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RX-V2400
AV Receiver
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, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA
YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, F.R. OF GERMANY
YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG 77312 MARNE-LA-VALLEE CEDEX02, FRANCE
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 2 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 10 Ventilation – Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the CAUTION product and to protect it from overheating, and these RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK openings must not be blocked or covered. The openings DO NOT OPEN should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. This product should not be placed
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 3 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS d) If the product does not operate normally by following 24 Outdoor Antenna Grounding – If an outside antenna or the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls cable system is connected to the product, be sure the antenna that are covered by the operating instructions as an or cable system is grounded so as to provide some improper adjustment of other controls may result in protection agains
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 4 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. 1 To assure the finest performance, please read this 13 To prevent damage by lightning, disconnect the manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future power cord from the wall outlet during an electrical reference. storm. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, 14 Do not attempt to modify or fix this unit. Contact dry, clean place — away from direct sunlight, he
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BASIC SOUND FIELD ADVANCED ADDITIONAL INTRODUCTION PREPARATION OPERATION PROGRAMS OPERATION INFORMATION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 1 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SOUND FIELD PROGRAMS FEATURES............................................................. 2 SOUND FIELD PROGRAM GETTING STARTED............................................ 3 DESCRIPTIONS...............................................41 Supplied accessories .........................................
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 2 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM FEATURES FEATURES Built-in 7-channel power amplifier Other features ◆ Minimum RMS Output Power ◆ YPAO: YAMAHA Parametric Room Acoustic (0.04% THD, 20 Hz – 20 kHz, 8Ω ) Optimizer for Automatic Speaker Setup Front: 120 W + 120 W ◆ 192-kHz/24-bit D/A Converter Center: 120 W ◆ “SET MENU” which Provides You with Items for Surround: 120 W + 120 W Optimizing This Unit for Your Audio/Video System Surround Back: 120 W + 120 W ◆ 6 or 8-cha
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INTRODUCTION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 3 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM GETTING STARTED GETTING STARTED Supplied accessories Please check that you received all of the following parts. Power Cord Remote control Batteries (3) (R6) AM loop antenna (U.S.A., Canada and Europe models) MACRO TRANSMIT RE-NAME CLEAR LEARN MACRO OFF ON SYSTEM TV STANDBY MULTI CH IN PHONO POWER POWER V-AUX TUNER MD/TAPE CD-R CD DTV CBL/SAT VCR 1 DVR/VCR2 DVD INPUT MODE TITLE ENTER SOURCE DISPLAY MENU SOUND In
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 4 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Front panel 124 3 5678 9 (U.S.A. model) VOLUME INPUT STANDBY /ON SOURCE PRESET/ PRESET TUNING PROGRAM /REMOTE A/B/C/D/E TUNING /TUNING FM/AM MEMORY MODE DVD MD/TAPE DTV CD-R CBL/SAT TUNER EDIT MAN'L/AUTO FM AUTO/MAN'L MONO SPEAKERS MULTI CH INPUT MODE TONE CONTROL STRAIGHT A B INPUT VCR 1 CD PHONES S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R OPTICAL DVR /VCR2 EFFECT REC OUT/ZONE 2 OPTIMIZER MIC VIDEO AUX
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INTRODUCTION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 5 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS C REC OUT/ZONE 2 ■ U.K. and Europe models only (U.S.A., Canada and Australia models) L RDS MODE/FREQ Selects the source you want to direct to the audio/video Press this button when the unit is receiving an RDS station recorder and ZONE 2 outputs independently of the source to cycle the display mode between the PS mode, PTY you are listening to or watching in the main room. When mode,
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 6 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Remote control This section describes the function of each control on the 3 TRANSMIT indicator remote control. See “REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES” Flashes while the remote control is sending signals. on page 59 to operate other components with this remote 4 STANDBY control. Sets this unit in the standby mode. 1 5 SYSTEM POWER E Turns on the power of this unit. 2 F 3 6 Display window MACRO TRANSMIT RE-NAME CLEAR L
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INTRODUCTION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 7 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS I MULTI CH IN Using the remote control Selects the MULTI CH INPUT mode when using an external decoder (etc.). J Input selector buttons Select the input source and change the control area. VOLUME INPUT STANDBY /ON K INPUT MODE SOURCE PRESET/ PRESET TUNING PROGRAM DVD/REMOTEMD/TAPE A/B/C/D/E TUNING /TUNING FM/AM MEMORY MODE DTV CD-R SPEAKERS MULTI CH INPUT MODE CBL/SAT TUNER EDIT MAN'L/AUT
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 8 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Front panel display 14 2 3 567 8 9 V–AUX DVR/VCR2 VCR 1 CBL/SAT DTV DVD MD/TAPE CD–R CD TUNER PHONO MUTE VOLUME ZONE2 OPTIMIZER PS PTY RT CT STEREO AUTO 96 MATRIX ZONE3 SLEEP HiFi DSP EON PTY HOLD TUNED MEMORY VIRTUAL 24 DISCRETE NIGHT DIGITAL EX 96/24 SILENT ft L L C R PL PL mS SP LFE SL SB SR THX PCM A B dB 0 ABG CE DFJ HI KLM N O (U.K. and Europe models only) P (U.S.A., Canada and Q Australia models only)
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INTRODUCTION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 9 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS J TUNED indicator Lights up when this unit is tuned in to a station. K MEMORY indicator Flashes to show a station can be stored. L 96/24 indicator Lights up when a DTS 96/24 signal is input to this unit. M LFE indicator Lights up when the input signal contains the LFE signal. N Input channel indicators Indicate the channel components of current digital input signal. O Presence and surrou
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 10 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Rear panel 123 4 5 678 9 AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO RS-232C DIGITAL OUTPUT COMPONENT VIDEO REMOTE OPTICAL R L R L VIDEO S VIDEO VIDEO ZONE 2 ZONE 3 PR PB Y CONTROL OUT IN OUT IN OUT MD/TAPE S VIDEO 1 2 DVD IN DVD (PLAY) +12V 15mA MAX ZONE 2 OUT MD/TAPE CD-R + – – + DTV R L OUT A DTV (REC) DIGITAL INPUT CD IN CBL (PLAY) /SAT CENTER FRONT CD-R MONITOR OUT + – – + – + DVD B OUT IN ( ) TUNER REC VCR 1 A AC C OUTLE
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PREPARATION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 11 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM SPEAKER SETUP + SPEAKER SETUP Surround back speakers (SBR and SBL) Speaker placement The surround back speakers supplement the surround speakers and provide for more realistic front-to-back transitions. Place these speakers directly behind the PL PR listening position and at the same height as the surround FL FR C speakers. They should be positioned at least 30 cm (12 inches) apart. Ideally, they should be
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 12 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM SPEAKER SETUP Speaker connections 5 Tighten the knob to secure the wire. Be sure to connect the left channel (L), right channel (R), 5 “+” (red) and “–” (black) properly. If the connections are faulty, no sound will be heard from the speakers, and if the polarity of the speaker connections is incorrect, the sound 4 will be unnatural and lack bass. 3 CAUTION If you will use 6 ohm speakers, be sure to set this unit’s Red: pos
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PREPARATION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 13 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM SPEAKER SETUP 9 10 2 4 1 7 3 5 8 6 Subwoofer Front speakers (A) system Right Left Center Front speaker speakers (B) Speaker layout 1 2 3 4 + – – + R A L CENTER FRONT + – – + – + B A AC C OUTLETS OUTLETS SURROUND + – – + R L R L + + – – + SUB R L WOOFER – SURROUND BACK SINGLE PRESENCE/ ZONE 2 PRE OUT SPEAKERS (U.S.A. model) 7 8 5 6 9 10 Right Left Right Left Right Left Surround speakers Surround b
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 14 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM SPEAKER SETUP ■ FRONT terminals ■ CENTER terminals Connect one or two speaker systems to these terminals. If Connect a center speaker to these terminals. you use only one speaker system, connect it to either of ■ SURROUND terminals the FRONT A or B terminals. Connect surround speakers to these terminals. Note ■ SUBWOOFER jack The Canada model cannot output to two separate speaker systems Connect a subwoofer with built-in amplifi
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PREPARATION English 00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 15 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS Dust protection cap Before connecting components Pull out the cap from the optical jack before you connect the fiber optic cable. Do not discard the cap. When you are not using the optical jack, be sure to put the cap back in CAUTION place. This cap protects the jack from dust. Do not connect this unit or other components to the mains power until all connections between components ar
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00_RX-V2400U_EN.book Page 16 Friday, October 10, 2003 10:54 AM CONNECTIONS Connecting video components ■ Connections for DVD playback Optical out Video out DVD player Audio out R L O DIGITAL OUTPUT AUDIO AUDIO VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO VIDEO S VIDEO OPTICAL R L R L PR PB Y MD/TAPE DVD IN DVD (PLAY) MD/TAPE CD-R DTV OUT DTV ( ) REC DIGITAL INPUT Video in CD Video IN CBL (PLAY) /SAT monitor CD-R MONITOR OUT DVD OUT IN TUNER ( ) REC VCR 1 AM ANT CD OUT M GND PHONO CBL/SAT IN DVR/ MAIN/SURROUN
