Using Your New Kenwood Audio-Video
Receiver
Welcome to the Users' Guide for your new Kenwood Audio-
Video Receiver.
The KRF-X9992D connects all your current audio and video
components. It allows you to control them all with Kenwood's
remarkable PowerTouch touch screen remote--a graphical user
interface without having to use your TV!
NetFront® by Access Co., Ltd. is adopted for this product.
Copyright© 1996, 1997 Access Co., Ltd.
NetFront® is registered trademark of Access Co.,Ltd. in Japan.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Moving Around ................................. 1
What's on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio - Video
Receiver? ................................................................................... 2
What's on PowerTouch? ........................................................... 3
What's on PowerTouch's Screen? ............................................ 4
How is PowerTouch Powered? ................................................. 5
How Do I Use PowerTouch? ..................................................... 6
How Do I Move Around? ........................................................ 7
How Do I Enter Text? ............................................................... 7
Chapter Two: Using PowerTouch ............................ 9
How Do I Adjust the Sound? ................................................. 10
Turning the Speakers On ........................................................ 10
Adjusting the Volume ............................................................. 10
Adjusting the Loudness (Stereo Mode Only) ....................... 11
Adjusting the Tone (Stereo Mode Only) ............................... 11
Adjusting Speaker Levels ....................................................... 13
Muting Sound ........................................................................ 15
Midnight Theatre Function ................................................... 15
What are Listen Modes? ......................................................... 16
Switching to Analog Input ..................................................... 21
Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects ................. 22
Applying THX technologies .................................................. 24
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What if I Want to Use Headphones? .................................... 25
How Do I Operate Devices? ................................................... 26
Movie Devices ........................................................................ 27
TV ............................................................................................ 28
VCR .......................................................................................... 31
DVD Player ............................................................................. 33
Laser Disc Player .................................................................... 34
Camcorder or Additional VCR .............................................. 35
Music Devices ......................................................................... 36
Kenwood 200-Disc CD Changer ........................................... 36
Displaying Disc and Track Titles ........................................... 38
Single or Rotary CD Player .................................................... 43
MD Recorder or Tape Deck ................................................... 46
Turntable ................................................................................ 49
Second CD Player or Tape Deck ........................................... 49
Tuner ....................................................................................... 50
How Do I Record (Edit Mode)? ............................................. 56
How Do I Adjust PowerTouch's Display? ............................... 60
How Do I See PowerTouch in the Dark? .............................. 60
How Do I See PowerTouch's Screen More Clearly? .............. 61
How Do I Turn the Beeping On or Off? ................................ 61
Using PowerTouch to Dim or Brighten the Receiver's Front
Panel ................................................................................... 62
Changing the Front Panel Display Mode ............................. 62
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How Do I Perform Several Actions at Once? ......................... 63
Creating Macros ..................................................................... 64
Using Macros .......................................................................... 68
Chapter Three: Troubleshooting ........................... 70
Sound ...................................................................................... 72
I don't hear any sound at all ................................................. 72
I can't hear sound from one or more of the speakers, or the
sound is abnormally low .................................................. 72
I can't hear sound from my surround or center speakers ... 73
I can hear sound only from the center speaker when Dolby
Pro Logic or Dolby 3 Stereo is selected ............................ 73
Sound from one (or more) of my devices is abnormally loud
or soft ................................................................................. 73
There wasn't any sound recorded on tapes made on my
VCR or tape deck ............................................................... 75
The initial sound is intermittent or non-existent when I start
to play from a Dolby Digital or DVD source ................... 75
With a Dolby Digital program, the loud sounds aren't very
loud and the quiet sounds aren't very quiet .................... 75
I hear a hum when I select the PHONO input .................... 76
Video ....................................................................................... 76
I can't see the program I'm playing on the TV
There wasn't any video output to my VCR when I
recorded ............................................................................. 76
PowerTouch ............................................................................ 76
I don't see icons for all my devices ....................................... 76