Yamaha RXV477BL 5.1-Channel AV Receiver, 115W Per Channel, Airplay, HDMI/USB, AM/FM Tuner

The Yamaha RXV477BL 5.1-Channel AV Receiver provides surprising sound performance. The RXV477BL features the great sound of a discrete amplifier circuit, the same design as found in much more expensive components. It is the perfect control centers for a home entertainment network. Its network functions include support for FLAC 96/24 (high quality lossless format), compatibility with Windows 7 and DLNA 1.5 (for finding and playing digital sources) and WebBrowser Control from a PC or PDA.

AirPlay
AirPlay provides the convenience of wireless music playback of your iTunes from iPod/iPhone/iPad and Mac/PC.

DLNA Certified
DLNA certification ensures a device has been tested and proven compatible with various CE, PC and mobile devices designed according to the DLNA Interoperability Guidelines. Products certified by DLNA will bear a logo that will give consumers peace of mind that the device they are purchasing has undergone rigorous testing and conforms to the Interoperability Guidelines.

Pandora
Pandora is the effortless and endless source of personalized music enjoyment and discovery. Personalized stations launch instantly with the simple input of a favorite artist, song or genre and Yamaha takes it from there to provide the soundtrack for that moment.

Spotify
With the Spotify app on your Smartphone, you've got instant access to millions of songs. And now you can stream those songs to your Yamaha system by using Connect by Spotify. Just hit play to start streaming music. What's more, when you've been listening on your Smartphone outside and come inside, the song immediately streams to your AVR like magic, you enjoy uninterrupted music. You can also personalize playlists and receive phone calls while listening to music.

HTC Connect
HTC Connect makes it easy to wirelessly stream your favorite music straight from your HTC phone to your Yamaha AV receiver. There's no need for a separate app; HTC Connect is built right into your HTC smart phone and works within the HTC music player or with any other music applications including internet streaming services.

Dolby TrueHD
Dolby TrueHD is Dolby's next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. Dolby TrueHD delivers tantalizing sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, unlocking the true high-definition entertainment experience on next-generation discs. When coupled with high-definition video, Dolby TrueHD offers an unprecedented home theater experience that lets you enjoy sound as stunning as the high-definition picture.

DTS-HD
DTS-HD featured products have the ability to decode all streams required for DTS-HD Master Audio and may have limitations in channel output and/or sampling frequency or may utilize unique post processing.

HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first and only industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. With the ability to deliver crystal-clear, all-digital audio and video via a single cable, HDMI dramatically simplifies cabling and helps provide consumers with the highest-quality home theater experience. HDMI can provide an interface between most audio/video sources, such as a set-top box, Blu-ray Disc player, DVD player or AV receiver and a video monitor, such as a high-definition television (HDTV), over a single cable. Depending on the model of product, HDMI can support standard, enhanced or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It can support all currently-available compressed audio formats (such as Dolby Digital and DTS) and most newer HDMI devices can support lossless digital audio formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio

Made for iPod and iPhone
Look for the "Made for iPod and iPhone" logo to find electronic accessories designed to connect specifically to an iPod or iPhone and certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards.

4K Ultra HD Pass-through
4K Ultra HD pass-through receives super high definition resolution video and passes it to a 4K compatible monitor. This ensures compatibility with the latest super high resolution video formats.

CINEMA DSP 3D Mode
The actually measured sound field data contains the information of the height of the sound images. CINEMA DSP 3D mode achieves reproduction of the accurate height of the sound images so that it creates the accurate and intensive stereoscopic sound fields in a listening room.

Virtual Presence Speaker
Virtual Presence Speaker mode provides the 3D sound without Front Presence speakers. The best way to enjoy 3D movies at home is with sound from a Yamaha AV receiver equipped with CINEMA DSP 3D.

Silent Cinema
SILENT CINEMA makes it possible to hear large-scale surround sound through ordinary headphones! This is a variation of CINEMA DSP technology that Yamaha developed to let you listen in private to movies and other multi-channel sources for hours without listening fatigue.

Compressed Music Enhancer
Yamaha employs sophisticated digital signal processing with exclusive algorithms to enable playback that improves the performance of compressed music formats, including MP3 and WMA. With the Compressed Music Enhancer, highs and especially lows are richer and smoother, bringing music back to life to be as close to the original as possible.

Scene A New Level of Operating Ease
With the press of a single button, anyone in the home can enjoy the performance of a Yamaha AV receiver. SCENE buttons found on the front panel, the middle of the remote control and on the AV Controller App are the key to simple receiver operation. For example, pressing the TV SCENE button will turn on the receiver, switch to the TV input and recall your selected DSP surround mode. One button is all it takes. While the receiver is preset with typical listening SCENEs, it is simple to customize a SCENE button for one touch recall of your favorite listening settings.

YPAO Automatic System Calibration
Yamaha's YPAO system uses a small microphone and sophisticated equalization to automatically set the best sound for any room, no matter where the speakers are. First, it checks the speaker connections and phase of each speaker. Then it sends out tones which are captured by the microphone to analyze the room acoustics and sets a variety of parameters, such as the speaker size, the distance of the speakers and even the sound pressure level, etc. Until it achieves the best sound conditions for your room and you don't have to do anything.

ECO Mode
ECO mode reduces power consumption by about 20 percent. It can be set easily from the top of the GUI/OSD menu.