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Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices
Connections

Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices

Welcome to the Kenwood KRF-X7775D 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
Remote Control unit (see Chapter Two).
Refer to the following pages for details on connecting these
devices:
Speakers page␣ 4
TV page␣ 10
VCR(s) page␣ 14
CD Player, Kenwood 200-Disc Changer page␣ 16
DVD Player page␣ 18
CD-R Recorder page␣ 20
MD Recorder page␣ 22
Tape Deck(s) page␣ 22
Laser Disc Player page␣ 26
Turntable page␣ 30
Camcorder/Second VCR page␣ 31
Antennas page␣ 33
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.
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:

Be sure to adhere followings. Or proper ventilation will be
blocked causing damage or fire hazard.
Do not place any objects impairing heat radiation onto the
top of unit.
Leave a space around the unit (from the largest outside di-
mension including projection) equal or greater than, shown
below.
Top panel : 50 cm Side panel : 10 cm Back panel : 10 cm
Do not install your receiver where direct sunlight or high fre-
quency fluorescent lighting can shine directly into the remote
sensor. This can cause your new receiver to malfunction.
Do not install your receiver where direct sunlight or high
frequency fluorescent 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 con-
nections to the receiver. Because of its versatility, you may
decide to connect your devices differently.

Video Connections

The KRF-X7775D has three kinds of video input jacks for the
Composite video, S-Video and Component video signals.
The signals input at one of these three kinds of jacks can be
output at the VIDEO REC OUT and MONITOR OUT jacks
of the receiver only in the same signal format as they were
input. (This receiver does not incorporate the facility for
conversion between video signal formats.)
• If all of your video devices and TV have S-Video jacks,
we suggest that you use them exclusively, since it will
provide superior video performance.
• If only some of your video devices and TV have S-Video
jacks, you can still use them for those devices and the
TV. Use the composite jacks for your devices that don’t
have S-Video jacks. In this case you’ll also have to con-
nect the receiver’s composite Video Monitor output to
your TV for your non S-Video devices.
• If your TV doesn’t have S-Video devices, you can’t use S-
Video connections for any of your video devices. Use
the composite jacks exclusively.
• If your video devices and TV have component video
jacks, we suggest that you use them exclusively, since it
will provide superior S-video performance.
• Each of the video source components connected to the
Composite video, S-Video and Component video in-
puts of the receiver should also be connected to the TV
using the same kind of signal connection as it is con-
nected to the receiver.
• It is not possible to record the video from a video source
component that is connected to the receiver using only
the Component video connection. The source to be re-
corded should be connected using the Composite video
or S-Video connection according to the signal(s) out-
put to the recording component.
• It is not possible to record the video from a video source
component which is connected to the receiver using only
the S-Video connection to a recording component
equipped only with the Composite video input. In this
case, both the video source and video recording com-
ponents should be connected to the receiver using the
Composite video connection.
If you plan on using the KRF-X7775D in a Dual-Zone appli-
cation (see Chapter Four), you must use the composite video
connections in addition to any component video and S-Video
connections for all source components. Only video sources
connected to the receiver with composite video connections
can be viewed in the second zone.