Kenwood VR-5900 User Manual - Page 41

Using PowerTouch III How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes? HDCD® and D.R.I.V.E. Effects HDCD is a new format enabling recording with higher quality than previous CD while maintaining compatibility with it. Although an HDCDcompatible CD player is usually required to exhibit the full characteristics of the HDCD, this receiver is capable of reproducing high-quality HDCD signals by connecting a CD player through digital connection, even when it does not incorporate the HDCD circuitry. D.R.I.V.E. is a Kenwood original technology for reproducing signals with high resolution by instant switching of the internal filters according to the input signal. This receiver incorporate a high performance DSP to provide very high resolution from 32-bit DRIVE III circuitry, achieving stereo audio reproduction with the best quality ever reached. The D.R.I.V.E. indicator lights when the D.R.I.V.E. circuit is activated. The HDCD indicator lights when the HDCD circuit is activated and an HDCD is played. HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. are designed to be activated automatically to select the optimum circuit path. HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. is effective only at the time of digital input stereo, DSP mode or multi channel music. Some HDCD-recorded discs do not contain all tracks as HDCD recordings. (The HDCD indicator will not light for tracks not recorded as HDCD.) HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. is effective only at the time of THX Off mode. , 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. 33