Great little package, December 31, 2009

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Y. Brown – See all my reviews

  

This unit was very easy to install although finding the IR receivers on the other components was challenging. I wish the remote had numbers on it. I understand making it simple but it makes for slow channel access. I found myself having to keep the digital cable box remote for speed and convenience. I love the internet radio access and the ipod dock is a definite add-on we were glad we purchased. The unit is small and well laid out. This is a good looking piece. Unfortunately we have the tv in a corner and the surround sound is okay but not great. I think if this was set out properly it would work quite well. I do recommend this to anyone looking for a universal remote and good quality amplifier.

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Fits certain needs, November 29, 2010

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J. Platner “Techy” (Boston) – See all my reviews

  

Pros:

+Small Form Factor

+Great sound

+Easy setup

+Wireless access

Cons:

-User Interface

-Limited remote with poor sensitivity

-Limited front panel controls

I chose this unit kinda knowing what I was getting into. Other reviews online are accurate and fair and all comparative receivers are much larger and more costly. It had a nice small form factor that included HDMI input processing. It also has great sound and relatively easy setup (about an hour out of the box). The sound is great and I only use the 2.1 (2 front speakers and a powered sub-woofer). The calibration mic works great for balancing your specific speakers orientation to the best performance. The wireless access is nice for firmware updates although I am unsure what exactly the last 3 updates did! Unfortunately the user interface is very basic and the remote is rather useless. You select your viewing input (TV, DVD, Console) on a simple graphic…

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This product is only okay., December 4, 2010

I was able to quickly set up the YMC-700 receiver with the other new equipment that I purchased at the same time: blu-ray dvd player, samsung hd-tv. I have been able to get most functions to work: Internet Radio, Pandora Radio, etc. To access Pandora and the Internet, this has worked quite well. There have been very few problems here – there have been occasional internet connections dropped. I use Netgear Powerline connectors throughout the house to provide ethernet connections throughout the house – the samsung tv and yamaha receiver are both connected to the internet this way. The Netgear Powerline connectors work great.

The problem I have is connecting to my netowrk to access my music library. I have done as yamaha stated – ensure the pc has microsoft media player 11 installed. I have had problems with this connection when the pc’s on my network were microsoft xp as well as now with new pc’s using microsoft 7. I can get the network connected at times by changing the…

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