Kenwood KRF-X7775D Connecting and Setting Up Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver

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Welcome to the Connection and Setup Guide for your new

Kenwood audio-video receiver. This manual covers three

models.

The KRF-X7775D offers 3 kinds of 5.1-channel digital sur-

round sound decoding:

• 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 decod-

ing:

• 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.

Connecting and Setting Up Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver

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 Remote Control unit

—a graphical user interface without having to use your TV!

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.

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.

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

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.

"Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX " and the double-D sym-

bol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential un-

reserved.

Lucasfilm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm

Ltd.

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

Pacific MicrosonicsTM 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.