Contents Before use Listening to other external components Playable disc type Sound equalization Before operating the unit 7 Assigning titles to Basic operations the sources — Control panel Menu operations Basic operations More about this unit — Remote controller Main elements and features Troubleshooting Listening to the radio Specifications...
In such a situation, remove the disc and wait for the condensation to evaporate. If the unit still does not operate normally after a while, consult your Kenwood dealer. English | 3...
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• When you purchase optional accessories, check relatively small file size. DivX files can also include with your Kenwood dealer to make sure that they advanced media features like menus, subtitles, and work with your model and in your area.
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Declaration of Conformity with regard to the EMC Directive 2004/108/EC Manufacturer: Kenwood Corporation 2967-3 Ishikawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-8525 Japan EU Representative's: Kenwood Electronics Europe BV Amsterdamseweg 37, 1422 AC UITHOORN, The Netherlands English | 5...
Playable disc type Disc type Recording format, file type, etc. Playable DVD Video (Region Code: 2)* DVD Audio DVD-ROM DVD Recordable/Rewritable DVD Video (DVD-R* /-RW, +R/+RW* DivX/MPEG1/MPEG2 • Compliant to UDF bridge format JPEG • DVD-RAM cannot be played. MP3/WMA/WAV MPEG4 DVD-VR, +VR Dual Disc...
Before operating the unit Cancel the display demonstration and set the clock. (☞ also pages 30 and 31) Indication language: In this manual, English indications are used for purpose of explanation. You can select the indication language on the monitor. (☞ page 31) Setup menu icon AV Menu Setup...
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(twice) Clock Time Set 12Hours/24Hours OSD Clock Clock Adjust 0:00 ¤ fi Return to the <Setup> menu. Select either the 12-hour or 24-hour system. Select <Clock> ]<Time Set>, then 12Hours/24Hours activate the <Time Set> screen. 12 Hours ‹ 24 Hours Set the clock time.
Basic operations — Control panel • Turn on the power. Select the source. TUNER = DISC (DVD/VCD/CD) = AV-IN • Turn off the power [Hold]. =(back to the beginning) • Attenuate the sound (if the power is on). • You cannot select these sources if they are not ready. Change the aspect ratio.
Basic operations — Remote controller Installing the lithium coin battery (CR2025) Main elements and features If the range of effectiveness of the remote controller decreases, replace the battery. Before using the remote controller: • Aim the remote controller directly at the remote sensor on the unit.
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7 (stop)* , 3 (play), 8 (pause) • 3 (play) also functions as ZOOM button when pressed with SHIFT button (☞ page 24). For advanced disc operations: • 5 / ∞ DVD: Selects the titles. Other discs except VCD/CD: Selects the folders. •...
Listening to the radio PS (station name) for FM RDS. If no signal is Band Preset No. coming in, “No Name” appears. POWER]ON ☞ page 27 TUNER FLAT FM1 Preset1 Pop M Bayern Radio 87.5 MHz 15: 45 Tuner/Standby PTY code for FM RDS Reception indicators Select “TUNER”.
Tuning in to stations with AV Menu sufficient signal strength This function works only for FM bands. Mode Enter Once you have activated this function (selected Mode menu icon <Local>), it always works when searching for FM stations. Mode Mono DX/Local AV Menu PTy Standby...
Selecting preset stations The following features are available only for FM RDS On the remote: stations. Searching for FM RDS programme—PTY Search You can search for your favorite programmes being broadcast by selecting the PTY code for your favorite programmes. PTy Search Pop Music On the unit:...
Storing your favorite programme types Activating/deactivating TA/PTY You can store your favorite PTY codes into the PTY Standby Reception Preset List. TA Standby Reception Indicator PTy Search Pop Music Press to activate. Rock Music Easy Listening Serious Classics The unit will temporarily switch to Lights up Current Affairs Varied Speech...
Activating PTY Standby Reception Tracing the same programme— Network-Tracking Reception AV Menu When driving in an area where FM reception is not sufficient enough, this unit automatically tunes in to Setup Enter another FM RDS station of the same network, possibly broadcasting the same programme with stronger AV Menu signals.
Disc operations The disc type is automatically detected, and playback starts automatically (for some discs: automatic start depends on its internal program). If a disc does not have any disc menu, all tracks in it will be played repeatedly until you change the source or eject the disc.
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While playing the following discs, press • Each time you press the button, playback picture and disc information screens appear alternately. • For discs except DVD and VCD: The control screen appears on the connected external monitor. (☞ page 38) ☞...
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☞ page 27 FLAT 0:45:38 0:45:38 Disc Title Artist Name Current Track Title 15: 45 4 ¢ Press: Select track Disc title/Artist name/Track Track no./Playing time Hold: Reverse/forward search title (only for CD Text) Audio format ☞ page 27 (MP3/WMA/WAV) FLAT 0:45:38 Current Folder Name...
Selecting playback modes You can use only one of the following playback Mode modes—Intro/Repeat/Random. All Off Intro Ex. To select Track Repeat Repeat Random AV Menu Repeat Setup Enter Track Folder AV Menu When one of the playback modes is selected, Mode Enter the corresponding indicator lights up on the disc...
Selecting tracks on the list Prohibiting disc ejection If a disc includes folders, you can display the Folder/ You can lock a disc in the loading slot. Track (File) Lists, then start playback. Folder List My Best NO EJECT? Cinema Pops EMERGENCY EJECT? My Best2...
Operations using the remote controller : Stop playback. : Pause (Frame by frame playback if pressed during pause). : Start playback. Reverse/forward search* . (No sound can be heard.) (Slow motion* during pause. No sound can be heard.) Press: Select chapter (within the same title, during play or pause). Hold: Reverse/forward search* : Select title (during play or pause).
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: Stop playback. : Shows the current file until you change it. Select track (within the same folder). : Start playback (Slide show: each file is shown for a few seconds.). : Select track. : Select folder. : Select aspect ratio. : Stop playback.
Enlarging the view (Zoom in) While pausing... During moving picture playback... ZOOM 1 ZOOM 2 ZOOM OFF ZOOM 1 ZOOM 2 ZOOM 3 ZOOM 4 ZOOM OFF ZOOM 6 ZOOM 5 To cancel zoom, select “ZOOM OFF”. Move the enlarged portion.
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On-screen bar Information T02-C03 TOTAL 1:25:58 DVD -V C. RPT Operation TIME TITLE CHAP Above example is of DVD Video. Items shown on the bar vary due to the disc type. 1 Disc type 6 Playback status 2 • DVD: Audio signal format Play •...
Listening to other external components AV-INPUT You can connect an external component to the LINE IN/VIDEO IN plugs. DISP : Press if no playback picture appears, but source information (this) screen is displayed. ☞ ☞ Assigned title ( page28) page 27 POWER]ON AV-IN FLAT...
Sound equalization POWER]ON Edit Store 60.0 Hz Selecting sound mode Storing your own adjustment You can store your adjustment into User1, User2, and User3. AV Menu Repeat steps ~ and Ÿ, then... Setup Enter Equalizer Flat Hard Rock Ÿ R&B Equalizer menu icon Jazz Exit...
Assigning titles to the sources Press: Change character set Hold: Erase title POWER]ON Title Entry AV-In Name MY BEST A a 0 Á á Store DISP You can assign titles to “AV-IN”. Assign a title. Ex.: Assigning title to “AV-IN” 1 Select a character, then move the entering position.
Menu operations Setup Equalizer Sound POWER]ON AV Menu Setup Enter Mode List Ex. Changing the <High Pass Filter> setting Sound Fader/Balance AV Menu Volume Adjust Subwoofer High Pass Filter Crossover Through Setup Enter • For some items, repeat this steps to set the Non-available items will be displayed being sub-items.
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Initial: Underlined Setup Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Demonstration Off : Cancels. On : Activates the demonstration on the monitor. Wall Paper You can select the background picture of the monitor. Scroll Off : Cancels. Once : Scrolls the disc information once. Auto : Repeats scrolling (5-second intervals).
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Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Aspect* You can change the aspect ratio of the picture. Aspect ratio of incoming signal 16:9 Full : For 16:9 original pictures Auto : • For “DISC”: Aspect ratio is automatically selected to match to the incoming signals. •...
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Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Monitor Type Select the monitor type to watch a wide screen picture on the external monitor. 16:9 4:3 Letterbox 16:9 : Select when the aspect ratio of the external monitor is 16:9. 4:3 Letterbox/4:3 Pan Scan : Select when the aspect ratio of the 4:3 Pan Scan external monitor is 4:3.
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Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Down Mix When playing back a multi-channel disc, this setting affects the signals reproduced through the LINE OUT plugs. Dolby Surround : Select this to enjoy multi-channel surround audio by connecting an amplifier compatible with Dolby Surround. Stereo : Normally select this.
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Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] AV Input You can determine the use of LINE IN and VIDEO IN plugs. Off : Select when no component is connected (“AV-IN” is skipped while selecting the source). Audio&video : Select when connecting an AV component such as a VCR.
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Equalizer Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] ☞ [27] Flat/Hard Rock/R&B/Pop/Jazz/ Dance/Country/Reggae/Classic/ User1/User2/User3 Sound Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Fader/Balance Adjust fader—speaker output balance between the front and rear Adjusts fader speakers. • Upmost—front only • Downmost—rear only When using a two-speaker system, set the fader to the center (00). Adjust balance—speaker output balance between the left and right speakers.
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Mode Menu items Selectable settings, [reference page] Only for FM. (Off, On), ☞ [12] Mono Only for FM. (DX, Local), ☞ [13] DX/Local Only for FM. ☞ [13] Only for FM. (Off, News), ☞ [15 ] PTy Standby • When you activate PTY Standby Reception, you can change the PTY code for PTY Standby Reception.
More about this unit Playing Recordable/Rewritable discs General • This unit can recognize a total of 5 000 files and 250 Turning on the power folders (a maximum of 999 files per folder). • By pressing SRC (source) on the unit, you can also •...
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Playing JPEG files Control screen • This unit can play back JPEG files with the extension • The following control screens appear only on the code <.jpg> or <.jpeg>. external monitor. • It is recommended that you record a file at 640 x 480 DivX/MPEG1/MPEG2/JPEG/MP3/WMA/WAV resolution.
Menu settings • If you change the <Amplifier Gain> setting from <High Power> to <Low Power> while the volume level is set higher than “30”, the unit automatically changes the volume level to “VOL 30”. • After you change any of <Menu Language/Audio Language/Subtitle>...
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Sound signals emitted through the rear terminals Through the analog terminals (Speaker out/LINE OUT) 2-channel signal is emitted. When playing multi-channel encoded disc, multi-channel signals are downmixed. • DTS sound cannot be reproduced. Through the DIGITAL OUT terminal Digital signals (Linear PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG Audio) are emitted. •...
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Language codes (for DVD/DivX language selection) Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language Code Language Afar Persian Greenlandic Occitan Sesotho Abkhazian Finnish Cambodian (Afan) Oromo Sundanese Afrikaans Fiji Kannada Oriya Swahili Ameharic Faroese Korean (KOR) Panjabi Tamil Arabic Frisian Kashmiri Polish Telugu...
Troubleshooting What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service center. Symptoms Remedies/Causes • No sound comes out of the speakers. • Adjust the volume to the optimum level. • Check the cords and connections. •...
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Symptoms Remedies/Causes • Disc cannot be played back. • Change the disc. • Record the tracks using a compliant application in the appropriate discs. (☞ page 4) • Add appropriate extension codes to the file names. • Noise is generated. The track played back is not a playable file format.
Specifications Maximum Power Output: Front/Rear: 50 W per channel Continuous Power Output Front/Rear: 20 W per channel into 4 Ω, 40 Hz to (RMS): 20 000 Hz at no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion Load Impedance: 4 Ω (4 Ω to 8 Ω allowance) Equalizer Control Range: Frequencies: 60 Hz, 150 Hz, 400 Hz, 1 kHz, 2.5 kHz, 6.3 kHz, 15 kHz...
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Signal Detection System: Non-contact optical pickup (semiconductor laser) Frequency Response: DVD, fs=48 kHz: 16 Hz to 22 000 Hz DVD, fs=96 kHz: 16 Hz to 22 000 Hz VCD/CD: 16 Hz to 20 000 Hz Dynamic Range: 93 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 95 dB Wow and Flutter: Less than measurable limit...