Yamaha YDS-10 Universal iPod Dock for Select Yamaha Home Theater Receivers
A docking station for your iPod that connects to select models of Yamaha home theater receivers / for 4G & 5G iPods
There are several iPod docking stations on the market, but few are as convenient as the YDS-10, which is custom designed to work with Yamaha's HTR-5960, HTR-5950, RX-V659, and RX-V559 home theater receivers. Connection is easy--simply plug the dock into the Yamaha receiver's rear-panel port. Once connected, the dock not only charges your iPod and plays your favorite playlists through the receiver's stereo or surround speakers, but it also shows iPod images and movies through an attached monitor. It's the perfect setup for people who regularly download TV shows from iTunes but want to watch them on a big TV. The rest of the time, you can rock out to all your favorite songs with style. Just as impressively, the YDS-10 lets you operate your iPod from across the room using the receiver's remote control and onscreen display, so you don't need to rise off the sofa each time you want to change selections. Connecting your iPod to a home theater system has never been easier or sounded so good. The YDS-10 is compatible with 4th and 5th generation iPods (with click wheels), the iPod mini, and the iPod nano. What's in the Box
Dock, connection cable, iPod adapters, user's manual.
Yamaha YDS-10 Universal iPod Dock for Select Yamaha Home Theater Receivers Accessories
 Yamaha RX-V661BL 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver
HDMI Cable 2M (6 Feet)
Yamaha RX-V2700 - AV network receiver - 7.1 channel
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Yamaha RX-V363BL 500 Watt 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver
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Logitech Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote Control
Fiber Optical Toslink Digital Audio Optic Interface 6 Foot Cable
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Yamaha YDS-10 Universal iPod Dock for Select Yamaha Home Theater Receivers Reviews
Essentially, if you have a RX-V-363, you are buying a $60 charger that allows you to hide the input in the back of your receiver and leave the video/aux input on the front of the receiver free for something else or simply to leave open without unsightly cords. I have been very happy with the receiver and liked the idea of integrating an Ipod dock. However, after I received the dock and spending several hours trying to troubleshoot, I stumbled on an Amazon.com review for the RX-V363 that seemed to indicate I had wasted my time.
The RX-V363 remote operates the Ipod (I have an 80GB classic) just fine, but it is of limited use since you have to be standing within two feet to read the Ipod display. I recently purchased an entry level Yamaha 5.1 receiver (model RX-V363). Apparently, the YDS-11 menu and video capabilities are not compatible with the RX-V363 (the other reviewer learned this after the fact from a Yamaha tech). Not a great use of $60 as far as I am concerned.
However, as the other reviewer noted, you might consider the Tekkeon Navdock instead of this unit as the Tekkeon has full video and menu capabilities. The sound of the YDS-11 is fine.
Big disappointment. In spite of my effort to ascertain that this product would work with my 40 G color IPOD, it does not.
This products works as advertised and I am satisfied overall, but it could be better. Think of it, you are across the room, can you really make out the iPod screen well enough to, say, find a new playlist. My major knock on this product is that the connection is proprietary and will only connect to a Yamaha receiver with the iPod/Bluetooth connection. So it works well, but it's not a be-all, end-all.
Then one could hook it up to a new receiver down the road. Also, this forces you to choose between the iPod and Bluetooth as they use the same port (and there is only one of them). It would be much better if the audio/video was carried by standard cables and let the control be a separate (proprietary even) cable. The controls work well.
But except for pause/prev/next I didn't find much use for them. If Yamaha would scroll the text across the receiver's front panel, then maybe. Otherwise you'll have to walk over to the iPod anyway just to read the screen. I do believe some receivers will project it on a TV screen if you hook to the video out (my setup is for a 2.1 music room so a TV is vorboten in this room).
Well worth the money. Great add-on for the Yamaha receiver. It is nice to be able to display your playlists and songs on the television screen and control with the remote control.
The "on screen display" to my LCD TV is not as "pretty" as I would have liked, but it gives you all the information you want; and song titles "scroll" on the front display of the receiver as well. With over 8,000 songs on my Ipod I couldn't imagine NOT adding this dock to my new Yamaha Surround Sound Receiver. But since I just wanted it for my music, it is superb. It also charges the Ipod while it is docked. One feature that puts it ahead of previous "docks" I've used is that the controls (wheel) on the Ipod itself still operate while the thing is docked. It works just as advertised. I don't have any videos on my Ipod yet, so I can't say what will happen with that in the "on screen" mode.
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