Kenwood Sovereign VR-5700 - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter One : Connecting Your Devices
Connections
Chapter One: Connecting Your Devices
Welcome to the Kenwood VR-5700/ VR-5090/VR-5080 Con-
nection 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
Remote Control unit (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:
Your new receiver requires adequate ventilation to perform
reliably. Be sure not to block the ventilation area on the top
or back (or both sides) of the receiver with another device.
These areas should be:
At least 6 inches (15 cm) from any obstruction.
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 malfunc-
tion.
Before You Begin
This manual covers the most common and standard con-
nections to the receiver. Because of its versatility, you may
decide to connect your devices differently.
Video Connections
The VR-5700/VR-5090 incorporates Kenwood's exclusive
Universal Video HD, which converts between composite,
S-Video and component video formats. This simplifies op-
eration, and maintains the highest possible video quality
while requiring only a single connection between the re-
ceiver and your TV. Video format conversion is performed
according to the following chart:
• 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.
The VR-5080 has three kinds of video input jacks for the Com-
posite video, S-Video and Component video signals.
The signals input at one of these three kinds of jacks can be
output at the VIDEO REC OUT and MONITOR OUT jacks
of the receiver only in the same signal format as they were
input. (This receiver does not incorporate the facility for
conversion between video signal formats.)
• If all of your video devices and TV have S-Video jacks,
we suggest that you use them exclusively, since it will
provide superior video performance.
• If only some of your video devices and TV have S-Video
jacks, you can still use them for those devices and the
TV. Use the composite jacks for your devices that don’t
have S-Video jacks. In this case you’ll also have to con-
nect the receiver’s composite Video Monitor output to
your TV for your non S-Video devices.
• If your TV doesn’t have S-Video devices, you can’t use S-
Video connections for any of your video devices. Use
the composite jacks exclusively.
• If your video devices and TV have component video
jacks, we suggest that you use them exclusively, since it
will provide superior S-video performance.
• Each of the video source components connected to the
Composite video, S-Video and Component video inputs
of the receiver should also be connected to the TV using
the same kind of signal connection as it is connected to
the receiver.
• It is not possible to record the video from a video source
component that is connected to the receiver using only
the Component video connection. The source to be re-
corded should be connected using the Composite video
or S-Video connection according to the signal(s) output
to the recording component.
• It is not possible to record the video from a video source
component which is connected to the receiver using only
the S-Video connection to a recording component
equipped only with the Composite video input. In this
case, both the video source and video recording com-
ponents should be connected to the receiver using the
Composite video connection.
Video input signal type Appears at these video outputs
Composite Video Composite
S-Video
Component Video
S-Video Composite
S-Video
Component Video
Component Video Component Video
If you plan on using the VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 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 components. Only video
sources connected to the receiver with composite video con-
nections can be viewed in the second zone.