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Yamaha RX-A860 - Not working?
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Post 1 made on Wednesday October 26, 2016 at 06:50
Ryan0751
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I just upgraded my old Denon receiver to a Yamaha RX-A860.

Complete Control did a self update, and I was excited to see the IR codes in there for the RX-860... however, they don't seem to work.

The Yamaha remote says RAV540 on it.

Certainly, I can go through and learn the IR codes, but I need discrete power on/off and other codes.

Any suggestions?

I can also try some of the older receiver IR codes and see if those work, very tedious.

Is there a different RX-A860 model or something?
Post 2 made on Wednesday October 26, 2016 at 15:27
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RX-A860 codes always worked for me. What seems to be the problem?
OP | Post 3 made on Thursday October 27, 2016 at 06:10
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Hmm, oh really?

I added 3 devices in CC: Yamaha Main, Yamaha Net, Yamaha Tuner.

In the Program-> IR Data tab, I set each of those devices to:

IR Data From : Audio
Brand: Yamaha
Model: RX-A860 (Main | Net | Tuner)

The "main" comes up as Setup Number 1567 for example. I saved all, downloaded to the remote.

But when I tested out the codes... nothing. I can't turn on or off the receive, set mute or adjust volume.

I did look at the device and punch through isn't set for the Yamaha devices.

To clarify, this is the 2016 RX-A860?
OP | Post 4 made on Thursday October 27, 2016 at 07:00
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Ok now this is interesting... I just went and created and entirely new remote control configuration, and just added in the Yamaha devices fresh.

They work fine!

So I need to figure out what is wrong with my old configuration, or maybe just scrap it and start over.

I had replaced my Denon receiver, so there was a lot of things that got kind of screwed up with that config.
Post 5 made on Thursday October 27, 2016 at 12:15
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Throw a dropbox link or something of the file up here
OP | Post 6 made on Friday October 28, 2016 at 19:54
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Ok I made some progress. I set up my remote all again from scratch (which is fine, it needed a clean-up).

The RX-A860 was still not working! I traced the problem to what seems to be the RF and IR emitter.

If I set the remote to output IR, it works fine!

If I just try to use RF and the MRF-350, it's not working. I can see the IR emitter blinking when I try to change the settings for the Yamaha, but the Yamaha isn't responding.

Any idea how to debug that? I have the IR emitter stuck on right where the manual says the IR receiver is located. I even tried to pull it off and sort of aim it at different parts of the receiver... no dice!

Frustrating!
Post 7 made on Friday October 28, 2016 at 20:36
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Have adjusted the output of the IR on the 350?
"Quality isn't expensive, it's Priceless!"
OP | Post 8 made on Friday October 28, 2016 at 20:44
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Good Point! I forget there are even adjustments on there!
OP | Post 9 made on Saturday October 29, 2016 at 06:06
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Ok that doesn't seem to be working either. I tried the entire range for the port and it doesn't seem to help.

This is very frustrating!
Post 10 made on Saturday October 29, 2016 at 07:16
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First, use a flashlight to see where the eye actually is on the reveiver.

Better though, is to use the 3.5mm IR input jack on the rear of the yamaha . You can use the cable that came with the mrf350 (use the other cable it came with for the antenna and use the molex plug on either the mrf or antenna).
Post 11 made on Saturday October 29, 2016 at 07:17
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Also, if you purchased an old mrf350, they had a run of bad emitters . If you don't see light flashing through the back side of the emitter, then its a dud.
OP | Post 12 made on Saturday October 29, 2016 at 07:30
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Great thanks!

Success!

I ended up unsticking the IR emitter and pointing it at different places on the receiver, nothing. I cranked up the output of the port, and it worked!

I ended up finding a place to stick the emitter that works that's maybe 1/4" from where I had it before.

I probably should use the direct IR input line.
Post 13 made on Saturday October 29, 2016 at 08:07
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On October 29, 2016 at 07:30, Ryan0751 said...
Great thanks!

Success!

I ended up unsticking the IR emitter and pointing it at different places on the receiver, nothing. I cranked up the output of the port, and it worked!

I ended up finding a place to stick the emitter that works that's maybe 1/4" from where I had it before.

I probably should use the direct IR input line.

Direct is cleaner but emitter should work fine . Always aim a flashlight at your gear to find the ir window. You will be able to see exactly where to stick your emitters


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