INSTRUCTION MANUAL B64-1635-00 (EN) Downloaded from: http://www.usersmanualguide.
English Contents Before use Track Scan...................................................................................22 Disc Scan ....................................................................................23 Text Scroll ...................................................................................23 Random Play ...............................................................................24 Magazine Random Play...............................................................
Safety precautions 2WARNING 2CAUTION To prevent injury and/or fire, take the following precautions: To prevent damage to the machine, take the following precautions: • Insert the unit all the way until it is fully locked in place. Otherwise it may fly out of place during collisions and other jolts. • When extending the ignition, battery or ground cables, make sure to use automotivegrade cables or other cables with an area of 0.
Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals NOTE • If you experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. • If the unit does not seem to be working right, try pressing the reset button first. If that does not solve the problem, consult your Kenwood dealer. If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth. Cleaning the Unit If the front panel gets dirty, turn off the power and wipe the panel with a dry silicon cloth or soft cloth.
General features FM u Power SRC/ PWR OFF ¢ Turning on the power: Press the SRC button. NOTE Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. Turning off the power: Hold down the PWR OFF button for one second or more. PWR OFF PROG/PTY DAB DISC EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.S AUD DISC ATT/ LOUD #1-6 AUD NAME.S AM 4 KRC-678R/678RV ATT indicator Release button Volume Increasing Volume: Press the u button to turn up the volume.
English General features Switching Modes Switching Modes: Each time you press the SRC button, the mode switches as follows: ▼ Tuner mode ▼ Tape mode ▼ External disc control mode 1 ▼ External disc control mode 2/AUX mode ▼ Standby mode Selecting the standby mode: Press the SRC button repeatedly to select to "ALL OFF" . When "ALL OFF" is displayed, the standby mode is turned on. The standby mode turns all functions off although leaving the unit’s power on.
2 Press the right side of the faceplate until it locks. Hiding the control panel: 1 Press the release button and slide open the faceplate. 2 Push upward the back of the control panel and reverse the panel. 3 Push back the bottom of the faceplate bracket until it locks. 2CAUTION • Do not apply excessive force to the faceplate bracket without attaching the faceplate. Doing so will cause the faceplate bracket to be deformed. • Do not touch the connector on the faceplate bracket after removing the faceplate.
English General features Loudness "dB/DB" : Recalling the kenwood preset sound setting Press the preset buttons (#1-6). Settings: #1;Flat, #2;Rock, #3;Pops/Top40, #4;Jazz, #5;Easy, #6;Scan of #1-5 This function amplifies low and high tones when the volume is turned down. The LOUD indicator lights up, when the loudness function is on. NOTE Turning Loudness On/Off: Hold down the LOUD button for one second or more to switch the loudness on and off.
Tuner features "V OFFSET/VOS" : Set the sound level of the each source selected by adjusting the level difference between the basic sound level and the required level. Setting values: - 8 – ± 0 FM SRC ¢ PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.S AUD Mobile Preset DISC 1 Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the standby mode. "ALL OFF" is displayed when the standby mode is selected.
English Tuner features 1 Select the band/ station that you want to have stored. 2 Hold down the button (#1-6) that you want to use for the Tuning 1 Press the SRC button repeatedly until the tuner mode is station, for two seconds or more. The button number blinks once in the display to indicate that the data has been stored. Recalling a Preset Station: Press the preset station button (#1-6) for the desired station. The number of the recalled station is displayed. obtained.
RDS features • The £ indicator lights whilst the clock is displayed. 2WARNING To prevent accidents, drivers should not look at the display whilst on the road. FM PTY ¢ PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.S AUD DISC KRC-678R/678RV TI/ DISP TI VOL ADJ Band display TI indicator KRC-578R Band display TI indicator — 11 — AM ¢ Downloaded from: http://www.usersmanualguide.
English RDS features RDS (Radio Data System) Traffic Information Function RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive signals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as network information being transmitted from radio stations. When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS capability), the programme service name of the station is displayed along with the frequency, advising you quickly which station is being received.
Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News NOTE Please see the menu settings (page 32) about switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling. Preset the volume level to be used for traffic information and news broadcasts. 1 Tune into the station for which you want to set the volume. 2 Adjust the volume to the desired level. 3 Hold down the TI VOL ADJ button for two seconds or more. The volume level blinks once in the display to indicate that the data has been stored.
English RDS features 16. Weather (Weather) (WEATHER) 17. Finance (Finance) (FINANCE) 18. Children’s programmes (Children) (CHILDREN) 19. Social Affairs (Social A) (SOCIAL A) 20. Religion (Religion) (RELIGION) 21. Phone In (Phone In) (PHONE IN) 22. Travel (Travel) (TRAVEL) 23. Leisure (Leisure) (LEISURE) 24. Jazz Music (Jazz) (JAZZ) 25. Country Music (Country) (COUNTRY) 26. National Music (Nation M) (NATION M) 27. Oldies Music (Oldies) (OLDIES) 28. Folk Music (Folk M) (FOLK M) 29.
Cassette player features The tuner scans for another station with the same type of programme. Cancelling Programme Type Function During Its Operation: Press the 38(PTY) button. FM PROG SRC 0 ¢ PWR OFF PROG/PTY DAB DISC EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.S AUD DISC B.
English Cassette player features Playing Cassette Tapes Loading and Playing Cassettes: Press the release button to slide open the faceplate, showing the cassette insertion slot. Holding the cassette with the tape exposed to the right, insert it in the slot. The tape will start playing. Push back the bottom of the faceplate with your hand until it locks. The IN indicator lights up when a cassette has been loaded.
Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to suffer. Using DPSS (Direct Programme Search System) Skip forwards or backwards to other tracks during playback. Skipping to Beginning of Current Track or to Previous Tracks (Rewind DPSS): Press the 4 button. Press once to rewind to the beginning of the current track, twice to rewind to the beginning of the previous track, and so forth. You can skip up to 9 tracks this way.
External disc control features Tape counter display DISC+ SRC ¢ Switching the Tape display : Each time you press the DISP button, the display during tape play switches as follows: 38 PWR OFF DISC Play side/Tape counter PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR Clock SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.S AUD DISC Date Play side REP SCAN RDM Play side/Tape running M.RDM D.SCN DISP/ DISCNAME.
■ When a unit equipped with an O-N switch is to be connected, please also see the instruction manual of this unit. Set the O-N switch to "N". "N"-operation will be set. "N"-operation: • The disc title and track title of the CD text can be displayed. • The disc name will be displayed when the name has been registered to any connected unit with the Presetting Disc Names function, or when the playing unit contains a disc to which the disc title has been recorded. "O"-operation: • CD text cannot be displayed.
English External disc control features Reversing Disc Play: Hold down on the 4 button. Release your finger to play the disc at the point. Switching Display for Discs Switch the display that appears whilst discs are playing. Switching Display for Discs: Each time you press the DISP button, the display during disc play switches as follows. NOTE You cannot use reverse play between tracks depending on the model being connected.
Disc Search Search forwards or backwards through the discs in a disc changer until you reach the one that you want to listen to. Making a Reverse Disc Search: Press the DISC– button to display the desired disc number. Each time the button is pressed, the displayed disc number decreases by one. Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc. Making a Forward Disc Search: Press the DISC+ button to display the desired disc number.
English External disc control features A press of the 38 button exits the disc name preset mode. Operations can be followed again from Step 2 at a time such as this, and the characters to be input are selected using the procedure described below. Press the DISC+ or DISC– button to display the desired character. Besides the alphabet (capital letters only) and numbers, you can choose the following characters: /, +, –, *, =, <, >, [ and ].
The track number currently being heard blinks in the display. Stopping to Listen to the Track Being Scanned: Press the 38 or SCAN button again to stop the scan and keep on listening to a track normally. NOTE • The track scan function is cancelled when you eject the disc. • The track scan function only scans each track on a disc once. 2 Holding down the DISP button for one second or more results in one scrolling display of the titles.
English External disc control features Random Play NOTE This function is not available with the following models: KDC-C200/C300/C400/C301/C401 Play all the tracks on the current disc in random order. 1 Press the RDM button to switch the random play function on 2 To change the track being heard, press the ¢ button. and off. "Random/RDM ON" is displayed when random play is turned on. The display of the track number changes continuously as the next track is being selected.
Menu settings Menu System FM/ DISC+ SRC 38 You can set the defaults for additional functions in the menu mode. Make a setting for each function, referring to the following operations. ¢ PWR OFF PROG/PTY DAB 1 Enter the menu mode Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed when the menu mode is entered. The function that you can adjust is indicated with the current settings displayed. EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI VOL ADJ LOUD DISP NAME.
English Menu settings Display and setting: 1 Select the display “Date Adjust/DATE ADJ” during the selecting function in the menu system. Touch Sensor Tone This function produces a beep sound that accompanies button operation. It can be switched on or off. 2 Hold down either the 4 or ¢ button for two seconds or Display and setting: “Beep/BEEP ON” : Beep setting is on. “Beep/BEEP OFF” : Beep setting is off. more to enter the Calendar adjustment mode. The date display will blink.
2 Hold down either the 4 or ¢ button for two seconds or NOTE more to enter the Memo mode. The date display will blink. 3 Selecting the set of the date and text to be displayed Press the FM and AM button. If you want to input a new text, select the blank display. 4 Entering the month or day setting mode Press the 4 and ¢ button to enter the month or day setting mode. The month display will blink enter the month setting mode, the day display will blink enter the day setting mode.
English Menu settings The security code will be set. "RE-ENTER" will appear in the display for one second, asking you to enter the code once again for confirmation. When "CODE" appears in the display, you can start inputting the code. Code Security Function After a security code has been registered, power cannot be restored if the battery is disconnected from the unit unless the code is first input.
Display and setting: "Graphic/GRAP ON" : The graphic display works. "Graphic/GRAP OFF" : The graphic display does not work. Selectable Illumination You can switch the colour of the button illumination between green and red. Display and setting: “Color Green/COL GRN” : The colour of the illumination is green. “Color Red/COL RED” : The colour of the illumination is red. Black Mask This function allows you to turn off the lower part of the display if there is too much information in the display.
English Menu settings Selecting Tuning Mode News Bulletin Function with PTY News Timeout Setting You can choose from three tuning modes: auto seek, preset station seek, and manual. The "AUTO 1" indicator lights up when auto seek tuning is selected, and the "AUTO 2" indicator lights when preset station seek tuning is selected. You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current listening source, including other radio stations.
Press the MENU button whilst auto memory entry is taking place to stop the process. NOTE Sometimes stations in the same network broadcast different programmes or use different programme service names. Recalling a Preset Station: Press the preset station button (#1-6) for the desired station. The number of the recalled station is displayed.
English Menu settings Text Scroll This function permits the CD text, MD title, Radio text, and Calender function to be scrolled and the entire text to be displayed. Switching Switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling is permitted. The factory default is manual scrolling.
Accessories Number of items 1 ..........................................1 2 ..........................................2 3 ..........................................1 4 ..........................................1 2CAUTION The use of any accessories except for those provided might result in damage to the unit. Make sure only to use the accessories shipped with the unit, as shown above. Installation Procedure 1.
English Connecting Cables to Terminals Rear left output (White) Antenna Cord (ISO) Front left output (White) Fuse (10A) Antenna Conversion Adaptor (ISO–JASO) (Accessory3) KENWOOD disc changer / DAB control input / Display Data Output Jack FM/AM antenna input External Power Connector A–4 A–5 A–6 (KRC-678R/ 678RV only) A–7 A–8 Speaker Connector B–1 B–2 B–3 B–4 B–5 B–6 B–7 B–8 Rear right output (Red) NOTE Front right output (Red) Wiring harness (Accessory1) To connect the Disc changer or DAB unit,
Installation 2WARNING Connecting the ISO Connector (see p.34) The pin arrangement for the ISO connectors depends on the type of vehicle you drive. Make sure to make the proper connections to prevent damage to the unit. The default connection for the wiring harness is described in 1 below. If the ISO connector pins are set as described in 2 or 3, make the connection as illustrated.
English Installation ■ Removing the hard rubber frame ■ Removing the Unit 1 Refer to the section “Theft deterrent faceplate (P. 6)” and 1 Refer to the section “Removing the hard rubber frame (P. 36)” and then remove the hard rubber frame. then remove the faceplate. 2 Engage the catch pins on the removal tool and remove the two locks on the upper level. Push upward the frame and pull it forward as shown in the figure. 2 Remove the Hex-head screw with integral washer (M4×8) on the back panel.
Locking the faceplate to the unit ■ Locking the faceplate to the unit If you want to lock the faceplate to the unit so that it does not fall off, follow the directions below. 1 Refer to the function "Theft deterrent faceplate" (page 6) and remove the faceplate. 2 Insert the provided screw into the hole at the centre of the bottom side of the faceplate which you have removed from the unit. 3 Push back the bottom of the faceplate bracket unit it locks.
English Troubleshooting Guide What might appear to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Before calling service, first check the following table for possible problems. PROBLEM The power does not turn on. POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The fuse has blown. After checking for short circuits in the cables, replace the fuse with one having the same rating. No ACC position on vehicle ignition. Connect the same cable to the ignition as the battery cable.
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The TEL mute function does not work. The TEL mute cable is not connected properly. Connect the cable correctly, referring to the section on "Connecting Cables to Terminals". The TEL mute function turns on even though the TEL mute cable is not connected. The TEL mute cable is touching a metal part of the car. Pull the TEL mute cable away from the metal part of the car.
EJECT No disc magazine has been loaded in the changer. The disc magazine is not completely loaded. ] Load the disc magazine properly. No CD in the unit. ] Insert the CD. NO DISC No disc has been loaded in the disc magazine. ] Load a disc into the disc magazine. E-04 No disc has been loaded in the disc magazine. ] Load a disc into the disc magazine. The CD is very dirty. The CD is upside-down. The CD is scratched a lot. ] Clean the CD and load it correctly. BLANK Nothing has been recorded on the MD.
Specifications Specifications subject to change without notice. FM tuner section Audio section Frequency Range (50 kHz Space)................87.5 MHz-108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity (S/N: 26dB) ...................................0.7 µV/75 Ω Quieting Sensitivity (S/N: 46dB) .................................1.6 µV/75 Ω Frequency Response (±3.0dB).................................30 Hz-15 kHz Signal to Noise ratio .............................................65 dB (MONO) Selectivity (DIN) ......................
