Yamaha DVD Player Home Audio Receivers

The Basics About Yamaha Home Theater Receivers with DVD Player

The right home theater receiver can bring the cinema experience into the comfort of your living room. When you are shopping for an AV receiver, you should know what options are available and what additional equipment you may need. Receivers like these models from Yamaha take some of the work out of this process by including a built in disc player.

Yamaha receivers perform all of the functions you would expect from an AV receiver. They act as a hub for all of your media devices and output them through your speakers and television. AV receivers commonly come with built in amplifiers that are used to power surround sound speakers and send a signal to your subwoofer.

These units are unique because they have a built-in disc player. Depending on the model, these AV receivers can play back CD, DVDs, or Blu-rays without any additional equipment. Built-in players help keep your home theater set-up in order by providing two products in one package.

Before you connect any speakers, make sure they support the wattage and ohms output by the receiver.

Receiver set-up consists of finding the right settings for the optimal viewing and listening experience. This can become complicated when it comes to speaker set-up. Not only do you have to run speaker wire throughout the room, you have to tell the receiver where the speakers are in relation to where you will be sitting. Some models require you to measure the distance and angle the speaker to your position.

Thankfully, many Yamaha receivers come with an auto-calibration option. This is made possible with a special microphone that is included in the package. To calibrate the speakers, all you need to do is place the microphone in your desired listening position and wait silently as it completes the auto calibration process. Making sure your speakers are properly calibrated will provide you with an better listening experience.

• DTS
• Dolby Digital
• Dolby Pro Logic

There are also built in options for mono, stereo and speaker configurations.

Yamaha receivers input both digital and analog signals.

Digital:

• HDMI
• Component
• Optical Audio
• Coaxial (Digital)

Analog:

• Composite
• Coaxial (Analog)
• S-video
• RCA

Many models feature additional support for USB drives or wireless playback over Wi-Fi networks or Bluetooth connections. Most models come with built in AM/FM radio receivers.