Yamaha RX-V659 question

[drivehard]

I recently bought a blu-ray player with 7.1 channel output. It only has one option for crossover frequency, and its not one I like. I have my Yamaha set up perfectly to my liking. I know the Yamaha will not apply sound field effects to a 7.1 input, but what I can't determine is if it applies the crossover/speaker size selection/equilizer effects to the 7.1 input? Can I just feed full bandwidth signals to the 7.1 input on the Yamaha, and have it do the equilization and crossover effects?

Thanks,
DH

 

[JJMP50]

Not sure if I'm going to be any help here, but I've have pretty much the same rig and have mine hooked up both via 7.1 analog and Coax Digital. 99% of the time I use the digital and allow my receiver to decode. I set up the BR (Panny BD85) to run PCM on DTS and Bitstream on DD so if I want to watch a BR disc I run the DTS Master option (assuming it has one), otherwise I either have to re-config the BR player or listen to standard DD via my receiver. Your right, 7.1 analog set up is a bit challenging and eventually I'll upgrade (UMC-1). Another glitch in this setup is the 12v trigger on the yammy will disengage any power amp when switching to Multichannel. You just have to get up and turn the power amp back on..no work around unless you jerryrig a trigger using the A/C on the receiver.

 

[jostenmeat]

drivehard, unfortunately, you are at the mercy of the player as far as bass mgmt. That said, I would do as JJ by using SPDIF for lossy sources. The thing is, it seems the vast majority of BD titles are now using lossless, with an undeniable trend towards DTS-MA as the codec of choice.

Regarding DTSMA, even via SPDIF from a BD, you are getting double the the bitrate that you would with the typical DVD DTS track (and DTS already has a higher bitrate than DD, by quite a bit). Just thought you should know. The SPDIF will send the "core" stream of the two streams that MA comprises of.

JJMP, if it was me, I'd just disconnect the trigger altogether. I don't like the idea of double strikes on an amp only for the sake of convenience, just me though.

 

[drivehard]

Another question...

Right now I have the Bluray sending the picture direct to my TV via HDMI, and the audio being sent to my Yammie via optical digital input. So far, this has worked fine for the movies we have watched...until the other night.

I got the newest re-release of Avatar on bluray, and during the second half of the movie, we kept having problems. Every time there was a "big" scene with lots of surround, the sound would freeze up. The picture would keep going, but the sound would blip a few times, then drop out all together. The only way to get it back was to pause the movie, and restart it. If the loud scene continued, it would quickly drop out again. If it was pretty quiet for a while, the sound continued with no problem. It was NOT an overheating issue, or high current issue, as I was listening at -20 and doing my best to let the kiddies sleep. The receiver was hardly warm to the touch at the end of the movie...I am in the habit of checking temps at the end of each movie.

Was I overloading the processor in the Yammie? Am I missing something else?

Thanks!
DH

 

[jostenmeat]

I have no idea. But an interesting question.

(deleted). sorry.

 

[MDS]

Right now I have the Bluray sending the picture direct to my TV via HDMI, and the audio being sent to my Yammie via optical digital input. So far, this has worked fine for the movies we have watched...until the other night.

Why not just use HDMI to receiver and HDMI to TV? If the optical cable is from the Bluray it's possible that the processor just can't keep up with sending the audio to the optical out while simultaneously outputting audio and video to the TV via HDMI.

I would suspect that the problem would be more evident on complex, high bitrate movies like Avatar.

 

[drivehard]

Why not just use HDMI to receiver and HDMI to TV? If the optical cable is from the Bluray it's possible that the processor just can't keep up with sending the audio to the optical out while simultaneously outputting audio and video to the TV via HDMI.

I would suspect that the problem would be more evident on complex, high bitrate movies like Avatar.

This receiver does not have HDMI input.