Yamaha neoHD YMC-700 User manual

eYAMAHA
Media Controller
YMC-700
YMC-500
VLeOHD
WiFi
VLeOHD
OWNER'S MANUAL

Contents
IMPORTANT
Before installing this unit, be sure to read the supplied
Quick Start Guide.
INTRODUCTION
Features 2
Notices 3
Supplied accessories 3
Controls and functions 4
Front/side/top panel 4
Remote control 5
SETUP
Connections 6
Remote control connection 8
Placing speakers 9
Initial Setup
10
Before starting the Initial Setup 10
Step I: Auto Speaker Setup 10
Step 2: TV Remote Control Setup 13
Step 3: Source Device Setup 14
BASIC OPERATION
General operation 18
Screens and operation 18
Basic playback operation 19
Regular pop up menu items 19
Enjoying the contents on an external devices 20
Watching/listening to the source content... 20
Using the remote control to operate external
devices from the playback screen 21
Using virtual remote control to operate external
devices
21
Listening to FM Radio 22
Automatic station preset 23
Recalling apreset station 23
Frequency tuning 23
Editing the station preset lis!.. 23
Listening to music stored on your PC
(YMC-700 only)
or USB device 24
Before enjoying the contents on your PC
(YMC-700 only) 25
Playing music files 25
Repeat play and shuftle play 25
Viewing photos stored on your PC
(YMC-700 only)
or USB device 26
Viewing photos 27
Slide show 27
Shuftle browsing 27
Using the photos as ascreen saver 27
Enjoying contents stored on your iPod 28
Listening to music contents 29
Watching video contents 29
Repeat play and shuffle play 29
Listening to Internet Radio
(YMC-700 only) 30
Listening to the Rhapsody® service
(YMC-700 only) 32
Useful functions 33
Enjoying Bluetooth™components 35
Pairing 35
ADVANCED OPERATION
Setup menu 36
Setup menu tree 36
Initial Setup 37
Speaker menu 37
Sound menu 38
Input menu 39
Network menu (YMC-700 only)
40
Rhapsody® Information menu
(YMC-700 only)
41
Remote Control menu 42
Option menu 43
Signal Information
44
Update menu 44
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Troubleshooting .45
Glossary
51
Information on audio/video jacks and
cable plugs 53
Information on
HDMITM 54
Specifications 55
Quick reference 56
• About this manual
•This manual describes how to operate this unit using aremote control. Most operations are also available using the buttons on the
top panel.
• :'<iIc indicates atip for your operation.
•Notes contain important information about safety and operating instructions.
•This manual
is printed prior to production. Design and specifications are subject to change in part as aresult of improvements. etc.
In case of differences between the manual and the product. the product has priority.
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Features
Thank you for your purchasing aYamaha neoHD. The neoHD can control all of your devices through asimplified remote
control unit and stylish/intuitive graphical user interface. Enjoy the Yamaha neoHD experience.
Stylish ami Intuitive
GraphiCllI User Illterface
Surround Sound
Simplified
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Control
Variety of
Input Sources
Easy and intuitive operation
•Sophisticated graphical user interface
•Power control
of connected TY and audio/video components
•Physical and virtual remote control to control playback
of
connected audio/video components
Audio features
•Decoding and mixing of multi-channel sources (up to
7. I-channel input and S.I-channel output)
•Proprietary Yamaha technology for the creation
of sound
fields (DSP Program)
•AIR SURROUND XTREME for
2. I-channel speaker layout
•Compressed Music Enhancer mode
•
YPAO (Yamaha Parametric room Acoustic Optimizer)
technology for Auto Speaker Setup
•Adaptive Dynamic Range Controlling to improve listenability
at low volumes
HDMITM (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
•HDMI interface for standard, enhanced or high-definition
video as well as multi-channel digital audio based on HDMI
version 1.3a (HDMI
is licensed by HDM! Licensing, LLC.)
-Automatic audio and video synchronization (lip sync)
information capability
-Deep Color video signal (30/36 bit) transmission capability
-"x.v.Color" video signal transmission capability
-High resolution video signal capability
-High definition digital audio format signal capability
•HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection System)
licensed
by Digital Content Protection, LLC.
•Analog to HDMI video up conversion
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Digital audio decoders
•Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital decoder
•DTS 96/24, DTS decoder
Radio tuner
• FM tuning capability, 40-station preset tuning
DOCK terminal
•DOCK terminal to connect aYamaha iPod universal dock
(such as the YDS-II, sold separately) or Bluetooth wireless
audio receiver (such as the YBA-
10, sold separately)
Network (YMC-700 only) and USB features
•NETWORK port and Wi-Fi to connect a PC or access Internet
Radio and Rhapsody® via LAN
•DHCP automatic or manual network configuration
•USB port to connect aUSB storage device (not including
USB hard disk drives)
•This unit supports USB mass storage class devices
(FAT 16
or FAT 32 format).
•This unit supports audio files
in following format: WAY
(PCM format only), MP3, WMA, MPEG-4 AAC, and
FLAC.
•For FLAC, the unit only supports bit lengths of 16 bits.
Frequencies
of up to 48 kHz are supported.
•This unit supports image files
in the JPEG format.

Features
Noticss
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Check that you received all of the following accessories.
D'Uital Surround 196/24
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #'s: 5.451,942;
5,956,674; 5.974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 6,487,535 &other
U.S. and worldwide patents issued &pending. DTS and DTS
Digital Surround are registered trademarks and the DTS logos.
Symbol and DTS 96/24 are trademarks
of DTS, Inc. ©1996-2008
DTS, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby. Pro Logic and the double-D symbol are trademarks
of
Dolby Laboratories.
lI)DOlBY
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iPod™
"iPod" is atrademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and
other countries.
Remote control
(lIE P. 5) Battery
(AAA, LR03) x2
(~P. 5)
Quick Start Guide
(1IEp' 14)
IMPORTANT
Before installing this unit, be sure
to read the Quick Start Guide.
IR flasher (3 m) x2
(....P.8)
YPAO Microphone
(YPAO Mic)
(I&p' 11)
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Fraunhofer Institut
Integrierte Schaltungen
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from
Fraunhofer liS and Thomson.
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CERTIFIED"
<:!$J Rhapsody.
Rhapsody and the Rhapsody logo are registered trademarks of
RealNetworks, Inc.
x.v.Color™
"x.v.Color" is atrademark of Sony Corporation.
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Logo
is acertitication mark of the Wi-Fi
Alliance.
Hom.
"HDMI", the "HDMI" logo and "High-Definition Multimedia
Interface" are trademarks,
or registered trademarks of HDMI
Licensing LLC.
Windows
XP. Windows Vista. Windows Media Audio. Windows
Media Connect and Windows Media Player are either registered
trademarks or trademarks
of Microsoft corporation in the United
States and/or other countries.
This product
is manufactured under license from Allegro
Software Development Corporation. ©1996-2008 Allegro
Software Development Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Controls and functions
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Controls and functions
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IMPORTANT
• To control TV and source components, you need to make remote control connections (.... P. 8) and set the remote
control code (c"'P.
13, 14).
• To control aTV or source component, aim the remote control at the remote control sensor of this unit.
Operating instructions for activities (C$' P. 18-35)
•Installing batteries in the remote control Notes'
•Do not use an old battery together with anew one.
•Do not use different types
of batteries (for example, alkaline
and manganese) together.
•If the batteries run out, immediately remove them from the
remote control to prevent an explosion or acid leak.
•Dispose
of the batteries according to the regional regulations.
•If abattery starts leaking. dispose
of it immediately. Be careful
not to let leaking battery acid come into contact with your skin
or clothing. Before inserting new batteries, wipe the
compartment clean.
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Make sure that this unit and
other components are
unplugged from the
AC waH
outlets.
Connections

Connections
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Remote control connections
You can control your TV and the components connected to this unit using the remote control of this unit by connecting
the IR flashers between this unit and the components, and by setting the IR codes.
You can also turn on or off the TV and
the components in conjunction with the operation
of this unit.
Note
While this unit is turned on, this unit passes all remote control
codes (of the TV and source devices) input at the remote control
sensor to the TV and the devices via IR tlashers.
About the remote control codes
This unit equips built-in remote control codes for most
functions
of many audio/video components. The
remote control codes can be "learned", assigning them
to the remote control
of this unit or to the virtual
remote control
(ItS' P. 21). The unit transmits the proper
codes to the different devices through the
IR flasher.
•Connections
TV
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Source device
Peel off the wax paper
before attaching the flashers.
Connect the plugs
of the supplied IR flashers to the
REMOTE CONTROL OUT Iand 2jacks, and attach the
flashers to the remote control sensors
of your TV and the
components connected to this unit. The supplied IR flashers
have two flasher heads each. Both flasher heads function
equivalently.
You can also connect acommercially available
flasher to the REMOTE CONTROL OUT 3jack.
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• You can connect the IR tlashers to any of the REMOTE
CONTROL OUT
1,2, and 3jacks because the same signal is
output.
•Refer to the owner's manual
of the TV and source devices for the
position
of the remote control sensor.
•Settings
Make the following settings.
•The IR setting for your TV
Initial Setup ~ P. 10, Setup Menu 1& P. 42
•The IR settings for the components connected to this
unit
Initial Setup 1& P. 10, Setup Menu 1& P. 39
•Other settings
"Initial Screen" menu I&P. 43
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•Operations
To control the TV and the components connected to this
unit, aim the remote control at the remote control sensor
of
this unit.
Enjoying the contents on an external device 05' P. 20
About the REMOTE CONTROL IN jack
You can connect acommercially available IR receiver
to this jack to control this unit even if
it is concealed.
Place the
IR receiver within sight.

Placing speakers
The speaker layout below shows the speaker setting we recommend.
•5.1-channel speaker layout
FL: Front left speaker
FA: Front right speaker
C: Center speaker
SA: Surround right speaker
SL: Surround left speaker
SW: Subwoofer
•2.1-channel speaker layout
FL
FL: Front left speaker
FA: Front right speaker
SW: Subwoofer
FR
You can enjoy 2. I-channel playback using two front
speakers and asubwoofer. Also, you can enjoy surround
playback using the AIR SURROUND XTREME function
of this unit (n' P. 38, 51).
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For other speaker combinations
You can enjoy multi-channel sources by using a
speaker combination other than the 5.I-channel
or
2.1-channel speaker combinations.
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