Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices - Kenwood VR-4700 Connection Manual

Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices
Welcome to the Kenwood VR-4900/VR-4700/KRF-V9993D
Connection and Setup Guide. This chapter guides you
through connecting your home entertainment devices to
your new Kenwood audio-video receiver.
Once all your devices are connected, you can set up the
PowerTouch (see Chapter Two).
Refer to the following pages for details on connecting these
devices:
Speakers
TV
VCR(s)
CD Player, Kenwood 200-Disc Changer
DVD Player
CD-R Recorder
MD Recorder
Tape Deck(s)
Laser Disc Player
Turntable
Camcorder/Second VCR
Antennas
All necessary cables should be provided with your home
entertainment device (not with your new receiver). If you
do not have the correct cables, you may purchase these
cables from any home entertainment store or by visiting
the Kenwood USA Web site: www.kenwoodusa.com (for
USA 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 power
until all connections have been made. Once all devices have
been connected, you may plug them in and provide power.

Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices

Important:
Your new receiver requires adequate ventilation to perform
reliably. Be sure not to block the ventilation area on the top
or 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 left
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and right side; 10cm.
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Do not install your receiver where direct sunlight or high
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frequency flourescent lighting can shine directly into the
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remote sensor. This can cause your new receiver to malfunc-
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tion.
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Before You Begin
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This manual covers the most common and standard con-
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nections to the receiver. Because of its versatility, you may
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decide to connect your devices differently.
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Before making any video connections to the your receiver :
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• 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 it
will provide superior video performance.
Before Connection:
The connection scheme in this manual shows the most typi-
cal example with a receiver. But the receiver can also be con-
nected and used in several ways other than the example.
Before connecting any video device to the Receiver, please
read carefully the following information.
Video signals
The receiver incorporates video signal separation and mix-
ing circuitry which enables mutual conversion between the
composite video and S-Video signals. It is also equipped
with component video signal input/output. (VR-4900 and
KRF-9993D only)
Video output at the Monitor connectors or the VIDEO
connectors
The monitor connectors or the VIDEO connectors of the
Receiver outputs the video signal according to the connected
TV (video monitor, VCR) regardless of whether the con-
nected video or DVD device outputs the composite video
or S-Video. The component signals will be output only at
the component MONITOR OUT connectors (VR-4900 and
KRF-V9993D only).
• When the connected video device or TV is equipped with
S-Video connectors, it is recommended to use S-Video
connectors to enjoy higher video equality.
• If the video device and/or TV do not have a S-Video in-
put connector, it is recommended only to use the (stan-
dard) video connector.
Mutual conversion between composite video, S-Video and
component video signals is limited in the directions of ar-
rows in the following diagram.
Input Output
1 Composite Composite
2 S-Video S-Video
3 Component Component
If several video connections are made, one of them will be
selected based on the priority 1, 2 and 3.
• If you plan on using the VR-4900 or the KRF-V9993D
in a Dual-Room application (see Chapter Four), you
must use the composite video connections in addition
to any S-Video connections. Only video sources con-
nected with composite connectors can be viewed in the
second room.
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