harkpabst
Prominent Member
Although it looks like the little Onkyo R-N855 streaming network receiver is not very popular amongst users of this forum I still felt like sharing this piece of info: There is a new firmware version available over the air directly from the unit's update option. It's not available for download from Onkyo's international firmware update site yet, but it's available nonetheless. No release notes yet, obviously.
For me version 2161-0000-0000-0011 has fixed (at least) two problems of the previous version 2160-9000-0000-0011.
Anyway, pretty happy this little gem still receives updates after more than 5 years.
For me version 2161-0000-0000-0011 has fixed (at least) two problems of the previous version 2160-9000-0000-0011.
- Chromecast built-in (Google Cast) now happily plays uncompressed FLAC from the Radio Paradise app. The different Radio Paradise mixes are also available through built-in support for TuneIn, but this is limited to ACC 320k. I never tried this with any older firmware, so not sure if it is actually a new feature or a fix to a regression bug.
- The brilliant app "Enhanced Controller for Onkyo and Pioneer" (shows as "Music Control" on the phone, much better than e.g. the Onkyo Controller app) had become very slow, unreliable or just unresponsive at times with firmware 2160-9000-0000-0011. This definitely has been a regression and is now fixed.
Anyway, pretty happy this little gem still receives updates after more than 5 years.