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Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver

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Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver
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  • 105W x 7 powerful surround sound
  • Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels
  • HDMI Ver. 1.2a with support for Super Audio CD
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Yamaha RX-V861 Black Receiver

The Home Theater Receiver that expands your entertainment horizons with a wide choice of sources and also has great features like high-definition video upscaling and deinterlacing, 1080p-compatible HDMI,Yamaha`s new SCENE, XM ready with XM HD Surround, and iPod compatibility.

  • 105W x 7 powerful surround sound
  • Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels
  • HDMI Ver. 1.2a with support for Super Audio CD
  • Compatible with iPod via optional Yamaha YDS-10
  • High-definition video upscaling to 1080i
Description
Advanced Features
  • 4 SCENE buttons on front panel and remote unit offering easier operation
  • XM Ready with XM HD Surround powered by Neural Surround
  • Compatible with iPod via optional Yamaha YDS-10
  • Improved YPAO supporting low frequency to 31.5Hz with auto setup
  • Superior multi-zone control compatibility
  • On-screen display

    High Sound Quality
  • 7-channel 735W powerful surround sound (105W x 7)
  • Digital ToP-ART and High Current Amplification
  • HDMI Ver. 1.2a with support for Super Audio CD
  • Pure Direct for high quality sound reproduction
  • Burr-Brown 192kHz/24-bit DACs used in all channels
  • Assignable amplifiers for bi-amp connection

    High Picture Quality
  • High-definition video upscaling (480i or 480p to 720p/1080i)
  • Deinterlacing (480i to 480p) through HDMI output
  • 1080p-compatible HDMI (2 in/1 out)

    Surround Realism
  • Upgraded CINEMA DSP with 17 DSP programs
  • Compressed Music Enhancer
  • Night Listening Enhancer (Cinema/Music) and SILENT CINEMA


    Made for iPod
    The optional YDS-10 Universal Dock lets you connect your iPod to this receiver. You can listen to your iPod music and watch iPod images and movies on your monitor via the receiver. You can also operate your iPod via the receiver`s remote unit with the On-Screen Display and charge your iPod. Works with:iPod nano, iPod mini and iPod (Click and Wheel)


    HDMI
    High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is the first and only digital interface to combine uncompressed high-definition video, multi-channel audio and intelligent format and command data in a single digital interface. HDMI switching, providing the most advanced method of delivering high quality video signals to a home theater system to enable the reproduction of DVD and satellite TV sources with HD quality. HDMI can also send the digital audio signals from sources such as DVD Audio, CD, Dolby Digital and DTS to provide simple components connections.


    Simplay HD
    The Simplay HD Testing Program represents a standard of excellence in testing for a premium-HD plug and play consumer experience and to maximize users' access to HD content. Products bearing the Simplay HD logo have undergone stringent quality testing related to the High-Definition Multimedia Interface(tm) HDMI(tm) and High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) specifications, as well as compatibility testing with a suite of other devices that have been Simplay HD verified.


    Dolby Digital EX
    This surround format from Dolby Digital includes an added center rear channel. The rear center channel is actually matrixed into the two rear channels, and is extracted upon playback. (Formerly called Dolby Digital Surround EX, or Dolby Digital Matrix 6.1.)


    DTS NEO: 6
    In this format, the back surround channel is matrix encoded into the left and right surround channels. For playback, the three channels are separately decoded.


    XM - XM Ready
    These receivers are XM SATELLiTE RADiO (XM Ready), allowing you to hear over 150 digital channels of music, news, sports, talk and entertainment from America's number one Satellite Radio service. With the addition of the XM Connect and Play digital antenna accessory (sold seperately) just subscribe to XM SATELLiTE RADiO and hear radio as it was meant to be!


    XM HD Surround Sound
    XM and Neural Audio Corporation announce XM HD Surround, which provides content with six discrete channels of digital full fidelity audio powered by Neural Audio technology. Marking the first time that a radio company has broadcast in 5.1 Surround Sound twenty-four hours a day. Beginning in April 2006, XM will broadcast the Fine Tuning(R) (XM Channel 76) and the classical pops music channel XM Pops (XM Channel 113) in XM HD Surround. XM will also broadcast a variety of special shows and live music performances at the XM studios in XM HD Surround.


    Neural Surround
    Neural Surround(TM), a proprietary audio format that embeds the rich envelopment and discrete image detail of surround sound and is 100% compatible with stereo content. Chosen by XM Satellite Radio as the format for their 24/7 XM HD Surround programming


    8 Ch Ext Input
    8 additional input jacks for discrete multi-channel input. Front (Left, Center, Right), Rear (Surround Left & Right, Surround Back Left & Right) and Subwoofer


    CINEMA DSP Digital
    Conventional multichannel audio reproduction systems base their sound on Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, using matrix and steering technologies to create surround sound effects. Yamaha CINEMA DSP is much more advanced, actually creating richly realized independent sound fields that envelop you in an unmatched surround sound experience. With dialogue, music and effects from ideally located in these separate sound fields, you will hear sound with accurate placement, smooth movement, exceptional clarity and richness, and startlingly realistic presence. It will seem as if the walls of your room have disappeared and you are in the middle of your own immense theater! The decoding circuitry performs Dolby Pro Logic IIx, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, DTS Digital Surround, DTS-ES (DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 and DTS-ES Discrete 6.1), DTS Neo:6 and DTS 96/24 decoding with extreme accuracy, as well as all digital sound field processing.


    SILENT CINEMA and Virtual CINEMA DSP
    SILENT CINEMA makes it possible to hear large-scale surround sound through ordinary headphones! This is a variation of CINEMA DSP technology that Yamaha developed to let you listen in private to movies and other multi-channel sources for hours without listening fatigue. Virtual CINEMA DSP lets you enjoy the effects of CINEMA DSP surround sound without using surround speakers (handy for use in custom installations where some rooms don't have surround speakers). It can be used with the front / center / presence speakers or even with just the two front left and right speakers.


    Compressed Music Enhancer
    Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original as possible.


    SCENE - A NEW LEVEL OF OPERATING EASE
    Four SCENE buttons make operating the receiver easier than ever. They are initially set to default settings for DVD Viewing, Disc Listening, TV Viewing and Radio Listening. Pressing a SCENE button automatically launches a number of operations that initiate play of the source controlled by that button. Other SCENE settings are also available, such as iPod Listening, XM Listening, TV Sports Viewing and Action Game Playing. Browsing and selecting the settings is quickly accomplished by rotating the Input knob and watching the on-screen display. The settings can be selected for one-time use, or they can replace the original default settings. The SCENE names can be changed also.


    YPAO Automatic System Calibration
    Yamaha`s YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, etc. Until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room and you don't have to do anything!
    RX-V2500 and newer models have an improved system that is faster (less than three minutes), also adjusts frequency response, and provides three programed EQ patterns, plus the ability to manually adjust parametric EQ settings. Six YPAO settings can be held in memory and recalled via two system memory buttons on the remote control.


    Digital ToP-ART
    Digital ToP-ART (Total Purity Audio Reproduction Technology) is the name Yamaha has given to a design philosophy whose goal is to maximize digital quality while minimizing analog circuitry. The culmination of Yamaha`s long experience in digital engineering and design, it brings together several key elements to create the best-sounding, A/V components available on the market.

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    Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver
     
    3.7

    (based on 3 reviews)

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    67%

    of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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    • Good audio (3)

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        8/30/2008
         
        3.0

        Very pleased with the purchase.

        By An RDent Fan

        from San Diego, CA

        About Me Practical

        Verified Reviewer

        Pros

        • Clear Sound
        • Easy To Setup
        • Interfaces Well With TV
        • Intuitive Controls

        Cons

          Best Uses

          • Movies
          • Surround Sound Solution
          • Television Shows

          Comments about Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver:

          I exclusively use it for watching movies and having a blast with this Yammy.

          Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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          8/30/2008
           
          4.0

          Yamaha RX-V861...Very Good Receiver!

          By Ace

          from New Orleans, LA

          About Me Tech Savvy

          Pros

          • Clear Sound

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Surround Sound Solution

            Comments about Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver:

            Primarily use this receiver for watching TV and movies.

            Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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            8/29/2008
             
            4.0

            Capable mid-fi performer

            By Still uses tape decks

            from The Biggest Little City in the World

            About Me Musically Inclined, Tech Savvy

            Verified Reviewer

            Pros

            • Clear Sound

            Cons

            • Crowded rear panel

            Best Uses

            • Home Theater

            Comments about Yamaha RX-V861 Black 7.1-channel Home Theater Receiver:

            Good unit for low-fi to mid-fi budgets where a single system will provide multi-channel home theater and two-channel stereo.

            Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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              how do I connect TV Ears 3.0 to RX-v861 Receiver?
              Asked on 1/25/2012 by Roger from Hot Springs, arkansas

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                You would use the headphone output jack on the Yamaha.

                Answered on 1/26/2012 by Patrick from OneCall
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