“What does this receiver not have that other receivers may have?”
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Let me correct my first reply to confirm this amp DOES have the auto-pwr feature - yay! When the cable or TV's HDMI go live, the amp can be set to come on and auto-set itself to that HDMI input (but its audio takes several seconds to start). I'm noticing the audio swing back-forth between loud and quiet, such as when a movie goes between loud action scenes and whispering dialogues, seems to leave the quiet passages hard to hear. Today I'm doing the microphone tuning for speakers, hoping might help. The other Sony amp seemed to handle the "quiet" audio much better, but, could also have been the media source was simply mixed better when I was using the Sony. Will see.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I've just got mine and suspect this Yamaha unit will not allow any "auto-power-on" sensing, i.e., to have amp power-up when one of the HDMI's are activated by the other components' remotes. Of course, this is a first world problem, and people will say use the amp's remote #duh#, or they'll suggest buying a universal remote; both suggestions are fine for die-hard geeks and overlook the quality of convenience I was hoping to offer other users in my family/guests. Since I got this Yamaha unit to replace a Sony amp which allowed me to configure for auto-powering whenever the TV/cable are activated, I'll be scrutinizing the set-up the next couple of days... hoping I'm wrong about this Yamaha!
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