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Product Description
7.2-channel network AV receiver featuring 4K Ultra HD video compatibility with HDCP 2.2 along with advanced multi-zone speaker configurations powered by high quality discrete amp circuitry. Conveniently access music wirelessly with Bluetooth from your mobile devices or utilize Wi-Fi to stream online music services and high-resolution audio files.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #190 in Speakers
- Color: Black
- Brand: Yamaha
- Model: RX-V679BL
- Released on: 2015-05-19
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.00" h x 21.00" w x 17.50" l, 27.66 pounds
- Networking: Wireless
Features
- YPAO - Reflected Sound Control
- Dialogue Lift & Dialogue Volume
- 4K / 60p 4:4:4 pass-through, 4K video up conversion
- Sirius, Airplay, Pandora, Spotify Connect, tuner, PC / NAS, Bluetooth
- MusicCast wireless multiroom audio system
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
Pros:
- Great upgrade! It really makes a difference. Setup was quick and easy.
- User interface is simple, but good. Gone are the days where it was necessary to search the manual for the mystery mode that allowed bi-amping the front speakers.
- WiFi and Bluetooth worked out of the box. Plenty of options to find and connect to the access point. Haven't used the ethernet port yet.
- Audio streaming from my Synology server works great over the network.
- The feature to redirect the rear surround speakers to the second zone is great. Just what I need - in my setup the second zone is right next to the main zone and I'll probably use party mode mostly, so won't need the rear speakers then.
- Internet radio (although that wasn't one of my criteria) is a useful addition. It's a good list of free web radio stations, Yamaha chose the right vendor.
- Software update came in shortly after I turned the unit on for the first time. It's great to see that a product improves itself without user interaction (I hope Yamaha doesn't see the upgrade capability as a reason to dial down on QA - "we can fix it later!")
- New remote is more intuitive.
- At this point I haven't used the 4K streaming feature (my only 4K content is coming directly from the smart TV), and obviously there was no chance to try HDCP yet. That will probably prove useful at a later time.
Cons:
- AirPlay is limited to audio, no video playback or photo slideshows from the phone.
- Same seems to apply to media from network servers - I was unable to play movies from the network, just audio.
- Got AirPlay into a state where the meta data showed, the progress bar moved, but no audio was playing. Turning the unit off/on and rebooting the phone didn't help, had to unplug the receiver to get it back to working state.
- AirPlay also does some weird things like turning itself on on the phone (iOS issue?), thus moving away from the source that was selected earlier. At this point I disabled AirPlay as it needs some fixes to be enjoyable, either on the Yamaha side, iOS side, or both. A slight disappointment which can be compensated for by using Bluetooth for now - long term it would be nice if guests could play their music without having to BT pair the phone. Minor issue really.
- iOS app is ok, but is lacking a real design. It's seems to be made by hardware folks trying to do software. It works though and it's free, so alright.
- Renaming the zones has to be done in the app and on the receiver separately, and the new name doesn't show in the on-screen menu's top level. Not sure where it's even used.
- For some reason my subwoofer doesn't turn off automatically which it is supposed to do after 15 mins of no signal, so it's drawing power unnecessarily. I can't recall if that also was an issue on my old receiver, and I don't know if it's even the receiver's fault or the speaker's.
See all 195 customer reviews...- Great upgrade! It really makes a difference. Setup was quick and easy.
- User interface is simple, but good. Gone are the days where it was necessary to search the manual for the mystery mode that allowed bi-amping the front speakers.
- WiFi and Bluetooth worked out of the box. Plenty of options to find and connect to the access point. Haven't used the ethernet port yet.
- Audio streaming from my Synology server works great over the network.
- The feature to redirect the rear surround speakers to the second zone is great. Just what I need - in my setup the second zone is right next to the main zone and I'll probably use party mode mostly, so won't need the rear speakers then.
- Internet radio (although that wasn't one of my criteria) is a useful addition. It's a good list of free web radio stations, Yamaha chose the right vendor.
- Software update came in shortly after I turned the unit on for the first time. It's great to see that a product improves itself without user interaction (I hope Yamaha doesn't see the upgrade capability as a reason to dial down on QA - "we can fix it later!")
- New remote is more intuitive.
- At this point I haven't used the 4K streaming feature (my only 4K content is coming directly from the smart TV), and obviously there was no chance to try HDCP yet. That will probably prove useful at a later time.
Cons:
- AirPlay is limited to audio, no video playback or photo slideshows from the phone.
- Same seems to apply to media from network servers - I was unable to play movies from the network, just audio.
- Got AirPlay into a state where the meta data showed, the progress bar moved, but no audio was playing. Turning the unit off/on and rebooting the phone didn't help, had to unplug the receiver to get it back to working state.
- AirPlay also does some weird things like turning itself on on the phone (iOS issue?), thus moving away from the source that was selected earlier. At this point I disabled AirPlay as it needs some fixes to be enjoyable, either on the Yamaha side, iOS side, or both. A slight disappointment which can be compensated for by using Bluetooth for now - long term it would be nice if guests could play their music without having to BT pair the phone. Minor issue really.
- iOS app is ok, but is lacking a real design. It's seems to be made by hardware folks trying to do software. It works though and it's free, so alright.
- Renaming the zones has to be done in the app and on the receiver separately, and the new name doesn't show in the on-screen menu's top level. Not sure where it's even used.
- For some reason my subwoofer doesn't turn off automatically which it is supposed to do after 15 mins of no signal, so it's drawing power unnecessarily. I can't recall if that also was an issue on my old receiver, and I don't know if it's even the receiver's fault or the speaker's.
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