Special Features - Kenwood VR-6050 Instruction Manual

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SpeciaQ featurm
True home theater sound
Thrs receiver lrvcorporates a wide varrety of surround modes to brrng you
~max~nium wpyment from your video software Select a surround mode
accordrng to yotrl eqirrprnent or the software you are going to play and
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Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital EX
The DOLBY DIGITAL mode lets you enjoy full drgrtal surround from
software processed rn the Dolby Drgrtal format Dolby Drgrtal provrdes
up to 5 1 channels of Independent drgltal audio for better sound quality
at?d more fpoweiful presence than conventronal Dolby Surround
As for Dolby Drgrtal EX, It creates SIX full-bandwIdth output channels
from the 5 I cl~annel sources Thus IS done usrng a matrix decoder that
derives tllrec surrournd channels from the two in the orrginal recording
For best tes?ilts, Dolby DIgItal EX should be used wrth movre sound-
tracks recorded wrth Dolby Drgrtal Surround EX
Dolby PRO LOGIC11
Dolby PRO LOGIC II, whrlst totally compatrble wrth Its predecessor
PBO LOGIC, provrdes greater advantages rn surround sound It allows
the user to enjoy tile conventronal stereo or Dolby Surrout?d wrth a
conv~ncrng "5 1 ilke" presentation PRO LOGIC II offers special fea-
tLtlesforcontrollrng the overall spatral, drrnensronalrtyand frontal sound
freid rmagrnc] PRO LOGIC II produces an lrnpressrve surrour?d solrnd
frown vrtieo softwate marked ~~~~OLBVSURRDUNOI and three-drmenslonal
space fton-i rn~us~c CD When Irstenrng to musrc, you WIII be able to enjoy
the experience of stleer STEREO surround souncl
DTS
DTS (Digital Theater System) IS a 5 1 channel drgrtal audio format that
~~rov~desf~vefull-spectrumchannelsat-idor?elow-frequency(si~bwoofei)
chat?nei for rrt?precedented clarrty, optrmum chat?nel separation and a
(wide) dynamc ianye
In the DTS rnode, the 5 1 charvlel drgrtal Input from a DTS CD, LD or
DVD drcc lc~rry~ng the "DTS" markrng) can be played in DIgItal SUI-
round
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When <r DTS rlrsc is played on a CD, LD 01 DVD player, rnorse may be
oiltput from the analog output It is recommended that you connect the
drgltal output of the player to the drgrtal Input of tills unit
Multi channel surround sound
(SRS Circle SurroundU
CO)CS.)
SRS Crcle Surround llTM Improves on Its predecessor CS-5 lTM result-
rng in tile CS-6 I'" system, enabling you to lrsterl to realrstrc, rmultr-
channel. slrrr oLlnd sound playback from a stereo source or cot1ver>trona/
surround-erxoded video source You already enjoy ltstenrng to Dolby
drgrtal sound/DTS rnultl-channel sound wrtl? your rmultl-speakers Now
you can listen to audio CDs, MDs, Broadcast and Home Theater usrng
your mrultvsf~eakers YOLI will dIscover a new type of sound throng11
SRS Cricle Surrout7c II
DSP surround modes
The DSP (Drgrtal Srgnal Processor) used for thus recerver incorporates
a variety of high qualtty adjustable sound fields, llke "ARENA", "JAZZ
CLUB", "THEATER", "STADIUM" and "DISCO" It rscompatrble wrth
almost any krnd of program source.
DVD Bchannel input
If you own a DVD player equipped wrth 6-channel output, this receiver
allows you to obtain the full surround sound Impact of DVD source
material featuring multi-channel encoding Since the source stgnals are
digItal and each channel IS Input Independently. the resulting ambrence
IS far superror to what can be achreved wrth conventronal surround
sound systems
ACTIVE EQ
ACTIVE EQ mode wrll produce a more clynamrc sound quairty In any
conditron You can enjoy a more rmpressrve sound effect when ACTIVE
EQ IS turned on during Dolby Drgrtal and DTS playback
SPEAKER EQ
TheSPEAKER EQfunct~onw~llautomat~callydetectthevar~ousfeatures
of each speaker and effectively creates a stereoscoprc sound effect.
Universal It3 IInfraRed) remote control
In addition to the basic receiver, the remote control supplred wrth thus
receiver can also operate almost all of your remote controllable audio
and video components Just follow the sample setup procedure to
register the components you have connected
RDS (Radio Data System) tuner (For the UK. only)
The receiver IS equrpped wrth an RDS tuner that provrdes several
convenrent tunrng functrons RDS Auto Memory, to automatrcally
preset up to 40 RDS statrons broadcasttng different programs; station
name display, to show you the name of the current broadcast station;
and PTY search to let you tune stations by program type
PTY (Program Type) search (For the U.K. only)
Tune the statrons by specrfyrng the type of program you want to hear.
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