Kenwood VR-5700 User Manual 1 - Page 3

Connecting and Setting Up Your New Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver Welcome to the Connection and Setup Guide for your new Kenwood audio-video receiver. This manual covers three models. The VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 offers 3 kinds of 5.1-channel digital surround 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 VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 also offers 2 kinds of 6.1channel digital surround sound 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 signal. The VR-5700/VR5090/VR-5080 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 VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 offers the following surround features. • DTS-NEO:6: This converts 2-channel signals into 6.1channel signals by means of a high-accuracy digital matrix decoder. • Dolby Pro Logic II: This advanced version of Dolby Pro Logic features improved audio quality and a dedicated music mode that reproduces conventional 2-channel music in 5.1-channel surround sound. • THX Mode: Several technologies developed by Lucasfilm® that compensate for playing a film soundtrack in a small room (such as in a home), rather than in a large theater (for which it was originally mixed). The THX Mode compensates for overly bright-sounding soundtracks, creates a more spacious surround sound environment and smooths sound movement from speaker to speaker. The VR-5700 is a receiver based on the THX Ultra standard and the VR-5090 and VR-5080 are receivers based on the THX Select standard. All of these models are certified by Lucasfilm. 32-Bit DRIVE III: Exclusive Kenwood technology that reproduces digital signals with ultra high resolution. Incorporating a high-performance DSP, 32-Bit DRIVE III significantly reduces digital distortion to reproduce stereo audio with extreme faithfulness to the original signal. HDCD®: This is a new format of high-resolution recording. The VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 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 components-the VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 has a variety of connection jacks so you can customize your entertainment setup. It also includes Kenwood's remarkable LCD Remote Control unit. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro Logic", "Surround EX " and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved. iii 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. © 1996, 2000 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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 authorization.