Kenwood KRF-X7775D User Manual

Using Your New Kenwood Audio-Video

Receiver

Welcome to the Users’ Guide for your new Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver. It connects all your current audio and video components. It allows you to control them all with Kenwood’s remarkable LCD remote.

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 .......................................................7

Chapter Two: Controlling the Receiver................ 8

How Do I Adjust the Sound?............................................... 9

Turning the Speakers On ..........................................................9

Adjusting the Volume ............................................................. 10

Adjusting the Tone (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode

Off) ......................................................................................11

Adjusting the Loudness (Only in STEREO mode with THX

mode Off) .......................................................................... 13

Adjusting Speaker Levels ....................................................... 14

Adjusting the Input Level ...................................................... 15

Muting Sound ........................................................................ 16

Midnight Theatre Function (Dolby Digital, DTS and DTS-ES

only) ................................................................................... 16

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 Mode ............................................................. 24

To set the Listen Mode manually.......................................... 26

Examples of inputs with which switching is available........ 27

Description of Dolby Pro Logic II: Music mode.................. 29

Selecting the parameter of Pro Logic II: Music mode ......... 29

Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects ..................31

HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. Effects ................................................ 33

Headphone Operation .......................................................... 34

Selecting the Inputs ............................................................... 35

How Do I Operate Devices? .............................................. 36

Playback of the device connected to the CD2/TAPE2

MONITOR.......................................................................... 36

Operating a Television ........................................................... 37

Operating an AV Device ........................................................ 38

Operating a CD player........................................................... 39

To play Kenwood 200-Disc CD Changer ............................. 39

Single or Rotary CD Player .....................................................41

CD-R Recorder ........................................................................ 41

Operating an MD Recorder or Cassette Deck ...................... 42

Playing an Analog Turntable................................................. 43

Monitoring a Video Camera or Playing an Additional VCR... 43

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 Display? ................................... 52

Using Remote Control unit under low light ........................ 52

Adjusting the contrast of LCD display ................................. 52

Adjusting the brightness of receiver ..................................... 53

Selecting the display mode of receiver front panel ............. 53

Executing Several Operations at Once (Macro function).. 54

Registering a macro................................................................ 54

Executing a macro .................................................................. 55

Using Remote Control Unit in Multiple Zones ................. 56

Haw Do I Switch Control Modes? ........................................ 56

Operation using the SYS.POWER button on Remote Control

unit ..................................................................................... 58

Chapter Three : Button Layout in Controlling

Other Devices .................................................... 59

Chapter Four: Troubleshooting..........................71

Sound...................................................................................... 73

I don’t hear any sound at all ................................................. 73

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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 can hear sound only from the center speaker when Dolby

Pro Logic is selected .......................................................... 74

A DTS-ES encoded source is played but it is not decoded in

DTS-ES. ............................................................................... 74

A Dolby Digital Surround EX-encoded source is played with

THX Surround EX set to “Auto”, but the source is not

reproduced in 6.1-channel audio..................................... 75

Sound from one (or more) of my components is abnormally

loud or soft ........................................................................ 75

I can’t hear sound from some of my laser discs .................. 75

There wasn’t any sound recorded on tapes made on my VCR

or tape deck........................................................................ 75

The initial sound is intermittent or non-existent when I start

to play from a Dolby Digital, DTS, DTS-ES or MPEG

source ................................................................................. 75

With a Dolby Digital program or DTS program, the loud

sounds aren’t very loud and the quiet sounds aren’t very

quiet.................................................................................... 76

All I hear is loud static when I play DTS discs..................... 76

I hear a hum when I select the PHONO input .................... 76

Sound is intermittent............................................................. 76

I can’t hear any sound in Zone B .......................................... 76

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

I want to clear all the items in Remote Control unit and

make it to the factory-set default condition. ................... 78

The RF remote control function does not work ................. 78

Receiver/Tuner ........................................................................ 78

My receiver won’t turn on and the STANDBY indicator is

flashing ............................................................................... 78

The sound is distorted, and the CLIP indicator on the

receiver’s front panel flashes red continually, or stays red

for more than 1 second at a time ..................................... 79

I can’t receive a radio station ................................................ 80

I’m getting a lot of static/interference .................................. 80

When I press a button to tune to a preset station, the receiver

does not respond ............................................................... 80

Chapter One: Moving Around

Welcome to the Kenwood KRF-X7775D Users’ Guide. This chapter explains 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 Control Unit? page 7

What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood AudioVideo Receiver?

1. STANDBY indicator

2. POWER ON/STANDBY button

3. POWER ON/OFF switch

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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 unit is lit, a small amount of current is flowing into the unit’s internal circuitry to back up the memory. This condition is referred to as the standby mode of the unit. While the unit is in the standby mode, it can be turned ON from the Remote Control unit.

What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver?, continued

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17.VOLUME CONTROL knob

18.INPUT SELECTOR buttons

19.Indicators SURROUND BACK 96kfs CD2/TAPE2 MONITOR CLIP INDICATOR

STANDBY

ON/STANDBY

POWER

-ON –OFF

PHONES

Buttons behind the

DTS-ES

DISCRETE 6.1 MATRIX 6.1 NEO : 6

SPEAKERSB

PRO LOGIC

THX DOLBY DIGITAL

DTS MPEG

D.R.I.V.E. HDCD

INPUT

CD 2/TAPE 2

LISTEN

MODE

MONITOR

MODE THX

MULTI

ﬁ %

SOUND

CONTROL

SET UPDISPLAY

P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND

ﬁ %

CD 2 / TAPE 2

SURROUND

96kfs

MONITOR

BACK

¤ INPUT SELECTOR ‹

INDICATOR

CLIP

VOLUME CONTROL

DOWN UP

AV - AUX

S VIDEO VIDEO L - AUDIO - R

door

4 5

6 8

20.Indicators THX DTS D. R. I. V. E. DOLBY DIGITAL MPEG HDCD

11 12 13 15 16

21.Display

22.2-way communication indicator

23.Infrared remote sensor

24.Indicators DTS-ES DISCRETE 6.1 DTS-ES MATRIX 6.1 NEO : 6 PRO LOGIC

25.Infrared remote transmitter

Button 5 to 15 are located inside the panel door.

What’s on Remote Control Unit?

1. LCD indicators

6 7

2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

   Home Menu

CONFIRM/SHIFT

MUSIC MOVIE

AV POWER

CH.

DIMMER SOUND

TITLE/GUIDE

RETURN /PAGE

REC MODE

REPEAT RANDOM INPUT SEL.

TV SELECT DISPLAY SELECT

STATUS MULTI ZONE ZONE A/B

MACRO

MUTE

INPUT MODE

LISTEN M.

TUNING

BAND

ENTER

AUTO/MONO

REC

F.SHIFT

AUDIO THEME FAVORITE

INFO. EXIT

RF REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

SYS.POWER

VOL.

SUB W.

THX

OSD /PAGE

LEARN

LAST CHANNEL

2. LCD function button 2

3. LCD function button 1

4. CONFIRM/SHIFT button

5. MACRO button

6. AV POWER

button (AV device Power button)

7. AV device control buttons

£ : Play

4 , ¢ : Skip

8 : Pause

7 : Stop

8. CH.(+/-) buttons (AV device control buttons)

9. LISTEN M. button / INPUT MODE button

10. SOUND button / DIMMER button

11. TITLE/GUIDE button (AV device control button)

12. 5Cursor up button / 8PAUSE button

∞Cursor down button / AUTO/MONO, 7 STOP button

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left, ‰ right button / TUNING buttons

ENTER button / BAND (Play) button

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13. RETURN/PAGE ∞button (AV device control button)

14. REC (Recording) button / REC MODE button

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. OSD/PAGE 5 button (AV device control button)

24. LEARN button

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25. F.SHIFT button

How to operate the F.SHIFT button:

In addition to the functions marked on the remote control buttons, those marked in blue characters above the buttons can be used. To use these functions, press the F.SHIFT button then press the desired button within 8 seconds.

(Example) To use the REPEAT function, press the F.SHIFT button then

press button 1 (REPEAT).

What’s on Remote Control Unit?

LCD Indicators

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2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

RECREC

CD1: CD Disc 001 Tr.01 Text Menu

3 4

LCD function button 1

LCD function button 2

Cursor up/down buttons

1. Playback/recording mode indicators

` Play indicator/ 8: Pause indicator/

RECREC

: 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 button 1

4. Current function of LCD function button 2

5. Communication indicators

: Sending. : Receiving.

6. Battery indicator “

” appears when the batteries are nearly exhausted. In this case,

replace all of the four batteries together.

To switch the menu: The menu can be switched over or selected while LCD function button 1

and/or 2 are displayed. (Examples: Home, Back, Menu, Enter, etc.)

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

2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

+ +

Infrared remote transmitter

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Take care of the following points when using Remote Control unit.

• Do not install the receiver in a place where the receiver’s remote sensor is exposed to direct sunlight or high-frequency lighting (inverter type, etc.) fluorescent lamp. Otherwise the remote control range will be reduced.

• When the remote control range reduces or the Low Battery indicator

) will flash in the LCD display, replace all of the four batteries

( together.

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 possible when the signal is interrupted even momentarily during transmission and reception (for example by a person passing through the beam).

In such a case, the most recent information will be displayed when CON- FIRM/SHIFT button on the Remote Control unit is pressed. Sometime it may be necessary to reenter the interrupted command again.

Chapter Two: Controlling the Receiver

Remote Control unit provided with the receiver is a bi-directional Re-

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mote Control unit, which enables remote control while checking the information shown on the LCD display. The operations of connected devices can also be controlled from Remote Control unit.

Before first time using the receiver or after having changed or added the connected devices, please be sure to read the separate booklet entitled “Connection and Setup Guide”.

The present manual describes the operation procedures in normal use. This chapter is composed of the following sections. How Do I Adjust the Sound? page␣ 9 How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes? page␣ 17 Selecting the Inputs page␣ 35 How Do I Operate Devices? page␣ 36 How Do I Adjust the LCD Display? page␣ 50 Executing Several Operations at Once (Macro function) page␣ 52

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 (Å, ı)

INPUT

CD 2/TAPE 2

LISTEN

SPEAKERS

Push the lower part of the door.

To turn on the front B speakers, press the SPEAKERS B button located in the door of the receiver’s front panel.

The lighting of a Å or ı indicator lamp indicates that the corresponding set of speakers is on.

If you select SPEAKERS B while listening to a surround mode, the sound will automatically revert to stereo. While SPEAKERS B is on, the surround made cannot be selected.

If you use speakers connected to amplifiers via the PRE OUT jacks, choose SPEAKERS A.

MULTI

MODE

MONITOR

P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND

ﬁ %

MODE

SET UP SOUND

CONTROL

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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

SPEAKERS

P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND

ﬁ %

MODE

MONITOR

MODE

SET UP SOUND

CONTROL

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• Press

VOL.

on Remote Control unit.

2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT

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

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2. Press the LCD cursor up/down (

unit to select Tone = On (or Off if desired so).

3. When On is selected above and the SOUND button or Next button is

pressed again, the Bass setting menu appears. When Off is selected above, the Loudness setting menu appears.

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Sound Bass = +10

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4. Press the LCD cursor up/down (

unit to select the desired tone level. Adjust in the range from +10 to -10.

5. Press the Next button (LCD function button 2).

6. The Treble setting menu appears.

7. Press the LCD cursor up/down (

unit to select the desired tone level. Adjust in the range from +10 to -10.

8. To exit from setting, press the Home button (LCD function button 1).

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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 (%/ﬁ) 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 (%/ﬁ) button.

5. Press the SOUND button.

6. When the TREBLE setting menu appears, adjust the treble in the same way as above. To exit from setting, press the SOUND button repeatedly until “SOUND FIXED” is displayed.

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How Do I Adjust the Sound?

Adjusting the Loudness (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode Off)

The Loudness control increases the bass and treble at low volume control settings. This adjusts to the way the human ear hears sound at quiet volumes, retaining music’s fullness and sparkle.

1. Press the SOUND button on Remote Control unit repeatedly until

Loudness = Off or On is displayed. On or Off refers to the current setting status.

Sound Loudness = Off

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2. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( unit to select Loudness = On (or Off if desired so), then press the Home button (LCD function button 1).

Operation on the receiver:

1. Press the SOUND button inside the door repeatedly until LOUD- NESS OFF or ON is displayed.

2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/ﬁ) button to select LOUDNESS ON (or OFF), then press the SOUND button repeatedly until “SOUND FIXED” is displayed.

/ ) button on Remote Control

How Do I Adjust the Sound?

Adjusting Speaker Levels

You can use the Sound menu to temporarily adjust the speaker levels of your center speaker, surround speakers, surround back speakers and subwoofer. For example, if a particular movie has dialog that’s hard to understand, you can temporarily increase the center channel volume just for that movie. For more information on adjusting speaker levels permanently, see “Chapter Two: Setting Up Remote Control Unit” in the Connections and Setup Guide.

1. Press the SOUND button on Remote Control unit repeatedly until the speaker name to be adjusted is displayed.

Sound Center = +5dB

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Center : center speaker

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Sur. Right : Sur. Left : Sur. Back R : Sur. Back L : Sub Woofer : subwoofer

The two surround speakers cannot be adjusted independently between each other.

The two surround back speakers cannot be adjusted independently between each other.

left and right surround speakers

left and right surround back speakers

2. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( unit to select the desired volume level, then press the Home button.

Operation on the receiver:

1. Press the SOUND button inside the door repeatedly until the name of the speaker(s) to be adjusted is displayed.

C : center speaker SL/SR : left and right surround speakers SBL/SBR : left and right surround back speakers SW : subwoofer

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How Do I Adjust the Sound?

2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/ﬁ) button to select the desired vol- ume level, then press the SOUND button repeatedly until “SOUND FIXED” is displayed.

If you select another source device or turn off the receiver, the above setting is reset to the level adjusted in Chapter Two of the Connection and Setup Guide.

Adjusting the Input Level

If the front panel CLIP indicator will flash red continually, lower the analog input level for the source device you’re listening to. (Setting the proper input level eliminates distortion that occurs if a source device’s output level is too high. Occasional brief flashing of the CLIP indicator is okay).

1. Select the input to be adjusted (see “Selecting the Inputs” on page

35).

2. Press the SOUND button on the Remote Control unit until Analog Level is displayed.

Sound Analog Level CD1 0dB Home Next

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3. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( unit to select the desired input level, then press the Home button.

Select one of the three input levels; 0 dB, -3 dB and -6 dB. (The dB is the unit expressing the amplitude of sound.)

Operation on the receiver:

1. Press the SOUND button inside the door repeatedly until ANLG IN- PUT is displayed.

2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/ﬁ) button to select the desired input level, then press the SOUND button repeatedly until “SOUND FIXED” is displayed.

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How Do I Adjust the Sound?

Muting Sound

The sound can be muted temporarily.

• Press the MUTE button on Remote Control unit. The MUTE indicator on the receiver panel blinks during muting.

Use one of the following methods to cancel muting.

• Adjust the Volume control on either the receiver or Remote Control unit.

• Press the MUTE button again.

The MUTE indicator on the receiver panel goes off.

Midnight Theater Function (Dolby Digital, DTS and DTS-ES only)

Any time you don’t want to experience the loud and soft volume extremes of recorded sound (for example, late at night), use midnight theatre function to reduce volume extremes. This feature keeps loud, dramatic sound from being too loud (perhaps disturbing family members or neighbors) while ensuring that you can still hear whispered dialog or other soft sounds.

Midnight theater function only works if you are listening to a Dolby Digital program or DTS (DTS-ES) that has been encoded with special compres-

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sion data. To use the Midnight Theater function:

1. Press the SOUND button on the Remote Control unit repeatedly un- til Midnight 1, 2 or Off is displayed.

Sound Midnight Off Home Next

2. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( unit to select Off, 1 or 2, then press the Home button.

• OFF for normal balancing

• 1 for quieter balancing

• 2 for quietest balancing (the least difference between the

loudest and quietest sound)

Operation on the receiver:

1. Press the SOUND button inside the door repeatedly until MIDNIGHT 1, 2 or OFF is displayed.

2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/ﬁ) button to select OFF, 1 or 2, then press the SOUND button repeatedly until “SOUND FIXED” is displayed.

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How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

You can experience true home-theater sound with your Kenwood AudioVideo Receiver. This receiver incorporates several listen modes to let you enjoy surround sound with a wide variety of program sources. Each produces multiple channels of surround-sound, but each does it differently.

What is the THX?

• THX: Movie soundtracks are mixed in special movie theaters called dubbing stages and are designed to be played back in movie theaters with similar equipment and conditions. The soundtrack created for movie theaters is then transferred directly onto Laserdisc, VHS tape, DVD, etc., and is not changed for playback in a small home theater environment.

THX engineers developed patented technologies to accurately translate the sound from the movie theater environment into the home, correcting the tonal and spatial errors that occur. On the KRF-X7775D, when the THX mode is on, the THX technologies are automatically added after the decoded signal.

Movies which have been encoded in Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG, Dolby Pro Logic, Stereo and Mono can all benefit from activating the THX technologies. THX should be activated only when watching movies which were mixed for playback in large movie theater environments. THX need not be activated for music, movies that were made especially for television or shows such as sports programming, talk shows, etc. This is because they were mixed in a small room environment.

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• THX Surround EX: THX Surround EX - Dolby Digital Surround EX is a joint development of Dolby Laboratories and the THX division of Lucasfilm Ltd.

In a movie theater, film soundtracks that have been encoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to reproduce an extra channel which has been added during the mixing of the program. This channel, called Surround Back, places sounds behind the listener in addition to the currently available front left, front center, front right, surround right, surround left and subwoofer channels. This additional channel provides the opportunity for more detailed imaging behind the listener and brings more depth, spacious ambience and sound localization than ever before.

How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

Movies that were created using the Dolby Digital Surround EX technology, when released into the home consumer market may exhibit a Dolby Digital Surround EX logo on the packaging. A list of movies created using this technology can be found on the Dolby web site at http://www.dolby.com.

Only receiver and controller products bearing the THX Surround EX logo, when in the THX Surround EX mode, faithfully reproduce this new technology in the home.

This product may also engage the "THX Surround EX" mode during the playback of 5.1 channel material that is not Dolby Digital Surround EX encoded. In such case the information delivered to the Surround Back channel will be program dependent and may or may not be very pleasing depending on the particular soundtrack and the tastes of the individual listener.

What are Listen Modes?

• Dolby Digital: Dolby Digital uses an encode/decode process based

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on its theatrical digital surround sound technology. The five main channels are full-frequency and independent, so sound can completely envelop you or soar anywhere in the room, just like at the movies.

Compared with Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital has more clarity, greater surround envelopment, and more realistic sound movement between channels.

Although a full set of speakers (front left and right, center, surround left and right, and a subwoofer) is required for true Dolby Digital surround sound, this receiver lets you enjoy Dolby Digital program sources, even if you connect fewer speakers.

• Dolby Pro Logic/Dolby Pro Logic II: Dolby Pro Logic reproduces a surround sound like in a movie theater from Dolby Surround-encoded program source (videotape or LaserDisc software carrying the Dolby Surround logo), and features excellent sound movement on the front and a surrounding atmosphere of movie theaters. Meanwhile, Dolby Pro Logic II decodes a signal encoded in 2 channels into 5-channel signals composed of the left/right front signals, center signal and surround left/right signals. If no surround speaker is Setup, the surround signal is sent to front left and right speakers. (Dolby 3 stereo)

Dolby Pro Logic II is an advanced version of the decoding technology used with Dolby Pro Logic. It inputs 2-channel signals from a Dolby

How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

Surround-encoded source and reproduces 5-channel signals in which the surround channel is divided into independent channels for the left and right. Dolby Pro Logic II has the MOVIE mode and MUSIC mode, and the MUSIC mode enables independent adjustment of three parameters including Panorama mode, Dimension and Center Width. See page 29 for the Dolby Pro Logic II parameters.

To allow the users enjoy multichannel playback also from the analog audio of currently available Dolby Surround home video software, the KRF-X7775D incorporates a Dolby Pro Logic II surround decoder.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX " and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.

• DTS : DTS has five full-frequency channels that create effects nearly identical to those in a theater. Sounds seem to zoom from one place to another or entirely surround you. Like Dolby Digital, DTS has muchimproved clarity, surround and sound movement capability compared with Dolby Pro Logic. This listen mode is available on CD, LD, and DVD media. DTS is a strictly digital format that can be supplied only by a CD, LD, or DVD player that supports DTS sound. If you attempt to listen to DTS encoded media through the analog connections to your new receiver, you will experience digital noise (loud static).

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• DTS-ES Discrete 6.1, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1: Both DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 and DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 add the surround back channel audio to the DTS 5.1-channel format to improve the acoustic positioning and makes acoustic image movement more natural with the 6.1-channel reproduction. This receiver incorporates a DTS-ES decoder, which can handle DTS-ES Discrete-encoded and DTS-ES Matrix-encoded program sources from DVD, etc.

DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 features digital discrete recording of all channels including the surround back channels and higher quality of audio reproduction.

DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 features matrix encoding of surround back (SB) signals in the SL/SR signals and decoding of the matrix into the SL, SR and SB signals during playback.

• DTS NEO:6: This is a new technology which decodes 2-channel sig-

How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

nals into 6-channel signals using high-accuracy digital matrix technology. The DTS NEO:6 decoder has near-discrete properties in the frequency characteristics of the channels as well as in channel separation. According to the signals to be played back, DTS NEO:6 uses either the NEO:CINEMA mode optimized for movie playback or the NEO:MUSIC mode optimized for music playback.

• MPEG: MPEG, which stands for “Moving Pictures Experts Group”, is an international standard of digital video and audio compression and decompression in media. It is the most efficient encoding method for compressed multi-channel audio which provides the highest sound quality to deliver the best movie theater sound into the home.

• DSP (Digital Signal Processing): DSP allows you to create your own custom surround sound environments and use them with any source (except Dolby Digital, MPEG, DTS and DTS-ES). You can select the ambience of an Arena, Jazz Club, Stadium, Cathedral, Theater or Concert hall, and then modify the parameters to ‘fine-tune’ the envi-

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ronment to your taste. (See “Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects” on page␣ 31 for details about making DSP adjustments.)

• Multi ch Music (Multichannel music): All speakers are used to real- ize a stereo sound with a wide listening range.

• Stereo: Stereo listen mode provides standard stereo sound to the front left and right speakers.

• You cannot select the Input Analog mode if you are playing DTS-encoded media.

• You cannot listen to DTS-encoded media in Zone B.

• When playing DTS-encoded media, wait until “DTS” appears on the receiver display before proceeding.

• The listen mode is fixed to Stereo during playback of 96k fs signals.

How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

Checking the Input signal during playback

During playback of Dolby Digital, MPEG or DTS signal, the surround identification signal in the input is identified and displayed by means of the L, C, R, SR, SB (or S), SL and LFE icons.

1. Press the F.SHIFT = 10 (STATUS)* button on Remote Control unit.

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After 8 seconds, the display goes off.

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LCR

L : left channel C : center channel R : right channel

LFE

SL : left surround channel SR : right surround channel

SB : left and right surround back channel S : surround channel LFE : low frequency effect channel

■ : identified signal

Example:

5.1 ch encoded Dolby Digital 2 ch Dolby Digital

* When an operation is described as [F.SHIFT = 10 (STATUS) button], for example, press the F.SHIFT button and press the next button (the 10 (STATUS) button in this case) within 8 seconds.

How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?

Input Modes (only for input with digital jacks)

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 analog signals, etc.

Full Auto : The receiver detects the input signal format and se-

lects the Listen mode automatically according to the speaker setup.

Digital Manual : The inputs are fixed at digital signals and the listen

modes should be switched manually by the user. The Digital Manual mode is switched automati-

cally to the Full Auto mode when an input is switched or the receiver is set to Off.

Analog : The inputs are fixed at the analog 2-channel inputs. 6ch Input : The inputs are fixed at the analog 6-channel inputs.

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This mode can be selected only when the DVD input is selected with the input selector.

• You cannot select the Input Analog mode if you are playing DTS-encoded media.

• When you use Full Auto mode with certain DVD and LD players, performing operations such as “Skip” or “Stop” may momentarily interrupt the output. This could switch the “Listen Mode” automatically to the surround mode intended for the input signal if you have manually selected a different listen mode.

• Different input modes can be selected for the different input devices. The selected input modes for the separate input devices are stored in the memory.

• When playing a DVD Audio disc with a DVD Audio-compatible DVD player:

1. to reproduce stereo audio, set the input mode of the receiver to

6ch Input.

2. to reproduce multi-channel audio, set the input mode of the re-

ceiver to 6ch Input.

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