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YSP-5100

Yamaha's latest Digital Sound Projector™ features many new great features like HD Audio decoding, 1080p-compatible HDMI (4 in/1 out), IntelliBeam, numerous listening modes, UniVolume™, AirWired™ technology for iPod/iPhone and subwoofer.

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Includes 40 beam drivers, two woofers and two tweeters with digital amplifiers (120W total power: 2W x 40 + 20W x 2)
HD Audio format signal capability
1080p-compatible HDMI (4 in/ 1 out) with Deep Colour, X.V Colour, Auto Lip-Sync and CEC functionality
IntelliBeam Automated System Calibration
Versatile listening modes: 5 BeamPlus2, Stereo + 3 BeamPlus2, 5 Beam, Stereo + 3 Beam, 3 Beam and Stereo.
Analogue video to HDMI digital video upconversion
11 CINEMA DSP programmes: Three Movie, three Music and five Entertainment
UniVolume
AirWired technology for wireless operation
Adaptive DRC, Music Enhancer and Bass Extension
Custom installation with IR in, IR pass through out, Extended IR and RS-232C interface
Dimensions (W x H x D): 1,200 x 212 x 90 mm

Features

Full Enjoyment of 7.1-Channel HD Audio

These two Digital Sound Projectors ensure that you hear the best possible 7.1-channel surround sound from Blu-ray Disc players, as well as from all other digital sources. They are capable of decoding the two lossless HD Audio formats (Dolby TrueHD and DT...

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Technology

Dolby TrueHD

Dolby TrueHD is an advanced lossless audio technology developed for high-definition disc-based media including Blu-ray Disc. Selected as an optional audio standard for Blu-ray Disc, this technology delivers sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, offering a high-definition home theater experience. Supporting bitrates up to 18.0 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD can carry up to 8 discrete channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio simultaneously. Dolby TrueHD also remains fully compatible with the existing multichannel audio systems and retains the metadata capability of Dolby Digital, allowing dialog normalization and dynamic range control.
Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

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DTS HD Master Audio

DTS-HD Master Audio is an advanced lossless audio technology developed for high-definition disc-based media including Blu-ray Disc. Selected as an optional audio standard for Blu-ray Disc, this technology delivers sound that is bit-for-bit identical to the studio master, offering a high-definition home theater experience. Supporting bitrates up to 24.5 Mbps for Blu-ray Disc, DTS-HD Master Audio can carry up to 7.1 discrete channels of 24-bit/96 kHz audio simultaneously. Supported by HDMI version 1.3 and designed for the optical disc players and AV receivers/amplifiers of the future, DTS-HD Master Audio also remains fully compatible with the
existing multichannel audio systems that incorporate DTS Digital Surround.

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HDMI

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first industrysupported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. Providing an interface between any source (such as a set-top box or AV receiver) and an audio/video monitor (such as a digital television), HDMI supports standard, enhanced or high-definition video as well as multichannel digital audio using a single cable. HDMI transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio, with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements. When used in combination with HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), HDMI provides a secure audio/video interface that meets the security requirements of content providers and system operators. For further information on HDMI, visit the HDMI website
at “http://www.hdmi.org/”.
HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.

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1 limited

The Digital Sound Projector applies sophisticated Digital Sound Projection Technology to precisely control the orientation of the sound by focusing it into beams. The sound is both direct and reflected off the walls so the listener hears sound from the front, sides and back. The result is true multi-channel surround sound that sounds just like a multi-speaker system — without the need for extra speakers!
"Digital Sound Projector" and the 1 limited logo are trademarks of Cambridge Mechatoronics Ltd.

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CINEMA DSP Digital

･ Since the Dolby Surround and DTS systems were originally designed for use in movie theaters, their effect is best felt in a theater having many speakers designed for acoustic effects. Since home conditions, such as room size, wall material, number of speakers, and so on, can differ so widely, it is inevitable that there are differences in the sound heard. Based on a wealth of actually measured data, Yamaha CINEMA DSP provides the audiovisual experience of a movie theater in the listening room of your own home by using the Yamaha original sound field technology combined with various digital audio systems.
･ The actually measured sound field data contain the information of the height of the sound images. CINEMA DSP 3D mode achieves the reproduction of the accurate height of the sound images so that it creates the accurate and intensive stereoscopic sound fields in a listening room.

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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.

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IntelliBeam

This unit creates a sound field by reflecting sound beams on the walls of your listening room and by broadening the cohesion of all the channels. Just as you would arrange the speaker position of other audio systems, you need to set the beam angle to enjoy the best possible sound from this unit. This unit employs the beam optimization and sound optimization features with the aid of the supplied IntelliBeam microphone, allowing you to avoid troublesome listening-based setup and achieving highly accurate sound adjustments that best match your listening environment. We call these two features “IntelliBeam” generically.

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Air Wired

AirWired technology uses lossless (uncompressed) signal transmission to achieve wireless sound quality that is as good as wired, and perfect synchronisation between sound and image for movies

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UniVolume

This welcome feature, made possible by Yamaha-developed technology, maintains a consistent volume level between different channels, programs, commercials and input sources. It can be switched on and off.

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x.v.Color

A color space standard supported by HDMI version 1.3. It is a more extensive color space than sRGB, and allows the expression of colors that could not be expressed before. While remaining compatible with the color gamut of sRGB standards, “x.v.Color” expands the color space and can thus produce more vivid, natural images. It is particularly effective for still pictures and computer graphics. “x.v.Color” is a trademark.

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YSP Technology

Digital Sound Projectors use Yamaha’s proprietary technology to bounce sound focused into beams off walls, producing true multi-channel surround sound.

The primary advantage of the YSP Series is that simply placing a unit in the front of a room provides true surround sound, which you hear from the front and rear and also the left and right. Its key technologies are the production of sound beams via the control of multiple built-in speakers, and IntelliBeam, which automatically sets the optimum sound field for the size and shape of the room. Thanks to these two technologies, the YSP Series can reproduce 7.1-channel surround sound that is natural with an expansive feeling, qualities that cannot be achieved by virtual surround systems.

Beam control technology creates sound beams.

The front surface of a YSP unit features a number of compact beam speakers* installed in orderly rows. Control of each of these speakers on a time axis by individual amps creates five sound beams. Bouncing these sound beams off walls creates a surround environment.

* YSP-2200: 16; YSP-4100, YSP-5100: 40

Superimposing sound waves from the compact speakers installed in a row and adjusting their direction by delay control causes the axes of the sound waves to converge in a specified direction.

How the sound beams are created.

Sound produced from the speakers is transmitted radially from the sound source, like an expanding ripple (Fig. 1).

The sound waves from two speakers are superimposed, creating interference (Fig. 2).

If the number of speakers in adjoining locations is increased, the sound waves are superimposed even more, so the sound is transmitted as a single strong wave. This is a sound beam (Fig. 3).

By using a processor (dedicated Yamaha LSI) to control the times when each speaker produces sound, the direction of the sound beams can be controlled (Fig. 4).

Controlling the directions of the beams to bounce them off the walls enables the sound to come from five directions: front left and right, rear left and right, and centre. Models from the YSP-4100 and up create two phantom sound sources in addition to the five beams, to provide 7.1-channel surround sound.

Sound from the speakers is transmitted radially.

Ripples of sound from two adjacent speakers are superimposed, creating interference.

The ripples of sound are further superimposed, creating a single strong wave — a sound beam.

The timing of the sounds from each speaker are delayed, controlling the direction of the beams.

Time control

IntelliBeam automatically sets the listening environment best suited to the room.

When the microphone is placed at the listening position, it searches for the places suitable for reflecting the beams while it checks the size and shape of the room and the quality of the wall material, in order to automatically adjust the beam angle, the volume and the sound quality. This makes it easy to achieve the best surround sound environment.

Presence created by true surround.

YSP models achieve real multi-channel surround by, not virtually but actually, bouncing sound beams off walls. This provides three major benefits.

Natural ambience

YSP models naturally expand the sound radiated onto the walls, producing surround sound without the unnatural feeling of sound linkages between the channels.

Wide listening area

YSP models provide ideal family listening, because the listening area is wider than with conventional virtual surround sound.

Less individual differences and listening fatigue.

Ordinary virtual surround systems often sound different to different people because the surround sound is created artificially. This causes some people to become tired of listening after a certain amount of time. With YSP models, sound bounced off walls actually comes from behind the listeners, which means there is little difference in its effect between individuals, and people are unlikely to experience listening fatigue, even after long periods.

Beam Drivers	4cm x 40 beam drivers + 2.5cm x 2 balanced-dome tweeters
Woofers	11cm x 2 woofers
Digital Amplifier	120 W total power:2W x 40 beam drivers + 20W x 2 (woofer + tweeters)
IntelliBeam	Yes
On-Screen Display	Yes
On-Screen Display Languages	En/Fr/Ge/Sp/It/Du/Ru
Listening Mode	5 BeamPlus2	Yes
Stereo + 3 BeamPlus2	Yes
Stereo + 3 Beam	Yes
5 Beam	Yes
3 Beam	Yes
Stereo	Yes
CINEMA DSP	Movie	three Movie
Music	three Music
Entertainment	five Entertainment
HDMI Interface	4 In/1 Out (1080p)
FM Tuner Built-in	Yes
iPod Compatibility via Wireless Transmitter	Yes
Wireless Subwoofer Compatibility	Yes
UniVolume	Yes
Compressed Music Enhancer	Yes
Optional Wall Hanging Bracket	SPM-K30
Power Consumption	55W
Standby Power Consumption	0.5 W
Dimensions (W x H x D)	1200 x 212 x 90 mm
Weight	11 kg