Kenwood KRC-999II User Manual
CASSETTE TUNER EQUALIZER
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Take the time to read through this instruction manual.
Familiarity with installation and operation procedures will
help you obtain the best performance from your new
cassette tuner equalizer.
For your records
Record the serial number, found on the back of the unit, in the
spaces designated on the warranty card, and in the space
provided below. Refer to the mode! and serial numbers
whenever you call upon your KENWOOD dealer for informa
tion or service on this product.
Model KRC-999II Serial number
When asking the service to KENWOOD dealer, be sure to
send both the main unit and the control unit.
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Controls and indicators
Reset button
When the installation and all the
wirings are finished, press this but
ton.
Not usually used. However, when
the microprocessor (micro
computer) malfunctions, press
this button using a sharp-pointed
object (such as a pencil).
When this button is pressed, the
unit IS reset to its initial state.
Therefore, all the memories and
clock are erased and need to be
adjusted.
Cassette tape slot
Insert the cassette tape into this
slot with the cassette shell open
ing at the right until it reaches to
the end of the slot. In this condi
tion, tape will be automatically
loaded when the Play/Program
switch is pressed (this switch can
not be pressed when tuner is ac
tivated) or push the cassette fur
ther to engage manual loading.
Volume
indicator
Indicates the pre
sent volume level.
As the volume
level increases,
more indicator
segments tight,
and in the same
way, as volume
level decreases,
more indicator
segments go off.
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[TAPE]: Fast Forward/
Rewind switch
Each switch permits Fast Forward
or Rewind operation. To release
the operation, press the Play/Pro-
gram switch,
[TUNER]: Tuning Up/Down
switch
Press the Up switch' to shift to a
higher frequency. Press the Down
switch to shift to a lower frequen
cy. A single pressing of the switch
allows the frequency to vary one
step at a time. When the switch is
kept pressed the frequency
changes continuously.
When the knob is moved once,
the frequency is changed by
200 kHz in FM mode and 10 kHz
in AM mode.
[EQ]: Equalizer level
Up/Down switch
Press the Up switch to increase
the equalizer level and the Down
switch to decrease it. The
equalizer level changes by one
step when the switch is tapped
once, and changes continuously
when it is kept pressed.
[TAPE]: Play/Program switch
If this switch IS pressed during playback, the tape
direction is reversed. If this switch is pressed during
Fast Forward or Rewind mode, the Fast Forward or
Rewind mode is released and the unit enters Play
mode.
[TUNER]: Band selector/Indicators
Selects reception band. Indicates the current receiv-
•ing band.
FM1
FM2 FM3
AM
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[TAPE]: Operation and indication when the Tape switch is ON.
[TUNER]: Operation and indication when the Tuner switch is ON.
[EQ]: Operation and indication when the Equalizer switch is ON
[TUNER]: Stereo recep
tion indicator
Lit when a stereo broadcast
IS received.
Equalizer curve/Spectrum analyzer display
Displays the equalizer curve
or the spectrum analyzer.
[TAPE]: Tape remain
ing indicator
Shows the remaining time
of the tape, in 9-segment
indicators.
[TUNER]: Signal
strength indicator
The left four segments of
the 9-segment indicators
light according to the signal
strength of the receiving
broadcast station.
Open/Close switch
Press this switch to open the
control drawer Pressing it
again closes the drawer.
With the drawer open,
when the ignition key is tu
rned OFF, the control
drawer will be closed auto
matically.
Attenuator switch
When this switch is set to
ON, the volume indicator
blinks and the volume in
stantaneously drops by
— 20 dB When this switch
IS pressed again, the in
dicator goes off and the
previous volume resumes.
Auto volume switch
When this switch is pressed
ON after the optimum
volume level is set, the
volume will change
automatically according to
noise in the car.
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[TUNER]: Preset station
switches (1—5)
One switch can memorize
one of each FM1, FM2,
FM3 and AM.
[EQ]: Equalizer curve
preset switches (1—5)
An equalizer turve can be
preset for each switch.
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Controls and indicators
[TUNER]; Manual/Auto switch
This switch IS used to select the tuning nnode; Auto
1 (seek), Auto 2 (preset seek) or Manual.
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[EQ]: Equalizer/Analyzer select switch
This switch is used to select the display rnode;
graphic equalizer curve display or spectrum analyzer
display.
[TAPE]: Tape running
direction indicator
Shows the running status
of the tape.
[TAPE]: Clock display
Displays the present time in
the 12 hour system
[TUNER]: Frequency/
Clock display
Displays the frequency be
ing received.
The present time can also
be displayed.
Audio control A (Up)/
V (Down! switches
Press the Up switch to in
crease the volume and the
Down switch to decrease it.
The volume changes by one
step when the control
switch IS tapped once. It
changes continuously, but
slowly when it is kept lightly
pressed, and continuously,
but quickly when the switch
is kept firmly pressed.
[TAPE]: Music search
indicator
Indicates the number of
tunes to be skipped when the
tape IS quickly advanced.
[TUNER]: Preset station
channel indicator
Indicates the channel
number of the preset sta
tion being received.
[TAPE]; Tape advance
switch
When this switch is pressed
ON, up to 9 tunes after, or
8 tunes before, the current
tune can be skipped with
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Balance/Fader indicator
Indicates the results
Balance control adjust
ment, and that of the Fader
control adjustment.
the music search operation.
To search for a tune ahead
of the current position,
press the fast-forward
switch, and to search for a
tune before the current
position, press the rewind
switch. Press the switch
the number of times cor
responding to the number
of tunes to be skipped.
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Equalizer switch
Press this switch when ad
justing the graphic equa
lizer or other equalizerrelated operation. This
switch can be activated
when the Tape or Tuner
switch is ON.
Tuner switch
This switch IS used to turn
the tuner ON and OFF.
When the Equalizer or Tape
switch is ON, pressing this
switch enables control of
the operations related to the
tuner.
Tape/Eject switch
This switch is ON, and the
indicator lights, when tape
play is engaged. When the
Equalizer or Tuner switch is
ON, pressing this switch
enables control of the opé
rations related to tape play.
During tape play, when this
switch is pressed, a loaded
tape will be ejected.
Index Scan switch
When this switch is pressed, the
tape is fast-forwarded and the
beginning of each tune (approx.
10 seconds) IS played back from
the next tune one after another.
This operation is continued even
when the tape running direction is
reversed at the end of the current
side. When the desired tune is
heard, press this switch again or
press Play/Program switch to
release this operation.
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Dolby NR switches
Set this switch to ON when
playing back a tape record
ed with Dolby NR system
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Metal switch
(Tape selector)
Position for Metal, Chrome
or High Bias tapes (CrOz)
(70 EQ)
Position for Norma! tapes
(120 fiS EQ)
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dbx switch
Set this switch to ON when
playing back a tape record
ed with dbx system.
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Controls and indicators (Control drawer section)
[EQ]: Equalizer band select switches
These switches are used to select the
equalizer band to be adjusted. Press
"<" to move the adjustable band (the
blinking indicator) to the left and press
" to move it to the right.
High/Low select switch
This switch IS used to select the operating
sensitivity, between High and Low, tor
the Auto Volume function.
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Blank skip switch
With this switch ON, when a nonrecorded blank section continues for
more than about 10 seconds, the tape is
automatically fast-forwarded to the
beginning of the next tune.
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[TUNER]: Local switch
When this switch is set ON, interference.
distortion, and noise in a strong signal
area will be effectively reduced.
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