User manual KENWOOD KRC-179RG

[. . . ] 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. Otherwise it may fly out of place during collisions and other jolts. · 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. [. . . ] "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. The disc number currently being heard blinks in the display. 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. "RDM ON" is displayed when random play is turned on. The display of the track number changes continuously as the next track is being selected. When the track has been selected, play starts. 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. When the disc/track has been selected, play starts. 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. The titles will be displayed in one scrolling display. NOTE When the disc or track to be played changes, the title is displayed in one scrolling display. 2 Holding down the CLK button for one second or more results in one scrolling display of the titles. NOTE · Please see the menu settings (page 23) about switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling. · Only units with a CD text feature permit title display. -- 18 -- Presetting Disc Names Store the names of discs to be displayed when played. cancelled. If you make no entry in a 10-second period, the name will be stored with the characters input so far. NOTE 1 Play the disc whose name you want to preset. NOTE · This function is not available for disc changers that do not feature the Disc Name Preset function. · This procedure is not to be used to store the disc and track titles for MDs that you record. 2 Hold down the NAME. SET button for two seconds or more. "NAME SET" is displayed and the disc name preset mode is entered. [. . . ] The CD is scratched or dirty. The display shows that the changer is being played, but no sound can be heard. Cannot play CD-R or CD-RW The computer chip in the unit is not functioning normally. Random play or magazine random play has been selected. Finalization processing is not being conducted for CDR/CD-RW. A non-compatible CD changer is being used to play the CD-R/CD-RW. Turn off the random play or magazine random play function. [. . . ]