do nad stereo amps work with av receivers ??

[Anonymous]

the_lhc:maxflinn:the_lhc:
maxflinn:front left and right pre outs on the yam

Good.

bluray player to cd in on the nad

Why? Do you use it for CD playback?

yes , its not an issue , i set the yam to output stereo and the nad kicks in , the yam does nothing ..

Yes but how is the blu-ray player connected to the AV amp?
via hdmi to yamaha , via phono cables to nad ..

 

[kevinJ]

Like I said: the NAD volume all the way up. Thats the only way the yamaha's signal will get to the amp without being to weak. (it's like connecting two pre-amps to eachother, and then going to the poweramp. Never works)

 

[Anonymous]

And just to be sure, you have selected the AUX input on the NADs front
panel ?

just got it to autotune , had the nads volume set to 12 oclock , it worked

, just checked and cds are playing fine through the nad , although i had to select cd on the nad , from aux , to get the full whammy sound , going to try a bluray now , everything crossed

 

[matthewpiano]

Good news.

With the NAD set to aux you will hear your CD playing but the signal is passing through the Yamaha first. Switching the NAD to 'CD' means you are using your direct connection between the blu-ray and the NAD so the sound will be better.

Now, when you watch films make sure the NAD is set to 12 o'clock and control the volume using the Yamaha. Just don't forget to turn it back down when you switch to CD listening.

 

[Anonymous]

nope ,the bluray sound is there ok , but its coming through the nad ? the yam is now doing nothing ..

 

[Dave_]

That's as it should be!

When listening to music select the input that you're BDP is connected to on the NAD (CD in your case).

When you're watching movies select the input that the Yamaha is connected to (Aux in your case) and set the volume on the NAD to the same level as you used when you ran calibration on the Yamaha...

 

[matthewpiano]

Have you inadvertently changed the sound setting on the Yamaha? Or have you been playing with the sound output settings on the BDP-S363?

Actually, if the calibration has worked you know that your connections between the Yamaha, NAD and all the speakers are correct. A process of elimination confirms that you have either changed the output settings on the Blu-Ray player at some point (maybe mixing down to stereo?) or you have the wrong setting on the Yamaha.

You are getting closer Max!

 

[The_Lhc]

maxflinn:nope ,the bluray sound is there ok , but its coming through the nad ? the yam is now doing nothing ..

Are you playing a CD or a blu-ray? If you want to watch a blu-ray, set the AV amp to whatever input the BDP is connected to, the NAD to Aux and that should be it, unless you've told the BDP to downmix ALL audio to stereo and to use the analogue outputs instead of the HDMI output.

 

[Anonymous]

daveh75:
That's as it should be!

When listening to music select the input that you're BDP is connected to on the NAD (CD in your case) When you're watching movies select the input that the Yamaha is connected to (Aux in your case) and set the volume on the NAD to the same level as you used when ran calibration on the Yamaha...

hmmm , getting closer now , but the volume is strangely muted , i wonder if i should run the auto calibration again with the nads volume at full whack ? then set it to 12pm for watching movies ?

 

[matthewpiano]

If the volume is muted, simply turn the Yamaha up. No need to touch the NAD.

 

[Dave_]

NO, i wouldn't do that!

The volume you set on the NAD when watching movies,needs to be the same volume that you run the calibration at.

And secondly if you ever forget that you've got the volume set at full whack when switching from movies to CD,you risk damaging your speakers!!!

If it's to quiet when watching movies, then turn the volume up on the yamaha

 

[Anonymous]

theres hardly anything from the sats , faint noise , more of a hiss ..

 

[matthewpiano]

maxflinn:theres hardly anything from the sats , faint noise , more of a hiss ..

The NAD has nothing to do with those at all.

What you will find is that the rear channels rarely make a lot of sound - in many cases they simply provide the atmospheric sounds.

If you prefer more from your rears you will need to go into the Yamaha's settings and increase the level of the rears manually.

 

[kevinJ]

To make it all clear.

For dvd and Blu-ray, power on the yamaha and nad. Turn the nad's volume up completely and let the yamaha's calibration run.
Once that's done, you'll always have to turn the nad volume up completely when watching dvds or blu-rays. When watching a movie, use the yamaha's volumecontrole to adjust volume.
The nad is ment to be used like a poweramp, and that can only be done if the nad's pre-amp is bypassed by turning the volumecontrole up completely.

When you want to listen to cds, leave the yamaha off and just switch on the nad, choose cd-input and listen to your music.

Just remember: ALWAYS turn down the nad's volumecontrole when you stop watching, en check its position before you turn on the nad.

 

[matthewpiano]

Have you checked the output settings on your blu-ray player? Is the Yamaha showing a full 5.1 signal in its display?

 

[The_Lhc]

maxflinn:theres hardly anything from the sats , faint noise , more of a hiss ..

It sounds very much like you're sending all the audio from the Blu-ray player down the analogue connections to the NAD. Does the volume control on the Yamaha make any difference to the volume now?

 

[kevinJ]

If you want to check if the satellites work fine, put on a cd and have your yamaha make "all channel stereo" from the signal (amps set for watching dvd/bl)

 

[Anonymous]

everything seems fine on the bluray player , as far as i know , the yam doesnt show dts ma , dolby true hd or anything , just hdmi1 or avi , whatever you have selected , ill have a look in the yams menu later , im nearly there anyways , thanks very much guys , much appreciated

ive got to go out now , ill post my end results later , thanks again everyone

 

[The_Lhc]

maxflinn:everything seems fine on the bluray player , as far as i know , the yam doesnt show dts ma , dolby true hd or anything , just hdmi1 or avi , whatever you have selected

So you haven't got the Yamaha doing the HD audio decoding then? You've set the BDP to do it instead then?

ill have a look in the yams menu later , im nearly there anyways , thanks very much guys , much appreciated

ive got to go out now , ill post my end results later , thanks again everyone

GAAAAAAAHHH! You can't leave us hanging like that! We wants to know!

 

[kevinJ]

Check in the sony bdp s363's audiomenu if "bd audio mix" is turned off and "audio drc" is set to broadband (auto is not good)

 

[Anonymous]

the_lhc:
maxflinn:everything seems fine on the bluray player , as far as i know , the yam doesnt show dts ma , dolby true hd or anything , just hdmi1 or avi , whatever you have selected

So you haven't got the Yamaha doing the HD audio decoding then? You've set the BDP to do it instead then?

ill have a look in the yams menu later , im nearly there anyways , thanks very much guys , much appreciated

ive got to go out now , ill post my end results later , thanks again everyone

GAAAAAAAHHH! You can't leave us hanging like that! We wants to know!

im not sure i know how to set the yam to do it ..

heres my sonys audio settings

audio output priority ........ hdmi

audio(hdmi).................auto

bd audio setting...........direct

audio att...................off

dolby digital..........dolby digital

dts................dts

48khz/96khz pcm...............96khz

audio drc.................widerange...

downmix..............normal..

cheers ..

 

[The_Lhc]

maxflinn:the_lhc:maxflinn:everything seems fine on the bluray player , as far as i know , the yam doesnt show dts ma , dolby true hd or anything , just hdmi1 or avi , whatever you have selected
So you haven't got the Yamaha doing the HD audio decoding then? You've set the BDP to do it instead then?

im not sure i know how to set the yam to do it ..

You don't, you tell the Sony NOT to do it and then the Yamaha does it automatically.

 

[Anonymous]

yes thats how i understood it , so going by my settings , would you assume the sony is or isnt decoding ? i thought not ..

 

[The_Lhc]

maxflinn:yes thats how i understood it , so going by my settings , would you assume the sony is or isnt decoding ? i thought not ..

Errr, dunno to be honest, I'm using multi-channel analogue outputs on my 760, so I can't remember what the setting is supposed to be for HDMI!

I'm sure someone will be along in a minute to let you know though...

 

[matthewpiano]

Apart from setting Downmix to Normal rather than Dolby Surround, your settings on the BDP-S363 look correct (I've just been back through the settings options on my own BDP-S363 to check).