Kenwood VR-8070 Instruction Manual

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5 ENENGLISHBefore applying the powerSpecial featuresTrue home theater soundThis receiver incorporates a wide variety of surround modes to bring youmaximum enjoyment from your video software. Select a surround modeaccording to your equipment or the software you are going to play andenjoy! ºTHXTHX mode activates proprietary THX features that help recreate thecinematic experience in a home environment. ›THX Surround EXDuring THX Surround EX mode, film soundtracks that have beenencoded with Dolby Digital Surround EX technology are able to repro-duce an extra channel which has been added during the mixing of theprogram. This channel is called Surround Back.THX Surround EX mode activates proprietary THX features that helprecreate the cinematic experience in a home environment. ›Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital EXThe DOLBY DIGITAL mode lets you enjoy full digital surround fromsoftware processed in the Dolby Digital format. Dolby Digital providesup to 5.1 channels of independent digital audio for better sound qualityand more powerful presence than conventional Dolby Surround.As for Dolby Digital EX, it creates six full-bandwidth output channelsfrom the 5.1 channel sources. This is done using a matrix decoder thatderives three surround channels from the two in the original recording.For best results, Dolby Digital EX should be used with movie soundtracksrecorded with Dolby Digital Surround EX.Dolby PRO LOGIC IIx and Dolby PRO LOGIC IIDOLBY PRO LOGIC II, whilst totally compatible with its predecessorPRO LOGIC, provides greater advantages in surround sound. It allowsuser to enjoy the conventional stereo or Dolby Surround with aconvincing “5.1 like” presentation. PRO LOGIC II offers special featuresfor controlling the overall spatial, dimensionality and frontal sound fieldimaging. PRO LOGIC II produces an impressive surround sound fromvideo software marked and three-dimensional spacefrom music CD. When listening to music, you will be able to enjoy theexperience of sheer STEREO surround sound.DOLBY PRO LOGIC IIx enhanced DOLBY PRO LOGIC II’s features.It creates 6.1 channel and 7.1 channel surround sound from stereo or5.1 channel signals. This feature provides you an astonishing ambienceeffect which makes you feel you are surrounded by natural sound.Especially 7.1 channel surround sound can produce real back soundfrom Surround Back speakers.DTS and DTS-ESDTS (Digital Theater System) is a 5.1 channel digital audio format thatprovides five full spectrum channels and one low-frequency (subwoofer)channel for unprecedented clarity, optimum channel separation and a(wide) dynamic range.DTS-ES (Extended Surround) presents 6.1 channels surround systemwith additional Surround Back channel which evolved from theconventional 5.1 channels surround system. DTS-ES format that wasrecorded in DVD, CD or LD comprises of two modes. DTS-ES Discrete6.1 produce the discrete surround back which is completely independentand DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 produces the surround back which synthesizedwithin the left and right surround channels using matrix technology.DTS-ES has perfect compatibility with the conventional 5.1 channelssurround system. 6.1 channels surround with an additional surroundback presents a more natural presence and surround effects byincreasing the impression of the sound image from back.Important:When a DTS disc is played on a CD, LD or DVD player, noise may beoutput from the analog output. It is recommended that you connect thedigital output of the player to the digital input of this unit.DTS 96/24DTS 96/24 made it possible to achieve a wide frequency range of over40 kHz by increasing the sampling frequency to 96 or 88.2 kHz.Moreover, DTS 96/24’s ability of 24 bit resolution offers the samefrequency band and dynamic range as 96 kHz/24 bit PCM.DTS 96/24 is, as with conventional DTS Surround, compatible withmulti-channels. Therefore, sources recorded using DTS 96/24technologies can be played in high sampling frequency, multi-channelaudio with ordinary DVDs and CDs.Neo:6Neo:6 is a new technology which was developed by DTS. It can producehigh grade 6 channels surround with an astonishing fidelity from 2channels content. Neo:6 has 2 mode, "CINEMA" mode is for movieplayback and "MUSIC" mode is for music playback.DSP surround modesThe DSP (Digital Signal Processor) used for this receiver incorporatesa variety of high quality adjustable sound fields, like “ARENA”, “JAZZCLUB”, “THEATER”, “STADIUM” and “DISCO”. It is compatible withalmost any kind of program source.DVD 6-channel inputIf you own a DVD player equipped with 6-channel output, this receiverallows you to obtain the full surround sound impact of DVD sourcematerial featuring multi-channel encoding. Since the source signals aredigital and each channel is input independently, the resulting ambienceis far superior to what can be achieved with conventional surroundsound systems.ACTIVE EQACTIVE EQ mode will produce a more dynamic sound quality in anycondition. You can enjoy a more impressive sound effect when ACTIVEEQ is turned on.SPEAKER EQSPEAKER EQ function is to adjust the receiver’s audio outputcharacteristics with the speakers’ characteristics which differsdepending on the size of the speakers. When activating the SPEAKEREQ function, you will be able to enjoy a more natural and dynamic soundexperience even with small size speakers.Universal IR (InfraRed) remote controlIn addition to the basic receiver, the remote control supplied with thisreceiver can also operate almost all of your remote controllable audioand video components. Just follow the simple setup procedure toregister the components you have connected.Video up conversionThis receiver can convert the incoming composit video signals to S-Video signal.If your monitor TV has S-Video jacks, it is not necessary to do thecomposit video connections, just use an S-Video cord to connect thereceiver and your monitor TV.