Kenwood KDC-X492 User Manual

KDC-X492 KDC-MP438U KDC-MP408U

KDC-MP338

CD-RECEIVER

INSTRUCTION

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REPRODUCTOR DE DISCOS COMPACTOS RECEPTOR DE FM/AM

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MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES

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the Familiarity with installation and operation procedures will help you obtain performance from your new CD-receiver.

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Contents

Before Basic

General functions Tuner functions

use

Operation

Disc

&Audio file play functions

General Operation

Audio Control Adjusting the detail Audio Setup Speaker Setting Display Switching

of

Audio Control

Tuner Operation 9

Direct Access Tuning Frequency Step Setting

Music disc/Audio file Operation 10

Play

FunctionsofDisc Changer

Direct Music Search

Direct Disc Search List Select iPod Select

Track Select

4

Accessories/Installation Procedure 18 Connecting Wires toTerminals 19 Installation 20

6

Troubleshooting Guide

Specifications

16

21

23

Menu Operation 12

Menu

System

Activating Security Code

Deactivating Security Code Manual Clock Adjustment AMP

Control Auxiliary Receive

Demonstration

Basic

Input

Display Setting

mode

Setting

mode

Setting

Operations of remote control 15

Panel illustrations used in this document

The control panel for operations in this document.

Playing

This data stored in iPod,

"audio control these data.

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AAC,

document

files."

for details.

Refertothe section on "Audio

KDC

-X492isusedtodescribe

MP3, and

referstoAAC,

USB

device, and CD-R/RW

See

<About

WMA

MP3,

and WMA

Audio file> (page

data

Files"

as

to

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other

countries.

The "AAC'

logoistrademarkofDolby Laboratories.

the

U.s.

Before use

AWARNING To

prevent injuryor fire, take

the

following

precautions:

•Toprevent a short circuit, never metallic objects (such the unit.

as

coins or metal tools) inside

Before using this unit for

This

unitisinitially set on the Demonstration mode.

unit

When using this <Demonstration

Howtoreset your

• Ifthis

unit

or the connected

etc.) fails

The

buttonispressed.

to

operate properly,

unit

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Cleaning

If

the

dry

soft cloth suchasa silicon cloth.

the

If a cloth moistened again

the

faceplateofthis

faceplateisstained badly,

with

a clean soft

for the first time, cancel the

mode

Setting> (page

unit

~d~·~{D~:\ill_Reset

Unit

unitisstained,

with

neutral cleaner, then

dry

unit

cloth.

put

or leave any

the

first

time

14).

(disc auto changer,

press

the

Reset

when

the

button

wipeitwith

wipe

the

stain

button.

Reset

off

wipe

a

with

it

• Ifyou experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer.

• When you purchase optional accessories, check your Kenwood dealer to make sure that they work with

your model and in your

• The characters which can be displayed by this are

A-Z 0-9 @ " , ' % &* +- = , .1 \ < >[]() : ;

• The illustrationsofthe display and the panel

appearing in this manual explain more clearly Therefore, illustrations may differ from display on

illustrations on the display may be inapplicable .

Handling

• Do

• Do tape stuck on it.

• Do

• Clean from the center

outward.

• When removing horizontally.

If

theCDcenter hole or outside rim

• use the

ballpoint pen etc.

CDs

•

CDs

what

the

CDs

not

touch the recording surfaceofthe

not

stick tape etc. on the

not

use

disc type accessories.

CD

only after removing

that

cannot be used

that are

not

how

appears on the display in the

actual equipment, and someofthe

of

CDs

from this unit, pull them

round cannot be used.

~

• Applying spray cleaner directlytothe mechanical parts. Wiping using a volatile liquid such the surface or

erases

the

as

characters.

faceplate thinner or alcohol may scratch

unit

may affect its

with

a hard cloth or

®

area.

are

examples used

the controls

what

CD,oruseaCD

the disc and move

are

used.

appears on the

has

burrs,

the

burrs

with

CD.

/\

to

with

unit

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out

a

Cleaning

If

the

them

the

Faceplate Terminals

terminals on the

with

a clean soft

unit

or faceplate

dry

cloth.

get

dirty,

wipe

Lens Fogging

When you turn on the car heater in cold weather, dew

or condensation may form on the lens in the

CD

playerofthe unit. Called lens fogging, this

not

allow

condensation on the lens may

In

such a situation, remove the disc and wait for the

to

condensation operate normally after a while, consult your Kenwood dealer.

evaporate. Ifthe

unit

CDstoplay.

still does

not

•

CDs

with

coloring on the recording surface or

that

are

dirty

cannot be used.

• This

unit

can

only play

This

unit

may

not

have the mark. You

cannot playa

• (For

finalized. CD-R/CD-RW writing software, and your CD-RlCDRW

recorder instruction manual.)

the finalization process refertoyour

the

CDs

with.

correctly play discs whichdonot'

CD-R

or CD-RW that

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has

not

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CDs

been

I 3

General Operation

Audio Control

You

can

adjust

following

Subwooferlevel Bass

Boost**

System

a

Bass

level

Middle

level

Treble

level Balance Fader

Exit

Audio

Control

mode

*FunctionofKDC **FunctionofKDC-MP338.

Q

~

•

"USER": are

effective.Onthe MP408U, KDC-MP338, quality disappears You

can

•

1 Select the

Press

the

-X492/KDC

The

customized

this item

this itemisdisplayed only when the tone

has

been adjusted.Onthe when another settingisselected

set

Bass,

source

[SRC]

Audio

Control

"SUB-Wt' "B.BOOSH'

"NATURAt'/Natural/User "USER"I"ROCK"j "POPS"I"EASY"/ "TOP40"

/"JAZZ"

"BASS

t' -8 -

"MID

t' -8-

"TRE

I" "BALANCE" "FADER"

(Volume

KDC-X492/KDC-MP438U/KDC-

canbeselectedatany

Middle,

to adjust

button.

-15-+15 "Ll"

indicator the

Pops/EasylTop (The accordingtothe

-8 Left15Rear15-

control

mode)

-MP438U/KDC

Bass,

Middle,

and

Treble

2 Enter Audio Control mode

Press

the

Control

knob.

3 Select the Audio item to adjust

Press

the

Control

knob.

4 Adjust the Audio item

Turn

the

S

Exit

Audio Control mode

Press

any

Pressabutton button.

Control

button.

knob.

other than the Control knob or ...

items;

/"L2"

I"OFF"

turnsonaccording

setting.)

setting/Rock/

40/Jazz

indicator

turns

+8 +8 +8

Right

Front

-MP408U.

and

Treble

time.Onthe

KDC-MP338,

.

for

each

(The

on

setting.)

15

levels

this item

source.

FunctionofKDC-X492/KDC-MP40BU

Adjusting

You datail:

to

can

Bass

BassaFactor Bass

Extend

Middle level

Middle

--

MiddleaFactor

Treble level

adjust

level,

Center

the

detailofAudio Control

the

following

Middle

"BASS "BASS

Frequency

level,

0"

EXT"

"MID "MID

Basic

and

F" 0"

-_

Treble

Center

Frequency

1 Select the

For

howtoselect

Control> (page

Basic

2 Enter Detail adjustment mode of Audio

Control

Press

the

Control

3 Select the Detail Audio item to adjust

Press

the

Control

4 Adjust the Detail Audio item

Turn

the

Control

S Exit the Detail Audio Control mode

Press

the

Control

~

•

When

you

set

responseisextendedby20%.

•

You

can

exit the Audio Control modeatanytime pressing button.

any

"mE

Audio item

Basic

Audio items,

6).

knob

knob.

knob

the

Bass

ExtendtoON,

button except

F"

foratleast 1

foratleast1second.

for

Audio

Items

Treble

...

10.0112.5/15.0/17.5

Control knob

leva!.

0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0

1.012.0

kHz

,..,.

see

<Audio

second.

low frequency

by

or

~

in

kHz

6 I

KDC-X492/KDC-MP438U/KDC-MP408U1KDC-MP338

Audio Setup

You

can

set

Sound

Front

High

Pass

offset

Zone

Pass

Filter

Phase*

System*

----

Rear

Low

Subwoofer Volume Loudness* Dual

*FunctionofKDC-X492/KDC-MP438U/KDC-MP408U. *lKDC-X492 only. *2KDC-MP438U/KDC-MP408U only. *3KDC-MP338 only.

Filter*

system,

"HPF"

"HPR"

"LPF

"PHASE" "V-OFFSET" "LOUDNESS" "2Z0NE"

suchasfollows;

Through/40*'/60*'/80/100/120/

1501180/220*'

Through/40*1/60*1/80/100/120/

1501180/220*'

SW"

50*'/60*1.2/801100*1/1201160*3/ Through

Reverse

-8OFF/ON OFF/ON

Hz

(180°)/

±O

(AUX:

~

• Volume offset: from the basic volume.

• Loudness: Compensates for low

volume. (Only the

when

the

Dual

lone Main source and sub source (Auxiliary input) Front channel and

Setupthe channelofsub source by "lONE2"of<Menu

-

System> (page

- Select Main source by

- Adjust

- Adjust the

(page (page

-The Audio Control

Sets

each source's

low

tunerisselectedasa source.)

System

Rear

channel separately.

12). [SRC]

the

volumeofFront channel by Control knob. volumeofRear

6)

or

[.~]I[T]

15).

button

hasnoeffect on sub source.

volumeasa difference

low

and

high

toneiscompensated for

button.

channel by <Audio Control>

on the remote control

Hz

Normal

-8-

tones

output

(0°) +8)

during

Speaker Setting

Fine-tuningsothat the

when

setting

11."""""_-

OFF For

5&4 For6&6x9 For

the

in.

OEM

the

speaker

in.

speaker

SystemQvalueisoptimal

speaker

typeasfollows;

"SP

SEL

OFF"

"SP

SEL

5/4"

"SP

SEL

6*9/6"

"SP

SEL

OEM"

1 Enter Standby

Press

the

[SRC]

button.

Select

the

"STANDBY"

2 Enter Speaker Setting

Press

the

Control knob.

3 Select

Turn

4 Exit Speaker Setting

Press

the

Speaker

the

Control knob.

the

Control knob.

display.

mode

type

mode

1 Select

Press

the

sourcetoadjust

the

[SRC]

button.

2 Enter Audio Setup

Press

the

Control knob foratleast 1 second.

3 Select

Press

4 Adjust

Turn

the

Audio

the

Control knob.

the

Audio setup

the

Control knob.

S Exit Audio Setup

Press

the

Control knob foratleast 1 second.

mode

Setup

mode

itemtoadjust

item

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General Operation

Display Switching

Changes following;

In Tuner source

In

displayed

CD

&Externaldisc source

informationoneach

1_"_

Disc

title

Track

title

(In

External

disc

source)

Play

time&Track

Clock

In Audio file source

'.

__

J

Music

title&Artist Album Folder

name

File

name

Play

time&Music

Clock

number

.~.'

name

name&Artist

number

'~"

name

.'

source

"DISC

TITLE" "TRACK "P-TlME" "CLOCK"

"'.....

. . _ .

"TITLE/ARTIST" "ALBUM/ "FOLDER "FILE

NAME"

"P-TIME" "CLOCK"

..

TITLE"

11II.'

ARTIST" NAME"

1 Enter Switching Display mode

Press

the

[~II]

"DISPLAY

button

SEL"isdisplayed.

foratleast1second.

2 Select the Display item

Push

the

3

Control

Exit

Switching Display mode

Press

the

[~II]

knob

button.

towards

~

•

When

you

select

the clock

each

source

willbechanged to the clock

• Ifthe

selected

information, alternative informationisdisplayed.

•

When

LX-AMPisconnected, the item

Display

•

When

selecting

iPod,

names

selected

display

modeofLX-AMPisdisplayed.

"FOLDER

willbedisplayed

browsing

item

items.

display,

the display setting

does

not

NAME"

while playing with

dependingoncurrently

right or left.

display.

have

any

setupbythe (KDC-X492

only)

of

In HD Radio source

~

__

In~

Station

Music Frequency Clock

In Satelliteradio source

Channel Music

Artist Composer Category

Label

Comment

Band&Channel

Clock

In Standby!Auxiliary

In_1'

Source

Clock

.~~k~~~'''::

name

title/

Artist

name/

Album

name

title

name

number

input

....

name

name/

Genre

source

__

WIiI

"STATION

NAME" "TITLE" "FREQUENCY" "CLOCK"

"CHANNEL "SONG "ARTIST "COMPOSER "CATEGORY "LABEL "COMMENT" "CH "CLOCK"

NAME"

TITLE"

NAME"

NUMBER"

11I

"SOURCE

NAME"

"CLOCK"

8 I

KDC-X492/KDC-MP438U1KDC-MP408U/KDC-MP338

Tuner Operation

Functionofremote control

Direct

Entering the frequency and tuning.

Access

Tuning

1 Enter Direct Access Tuning

Press

the

[DIRECT]

buttononthe

mode

control.

"-

- --"is

2 Enter

Press

displayed.

the

frequency

the

number

buttons on

control.

Example:

~,',.,',

.'

~%

"

••

~'_

••

",'

[0],

l$i""

[9], [2],

[8],

[1],

_--:}~.

92.1

810

MHz

kHz

(FM)

(AM)

Cancelling DirectAccess Tuning

Press

the

[DIRECT]

buttononthe

control.

Q

~

•

You

can enter theFMband frequency in stepsofa

minimumof0.1

MHz.

FunctionofKDC-MP40BU

Frequency Step Setting

the

[1]

[0]

remote

",.

remote

',"","

Changing the tuning frequency step.

The original setting

1 Turn

2 Switch

Press

the

power

[SRC]

the

While pressing

[SRC]

button.

Release

your

isFMband 50 kHz.

OFF

button

frequency

the

[1] and [5] buttons, press

fingers from

foratleast 1 second.

step

the

bunon display appears. The frequency step changes

toFMband 200

@2

• When

the

step returns

the

memory

the

same operationisrepeated,

to

the original setting.

frequency stepischanged. the frequencies in

are

deleted.

after

the

kHz.

frequency

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I 9

Music discIAudiofile

Operation

Play FunctionsofDisc Changer

While adisc in following play functions can be used.

Playing

(Repeat

Press

Pressing play on ("DISC sequentially.

Randomly

(Magazine

Press Pressing Magazine random play on off

("ROM

Functionofremote control

the

disc changerisbeing played,

the

CurrentSong

or

DiscRepeatedly.

play)

the

[4)

button.

the button repeatedly selects

nRAC

REP

the

REP

ON"),

Disc

Repeat play on

ON"),

and Repeat

plays

the

musicinthe

random

[6)

the button toggles the setting between

OFF").

play)

button.

playoff

("MGZN

Track

("REP

discchanger.

ROM

Direct Music Search

Searchs

the

musicbyentering

the

track number.

Repeat

OFF")

ON")

the

and

Functionofdisc changers with remote control

Direct Disc Search

Searchs

1

2 Search

Cancelling Direct DiscSearch

the

Enter Press

the

control.

Press

the

Press

the

disc by entering

the

disc

number

the

disc

[FM)or[AM)

[~II)

button.

the

disc number.

buttonsonthe

button.

remote

~

• Input"O"to

• Direct of

Random

FunctionofUSB/CDofAudio file

List Select

Search for

the

media file structure.

Disc

the

Search

select

disc

10.

cannotbeperformed during playing

playorscan

song you

play.

wanttolistentoby

tracing

1

Enter

the Press control.

2 Search

Press

music

the

number

the

[~)or[~)

number

buttonsonthe

music

button.

Cancelling Direct MusicSearch

Press

the

[~II)

button.

~

• Direct of

iPod,

Music

Random

Search

cannotbeperformed during playing

play,orscan

play.

remote

1

Enter

Multi

Jog

Press

the

[MJOG)

"MULTI

Displays

2

Searching

JOG

ON"isdisplayed.

the current Audio file name.

for

and

_-

Movement

folders/files Selectionoffolder/flie

Returntoprevious Returntoroot

"<"or">"

indicates that this folder another folder. When file name end.

Cancelling

Press

~

•

between

folder

beside the displayed folder name

the

Multi

the

[MJOG)

List

Select

cannotbeperformed during

scan

play.

Select

is

mode

button.

playingasong

Turn

the

Press

the

Push

the

Push

the

least2seconds.

is

displayed,

Jog

Select

button.

Control

knob.

Control

knob

.

Control

knob

towards

left.

Control

knob

towards

left

for

at

preceded or followed by

"*"

is

added at the

mode

Random

play

or

10

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