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Z-N1000

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Z-N1000Der Z N1000 von Zenec ist ein modernes Auto Radio, das speziell fr die Infotainment Nachrstung in Fahrzeugen ohne 1 oder 2 DIN Gerteaufnahmen konzipiert wurde. Mit seiner zweigeteilten Bauweise, bestehend aus einem 9 Touchscreen Monitor und einer separaten Rechnereinheit, ermglicht es eine flexible Installation im Fahrzeug. Der Z N1000 untersttzt sowohl Wireless Apple CarPlay als auch Wireless Android AutoTM und bietet so eine unkomplizierte

Der Z-N1000 von Zenec ist ein modernes Auto Radio, das speziell für die Infotainment-Nachrüstung in Fahrzeugen ohne 1- oder 2-DIN Geräteaufnahmen konzipiert wurde. Mit seiner zweigeteilten Bauweise, bestehend aus einem 9“ Touchscreen Monitor und einer separaten Rechnereinheit, ermöglicht es eine flexible Installation im Fahrzeug. Der Z-N1000 unterstützt sowohl Wireless Apple CarPlay als auch Wireless Android AutoTM und bietet so eine unkomplizierte Integration von Smartphone-Funktionen wie Telefonie, Navigation und Audio-Wiedergabe. Ausgestattet mit einem DAB+ Twin-Tuner und einem Bluetooth 5.0 Modul, stellt er eine umfassende Lösung für digitales Radio und Freisprechfunktionen dar. Der Monitor ist anpassbar und bietet durch seinen Snap-In Mechanismus einen variablen Betrachtungswinkel. Darüber hinaus bietet der Z-N1000 Unterstützung für mehrere Kamerasysteme und kommt mit zahlreichen Anschlussmöglichkeiten für externe Geräte.

Mit dem Z-N1000 präsentiert ZENEC eine innovative Wireless Apple CarPlay und Wireless Android AutoTM zertifizierte Systemlösung für die Infotainment-Nachrüstung in Fahrzeugen, die nicht über 1- oder 2-DIN Geräteaufnahmen verfügen.
Der Z-N1000 besteht aus zwei Komponenten: einem hochwertigen 9“/22,9 cm Touchscreen Monitor mit Sensorbedientasten und einer separaten
Rechnereinheit. Beide Komponenten lassen sich einzeln im Fahrzeugcockpit installieren. Daher empfiehlt sich der Z-N1000 insbesondere für Fahrzeuge,
die keine herkömmliche Nach- oder Aufrüstung zulassen – weder mit einem 1- oder 2-DIN Gerät noch mit fahrzeugspezifischen Lösungen.
Der mit dem TFT-LCD Display Panel OCA gebondete Touchscreen ist nicht nur erstaunlich flach und auch sehr leicht, erzeugt aber in der Monitor Systemeinheit sehr scharfe und kontrastreiche Bilder. Die Montage der nur 496 g wiegenden Monitoreinheit kann über den im Set enthaltenen Universalfuß
erfolgen, der am Montageort festgeschraubt oder auf die Oberfläche laminiert wird. Weitere Optionen sind je nach Zielfahrzeug denkbar, zum Beispiel die
Nutzung von Mini-Tablet oder Smartphone Halterungen aus dem Fahrzeugzubehörbereich.
Der zwischen dem Kugelgelenk und Displaygehäuse sitzende Snap-In Mechanismus hilft auch bei der Montage, aufgrund des integrierten Kugelgelenks
lässt sich der Monitor um ±15° vertikal und horizontal justieren und auf das Sichtfeld des Betrachters ausrichten.
Die kompakte Rechnereinheit kann im Handschuhfach, der Mittelkonsole oder dem Fußraum montiert werden. Die Befestigung erfolgt mit den beiliegenden
L-Winkeln oder zum Beispiel mit Velcro Tape. Nach erfolgter Montage wird der Monitor über ein 130 cm langes Datenkabel mit dem Rechner verbunden.
Dem Z-N1000 als zertifiziertem Wireless Apple CarPlay und Wireless Android AutoTM Infotainer stehen Telefonie, Navigation und Audio-Wiedergabefunktionen unmittelbar nach dem Gerätestart zur Verfügung.
Die Ausstattung des Z-N1000 ist state-of-the-art: Ein integrierter DAB+ Twin-Tuner mit vielen Komfortfunktionen bietet klaren Digitalradioempfang. Das
Bluetooth 5.0 Modul überzeugt mit guter Sprachverständlichkeit. Der Z-N1000 unterstützt bis zu drei analoge Kamerasysteme inklusive der ZENEC
„Multiview“ Varianten.
Der Z-N1000 kann mit zwei microSD Karten basierten Navipaketen mit EU Abdeckung genutzt werden. Das Z-EMAP76MH-TT3 Paket erweitert den Infotainer zum Reisemobil-Naviceiver. Das Z-EMAP76PC-NNG3 Paket ist optimal für den Einsatz in PKWs.

Hauptmerkmale

  • Hochperformantes Infotainment System*1 für den universellen Einsatz,
    bestehend aus Monitoreinheit und separat montierbarer Rechnereinheit*2
  • Via Snap-On Kugelgelenk montierbare und ± 15° horizontal und vertikal anwinkelbare Monitor Einheit, Verbindung zwischen Display und
    Rechnereinheit mit 130 cm langem System-Hauptkabel
  • Berührungsempfindlicher, kapazitiver, optisch gebondeter 9“/22,9 cm
    LCD-TFT IPS Monitor (1024 x 600 Pixel) mit Echtglasoberfläche und
    integrierten Sensor-Bedienfeldern
  • Rechnereinheit im 1-DIN Unterformat (178 x 110 x 40 mm) für freie
    Montage mit L-Winkeln
  • Neuartiges graphisches User-Interface zur simultanen Darstellung und
    Bedienung von internen und externen Datenquellen auf dem Display
  • OSD Menü in 15 unterschiedlichen EU Sprachen
  • DAB+ Twin-Tuner mit dynamischer Stationsliste, DAB-FM und DAB-DAB
    Seamless Blending, MOT Slideshow und DLS-Text
  • UKW RDS Radio mit 18 Stationsspeicherplätzen
  • Works with Wireless Google Android AutoTM
  • Works with Wireless Apple CarPlay
  • Made for iPod / iPhone
  • Bluetooth LE 5.0 Freisprechmodul mit HFP v1.7, A2DP Musikstreaming
    und Unterstützung für externe Bluetooth Lautsprecher
  • Steuerung von bis zu drei CVBS / AHD*3
     Signal basierten Kamerasystemen mit automatischer Umschaltfunktion und individuell anpassbaren
    Distanz-Hilfslinien
  • Kompatibel für den Anschluss und die Steuerung von ZENEC „Multiview“
    Kameramodellen
  • CAM Sensortaste für direkte Steuerung der Kamerafunktion an der
    Gerätefront
  • SP-REM Fernbedienungs-App zur Steuerung von Audioquellen ab Smartphone (iOS / Android)
  • Direktanbindung der CAMPERNET Router Modelle von Antretter & Huber
    mit WLAN Zugang und direkt über das ZENEC Gerät editierbaren Router
    Parametern
  • Per Softwareupdate aktualisierbares Android-Betriebssystem für eingebettete Systeme*4
  • RGB Multicolor Sensortasten-Bedienfeld
  • 2 x IR-Fernbedienung
  • 4 x 50 W Texas Instruments Class-D Burr-Brown Audio Verstärker 

Multimedia + Audio

  • DAB+ Twin-Tuner Empfänger mit 18 Stationsspeicherplätzen und dynamischer Radio-Stationsliste
  • UKW RDS Radio mit 18 Stationsspeicherplätzen und DSP Rauschunterdrückung
  • Anschluss für externen Monitor mit Festpegel A/V Ausgängen
  • USB-A(1) 2.0 Port für Google Android AutoTM, Apple CarPlay, Apple MFi,
    USB-Medienwiedergabe*6
     und Software Updates
  • USB-A(2) 3.0 Port für USB-Medienwiedergabe*6
     und Softwareupdates
  • 5-CH Laufzeitkorrektur durch Audio-DSP (bis 10 mS Verzögerung für
    jeden Kanal)
  • Graphischer 10-Band Equalizer mit 7 vordefinierten und 3 frei belegbaren EQ-Presets
  • Hochpass- und Tiefpassfilter für Front/Rear/Sub mit 12 dB/Okt. Flankensteilheit
  • Aktivweichen-Modus für 2-Wege Front System mit wählbaren Trennfrequenzen (mit 12 dB/Okt.)
  • 4 x 50 W Texas Instruments Class-D Burr-Brown Audio Verstärker
  • 1 x HDMI Eingang für Zubehör und kompatible Mobilgeräte
  • 24 Bit D/A Wandler

Bluetooth

  • Bluetooth LE 5.0 Modul mit Freisprechfunktion (HFP v1.7 Profil)
  • Import von 1000 Telefonbuchkontakten mit jeweils 3 Rufnummern
  • Speicherresidentes Telefonbuch mit Sofortzugriff auf synchronisierte
    Kontakte
  • Schnellwahl Funktion für Kontaktfavoriten
  • Telefonbuchkontakt Suchfunktion per Tastatureingabe nach Vor- und
    Nachname
  • SRC Modus für drahtloses Musikstreaming zu externen Bluetooth- Lautsprechern
  • A2DP 1.3 Smartphone Musikstreaming mit AVRCP 1.6 und iD3-Tag
    Anzeige Modus (Interpret, Titel, Album)
  • Internes Freisprech-Mikrofon, Eingang für externes Mikrofon*5

Anschlüsse

  • 4.2 Cinch Vorverstärkerausgang 4.0 Vrms (@ Input-R ≥2 kΩ, ≤ 0.02%
    THD)
  • 3 x Cinch Eingang für Kamera Videosignale (CVBS+AHD, PAL/NTSC) mit
    geschalteter Stromversorgung und Mikrofoneingang (Cam1)
  • 1 x Cinch Eingang für Multiview-Kameramodell Videosignale (CVBS,
    PAL/NTSC) mit geschalteter Stromversorgung
  • 1 x DIN UKW Antenneneingang
  • 1 x SMB DAB Antenneneingang mit schaltbarer 12 V Stromversorgung
  • 1 x USB-A (unterer) 2.0 Port mit 1500 mA Smartphone Ladestrom
  • 1 x USB-A (oberer) 3.0 Port mit 1500 mA Smartphone Ladestrom
  • 1 x Cinch A/V Eingang für 2-CH Audio und Video (CVBS, PAL/NTSC) Signal
  • 1 x Cinch A/V Ausgang für 2-CH Audio und Video (CVBS, PAL/NTSC) Signal
  • 1 x Eingang für externes Freisprech-Mikrofon*5
  • 1 x Fakra GPS Antenneneingang*7
  • 1 x IR-In Eingang für externes CAN/SWC Interface
  • 1 x Eingangsbuchse für das System-Hauptkabel zum Anschluss des Monitors
  • 1 x Eingang für den Anschluss eines anlernbaren analogen Lenkradtasteninterfaces (Key1, Key2, GND)
  • 1 x HDMI Eingang

Legende

*1 Die optional erhältlichen, kompatiblen GPS Navigationssoftware Pakete sind nicht
Bestandteil des Geräte-Lieferumfangs
*2 Geeignet zur Montage in Fahrzeugen ohne 1-DIN oder 2-DIN Radio Montageslot
*3 Kompatibel mit 720p und 1080p AHD Kamerasystemen
*4 Softwareupdates werden unter https://www.zenec.com/support/software-updates/
gehostet
*5 Externes Mikrofon im Lieferumfang enthalten
*6 Unterstützte A/V Datei-Formate: MP3, FLAC, AAC, M4A, WAV, AVI, MP4, H.264, MKV
1080p, MPEG2/TS, MPG, Xvid
*7 GPS Antenne im Lieferumfang enthalten

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sound freak
Houston, US
★★★★★ 5
Yamaha A8A
I upgraded from a Onkyo 6100 to support 4 atmos in ceiling speakers. This avr has many more options and power to spare. I love the ability to log in the reciever using the IP address to make all my adjustments. I am able to use a laptop at the listening position to fine tune the sound to my taste. The sound quality has a natural feel to it. It is not too bright on or boomy. I would highly recommend this avr. Pros Sound quality Flexible Plenty of power YPAO room correction finally works as it should. Cons It does put off some heat but that is typical with class AB amps.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023
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Amazon Customer
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 5
Great AV Features!
I have always been a Yamaha customer for AV and audio components. I always thought their quality is exceptional for the price of the units. For this AVR I first bought the Marantz SR-7015 and set it up only to find a problem with the audio cutting out randomly. I found there were some review posts about this anomaly. I bought the Marantz because it cost less than the Yamaha RX-A8A with similar features and it was available at a retail store. I returned it and purchased this unit through Amazon. I love it! Easy to setup. The menu system is so much easier than the Marantz. I recommend it for those who want to spend a little more for quality. Note: HDMI CEC is an issue with this unit and others so don't hold it against Yamaha. Streaming systems (like Roku) don't work well because their output is always on and the RX-A8A sees the signal and sometime switches to it automatically when video passthrough is enabled when the system is off. Other devices included. That is I have a Sony Ultra HD BD/DVD player and I needed to turn off HDMI CEC because it would always turn on when I turned on the TV and it was selected as the input. Even though my STB was on and the last input. My STB does not support HDMI CEC so that is why the input switched. Again, not an issue with Yamaha but on the standard.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2022
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SC
Omaha, US
★★★★★ 5
Upgrading Home Theater to 4K, SONY STR-AN1000 7 has Awesome Surround Sound and Stunning Pictures
After many years of enjoying my Epson 2150 Home Cinema and my SONY STR-DN1080, I decided to upgrade to a 4K projector. I use my projector as a television, to watch movies, sports, etc., on a daily basis. Upgrading to a 4K projector required me ass well to upgrade my home theatre receiver to 4K. Both of my previous devices were 1080. I upgraded my receiver to a Sony STR-AN1000 7.2 Channel (7 x 165 Watt) Surround Sound Home Theater 8K A/V Receiver and my projector to a LG CineBeam UHD 4K projector. Immediately upon connecting my new 4K devices, I experienced difficulties. The picture was jumpy and intermittent, and I could not seamlessly switch from one input on my new home theater to another. Before the upgrade, I would regularly switch among all of my playback and streaming devices. I started panicking thinking I would have to return all of my new equipment, reconnect my old home theater receiver, and put my old projector back into the ceiling. I decided to call customer support. First, I called LG support. Then I called SONY support. The SONY tech support figured out that the SONY equipment was working properly, but that the LG projector was not receiving the signals from my various devices. He told me the problem was that I needed also to upgrade my HDMI cable to a high-speed 4k cable. That immediately freaked me out because I have a 100 ft cable embedded in a ceiling that had been finished over the cable. No way I was going to rip apart the ceiling (thousands of dollars) to replace the HDMI cable. But his insight set me in the right direction. I did some online research and came across a solution that worked perfectly. Rather than tearing up my ceiling to install a new, high-speed HDMI 4K cable, I invested $39.00 in a HDMI 2.0 Repeater. This super mini HDMI repeater works by decoding and then re-encoding the HDMI signal to a new standard HDMI signal. It also extends the range of the signal. I was now getting perfect pictures from my Firestick and Fite TV Cube and was able to switch freely between them. I changed some of the display settings in the Fire Stick and Amazon Cube. However, I could not pick up the Xfinity TV signal on my LG 4K receiver. Picking up that signal required one last piece of equipment upgrade. I called Comcast technical support and determined that swapping out my Xfinity 1080 boxes for 4K boxes was an option available to me. Therefore, I returned my Xfinity 1080 cable box and swapped it out for an Xfinity 4K cable TV box. Problem solved. Now, I am receiving a perfect 4K image on the LG from all devices, and I can easily switch from one to the other. Now, let's talk about the SONY STR-AN1000 features. SONY STR-AN1000 This is a powerful and well-engineered home theater receiver. For me, the only reason to buy this receiver at this point in time was to upgrade my TV/ home theater watching from 1080 to 4K. My SONY 1080 still works fine. I have to figure out what I am going to do with it. The surround sound is awesome on the new STR-AN1000. It has this new Dolby Speaker Virtualization sound field simulation that totally immerses you in surround sound. You can control the SONY STR-AN1000 with your smartphone using the SONY Music Center App. There are plenty of digital and music streaming options. You have multi-room audio and video options using zone 2 and zone 3 outputs. Six HDMI inputs allow you to connect all of your media playback and streaming devices – Blue Ray player, Fire Stick, Fire TV Cube, ROKU Streaming stick, Cable/satellite TV Box, etc. Like my previous STR-DN1080, I can connect 7 speaker sets, including 2 sub-woofers. You can change the settings or switch from one input source to another easily. The on-screen display lets you make adjustments to your settings while looking at your TV screen. You can connect to the internet wirelessly or via an ethernet port. The only major feature this receiver is lacking is a phono input. I don’t mind that because I have another receiver from which to connect my turntables or record players. The remote control is much smaller than previous SONY home theater receiver remotes, making it more user-friendly and easier to understand. The Audio Return Channel (ARC and eARC) allows you to set your system up without the need for an optical audio cable. In my case, that means I don’t have to run an extra cable into the ceiling for the audio to work because the ARC and eARC transmit the audio signal. This receiver is capable of upscaling your video to both 4K and 8K. However, in my case, I found it necessary to get an Xfinity 4K cable box to watch my Xfinity programming. I am totally, 100 percent pleased with my SONY STR-AN1000 4K/8K home theater receiver. This is the fourth SONY home theater receiver I have owned. I have no complaints. The picture quality passed through from all of my playback devices to my LG 4K projector is stunning. There are so many other features to this receiver; however, those are best explained by an audio/video expert. There are many such reviews available online. But if you are a layperson like I am and you want to know whether this STR-AN1000 home theater is a good investment, my answer, based on a few weeks of viewing and my over a decade of experience with other home theater receivers, is that this is a very good investment. The quality and features you are getting are well worth the purchase price, and I am confident you will be watching a TV or projector hooked up to this home theater system for many years to come. I highly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2024
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Muy Ben
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 5
Best value/sound Sony Atmos Receiver especially w/2 Sony SW3 subs!!
Upgrading from 5.1 speakers on CNET's top AV 2014 receiver, the Sony STR-DN840, I was curious to see how far home theater sound had improved since buying my Sony receiver and Energy 5.1 speaker set up back in 2015. I first upgraded by adding 2 more speakers, the ELAC B6.2 Debut speakers as my front main speakers and moved my Energy speakers into a 7.1 height speaker configuration. This improved the sound, but only minimally. This is when I ordered this bad boy AN1000 as I also wanted to take advantage of Sony's S-Center Acoustic Speaker connection with my 77" Sony A80J OLED TV. The sound was marketedly better - so much so that my usually nonchalant wife noticed the trickles of streams and birds watching an old anime movie, Ponyo, and was impressed! Basically, the upgraded Sony STR-AN1000 coupled with two additional quality speakers enabled a 7.1 systems that leveraged DTS:X Virtual surround sound as well as A.F.D. Movie mode that comes as close to Dolby Atmos without placing speakers in the ceiling directly above your primary seating position. Watch the first battle/landing boat scene in "Saving Private Ryan", and prepare to be immersed with bullets whizzing all around you! Ignore sound bars and upfiring Atmos speakers that bounce off the ceiling as a quick online search will pull up numerous articles that state 1) Soundbars are inferior to AV systems (I can verify as I demoed a top of line Sony HT-A7000 at home) 2) upfiring Atmos speakers are hit or miss at best 3) Dolby's DTS:X combined with Sony's processor gives you the most immersive sound possible without installing downward firing ceiling Atmos speakers in a 5.1.2 Atmost configuration. Having my Sony Bravia A80J S-Center synch along with my center speaker made understanding dialogue much more clear, and also enabled me not to have to crank up the overall volume as the STR-AN1000 makes adjusting each individual speaker volume as well as sound profile (equalizer) super easy. I would also be remiss in not calling out the ability to either auto calibrate using the included microphone or manually calibrate as both are extremely easy to perform. I opted to do the manual calibration using a tape measure for greater precision, but the auto calibrate was quite good. Get this STR-AN1000 especially when on sale or open box, and not only will you be rewarded - even your wife will comment on how much immersive sound improvement there is on even non Dolby Atmos movies!! UPDATE: Purchased two Sony SW3 subs, here's an addenddum. Head to head, the Sony SW5 is superior to the SW3 thanks to the SW5's both active and passive subs which are also larger than the SW3. HOWEVER, especially when purchasing open box, I was able to purchase TWO SW3's for less than either stand alone SW5 or on sale single SW3, and 2 subs definitely not only smooth out the bass, but makes your home stereo/cinema sound omni directional so there's no dead spots. My Sony STR-AN1000 easily synced with both SW3 subs (note - you cannot mix two different subs on the AN1000), and now my bass is smooth/even throughout my living room as I watch Dolby Atmos movies or listen to my favorite music genre on my PS5 Playstation CDs, Pandora, and Sirius XM. Thus, if you only want one sub and best quality, go for the SW5 or a more reasonably priced wired sub. However, if you can get two subs, two SW3 are a no brainer especially when buying two heavily discounted open box speakers that can be readily tucked away.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
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Bad Raptor
Fort Morgan, US
★★★★★ 4
Superb, Crisp Surround Sound. A few issues.
INSTALLATION AND CALIBRATION My previous Denon AVR which was older than 10 years did feature multi-channel sound separation but unfortunately may have had a capacitor fail because one of rear sound channels was no longer working and the AVR would go into a power-down/safe mode with flashing red power LED after a few minutes of use. Not really inclined to open the unit and attempt a self-repair involving soldering, I opted to upgrade the AVR to a newer Dolby Atmos-capable receiver, the Sony STR AN1000. Installing the AN1000 into my existing home theater set up was relatively easy, if you don’t account for crawling and stretching out on the living room wood floor and reconnecting existing speaker wire and subwoofer connections. Once the speakers were all connected, I used the calibration microphone and stand that comes with the AN1000 to establish the relative sound fields for each of the speakers. The graphical user interface from the Sony receiver to my Sony 4k TV was quite helpful in double-checking the accuracy of the calibration settings, which were slightly off in a few cases – particularly the distance of the subwoofers to the TV which for some reason added about 12 feet when they were only about 2 feet from the TV. When calibrating the unit, it is important to have a measuring device to verify the distance and height of all of your speakers, the height of your TV screen and the height of your ceiling. My home theater set up is in my living room and adjacent dining room that together have a 19-ft cathedral ceiling, so the acoustics can be quite pleasing. The other disconcerting thing about the graphical interface for the speaker setup was that it doesn’t give the user and option for smaller (bookshelf-sized) rear surrounds and only displays large speakers if your left and right surrounds are large. My front and side surrounds are large Sony tower speakers and given how my dining room is set up it doesn’t make sense to add additional tower speakers. CONNECTING AN APPLE TV 4K – Lack of the Dolby Vision Support I initially connected my AppleTV 4k set top box directly to the Sony AN1000 using an 8k-rated HDMI cable only to discover that the receiver would not pass through a Dolby Vision signal to the AppleTV 4k which display 4k SDR only. When I went online to see if this was a unique issue or whether other users had encountered this, I discovered that unfortunately this is a known issue that as far as I could tell that neither Sony nor Apple have yet to resolve. So, I was forced to reconnect the Apple TV 4k directly to the Sony TV once again. Sony claims to support Dolby Vision through the AN1000 but this is simply not the case unless there is a solution or work-around that they have published as of this writing that I have missed. DISPLAYING THE SOUND FIELD BEING USED The Sony AN1000 does have a nifty 360 Spatial Sound setting which comes in handy when watching older films whether they are streamed or from a Blu-ray player. That said whatever the current sound field being used is displayed on the front display panel of the receiver but is so small as to be unreadable especially considering that the user may be sitting some 10 feet away from the receiver and TV screen and not inclined to keep getting out of their chair to kneel down and get within a few inches of the receiver’s front display to see what the settings are. Attempting to verify the sound field by using the included Sony remote for the receiver is not much help since it hardly ever displays the information. Using the Sony TV’s remote isn’t much better since the option in the audio setting it displays is “Dolby Audio” not “Dolby Atmos” or “Dolby Digital Plus” or other sound fields/codecs like “DTS”. OVERALL PERFORMANCE - SOUND CLARITY AND SURROUND EFFECTS Despite some of the aforementioned annoying user interface issues, the surround sound effects of the AN1000 when in Dolby Atmos or using the Sony 360 Spatial Sound setting is quite impressive and to my ear sounds much crisper than my previous Denon multi-channel AVR. Initially my subwoofers were putting out probably a bit too much thundering low frequency bass; so, I actually had to reset the levels on them down a bit. This was quite noticeable when playing the 4k UHD Dolby Atmos stream of Blade Runner, for example and some other action films with explosions and other pyrotechnics. When playing the tornado scene from The Wizard of Oz, you really do get the sense that wind is whipping around you from every corner of the room. Other films that have been adept at incorporating Dolby Atmos will sometimes startle the viewer with offscreen sound effects that was made by another character that soon makes an appearance. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies are very good examples of this. I also tested the AN1000 with different genres (classical, opera, jazz, rock) of music on Amazon Music and was quite pleased with the crisp, clear sound of instruments and vocals. FINAL WORD To say that the AN1000 has horsepower and can create a dynamic and immersive theater sound experience in an averaged-sized living room is an understatement. This is a feature-rich and powerful home theater receiver and for most living room/family room/bonus room situations, the Sony STR AN1000 will be more than suitable for what you will need to create an entertaining surround sound environment.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2024

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