Yamaha RX-V3800 Receiver - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

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Some Electrolytic capacitors are used as a Battery. A Super Cap. .47uF is the value rated at 5.5 volts DC I used to short the leads together on my Amp's Memory Battery & this would cause a memory reset and all would work well for a few months. Cant tell you where it would be located.

I got Yamaha RX-V3800 with intermittent power.Cause by capacitor C4 22nF 630V on the control power board.After replacing the capacitor, receiver again working OK!

Read up on the myths and legends of bi-wiring (BUY wiring) and redeploy those amps and extra speaker wire to Zone 2 where they'll actually serve an audible purpose.

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It's possible it is some sort of interference pickup, but another possible I've come across a number of times on Yamahas is poor earth connections via the back panel.

All the circuit boards have earth connections on them and the screws holding them to the back panel form an earth bonding connection. Tighten all the screws on the back to eliminate this possibility. Costs nothing to try and may just solve it.

Not sure what for but through the tape monitor jacks I think unless you have pre/main jacks. Why another preamp when the receiver already has one?

Check the ipod.It will have a setting called tv on, or output to tv.

It can be 737, but I'm not sure... //David

To get audio with this set up also hooked up analog audio RCA cables for the audio for each piece of equipment for 2 channel out put. Zone 2 will not out put a digital signal and this receiver will not down convert a audio signals to analog if using digital audio hook-ups.

I wouldn't hook anything up except what Yamaha recommends to the speaker output terminals. That's pretty much asking for trouble!

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I assume you were just entering manufacture codes. Some times this won't give you all the features you're looking for (like skipping tracks). Try going through the manual to assign buttons a particular function. It's a learning remote so it can learn from your other remotes by putting the two facing one another and going through the necessary button sequence laid out in the yamaha manual (page 104 in the RX-V1800 manual, it's in the advanced operation section)

CAUTION: All buttons are reprogrammable so make sure you have your source slider (on the right side of the remote) set to Source and not AMP or you'll overwrite the Amp functions and you'll have to reset the remote to factory settings and start over.

Let me see if I understand. You have one HDMI cable linking your TV and AVR? This is only to send video and sound out to your TV from the AVR you will not be able to send sound back over this same cable. You'll have to use the TVs audio out and connect it to an input of the AVR. The "HDMI out" on the AVR is just that Out and not In. For more questions I'd recommend checking out the RX-V3800 RX-V1800 thread over on AVSforum.com

You can find the remote control codes for different brands of devices from
http://www.hifi-remote.com/ofa/codes-tv.shtml#tv

If none of the codes work then we have two other solutions:

1. Searching For Your Code

If you have tried all of the set-up codes for your brand of equipment ,or your brand is not listed, and you are still not able to get the unit to respond, try the following procedure to search for your code.
If you don't find a code that works, the remote will flash four times when you reach the end of all the codes for this device type.

1. PRESS the button for the device you want to program, (TV, VCR, CABLE, etc.), then RELEASE.
2. PRESS and HOLD the SETUP button until the red LED flashes twice, then RELEASE.
3. ENTER 9-9-1 (two blinks on the remote)
4. ALTERNATE slowly between the POWER key and the DEVICE (TV, VCR, CABLE, etc.) button until your device turns off. (On VCR, LD, and CD players use PLAY instead of POWER)
   Make sure that the remote is pointed at your device during the search, You may have to press this sequences of buttons up to 100 times to search the entire library of codes.
5. When your device turns OFF, PRESS the SETUP button and RELEASE it to lock in the code for your device.

"Opening" ... Please explain what you mean.

WD-40 ... Very dangerous as it not only flammable when wet but is bad for electrical contacts as it leaves a residue behind that does not conduct electricity very well. Check speaker connections first.

Follow the procedure as given in following link. RX-V6A ' ENJOYING IN MULTIPLE ROOMS (ZONES) (yamaha.com)

Question edited for clarity, full make model (what it is)'. Question moved to Yamaha Audio. It may be sympathetic vibration and is coming from something nearby. Put it on a folded towel or sit in the floor to test it. https://www.google.com/search?q=YST-FSW050+bad+vibration ..

Being from 1985 or there abouts, it probably needs some TLC at a Yamaha service centre. May need new capacitors and resolder dry joints for age related issues.

Yes if it has a suitable speaker connection available and is nominally 8 ohms impedance Speaker and AV.

You must repair the amplifier first. Take it to an authorised Yamaha service centre.