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Kenwood AX-7 Enjoying surround sound, 31 EN, Movie, Music, Movie, Music, WIDE :, CENTER, V.F.S. modes, V.F.S. setting, Basic use method, CLEAR VOICE modes

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Basic use method

Enjoying surround sound

With the V.F.S. (Virtual Front Surround) function it is possible to enjoy natural surround sound with rich ambience without installing surround speakers at the rear.

The built-in CLEAR VOICE function even clearer playback of voices.

Please connect front surround	speakers if you
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÷When headphones are connected or when the D.EQ RecMode is ON (Q), the surround setting is can- celed and the output is fixed to two channels (stereo).

Front Surround	Front Surround
speaker	speaker

TV

V.F.S. modes

Movie

The 5.1 channel signal of the DVD is converted to V.F.S. as it is. The original ambience of the DVD is played back in its most natural form.

Music

DVDs and also CDs can be enjoyed with live ambience. Select this mode to play music discs.

WIDE : The V.F.S. spreading is adjusted.

CLEAR VOICE modes

Movie

Voices can be heard clearer when movies are played.

Music

This has the effect of making vocals more distinct at the time of music playback.

CENTER : Only the CLEAR VOICE effect is ad- justed.

÷The selected sound mode is held. However, a surround mode set during DVD play may not be held.

V.F.S. setting

1Press the SOUND SELECTOR key, turn the INPUT SEL./MULTI CONTROL knob to se- lect “SURROUND”. Then press the SET key.

2Turn the INPUT SEL./MULTI CONTROL knob to select "V.F.S.". Then press the SET key.

When 2 channels (stereo) has been selected, switching is done automatically to 4 channels.

When using the remote control, press the V.F.S. key instead of the operations 1 and 2.

÷V.F.S. setting is not possible when the D.EQ RecMode is set to ON.

3Turn the INPUT SEL./MULTI CONTROL knob [MULTI CONTROL % / ﬁ key] to select "Movie" or "Music". Then press the SET key.

MAIN UNIT

REMOTE

or

4Adjust the level of WIDE with the INPUT SEL./MULTI CONTROL knob [press the MULTI CONTROL % / ﬁ key on the remote].

Then press the ENTER key to confirm.

or

÷The level can be adjusted at the range of 1 - 10.

÷Press the SOUND SELECTOR key to end the op- eration or to cancel it.

Preparations

section Basic

section Application

section Knowledge

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Contents

Page Before applying power 2 EN 3 EN Contents Preparation section Application section Basic section Knowledge section Accessories 5 EN Special features 6 EN 7 EN System connections Connection of the system accessories 8 EN 9 EN Connecting to the antennas 10 EN 11 EN Connection of other accessories (Commercially available parts) 12 EN Display (C-AX7) 13 EN Preamplifier unit (C-AX7) 14 EN 15 EN Operation of remote control unit 16 EN 17 EN Types of playable discs Unplayable discs 18 EN Region Codes Region codes in the world Icons on the DVD VIDEO discs 19 EN Video Formats 20 EN Playable files with this unit 21 EN 22 EN Clock adjustment 1Select "TIME ADJUST 2Adjust the day of week 3Adjust the hour 4Adjust the minute Basic use method 1. Turning the power ( ) on (off) 2. Selecting the desired input sources 24 EN 3.Adjusting volume 25 EN UsingAutoRoomEqualizerfunction 26 EN 27 EN Using Digital Sound Equalizer function 28 EN 29 EN 30 EN Enjoying surround sound 31 EN 32 EN Playback of DVD/CD 1. Load a disc 2. Start playback 33 EN 34 EN 35 EN Viewing JPEG images 36 EN 37 EN Changingthedisplaycontentsofthedisplay 38 EN Receiving broadcast station 1. Select the tuner input 2.Preset a radio station in memory 39 EN 3.Tuning (Preset Call) 40 EN 41 EN 42 EN RDS (Radio Data System) 43 EN Searching for a desired program type (PTY search) 1Select the PTY search mode 2Select the desired program type 44 EN 3Start the search 45 EN Listening to external input sources 1Select an external input source 2Play the connected equipment 3Adjust the volume Adjusting the external input level (TAPE/VIDEO1, VIDEO2, TV, AUX) 1. Connecting a digital audio player 47 EN 48 EN Recording to a digital audio player 2. Select an input source 3. Preparing the recording source 49 EN 4. D.AUDIO setting 5.Preparing for recording 6.Start recording 50 EN Option settings for external recording 51 EN Various disc playback features Listening to the desired sequence (program playback) 1Select PGM mode 2Select track numbers in the order you want to play them 3Start playback To add a track to an existing program To clear a programmed track To get out of the PGM mode 53 EN 54 EN Repeated playback Random Repeat play 55 EN 56 EN Menu playback of a DVD Other DVD playback functions 57 EN 58 EN 1 Play Set Normal 60 EN 0:00 Play MP3 Adjusting the picture quality 63 EN 64 EN Timer operation Sleep timer 65 EN Setting the timer program (PROG. TIMER) 1Make preparations for timer 2Set the timer setting program number 66 EN 3Select the program timer ON/OFF 4Select an execution day of the programmed timer 67 EN 6Set the desired Timer operation 68 EN 7Put the unit in standby mode Deactivating and activating the timer program 69 EN Setting DIMMER functions Select DIMMER mode 70 EN Switching the level meter 1Select "LEVEL METER 2Switch between ON and OFF 71 EN Changing DVD/CD settings 72 EN Basic operation at the SET UP MENU 73 EN “MAIN” setting 74 EN 75 EN “SOUND” setting 76 EN “VISUAL” setting 77 EN DVD menu language code list 78 EN Speaker setting 79 EN 80 EN Important items Reference Maintenance 81 EN 82 EN In case of difficulty 83 EN 84 EN 85 EN 86 EN Specifications 87 EN For your records