Kenwood Sovereign VR-5080 User manual

Using Your New Kenwood Audio-Video
Receiver
Welcome to the Users’ Guide for your new Kenwood Audio-Video Re-
ceiver. It connects all your current audio and video components. It allows
you to control them all with Kenwood’s remarkable LCD remote.
This manual covers three models.

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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 Remote Control Unit? ............................................. 4
LCD Indicators ......................................................................... 6
How Do I Use Remote Control Unit? .................................. 7
Remote controllable range .......................................................7
Chapter Two: Controlling the Receiver................ 8
How Do I Adjust the Sound?............................................... 9
Turning the Speakers On ..........................................................9
Adjusting the Volume ............................................................. 10
Adjusting the Tone (Only in STEREO mode with THX mode
Off) ...................................................................................... 11
Adjusting the Loudness (Only in STEREO mode with THX
mode Off) .......................................................................... 13
Adjusting Speaker Levels ....................................................... 14
Adjusting the Input Level ...................................................... 15
Muting Sound ........................................................................ 16
Midnight Theatre Function (Dolby Digital, DTS and DTS-ES
only) ................................................................................... 16

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HDCD and D.R.I.V.E. Effects ................................................ 33
Headphone Operation .......................................................... 34
Selecting the Inputs ............................................................... 35
How Do I Operate Devices? .............................................. 36
Playback of the device connected to the CD2/TAPE2
MONITOR .......................................................................... 36
Operating a Television ........................................................... 37
Operating an AV Device ........................................................ 38
Operating a CD player........................................................... 39
To play Kenwood 200-Disc CD Changer ............................. 39
Single or Rotary CD Player ..................................................... 41
CD-R Recorder ........................................................................ 41
Operating an MD Recorder or Cassette Deck ...................... 42
Playing an Analog Turntable................................................. 43
Monitoring a Video Camera or Playing an Additional VCR ... 43
How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes? ............................ 17
What is the THX? ................................................................... 17
What are Listen Modes?......................................................... 18
Checking the Input signal during playback .......................... 21
Input Modes ........................................................................... 22
Switching Input Modes ......................................................... 23
To set the THX Mode ............................................................. 24
To set the Listen Mode manually .......................................... 26
Examples of inputs with which switching is available........ 27
Description of Dolby Pro Logic II: Music mode.................. 29
Selecting the parameter of Pro Logic II: Music mode ......... 29
Applying Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Effects .................. 31

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Radio Tuning .......................................................................... 44
Recording ................................................................................ 47
How Do I Adjust the LCD Display? ................................... 50
Using Remote Control unit under low light ........................ 50
Adjusting the contrast of LCD display ................................. 50
Adjusting the brightness of receiver ...................................... 51
Selecting the display mode of receiver front panel .............. 51
Executing Several Operations at Once (Macro function).. 52
Registering a macro................................................................ 52
Executing a macro .................................................................. 53
Using Remote Control Unit in Multiple Zones ................. 54
Haw Do I Switch Control Modes? ........................................ 54
Operation using the SYS.POWER button on Remote Control
unit ..................................................................................... 56
Chapter Three : Button Layout in Controlling
Other Devices .................................................... 57
Chapter Four: Troubleshooting......................... 69
Sound.......................................................................................71
I don’t hear any sound at all .................................................. 71
Audio is not output only when a 96k fs compatible disc is
played. ................................................................................. 71
The 96k fs indicator does not light while a 96k fs compatible
disc is being played. ........................................................... 71

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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 ... 72
I can hear sound only from the center speaker when Dolby
Pro Logic is selected .......................................................... 72
A DTS-ES encoded source is played but it is not decoded in
DTS-ES. ............................................................................... 72
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. .................................... 73
Sound from one (or more) of my components is abnormally
loud or soft ........................................................................ 73
I can’t hear sound from some of my laser discs .................. 73
There wasn’t any sound recorded on tapes made on my VCR
or tape deck ........................................................................ 73
The initial sound is intermittent or non-existent when I start
to play from a Dolby Digital, DTS, DTS-ES or MPEG
source ................................................................................. 73
With a Dolby Digital program or DTS program, the loud
sounds aren’t very loud and the quiet sounds aren’t very
quiet.................................................................................... 74
All I hear is loud static when I play DTS discs ..................... 74
I hear a hum when I select the PHONO input .................... 74
Sound is intermittent............................................................. 74
I can’t hear any sound in Zone B .......................................... 74
Video ....................................................................................... 74
I can’t see the program I’m playing on the TV. There wasn’t
any video output to my VCR when I recorded ................ 74

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Remote Control unit .............................................................. 75
My Remote Control unit is slow to respond—sometimes I have
to press buttons or select commands several times ............ 75
My Remote Control unit is not responding ......................... 75
I want to clear all the items in Remote Control unit and
make it to the factory-set default condition. ................... 76
The RF remote control function does not work ................. 76
Receiver/Tuner ........................................................................ 76
My receiver won’t turn on and the STANDBY indicator is
flashing ............................................................................... 76
The sound is distorted, and the CLIP indicator on the
receiver’s front panel flashes red continually, or stays red
for more than 1 second at a time ..................................... 77
I can’t receive a radio station ................................................ 78
I’m getting a lot of static/interference .................................. 78
When I press a button to tune to a preset station, the receiver
does not respond ............................................................... 78

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Chapter One: Moving Around
Welcome to the Kenwood VR-5700/VR-5090/VR-5080 Users’Guide. This
chapter explains the buttons and functions you can find on the front of
the receiver and on Remote Control unit. The chapter also includes an
explanation of how to navigate the convenient display on your new Re-
mote Control unit.
It includes the following sections:
What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio - Video Receiver?
page 2
What’s on Remote Control Unit? page 4
LCD indicators page 6
How Do I Use Remote Control Unit? page 7

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Moving Around
1. STANDBY indicator
2. POWER ON/STANDBY button
3. PHONES jack
4. SPEAKERS A/B button
5. INPUT MODE button / RF ON/OFF button
6. CD 2/TAPE 2 MONITOR button / RF BAND button
7. LISTEN MODE button /DISPLAY button
8. THX button
9. SOUND button / SET UP button
10. MULTI CONTROL (Up/Down) buttons
11. P. CALL (Up/Down) buttons
12. MEMORY button
13. AUTO button
14. BAND button
15. AV AUX input jacks
What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-
Video Receiver?
Standby mode
While the standby indicator of the unit is lit, a small amount of current is
flowing into the unit’s internal circuitry to back up the memory. This
condition is referred to as the standby mode of the unit. While the unit is
in the standby mode, it can be turned ON from the Remote Control unit.

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16.VOLUME CONTROL knob
17.INPUT SELECTOR buttons
18.Indicators
SURROUND BACK
96kfs
CD2/TAPE2 MONITOR
CLIP INDICATOR
Buttons
behind the
door
What’s on the Front Panel of Your Kenwood Audio-Video Receiver?, continued
19.Indicators
THX
DTS
D. R. I. V. E.
DOLBY DIGITAL
MPEG
HDCD
PHONES
THX DOLBY DIGITAL
DTS MPEG
D.R.I.V.E. HDCD ¤ INPUT SELECTOR ‹
VOLUME CONTROL
DOWN UP
AV - AUX
S VIDEO VIDEO L - AUDIO - R
A
SPEAKERS B
INPUT
MODE CD 2/TAPE 2 MONITOR LISTEN MODE THX
SET UPRF
ON/OFF RF BAND DISPLAY
SOUND MULTI
CONTROL
fi%
P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND
fi%
CLIP
INDICATOR
ON / STANDBY
POWER
CD 2 / TAPE 2
MONITOR
SURROUND
BACK 96kfs
STANDBY
DISCRETE 6.1 MATRIX 6.1 NEO : 6 PRO LOGIC
DTS-ES
1
3 4 10 11 12 14 15
16
17
18
1920
2
9135
6
7
23 21
8
24 22
20.Display
21.2-way communication indicator
22.Infrared remote sensor
23.Indicators
DTS-ES DISCRETE 6.1
DTS-ES MATRIX 6.1
NEO : 6
PRO LOGIC
24.Infrared remote transmitter
Button 4 to 14 are located inside the panel door.

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What’s on Remote Control Unit?
2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
MUSIC MOVIE TV
CONFIRM/SHIFT
AV POWER SYS.POWER
TITLE/GUIDE MENU
MACRO
F.SHIFT
+
-
+
-
REC LEARN
SOUND
TUNING
BAND
LISTEN M.
INPUT MODE
STATUS MULTI ZONE ZONE A/B
DIMMER
SUB W.
THX
MUTE
ENTER
AUTO/MONO
REPEAT RANDOM INPUT SEL.
TV SELECT DISPLAY SELECT
AUDIO THEME FAVORITE
INFO. EXIT
LAST CHANNEL
RF REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
CH.
CH.
VOL.
VOL.
RETURN
/PAGE
REC MODE
OSD
/PAGE
Home Menu
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
8
11
10
13
14
12
15
18
20
22
24
16
17
19
21
23
25
1. LCD indicators
2. LCD function button 2
3. LCD function button 1
4. CONFIRM/SHIFT button
5. MACRO button
6. AV POWER button (AV device Power button)
7. AV device control buttons
£: Play
4, ¢: Skip
8: Pause
7: Stop
8. CH.(+/-) buttons (AV device control buttons)
9. LISTEN M. button / INPUT MODE button
10. SOUND button / DIMMER button
11. TITLE/GUIDE button (AV device control button)
12. 5Cursor up button / 8PAUSE button
∞Cursor down button / AUTO/MONO, 7 STOP button
left, ‰right button / TUNING buttons
ENTER button / BAND (Play) button
13. RETURN/PAGE ∞button (AV device control button)
14. REC (Recording) button / REC MODE button
What’s on Remote Control Unit?
Infrared ray system
Model : RC-R0913
‰

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Moving Around
What’s on Remote Control Unit?
15. Numeric buttons (AV device control buttons)
10 button / STATUS button
11 button / MULTI ZONE button
12 button / ZONE A/B button
16. LCD cursor up/down buttons
17. Input selector buttons
MUSIC: Audio device selector button
MOVIE: Video device selector button
TV: TV/video monitor selector button
18. SYS. POWER (Receiver power) button
19. VOL. (+/-) buttons
20. MUTE button
21. THX button /SUB W. button
22. MENU button (AV device control buttons)
23. OSD/PAGE 5button (AV device control button)
24. LEARN button
25. F.SHIFT button
How to operate the F.SHIFT button:
In addition to the functions marked on the remote control buttons, those
marked in blue characters above the buttons can be used. To use these
functions, press the F.SHIFT button then press the desired button within
8 seconds.
(Example) To use the REPEAT function, press the F.SHIFT button then
press button 1 (REPEAT).

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Moving Around
What’s on Remote Control Unit?
1. Playback/recording mode indicators
`Play indicator/ 8: Pause indicator/
REC
: Record indicator/
7: Stop indicator
2. Character display
Shows various information such as the input device name and track
number.
3. Current function of LCD function button 1
4. Current function of LCD function button 2
5. Communication indicators
: Sending. : Receiving.
6. Battery indicator
“”appears when the batteries are nearly exhausted. In this case,
replace all of the four batteries together.
To switch the menu:
The menu can be switched over or selected while LCD function button 1
and/or 2 are displayed.
(Examples: Home, Back, Menu, Enter, etc.)
LCD function
button 1 LCD function button 2
LCD Indicators
Cursor up/down
buttons
2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
CD1:
CD
Disc 001 Tr.01
Text Menu
REC
REC
1
2
3 4
5
6

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Moving Around
What’s on Remote Control Unit?
Remote controllable range
Remote control unit can be controlled in the range as shown below using
four AA (R6) batteries.
VOLUMECONTROL
2WAYLCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
Take care of the following points when using Remote Control unit.
The remote control signal received by the main unit is the RF signal.
The signal sent from the main unit is sent as Infrared signal.
The control distance of the RF remote signal is about 30 ft (10 meters)
provided there is no obstacle.
•Do not install the receiver in a place where the receiver’s remote sen-
sor is exposed to direct sunlight or high-frequency lighting (inverter
type, etc.) fluorescent lamp. Otherwise the remote control range will
be reduced.
•When the remote control range reduces or the Low Battery indicator
() will flash in the LCD display, replace all of the four batteries
together.
20 ft
(6 m) Infrared remote
transmitter
How Do I Use Remote Control Unit?
To select an item:
The displayed items can be scrolled or switched using the LCD cursor
or button.
The selected item is displayed in the reversed color for distinction from
other items.
RF Remote Antenna
IR Sensor
How Do I Use Remote Control Unit?

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Using Receiver
Chapter Two: Controlling the Receiver
Remote Control unit provided with the receiver is a bi-directional Re-
mote Control unit, which enables remote control while checking the in-
formation shown on the LCD display. The operations of connected de-
vices can also be controlled from Remote Control unit.
Before first time using the receiver or after having changed or added the
connected devices, please be sure to read the separate booklet entitled
“Connection and Setup Guide”.
The present manual describes the operation procedures in normal use.
This chapter is composed of the following sections.
How Do I Adjust the Sound? page 9
How Do I Adjust the Surround Modes? page 17
Selecting the Inputs page 35
How Do I Operate Devices? page 36
How Do I Adjust the LCD Display? page 50
Executing Several Operations at Once (Macro function) page 52
The Remote Control unit transmits an infrared signal in addition to an
RF signal. When operation by means of the RF signal is not possible be-
cause of the radio wave conditions, aim the Remote Control unit towards
the receiver and use it as an infrared remote control.
For operation of other identified devices or with an external IR receiver,
aim the Remote Control unit towards the respective unit and use it as an
infrared remote control.
Do not block the remote control IR transmitter on the Receiver or the
transceiver part of the Remote Control unit. A momentary error is pos-
sible when the signal is interrupted even momentarily during transmis-
sion and reception (for example by a person passing through the beam).
In such a case, the most recent information will be displayed when CON-
FIRM/SHIFT button on the Remote Control unit is pressed. Sometime it
may be necessary to reenter the interrupted command again.

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Using Receiver
How Do I Adjust the Sound?
How Do I Adjust the Sound?
You can control and adjust a variety of sound settings using the receiver’s
front panel or Remote Control unit.
Turning the Speakers On
To turn on the front A speakers, open the receiver’s front panel door and
press the SPEAKERS A button.
L SPEAKERS R
INPUT
MODE CD2/TAPE 2 MONITOR LISTEN MODE SETUP SOUND MULTI
CONTROL
fi%
P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND
fi%
To turn on the front B speakers, press the SPEAKERS B button located in
the door of the receiver’s front panel.
The lighting of a Åor ıindicator lamp indicates that the corresponding
set of speakers is on.
If you select SPEAKERS B while listening to a surround mode, the sound
will automatically revert to stereo. While SPEAKERS B is on, the sur-
round made cannot be selected.
If you use speakers connected to amplifiers via the PRE OUT jacks, choose
SPEAKERS A.
Push the lower part of
the door.
Speaker indicators (Å, ı)

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Using Receiver
How Do I Adjust the Sound?
Adjusting the Volume
Use one of the following methods to adjust the volume.
•Turn the VOLUME knob on the front panel of the receiver.
L SPEAKERS R
INPUT
MODE CD2/TAPE 2 MONITOR LISTEN MODE SETUP SOUND MULTI
CONTROL
fi%
P.CALL MEMORY AUTO BAND
fi%
•Press
+
VOL.
or
-
VOL.
on Remote Control unit.
2WAY LCD REMOTE CONTROL UNIT
+
-
+
-

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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.
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.
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).
Sound
Tone = Off
Home Next
Sound
Bass = +10
Home Next

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Using Receiver
How Do I Adjust the Sound?
Operation on the receiver:
1. Press the SOUND button in the door repeatedly until TONE OFF or
ON is displayed.
2. Press the MULTI CONTROL (%/fi) button to display TONE ON (or
OFF if desired so).
3. When ON is selected above and the SOUND button is pressed again,
the BASS setting menu appears.
When OFF is selected above, the LOUDNESS setting menu appears.
4. Adjust using the MULTI CONTROL (%/fi) button.
5. Press the SOUND button.
6. When the TREBLE setting menu appears, adjust the treble in the same
way as above. To exit from setting, press the SOUND button repeat-
edly until “SOUND FIXED”is displayed.