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William Olson
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posted January 04, 2016 11:42 AM

This has nothing to do with film but I'm hoping that someone in this forum has experience with the Yamaha RX-V663 A/V Receiver. The manual claims that you can input a standard definition interlaced video source and the receiver will convert the signal to progressive and output it that way. I'm not expecting it to upconvert to 1080P. I'm trying to convert a laserdic player's output from 480i to 480p. The signal seems to pass-through as 480i with no conversion. It's outputting from the receiver to my HD TV via HDMI. Any suggestions?

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted January 04, 2016 12:09 PM

It might just do both William! I purchased a RX-V 679 only last week in the sales. It had £150 off, so although I really wanted a Aventage 850 or even an old stock 840, I took a chance on this for what my needs were based on its fine musical qualities for an AV receiver.

The 679 definitely outputs every input thru its HDMI and converts all inputs to 1080p or even 4K if you have the appropriate display.

I've not tried outputting at 480p but it will certainly output through the hdmi at 720p or 1080p.

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William Olson
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posted January 04, 2016 12:50 PM

Hi Andrew. Thanks for the quick response. Obviously, I want the receiver to process the signal the best it can. If it can output the SD signal to 720p or 1080p, all the better. I've read online that this receiver will not do that with SD signals but it would de-interlace and convert them to a progressive signal. However, as I said, it is outputting from the HDMI to my HD TV and is displaying the video on the screen but the the on-screen information display indicates that the video is 480i. The video also appears to the eye to be interlaced. I send my Blu-Ray player through the receiver using HDMI connections for input and output and it outputs 1080p so I know things are working.

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted January 04, 2016 01:01 PM

One thing I had to do with mine William, was to switch all my Blu Ray player settings to something else, then put it all back to how I had it, bitstream etc etc in the options.

I don't have a clue why this worked, but it did. At first,after initially setting the menus,mine was only outputting to tv & pj at 1080i. After switching the options in the menus a couple of times,I finally got the amp outputting all inputs (including my old component output only multi region DVD player) through its hdmi output socket at 1080p for both the tv and the projector. It also upscales my virgin set top box from 720p native output to 1080p and it does make a noticeable difference in image quality especially when watching fast moving sport programmes.

You can of course allow picture signals just to "pass through" the receiver, but i have found the processing on this one to be a little better than the Denon its just replaced.

Not yet been able to try it on 4k upscaling yet as I don't have a suitable display so far.

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William Olson
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posted January 04, 2016 01:41 PM

Thank you for all of your input. I will keep at it and hopefully I'll get it where I want it.

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted January 04, 2016 01:49 PM

The on screen menus on my own model are pretty much root and branch in their layout. It appears at first glance from the icons on the LHS of the screen, that you really don't have too many setting options.
However, each set of icons on the LHS of the screen then carries multiple options at the bottom of the screen.
This is something that can easily be overlooked at first.

Hopefully with a little more trial and error you will crack it hopefully to output in the manner you would like.
I am pretty sure it will do what you expect. It's just a matter of getting to grips with it to work how you want it to for your own requirements.

Good luck with it William!

Having just read a review on your model William it shares many of the qualities of the higher priced 863 model.
It did say though on the review I read, that the compromise came in the upscaling. It stated that it will not upscale 480i or 480p inputs to 1080.

It wasn't in depth enough to tell me whether or not inputs can be processed from interlaced to progressive though using the same resolution output as inputted.

I haven't been able to find out so far from perusing the hundreds of AV forums whether anyone has successfully been able to do this on the 663 model.

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William Olson
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posted January 04, 2016 02:27 PM

I would be content just to get the interlaced input de-interlaced to a progressive output without upscaling. Every specifications listing I have found online says it will do this. By the way, forgive my ignorance but what is LHS?

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Andrew Woodcock
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posted January 04, 2016 03:26 PM

Sorry William, just simply, left hand side.

The feature you are trying to obtain may very well be only possible using the component outputs.

I say this as I would have thought that if the hdmi board has no upscaling capabilities to 1080p, they may well have opted out of using any processing features through the hdmi circuitry.

If you feel you are certain that it will send out a progressive output at 480, try doing it via component leads and outputs, and by using the appropriate menu selections.

Worth a try if all else has been exhausted William.

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William Olson
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posted January 04, 2016 05:17 PM

Thanks for clearing up the LHS. Yes, I agree about trying component out. I will try it and let you know.

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