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VR-4090/VR-4080
KRF-V7773D
B60-4645-10 01 CH (K,P,T,M,X,Y) OC 9911
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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 the Remote Control unit? ....................................... 4 LCD Indicators ......................................................................... 6 How Do I Use Remote Control unit? .................................. 7 Remote controllable Range ......
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Setting a DSP effect ................................................................ 24 Chapter Three : key Layout in Controlling Other Devices .............................................................. 46 HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. Effects ................................................ 25 Headphone Operation .......................................................... 26 Chapter Four: Troubleshooting......................... 58 Selecting the Inputs ................................................
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Video ....................................................................................... 63 Chapter One: Moving Around I can’t see the program I’m playing on the TV There wasn’t Welcome to the Kenwood VR-4090/VR-4080/KRF-V7773D Users’ Guide. any video output to my VCR when I recorded ............ 63 This chapter explains the keys 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 disp
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What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio- Video Receiver? 1. STANDBY indicator light 2. POWER ON/STANDBYkey (VR-4090/VR-4080) ON/STANDBY key (KRF-V7773D) 3. POWER ON / OFF switch (KRF-V7773D) 4. PHONES jack 5. SPEAKERS A/B key 6. INPUT MODE key 7. CD 2/TAPE 2/MONITOR key 8. LISTEN MODE key 9. SET UP key 10. SOUND key 11. MULTI CONTROL (Up/Down) key 12. P. CALL (Up/Down) key 13. MEMORY key 14. AUTO key 15. BAND key 16. AV AUX input jacks Standby mode While the standby indicator of the unit
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What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver?, continued 2 2 1 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 ª
CLIP CD 2 / TAPE 2 A SPEAKERS B MONITOR INDICATOR PRO LOGIC 3 STEREO KRF-V7773D 18 DOLBY DIGITAL DTS VOLUME CONTROL MPEG 96kfs STANDBY D.R.I.V.E. HDCD POWER Û INPUT SELECTOR Ü
17 ON/STANDBY ON/STANDBY POWER DOWN UP -ON ÐOFF AV AUX S VIDEO VIDEO L - AUDIO - R PHONES Keys behind INPUT CD 2/TAPE 2 LISTEN A SPEAKERS B MULTI MODE MONITOR MODE SET UP SOUND Þ
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P.CALL % MEMORY AUTO BAND CON
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Remote control What’s on Remote Control unit? 1. LCD indicators 2. LCD function key 2 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT 3. LCD function key 1
1 4. CONFIRM/SHIFT key
2 Home Menu 5. MACRO key 3 6. AV.POWER key (AV device Power key) 4 16 CONFIRM/SHIFT MACRO 7. AV device control keys 5 MUSIC MOVIE TV 17 £ : Play AV POWER SYS.POWER 6 18 4 , ¢ : Skip 7 8 : Pause + + CH. VOL. 8 19 7 : Stop CH. VOL. - - 9 MUTE DIMMER INPUT MODE STATUS 20 8. CH.(+/-) ke
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Moving Around Remote control 15. Numeric keys (AV device control keys) 16. LCD cursor up/down keys 17. Input selector keys MUSIC: Audio device selector key MOVIE: Video device selector key TV: TV/video monitor selector key 18. SYS. POWER (Receiver power) key 19. VOL. (+/-) keys 20. MUTE key 21. SUB W. (STATUS) key 22. MENU key (AV device control keys) 23. OSD/PAGE 5 key (AV device control key) 24. LEARN key 25. F.SHIFT (Backlight) key How to operate the F.SHIFT key: In addition to the functions
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Moving Around Remote control Remote control LCD Indicators How Do I Use Remote Control unit? 6 To select an item: The displayed items can be scrolled or switched using the LCD cursor 2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT or key. REC REC The selected item is displayed in the reversed color for distinction from 1 5 other items. CD1:
CD
2 Disc 001 Tr.01
Remote controllable Range Text Menu
Remote control unit can be controlled in the range as shown below
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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. Do not block the remote control transceiver part of the Receiver or the transceiver part of the Remote Control unit. A momentary error is possible Turning the Speakers On when the signal is interruped even momentarily during transmission and To turn on the front A speakers, open the receiver’s front panel door and rec
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? Adjusting the Volume Adjusting the Tone (Stereo mode only) Use one of the following methods to adjust the volume. The Tone control adjusts the bass and treble tone of your front speakers manually. In addition to setting Bass and Treble tone adjustment values, • Turn the VOLUME knob on the front panel of the receiver. you can completely bypass the tone control circuitry for a purer sound. 1. Press the SOUND key on Remote Control
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? 5. Press the Next key (LCD function key 2). Adjusting the Loudness (Stereo mode only) The Loudness control increases the bass and treble at low volume control 6. The Treble setting menu appears. settings. This adjusts to the way the human ear hears sound at quiet vol- 7. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( / ) key on Remote Control unit umes, retaining music’s fullness and sparkle. to select the desired tone level. 1. Press the SOUN
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? Adjusting Speaker Levels Adjusting the Input Level You can use the Sound menu to temporarily adjust the speaker levels of If the front panel CLIP indicator will flash red continually, lower the analog your center speaker, surround speakers, and subwoofer. For example, if a input level for the source device you’re listening to. (Setting the proper in- particular movie has dialog that’s hard to understand, you can tempo- put leve
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? What are Listen Modes? Muting Sound You can experience true home-theater sound with your Kenwood Audio- The sound can be muted temporarily. Video Receiver. This receiver incorporates several listen modes to let you • Press the MUTE key on Remote Control unit. The MUTE indicator enjoy surround sound with a wide variety of program sources. Each pro- blinks during muting. duces multiple channels of surround-sound, but each does it
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? Checking the listen mode during playback • Dolby Digital: Dolby Digital uses an encode/decode process based The receiver detects the recording format and adapt itself to it automati- on its theatrical digital surround sound technology. The five main cally. The current surround mode can be checked as follows. channels are full-frequency and independent, so sound can completely envelop you or soar anywhere in the room, just like
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? What are input modes? The input mode should usually be set to Full Auto. However, the input mode can also be set manually when you want to fix the inputs as ana- The available surround modes may be restricted depending on the input log signals, etc. (see “Switching Input modes” on page 22). signal. DTS, Dolby Digital and MPEG are only available if a DTS, Dolby Digital or MPEG signal is present at the digital input. FULL AUTO :
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? Switching Input modes Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects To fully enjoy the sonic benefits of specially-encoded DVD AUDIO discs The DSP mode creates the reverberation devices (elements of sound ech- played on a compatible DVD player, you must set the receiver’s input to oed in various spaces) which determine the feeling of presence. Since 6CH INPUT. DSP uses digital processing, it can produce these effects without
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? How Do I Adjust the Sound? Setting a DSP effect HDCD® and D.R.I.V.E. Effects Press the receiver’s LISTEN MODE key or Remote Control unit’s LIS- HDCD is a new format enabling recording with higher quality than pre- TEN M. key repeatedly until the desired listen mode is displayed. vious CD while maintaining compatibility with it. Although a HDCD- Listen Mode compatible CD player is usually required to exhibit the full characteris- DSP tics of the HDCD, thi
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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? Selecting the Inputs Headphone Operation Selecting the Inputs Insert the headphone plug into the receiver’s PHONES jack and adjust To select an input on the receiver: the listening level. Press one of the INPUT SELECTOR Û/Ü keys. Each press changes the input in the following order. 1 Tuner (frequency display) VOLUME CONTROL 2 CD1 STANDBY ON/STANDBY POWER 3 MD/TAPE1 -ON ÐOFF 4 CD-R 5 VIDEO1 Û INPUT SELECTOR Ü
6 VIDEO2 7 VIDEO3 To return to the previous
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Using Receiver How Do I Operate Devices? How Do I Operate Devices? Operating an AV Device How Do I Operate Devices? Your Remote Control unit makes it easy for you to control the different To play a VCR, DVD player or LD player: devices connected to your receiver. 1. Select the input you want. Once AV devices are connected and identified by Remote Control unit , it 2. Use Remote Control unit to perform same remote control operations can use the same remote control functions as the remotes origina
