Yamaha RXV-677 and Deezer?

HungryHippos · 22 Aug 2015 at 14:15

I have a Yamaha RXV-677 AVR, works well, but only seems to support Spotify Connect out of the box. Anyone worked out a way to get Deezer onto this AVR?

I had a Spotify account but they messed me about after my account got hacked, so don't really want to pay them for Premium anymore.

AVR doesn't support BT, or I would probably use that. My PI connected to my AVR is running Plex but not seen that supporting Deezer either.

lude1962 · 22 Aug 2015 at 17:15

chromecast?

HungryHippos · 23 Aug 2015 at 21:19

Hmm not a bad idea, though I would really like to find someone with a spare so I could test it I guess.

My Samsung F8000 "Smart TV" will only route sound to the AVR via Optical cable, even when it has HDMI-ARC attached, it's absolutely crazy. Attaching both Optical and HDMI-ARC causes the AVR to power on and auto switch to the Optical source, which is a tad annoying.

I'd need to see if Chromecast will piggy back on the HDMI-ARC or not, hopefully it would.

I could also see if I could hook up my old PI with something that will let me play Deezer to the AVR that way...

lude1962 · 23 Aug 2015 at 22:32

wouldn't you plug the chromecast straight into you avr or am I misreading this?

HungryHippos · 24 Aug 2015 at 00:18

That's even better if you can do that

The website says it plugs into TV doesn't mention AVR, but some googling seems to suggest you can.

lude1962 · 24 Aug 2015 at 10:24

the chromecast is just an hdmi device thats why i mentioned it
your avr 6 hdmi in 2 out

HungryHippos · 24 Aug 2015 at 23:58

Yeah it may well work, but meanwhile my TV appears to have a Deezer app, so I installed that

Seems to work!