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Features
DVD/Video CD Controls
Changer Controls
Inputs and Outputs
Dimensions
Features
5.1-Channel Decoding: You can
enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound with the built-in DSP with Dolby Digital, Dolby
ProLogic II, and
DTS processing. In addition to the front and rear speaker outputs, the hideaway
unit features preamp outputs for front left and right, rear left and right,
center, and subwoofer.
Security
Code: You may program
the unit with a 4 digit security code. Once the unit has been programmed with a
security code, the code must be entered to use the unit after it has been
disconnected from power.
Detachable Protection Panel: To
prevent theft, the protection panel can be detached.
Motorized Video Display: This unit is
equipped with a motorized 7" widescreen LCD that serves as a video
monitor and system information display.
Secondary Display: The bottom
half of the detachable protection panel has a small LCD display with eight 5x7
dot matrix characters. The color can be set to blue or to match the switchable
red or green button illumination.
Touch Screen
Controls: This unit has
touch screen controls with interactive video graphics, making menu navigation
easy. The screen is non-glare and smudge-resistant.
Display
Angle and Position Adjustment: You can adjust the display's
angle and position for better visibility. The display
slides forward and backward, allowing you to choose one of 4 slide positions.
You can also choose one of 8 tilt angles.
Auto
Open/Close: When this feature is active, the
display automatically opens when the unit is turned on and closes when the unit
is turned off.
Display
Adjustment: You can adjust the display's brightness, color,
tint, contrast, and black level. Additionally, you can change the background and
menu graphics.
Selectable Screen Viewing Modes:
You can choose from the following screen modes:
- Normal: displays 16:9
widescreen format pictures that fill the entire screen width, and 4:3
(conventional TV) pictures display with black bars on either side
- Full: expands 4:3 pictures
horizontally to fill the entire width of the screen, distorting the picture
slightly but retaining full image height
- Just: expands 4:3 pictures
horizontally only at the edges
- Cinema: expands 4:3
pictures both horizontally and vertically, filling the screen without
distorting the picture
- Zoom: expands 4:3 pictures
both horizontally and vertically, filling the screen without distorting the
picture but cutting off the top and bottom edges
Satellite
Radio Ready: There are several
options for connecting an optional XM or SIRIUS Satellite Radio receiver to
this receiver:
-
SIRIUS:
To receive SIRIUS Satellite Radio, you can
connect the optional
SC-C1 SiriusConnect vehicle tuner (item number 607SCC1) and the
Kenwood/SIRIUS adapter (item number 113KCASR50).
-
Dock:
Select dock-and-play and portable SIRIUS radios can be controlled using
the Kenwood/SIRIUS adapter
(item number 113KCASR50)
and the
SC-VDOC1 dock (item number 607SCVDOC1).
-
Auxiliary Input:
A portable satellite radio receiver, such as the Delphi SkyFi3 or SIRIUS
Sportster, can be connected to the head unit via the auxiliary input
(adapter may be required).
Note:
A subscription is also required to receive
satellite radio programming from SIRIUS or XM.
Navigation Compatibility:
The KVT-817DVD is compatible with the following Kenwood navigation systems:
KNA-DV4100 (item # 113KNADV41), KNA-DV3100, and KNA-DV2100. The navigation
system can be connected via the 13-pin
I/F jack on the back of the hideaway unit (I/F cable supplied with the navigation
system). Third party navigation systems with composite video and stereo RCA
outputs can also be connected via the AV-IN1 input. You can select which speakers
are used for navigation voice guidance: front left, front right, or both front
speakers. You can also set the volume for the voice guidance audio.
Dual Zone
Control: The head unit can
send its internal sound sources (tuner, CD/DVD) to the front speakers and front
preamp outputs while simultaneously sending an external sound source (a source
connected to an optional adapter or the hideaway unit, or a connected changer)
to the rear speakers and rear preamp outputs, with independent volume control
for each zone.
Surround Control: The
built-in DSP features Surround Control with 6 selectable sound fields:
Bypass + Center, SRS CSII Music, SRS CSII MONO, Dolby PL II Music, Dolby PL II
Movie, and Dolby PL II Matrix. You can select "Bypass" if you do not want the
Sound Field effects.
SRS WOW: SRS WOW enables you to
adjust the effect of the soundstage, making it wider or narrower, or raising it
or lowering it. You can select Low, Middle, High, User, or Off. Once a
soundfield is selected, you can independently adjust the rear or front effects
as follows: TruBass Off or 1 through 4, Focus Off or 1 through 9, and SRS 3D Off
or 1 through 4. Note: Some components of SRS WOW are not available for
all sources or surround functions.
System Q
EX Sound Control: 6 EQ curves are
preset into memory, allowing you to recall the best preset EQ curve for
different types of music. The preset curves are named "Natural", "Rock",
"Pops", "Easy", "Top 40", and "Jazz." Each preset has its own adjustment for
each of the four EQ bands. In
addition, you may store your own settings under the "User" EQ curve. The
available settings for each band are:
- Band 1:
- Frequency: 60, 80,
100, 120, 160, and 200 Hz
- Gain: -9, -7, -5, -3,
-2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +5, +7 and +9dB
- Q Factor: 0.25, 0.5,
1.0, 2.0
- Band 2:
- Frequency: 250, 315,
400, 500, 630, 800, and 1k Hz
- Gain:
-9, -7, -5, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +5, +7 and +9dB
- Q Factor:
0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0
- Band 3:
- Frequency: 1.25, 1.6,
2, 2.5, 3.15, 4 kHz
- Gain:
-9, -7, -5, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +5, +7 and +9dB
- Q Factor:
0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0
- Band 4:
- Frequency: 5, 6.3, 8,
10, 12.5, 16 kHz
- Gain:
-9, -7, -5, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +5, +7 and +9dB
- Q Factor:
0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0
Car Type Setting:
You can tailor the sound control settings to the type of vehicle you have. The
car types you can choose from include: Compact, Full Size Car, Wagon1, Wagon2,
Minivan1, Minivan2, SUV, Minivan (Long), or Off.
Speaker Type
Setting: This feature tailors the System Q EX
Sound Control settings according to the type of speakers in your vehicle.
You may select OEM, 4", 5", 6-1/2", 6-3/4", 7", 4x6, 5x7, 6x8, 6x9, or 7x10 for
the front, plus whether there is a separate tweeter in use. For the rear, you
can select None, OEM, 4", 5", 6-1/2", 6-3/4", 7", 4x6, 5x7, 6x8, 6x9, or 7x10.
You can indicate if there is a 6-1/2", 8", 10", 12" or 15" or over subwoofer in
use in the system. If you are using a center channel, you can indicate its size
as 2-3/4 x 1-9/16, 2", 4", 5", or 6-1/2" or over.
System E's+
Advanced Crossover System: The
System E's+ Advanced Crossover system allows you to tailor your system with
selectable crossover points for all channels. For the center, front, and rear channels,
there is a high-pass filter with independently selectable crossover
points of 30Hz, 40Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz, 70Hz, 80Hz, 90Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz, 180Hz, 220Hz,
250Hz or Thru (no
filter). You can independently set the level for the front left, front right,
center, rear left, and rear right speakers between -10dB and +10dB. The non-fading preamp output, for use with subwoofer amplifiers, has a
low-pass filter with a selectable cutoff frequency of 30Hz, 40Hz, 50Hz, 60Hz,
70Hz, 80Hz, 90Hz, 100Hz, 120Hz, 150Hz, 180Hz, 220Hz, 250Hz or Thru (no filter). You can also
set the phase of the subwoofer output to
normal or reverse, the slope at 12dB/oct., 18dB/oct., or 24dB/oct., and adjust the level of the output from -50 to +10 in 1dB
steps.
DTA (Digital Time Alignment):
For precise sound staging, the Digital Time Alignment feature lets you set the
sound output timing of each speaker. You can set the distance for each speaker
group (front, rear, subwoofer, center) from each listening position between 0
and 20.3 feet in 0.17-foot increments. You can select from the following
listening positions: Front left, Front right, Front all, and All, and store up
to 3 custom listening position settings into memory.
Volume Offset
Control: The
level of each source may be independently adjusted to prevent radical leaps in
output volume when switching from one source to another. The available settings
range from -15 to 0.
HD Radio Ready: With an
optional Kenwood HD Radio tuner (item # 113HR100TR), you will be able to receive
digital AM/FM broadcasts from local stations where available. This new
technology will significantly improve audio quality and reception, as well as
include information such as artist name and song titles or traffic news,
viewable on the receiver's display.
CR-2 Advanced
Tuner: This unit uses Kenwood's CR-2 Advanced
tuner, which provides high signal strength for clear radio reception. The tuner
incorporates an Automatic Noise Reduction Circuit (ANRC), along with the Clean
Reception System Circuit (CRSC), for improved rejection of distortion due to
multi-path. You can choose one of three tuning modes: Auto 1 (seek tuning), Auto
2 (cycles through and tunes the selected band's preset stations only with each
button press), or Manual.
Clean
Reception System Circuit (CRSC): This
circuit controls multi-path distortion by reducing stereo separation. As stereo
separation is reduced, multi-path has less effect on the radio signal, improving
reception in areas with tall buildings and mountains. The CRSC feature can be
turned on or off.
Direct Access
Tuning: When using the remote, you can directly
access any radio station by entering the frequency on the numeric keypad.
Station
Name Preset (SNPS):
This feature allows you to assign
names to radio stations and TV stations. Up to 30 AM/FM stations and 20 TV
stations can be given a name. Each name can be up to 16 characters in length.
RDS
(Radio Data System):
This unit supports the following
RDS functions:
- PTY
(Program Type):
allows you to select RDS stations based on their program type. You can scan
stations based on their program type.
- Radio Text:
This unit displays text info that might be transmitted by RDS stations. If
the station is not transmitting text, the unit will display "No Text." You
can set radio text to scroll automatically, or it can be set to manual,
which allows you to scroll one line at a time.
- Traffic Information Function:
If a traffic information
station begins to broadcast a traffic bulletin while a disc is playing, the
unit will automatically play the bulletin and return to the disc when the
bulletin ends. This function may be turned on or off.
MP3/WMA Playback:
This unit can play MP3 and WMA files recorded on CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs
in ISO9660 Level 1/Level 2, Joliet, and Romeo formats. Each disc should have a
maximum of 8 directory levels, 254 folders, and 255 files per folder. During
MP3/WMA playback, the unit displays any recorded ID3 Tag
information.
JPEG Disc Playback: This unit
will play JPEG files recorded onto CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW discs in ISO9660
Level 1/Level 2, Joliet, and Romeo formats. This unit can recognize baseline
JPEGs with a maximum resolution of 5120 x 3840 and progressive JPEGs with a
maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536. Each disc should have a maximum of 8
directory levels, 254 folders, and 255 files per folder.
Disc Name
Preset (DNPS): You may assign names to discs
played in the internal CD player. Each disc name can be up to 16 characters
long, and the receiver has a memory capacity for up to 100 discs. (See below for
further DNPS features with CD changers.)
Amplifier
Management System (A.M.S.):
This unit is equipped with an LX bus (CD changer connection) and wire interface (pink/black wire in the wiring harness)
which controls certain special features of A.M.S.-equipped Kenwood eXcelon
amplifiers. This unit can remotely activate and adjust various settings for up
to 7 amplifiers daisy-chained together. Adjustable settings include: Bass Center
Frequency, Bass Gain, Bass Q Factor, Bass Extension, Treble Center Frequency,
Treble Gain, and Volume Offset. You can also display the following amplifier
values: Status (source voltage, current consumption, internal temperature, and
rotation speed of cooling fan), Amp ID Number, and Error Status.
Bass Management System (B.M.S.):
This unit is equipped with an interface (pink/black wire in the wiring harness)
which controls certain special features of B.M.S.-equipped Kenwood eXcelon
amplifiers. This unit, when properly connected, can remotely activate and adjust
the amount of bass boost in the amplifier. You can choose between +6dB, +12dB,
or +18dB bass boost, or flat (no boost). In addition, you can lower the bass
boost center frequency by 20%, switching between "Normal" and "Low".
Display
Dimming: This unit is equipped with an
orange/white illumination lead. When the lead is connected to the headlamp circuit of your vehicle, and you turn your
lights on, the display will dim to a preset level. The display brightness is not
affected by the vehicle's dimmer control. When the Auto Dimmer function is
turned on, the display automatically dims as it gets darker in the vehicle.
Weather Band
Tuner Compatible: This
unit is compatible with the Kenwood KTC-WB100 weather band tuner (sold
separately). The optional tuner box allows you to tune in weather band radio
stations. There are about 480 weather band radio stations in the United States,
and this option allows you to tap into the information needed to prepare for
outdoor activities such as sporting events, camping trips and days at the park.
Remote Control: The KVT-817DVD is
equipped with the RC-DV101 full-function remote control. It has a panel
that opens to reveal additional buttons including a numeric keypad. A
slide switch allows you to switch between the control modes for the built-in
DVD/CD player, a TV source, and a tuner/disc changer/disc player source.
DVD/Video CD Controls
DVD Functions: This unit allows
you to perform the following DVD/Video CD functions: chapter search, track
search, 3-speed slow motion play (forward and reverse), 3-speed scan play
(forward and reverse), pause, and frame advance.
Direct
Search: When playing a DVD, you can directly
access a chapter or scene using the numeric keypad on the remote. When playing a
Video CD, you can directly access a track or scene.
Multi-angle Display: This
function allows you to choose the viewing angle of scenes that were shot from a
number of different angles. Note: This function is
limited to DVDs recorded with multiple camera angles.
Repeat Play: During DVD
playback, you can repeat the current title or current chapter. During Video CD
playback, you can repeat the current track.
Zoom:
When playing DVDs or Video CDs, you can
enlarge the picture using the zoom feature. You can magnify the picture 2x, 3x,
or 4x the normal size.
Changer Controls
Compatibility: This unit is
directly compatible with Kenwood changers manufactured in 1998 or later. If the
changer has an O-N switch, the switch will need to be set to the "N" position.
Optional Auxiliary Input: Using
an optional auxiliary input adapter, such as the CA-C1AUX, you can connect a
portable audio source to this unit instead of a CD changer. With the KCA-S210A
switch, you can connect the portable audio source in addition to 1 or 2 CD
changers. This unit is also compatible with the KCA-iP500 iPod Control
Interface.
Disc Name Preset (DNPS):
When used with a compatible CD changer, this feature
allows you to assign names to discs in the changer. Each name can be up to 16
characters in length. The number of names you can store depends on the CD
changer that is connected to the head unit.
CD Text/MD Display: When
connected to a CD Text capable CD changer or an MD changer, this unit can
display disc and track titles for discs encoded with disc and track title
information. The text information can be scrolled manually or automatically.
Inputs and Outputs
Back Panel of Head
Unit:
- To
Hideaway Unit:
A 21-pin jack on a 9" cable hardwired to the head unit. This jack connects the
head unit to the hideaway unit using the supplied connection cable.
- Power/Sensor Line: 8-pin
Molex jack for connecting supplied harness (+12V constant, +12V accessory,
ground, parking brake sensor, reverse gear sensor, illumination wire,
steering wheel remote input
- Optical Output:
Proprietary 4-pin round connector for use with the supplied optical cable.
Front Panel of
Hideaway Unit:
- FM/AM
Antenna: female
Motorola jack on a 5-1/2" pigtail
- AV Input
1: left and right RCA audio jacks
and an RCA composite video jack
- AV Input
2: left and right RCA audio jacks
and an RCA composite video jack
- AV
Output: left and right RCA audio
jacks and an RCA composite video jack
- Rear Camera Input:
composite video input for use with optional rear view camera
- Center Channel Preout:
mono RCA audio jack
- Sub
Preout:
mono RCA audio jacks
(a Y-adapter is supplied to split sub output if needed)
- Rear
Preout:
left
and right RCA audio jacks
- Front
Preout:
left
and right RCA audio jacks
- Power:
16-pin jack for use with supplied hideaway wiring harness
Back Panel of
Hideaway Unit:
- To 5L
I/F: 13-pin jack
that allows you to connect an optional Kenwood changer, Aux input adapter,
or iPod control interface
- To
Monitor I/F: 21-pin
jack that connects to the head unit using the supplied connection cable
- Optical
In: 4-pin round connector that connects to the head unit via the
supplied optical cable
- To TV Tuner I/F: 20-pin
jack for connecting the optional KTC-V500N TV tuner (item # 113KTCV500)
- To
Navigation I/F:
13-pin jack that allows you to connect an optional Kenwood navigation unit
Dimensions
Dimensions:
- Hideaway
Unit: W=8.991",
H=1.572", D=6.871" (8.125" with cables)
