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MusicCAST2 is Yamaha’s interactive music network system that provides easy access to your music library throughout your home. The Yamaha RX-V2065 network functions include the compatibility with MusicCAST2 MCX-RC100 Commander to control your receiver via Wi-Fi from anywhere in your home.

Listen Via USB
If you have music stored on USB sticks or USB portable audio players, you can plug them into the USB port and select and enjoy them via the remote control. This is also an easy way for friends to share their music with you.

Enjoy Internet Radio
A major benefit of Internet Radio is that it lets you hear all types of music from around the world. By connecting the RX-V2065 to the internet, you can browse a list of more than 2,000 Internet Radio stations, plus a list of podcasts. Just select a station with the remote unit and start enjoying the wide variety of Internet Radio choices.

• Bookmarks: Select your bookmarks directly from a list.
• Locations: Select Internet Radio stations and podcasts according to their locations (countries).
• Genres: Select Internet Radio stations and podcasts by music genre.
• New Stations: Select Internet Radio stations from stations that have recently begun to broadcast.
• Popular Stations: Select Internet Radio stations from the most popular stations.
• Podcasts: Select podcasts by location (country) or genre.

Streaming Service with Rhapsody
The RX-V2065 includes the advanced feature of access to Streaming Service with Rhapsody. Rhapsody is a digital music service that lets you listen to whatever you want, wherever you are — without paying per track. And Rhapsody membership plans start at less than the cost of a CD a month, so you can listen to as much music as you want without limits.

Use your PC or Mac as a Music Server
Why listen to your playlists through desktop speakers or a MP3 player when you can enjoy them with much better quality from your home audio system? Connect the RX-V2065 to your home network and browse and play music files stored on your PC or Mac. This receiver is compatible with WAV, MP3, WMA, AAC, and FLAC files.

Versatile Zone Control

Assignable Amplifiers for Multi-zone control (Zone 2 and Zone 3)
Users can enjoy sound in three rooms, thanks to a variety of handy Zone Control features. Intelligent Power Amplifier Assignability means the power amp channels can be assigned in two ways: five for the Main Zone and two for Zone 2 (for 5.1-channel sound in the main room), and three for the Main Zone and two each for Zones 2 and 3 (for music in all three rooms without the need for extra amps or receivers). The RX-V2065 also provides front panel selection of zone power on/off, volume and input source, and zone 2/3 tone and L/R balance control for ceiling or wall-mounted speakers. The supplied simplified remote can be assigned as a zone remote for easy operation.

RS-232C Interface
The RX-V2065 also includes and RS-232C interface that you can use to control your player with a touch-screen panel or use a computer for custom configurations. This receiver also includes remote input/output and dual programmable +12V trigger outputs.

Advanced Features

New GUI with On-Screen Display with Album Art
The on-screen GUI (Graphical User Interface) makes operating the RXV2065 extremely easy. Each menu item has an icon in addition to the title, for easier identification, and album art will be displayed. Using the cursor on the remote, it is easy to make various selections, such as Setup, which then leads to other options, such as video adjustments. Each can be quickly selected and adjusted, and other operations, such as the Play control for all sources are also fast. After getting the feel of the remote, everyone will find this GUI a pleasure to use.

YPAO Sound Optimization for Automatic Speaker Setup
This automatic sound optimization system analyzes the acoustics of the room and measures seven speaker characteristics, then calibrates various audio parameters to achieve the optimum sound at the listening position. The process takes only a few minutes and is accomplished using the included room optimization microphone.

New SCENE Buttons (BD/DVD, TV, CD, and Radio): Quick and Simple to Use
The RX-V2065 has a new SCENE function that allows you to change input sources and sound field programs with one button. Four scenes are available for different usages, such as playing movies or music.

SCENE Linkage
You can operate an external component with the receiver remote control by setting a remote code for the external component for each input source. Setting remote codes for desired input sources allows you to switch between external components linked to SCENE selections.

Expanded Radio Enjoyment

HD Radio Tuner Built In
HD Radio offers crystal-clear sound via existing AM/FM bands. It also provides program data and the ability to tune to multiple programs at the same dial position. The RX-V2065 will display HD Radio information on the front panel and on the TV screen.

XM Satellite Radio Ready
This product is XM SATELLITE RADIO (XM Ready), allowing you to hear over 150 digital channels of music, news, sports, talk and entertainment from America’s number one Satellite Radio service. With the addition of the optional digital antenna XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock and the XM Mini-Tuner accessories sold separately, just subscribe to XM SATELLITE RADIO and hear radio as it was meant to be!

SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ready
A Sirius-Ready audio system lets you access your favorite SIRIUS Satellite Radio entertainment, including 100% commercial-free music, plus sports, uncensored talk, comedy, exclusive entertainment, world-class news and more, directly through your audio system with the use of an optional SIRIUS ConnectT Home Tuner kit. This product has a simple connector that allows you to plug the SIRIUS ConnectT kit and use the controls of this system to access all the content you want. Subscription and SIRIUS ConnectT Home Tuner (SC-H1) are required and sold separately.

High Quality Sound

HD Audio Format Decoding
The new Yamaha RX-V2065 Receiver delivers the rich, dynamic surround sound that Blu-ray Disc players can output by decoding the two HD lossless audio formats: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Digital ToP-ART and High Current Amplification
Digital ToP-ART is a comprehensive design philosophy that strategically utilizes high quality parts, circuit designs and technologies to most effectively maximize sound quality. The interior layout isolates the digital, analog and video sections to eliminate interference and shorten signal routes. High Current Amplification optimizes performance by achieving high current power with low impedance. The RX-V2065 also offers discrete amplification circuitry.

High Picture Quality

1080p-Compatible HDMI (5 In/2 Out [simultaneous])
This new receiver provides HDMI (5 in/2 out [simultaneous]), with support for 1080p resolution. Customers can connect multiple HDMI sources and enjoy the highest possible video quality when using a 1080p monitor. The RX-V2065 is also capable of repeating 1080p/24fps signals from HDMI input to output, maintaining the high image quality from Blu-ray Disc players and HDTV Set Top Boxes.

HDMI Digital Signal Upscaling and Deinterlacing
This is a function that upscales analog composite and component 480i or 480p signals to 1080i/720p HD signals or even 1080p Full HD signals so they can be output digitally with an HDMI cable and viewed at highest quality on high-definition displays. In addition, the analog video signals are deinterlaced from 480i to 480p and are output over an HDMI cable.

Convert to Higher Quality HDMI
Video Upconversion converts signals from composite and component terminals to higher quality HDMI, as shown to the right. This ensures the highest possible picture quality from the RX-V2065 to a monitor or TV via a single cable. It also performs down conversion among component and composite signals.

CINEMA DSP 3D
This is an upgraded version of CINEMA DSP that uses the two presence speakers in the 7-channel configuration to give the sound field an enhanced vertical dimension. hi-fi DSP programs sound more natural, closer to the feeling of being in a concert hall with a high ceiling or a club where the sound seems to bounce up from the floor. CINEMA DSP programs have a greater feeling of height that gives sounds coming from above, such as a helicopter, more precise localization.

Enhanced Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control)
Yamaha’s Adaptive DRC technology automatically adjusts the dynamic range of the sound according to the volume that is selected. Adaptive DRC refines the dynamic range parameters to make low volume sounds easier to hear (narrower dynamic range) while retaining the massiveness felt during high volume (wider dynamic range). And because our ears lose sensitivity to low and high sounds as volume decreases, it continually adjusts these frequency ranges according to the volume and to the input signal level.

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