I have been into home hi-fi for 20 years and feel I know my stuff but...

I have a Kenwood KDC-9090R control unit into a KAC-PS301T stero amp and I really haven't set up the sound the way I like it.

Specifically I have a problem understanding what some of the audio settings actual do.

Is there a website that goes through the various menus and gives in-depth help?

The Kenwood manuals are fairly strightforward but lack a lot detail.

I'm thinking of things like Non fading level, High pass Filter Frequency etc.

Thanks.

 

Your head unit will probably have either one, two or three stereo pair outputs for amplifiers.

If you had 3, one would be "front", one would be "rear" and the other would be "non-fading", which is used normally to power subs as its independent of any front/rear fading. The non-fading level controls the gain on this.

Your unit has a built in low pass filter for the non-fading output. This is configurable. If you're running a sub, 80-100Hz is what you want to set it at. If you're not, it ain't doing anything for you

You'll also have high pass filters which apply to front and rear. This filtration cuts out extreme lows from the signal both on the RCA outputs and also on the internal amplifier. Mine are set to 40Hz on the front and rears to protect the speakers from trying to reproduce frequencies that they just can't do.

The kenwood units with System E+ (filtration) are really very, very good but are a bit of a pig to get your head around, particularly if you're not used to active filtration which isn't used very often in home hi-fi.

any use?

Nick.

 

Thanks Nick -just what I needed.

Now any chance you can go through the rest of the manual because Kenwood annoyingly presumes that everyone understands the function of each and every setting

 

Errr... No

More seriously, if there's something you don't understand then post as someone will know the answer