20 Most Recent Yamaha RX-V361 Home Theater Receiver Questions & Answers

There should be a button on the front that says omething like multi-channel in. Press this to turn off the multi channel function.

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Are you using any kind of Decoder or Set Top box to receive your TV signal?If so you can connect the RCA OUTPUT from your cable or satellite decoder, to the Yamaha inputs. See the picture I have attached for you.Then when you want to hear the sound from there, select DTV /CBL input on your remote control of the Yamaha receiver.Or you can locate the SOUND or AV OUTPUT (Red and white RCA connection) at the back of you TV, and connect the cables from there to your Yamaha receiver.

There is a front component video/audio jack set on the VSX820. The other audio inputs are on the back. The digital audio inputs are closest to the HDMI ports and the analog audio ports are just to the right of the digital audio jacks. (Video In/Out plugs are further to the right.) Pioneer has the manual for the VSX820 on the product site: . The direct link to the manual is http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/Home/VSX-820_OperatingInstructions031011.pdf . See page 19 for a picture of the audio jacks. I hope this helps. Cindy Wells

Get the manual. The source plays a huge part, too.

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Do as it asks.

Generally speaking, an amp attempts to protect itself from heat, shorts, overloads and operator exuberance by refusing to turn on or stay on.

Overloads can be from excessive periods of high output or marginally low impedance loading by the speakers; and shorts would be wiring issues or a speaker blowing up.

You should be able to feel if it's hot. WHY is it overheating? Make sure it has sufficient ventilation on all sides and that vent holes are not blocked by dust balls. Ensure the fan (if equipped) is running as designed (some only operate on demand). Clean dust and debris from it.

If the amp comes back on after cooling, you're lucky. They only have so many self-protection cycles in their lives so continuously resetting or cycling their power without addressing the cause can do more harm than good.

If it protects immediately on a cool power up you should disconnect the speaker connections and try it 'naked'. If it comes up then diagnose which lead(s) are shorted. If it does not come up the problem is internal and should be left to an experienced and competent hands-on tech.

Check for loose speaker connections at the speaker as a root cause for intermittent shutdown.

Tuner is internal so there's no way wrong 'wiring' could be the problem there.

Does the tuner actually 'tune' a station?

If you're using V-Aux on the front panel for your MP3 player, make sure you haven't assigned V-Aux to a digital function. Page 48.

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Hello,

First, test the non working channel with another speaker, crosscheck your speaker wires, and your connections to the amplifier. Make sure the left and right wire/cord entering into the input of the amplifier are good. A bad RCA can cause one side of a speaker to work.

Also, test the receiver with another CD, there are some Audio CD's that brings out only on channel output, either left or right.

If above are intact and problem is not still solved, then it might be the fuse on the channel of the amplifier.There is a fuse on each channel. Get a screw driver, disassemble the unit, and check the fuse on the channel.

If the fuse is intact, then it means a capacitor or diode may have become defective. Use a meter to detect the bad component on the non working channel, this will reveal the problem.

If you have any more questions, please let me know.

Good luck.

Inspect your wiring first if the connection is done right(or reversed, some units are polarised due to internal crossover circuits or coils and capacitors).Try a working speaker(put volume to minimum) to check if sound is coming out of the amps,if there is- check internal wires going to the speaker, if you have an analog multitester,check the resistance of the speaker terminals,if it indicates 8 ohms the speaker coils are not open but it might be burned or if no resistance or the meter needle doesn't move-replace the bass speaker.

I also have a Sony CD player (CDP-XE330) and I have tried almost every code from the yamaha manual, but without success.
The only codes that yamaha remote supports, are the codes from the list in the yamaha manual. If none works, you are out of luck and the only solution is using the original sony remote (if you have one) or universal remote.

I have recently purchased Logitech Harmony 525 on eBay and now I control all my 7 devices with it without any issues. It is programmed via USB and Logitech has codes for almost 250.000 devices.