Kenwood VR-4090 Instruction Manual

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Contents

1Chapter One : Connecting Your DevicesConnectionsChapter One: Connecting Your DevicesWelcome to the Kenwood VR-4090/VR-4080/KRF-V7773DConnection and Setup Guide. This chapter guides youthrough connecting your home entertainment devices toyour new Kenwood audio-video receiver.Once all your devices are connected, you can set up theRemote Control unit (see Chapter Two).Refer to the following pages for details on connecting thesedevices:Speakers page␣ 4TV page␣ 8VCR(s) page␣ 12CD Player, Kenwood 200-Disc Changer page␣ 14DVD Player page␣ 16CD-R Recorder page␣ 18MD Recorder page␣ 20Tape Deck(s) page␣ 22Laser Disc Player page␣ 24Turntable page␣ 28Camcorder/Second VCR page␣ 29Connecting an External IR Receiver and IR Repeaterspage␣ 30Antennas page␣ 33All necessary cables should be provided with your homeentertainment device (not with your new receiver). If youdo not have the correct cables, you may purchase thesecables from any home entertainment store or by visitingthe Kenwood USA Web site: www.kenwoodusa.com (forUSA and Canada only).To make coaxial digital connections, be sure to use a high-quality digital audio cable, not a standard audio cable.Do not plug in the receiver or any other device to AC poweruntil all connections have been made. Once all devices havebeen connected, you may plug them in and provide power.Important:Your new receiver requires adequate ventilation to performreliably. Be sure not to block the ventilation area on the topor back (or both sides) of the receiver with another device.These areas should be:USA and Canada: at least 6 inches (15 cm) from any ob-struction.Other countries: at least top; 50cm, back; 10cm, and leftand right side; 10cm.Do not install your receiver where direct sunlight or highfrequency flourescent lighting can shine dm=ë tly into theremote sensor. This can cause your new receiver to malfunc-tion.Before You BeginThis manual covers the most common and standard con-nections to the receiver. Because of its versatility, you maydecide to connect your devices differently.Before making any video connections to the your receiver :• You can use either S-Video or standard composite (RCA)video connections.• If all of your video devices and TV have S-Video connec-tors, we suggest that you use them exclusively, since itwill provide superior video performance.Note on the video signalsThe VR-4080/KRF-V7773D have two sets of input jacks forthe composite video and S-Video signals respectively, butdo not incorporate the video signal separation/mixing cir-cuit.• If all of your video devices and TV have S-VIDEOconnectors, we suggest that you use them exclusively,for this will provide superior video performance.• If the video devices and/or TV do not have S-VIDEOconnectors, use only the composite (standard) videoconnections.If your TV does not have a video input connector (when ithas an antenna input only), an RF modulator is required toconvert the video signal into the antenna signal. The RFmodulator is available in electric appliance stores, etc.