Page 3 - Table of Contents; Complete Guide to Your New Kenwood Axcess
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal xiii Table of Contents Complete Guide to Your New Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal ................................................................... ii Chapter 1: Setting Up and Configuring Your Axcess ....... 1 What’s Included with Axcess? ....................
Page 4 - What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media
xiv Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Selection)?..............................................................14How Do I Switch Modes? .................................................14How Do I Navigate Axcess? ........................
Page 7 - Chapter 1: Setting Up and Configuring Your Axcess; What’s Included with Axcess?
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 Chapter 1: Setting Up and Configuring Your Axcess Welcome to the Complete Guide to your new Kenwood Axcess. With Axcess, you can enjoy Internet Radio and the music stored in your Entré library anywhere in your home. Axcess doesn’t require extensive setup...
Page 8 - Resetting Axcess; How Do I Connect Axcess to Entré and the Internet?; Establishing a Connection via Dial-Up
Setting Up and Configuring Your Axcess 2 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Resetting Axcess If Axcess fails to respond to front panel or remote commands, or if it responds erroneously, reset it: 1. Hold the POWER ON button down on the remote control until the Standby, MUSIC, NET RADIO, AUX...
Page 9 - Establishing a Connection via Broadband
How Do I Connect Axcess to Entré and the Internet? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 3 Establishing a Connection via Broadband If you use a broadband Internet connection and you connect Entré to the Internet via a Home Phone Network Alliance (HPNA)/Ethernet bridge, you will be able to use ...
Page 12 - How Do I Connect Axcess to an Auxiliary Audio Source?; How Do I Connect Axcess to an External Power Amplifier?
Setting Up and Configuring Your Axcess 6 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I Connect Axcess to an Auxiliary Audio Source? This is an optional connection. You don’t have to complete it to use Axcess. You can use the speakers connected to Axcess to listen to sound from another device ...
Page 13 - How Do I Power Up Axcess for the Very First Time?; Configuring Axcess Manually; Network Configuration
How Do I Power Up Axcess for the Very First Time? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 7 4. Under SECONDARY NETWORK CONNECTION ( LAN ) , select HOMEPNA . 5. Select SAVE . 6. Select NETWORK NAME . 7. Enter a name for this Entré. (If you have more than one Entré, repeat the process, entering a ...
Page 15 - Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Axcess
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 9 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Axcess Welcome to the Complete Guide to your new Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal. This chapter helps you learn how to take advantage of all Axcess’ features. Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stored media collection, provi...
Page 16 - What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess?
Getting to Know Your Axcess 10 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess? Radio Input 12 13 15 16 19 18 17 11 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 21 20 1. Power/Standby button2. Standby light3. Infrared receiver (for use with included IR remote) 4. Skip/Scan backward5. S...
Page 17 - What’s On the Axcess Remote?
What’s On the Axcess Remote? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 11 What’s On the Axcess Remote? 1 5 2 3 4 6 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1. Music mode button2. Internet Radio mode button3. Auxiliary mode button4. Stop button5. Pause button6. Skip/Scan backward7. Skip/Scan forward8...
Page 18 - How Do I Turn On Axcess?
Getting to Know Your Axcess 12 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I Turn On Axcess? Press the POWER button on front panel or POWER ON on the remote to turn Axcess on. Axcess is always in one of four power states: Axcess automatically configures itself, but if it fails to do so, follo...
Page 21 - How Do I Navigate Axcess?
How Do I Navigate Axcess? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 15 How Do I Navigate Axcess? You can quickly browse available music titles or radio stations using Axcess’ navigation buttons. How Do I Control Music Play? Press the buttons on your remote or Axcess’ front panel to control music p...
Page 23 - How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection?; Playing Music
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 17 Chapter 3: Enjoying Your Music Collection Using Axcess’ Music mode, you can play your music collection, find a Track in your favorite Group on Entré, or control the order your music plays in. This chapter helps you understand how to play music, and find...
Page 25 - Controlling Music Play Order
How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 19 3. Browse a selected Channel: • Press the up and down navigation buttons to browse Tracks in a Channel. • Press the left or right navigation button to return to browsing Groups. 4. Press SELECT to play the c...
Page 27 - Chapter 4: Enjoying Internet Radio; How Do I Connect to Internet Radio?; How Do I Browse and Listen to Internet Radio?
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 21 Chapter 4: Enjoying Internet Radio Axcess allows you to enjoy Internet Radio the way you’ve listened to traditional broadcast stations. With Axcess, you don’t have to turn on your computer to listen to Internet Radio—now you can enjoy it anywhere in you...
Page 28 - Browsing Groups and Channels
Enjoying Internet Radio 22 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Browsing Groups and Channels When you added Internet Radio stations to Entré, it automatically organized the stations for you, or you may have customized it yourself. When you use Axcess to listen to Internet Radio remotely, the ...
Page 29 - How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet
How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 23 How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio? If you hear a song you like while listening to Internet Radio, you can “tag” it for purchase later on the OpenGlobe web site: • While the song is...
Page 31 - Chapter 5: Controlling Audio Settings; How Do I Adjust the Volume?; How Do I Adjust the Speaker Balance?
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 25 Chapter 5: Controlling Audio Settings You can adjust the volume and quality of the sound using the volume, mute and audio buttons. You can also fine-tune the sound by adjusting the balance, bass, or treble settings. How Do I Adjust the Volume? • Use the...
Page 35 - Chapter 6: Troubleshooting
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 29 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Troubleshooting is how you determine what part of a complex system (like a home entertainment system) is at fault when the system isn’t working how you think it should. When you troubleshoot a system, you diagnose a problem by...
Page 36 - How Do I Contact Kenwood?; How Do I Solve Sound Problems?; There’s No Sound; The Volume Suddenly Decreases
Troubleshooting 30 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal working. Then, if the device works, it was the cable. You can generally pur- chase new cables at most home electronics stores, or via the Internet. 5. User error is more likely than device failure. You probably don’t want to hear this, b...
Page 37 - I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Device; How Do I Solve a Problem with Axcess?; The display on Axcess reads “Server Not Found”
How Do I Solve a Problem with Axcess? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 31 I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Device • Check that the Axcess display reads: If it doesn’t, press AUX on Axcess’ front panel or the remote. • Check that you’ve correctly connected Axcess to your...
Page 38 - How Do I Solve a Problem with the Remote?; How Do I Solve a Problem with Entré?
Troubleshooting 32 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Axcess Doesn’t Respond When I Press a Button on the Remote or Front Panel Reset Axcess. For more information, see “Resetting Axcess” on page 1. My Music Repeats or Plays Out of Order Select a different music play order. For more informat...
Page 39 - Glossary
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Audio Player 33 Glossary This glossary explains the terminology used in this Guide. Since your Axcess uses such new technology, many of the terms used in this Guide have very specific meanings. Defining them here helps make the instructions and information more u...
Page 41 - Index
Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 35 Index A accessories ...................................... 1adjusting bass ...................................... 26speaker balance .................... 25treble .................................... 26 audio settings .................................. 2...
Page 43 - Specifications
Specifications Stereo Power Output 20 watts per Channel, 0.11% THD, 1 kHz, 8 ohms 15 watts per Channel, 0.7%, 70Hz - 20 kHz, 8 ohms (FTC) Signal-to-Noise Ratio 86dB (A-WTD) Residual noise 100dB (A-WTD) Channel separation 56dB (1kHz, AUX input) Input impedance 7.74kOhm (1kHz, AUX Input) Dimensions 9&...