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Using Receiver How Do I Adjust the Sound? Adjusting the Tone (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode Off) The Tone control adjusts the bass and treble tone of your front speakers manually. In addition to setting Bass and Treble tone adjustment values, you can completely bypass the tone control circuitry for a purer sound. 1. Press the SOUND button on Remote Control unit repeatedly until Tone = Off or On is displayed. On or Off refers to the current setting status. Sound Tone = Off Home Next 2. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( / ) button on Remote Control unit to select Tone = On (or Off if desired so). 3. When On is selected above and the SOUND button or Next button is pressed again, the Bass setting menu appears. When Off is selected above, the Loudness setting menu appears. Sound Bass = +10 Home Next 4. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( / ) button on Remote Control unit to select the desired tone level. Adjust in the range from +10 to -10. 5. Press the Next button (LCD function button 2). 6. The Treble setting menu appears. 7. Press the LCD cursor up/down ( / ) button on Remote Control unit to select the desired tone level. Adjust in the range from +10 to -10. 8. To exit from setting, press the Home button (LCD function button 1). 11

Section	Page
VR-5700_5090_5080	1
Table of Contents	3
Chapter One: Moving Around	9
What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver?	10
What’s on Remote Control Unit?	12
LCD Indicators	14
How Do I Use Remote Control Unit?	15
Remote controllable range	15
Chapter Two: Controlling the Receiver	16
How Do I Adjust the Sound?	17
Turning the Speakers On	17
Adjusting the Volume	18
Adjusting the Tone (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode Off)	19
Adjusting the Loudness (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode Off)	21
Adjusting Speaker Levels	22
Adjusting the Input Level	23
Muting Sound	24
Midnight Theater Function (Dolby Digital, DTS and DTS-ES only)	24
How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes?	25
What is the THX?	25
What are Listen Modes?	26
Checking the Input signal during playback	29
Input Modes (only for input with digital jacks)	30
Switching Input Modes	31
To set the THX Mode	32
To set the Listen Mode manually	34
Examples of inputs with which switching is available	35
Description of Dolby Pro Logic II: Music mode	37
Selecting the parameter of Pro Logic II : Music mode	37
Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects	39
Setting a DSP effect	39
HDCDR and D.R.I.V.E. Effects	41
Headphone Operation	42
Selecting the Inputs	43
How Do I Operate Devices?	44
Playback of the device connected to the CD2/TAPE2 MONITOR	44
Operating a Television	45
Operating an AV Device	46
Operating a CD player	47
To play Kenwood 200-Disc CD Changer	47
Single or Rotary CD Player	49
CD-R Recorder	49
Operating an MD Recorder or Cassette Deck	50
Playing an Analog Turntable	51
Monitoring a Video Camera or Playing an Additional VCR	51
Radio Tuning	52
Presetting radio stations	53
Recording	55
How Do I Adjust the LCD Display?	58
Using Remote Control unit under low light	58
Adjusting the contrast of LCD display	58
Adjusting the brightness of receiver	59
Selecting the display mode of receiver front panel	59
Executing Several Operations at Once (Macro function)	60
Registering a macro	60
Executing a macro	61
Using Remote Control Unit in Multiple Zones	62
How Do I Switch Control Modes?	62
Operation using the SYS.POWER button on Remote Control unit	64
Chapter Three: Button Layout in Controlling Other Devices	65
Chapter Four: Troubleshooting	77
Sound	79
I don’t hear any sound at all	79
Audio is not output only when a 96k fs compatible disc is played.	79
The 96k fs indicator does not light while a 96k fs compatible disc is being played.	79
I can’t hear sound from one or more of the speakers, or the sound is abnormally low	80
I can’t hear sound from my surround or center speakers	80
I can hear sound only from the center speaker when Dolby ProLogic is selected	80
A DTS-ES encoded source is played but it is not decoded in DTS-ES.	80
A Dolby Digital Surround EX-encoded source is played with THX Surround EX set to “Auto”, but the source is not reproduced in 6.1-channel audio.	81
Sound from one (or more) of my components is abnormally loud or soft	81
I can’t hear sound from some of my laser discs	81
There wasn’t any sound recorded on tapes made on my VCR or tape deck	81
The initial sound is intermittent or non-existent when I start to play from a Dolby Digital, DTS, DTS-ES or MPEG source	81
With a Dolby Digital program or DTS program, the loud sounds aren’t very loud and the quiet sounds aren’t very quiet	82
All I hear is loud static when I play DTS discs	82
I hear a hum when I select the PHONO input	82
I can’t hear any sound in Zone B	82
Video	82
I can’t see the program I’m playing on the TV. There wasn’t any video output to my VCR when I recorded	82
Remote Control unit	83
My Remote Control unit is slow to respond.sometimes I have to press buttons or select commands several times	83
My Remote Control unit is not responding	83
I want to clear all the items in Remote Control unit and make it tothe factory-set default condition.	84
The RF remote control function does not work.	84
Receiver/Tuner	84
My receiver won’t turn on and the STANDBY indicator is flashing	84
The sound is distorted, and the CLIP indicator on the receiver’s front panel flashes red continually, or stays red for more than 1second at a time.	85
I can’t receive a radio station	86
I’m getting a lot of static/interference	86
When I press a button to tune to a preset station, the receiver does not respond.	86