User Manual
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Names and functions of parts
1 Display
2 / Power/Menu button
• Press and hold to switch the power
ON/OFF.
• Press shortly to open the menu.
• Press shortly while the menu is open to
return to the previous display page.
• Press when the display is turned off
(screen saver mode) to turn on the
display.
• Status indicated by the indicator
During play During USB
connection
Steady lighting Power is ON. Recharging…
One blink per
3 sec.
Screen saver mode.
–
Two blinks per
3 sec.
Screen saver mode
under Hold function
activated.
–
Blink – Transferring data…
Extinguished Power is OFF. Recharging
completed.
3 5 Up button
• Press to move the cursor upward.
• Press during playback to skip to the
beginning of the current track. Pressing
the button at the beginning of a track
skips to the beginning of the previous
track.
• Press and hold to fast reverse the music.
4
∞ Down button
• Press to move the cursor downward.
• Press during playback to skip to the
beginning of the next track.
• Press and hold to fast forward the music.
5 6 Play/Pause button
• Press to play a track or let it pause.
• During playback, press and hold for more
than 1 second to set the A-B Repeat
points.
• Press while the menu is displayed to
enter a selected item.
6
VOLUME button
• Press to increase (+) or decrease (-) the
volume. Pressing and holding a button
segment varies the volume gradually.
7 HOLD switch
• Press to defeat all other buttons. This
helps prevent erroneous operation of
the Player when it is carried in a bag, etc.
8 Phones jack
• Connect the provided stereo
headphones.
9
USB jack
• Connect to a PC using the provided USB
cable to transfer music files or recharge
the battery.
0 Strap eyelet
• Pass the strap through this hole.
- Reset button
• In case of irregularity, first consult
<Troubleshooting> (page 29 of the PDF
manual). If an optimum remedy is not
found, try pressing the reset button with
the tip of a clip or ballpoint pen.
RESET
RE
SET
• Do not pass a metallic hook or like (a key holder, etc.) through the strap eyelet. Otherwise, the
player may be damaged.
Cancelling the HOLD function
The HOLD function defeats all of the Player’s buttons and helps prevent erroneous
operation when the Player is carried in a bag, etc. The HOLD function should be
canceled before using the Player.
HOLD
RE
SET
HOLD
RESE
T
HOLD
HOLD
HOLD canceled
HOLD
HOLD
RESET
HOLD
RESET
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Capturing Music in PC/Transferring Music
from PC
To play music files as tracks of this Player, first rip music files in the PC and then transfer
them from the PC to this Player.
The Player can play the following 3 types of music files.
• MP3 (*.mp3) : MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3
• WMA (*.wma) : Windows Media Audio
For detailed specifications, see <Specifications>.
Using Windows Media Player 11/10/9
A music CD can be ripped into the PC using the Windows Media Player 11/10/9.
(The following steps describes the operation with the Windows Media Player 10.)
1 Launch the Windows Media Player.
2 Click the [Rip] button on the top.
3 Place a music CD in the CD-ROM drive of the PC.
4 Check the checkboxes of the CD tracks to be ripped.
5 Click the [Rip Music] button.
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For details, refer to the Instruction Manual in the PDF file. (page 11)
6 Click the [Sync] button on the top.
7 Select the MTP player (Kenwood M_D5* or M_D5*) or the
removable disk (KENWOOD_DAP) corresponding to this Player.
8 Add the music files to be transferred in the Sync List.
9 Click the [Start Sync] button.
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For details, refer to the Instruction Manual in the PDF file. (page 13)
Data transfer by drag & drop
Open the Windows Explorer and drag & drop the desired file from the PC’s hard disk drive
to this Player (expressed as MTP: [Kenwood M_D5*], [M_D5*] or MSC: [KENWOOD_DAP] on
Windows). Copy & paste can also be used for data transfer.
1 Open the MTP player or the removable disk corresponding to
this Player.
Click [Start] – [My Computer] – MTP: [Kenwood M_D5*], [M_D5*] or MSC:
[KENWOOD_DAP].
2 Open the folder storing the desired music file.
3 Drag & drop the music file into the MTP player or the removable
disk.
• If copy protection is set, when capturing tracks of a music CD into the PC using the Windows
Media Player, transferring the music file to the Player is limited only to the Windows Media
Player. The music files which are transferred using drag & drop or copy & paste cannot be played.
• Before transferring a music file, view it with the Windows Media Player to confirm that the genre,
artist name, album title and track title are set correctly.
Selecting music for playback
Select and play the desired track.
Artist Select Artist name = Album title = Track title.
Album Select Album title = Track title.
Genre Select Genre name = Track title.
Track Select Track title directly.
When a major item is selected, the list of intermediate items located below it is displayed.
Selecting "Play all" plays all of the currently selected music tracks.
1 Connect headphones and switch the Player ON.
2 Open the home screen.
Artist
Album
Genre
Track
The home screen opens.
3 Select a major item ("Artist", for example).
Artist
Album
Genre
Track
The list for the major item (intermediate
items) is displayed.
4 Select an intermediate item ("Artist name", for example).
Artist
Playall
Artistname
Artistname
The list for the intermediate item is
displayed.
5 Select an intermediate item ("Album title", for example).
Artist
Playall
Albumtitle
Albumtitle
The list for the intermediate item is
displayed.
6 Select a track ("Track title", for example).
Artist
Playall
Tracktitle
Tracktitle
Artistname
Tracktitle
MP3
• A track that does not contain tag information is classified as "Unknown".
• Press the Menu button to return to the previous display page.
Display during playback
The display shows various information during playback.
• The display is turned off automatically when the Player has not been operated for a certain
period of time (screen saver mode). The Power/Menu button blinks every 3 seconds in the
screen saver mode. The time until the screen saver mode is activated can be changed (page 23
of the PDF manual).
• The Player switches OFF automatically after it has been left in pause mode for a certain period of
time (Auto Power-OFF). The time until Auto Power-OFF occurs can be changed (page 23 of the
PDF manual).
Connecting stereo headphones
Connect the provided stereo headphones to the Player.
Entanglement-prevention slider
.(
Hold the headphone body and insert into each
ear. The optimum condition is when the ear
hole is stopped completely by the ear tip.
Selecting the ear tips
The headphones are shipped from the factory with the M-size ear tips attached. If the M-
size ear tips do not match your ears, replace them with the provided S-size or L-size ear tips.
S-size
M-size
L-size
• Always hold the headphone bodies when attaching or detaching headphones. Pulling a cord
may result in malfunction.
• To clean the ear tips, remove them from the headphone bodies and wash with a neutral
detergent solution. After washing, wipe them dry before use.
• The ear tips may deteriorate after a long period of use or storage.
• To prevent the headphone cord from being entangled, slide the entanglement-prevention
slider to fix the headphone bodies in position.
Switching Power ON/OFF
1 Switch the Player ON.
Press and hold the Power/Menu button until the
KENWOOD logo is displayed.
The Player enters the mode before the last time it was
switched OFF.
2 Switch the Player OFF.
Press and hold the Power/Menu button until the pattern
shown on the left is displayed.
Setting the display language
1 Open the home screen.
Artist
Album
Genre
Track
The home screen opens.
2 Select "Settings".
Settings
3 Select "Language".
Settings
Language
Initialize
System
4 Select the language.
Language
ENGLISH
日本語
DEUTSCH
Select the desired language.
Artistname
Tracktitle
MP3
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1 Mode
3 : Play
8 : Pause
2 Artist name
3 Track title
4 Elapsed play time/Play time
5 Track No./Number of selected tracks
6 A-B Repeat
(page 19 of the PDF manual)
7 File format
MP3: Playback of MP3 files.
WMA: Playback of WMA files.
8 Sound mode (page 21 of the PDF manual)
9 Play mode (page 19 of the PDF manual)
0 Sleep timer (page 22 of the PDF manual)
: Sleep timer on
None: Timer off
- HOLD switch
: HOLD
None: HOLD canceled
= Remaining battery power
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