Kenwood KRF-X7775D Connection And Setup Manual page 3

Connecting and Setting Up Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver
Welcome to the Connection and Setup Guide for your new
Kenwood audio-video receiver.
The KRF-X7775D offers 3 kinds of 5.1-channel digital de-
coding:
• Dolby Digital, for the hundreds of currently available
Dolby Digital DVDs and LaserDiscs.
• DTS, a well-established multichannel format in movie
theaters, is available for home theater on LaserDisc and
DVD.
• MPEG Multichannel, a well-established multichannel
format in movie theaters, is available for home theater
on LaserDisc and DVD.
The KRF-X7775D also offers 2 kinds of 6.1-channel digital
decoding:
• THX Surround EX technology reproduces a surround
back channel from software which has been specially
encoded with Surround EX.
• DTS-ES also creates a 6.1-channel surround environment
by adding the surround back signal. The KRF-X7775D
can handle both DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 featuring record-
ing of all channels in the digital discrete format and DTS-
ES Matrix 6.1 featuring matrix encoding.
In addition, the KRF-X7775D offers the following surround
features.
• DTS-NEO:6: This converts 2-channel signals into 6.1-
channel signals by means of a high-accuracy digital
matrix decoder.
• Dolby Pro Logic II: This is advanced version of Dolby
Pro Logic and features improved audio quality.
• THX Select: This corrects signals in order to reproduce a
similar acoustic field to movie theaters in home use.
Use it to connect all your current audio and video com-
ponents—the KRF-X7775D has a variety of connection jacks
so you can customize your entertainment setup.
It also includes Kenwood's remarkable LCD Remote Con-
trol unit.
Other advanced features include 5 S-Video inputs and an
optical and coaxial digital outputs for digital dubbing to
MiniDisc or CD-R. For a match made in "dual-room
heaven," get the DPF-J9030, DPF-J9020 or DPF-J9010
changer.
D.R.I.V.E. circuit: This is a Kenwood original technology for
reproducing signals with high resolution by instant switch-
ing of the internal filters according to the input signal. The
KRF-X7775D incorporate a high performance DSP to pro-
vide very high resolution from a 32-bit DRIVE III circuit,
achieving stereo audio reproduction with the best quality
ever reached.
HDCD®: This is a new format of high-resolution recording.
The KRF-X7775D is capable of reproducing CDs recorded
in the HDCD format with high resolution and wide dynamic
range.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
"Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX " and the double-D sym-
bol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential un-
published works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights
reserved.
Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems,
Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942, 5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762
and other world-wide patents issued and pending. "DTS",
"DTS-ES Extended Surround" and "Neo:6" are trademarks
of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. © 1996, 2000 Digital The-
ater Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Lucasfilm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm
Ltd.
©Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Surround EX is a
jointly developed technology of THX and Dolby Laborato-
ries Inc. and is a trademark of Dolby. Used under authori-
zation.
, HDCD®, High Definition Compatible Digital® and
TM
Pacific Microsonics are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc. in the United States
and/or other countries. HDCD system manufactured under
license from Pacific Microsonics, Inc. This product is cov-
ered by one or more of the following: IN the USA: 5,479,168,
5,638,074, 5,640,161, 5,808,574, 5,838,274, 5,854,600,
5,864,311, 5,872,531, and in Australia: 669114. Other pat-
ents pending.
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