MusicCast Controller 4+
Yamaha Corporation
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- Free
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Description
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
- iOS14.0 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.
What’s New
Version 5.70
- Compatible with new OS
- Other bug fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Needs context search. Fix sync issues.
App works very well, but when flicking through music folders, it could use a context search to more quickly target the music required, or maybe an alphabet list down the right hand side. Scrolling a large number of folders is tiresome where there are many folders and prone to selecting folders in error.
Syncing between base unit (CRX-N470) and a pair of stereo-linked WX-021 satellites is fraught. There is a second delay between the base and the satellites, and even on the occasions where the sync is fine, it drops out of sync after a minute or so.
It kinda works
It will control the music on an MXA-50 but I was surprised how even adjusting the volume control to find the volume was SO DIFFICULT! With the link control set to Speed Boost and Volume Fade Control off adjusting the volume was like pushing string. The volume level would change if you’re lucky. It doesn’t help that the physical volume knob on the MXA-50 was programmed to have the same disconnect with reality. Turn it and nothing happens. Flick it and it goes too far. The information screen shows that there are 161 increments 30deg(!!!) of knob turned normally to move up just one increment. So the knob needs to move at least 720deg before anything really happens unless you move it fast.
But if you move down it the increments go faster every 30deg. You’ll NEVER find the level you thought you had turning it back the other way. Pushing string on the most fundamental control we need the volume!!!!!!
Yamaha, we know you can do better than this. At least install a counter knob that isn’t as coarse as 30deg.
Clever but unreliable at parties . It’s complicated!
I wish I could give music cast more stars as it had so much potential. Unfortunately music-cast can crash and forget the devices connected. I have used Music cast for 5 years and it seems to stop when music is most require such as in the middle of a party or just as your serving up at a dinner party ! So I run a backup hi-fi with less connectivity next to the Yamaha receiver. Have tried multiple options and resets including Bluetooth and the WiFi connection it no long term solution. More people and devices in the room probably mess with connectivity so I suggest use the system but have a backup. There are alternatives - l have considered Sonos but already invested in a large 4 speaker and subwoofer Yamaha system so why should I have to change?
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Data Not Linked to You
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- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
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Information
- Seller
- Yamaha Corporation
- Size
- 84 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Yamaha Corporation
- Price
- Free