AV Receiver
RX-A1020
Technical Data 1
• HD Radio™*
• Front panel USB Digital Connection for iPod, iPhone, iPad and USB device
• Charging of iPod, iPhone and iPad via USB when AV Receiver is off
• iPod/iPhone/iPad song titles displayed in English and Western European languages on the front
panel and on-screen display
• HDMI front panel input for devices such as camcorders and digital cameras
• HDMI CEC with versatile control from AV Receiver remote control
• Ability to change HDMI input while in Standby Through mode
• YPAO R.S.C. (Reflected Sound Control) sound optimization with multi-point measurement
• Ability to store and choose between two speaker setting patterns
• Advanced multi-language GUI on-screen display with album art (English, German, French,
Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Japanese)
• Flexibly assignable component video and optical/coaxial (except Video Aux) inputs allow a wide
range of source components
• Audio Delay for adjusting Lip-Sync (0-500 ms)
• Newly designed preset remote unit
• Background Video feature (for tuner and Net)
*For USA only
Surround Realism
• HD Audio decoding with CINEMA DSP 3D (17 DSP programs)
• Compressed Music Enhancer with CINEMA DSP
• Dialogue Lift ensures that dialogue comes from the center of the screen
• Virtual dialogue lift even without use of presence speakers
• Dialogue Level Adjustment for proper sound balance with dialogue and vocals
• Virtual Presence Speaker function for CINEMA DSP 3D surround without Front Presence Speakers
• Channel expandability with external amplifier (7-channel expandability, bi-amping)
• Adaptive DRC (Dynamic Range Control) and Adaptive DSP Level
Versatile Zone Control
• HDMI Zone B for audio/video streaming to another room (same content as main room)
• Zone 2 on/off and control on front panel
• Zone 2 video assign (Component, S-Video, Composite)
• System Backup / Recovery function
• Multi-channel output in main Zone plus 2-channel HDMI output in Zone B
• Zone mono, Zone volume, tone controls and balance
• Party mode
Eco-Friendly Design
• ECO mode operation for about 20%* less power consumption
* Compared to power consumption when ECO mode is off (Yamaha measurement).
• Auto power down function with variable time setting
• Low standby power consumption of 0.3W
Audio Features
• 7-channel powerful surround sound
110W per Channel
(8 ohms, 20 Hz-20 kHz, 0.06 % THD, 2 ch driven)
120W per Channel (8 ohms, 1 kHz, 0.9 % THD, 2 ch driven)
• HD Audio format decoding: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio;
Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
• Selected high quality parts to achieve optimum audio performance
• Symmetrical power amplifier layout
• Heat sink with anti-vibration and anti-thermal properties
• Rigid chassis with additional bottom frames
• DAC on Pure Ground circuitry
• High speed thermal feedback power amplifier
• Low jitter PLL circuitry helps optimise sound imaging
• Extra 5th foot with Anti-Resonance Technology (A.R.T. Wedge) to reduce vibration
• Detachable Power Cable for easier installation (also allows cable upgrade)
• Assignable amplifiers for bi-amp connection
• Intelligent assignable amplifiers for Surround Back <-> Front Presence or Zone 2
• Phono input for vinyl playback
Video Features
• 4K Pass-Through for next-generation super high resolution images
• 4K upscaling boosts lower resolution images to super high-definition resolution
• 4K / full HD 1080p video upscaling from analog and HDMI input
• HDMI: 8 inputs (1 on front) and 2 outputs (simultaneous) with 3D and Audio Return Channel
• Supports Deep Color (30/36 bit), x.v.Color, 24Hz Refresh Rate and
Auto Lip-Sync compensation
• High quality video processing with precise deinterlacing
- Motion adaptive and edge adaptive deinterlacing
- Multi-cadence (incl. 3-2 pull-down) detection
Advanced Features
• SCENE PLUS - simple and versatile functionality
- HDMI CEC powers up compatible TVs and Blu-ray Disc™ players
- 12 SCENE choices (4 on front panel and others on GUI)
- Zone SCENE - 4 SCENE buttons for Zone 2
- Versatile parameters can be stored into each SCENE
• Network functions
- AirPlay allows music streaming from iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, PC
- AV Controller app for operating various functions from an iPod, iPhone, iPad or
Android phones/tablets
- Access to: Internet Radio (vTuner): MP3, WMA
Music files on PC/NAS: WAV, MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC
- Web Browser Control via PC or Tablet
- Receiver Manager through network connection
- DLNA 1.5 certified
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