER 0091DENON 0086MARANTZ 0091MITSUBISHI 0086NAD 0086NAGSMI 0086OPTIMUS 0086PHILIPS 0091PIONEER 0086SALORA 0091SONY 0228TELEFUN

vAMERICA ACTION 0207AMPRO 0778AMSTRAD 0036, 0064, 0198, 0398, 0439, 0460, 0543ANAM 0036, 0207, 0277ANAM NATIONAL0277, 0677ANITECH 0036APEX DIGITAL0775

viAPPENDIXPIONEER 0136, 0190, 0193, 0314, 0706, 0787, 0893PORTLAND 0119PRANDONI-PRINCE0543PRIMA 0788PRISM 0078PROFEX 0036, 0388PROSCAN 0074PROTECH 003

YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A.YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONT

The circled numbers and alphabets correspond to those in the Owner’s Manual.Les nombres et lettres dans un cercle correspondent à ceux du mode d’emplo

Remote control/Boîtier de télécommande/Fernbedienung/Fjärrkontrollen/Afstandsbediening/Пульт ДУV-AUX/DOCK–++––+ENTERDISPLAYAUDIOMENUTITLETV MUTETV I

Quick start guide9 EnINTRODUCTIONEnglish1 Turn on the video monitor connected to this unit.2 Press BMASTER ON/OFF inward to the ON position on the fro

Quick start guide10 En• To use the “TV Viewing” template (Case B), you must connect a satellite receiver, a cable TV receiver or an HDTV decoder to th

CONNECTIONS11 EnPREPARATIONEnglishConnectionsRear panelA BCPHONO CD (PLAY)INOUT(REC)DVDDVD DTV/CBLCD DVDMD/CD-RMD/CD-RDTV/CBLDTV/CBLDVRDVDMONITOR OUTD

12 EnConnectionsThe speaker layout below shows the speaker setting we recommend. You can use it to enjoy CINEMA DSP and multi-channel audio sources. F

13 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglishBe sure to connect the left channel (L), right channel (R), “+” (red) and “–” (black) properly. If the connections a

14 EnConnections Connecting the speaker cable1 Remove approximately 10 mm (0.4 in) of insulation from the end of each speaker cable and then twist th

15 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish Audio jacksThis unit has three types of audio jacks. Connection depends on the availability of audio jacks on your

16 EnConnections HDMI compatibility with this unit• When CPPM copy-protected DVD audio is played back, video and audio signals may not be output depe

17 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish Audio signal flow• 2-channel as well as multi-channel PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS signals input at the HDMI IN 1 or

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT.En1 To assure the finest performance, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for fut

18 EnConnectionsConnect your TV (or projector) to the HDMI OUT jack, the COMPONENT VIDEO MONITOR OUT jacks, the S VIDEO MONITOR OUT jack or the VIDEO

19 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish• When “VIDEO CONV.” is set to “OFF” (see page 79), be sure to make the same type of video connections as those made

20 EnConnections Connecting a DVD recorder, PVR or VCR Connecting a set-top boxCDVRDVRIN OUT IN OUTDVRVCROUTINVCRS VIDEOVIDEOVIDEOOUTINCOMPONENT VID

21 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish Connecting audio components• To make a digital connection to a component other than the default component assigned

22 EnConnections Connecting an external amplifierThis unit has more than enough power for any home use. However, if you want to add more power to the

23 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish Connecting a Yamaha iPod universal dockThis unit is equipped with the DOCK terminal on the rear panel that allows

24 EnConnectionsBoth FM and AM indoor antennas are supplied with this unit. Connect each antenna correctly to the designated terminals. In general, th

25 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglish1 Make sure this unit is turned off.Refer to the right column for details.2 Press and hold CTONE CONTROL on the fron

26 EnConnections1B Input signal indicatorsLights up when this unit is reproducing DSD (Direct Stream Digital) or PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) digital a

27 EnConnectionsPREPARATIONEnglishL Radio Data System indicators(Europe model only)PS, PTY, RT and CTLight up according to the selected Radio Data Sys

1 EnPREPARATIONINTRODUCTIONBASIC OPERATIONADVANCED OPERATIONADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAPPENDIXEnglishNotice ...

OPTIMIZING THE SPEAKER SETTING FOR YOUR LISTENING ROOM28 EnThis unit employs the YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technology which let

29 EnOptimizing the speaker setting for your listening roomPREPARATIONEnglish4 Press Dl / h to select the desired setting for “EXTRA SP ASSIGN” and th

30 EnOptimizing the speaker setting for your listening roomThis unit performs the following checks:Speaker wiring WIRINGChecks which speakers are con

31 EnOptimizing the speaker setting for your listening roomPREPARATIONEnglish9 Press Dl / h repeatedly to toggle between the setup result displays.yIf

32 EnOptimizing the speaker setting for your listening room If an error screen appearsPress Dk / n / l / h to select “RETRY” or “EXIT” and then press

SELECTING THE SCENE TEMPLATES33 EnBASIC OPERATIONEnglishThis unit is equipped with 17 preset SCENE templates for various situations of using this unit

34 EnSelecting the SCENE templates Which SCENE template would you like to select?yYou can create your original SCENE templates by editing the preset

35 EnSelecting the SCENE templatesBASIC OPERATIONEnglish Preset SCENE templates descriptionsThe illustrations of the SCENE button in the following ta

36 EnSelecting the SCENE templatesYou can create your original SCENE templates for each SCENE button. You can refer to the preset 17 SCENE templates t

PLAYBACK37 EnBASIC OPERATIONEnglishyBefore performing operations, set the operation mode selector on the remote control to LAMP.1 Turn on the video mo

NOTICE2 EnManufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.“Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.DTS-ES

38 EnPlayback A quick guide to contentsUse this feature to select the component connected to the MULTI CH INPUT jacks (see page 22) as the input sour

39 EnPlaybackBASIC OPERATIONEnglishThis unit comes with a variety of input jacks. Use this feature (audio input jack select) to switch between input j

40 EnPlaybackConnect a pair of headphones with a stereo analog audio cable plug to the PHONES jack on the front panel.yWhen you select a sound field p

41 EnPlaybackBASIC OPERATIONEnglish4 Press NSET MENU on the remote control again to exit from “SET MENU”. Audio information“---” appears when this un

SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS42 EnThis unit is equipped with a variety of precise digital decoders that allow you to enjoy multi-channel playback from almost a

43 EnSound field programsBASIC OPERATIONEnglish For audio music sourcesyFor audio music sources, we also recommend using the Pure Direct mode (see pa

44 EnSound field programs For various sources• The available sound field parameters and the created sound fields differ depending on the input source

45 EnSound field programsBASIC OPERATIONEnglish For movie sourcesyYou can select the desired decoder used with following sound field program (except

46 EnSound field programs Stereo playbackThe available parameters differ depending on the input sources and the settings of this unit. The Compresse

47 EnSound field programsBASIC OPERATIONEnglishWhen this unit is in the “STRAIGHT” mode, 2-channel stereo sources are output from only the front left

Features3 EnINTRODUCTIONEnglishBuilt-in 7-channel power amplifier◆ Minimum RMS output power (20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.06% THD, 8 Ω)Front: 90 W + 90 WCenter:

USING AUDIO FEATURES48 EnyBefore performing operations, set the operation mode selector on the remote control to LAMP.Use the Pure Direct mode to enjo

49 EnUsing audio featuresBASIC OPERATIONEnglishYou can mix down multi-channel sources to 2 channels and enjoy playback in 2-channel stereo.Press USTER

FM/AM TUNING50 EnThere are 2 tuning methods: automatic and manual. Automatic tuning is effective when station signals are strong and there is no inter

51 EnFM/AM tuningBASIC OPERATIONEnglishYou can use the automatic preset tuning feature to store up to 40 FM stations with strong signals (A1 to E8: 8

52 EnFM/AM tuning4 Press 5PRESET/TUNING l / h to select a preset station number (1 to 8) while the MEMORY indicator is flashing.• Press 5h to select a

RADIO DATA SYSTEM TUNING (EUROPE MODEL ONLY)53 EnBASIC OPERATIONEnglishRadio Data System is a data transmission system used by FM stations in many cou

54 EnRadio Data System tuning (Europe model only)Use this feature to select the desired radio program by program type from the all preset Radio Data S

55 EnRadio Data System tuning (Europe model only)BASIC OPERATIONEnglish5 Press GPTY SEEK START on the remote control to start searching for all the av

USING IPOD™56 EnOnce you have stationed your iPod in a Yamaha iPod universal dock (such as the YDS-10, sold separately) connected to the DOCK terminal

57 EnUsing iPod™BASIC OPERATIONEnglish1 Set the operation mode selector to LSOURCE and then press RDISPLAY on the remote control.The following display

GETTING STARTED4 En Installing batteries in the remote control1 Press the part and slide the battery compartment cover off.2 Insert the four suppli

RECORDING58 EnRecording adjustments and other operations are performed from the recording components. Refer to the operating instructions for those co

ADVANCED SOUND CONFIGURATIONS59 EnADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishYou can enjoy good quality sound with the initial factory settings. Although you do not hav

60 EnAdvanced sound configurations Basic configuration of sound field programsyTo change sound field parameter settings, see page 59 for details.Each

61 EnAdvanced sound configurationsADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Sound field parameters for the advanced configurationsUse the following sound field param

62 EnAdvanced sound configurationsROOM SIZEP.ROOM SIZES.ROOM SIZESB ROOM SIZERoom size. Presence, surround, and surround back room size. Adjusts the a

63 EnAdvanced sound configurationsADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishREV.TIMEReverberation time. Adjusts the amount of time taken for the dense, subsequent reve

64 EnAdvanced sound configurations Selecting decoders used with sound field programs (Decoder Type)Use this feature to select the desired decoder use

65 EnAdvanced sound configurationsADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Decoder descriptionsyWhen you select the surround decode mode for Dolby Digital, DTS or D

66 EnAdvanced sound configurationsDecoder parameter descriptionsDecoder parameter FeaturesPRO LOGIC IIx MusicPRO LOGIC II MusicPANORAMAPro Logic IIx M

CUSTOMIZING THIS UNIT (MANUAL SETUP)67 EnADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishYou can use the following parameters in “SET MENU” to adjust a variety of system set

Quick start guide5 EnINTRODUCTIONEnglishThe following steps describe the easiest way to enjoy DVD movie playback in your home theater.In these steps,

68 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)Option menu 3 OPTION MENUUse this menu to manually adjust the optional system parameters. Signal informatio

69 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishUse the remote control to access and adjust each parameter.y• You can change the “SE

70 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)Use this feature to manually adjust speaker settings or compensate for video signal processing delays when us

71 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishFront speakers FRONT SPChoices: SMALL, LARGEWhen the front speakers are largeSelect

72 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)LFE/Bass out LFE/BASS OUTUse this feature to select the speakers that output the LFE (low-frequency effect)

73 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Speaker distance C)SP DISTANCEUse this feature to manually adjust the distance of

74 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)Center graphic equalizer CENTER GEQUse to match the tonal quality of the center speaker with that of the fro

75 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishMaximum volume MAX VOL.Use this feature to set the maximum volume level in the main

76 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)yUse this feature to activate the desired decoder manually when this unit cannot detect the signal flag encod

77 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishFor OPTICAL OUTPUT jack 1 OPTICAL OUTChoices: (1) PHONO, CD, MD/CD-R, DVD, DTV/CBL,

Quick start guide6 EnPlace your speakers in the room and connect them to this unit.1 Place your speakers and subwoofer in the room.2 Connect speaker c

78 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Volume Trim C)VOLUME TRIMUse this feature to adjust the output level of each input source. This is useful

79 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishUse this menu to adjust the optional system parameters. Display settings A)DISPLAY

80 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP) Memory guard B)MEMORY GUARDUse this feature to prevent accidental changes to DSP program parameter values

81 EnCustomizing this unit (MANUAL SETUP)ADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishZone 2 Initial volume INI VOL.Use this feature to set the volume level of Zone 2 wh

REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES82 EnIn addition to controlling this unit, the remote control can also operate other audiovisual components made by Yamaha and

83 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Controlling this unitSet the operation mode selector to LAMP to control this unit.*1These butto

84 EnRemote control features Controlling other componentsSet the operation mode selector to LSOURCE to control other components selected with the inp

85 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Selecting a component to be controlledYou can select a component to be controlled independently

86 EnRemote control features2 Press and hold TLEARN for about 3 seconds using a ballpoint pen or similar object.The library name (ex. L;DVD) and the n

87 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishYou can program remote control codes from other remote controls. Use the learn feature if you wan

Quick start guide7 EnINTRODUCTIONEnglish1 Connect the digital coaxial audio cable to the digital coaxial audio output jack of your DVD player and the

88 EnRemote control features5 Press and hold the button you want to program on the other remote control until “OK” appears in the display window (J) o

89 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish3 Press Dk / n to select and enter a character.Pressing Dn changes the character as follows: A to

90 EnRemote control features Default macro functions*1You can turn on some components (including Yamaha components) connected to this unit by connect

91 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Programming macro operationsYou can program your own macro and use the macro programming featur

92 EnRemote control featuresYou can clear all changes made in each function set, such as learned functions, macros, renamed input area names and setup

93 EnRemote control featuresADVANCED OPERATIONEnglish Clearing a learned functionYou can clear the function learned for a certain button in each cont

94 EnRemote control features Clearing a macro functionYou can clear the function programmed for a certain macro button.1 Set the operation mode selec

USING MULTI-ZONE CONFIGURATION95 EnADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishThis unit allows you to configure a multi-zone audio system. The Zone 2 feature allows you

96 EnUsing multi-zone configuration Using the internal amplifier of this unitConnect the speakers in the second zone to the EXTRA SP speaker terminal

97 EnUsing multi-zone configurationADVANCED OPERATIONEnglishOperating Zone 2Rotate the IINPUT selector to select the desired input source while the ZO