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Y	Chapter One: Connecting our Devices

Connections

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	page	4
TV	page	8
VCR(s)	page	12
CD Player, Kenwood 200-Disc Changer	page	14
DVD Player	page	16
CD-R Recorder	page	18
MD Recorder	page	20
Tape Deck(s)	page	20
Laser Disc Player	page	24
Turntable	page	28
Camcorder/Second VCR	page	29
Antennas	page	31

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.

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 and right side; 10cm.

Do not install your receiver where direct sunlight or high frequency flourescent lighting can shine directly into the remote sensor. This can cause your new receiver to malfunc- tion.

Before You Begin

This manual covers the most common and standard connections to the receiver. Because of its versatility, you may decide to connect your devices differently.

Before making any video connections to the your receiver :•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 typical example with a receiver. But the receiver can also be connected 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 mixing 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 connected 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	1
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 arrows in the following diagram.

InputOutput1 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.