Re: Accessible apps for home theater receivers
Hi. The Yamaha app is not totally inaccessible. You can control the volume, choose your input channel and some other things I don't remember. I thought this app could replace the remote control, but it can't. And there are lots of features which is not accessible, but some features does work when you've got used to it. I think Sonos is the most accessible solution. Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 04/08/2012 kl. 05.07 skrev Christopher Chaltain : > Thanks Sieghard. I was looking at Robert Silva's ratings of home theater > receivers on about.com, and he classifies midrange receivers as ranging > from $400 to $1300. BTW, the web site is > http://hometheater.about.com/od/avreceiversreviews/tp/aatpmidavra.htm > > I did look at AppleVis.com, and I didn't find anything related to home > theater receivers. > > I did go ahead and downloads the apps for the Onkyo, Denon, Yamaha and > Pioneer network capable receivers, and each of them had a demo mode, so > although I couldn't play with all of the functionality, it did give me a > feel for their accessibility. I still need to play with them some more, > but the Onkio and Denon apps seemed pretty accessible. The Yamaha app > was either inaccessible or just too confusing for me to figure out and > the Pioneer app didn't seem accessible at all. > > On 03/08/12 21:33, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: >> Hi Christopher, >> >> I have never seen anything on here regarding home theatre receiver apps and >> you maybe in a situation where you may have to find a good store where they >> are willing to let you try. I of course don't know what "mid range" is for >> you, I guess for some mid range may mean $500 to $800 and for others it may >> mean $1,500 to $2,500. Unfortunately the follow-up model of my Sony >> STR-DA5400ES which at the time was $2,000 here in Canada, had a Bluetooth >> remote and an app as well, guess I should have waited a year. I would assume >> that most of the apps for such devices are free apps, so you can always >> download them and see what you can see and then just find a store where they >> are willing to let you connect to a demo receiver. An alternative is to >> decide on 2 or 3 possible receivers maybe from different manufacturers, find >> the apps and request information/feedback regarding Voiceover directly. I >> look forward to reading about your findings. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Accessible apps for home theater receivers
I use an app from Pioneer called IControl. It allows for changing of the various sound settings, i.e. various flavors of THX and others.It allows you to change speaker balance using tilt behavior. It doesn't allow for access to setup functions on the receiver. You also have to use VoiceOver's label feature as some of the buttons are nameless but activation leads to screens where you can determine the names. From: Steve [mailto:k...@sbcglobal.net] rs. Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 3:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessible apps for home theater receivers I haven't played with an accessible Yamaha receiver itself yet. But, most of the functions that I saw on the app itself appear to be labeled. But, I'm not certain how well it would wok with the receiver and I'd guess you need eyes to first set it up. Please, I'd be interested in anybody's experience on home theater access as the products are so menu-intensive. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain <mailto:chalt...@gmail.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 2:31 PM Subject: Accessible apps for home theater receivers I'm researching midrange home theater receivers, and I see several of them have iPhone apps and air play support. I'm wondering, does anyone have any experience with these receivers and how accessible the iPhone apps are? I'm mostly looking at Onkyo, Denon and Yamaha, although I also see that Pioneer is very proud of their Apple support. I still need to check out the AppleVis.com web site. I've mostly been spending my time on different web sites reviewing different home theater receivers. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Accessible apps for home theater receivers
Thanks Sieghard. I was looking at Robert Silva's ratings of home theater receivers on about.com, and he classifies midrange receivers as ranging from $400 to $1300. BTW, the web site is http://hometheater.about.com/od/avreceiversreviews/tp/aatpmidavra.htm I did look at AppleVis.com, and I didn't find anything related to home theater receivers. I did go ahead and downloads the apps for the Onkyo, Denon, Yamaha and Pioneer network capable receivers, and each of them had a demo mode, so although I couldn't play with all of the functionality, it did give me a feel for their accessibility. I still need to play with them some more, but the Onkio and Denon apps seemed pretty accessible. The Yamaha app was either inaccessible or just too confusing for me to figure out and the Pioneer app didn't seem accessible at all. On 03/08/12 21:33, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > I have never seen anything on here regarding home theatre receiver apps and > you maybe in a situation where you may have to find a good store where they > are willing to let you try. I of course don't know what "mid range" is for > you, I guess for some mid range may mean $500 to $800 and for others it may > mean $1,500 to $2,500. Unfortunately the follow-up model of my Sony > STR-DA5400ES which at the time was $2,000 here in Canada, had a Bluetooth > remote and an app as well, guess I should have waited a year. I would assume > that most of the apps for such devices are free apps, so you can always > download them and see what you can see and then just find a store where they > are willing to let you connect to a demo receiver. An alternative is to > decide on 2 or 3 possible receivers maybe from different manufacturers, find > the apps and request information/feedback regarding Voiceover directly. I > look forward to reading about your findings. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Accessible apps for home theater receivers
Hi Christopher, I have never seen anything on here regarding home theatre receiver apps and you maybe in a situation where you may have to find a good store where they are willing to let you try. I of course don't know what "mid range" is for you, I guess for some mid range may mean $500 to $800 and for others it may mean $1,500 to $2,500. Unfortunately the follow-up model of my Sony STR-DA5400ES which at the time was $2,000 here in Canada, had a Bluetooth remote and an app as well, guess I should have waited a year. I would assume that most of the apps for such devices are free apps, so you can always download them and see what you can see and then just find a store where they are willing to let you connect to a demo receiver. An alternative is to decide on 2 or 3 possible receivers maybe from different manufacturers, find the apps and request information/feedback regarding Voiceover directly. I look forward to reading about your findings. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Accessible apps for home theater receivers
I haven't played with an accessible Yamaha receiver itself yet. But, most of the functions that I saw on the app itself appear to be labeled. But, I'm not certain how well it would wok with the receiver and I'd guess you need eyes to first set it up. Please, I'd be interested in anybody's experience on home theater access as the products are so menu-intensive. - Original Message - From: Christopher Chaltain To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 2:31 PM Subject: Accessible apps for home theater receivers I'm researching midrange home theater receivers, and I see several of them have iPhone apps and air play support. I'm wondering, does anyone have any experience with these receivers and how accessible the iPhone apps are? I'm mostly looking at Onkyo, Denon and Yamaha, although I also see that Pioneer is very proud of their Apple support. I still need to check out the AppleVis.com web site. I've mostly been spending my time on different web sites reviewing different home theater receivers. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Accessible apps for home theater receivers
I'm researching midrange home theater receivers, and I see several of them have iPhone apps and air play support. I'm wondering, does anyone have any experience with these receivers and how accessible the iPhone apps are? I'm mostly looking at Onkyo, Denon and Yamaha, although I also see that Pioneer is very proud of their Apple support. I still need to check out the AppleVis.com web site. I've mostly been spending my time on different web sites reviewing different home theater receivers. -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
