This is the weekend I retire the Yamaha RX-V1500

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Nobody is home this weekend and I will have some uninteruppted time to swap out the RX-V1500 for the RX-V1900 in the great room. Its going to be a 2 hour job I figure . It will be nice to replace component video cables with HDMI and reduce the amount of cabling required. I also ordered two high speed amazon special HDMI cables and I will be able to watch 4K material because both my display and player are 4K. This will be a fun weekend.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

I'm becoming a dinosaur... I'm still running my RX-V2500.

Good luck with the install!

 

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I'm becoming a dinosaur... I'm still running my RX-V2500.

Good luck with the install!

Thank you

 

[speakerman39]

Nobody is home this weekend and I will have some uninteruppted time to swap out the RX-V1500 for the RX-V1900 in the great room. Its going to be a 2 hour job I figure . It will be nice to replace component video cables with HDMI and reduce the amount of cabling required. I also ordered two high speed amazon special HDMI cables and I will be able to watch 4K material because both my display and player are 4K. This will be a fun weekend.

There is no denying Yamaha's reliability. They are built like a tank. I also need to clean up my cabling. However, my health is not letting me do much of anything right now. Will get to it as soon as I am able to. BTW, what type/brand 4K HDMI cables did you get? I am looking for some recommendations myself. Not happy w/the ones that I have. Thanks!


Cheers,

Phil

 

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There is no denying Yamaha's reliability. They are built like a tank. I also need to clean up my cabling. However, my health is not letting me do much of anything right now. Will get to it as soon as I am able to. BTW, what type/brand 4K HDMI cables did you get? I am looking for some recommendations myself. Not happy w/the ones that I have. Thanks!


Cheers,

Phil

I hope you feel better soon Phil..... They are Amazon's no name brand. I will let you know how or if they work once all hooked up.

 

[speakerman39]

I hope you feel better soon Phil..... They are Amazon's no name brand. I will let you know how or if they work once all hooked up.

Thanks! The cables that I am using are hard to work with in that they are a bit heavy/thick. I need something affordable albeit 4K that is thinner and soft. You know, easier to position/place. Sometimes, what seems like a bargain ends up being nothing but a pain in the arse.......LOL!!!!


Cheers,

Phil

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Congrats and try to neat up cables now or next chance you'll get to would be in 10 years by time to swap your v1900 to v19000

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I'm becoming a dinosaur... I'm still running my RX-V2500.

Good luck with the install!

I fixed my TX-SR805 led display issue once by resoldering few resistors. Next time it's gonna play possum, a door would be shown and swift kick to follow.

 

[PENG]

Nobody is home this weekend and I will have some uninteruppted time to swap out the RX-V1500 for the RX-V1900 in the great room. Its going to be a 2 hour job I figure . It will be nice to replace component video cables with HDMI and reduce the amount of cabling required. I also ordered two high speed amazon special HDMI cables and I will be able to watch 4K material because both my display and player are 4K. This will be a fun weekend.

HDMI is nice for sure, but the 1900 is not at 2.0 so I guess you will have to connect your player directly to the TV like I do.

 

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HDMI is nice for sure, but the 1900 is not at 2.0 so I guess you will have to connect your player directly to the TV like I do.

yup. That is what ARC is for.

 

[3db]

Thanks! The cables that I am using are hard to work with in that they are a bit heavy/thick. I need something affordable albeit 4K that is thinner and soft. You know, easier to position/place. Sometimes, what seems like a bargain ends up being nothing but a pain in the arse.......LOL!!!!


Cheers,

Phil

I'm happy to report that the Amazon no name specials were transmitting 4K material from player to the TV without issue. I tested this with only $K film, Blade Runner 2049. I did have to select the DTS-Master Codec as my old AVR does not support Dolby Atmos. I did get some HDMI handshaking issues were the AVR would flash DTS-Master Codec display on and off and the sound would cut out. I turned the AVR off and on and that fixed it.

 

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What a job that was. Two hours of rewiring and another 2 hours reprogramming the Logitech remote. Mind you, I spent Saturday morning at work from 7:30am to around 1pm so I was tired before I started this . Pictures to follow soon.

BTW this is what it looked like with the RX-V1500....

 

[everettT]

View attachment 23384 What a job that was. Two hours of rewiring and another 2 hours reprogramming the Logitech remote. Mind you, I spent Saturday morning at work from 7:30am to around 1pm so I was tired before I started this . Pictures to follow soon.

BTW this is what it looked like with the RX-V1500....

Holy bat balls what a birds nest! I'd pull my, oh wait don't have much hair left. Bless you for the effort

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Congrats and try to neat up cables now or next chance you'll get to would be in 10 years by time to swap your v1900 to v19000

View attachment 23384
BTW this is what it looked like with the RX-V1500....

@lovinthehd looks like my joke above really hit the point

 

[KEW]

View attachment 23384 What a job that was. Two hours of rewiring and another 2 hours reprogramming the Logitech remote. Mind you, I spent Saturday morning at work from 7:30am to around 1pm so I was tired before I started this . Pictures to follow soon.

BTW this is what it looked like with the RX-V1500....

Wow! You've got me beat! Mine is probably as bad, but it is more spread out so the cable density is less!

Congratulations on the new AVR and deciding to get your wiring reordered. I will be doing mine soon after experiencing some audible interference from having a line level next to an AC cord. I knew better but had gotten away with so much for so long, I didn't check to see how the cable fell when I dropped it behind the AVR!

 

[speakerman39]

I'm happy to report that the Amazon no name specials were transmitting 4K material from player to the TV without issue. I tested this with only $K film, Blade Runner 2049. I did have to select the DTS-Master Codec as my old AVR does not support Dolby Atmos. I did get some HDMI handshaking issues were the AVR would flash DTS-Master Codec display on and off and the sound would cut out. I turned the AVR off and on and that fixed it.

Holy smokes that does look bad! Makes me tired just thinking about all the work you have done to clean that mess up......LOL!!!!! No seriously, I bet it did take a good while to get a grip on that literally speaking. BTW, have a link for the 4K cables that you are referring to? Inquiring minds want to know.


Cheers,

Phil

 

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Wow! You've got me beat! Mine is probably as bad, but it is more spread out so the cable density is less!

Congratulations on the new AVR and deciding to get your wiring reordered. I will be doing mine soon after experiencing some audible interference from having a line level next to an AC cord. I knew better but had gotten away with so much for so long, I didn't check to see how the cable fell when I dropped it behind the AVR!

I put that system up in a hurry when I first moved in and I never took the time to revisit it. Other priorities kept popping up. Its the power distribution I'm still having issues with. I have the power located under the console unit with the power button exposed so that I can easily turn it off in case of thunderstorms. I usually look at the forecast every morning before going to work and if there is a risk, I shut if off. The power chord for the display is too short so I have to use an extension cord to make it reach the power bar. I also have a WD media player, a USB hard drive, and the PVR which all use walwarts which makes organizing this more difficult.

 

[everettT]

Have you considered something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00O8NVPBI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516719360&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=20+amp+power+strip&psc=1

I mount them to units and have good spacing for odd wallwarts

I put that system up in a hurry when I first moved in and I never took the time to revisit it. Other priorities kept popping up. Its the power distribution I'm still having issues with. I have the power located under the console unit with the power button exposed so that I can easily turn it off in case of thunderstorms. I usually look at the forecast every morning before going to work and if there is a risk, I shut if off. The power chord for the display is too short so I have to use an extension cord to make it reach the power bar. I also have a WD media player, a USB hard drive, and the PVR which all use walwarts which makes organizing this more difficult.

 

[3db]

Have you considered something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00O8NVPBI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516719360&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=20+amp+power+strip&psc=1

I mount them to units and have good spacing for odd wallwarts

Thanks. That's a great idea

 

[NINaudio]

Have you considered something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00O8NVPBI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516719360&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=20+amp+power+strip&psc=1

I mount them to units and have good spacing for odd wallwarts

I was looking at something like this to replace my existing power strip. Would this work for all the equipment listed in my sig or do you think I'd be pulling more amperage than it could handle?