MusicCast Controller - US

Name: MusicCast Controller - US
Rating: 4.7 (38560 reviews)
Author: Yamaha Corporation of America

Music

Free

39K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

Yamaha Corporation of America
Language

EN
+ 23 More
Size

103.1
MB

Choose what you want to listen to, where and how with MusicCast. MusicCast is a streaming and multi-room audio system built into many Yamaha products, including sound bars, wireless speakers, AV receivers and more. The MusicCast app lets you easily control them all. Music Everywhere -Listen to music throughout your whole home -Listen to the same or different music in each room Stream your favorites -Stream from popular music services or from Internet Radio stations -Access your music library from your smartphone, NAS drive or computer -Stream internal or external content (TV, CD Player, Blu-ray Disc Player, USB, and more) Don't skimp on quality -Supports High Resolution Audio playback (up to 192kHz/24bit) Create wireless setups -MusicCast Stereo: Pair compatible models for a wireless 2-channel or 2.1-channel setup -MusicCast Surround: Pair select models together for the ease of wirelss surround sound Make your music yours -Multiple settings to customize your experience Requirements - iOS 16.0 or higher - A Wi-Fi router and one or more MusicCast-enabled products within the same network Compatible models vary by region. Please refer to the following site for compatible models. https://www.yamaha.com/2/musiccast/ This application performs following functions for purposes described below. - Making a connection under Wi-Fi enabled environment The application uses Wi-Fi function on your mobile terminal for the purpose of operating network-enabled devices. - Accessing to music information stored in your smartphone / tablet This application accesses to music information stored in your smartphone / tablet for the purpose of displaying, playing and editing the music information and/or playlist. To setup your MusicCast devices, this app needs to find your Wi-Fi network as location information. This app doesn’t collect your actual location using GPS or Wi-Fi based positioning technologies.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

39K Ratings

Nice when working
01/18/2020

pmgreene01
I like the app when it is working. I have had a situation happen twice where I came home and my receiver (R-N303) lost it's wireless network connection. The frustration came when all of the automatic methods (airplay, sharing ios password) of getting it back on the network. I finally gave up and entered the network SSID and password manually with the remote. This involves scrolling through long list of upper and lower case letters, numbers and punction characters with the up and down arrows on the remote. Painful, but that is the only thing that will work when this happens.WhenI first got the device, it joined my network as an airplay speaker through my phone no problem. But both times that it forgot the network information, I had to enter the network information manually.
Nice when working
01/18/2020

pmgreene01

I like the app when it is working. I have had a situation happen twice where I came home and my receiver (R-N303) lost it's wireless network connection. The frustration came when all of the automatic methods (airplay, sharing ios password) of getting it back on the network. I finally gave up and entered the network SSID and password manually with the remote. This involves scrolling through long list of upper and lower case letters, numbers and punction characters with the up and down arrows on the remote. Painful, but that is the only thing that will work when this happens.WhenI first got the device, it joined my network as an airplay speaker through my phone no problem. But both times that it forgot the network information, I had to enter the network information manually.
Unreliable App (now I know why apple is thriving)
10/07/2023

Ferny!
Bought this TSR700 at Costco. No problems for a good while but then it’s all about the app and receiver connection. I really want to make this work as my living room TV and surround system is connected to the receiver. TV has zero issues but once you try to connect your phone to the app the nightmare starts. I have two zones, one to the living room and one to the kids room, both with ceiling and wall speakers. Sometimes the connection gets lost and there is NO WAY to even get app to connect to the receiver. When I said there is NO WAY I mean there is NO WAY. Every time I try to open the app its a 50/50 chance that it works or ir doesn’t work. I’m persistent to find an alternate solution while it starts working again. Frustrating!!!!
Unreliable App (now I know why apple is thriving)
10/07/2023

Ferny!

Bought this TSR700 at Costco. No problems for a good while but then it’s all about the app and receiver connection. I really want to make this work as my living room TV and surround system is connected to the receiver. TV has zero issues but once you try to connect your phone to the app the nightmare starts. I have two zones, one to the living room and one to the kids room, both with ceiling and wall speakers. Sometimes the connection gets lost and there is NO WAY to even get app to connect to the receiver. When I said there is NO WAY I mean there is NO WAY. Every time I try to open the app its a 50/50 chance that it works or ir doesn’t work. I’m persistent to find an alternate solution while it starts working again. Frustrating!!!!
Great concept but. . .
08/12/2023

TimmyL222
I like the idea of this app. Wish it worked like it is supposed to. I’ve had a lot of trouble getting consistent results. Originally had my TV connected is optical cable. Couldn’t get the app to hold its settings and see my sound bar and satellite speakers. Finally changed to the HDMI ARC port on the TV and it seems to be working better. When I now turn on the TV it automatically recognizes it and turns on MusicCast. There is still a big delay from sound bar to satellite speakers I think due to the fact that the sound bar is hard wired as the speakers are Bluetooth. To solve it I just turn the speakers way down and get a mild echo sound. Like it’s a huge hall. Needs to have better instructions. A pain to figure out and set up.
Great concept but. . .
08/12/2023

TimmyL222

I like the idea of this app. Wish it worked like it is supposed to. I’ve had a lot of trouble getting consistent results. Originally had my TV connected is optical cable. Couldn’t get the app to hold its settings and see my sound bar and satellite speakers. Finally changed to the HDMI ARC port on the TV and it seems to be working better. When I now turn on the TV it automatically recognizes it and turns on MusicCast. There is still a big delay from sound bar to satellite speakers I think due to the fact that the sound bar is hard wired as the speakers are Bluetooth. To solve it I just turn the speakers way down and get a mild echo sound. Like it’s a huge hall. Needs to have better instructions. A pain to figure out and set up.
The single worst app I have on my phone
Aug 3

Yeppers739
I have been running this MusicCast app for about nine years, and it consistently has lag and connectivity issues. No other app for any smart devices have any lag whatsoever. None. Want to adjust the volume of a room? 75% of the time there will be lag. Want to skip a song? Lag city. Tired of listening to music and want to switch over to TV? Prepared to wait up to 30 seconds or longer.Absolutely terrible.The Yamaha MusicCast requires constant rebooting, and this is a *hard* reboot, achieved by unplugging the entire receiver. It's so bad that I have the receiver plugged into a Kasa smart outlet so that I can remotely reboot the receiver, something that I have to do sometimes three or four times a day.Guess what? The Kasa app >instantly< cuts off the power with zero lag. I have FiOS in the house, so my speeds are very fast. Also, I have an eero mesh system that is seamless for every other device that is connected to it, except for this Yamaha app. In no particular order, here is what I have connected my Wi-Fi, all of which work flawlessly: four Roborock vacuum cleaner cleaners, a dozen smart outlets, a wireless printer, three laptops, a smart stove, a smart Pet feeder, two Wi-Fi connected smart TVs, a YoLink hub system for power outages and water sensors, and at least five Ring cameras.I keep on waiting for Yamaha to fix their app, but, after a decade, I have lost hope. Sonos, help me...
The single worst app I have on my phone
Aug 3

Yeppers739

I have been running this MusicCast app for about nine years, and it consistently has lag and connectivity issues. No other app for any smart devices have any lag whatsoever. None. Want to adjust the volume of a room? 75% of the time there will be lag. Want to skip a song? Lag city. Tired of listening to music and want to switch over to TV? Prepared to wait up to 30 seconds or longer.Absolutely terrible.The Yamaha MusicCast requires constant rebooting, and this is a *hard* reboot, achieved by unplugging the entire receiver. It's so bad that I have the receiver plugged into a Kasa smart outlet so that I can remotely reboot the receiver, something that I have to do sometimes three or four times a day.Guess what? The Kasa app >instantly< cuts off the power with zero lag. I have FiOS in the house, so my speeds are very fast. Also, I have an eero mesh system that is seamless for every other device that is connected to it, except for this Yamaha app. In no particular order, here is what I have connected my Wi-Fi, all of which work flawlessly: four Roborock vacuum cleaner cleaners, a dozen smart outlets, a wireless printer, three laptops, a smart stove, a smart Pet feeder, two Wi-Fi connected smart TVs, a YoLink hub system for power outages and water sensors, and at least five Ring cameras.I keep on waiting for Yamaha to fix their app, but, after a decade, I have lost hope. Sonos, help me...