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RX-797 S tereo Receiver O WNER’S MANU AL U ...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS i • Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is in tended to al ert you to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’ s enclosure t hat may be of sufficient magnitude to constitut e a risk of electric shock to persons. T ...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ii FCC INFORMATION (for US customers) 1 IMPOR T ANT NOTICE: DO NOT MOD IFY THIS UNIT! This product, when insta lled as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, me ets FCC requirements. Modif ications not expressly appro ved by Y amaha may void your authority , granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2 IM ...
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CAUTION: READ THIS BEFO RE OPERATING YOUR UNIT. iii 1 T o assure the finest performan ce, please read this manual carefully . Keep it in a safe place for future refer ence. 2 Install this sound system in a well ventilated, cool, dry , clean place – away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. A llow ventilation ...
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1 PREP ARA TION INTRODUCTION BAS I C OPERA T ION ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION AD V ANCED OPERA TION FEATU RES ........ ............ ............. ............ ............ .... 2 SUPPLIE D ACCESSORIES ............ .............. ....... 2 CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS . .................... .... 3 Front panel ............. ................ ................ ... ...
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FEATURES 2 Built-in 2- channel power amplif ier ◆ Minimum RMS output power 100 W + 100 W (8 Ω ), 0.019% THD, 20 Hz to 20 kHz ◆ Highly dynamic power , low impedance drive capability Sophisticated AM/FM tuner ◆ 40-station random access preset tuning ◆ Automatic preset tuning ◆ Preset stati on ex changing capability ◆ Radio Data System t ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 3 INTRODUCTION 1 MASTER ON/OFF Press inward to the ON position to turn on the power of this unit. Press again to release it outward to the OFF position to turn off this uni t. See page 17 for details. Even when this unit is turned off, this unit consumes a small amount of pow er to preserv e the memory . 2 MAIN ZONE ON/OFF T ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 4 8 EDIT, SEARCH MODE Exchanges the assignment of two preset stations with each other when TUNER is selected as the in put source (see page 29). Switches bet ween search modes when XM is selected as the input source (see page 33). 9 FM/AM, XM ANT (ANTENNA) Switches the reception band between AM and FM when TUNER is select ed ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 5 INTRODUCTION 1 SP (SPEAKERS) A/B indicators Light up according to the set of speakers selected. Both indicators light up when both sets of speakers are selected. 2 ZONE 2 indicato r Lights up when Zone 2 is turned on. 3 Input sour ce indicators Light up when this unit is in the corresponding mode. The XM indicator is only a ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 6 1 Antenna terminals Connect FM and AM antennas. See page 14 for conne ctions information. 2 A UDIO/VIDEO jacks Connect audio and video components. See page 13 for connection information. 3 REMO TE jacks These jacks are used to i nput/output remote con trol signals. See page 41 for connection information. 4 CONTRO L OUT jack ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 7 INTRODUCTION This section describes the function of each button on the remote control used to control this unit or other components made by Y AMAHA or other manufacturers. The functions of the buttons used to control your other audio and video components are the same as those of the corresponding buttons on thos e component ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 8 9 SPEAKERS A/B T urns on or off the set of speakers connected to the SPEAKERS A and/or SPEAKERS B terminals on the rear panel of this unit when the corresponding button is pressed each time. 0 CODE SET Use to set up remote cont rol codes (see page 45). A SLEEP Sets the sleep ti mer . B VO L U M E + / – Increases or decrea ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 9 INTRODUCTION This section describes the function of each button on the Zone 2 remote control used to control Zone 2. Y ou can also use the Z one 2 remote co ntrol to control the XM Satellite Radio features and Y AMAHA CD players. 1 Infrared si gnal transmitter Sends infrared signals. 2 Input selector/numeric b uttons Select ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 10 A MUTE Mutes the sound output to Zone 2. Press again to restore the sound output to the previous volume level. B DISPLA Y Switches the XM Satellit e Radi o information displayed in the front panel display be tween channel number/name, category and artist nam e/song title when XM is selected as the input source. C CD/XM swi ...
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CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 11 INTRODUCTION ■ Notes on batteries • Change all of the batteries if the operation range of the remote controls d ecreases. • Use AA, R6, UM-3 batteries for the re mote control and AAA, R03, UM-4 batte ries for the Zone 2 remote control. • Make sure that the polarities are correct. See the illustr atio n inside the b ...
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CONNECTIONS 12 Be sure to con nect the left channel (L), right channel (R), “+” (red) and “–” (bla ck) properly . If the connections are faulty , no sound will be heard from the speakers, a nd if the polarity of the speaker con nec tions is incorrect, the sou nd will be unnatural and lack bass. • Before connecting the speakers, make sur ...
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13 CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION • Do not connect this unit or other com ponents to the main power until all connections between components are complete. • All connections must be correct: L (left) to L , R (right) to R, “+” to “+” a nd “–” to “–”. Also, refer to the owner ’ s manual f or each of your components. • Use the R ...
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14 CONNECTIONS Both AM and FM indoor antennas are include d with this unit. In general, these antennas should pro vid e sufficient signal strength. Connect each antenna corre ctly to the designated terminals. • A properly installed outdoor antenna provides clearer reception than an indoor one. If you experience poor reception quality , an outdoor ...
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15 CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION ■ Connecting the AM loop antenna 1 Set up the AM loop antenna . 2 Press and hold the tab. 3 Inser t the AM loop antenna lea d wires into the AM ANT terminal. 4 Release the tab. 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to insert the AM loop antenna lead wires in to the GND terminal. 6 Orient the AM loop antenna for the best reception. ? ...
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16 CONNECTIONS Plug the power cable into the AC IN on the rear panel of this unit and then plug the power supply cord into the AC wall outlet after all other connections are complete. ■ COUPLER jacks Removing the jumper pins from the PRE OUT/MAIN IN jacks enable s this unit to operate separate ly as a control amplifier or a power amplif ier . The ...
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17 CONNECTIONS PREP ARA TION When all connec tions are complete, turn on the power of this unit. 1 Press MASTER ON/OFF on the front panel inward to the ON posi tion to turn on the power of this uni t. Main Zone of th is unit turns on. Y ou can set Main Zone of this unit to the standb y mode by pressing MAIN Z ONE ON/OFF on the front panel or ST AND ...
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PLAYING AND RECORDING 18 Extreme caution should be exercised when you play back CDs encoded in DTS. If you play back a CD encoded in DTS on a DTS-incompati ble CD player , you will only hear some unwanted noise that may damage your speakers. Check whether your CD player supports CDs encoded in DTS. Also, check the sou nd output level of your CD pla ...
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19 PLAYING AND RECORDING BAS I C OPERA TION 5 Adjust the tonal qual ity by using the B ASS, TREBLE, B ALANCE and LOUDNESS controls or the CD DIRECT AMP and the PURE DIRECT buttons on the fr ont panel. 6 Press MAIN ZONE ON/OFF on the fr ont panel again (or press ST ANDBY on the remote contro l) to finish using this unit and set it to the standby mod ...
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20 PLAYING AND RECORDING ■ Adjusting the B A LANCE contr ol Adjusts the sound output balanc e of the left and right speakers to compensate fo r sound imbalance caused by speaker locations or lis tening room conditions. ■ Using the CD DIRECT AMP button Routes input signals from your CD player d irectly to the specially built-in amp lifier for th ...
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21 PLAYING AND RECORDING BAS I C OPERA TION • The VOLUME, BAS S, TREBLE, BALANCE and LOUDNESS controls and the CD DIRECT AMP and the PU RE DIRECT buttons have no ef fect on the source being recorded. • Check the copyright laws in your co untry to record from records, CDs, radio, etc. Recording copyright-protected material may infringe on copyri ...
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22 PLAYING AND RECORDING Use this feature to automa tically set this unit to the standby mode after a certain amount of time. The sleep timer is useful when you are goi ng to sleep while this unit is playing or recording a s ource. The sleep timer also automatically turns off any ex ternal components connected to the AC OUTLETS. • The sleep timer ...
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23 PLAYING AND RECORDING BAS I C OPERA TION 1 Press MUTE on the remote control to mute the sound output. The MUTE indicator flas hes in the front panel display and MUTE ON appears in the front panel display . After a few seconds, MUTE ON disappears from the front panel display . 2 Press MUTE on the remote control again to resume the sound output. T ...
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FM/AM TUNING 24 There are 2 tuning methods; automatic and manual. Select either met hod according to your preference and the strength of station signals. Automatic tuning is effectiv e when station signals are strong and there is no interference. 1 Rotate the INPU T selector (or press TUNER on the remote control) to select TUNER as the input sour c ...
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25 FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Manual tuning is effecti ve when station signals are weak. 1 Rotate the INPUT sele ctor (or press TUNER on the remote control) to select TUNER as the input sour ce . 2 Press FM/AM on the fr on t panel to select the reception band (FM or AM). FM or AM appears in the front panel display . 3 Press TUN MODE on the fro ...
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26 FM/AM TUNING Y ou can use the automatic preset tuning method to automatically st ore FM stations. This function enabl es this unit to automatically tune in to FM stations with strong signals and store up to 40 (8 stations in each of the 5 groups, A1 to E8) of those rece iv ed stations in order . Y ou can then easily recall any preset stations by ...
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27 FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Customized automatic pre set tuning Y ou can specify a preset station group and a preset station number from which thi s unit stores the FM stations receiv ed by automatic preset tuning. 1 Press and hold MEMOR Y on the front panel for more than 3 seconds. 2 Press A/B/C/D/E and then press one of the preset stat ...
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28 FM/AM TUNING Y ou can also manually store up to 40 stations (8 stations in each of the 5 groups, A1 to E8). Y ou can then easily recall any preset stations b y selec ting the preset station numbe rs where they are stored. 1 Repeat step s 1 to 4 in “Automat ic tuning” or in “Manual tuning” to tune into a station. When you tune into a stat ...
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29 FM/AM TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can tune into the desired station simply by selecting the preset station number where it is stored. 1 Press A/B/C/D/E on the front panel repeatedly (or press A-E/CA T . j / i on the remote control) to select a preset station grou p (A to E). The selected preset station group is shown in the front panel displa ...
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XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 30 XM Satellite Radio is the satelli te radio service with millions of listene rs across the United States broadcasting li ve daily . The XM Satellite Radio chann el lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: 67 commercial-free musi c channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to cou ...
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31 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION This section describes the func tions of each control used for the XM Satellite Radio tuning. The following controls on the front panel and the remote controls are only av ailable when XM is selected as the input source and the XM Connect-and-Play digital antenna accessory is connected to the XM jack ...
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32 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING ■ Contr ols on the remote controls 1 Numeric buttons All Channel Search or Category Search mode Use 1 to 9 and 0 to enter a channel number directly . Preset Search mode Use 1 to 8 t o enter a pres et channel number directly . 2 A-E/CA T . (CA T EGOR Y) j / i ( l / h ) All Channel Searc h mode Switches between channel ...
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33 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION T o sign up for an account w ith the XM Satellite Radio service, an XM Sa tellite Radio ID number is required. Follo w the procedure below to check your ID number , and then visit the website at “http://ac tiv ate.xmradio.com” or call “1-800-XM-RADIO (1-800-967-2346)” to sign up with your majo ...
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34 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 1 Rotate the INPU T selector on the fro nt panel (or press XM on the remote control) to select XM as the input source. The XM information (channel number/name, category or artist name/song title) for the currently selected cha nnel appears in the front panel display . y Selecting XM as the input so ur ce automatically r ...
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35 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION Y ou can search fo r the desired channel by using one of the three search modes (All Cha nnel Search mode, Category Search mode or Preset Search mode). Y ou can also enter the number directly to se lect the desired channel (For details, see “Direct Number Access mode” on page 37). ■ All Channel ...
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36 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING ■ Category Sear ch mode 1 Repeat step 1 in “Basic XM Satellite Radio operations”. 2 Press SEARCH MODE on the front panel (or SRCH MODE on the remote control) repeatedly to select the Category Search mode. CA T SEARCH appears in the front panel display . 3 Press CA TEGOR Y on the front panel (or A-E/ CA T . j / i o ...
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37 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING BAS I C OPERA TION ■ Direct Number Access mode 1 Repeat step 1 in “Basi c XM Satellite Radio operations”. 2 Press SEARCH MODE on the front panel (or SRCH MODE on the remote c ontrol) repeatedly to select the All Channel Sear ch mode or the Categor y Search mode . ALL CH SEARCH or CA T SEARCH appears in the front p ...
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38 XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING 3 Press CA TEGOR Y on t he front pane l ( or A-E/ CA T . j / i on the remote contr ol) to select the preset channel gr oup (A to E). The preset channel group letter appears. 4 Press one of the pre set station/channel number b uttons on the front panel (or PRESET/CH u / d on the remote control) to select the preset chann ...
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ADVANCED SETUP 39 AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ AD V ANCED SETUP menu parameters Change the initial settings ( indicated in bold under each parameter) to reflect the needs of your listening environment. Factory presets PRESET Use to reset all parameter s to the factory presets. Choices: CANCEL , RESET • Select CANCEL if you do not want the parameter ...
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40 ADVANCED SETUP 3 Press the preset station/channel number buttons (1 and 2) on t he front panel repeatedly to move thr ough the menu and select the parameter you want to adjust. See page 39 for a complete list of available parameters. 4 Press A/B/C/D/E on the front panel repeatedly to toggle between the a vailable parameters. 5 Press MASTER ON/OF ...
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ZONE 2 41 AD V ANCED OPERA T ION This unit allo ws you to configure a multi -room audio and v ideo system. The Zone 2 feature enables you to set this unit to reproduce separate input sources in the ma in room and in Zone 2 (the second r oom) simultaneously . Y ou can also control this unit from the second room using the supplied Zone 2 remote contr ...
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42 ZONE 2 Use the supplied Zone 2 remo te control to control the input source or adjust the sound output le vel of Zone 2 independently of the listen ing conditions in the main room. 1 Press PO WER on the Zone 2 remote control (or ZONE 2 ON/OFF on th e front panel) to turn on Zone 2. 2 Press one of the input selector buttons on the ZONE 2 remote co ...
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REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES 43 AD V ANCED OPERA T ION ■ Controlling this unit The shaded areas belo w can be used to control this unit. ■ Contr olling other components The shaded areas belo w can be used to control other audio and video components made b y Y AMAHA and other manufacturers. Each b utton has a different function depending on the sele ...
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44 REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES In addition to controlling this unit, you can also control other audio and video co mponents made by Y AMAHA and other manufactu rers usin g the supplied remote control. T o control other components, you must set the appropriate remote control codes. *1 This button functi ons only wh en the orig inal remote c ontrol of th ...
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45 REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES AD V ANCED OPERA TION Y ou can control other co mponents by setting the appropriate remote control code s. C odes can be set up for each input source. For a comple te list of av ailable remote control codes, refer to “LIST OF REMOTE CONTROL CODES” at the end of this manual. The following table show th e default compon ...
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TROUBLESHOOTING 46 Refer to the ch art below if this unit does not function properly . If the problem y ou are experiencing is not listed below or if the instructions below do not help, set this unit to the standby mode, disconnect the power co rd, and contact the nearest authorized Y AMAHA dealer or service center . ■ General TROUBLESHOOTING Pro ...
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47 TROUBLESHOOTING ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION ■ T uner The sound is degraded w hen listening with the headphones connected to the CD player or the tape deck connected to this un it. The power of this unit is turned off, or this unit is set to the sta ndby mode. Turn on the power of thi s unit. 17 The sound level is low . The LOUDNESS contr ol is fun ...
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48 TROUBLESHOOTING ■ XM Satellite Ra dio ■ Remote contr ol Error message Cause Remedy CHECK ANTENNA The XM Connect-a nd-Play digi tal antenn a accessory is not connected, or does not work properly . Check the X M Connect-and-Pl ay digital antenna ac cessory connectio ns. UPDATING The XM user encr yption code i s being updat ed. W ait un til the ...
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SPECIFICATIONS 49 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION A U DIO SECTION • Minimum RMS Output Power (8 Ω , 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.019% THD) ................ 100 W + 1 00 W (6 Ω , 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.03% THD) .................. 1 20 W + 120 W • Dynamic Power (IHF) (8/6/4/2 Ω ) ............... ....................... ............... 140 /170/220/290 W • Ma x ...
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LIST OF REMO TE CONTROL CODES TV Admiral 292, 293 Aiwa 294, 276, 283, 284 Akai 295, 296 Alba 296 A OC 297 Bell&Ho well 292 Bestar 298 Blaupunkt 229, 222 Blue sky 298 Brandt 223 Brocsonic 297 Bush 296 Clatronic 298 Craig 224 Croslex 225 Curtis Mathis 297, 226 Daew o o 297 , 298, 224, 227, 228 Daytron 239 Dual 298 Dwin 293 Emerson 297, 224, 239, ...
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YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHO RPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90 620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE. , SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3 R1, CANADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RE LLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZA T BP70 CROISSY-BEAUB OURG 77312 ...
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