@wilsonmfw wrote:
Can you not use the network feature of the 1040 to connect to your home network and link to Vtuner?
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No, that's the point of other comments I've made elsewhere, possibly on the FB thread.
My 1040 can access local network resources just fine, such as my NAS or a PC if I wished.
Anything outside my LAN is only via the SEN option (Sony Entertainment Network) unless anyone knows different in which case please let me know!
Using the SEN option allows choice between Music Unlimited, presumably Sony's proprietary, and chargeable service, or vTuner. I cannot tell the system where to go apart from that.
This is why I made the other suggestion, Surely other devices out there allow you to either scan for, or directly input the name of streaming services such as vTuner. So I ask myself why the same approach is not built into the 1040 and mirrored by the Sony iPad application, Network Audio Remote?
If that application allowed me to input directly, and the receiver would pass that instruction to the internet, then I'd be quite happy.
So here I am with a nice sounding receiver, but in terms of listening to the free world of internet radio, Sony have effectivey censored my listening. The 1040 does not have DAB, and needing some form of digital radio this setup (vTuner) seemed acceptable to me. Other factors drove the shortlisting of the 1040 for me, in terms of kit connectivity particularly, It was the only model I could find which met those other needs.
So clearly the 1040 can talk to the internet, but it's view of services is constrained by SEN, so surely a new update to the 1040 firmware, coupled with a revision to the iPad could sort this, for the 1040 anyway.
Then I had a bit more of a think. And checked the spec of the recently released STR-DN1050.
I may be mistaken but the way SEN works on that one might differ. Indeed I've just read on an AV forum that SEN is not included on the 1050 (!) and internet access would appear much more open.
Depending how this farce goes, and the other features of the 1050, which I shall investigate further. I can see another option emerging perhaps. STR-DN1050 otherwise known as the fix for STR-DN1040? Hell, if HDMI passthrough works as it should on the 1050 this could be a no-brainer.
Yes, just to be clear that's another aspect of the 1040 where Sony did not tell the truth. They claim it has generic, standardised HDMI passthough meaning the receiver will still pass signal betweem other connected devices even in standby. Nope. As documented on many forums, it does not work.
Like many, I was hoping the recent firmware update may resolve core issues such as this and even vTuner, but no, Sony are merely rolling out updates to other plug-ins such as Netflix, oh look another way of taking money from people. I'm starting to see where their priorities lie, and it isn't with the customer.
Poor.
