Need advice on which Yamaha receiver to buy.

[zieglj01]

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[zieglj01]

I mentioned earlier that I will not have a TV in this room, at least for a long while. Now, with the Yamaha 677, will I need a viewing device to facilitate streaming music from my pc or flash drive, in order to see the available music? Will I need a graphical device to do anything but listening to music for the time being. I have an extra flat screen computer monitor. Can this be connected to the 677, and if so, via hdmi? (that is the input that the monitor has).

So, basically, I'm wondering will I be dead in the water with this receiver without a monitor of some sort?

If your monitor has an HDMI input - then hook it to the receiver via HDMI
That may be the easiest way to start with for you.

However, here is the manual - so take a look at it
http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/022/022RXV677.PDF

 

[PittViper]

If your monitor has an HDMI input - then hook it to the receiver via HDMI
That may be the easiest way to start with for you.

However, here is the manual - so take a look at it
http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/022/022RXV677.PDF

I perused the manual. Quite long and informative. This seems to be a pretty complex machine. Amazon raised the price ov the v677 today from 499 to 549, not too happy about that!!