Kenwood KDC-BT52U User Manual

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KDC-BT52U

CD-RECEIVER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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Function setting procedure

For the procedure for selecting a setting item in the Function setting mode, see the following example:

Example: Adjusting the contrast of the display

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

“Function” is displayed.

 Select the Contrast function item

Play Mode

Settings

Initial Settings

Turn the Control knob to select “Settings”, and then press the Control knob. Next, turn the Control knob to select “DISP&ILLUMI”, and then press the Control knob. Finally, turn the Control knob to select “Contrast”, and then press the Control knob.

In this manual, the above operational procedure is described as follows:

Clock&Date

DISP&ILLUMI

Tuner Settings

Display Dimmer

Contrast

DISP NEGA/POSI

 Select the Contrast function item

Select the following items using the Control k nob. “Settings” > “DISP&ILLUMI” > “Contrast”

About the notation “

Clicking “Contents” shown at the upper left of each page allows you to jump to the contents page.

Contents

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Press the [ ] button to return to the previous item.

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• Clicking near the description of an operational procedure displays this page, allowing you to conﬁrm how to use the Control knob.

 Set the Contrast function

Turn the Control knob to select a value (1 - 30), and then press the Control knob.

The previous item is displayed.

 Exit the Function setting mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

Before use 4

Component names 6

Audio adjustments 8

Audio control Audio preset memory Audio preset recall

iPod control operation 10

Music search Alphabet search Related search Direct search Skip search Skip search ratio setting Playback mode

Music disc/Audio ﬁle (CD or USB) operation 14

Music search Skip search Playback mode

Tuner Operation 16

Auto memory Tuner setting PTY (Program Type) Program Type preset Changing Language for PTY Function

Display settings 20

Selecting a display type Selecting a text display Information display setting Illumination color selection Display & Illumination setting

General operation 24

Adjusting the clock Adjusting the date Dual clock display Clock & date display type setting Auxiliary input display setting Demonstration mode setting Initial settings

Registering a Bluetooth device 28

About registration of a Bluetooth device Simple Bluetooth device registration Registering a Bluetooth device by operating it Registering a Bluetooth device by operating this

unit Registering a special Bluetooth device Simple Bluetooth device selection Selecting the Bluetooth device you wish to

connect Deleting a registered Bluetooth device Bluetooth device registration test

Operation for hands-free phoning 34

Receiving a call Calling a number in the phone book Dialing a number Calling a number in the call log Speed dialing (Preset dial) Registering in the preset dial number list During a call Call waiting Clearing the disconnection message Making a call by voice dialing Display of phone number types (categories)

Bluetooth audio device operation 40

Before use Basic operations Playback mode Switching between Bluetooth devices

Bluetooth setup 42

Registering the PIN code Downloading the phone book Displaying the ﬁrmware version Bluetooth detail setting

SMS (Short Message Service) 46

Displaying the SMS Downloading the SMS SMS reply setting Return message setting Creating an original message

Appendix 50

Troubleshooting guide 52

Speciﬁcations 56

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Before use

Contents

Before using the this unit for the ﬁrst time

This unit is factory-set to operate in the Demonstration mode initially. When using this unit for the ﬁrst time, cancel the Demonstration mode. Refer to <Exiting the

Demonstration mode> (page 4) in Quick Start

Guide.

2 WARNING To prevent injuries or a ﬁre, take the following precautions:

• Stop the car before operating the unit.

• To prevent a short circuit, never put or leave any

metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools) inside the unit.

CAUTION

• Adjust the volume so that you can hear the sound outside the car. Driving with the volume too high may cause an accident.

• Wipe oﬀ the dirt on the panel with a dry silicon or soft cloth. Failure to observe this precaution may result in damage to the monitor or unit.

Cleaning the connector

The unit may not function properly if the connectors between the unit and faceplate are dirty. Detach the faceplate and clean the connector with a cotton swab gently, being careful not to damage the connector.

Connector

Condensation

When the car is air-conditioned, moisture may collect on the laser lens. This may cause disc read errors. In this case, remove the disc and wait for the moisture to evaporate.

Notes

• If you experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer.

• When you purchase optional accessories, check with your Kenwood dealer to make sure that they can work with your model and in your area.

• Characters that conform to ISO 8859-1 can be displayed.

• Characters that conform to ISO 8859-5 or ISO 88591 can be displayed. Refer to “Russian” of <Initial

settings> (page 27).

• The illustrations of the display and panel appearing in this manual are examples used to explain more clearly how the controls are used. Therefore, what appears on the display in the illustrations may diﬀer from what appears on the display on the actual equipment, and some of the images on the display may be inapplicable.

About the discs used with this unit

• This unit can only play the CDs with .

• The following discs cannot be used:

- A discs that is not round

- A discs with coloring on the recording surface or a disc that is dirty

- A recordable/rewritable disc that has not been ﬁnalized (For the ﬁnalization process, refer to the instruction manual that came with your disc writing software or your disc recorder.)

- An 8 cm (3 inch) disc (An attempt to insert using an adapter can cause malfunction.)

Handling discs

• Do not touch the recording surface of the disc.

• Do not stick tape etc. on the disc, or use a disc with

tape stuck on it.

• Do not use any accessories for the disc.

• Do not use any solvents to clean discs. Use a dry

silicon or soft cloth.

• Clean the disc by moving the cloth outward from the center of the disc.

• When removing a disc from this unit, pull it out horizontally.

• If the center hole or outside rim of a disc has burrs, remove them before inserting a disc.

How to reset your unit

If the unit fails to operate properly, press the Reset button. The unit returns to the factory settings when the Reset button is pressed.

Reset button

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Component names

1 32 4 5 6

1 [ ] but ton

2 Release button

3 [SRC] button

4 Control knob

5 [PRESET] button

6 [0] button

7 USB terminal

8 Auxiliary input

] [ ] b utton

9 [

p [iPod] button

q [DISP] button

] b utton

w [

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Audio adjustments

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Audio control

You can adjust the following audio control items;

Display Audio setting item Range

“SubWoofer Level” Subwoofer level –15 — +15 (dB) “Bass Level” Bass level –8 — +8 (dB) “Middle Level” Middle level –8 — +8 (dB) “Treble Level” Treble level –8 — +8 (dB)

“Equalizer PRO”

“Bass Adjust”

“Bass Center FRQ” Bass Center Frequency 60/ 80/ 100/ 200 (Hz) “Bass Level” Bass level –8 — +8 (dB) “Bass Q Factor” Bass Q Factor 1.00/ 1.25/ 1.50/ 2.00 “Bass EXT” Bass Extend OFF/ ON

“Middle Adjust”

“Middle Center FRQ”

“Middle Level” Middle level –8 — +8 (dB) “Middle Q Factor” Middle Q Factor 0.75/ 1.00/ 1.25

“Treble Adjust”

“Treble Center FRQ”

“Treble Level” Treble level –8 — +8 (dB)

“Preset Equalizer” Preset Equalizer curve “Rock”/ “Pops”/ “Easy”/

“Bass Boost” Bass Boost “Level1”/ “Level2”/

“Loudness” Loudness “Level1”/ “Level2”/

“Balance” Balance Left 15 — Right 15 “Fader” Fader Rear 15 — Front 15 “SubWoofer” Subwoofer output OFF/ ON

“Detailed Settings”

“HPF” High Pass Filter Through/ 100/ 120/

“LPF SubWoofer” Low Pass Filter 85/ 120/ 160/ Through

“SubWoofer Phase”

“Supreme” Supreme setting ON/ OFF “Audio Preset” Audio Preset

“Volume Oﬀset” Volume oﬀset –8 — ±0 (dB)

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Refer to <Audio preset memory> (page 9), <Audio

preset recall> (page 9).

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“User”: The customized Bass, Middle, and Treble levels are

eﬀective.

Middle Center Frequency

Treble Center Frequency

Subwoofer Phase Reverse (180°)/

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memory

0.5/ 1.0/ 1.5/ 2.5 (kHz)

10.0/ 12.5/ 15.0/

17.5 kHz

“Top40”/ “Jazz ”/ ”Powerful”/ “Natural”/

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“User”

“Level3”/ “OFF”

“OFF”

150 (Hz)

(Hz)

Normal (0°)

Recall/ Memory

(AUX: -8 — +8)

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• You can set Bass, Middle, and Treble for each source. About Supreme Technology to extrapolate and supplement with proprietary algorithm, the high-frequency range that is cut oﬀ when encoding at low bit rate (less than 128Kbps, Sampling frequency is 44.1kHz). Supplementing is optimized by compression format (AAC, MP3 or WMA) and processed according to bit rate. The eﬀect is negligible with music that is encoded at high bit rate, variable bit rate or has minimal high frequency range.

 Select the source to adjust

Press the [SRC] button.

 Enter the Audio control mode

Press the Control knob.

 Select the audio item subject to adjustment

Turn the Control knob to select the audio item subject to adjustment and then press the Control knob.

Press the [ ] button to return to the previous item.

 Adjust the value set for the selected audio

item

Turn the Control knob to display the value to adjust, and then press the Control knob.

The previous item is displayed.

 Exit the Audio control mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

Audio preset memory

You can register the values set the Audio control items.

 Set the audio control items

Refer to <Audio control> (page 8).

 Enter the Audio control mode

Press the Control knob.

 Select the Audio preset memory mode

Select the following items using the Control knob. “Detailed Settings” > “Audio Preset”

 Select the Audio preset memory

Turn the Control knob to select “Memory”, and then press the Control knob.

 Determine the selection

Turn the Control knob to select “YES”, and then press the Control knob.

“Memory Completed” is displayed.

 Exit the Audio Control mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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• Register a pair of Audio preset memories. You cannot register them by source.

• When you press the [Reset] button, audio control values of all sources will be set to the values registered here.

• The following Audio control items can be registered. “Bass Center FRQ”, “Bass Level”, “Bass Q Factor”, “Bass EXT ”, “Middle Center FRQ”, “Middle Level”, “Middle Q Factor”, “Treble Center FRQ”, “Treble Level”, “SubWoofer Level”, “HPF”, “LPF SubWoofer”, “SubWoofer Phase”

Audio preset recall

You can recall the Audio control items registered to the <Audio preset memory> (page 9).

 Select a source

Press the [SRC] button.

 Enter the Audio control mode

Press the Control knob.

 Select the Audio preset memory mode

Select the following items using the Control knob. “Detailed Settings” > “Audio Preset”

 Select the Audio preset recall

Turn the Control knob to select “Recall”, and then press the Control knob.

 Determine the selection

Turn the Control knob to select “YES”, and then press the Control knob.

“Recall Completed” is displayed.

 Exit the Audio Control mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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iPod control operation

Contents

For the basic operations to play iPod contents, refer to the Quick Start Guide.

Music search

You can search for the song you want to play.

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [ ] button.

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

 Search for a song

Operation type Operation

Movement between items Turn the Control knob. Move to the Alphabet

search mode Selection of item Press the Control knob. Return to previous item Press the [ Return to Top menu Push and hold the Control knob leftward.

Canceling the Music search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

Press and hold the [

<Alphabet search> (page 10).

] button. Refer to

] button.

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• If no characters included in a song name can be displayed, the browse item name and digits are displayed.

Items Display

Playlists “PLIST***” Artists “ART***” Albums “ALB***” Songs “PRGM***”

Items Display

Podcasts “PDCT***” Genres “GEN***” Composers “COM***”

Alphabet search

You can select an alphabetic character from the list in the browse item (artist, album, etc.) currently selected.

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

] button.

 Enter the Search select mode

Press the [

] button.

 Select the Alphabet search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Alphabet Search”, and then press the Control knob.

 Search for characters

Operation type Operation

Selection of characters Turn the Control knob. Determination of the selected characters. Press the Control knob.

Return to the Music search mode.

Canceling the Alphabet search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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• Turning the Control knob fast in the Music search mode allows you to enter the alphabet search mode.

• The time of Alphabet search may become long depending on the number of items (songs) in iPod.

• To search for a character other than A to Z and 1, enter “*”.

• If the ﬁrst character string begins with an article “a”, “an”, or “the”

in the alphabet search mode, it is searched for in deﬁance of the article.

Related search

You can browse for music of the same artist or genre as the one being played.

 Enter the Search select mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

 Select the Related search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Related Search”, and then press the Control knob.

 Select a desired brows item

Turn the Control knob to select a browse item, and then press the Control knob.

Display Browse item

“Search Artist” Displays the album of the same artist. “Search Album” D isplays music in the album in which the one

“Search Genre” Displays the artist of the same genre. “Search Composer” Displays the album including music created by the

being played is included.

same composer.

 Search for music

Operation type Operation

Movement between items Turn the Control knob. Selection of item Press the Control knob. Return to previous item Press the [

Canceling the Related search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

] button.

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• Related search cannot be performed during Podcast playback.

• When the music being played has no information on the browse item or no music was found, “Not Found” is displayed.

Direct search

You can search for music by selecting a browse item and an alphabetic character(s).

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [ ] button.

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

 Enter the Search select mode

Press the [ ] button.

 Select Direct search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Direct Search”, and then press the Control knob.

 Select a browse item

Turn the Control knob to select browse item, and then press the Control knob.

Display Browse item

“PLAYLISTS” Playlists “ARTISTS” Artists “ALBUMS” Albums “SONGS” Songs “PODCASTS” Podcasts “GENRES” Genres “COMPOSERS” Composers

 Select the character(s) to be searched for

Turn the Control knob to select a character(s), and then press the Control knob.

You can select up to three characters.

 Search for music

Turn the Control knob to select “DONE”, and then press the Control knob.

A search result list is displayed.

 Select the music

Turn the Control knob to select music, and then press the Control knob.

Canceling the Direct search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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iPod control operation

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Skip search

You can search for a song by skipping songs at the set skip search ratio (the ratio of the number of songs to skip to the total number of songs in the selected list)

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [ ] button.

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

 Enter the Search select mode

Press the [ ] button.

 Select Skip search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Skip Search”, and then press the Control knob.

 Search for music

Operation type Operation

Movement between items Turn the Control knob. Skip Search Push the Control knob upward or

Selection of item Press the Control knob. Sets the ratio of skip

performed

Canceling the Music search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

downward.

Push the Control knob rightward or leftward.

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• The skip search ratio is set to 0.5% as default. Refer to <Skip

search ratio setting> (page 12).

• Press and hold the Control knob to skip songs at 10% regardless of the setting.

Skip search ratio setting

You can change the ratio of skip performed as mentioned in <Skip search> (page 12).

 Select the iPod source

Press the [SRC] button.

Select the “iPod” display.

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

 Select the Skip search ratio item

Select the following items using the Control knob. “Settings” > “Skip Search”

 Set a Skip search ratio

Turn the Control knob to select a ratio (“0.5%”, “1%”, “5%”, or “10%”), and then press the Control knob.

 Exit the Function setting mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

Playback mode

You can select a playback mode, such as Random play and Repeat play.

 Select the iPod source

Press the [SRC] button.

Select the “iPod” display.

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

 Select the Playback function mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Play Mode”, and then press the Control knob.

 Select a desired playback mode

Turn the Control knob to select playback mode, and then press the Control knob.

Display D escription

“Play Mode”

“APP & iPod Mode”

“Folder Random”

“All Random”

“File Repeat”

When set to “ON”, allows you to operate the iPod with the control on the iPod.

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays the songs in the folder randomly. (Music only)

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays all songs in the iPod randomly. (Music only)

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays the song repeatedly.

“ON” / “OFF”

( : Factory setting)

 Determine the selection

Press the Control knob.

The previous item is displayed.

 Exit the Function setting mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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• When “APP & iPod Mode” is set to “ON”, this unit can control only the “Pause and play”, “Selecting a song”, and “Fast Forward or Fast Backward of the Song” functions.

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Music disc/Audio ﬁle (CD or USB) operation

Contents

For the basic operations to play Music disc/Audio ﬁle contents, refer to the Quick Start Guide.

Music search

You can select the music you want to listen to from the device or media being played now.

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [ ] button.

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

 Search for music

Audio ﬁle

Operation type Operation

Movement between folders/ﬁles

Selection of folder/ﬂie Press the Control knob. Return to previous folder Press the [ Return to root folder Push and hold the Control knob leftward. Cancellation of Music

search mode

¡ indicator: Audio file ] indicator: Folder

CD source

Operation type Operation

Movement between track Turn the Control knob. Selection of track Press the Control knob. Return to ﬁrst track Push and hold the Control knob leftward. Cancellation of Music

search mode

Turn the Control knob.

] button.

Press and hold the [

Press the [

] button.

Music Editor media

Skip search

You can search for a song by skipping songs at the set skip search ratio (the ratio of the number of songs to skip to the total number of songs in the selected list).

 Enter the Music search mode

Press the [ ] button.

“MUSICSEARCH” is displayed.

 Enter the Search select mode

Press the [ ] button.

 Select the Skip search mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Skip Search”, and then press the Control knob.

 Search for music

Operation type Operation

Movement between items Turn the Control knob. Skip search Push the Control knob upward or

downward. Selection of item Press the Control knob. Setting of skip search ratio Push the Control knob rightward or

leftward.

Canceling the Music search mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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• The skip search ratio is set to 0.5% as default. Refer to <Skip

search ratio setting> (page 12).

• Press and hold the Control knob to skip songs at 10% regardless of the setting.

Playback mode

You can select a playback mode, such as Random play and Repeat play.

 Select the CD/ USB source

Press the [SRC] button.

Select the “CD” or “USB” display.

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

 Select the Playback function mode

Turn the Control knob to select “Play Mode”, and then press the Control knob.

 Select a desired playback mode

Turn the Control knob to select a play mode, and then press the Control knob.

Display Description

“Play Mode”

“Track Scan” (CD)/ “File Scan” (Audio ﬁle)

“Disc Random” (CD)/ “Folder Random” (Audio ﬁle)

“All Random” (Audio ﬁle)

“Track Repeat” (CD)/ “File Repeat” (Audio ﬁle)

“Folder Repeat” (Audio ﬁle)

When set to “ON”, plays the intros of the songs in the CD/folder successively.

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays the songs in the folder randomly.

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays all songs in the disc/ USB randomly.

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays the selected song repeatedly.

“ON” / “OFF”

When set to “ON”, plays the songs in the folder repeatedly.

“ON” / “OFF”

( : Factory setting)

 Exit the Function setting mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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Tuner Operation

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For the basic operations to listen to the radio, refer to the Quick Start Guide.

Auto memory

You can register 18 (FM)/ 6 (AM) stations with good reception automatically.

 Select the Tuner source

Press the [SRC] button.

Select the “TUNER” display.

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

 Select the Auto memory function item

Select the following items using the Control knob. “Settings” > “Auto Memory”

 Start storing stations in the Auto memory

mode

Turn the Control knob to select “YES”, and then press the Control knob.

When 18 (FM)/ 6 (AM) stations that can be received are stored in the memory, the process in this mode is completed.

Tuner setting

You can set up the tuner.

 Select the Tuner source

Press the [SRC] button.

Select the “TUNER” display.

 Enter the Function setting mode

Press and hold the Control knob.

 Select the Settings item

Turn the Control knob to select “Settings”, and then press the Control knob.

 Select a desired Tuner setting item

Turn the Control knob to select Tuner setting item, and then press the Control knob.

Display Description

“Settings”

“Local Seek”

“Seek Mode”

“MONO”

“News Interrupt”

“AF”

“Regional”

“Auto TP Seek”

Only stations whose reception is good are searched in auto seek tuning.

“ON” / “OFF”

Sets the tuning mode of the Radio.

Auto1: Automatic search for a station. Auto2: Search in order of the stations in the

preset memory.

Manual: Normal manual tuning. You can reduce the noise when stereo

broadcasts are received as monaural.

“ON” / “OFF”

Automatically receives news bulletin when it starts. Set the time during which interrupt is to be disabled after start of another news bulletin. Changing “00MIN” to “90MIN” turns this function ON. If news bulletin starts when this function is ON, “NEWS” is displayed and news is received. If “20MIN” is has been set, reception of another news bulletin will not start for 20 minutes. The news bulletin volume is the same level that was set for Traﬃc Information.

“OFF” / “00MIN” – “90MIN”

When the reception is poor, automatically alternate to another frequency broadcasting the same program in the same Radio data system network with better reception.

“ON” / “OFF”

Sets whether to switch to the station only in the speciﬁc region using the “AF” control.

“ON” / “OFF”

When traﬃc information station reception is poor, automatically searches for a station that can be received better.

“ON” / “OFF”

( : Factory setting)

 Select a setting and determine it

Turn the Control knob to select a desired value, and then press the Control knob.

The previous item is displayed.

 Exit the Function setting mode

Press and hold the [ ] button.

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