Kenwood KRF-X9995D Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices, Do not, Important:, Before You Begin, Video Connections

Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices

Connections

Welcome to the Kenwood KRF-X9995D 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 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 dimension 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 frequency fluorescent lighting can shine directly into the remote sensor. This can cause your new receiver to malfunction.

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.

Video Connections

This receiver incorporates Kenwood's exclusive Universal Video HD, which converts between composite, S-Video and component video formats. This simplifies operation, and maintains the highest possible video quality while requiring only a single connection between the receiver and your TV. Video format conversion is performed according to the following chart:

Video input signal type	Appears at these video outputs
1 Composite Video	Composite
	S-Video
	Component Video
2 S-Video	Composite
	S-Video
	Component Video
3 Component Video	Component Video

•Component video connections provide the best video quality; S-Video connections provide video quality that is superior to standard composite video connections. We recommend using the highest quality connection possible between the receiver and your TV.

•Since component video inputs are not downconverted to S-Video or composite video, if you want to record components connected via component video inputs you must also connect that component's S-Video or com- posite video outputs to the receiver.

•If you plan on using the KRF-X9995D in a Dual-Zone application (see Chapter Four), you must use the com- posite video connections in addition to any component video and S-Video connections for all source compo- nents. Only video sources connected to the receiver with composite video connections can be viewed in the sec- ond zone.

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If several video connections are made, one of them will be selected based on the priority 3, 2, and 1.