Connecting and Setting Up Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver

Welcome to the Connection and Setup Guide for your new Kenwood audio-video receiver.

The KRF-X9995D offers 3 kinds of 5.1-channel digital de- coding:

•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-X9995D also offers 2 kinds of 6.1-channel digital decoding:

•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 signals. The KRF-X9995D can handle both DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 featuring recording of all channels in the digital discrete format and DTS- ES Matrix 6.1 featuring matrix encoding.

In addition, the KRF-X9995D 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 Ultra: This corrects signals in order to reproduce a similar acoustic field to movie theaters in home use.

Use it to connect all your current audio and video com- ponents—the KRF-X9995D has a variety of connection jacks so you can customize your entertainment setup.

It also includes Kenwood’s remarkable PowerTouch LCD remote—a graphical user interface without having to use your TV!

Other advanced features include 6 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 switching of the internal filters according to the input signal. The KRF-X9995D incorporate a high performance DSP to provide 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-X9995D is capable of reproducing CDs recorded in the HDCD format with high resolution and wide dynamic range.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX " and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. Copyright 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.

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 of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.Copyright 1996, 2000 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Lucasfilm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd.

©Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Surround EX is a jointly developed technology of THX and Dolby Laboratories 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 covered 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 patents pending.