User manual KENWOOD KRC-179RA

[. . . ] KRC-279RA KRC-279RG KRC-179RA KRC-179RG KRC-25RA KRC-25RG KRC-15RG CASSETTE RECEIVER INSTRUCTION MANUAL B64-1854-00 (EN) Contents English Before use Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 External disc control features Playing Disc mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Track Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Disc Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Track / Disc Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Track Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Disc Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Random Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Magazine Random Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Text Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Presetting Disc Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 General features Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Switching Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Audio Control Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TEL Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Theft Deterrent Faceplate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tuner features Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Station Preset Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Clock display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Menu settings Menu System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Touch Sensor Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Manual Time Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Automatic Time Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Power OFF Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 News Bulletin Function with PTY News Timeout Setting. . . . . . . . . . . 22 Local Seek Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Selecting Tuning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Auto Memory Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 AF (AIternative Frequency) Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Restricting RDS Region (Region Restrict Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Auto TP Seek Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Monaural Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Text Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 RDS features RDS(Radio Data System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Enhanced Other Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Traffic Information Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Programme Type (PTY) Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Cassette player features Playing Cassette Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tuner Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Installation Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Connecting Cables to Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 --2-- Safety precautions 2WARNING To prevent injury and/or fire, take the following precautions: · Insert the unit all the way until it is fully locked in place. · When extending the ignition, battery or ground cables, make sure to use automotivegrade cables or other cables with an area of 0. 75mm2 (AWG18) or more to prevent cable deterioration and damage to the cable coating. · To prevent short circuits, never put or leave any metallic objects (e. g. , coins or metal tools) inside the unit. · If the unit starts to emit smoke or strange smells, turn off the power immediately and consult your Kenwood dealer. [. . . ] Each time the button is pressed, the displayed disc number decreases by one. Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc. You cannot use reverse play between tracks depending on the model being connected. Instead, the reverse play function is cancelled when it reaches the beginning of a track, at which point normal play automatically resumes. -- 16 -- Making a Forward Disc Search: Press the DISC+ button to display the desired disc number. Each time the button is pressed, the displayed disc number increases by one. Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc. NOTE "LOAD" is displayed when discs are being exchanged on the disc changer. Starting the Track Scan: Press the SCAN button. "TSCN/SCAN ON" is displayed and the first 10 seconds of each track are played, and the tracks are played in order. Stopping to Listen to the Track Being Scanned: Press the SCAN button again to stop the scan and keep on listening to a track normally. NOTE · The track scan function is cancelled when you eject the disc. · The track scan function only scans each track on a disc once. Track / Disc Repeat Repeat playing the current track or disc. Turning Repeat Play Function On/Off: Press the REP button to switch the repeat play function on and off as follows : w Track Repeat ON w Disc Scan (Function of disc changers) Successively play the beginning of each disc on a changer until you find the one that you want to listen to. Starting the disc scan: Press the D. SCN button. "DSCN ON" is displayed and the first 10 seconds of each disc are played, in the order in which they are loaded on the changer. Stopping to Listen to the Disc Being Scanned: Press the D. SCN button again to stop the scan and keep on listening to the disc normally. NOTE Disc Repeat ON (Function of disc changers) w Track/Disc Repeat OFF "TREP/REP ON" is displayed and the track number blinks in the display when track repeat is on. "DREP ON" is displayed and the disc number blinks in the display when disc repeat is on. NOTE Repeat play is cancelled when you eject the disc. Track Scan Successively play the beginning of each track on a disc until you find the track that you want to listen to. · The disc scan function is cancelled when you eject the disc. · The disc scan function only scans each disc on the changer once. · "LOAD" is displayed when discs are being exchanged on the disc changer. -- 17 -- External disc control features Function of the KRC-279RA/279RG/25RA/25RG English Random Play Play all the tracks on the current disc in random order. NOTE 1 Press the RDM button to switch the random play function on and off. The display of the track number changes continuously as the next track is being selected. The selected track number blinks in the display as it is being played. NOTE This function is not available with the following models: KDC-C200/C300/C400/C301/C401 2 To change the track being heard, press the ¢ button. Another disc/track is selected and played. NOTE · Magazine random play is cancelled when you eject the disc. · The time needed for random selection depends on the number of discs loaded in the disc magazine. When all the tracks on a certain disc have been played using the random play function, the next disc on the changer starts playing (with the random play function still turned on). 2 To change the track being heard, press the ¢ button. Another track is selected and played. NOTE Text Scroll This function permits the text to be scrolled and the entire text to be displayed. The scrolling method differs depending on the setting of scrolling in the menu. Random play is cancelled when you eject the disc. To scroll manually: 1 Press the CLK button to display the disc title or the track title. 2 Holding down the CLK button for one second or more results in Magazine Random Play (Function of disc changers) Play the tracks on all the discs in the disc changer in random order. 1 Press the M. RDM button to switch the magazine random play function on and off. "MRDM ON" is displayed when magazine random play is turned on. The display of the disc and track numbers change continuously as the next track is being selected. The selected disc/track number blinks in the display as it is being played. To scroll automatically: 1 Press the CLK button to display the disc title or the track title. [. . . ] Connect the cable correctly, referring to the section on "Connecting Cables to Terminals". Radio reception is poor. The car antenna is not extended. The antenna control cable is not connected. The memory is erased when the ignition is turned off. The battery cable has not been connected to the proper terminal. The ignition and battery cable are incorrectly connected. -- 28 -- Troubleshooting Guide PROBLEM The TEL mute function does not work. The TEL mute function turns on even though the TEL mute cable is not connected. POSSIBLE CAUSE The TEL mute cable is not connected properly. [. . . ]