Kenwood REMOTE PORTAL AXCESS User Manual

How to Use and Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal

Congratulations on your purchase of the Kenwood Axcess. With Axcess, you’ll open a door to the media stored on your Entré, allowing you to enjoy music and Internet Radio anywhere you place the Portal. You’ll quickly find the music or radio stations you’re looking for, since you can browse your library on Axcess as you do using Entré.

Axcess is easy to set up, and easy to use. With this guide, you’ll familiarize yourself with Axcess’ capabilities, and quickly enjoy its state-of-the-art technology.

An electronic version of the complete guide to your Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal (combining both your Setup Guide and this manual) is available online at the Kenwood USA Web site (www.kenwoodusa.com). The Kenwood USA Web site will also contain information on functional updates to both Axcess and Entré as well as any updates to their manuals.

OpenGlobe, the OpenGlobe logo, CE-Commerce and entertain simplicity are trademarks of OpenGlobe, Inc.

CDDB is a registered trademark of GraceNote.

All other trademarks are property of their registered owners.

How Do I Reset Axcess?

If Axcess fails to respond to front panel or remote commands, or if it responds erroneously, reset it:

1. Hold the Standby, MUSIC, NET RADIO, AUX and OG lights flash momentarily. Then release the

2. When the Standby light stays lit, press the remote or the

POWER ON button down on the remote control until the

POWER ON button.

POWER ON button on the

POWER button on the front panel to turn Axcess on.

Table of Contents

How to Use and Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axcess

Remote Portal................................................................... ii

How Do I Reset Axcess?......................................................ii

Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Axcess ......................... 1

What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess? ...........................2

What’s On the Axcess Remote?...........................................3

How Do I Turn On Axcess?.................................................4

What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media

Server Selection)?................................................................6

How Do I Switch Modes? ...................................................6

How Do I Navigate Axcess? ................................................7

How Do I Control Music Play? ............................................7

Chapter 2: Enjoying Your Music Collection ..................... 9

How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection? ...............9

Playing Music................................................................................ 9

Browsing Groups, Channels and Tracks......................................... 9

Controlling Music Play Order ...................................................... 11

Chapter 3: Enjoying Internet Radio ................................ 13

How Do I Connect to Internet Radio? ...............................13

How Do I Browse and Listen to Internet Radio? ................13

Browsing Groups and Channels................................................... 14

How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio?...15

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Chapter 4: Controlling Audio Settings ........................... 17

How Do I Adjust the Volume? ..........................................17

How Do I Adjust the Speaker Balance? .............................17

How Do I Adjust the Bass Setting?.....................................18

How Do I Adjust the Treble Setting? .................................18

Chapter 5: Troubleshooting ........................................... 21

How Do I Contact Kenwood? ...........................................22

How Do I Solve Sound Problems?.....................................22

There’s No Sound ....................................................................... 22

The Volume Suddenly Decreases ................................................ 22

Internet Radio Stops Playing........................................................ 22

I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Device .. 23

How Do I Solve a Problem with Axcess? ...........................23

The display on Axcess reads “Server Not Found”......................... 23

Axcess Doesn’t Respond When I Press a Button on the Remote

or Front Panel ............................................................................. 24

My Music Repeats or Plays Out of Order..................................... 24

I Can’t Control Internet Radio ..................................................... 24

Axcess Doesn’t Work .................................................................. 24

How Do I Solve a Problem with the Remote?....................24

The Remote Is Not Responding................................................... 24

How Do I Solve a Problem with Entré?..............................24

Index.............................................................................. 25

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Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Axcess

Welcome to the Use and Enjoy Guide for your new Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal. This chapter helps you learn how to take advantage of all Axcess’ features.

Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stored media collection, providing a convenient way to enjoy your MP3 and Internet Radio collections.

Enjoy the MP3s stored in your Entré music library through Axcess—without downloading music to a new device or computer each time you change locations.

Or, listen to Internet Radio stations. You’ll enjoy the spectacular array of online stations, without putting a computer in every room.

How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal 1

Getting to Know Your Axcess

What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess?

1 2

4 5

6 7

Radio Input

8 9 10

12 13

1. Power/Standby button

2. Standby light

3. Infrared receiver (for use with included IR remote)

4. Skip/Scan backward

5. Skip/Scan forward

6. Display

7. Music mode button

8. Internet Radio mode button

9. Auxiliary mode button

10. OpenGlobe Web services button

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11. Headphone jack

12. Stop button

13. Pause button

14. Play button

15. Left navigation button

16. Up navigation button

17. Down navigation button

18. Select button

19. Right navigation/Track information button

20. Volume down button

21. Volume up button

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What’s On the Axcess Remote?

1 2 3 4

What’s On the Axcess Remote?

1. Music mode button

2. Internet Radio mode button

3. Auxiliary mode button

4. Stop button

5. Pause button

6. Skip/Scan backward

7. Skip/Scan forward

8. Audio settings button

9. Left navigation button

10. Down navigation button

11. Power On/Standby button

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12. Power Off button

13. Play button

14. Volume up button

15. Volume down button

16. Mute button

17. OpenGlobe Web services button

18. Up navigation button

19. Select button

20. Right navigation/Track information button

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Getting to Know Your Axcess

How Do I Turn On Axcess?

Press the POWER button on front panel or POWER ON on the remote to turn Axcess on. Axcess is always in one of four power states:

State: Meaning: Action:

Power Off: The

standby light is off and no text appears on Axcess’ display panel.

Initializing: The Standby light turns off after illuminating briefly.

Axcess is unplugged.

Axcess is initializing (starting up).

1. Plug Axcess in.

2. Press

POWER ON on the

remote, or

POWER on

Axcess’ front panel. Axcess will go through an automatic network configuration, which may include automatically downloading updated software from Entré.

Do not press any buttons on either Axcess’ front panel or remote control until the configuration process is complete.

Press

POWER ON on the remote,

POWER on Axcess’ front

panel.

Standby: The Standby light is solid red.

Power On: The display panel shows text and the

Axcess is plugged in, but not in use.

Axcess is powered and running.

POWER ON on the remote,

Press or

POWER on Axcess’ front panel

to begin using Axcess.

Press

POWER OFF on the remote,

POWER on Axcess’ front panel

to return the system to standby.

Standby light is off.

Axcess automatically configures itself, but if it fails to do so, follow the manual procedure. Axcess will prompt you to manually enter the network settings (IP address, gateway address, network mask and DNS address). Get this

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How Do I Turn On Axcess?

information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If your network uses a static IP address, you can also get the information directly from your Entré. For more information, see “Network Configuration” on page 7 of How to Connect and Set Up Your Axcess Remote Portal.

Once Axcess enters the manual configuration mode, the IP address appears:

1. Use the left/right arrow buttons to select the number you want to enter (the selected number will blink).

2. Use the up/down arrow buttons to change the number.

3. Repeat steps 1–2 until the correct IP address shows on the display.

4. Once you have entered the correct IP address, press the

SELECT button.

Axcess will show the gateway address:

5. Use the left/right and up/down arrow buttons as before to enter the correct gateway address.

6. Press the

SELECT button. The network mask appears. Use the left/right and

up/down arrow buttons as before to enter the correct network mask.

7. Press the

SELECT button. The DNS address appears. Use the left/right and

up/down arrow buttons as before to enter the correct DNS address.

8. Press the

SELECT button. “Done?” appears in the top line.

9. If you entered all the network information correctly, press the up or down buttons until the bottom line reads “Yes” and press the

SELECT but-

ton.

OR If you made a mistake entering any of the network information, press the up or down buttons until the bottom line reads “No”, and press the

SELECT button. Axcess returns to the network configuration screens.

Repeat steps 1–9.

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Getting to Know Your Axcess

What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Selection)?

Axcess can connect “on the fly” to any Entré connected to your HomePNA network. If you have more than one Entré on your network, you will need to select which one Axcess should use. You can perform this step at any time to setup or change which Entré Axcess uses.

Skip this step if you have only one Entré on your network.

1. Hold the

SELECT button on Axcess’ front panel down for at least 4 sec-

onds. “Select Server” appears in the top line of the display, and the name you entered for one of your Entrés appears in the bottom line.

2. Use the up/down arrow buttons so the display’s bottom line shows the name of the Entré you want Axcess to use.

3. Press the

SELECT button.

How Do I Switch Modes?

Once you’ve turned on Axcess, you can immediately enjoy music or Internet Radio, or an auxiliary source (such as your TV), by selecting one of the mode buttons. Axcess has the following modes:

Press this button: To :

MUSIC

NET RADIO Listen to Internet Radio stations.

AUX

Enjoy the music stored on Entré’s high-capacity music storage system.

Listen to a connected device through Axcess’ speakers. To do so, you must connect the device to Axcess. To learn how, see “How Do I Connect Axcess to an Auxiliary Audio Source?” on page 4 of

How to Connect and Set Up Your Axcess Remote Portal.

Tag music you hear on Internet Radio. That way, you can find it on OpenGlobe’s web site later and

OPENGLOBE

purchase it. For more information about the OpenGlobe button, see “How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio?” on page 15.

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