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Using Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver Welcome to the Users’ Guide for your new Kenwood Audio-Video Re- ceiver. It connects all your current audio and video components. It allows you to control them all with Kenwood’s remarkable LCD remote.
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Table of Contents Chapter One: Moving Around ............................. 1 What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio - Video Receiver? ................................................................................... 2 What’s on Remote Control Unit? ............................................. 4 LCD Indicators ......................................................................... 6 How Do I Use Remote Control Unit? .................................. 7 Remote controllable range ....
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How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes? ............................ 17 What is the THX? ................................................................... 17 What are Listen Modes?......................................................... 18 Checking the Input signal during playback .......................... 21 Input Modes ........................................................................... 22 Switching Input Modes ......................................................... 23 To set the THX
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Radio Tuning .......................................................................... 44 RDS (Radio Data System) for U.K. Only.............................. 44 Storing RDS Station Automatically (for U.K. Only) ........... 46 To search for a specific type of music or radio program (for U.K. only)........................................................................... 48 Recording ................................................................................ 47 How Do I Adjust the LCD Displ
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Audio is not output only when a 96k fs compatible disc is played. ................................................................................ 73 The 96k fs indicator does not light while a 96k fs compatible disc is being played. .......................................................... 73 I can’t hear sound from one or more of the speakers, or the sound is abnormally low .................................................. 74 I can’t hear sound from my surround or center speakers ... 74 I ca
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Video ....................................................................................... 76 I can’t see the program I’m playing on the TV. There wasn’t any video output to my VCR when I recorded ................ 76 Remote Control unit .............................................................. 77 My Remote Control unit is slow to respond—sometimes I have to press buttons or select commands several times ............ 77 My Remote Control unit is not responding......................... 77
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Chapter One: Moving Around Welcome to the Kenwood KRF-X7775D Users’ Guide. This chapter ex- plains the buttons and functions you can find on the front of the receiver and on Remote Control unit. The chapter also includes an explanation of how to navigate the convenient display on your new Remote Control unit. It includes the following sections: What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio - Video Receiver? page 2 What’s on Remote Control Unit? page 4 LCD indicators page 6 How Do I Use Remote
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What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio- Video Receiver? 1. STANDBY indicator 2. POWER ON/STANDBY button 3. POWER ON/OFF switch 4. PHONES jack 5. SPEAKERS A/B buttons 6. INPUT MODE button 7. CD 2/TAPE 2 MONITOR button 8. LISTEN MODE button /DISPLAY button 9. THX button 10. SOUND button / SET UP button 11. MULTI CONTROL (Up/Down) buttons 12. P. CALL (Up/Down) buttons 13. MEMORY button 14. AUTO button 15. BAND button 16. AV AUX input jacks Standby mode While the standby indicator of the un
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What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver?, continued 2 1 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 DTS-ES SURROUND CD 2 / TAPE 2 CLIP DISCRETE 6.1 MATRIX 6.1 NEO : 6 PRO LOGIC BACK 96kfs MONITOR INDICATOR 18 THX DOLBY DIGITAL VOLUME CONTROL DTS MPEG STANDBY D.R.I.V.E. HDCD Û INPUT SELECTOR Ü
17 ON/STANDBY POWER DOWN UP -ON ÐOFF AV - AUX S VIDEO VIDEO L - AUDIO - R PHONES INPUT CD 2/TAPE 2 LISTEN MULTI A SPEAKERS B Þ
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What’s on Remote Control Unit? What’s on Remote Control Unit? 1. LCD indicators 2. LCD function button 2 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 3. LCD function button 1
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4. CONFIRM/SHIFT button Home Menu 2 3 5. MACRO button 4 16 CONFIRM/SHIFT MACRO 6. AV POWER button (AV device Power button) 5 MUSIC MOVIE TV 7. AV device control buttons 17 AV POWER SYS.POWER £ : Play 6 18 7 4 , ¢ : Skip + + CH. VOL. 8 : Pause 8 19 CH. VOL. - - 9 MUTE 7 : Stop DIMME
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Moving Around What’s on Remote Control Unit? 15. Numeric buttons (AV device control buttons) 10 button / STATUS button 11 button / MULTI ZONE button 12 button / ZONE A/B button 16. LCD cursor up/down buttons 17. Input selector buttons MUSIC: Audio device selector button MOVIE: Video device selector button TV: TV/video monitor selector button 18. SYS. POWER (Receiver power) button 19. VOL. (+/-) buttons 20. MUTE button 21. THX button /SUB W. button 22. MENU button (AV device control buttons) 23.
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What’s on Remote Control Unit? LCD Indicators 6 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT REC REC 1 5 CD1:
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3 4 LCD function LCD function Cursor up/down button 1 button 2 buttons 1. Playback/recording mode indicators REC REC ` Play indicator/ 8: Pause indicator/ : Record indicator/ 7: Stop indicator 2. Character display Shows various information such as the input device name and track number. 3. Current function of LCD function
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Moving Around How Do I Use Remote Control Unit? What’s on Remote Control Unit? How Do I Use Remote Control Unit? To select an item: The displayed items can be scrolled or switched using the LCD cursor or button. The selected item is displayed in the reversed color for distinction from other items. Remote controllable range Remote control unit can be controlled in the range as shown below using four AA (R6) batteries. IR Sensor VOLUME CONTROL 6 m Infrared remote 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT tra
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For operation of other identified devices or with an external IR receiver, aim the Remote Control unit towards the respective unit and use it as an infrared remote control. Do not block the remote control IR transmitter on the Receiver or the transceiver part of the Remote Control unit. A momentary error is pos- sible when the signal is interrupted even momentarily during transmis- sion and reception (for example by a person passing through the beam). In such a case, the most recent information
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? You can control and adjust a variety of sound settings using the receiver’s front panel or Remote Control unit. Turning the Speakers On To turn on the front A speakers, open the receiver’s front panel door and press the SPEAKERS A button. Speaker indicators (, õ) INPUT CD 2/TAPE 2 LISTEN MULTI L SPEAKERS R MODE MONITOR MODE SET UP SOUND Þ
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How Do I Adjust the Sound? Adjusting the Volume Use one of the following methods to adjust the volume. • Turn the VOLUME knob on the front panel of the receiver. INPUT CD 2/TAPE 2 LISTEN MULTI L SPEAKERS R MODE MONITOR MODE SET UP SOUND Þ
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P.CALL % MEMORY AUTO BAND VOL. + - • Press or on Remote Control unit. VOL. 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT + + - - 10 Using Receiver
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? Adjusting the Tone (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode Off) The Tone control adjusts the bass and treble tone of your front speakers manually. In addition to setting Bass and Treble tone adjustment values, you can completely bypass the tone control circuitry for a purer sound. 1. Press the SOUND button on Remote Control unit repeatedly until Tone = Off or On is displayed. On or Off refers to the current setting status. Sound Tone = Off Home Next 2
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How Do I Adjust the Sound? Operation on the receiver: 1. Press the SOUND button in the door repeatedly until TONE OFF or ON is displayed. 2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/Þ) button to display TONE ON (or OFF if desired so). 3. When ON is selected above and the SOUND button is pressed again, the BASS setting menu appears. When OFF is selected above, the LOUDNESS setting menu appears. 4. Adjust using the MULTI CONTROL (%/Þ) button. 5. Press the SOUND button. 6. When the TREBLE setting menu appears,
