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USER MANUAL
K 6
V 6.0 Order No. 9103 – 0264
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Welcome! We are delighted that you have purchased a product. The K6 DVD surround receiver forms the basis of a superb digital AV surround system whose overall design and comprehensive facilities fulfil all the requirements of a high-quality video and home cinema system. The highly sophisticated signal processing section has been carefully developed to satisfy all the wishes of the de- manding music lover, and is constructed using carefully selected audiophile components of the highest quali
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Operation 4 Front panel controls and connections Primary switch / Emergency buttons / Opening and closing the drawer / Headphone socket / Screen 6 F6 remote control handset Switching On-/Off/Standby / Screen brightness adjustment / Screen angle adjustment / Source selection / Volume control / Muting A / B / Surround mode / Sound field 7 Menu control system - Main Menu ProLogic II Mode / Balance / Tone controls / Subwoofer level / Loudne
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Front panel controls and connections Primary switch Emergency buttons The K6 is normally switched on and off using the To the right of the primary switch on the underside of the K6 you will find three small buttons which can be used to button on the remote control handset. control the machine in an emergency. These buttons can The K6 also features a primary switch (rocker switch) be used to operate the essential functions directly. located on the left under the front panel. Operat
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CD / DVD drawer Sensor Infra-red sensor for opening the CD/DVD drawer. Opening the drawer To open the drawer first select the Disc Player as pro- gram source, then hold the button on the remote control handset pressed in for about 2 seconds. The drawer can also be opened by moving your hand Headphone socket close to the sensor located below the unit's front panel. 3.5 mm Ø barrel socket for stereo headphones with an impedance of at least 50 Ω. Closing the drawer This soc
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F6 remote control handset The F6 remote control handset B asic functions controls all the functions of the K6 Switches the K6 on from the Off state *), and switches the unit DVD surround receiver. The ad- press to stand-by mode from the On state. justments you make are displayed b riefly I n stand-by mode the K6's video pass-through circuit remains on the integral screen and also on in operation, i.e. the programme from the selected video a TV set which is connected to the source continu
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Menu control system A menu control system is used to adjust the tone con- The 'Main Menu' contains all the functions required to trols and the surround decoder settings, and also to set operate the K6 in normal daily use. Press the the basic configuration of the K6. button briefly to open this menu. If the TV set connected to the system is switched on, all When you initially install the K6 all the audio and video the menus are displayed page by page on its screen. components of your surroun
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Tone controls - treble and bass: Loudness: These two menu points enable you to alter the treble and The term Loudness refers to an automatic volume- bass settings to compensate for tonal differences in sensitive tone control designed to compensate for the programme material. The settings affect all channels, frequency-dependent sensitivity of the human ear at very and the adjustment range is +/-6 dB in 1 dB increments. low volumes. You can switch Loudness on and off in this menu point. Note on
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Surround sound - explanatory notes A digital multi-channel signal is detected by its encoding General information method, and the K6 automatically sets the correct loud- The following section is not concerned directly with the speaker assignment. The current reproduction mode is operation of your K6, but is rather intended to explain displayed on the front panel screen. some of the terms which arise in connection with sur- For analogue input signals the correct mode of opera- round systems. It
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Unfortunately not all listening rooms are suitable for SOUND FIELD SIMULATION exploiting the full dynamic range. For example, it may be necessary to take your neighbours' feelings into account The surround processes already described require pro- - especially in the late evening hours. gramme material which is encoded using the appropriate system, but the K6 also offers a facility to enhance the For this reason it is possible to reduce the dynamic spatial effect available with conventional unenc
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Using the tuner Listening to radio programmes Operation: Explanation: Press the button on the RC handset to switch on T T T TU U U UN N N NE E E ER R R R the tuner; it will be set to the program which you last se- Then e.g. Switch on Tuner mode lected. The integral screen initially displays 'TU TU TU TUN N N NE E E ER R R R', then W WD DR R 2 2 W WD DR R 2 2 the current radio program. e.g. Switch to next-lower pro- The integral screen now displays the RDS station name or gram N
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Program search Operation: Explanation: If you hold one of the tuning buttons ( / ) pressed With Tuner selected . . . in for about 2 seconds when in Tuner mode, the K6 Start program search in / e.g. starts a program search in the downward or upward press appropriate direction (up or direction. It stops automatically at the next high-quality 8 89 9--0 00 0 8 89 9--0 00 0 for 2 sec down) station, and tunes it in accurately. If you release the tuning button at this moment, the tune
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Manual storing of radio programs Operation: Explanation: If you wish to operate the Tuner as described under 'Lis- With Tuner selected . . . tening to radio programs', you must first tune in all your Starts program search / e.g. preferred radio stations accurately and store them under press downwards or upwards Program Numbers. You can store up to 60 radio stations ----+ +---- 9 98 8--0 00 0 ----+ +---- 9 98 8--0 00 0 for 2 sec within the frequency band in this way. e.g.
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Clearing (erasing) Programs Operation: Explanation: Pr ograms containing stations received at poor quality, or With Tuner selected . . . the same stations on different frequencies, should be e.g. erased, or cleared. press Call up Tuner Menu *) M M M MO O O OD D D DE E E E N N N NO O O OR R R RM M M M To clear individual Programs call up the Clear function of briefly the Tuner Menu. The flashing number is the Program Call up Program Menu *) P PR RO OG GR RA AM M P PR RO OG GR
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Exchanging two Programs Operation: Explanation: All the Tuner's Programs are stored in the order in which With Tuner selected . . . the Autostore function detected them. e.g. You can re-arrange the order to suit your preference using press Call up Tuner Menu *) M M M MO O O OD D D DE E E E N N N NO O O OR R R RM M M M the Exchange function. The process involves exchanging briefly pairs of Programs (Prog. X and Prog. Y). Call up Program Menu *) P PR RO OG GR RA AM M P PR RO OG
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Renaming a Program Operation: Explanation: Not all radio transmitters broadcast the station name, and With Tuner selected . . . in such cases the integral screen displays the tuning indi- e.g. cator and the reception frequency instead of the station press Call up Tuner Menu *) name. Other transmitters broadcast the station name as a M M M MO O O OD D D DE E E E N N N NO O O OR R R RM M M M briefly moving script, which is at variance with the RDS norm. Call up Program Menu *) P
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The Tuner as alarm clock Operation: Explanation: The K6 includes a timer module which can switch the T T T TU U U UN N N NE E E ER R R R unit on at a pre-set time. The 'Alarm Menu' provides then e.g. Switch on Tuner mode access to all the settings which are required for the alarm W WD DR R 2 2 W WD DR R 2 2 function. The alarm function only works in Tuner mode. This is to press Open Alarm Menu B B B By y y y R R R RD D D DS S S S O O O ON N N N ensure that a source signal i
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The Disc Player The integral Disc Player is a play-back device for digital In addition to DVDs you can also play audio CDs (in- audio and video media which comply with the universal cluding CD-R and CD/RW) and Photo CDs. DVD video standard. The player provides playback of You can recognise the media which can be played by movies at genuine cinema picture quality, and also offers one or more of the following logos printed on the pack- stereo or multi-channel sound (according to medium). aging. Al
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Using the Disc Player to play audio CDs Inserting an audio CD Operation: Explanation: Audio CDs contain recordings of music, D D D DIIIIS S S SC C C C and they can be recognised by the logo Select Disc mode then e.g. shown here. N N N NO O O O D D D DIIIIS S S SC C C C To select the Disc Player press the button on the RC handset. press Open drawer O O O OP P P PE E E EN N N N for 2 sec. Open the drawer by a long press on the but- Insert audio CD ton *) and insert
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Playing a track Operation: Explanation: Selecting a track Press the button to start CD playback from the first track. D DIIS SC C D DIIS SC C Select Disc mode then e.g. Selecting a track S S S St t t to o o op p p p 1 11 16 6 6 6 During playback you can jump from one track to another e.g. using the or buttons. However, you can also Start playback C CD D 11 enter the number of the desired track directly using the C CD D 11 numeric b
