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Table of Contents

Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices

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1

Noting Your Devices

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3

Connecting Your Speakers

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4

To Connect Front Speakers Only

To Connect Front and Surround Sound

Speakers

What if I Have a Powered Subwoofer?

To Connect Surround Back Sound Speakers

What if I Have an Amplifier?

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8

Connecting Your TV

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10

To Connect a TV

What if I Want to Watch TV without Turning

on the Receiver?

Connecting Your Cable TV or Satellite Tuner

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12

To Connect a Cable TV Tuner with a Com-

posite (RCA) Video Output

To Connect a Cable TV Tuner without a

Composite (RCA) Video Output

To Connect a Satellite Tuner

Connecting Your VCR(s)

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14

To Connect a Primary VCR

To Connect a Secondary VCR

Connecting Your Primary CD Player

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16

What if I Have a Video CD-Compatible CD

Player?

To Connect a Kenwood 200-Disc CD

Changer

To Connect Any Other Primary CD Player or

Changer

To Connect a Secondary CD Player

Connecting Your DVD Player

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18

To Connect a DVD Player

Connecting Your CD-R Recorder

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20

To Connect an CD-R Recorder

Connecting Your MD Recorder or Primary

Tape Deck

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22

To Connect an MD Recorder

To Connect a Primary Tape Deck

To Connect a Secondary Tape Deck

Connecting Your Secondary CD Player or

Tape Deck

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24

To Connect a Secondary CD Player

To Connect a Secondary Tape Deck

Connecting Your Laser Disc Player

(with AC-3 RF Output)

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26

To Connect an AC-3 RF Output Laser Disc

Player

Connecting Your Laser Disc Player

(without AC-3 RF Output)

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28

To Connect a PCM Digital Output Laser Disc

Player

Connecting Your Turntable/Record Player

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30

To Connect a Turntable/Record Player

Connecting a Camcorder or Additional VCR

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31

To Connect a Camcorder or Additional VCR

Can I Connect an Additional VCR Perma-

nently?

What if I Have Several Kenwood Devices (System

Control Chaining)?

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32

Connecting the Antennas

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33

RF Remote Antenna

FM Indoor Antenna

FM Outdoor Antenna

AM Loop Antenna

What if I Have Cable Radio?

Chapter Two: Setting Up Remote Control

Unit

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34

Installing the Batteries

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34

Resetting the Remote Control Unit

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34

Basic Operation of Remote Control Unit

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35

Section	Page
VR-5700_5080_5090	1
Table of Contents	5
Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices	7
Noting Your Devices	9
Connecting Your Speakers	10
To Connect Front Speakers Only:	11
To Connect Front and Surround Sound speakers	11
What if I Have a Powered Subwoofer?	13
To Connect Surround Back Speakers:	13
What if I Have an Amplifier?	14
Connecting Your TV	16
To Connect a TV:	17
What if I Want to Watch TV without Turning on the Receiver?	17
Connecting Your Cable TV or Satellite Tuner	18
To Connect a Cable TV Tuner with a Composite (RCA) Video Output:	19
To Connect a Cable TV Tuner without a Composite (RCA) Video Output:	19
To Connect a Satellite Tuner:	19
Connecting Your VCR(s)	20
To Connect a Primary VCR:	21
To Connect a Secondary VCR:	21
Connecting Your Primary CD Player	22
What if I Have a Video CD-Compatible CD players?	23
To Connect a Kenwood 200-Disc CD changer	23
To Connect Any Other Primary CD Player or changer	23
To Connect a Secondary CD Player:	23
Connecting Your DVD Player	24
To Connect a DVD Player:	25
Connecting Your CD-R Recorder	26
To Connect a CD-R Recorder:	27
Connecting Your MD Recorder or Primary Tape Deck	28
To Connect an MD Recorder:	29
To Connect a Primary Tape Deck:	29
To Connect a Secondary Tape Deck:	29
Connecting Your Secondary CD Player or Tape Deck	30
To Connect a Secondary CD Player:	31
To Connect a Secondary Tape Deck:	31
Connecting Your Laser Disc Player (with AC-3 RF Output)	32
To Connect an AC-3 RF Output Laser Disc player	33
Connecting Your Laser Disc Player (without AC-3 RF Output)	34
To Connect a PCM Digital Output Laser Disc player	35
Connecting Your Turntable/Record Player	36
Connecting a Camcorder or Additional VCR	37
What if I Have Several Kenwood Devices (System Control Chaining)?	38
Connecting the Antennas	39
Chapter Two: Setting Up Remote Control Unit	40
Installing the Batteries	40
Resetting the Remote Control Unit	40
Basic Operation of Remote Control Unit	41
Setting Up Speakers	42
Speaker Placement	42
Selecting the Speakers	42
Balancing the Speaker Volumes	43
When setting the speaker levels be careful against the high-level test tone that is produced.	43
Bass Peak Level	44
Adjusting the Speaker Distances	44
Identifying Components for Remote Control Unit	45
If a device cannot be remote controlled with any code in the list, or to add remote control target functions...	46
Balancing the Speaker Levels with a Sound Level Meter	48
RF Remote Control Function	49
Changing the RF Transmission Frequency	49
Chapter Three:Usind Receivers Front Panel to Set Up the Speakers	50
Speaker Setup	50
Chapter Four: Setting Up Multiple Zones	52
Making Connections	53
Connecting the External Infrared Receivers and IR Repeaters	54
To connect a Kenwood IR-9991 IR Transceiver	55
To connect any other IR Receiver	55
To turn the VR-5700,VR-5090 or VR-5080's RF Receiver off	55
To turn the VR-5700,VR-5090 or VR-5080's RF Receiver back on	55
To Connect IR Repeaters	55
Chapter Five: Warnings and Specifications	56
Warnings	56
VR-5700 Specifications	56
VR-5090/VR-5080 Specifications	57

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Table of Contents, One: Connecting Your Devices, Two: Setting Up Remote Control

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