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this unit was cool to get but it took me three days to get the thing working right and dont look at the manual it tells you nothing for what it has in store for you.Frist you need to know about A2DP bluetooth transfer. if you dont you better get to know your internet. AND IF YOU HAVE VISTA FOR GET ABOUT IT.there are site you can get to show you how to get this to work. and Vista dont support A2DP you would have to find the site and go through the whole prosses to get it working.good luck but well worth it
The audio has a broader frequency responce than I would have expected, but the high pitched whistle makes the bluetooth unit unusable. I have tried moving the BT receiver unit to various locations within the reach of the cable, but the whistle persists.
It worked fine for a couple of weeks, then it developed a high pitched "whistle", almost a ringing distortion, which I have to assume is some form of interference in the bluetooth reception. I have had this unit for about a month.
The BT receiver for this unit, pictured, sits between the stack and the TV. My Yamaha AV receiver (love the receiver).
is in a stack with other equipment, and that stack is next to my 46 inch HD tv. The computer (I-mac, bluetooth built in) is no more than 8 feet away from the receiver, and there is nothing between them but open air.
I will instead have to use an Apple Airport, which uses a much "heavier duty" signal, wi fi, and costs twice as much.
I can stream out my music from my PC using I tunes, the remote control can control the I tunes functions such us fwrd, stop, rew and so. I was looking for this kind of solution for quiet a long time. Of course, first what should be first; I bought a Yamaha receiver, the 663, due to they had this kind of solution, and recently I purchased this Wireless receiver and it is great. The coverage is OK for Bluetooth, you should have the PC at the same room that the YBA-10WH, otherwise you will hear with distortion. The set up is very easy and quick, do not hesitate, if you are experiencing some problems connecting and unplugging your PC from the Home Theatre receiver, buy this.
I would recommend it but would caution those people who are "computer illiterate" beyond using the internet or word processor.Trouble shooting note - if you have music coming out of the lap top, always try re-pairing. I LOVE not using any wires and am thoroughly pleased with the sound quality (no loss from what I can tell).
However, on subsequent uses I have had to re-pair or tinker with the device to get it to work. I'm not 100% it is the device's fault every time but sometimes it would "Connect" without the blue light of the YBA lit up and the music would still come out of my lap top.
The ultimate deciding factor for me to go with a Yamaha receiver (RX-V465) was the ability to wirelessly sync my laptop and receiver together with their YBA-10 bluetooth device.Initially I was able to easily pair my lap top and the YBA-10 without any problem. Ultimately, its takes a couple of minutes to tinker around but I get it to work each time I want to use it.
Other times I would have no music coming out of my lap top and the light would be lit up for the YBA-10 but no music out of the receiver's speakers. On the lap top, I would right click the icon for the YBA-10 and open up the "status" window and see that my information would be sent but alas, no music.
Well worth the price. The process is tedious but only takes a couple minutes.
The phone and adapter would pair no problem, but I couldn't get any audio out of the receiver. The Yamaha receivers only have 1 dock port, so I'm out of luck.I knocked another half-star off because I couldn't get my cell phone to work with it.
I'm using an iPod Touch with the Sony Bluetooth adapter. I needed the manual for the receiver to pair the devices, but after that it works like a champ.
I hooked this up to my Yamaha RX-V663, no problem setup. When friends bring over their iPods and we want to listen to their music on my stereo, we have to fool around with the bluetooth adapter.
I knocked one-half star off my review because they should let you use this as a wired iPod dock as well. From the looks of this device, I suspect they just modified the Yamaha iPod dock and soldered a Bluetooth adapter on it.
I wanted to be able to plug a mic into the receiver and use it as a handsfree for phone calls. Maybe I am doing something wrong, but I couldn't get it to work, so I'm knocking off another half star.Overall this is a good device.
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