Yamaha is first to introduce JUKE music streaming service on the latest AV Receiver series.

Yamaha announced today that it will support JUKE music streaming service. JUKE, launched in September 2011, offers access to one of the most comprehensive music libraries in the world. It boasts 25 million tracks from more than 80,000 record labels providing wide range of music genres. As of July 2014, JUKE is available in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands. JUKE is available as a premium subscription service at Euro 9.99 per month.
 
Yamaha AV receiver owners (see complete list below) that have a JUKE Premium subscription can now access to millions of tracks in outstanding sound quality using Dolby Pulse codec on their Yamaha home entertainment systems.

Yamaha continues to be at the forefront of technology, providing innovative features that serve the changing demands of consumers around the world. The most apparent feature of the RX-V 77 Series AV receivers and AVENTAGE RX-A 40 Series is the advanced network capabilities – a necessity in today’s environment. Yamaha’s advanced networking capabilities deliver fantastic consumer benefits, such as wireless networking*, simple operation through the acclaimed AV Controller App, seamless music streaming from PC or NAS devices, AirPlay for music streaming from iOS devices and Yamaha’s own Music Play providing wireless music streaming for both Android and iOS devices.  *except for RX-V477

JUKE integration will further provide customers with more options to enjoy ever-increasing music streaming entertainment. With JUKE’s outstanding sound quality with Yamaha’s legendary Natural Sound, users can expect to get the highest-quality audio playback from their AV receiver.

JUKE compatible models*:

AVENTAGE series AV receivers:

    RX-A3040, RX-A2040, RX-A1040, RX-A840, RX-A740

RX-V series AV receivers:

    RX-V777, RX-V677, RX-V577, RX-V477

*Firmware update is provided to enable JUKE on units which are already shipped.