Hello, all,
My Yamaha RX-V685 AV receiver came with a YPAO microphone. I know it did because I held it in my hands.
But that was a couple months ago, and I seem to have lost it. I'm sure it exists somewhere in the world, but I don't know where and I've given up looking.
What bad things happen if I don't have one? I know I can't run the test referred to on pages 38 to 43 in the online PDF manual, and I don't know what else the YPAO mic does. Is there some way to fake it, i.e., can I get close to setting my five speaker's volumes or whatever it is in the absence of that mic? Is whatever it does so important that I should spend money to replace that YPAO mic?
On what I think is a related question, the room where my Samsung 65-inch QLED TV, the Yamaha RX-V685 receiver, two Klipsh speakers for the front, a center speaker for the front, and two bookshelf speakers for the back are missing a subwoofer. My questions are whether I need or want a subwoofer and, if so, which brand and model you would recommend. Can I somehow take advantage of Bluetooth technology to send sounds from the receiver to that subwoofer?
Please help with the subject of the mic and the subject of the subwoofer, and thanks.
--JohnnyGee
P.S. If I go to Amazon, do you know which exact model of YPAO microphone came with my Yamaha RX-V685 receiver? A model number or a link -- if you're sure -- is all I need. I can't figure it out with enough certainty to go ahead and plunk down $15 or $30.
P.P.S. I realize I'm a complete stranger to all of you, but if you have the working YPAO mic that came with your Yamaha RX-V685 receiver and decide to trust me despite the fact I could be conning you out of your YPAO mic, please let me know and I'll be happy to discuss shipping arrangements with you. This is not an emergency.