Using the Yamaha YSP 2200 Soundbar

[Trahern]

I'm trying to connect my new Yamaha YSP 2200 Soundbar to my Yamaha RX-A3010 Receiver. I tried last night and after a couple of hours gave up.

I have now found the following answer on the Yamaha support page:

"The recommended connection from your Yamaha AV receiver to your YSP Projector speaker would be the Optical out from the receiver's Optical out to the TV/STB Optical input on the YSP and the analog out from the receiver's analog output to the YSP TV/STB analog input. Then all Digital/Analog sources chosen on the receiver will be sent out to the YSP."

I have identified the inputs on the soundbar but I'm not sure what audio and optical outs I'm supposed to use on the receiver.

I'd be grateful for any ideas.

Thanks

 

[f1only]

Rather confusing. The sound bar has its own amplifier so you would not generally use it in conjunction with an A/V receiver.

The only Optical Out i can see on the receiver is the one marked up as A/V Out Zone 4, once connected you would have to go in to the amps menu system & send all Audio Out through the Zone 4 optical connection, i think you will find though in doing this you will lose the HD audio, I believe Optical Out does not support it.

Regards....

 

[Leeps]

I'd be inclined to trade in the YSP-2200 smartish for something useful like a decent centre speaker. What speakers do you have with the Yamaha RX-A3010 receiver?

Sounds like you may have been mis-sold a product that's of no use to you.

 

[Trahern]

Thanks for the replies. The soundbar is a stop gap measure while we are in rented accomodation for a year (I'm not inclined to start drilling holes to mount speakers etc). I was just hoping to use the bar with the receiver as the picture quality is better sent through the amp. So I will make do or perhaps telephone Yamaha.

I have now spoken to Yamaha and although possible to use the receiver and soundbar together you effectively have to run them as 2 systems, one for sound and the other for video but you will not get HD sound. So it was always a compromise and it will do for the moment. It's certainly a massive improvement on what we had.