Page 2 - English; Contents
— 2 — English Contents Safety precautions Safety precautions ........................................................................3Handling Compact discs ...............................................................5 General features Power ..........................................................
Page 3 - Safety precautions; WARNING; The marking of products using lasers; CAUTION
— 3 — Safety precautions To prevent injury or fire, take thefollowing precautions: • Insert the unit all the way in until it is fully locked in place. Otherwise it may fall out ofplace when jolted. • When extending the ignition, battery, or ground wires, make sure to useautomotive-grade wires or oth...
Page 4 - NOTE; Reset button; Cleaning the Tape Head
— 4 — English • If you experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. • If the unit fails to operate properly, press the RESET button. The unit returns tofactory settings when the RESET button ispressed. If the unit still fails to operateproperly after the RESET button has bee...
Page 5 - Handling Compact discs; Handling CDs; • Do not touch the recorded side of the CD; Storing CDs; • Do not store CDs in areas exposed to; Cleaning CDs
— 5 — Handling Compact discs Playing a CD that is dirty, scratchedor warped can cause the sound toskip and the unit to operateincorrectly, resulting in worsenedsound quality. Take the followingprecautions to prevent your CDs fromgetting scratched or damaged. Handling CDs • Do not touch the recorded ...
Page 6 - Do Not Load CD Accessories; • Be sure to use round shape CDs only for
— 6 — English Do Not Load CD Accessories Do not use commercially available CDaccessories that can be loaded into the CDslot, such as stabilizers, protective sheets,or CD cleaning discs, since they can causethe unit to malfunction. Removing the CD Only remove the CD from the machine in ahorizontal di...
Page 7 - FM; General features; ATT indicator; Power; This function allows you to turn down the volume quickly.; Attenuator
— 7 — O P E N ¢ 4 5 ∞ FM AM AUD SRC/PWR OFFS.A DISP ATT General features ATT indicator Clock display Spectrum analyzer display Sub Spectrum analyzer display Turning on the power: Press the SRC (source) button. Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. Turning off the power: Pre...
Page 8 - Selecting standby mode:; Switching Modes; Adjust various parameters of sound quality.; Audio Control Setting; Selecting mode; Adjustment
— 8 — English General features Switching Modes: Each time you press the SRC (source) button, the modeswitches as follows: Selecting standby mode: Press the SRC button repeatedly and switch to "ALL OFF" .When "ALL OFF" is displayed, the standby mode is activated.The standby mode turns...
Page 9 - Spectrum Analyzer Display Selection; Switching the Sub Spectrum Analyzer Display:; Sub Spectrum Analyzer Display Selection
— 9 — PS201T You can select the display to enjoy sounds with eyes. Switching the Spectrum Analyzer Display: Press the S.A button."SPEANA mode" is displayed once the analyzer mode isentered. Each time you press the S.A button, the analyzer displayswitches as follows; Press the S.A button for ...
Page 10 - Tuner features; Changing the Display:; Standby mode; Switching Display
— 10 — English O P E N ¢ 4 FM AM SRC 38 DISP/NAME.S #1 - 6 CRSC Tuner features ST indicator AUTO indicator mc indicator Frequency Band display Preset station number General features You can switch the display during the standby mode and AUXmode as mentioned below. Changing the Display: Each time you...
Page 11 - Tuning; Select the band/station that you want to have stored.; Station Preset Memory
— 11 — Press the SRC (source) button repeatedly to select the tunermode. "TUNER" is displayed when the tuner mode has beenselected. Press either the FM or AM button to select the band.Each time you press the FM button, the band switchesbetween the FM1, FM2 and FM3.Press the AM button to sele...
Page 12 - Returning Frequency Step Settings to Original Values:; Frequency Step Setting; You can change the display used when listening to the radio.; Switching Display for Tuner; Assigning Names
— 12 — English Tuner features Switch the frequency step used in seeks. The factory defaultsare 50 kHz for FM and 9 kHz for AM. Turn the power off. Hold down buttons #1 and #5, then turn the power back on.The frequency step settings will be changed to 200 kHz for FMand 10 kHz for AM. When you change ...
Page 13 - Cassette player features
— 13 — ends. • You can assign names to up to 30 FM/AM stations in all. If you try to enter more than that, the station name stored theearliest will be the first one erased. • When this device is disconnected from the battery SNPS is erased. • If you want to change the name of a station, first displa...
Page 14 - Loading and Playing Cassettes:; Playing Cassette Tapes; Fast Forwarding Tapes:; Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes; Listen to tapes recorded using Dolby B NR.; Using Dolby B Noise Reduction; Select type of tape being played.; Switching Tape Types
— 14 — English Cassette player features Loading and Playing Cassettes: A press of the OPEN button results in the faceplate droppingopen to the front, thereby exposing the cassette insertion slot.Holding the cassette with the tape exposed to the right, insertit in the slot. The tape will start playin...
Page 15 - Using Direct Program Search System (DPSS); Blank Skip; Stopping to Listen to the Track Being Scanned:; Index Scan
— 15 — Turn the MTL indicator off for normal tape (Type I) playback.Turn the MTL indicator on for the following tape types: CrO 2 (Type II) FeCr (Type III) Metal (Type IV) Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality tosuffer. Skip forward or backward to other tracks during playback. Skippi...
Page 16 - SRC; indicator; Music Repeat; Switching the Tape display :; Character; Switching Display for Cassette Tapes
— 16 — English Cassette player features CD/External disc control features O P E N ¢ 0 4 DISC+ DISC- 1 SRC 38 DISP/NAME.S SCN REP M.RDM RDM indicator RDM/M.RDM indicator SCN indicator REP/D.REP indicator Track time Track number CHANGER indicator MD-LP indicator Repeatedly plays the track currently be...
Page 17 - Playing CDs; Playing Other Disc mode; Pausing and Restarting Disc Play:; Fast Forwarding Disc Play:; Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play
— 17 — Playing CDs: If no CDs are inserted, insert one in the slot with the labelfacing up.If a CD is already inserted, press the SRC button repeatedly toselect the CD mode."CD" is displayed when the CD mode has been selected.The CD will start playing.The indicator lights up when a CD has be...
Page 18 - CD/External disc control features; Switch the display that appears while discs are playing.; Track time; Switching Display for Discs; Making a Reverse Track Search:; Track Search; Making a Reverse Disc Search:; Disc Search; Function of disc changers)
— 18 — English CD/External disc control features Switch the display that appears while discs are playing. Switching Display for Discs: Each time you press the DISP button, the display during discplay switches as follows: • You can give names to discs through the presetting disc name function (page 2...
Page 19 - Repeat playing the track currently being listened to.; Track Repeat; Repeat playing the disc currently being listened to.; Disc Repeat; Track Scan; Play all the tracks on the current disc in random order.; Random Play
— 19 — "Load" is displayed when discs are being exchanged on the discchanger. NOTE Repeat playing the track currently being listened to. Turning Repeat Play On/Off: Press the REP button to switch repeat play on and off.The REP indicator lights up when repeat play is turned on. Repeat play is...
Page 20 - Magazine Random Play; Store the names of discs to be displayed when played.
— 20 — English CD/External disc control features Play the tracks on all the discs in the disc changer in randomorder. Press the M.RDM button to switch magazine random play onand off.The M.RDM indicator lights up when magazine random play isturned on.The disc and track numbers will change over and ov...
Page 21 - DSP/Equalizer control features; DSP indicator
— 21 — The disc name is stored and the disc name preset mode iscanceled.If you make no entry in a 10-second period, the name will bestored with the characters input so far. • The number of discs whose names can be stored will differ depending on the disc changer that is connected. Please seeyour dis...
Page 22 - Press the DSP button for at least one second.; Equalizer Easy Mode; Equalizer Pro Mode; Switching the Preset Equalizer:; Switching the Sound Field Control:; Sound Field Control
— 22 — English DSP/Equalizer control features A DSP is a device which uses digital control to correct theaudio signal and produce sound effects that can compensatefor the small passenger compartment of a vehicle. Turning the DSP On: Press the DSP button."DSP mode" is displayed and the DSP in...
Page 24 - Function mode and setting display; Function Set System
— 24 — English Function Set System O P E N ¢ 4 FM AM FNC #1 - 4 Function mode and setting display AUTO indicator FNC indicator To accommodate a greater number of functions, a function setsystem has been employed for making settings. Press the FNCbutton to enter the function set mode and then display...
Page 25 - Function items in Standby mode:; Dimmer Level Adjustment; The beep sound is not output from the preout jacks.; Touch Sensor Tone; Press either the; Equalizer Mode
— 25 — Function items in Standby mode: You can adjust the Dimmer level of the unit when your car'slight switch has been turned on. Display and setting: "DIM STEP 1" – "DIM STEP 13" This function is available when the dimmer wire is connected andthe light switch of your car is turned ...
Page 26 - Select the four digits to use in your security code.; Security Code; Press the Preset button and input the security code again.; Step
— 26 — English Function Set System When the battery is removed from the unit's power switch,you cannot turn on the unit again unless the preset securitycode is input. This function helps prevent theft. You must follow steps 1 to 9 to be able to use the Security Codefunction. Turning off the power du...
Page 27 - Selecting Tuning Mode; Canceling Auto Memory Entry During Its Operation:; Auto Memory Entry
— 27 — Function items in Tuner mode: Function items in External disc control mode: You can choose from three tuning modes: auto seek, presetstation seek, and manual. The "AUTO 1" indicator lights upwhen auto seek tuning is selected, and the "AUTO 2" indicatorlights when preset statio...
Page 28 - ATT; Basic Operations of remote; Loading and Replacing the Batteries:; • VOLUME buttons; Basic operations
— 28 — English OK A T T TUNETRACK DNPP/ SBF DSIC REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FM/DISC + ATT AM/DISC + 38 TUNE + / ¢ /TRACK + TUNE / 4 /TRACK SRC 4 ¢ 38 FM + AM – SRC – + Basic Operations of remote Do not set the remote on hot places such as above thedashboard. Loading and Replacing the Batteries: Use two ...
Page 29 - • ATT button
— 29 — • The mode switches to the next mode from any mode which cannot be used. • The external disc control mode will differ depending on the unit that is connected. • To enable the selection of External disc control mode 2/AUX mode, you should connect optional switching adapter KCA-S210A (which all...
Page 30 - Accessories; External view; Installation Procedure
— 30 — English Accessories .........6 1 .........1 2 .........1 3 External view ......... Number of items .........6 4 External view ......... Number of items The use of any accessories except for those provided might resultin damage to the unit. Make sure only to use the accessoriesshipped with the...
Page 31 - Connecting Wires to Terminals
— 31 — Connecting Wires to Terminals M4 × 8mmMAX – + – + – + – + – + ANT CONT P.CONT EXT CONT ILLUMI ACC BATT FRONT•L FRONT•R REAR•L REAR•R When only two speakers are being connected to thesystem, connect the connectors either to both the frontoutput terminals or to both the rear output terminals (d...
Page 32 - Installation; Install onto the car bracket using the supplied screws (M5
— 32 — English Installation ■ Installation When performing a check of the CD operation prior to installation,place this unit in a hirizontal position and perform a loading/ejectof the CD. 2 CAUTION Install onto the car bracket using the supplied screws (M5 × 6 mm, M5 × 7 mm). The holes of the car br...
Page 33 - Troubleshooting Guide
— 33 — What might seem to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Beforecalling service, first check the following table for possible problems. SOLUTION POSSIBLE CAUSE PROBLEM The tape head is dirty. Clean the tape head, referring to the section on &...
Page 34 - SOLUTION; Disc Control Mode
— 34 — English Troubleshooting Guide SOLUTION POSSIBLE CAUSE PROBLEM A track will not play. Random play has been selected. Turn off random play. The DSP effects areimperceptible. You are using a two-speaker system. Use a front/rear four-speaker system. Connect the wire correctly, referring to the se...
Page 36 - Frequency range; Specifications subject to change without notice.
English — 36 — FM tuner section Frequency range (50 kHz space) ..............87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz Frequency range (200 kHz space) ............87.9 MHz – 107.9 MHz Usable sensitivity (S/N = 30dB) ....................9.3dBf (0.8 µV/75 Ω ) Quieting Sensitivity (S/N = 50dB) ..............15.2dBf (1.6 µV...
