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CASSETTE RECEIVER
KRC-259R
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
KRC-159RG
KRC-159RA
KRC-21R
KRC-11RA
KRC-11RG
© B64-1188-00 (EN)
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Contents Before use Cassette player features Safety precautions ........................................................................3 Playing Cassette Tapes...............................................................16 Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes........................16 Buttons and Display Tuner Call Function .....................................................................16 Basic operations...........................................................................
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Safety precautions IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2WARNING 2CAUTION You cannot connect the unit directly to the following CD automatic changers. For users To prevent injury and/or fire, take the To prevent damage to the machine, who want to use older changers with the following precautions: take the following precautions: unit, follow the directions below according to • Insert the unit all the way until it is fully • Make sure to ground the unit to a negative the type of changer you own: locked in place.
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Safety precautions Cleaning the Unit Cleaning the Tape Head NOTE If the front panel gets dirty, turn off the After you have used the tape player many • If you experience problems during installa- power and wipe the panel with a dry silicon times over a long period, magnetic powder tion, consult your Kenwood dealer. cloth or soft cloth. from the tapes and dust accumulates on the tape head, causing noise and a deterioration • If the unit does not seem to be working right, 2CAUTION in sound quality
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Buttons and Display Basic operations Tuner features SRC/ 4 ¢ u d PWR OFF SRC 4 ¢ MW/LW MW/LW LOUD MENU LOUD MENU ATT LOUD/MENU FM AM #1-6 FM AM MENU LOUD indicator LO.S indicator Preset Station Number Frequency MONO indicator Band display ATT indicator ST indicater AUTO indicater — 5 —
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Buttons and Display RDS features Cassette player features 0 REW FF SRC AM FM SRC 4 ¢ MW/LW MW/LW LOUD LOUD MENU MENU T.C #1-6 TI/ MENU VOL ADJ CLK REG indicator EON indicator TA indicator Tape indicator PTY indicator NEWS indicator T.C indicator AF indicator TI indicator TP indicator — 6 — English
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Disc changer control features Other features Function of the KRC-259R,21R SRC/ DISC– DISC+ SRC 4 ¢ AUD PWR OFF 4 ¢ MW/LW MW/LW LOUD LOUD MENU MENU DISP SCN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET u d FM AM CLK MENU Disc number Track number Track time REP indicator Disc indicator Clock display SCN indicator RDM indicator — 7 —
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Basic operations (See page 5) Power Volume Turning on the power: Increasing Volume: Press the SRC button. Press the u button to turn up the volume. NOTE Decreasing Volume: Press the d button to turn down the volume. 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. Attenuator Selecting the standby mode: This function allows you to turn down the volume quickly. Press the SRC button repeatedly to select to "A
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Menu System Varieties of settings for Function each function (display) To accommodate a greater number of functions, a menu sys- tem has been employed for making settings. Press the MENU (KRC-259R/21R/159RA,RG) button to enter the menu mode and then display the function to make the setting. Details on each setting are explained Disabled System Indicator DSI ON DSI OFF separately in the corresponding function page. ›fl (KRC-259R/21R) Selectable Illumination COL GRN COL AMB 1 Hold down the MENU
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Tuner features (See page 5) Selecting Tuning Mode Local Seek Function Select which tuning mode — auto seek or manual — to use as With the local seek function turned on, auto seek tuning skips the default. stations with relatively poor reception. When the AUTO indicator is on, auto seek tuning is selected. Turning Local Seek Function On/Off: When the indicator is off, manual tuning is selected. 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more.
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Recalling a Preset Station: Station Preset Memory Press the preset station button (#1-6) for the desired station. The Store the frequency of the station currently being listened to. number of the recalled station is displayed. You can then recall that station with a single touch of a button. NOTE 1 Select the band/ station that you want to have stored. • When the AF function is turned on whilst auto memory entry takes place, only RDS stations (i.e., stations with RDS capability) 2 Hold down the
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RDS features (See page 6) RDS (Radio Data System) AF (Alternative Frequency) Function RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive sig- When poor reception is experienced, automatically switch to nals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as net- another frequency broadcasting the same programme in the work information being transmitted from radio stations. same RDS network with better reception. When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS capa- The AF indicat
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NOTE 2 Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the Region restrict func- tion appears in the display. • When you are listening to a tape or disc, you cannot change to Press the 4 button to search in the other direction. another TI station. The function setting is indicated by "REG ON" or "REG OFF" in • When the auto TP seek function is turned on and reception the display, indicating that the function is on or off, respective- starts to weaken, the tuner automatically seeks stations with ly. better r
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RDS features (See page 6) Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News NOTE Depending on the interval chosen, the "00M" in the display will Preset the volume level to be used for traffic information and news broadcasts. change when the function is turned on. 3 Changing the Function Setting 1 Tune into the station for which you want to set the volume. Press either the FM or AM button. 2 Adjust the volume to the desired level. Each time you press the FM or AM button until the desired setting is
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• You can select the type of programme directly by pressing a Programme Type (PTY) Function preset button. The buttons are factory-set to the following Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected type of programmes: kinds of programmes. 1. Music 2. Speech 3. News 4. Other Music 5. Serious Classical 6. Varied Selecting Type of Programme to be Received: 1 NOTE Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. Changing the Preset Button Settings for Programme Type "MENU" is displa
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Cassette player features (See page 6) Playing Cassette Tapes Tuner Call Function Loading and Playing Cassettes: Switch automatically to the tuner whilst you are rewinding or Load a cassette with the tape exposed on the right. fast forwarding the tape. The tape starts playing automatically. Turning Tuner Call Function On/Off: With Side A facing up, the 3 indicator lights up when Side A is Press the T.C button to switch the tuner call function on and playing, and 2 when Side B is playing. off. The
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Disc changer control features (See page 7) Function of the KRC-259R,21R When the disc changer with the O-N selection switch is con- Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play nected, set the switch to "O " position to operate the disc Fast Forwarding Disc Play: changer mode. Hold down on the ¢ button. Release your finger to play the disc at that point. Playing Discs Using Disc Changer Reversing Disc Play: Playing Discs: Hold down on the 4 button. Press the SRC button repeatedly until disc changer m
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Disc changer control features (See page 7) Function of the KRC-259R,21R Disc Search NOTE The repeat play function is cancelled when you stop playing the Search forwards or backwards through the discs in a disc changer until you reach the one that you want to listen to. disc. Making a Reverse Disc Search: Press the DISC– button to display the desired disc number. Track Scan Function Each time the button is pressed, the displayed disc number Successively play the beginning of each track on a disc
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Stopping to Listen to the Disc Being Scanned: Magazine Random Play Function Press the D.SCN button again to stop the scan and keep on lis- Play the tracks on all the discs in the disc changer in random tening to the disc normally. order. NOTE 1 Press the M.RDM button to switch the magazine random play • The disc scan function is cancelled when you stop playing a function on and off. disc. The RDM indicator lights up when the magazine random play • The disc scan function only scans each disc on t
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Disc changer control features (See page 7) Function of the KRC-259R,21R • Discs are identified by their total length and number of tracks. If Presetting Disc Names you play another CD that happens to have exactly the same Store the names of discs to be displayed when played. specifications as another CD whose name is stored, the wrong name will be displayed for it. 1 Play the disc whose name you want to preset. • If you want to change the name of a disc, repeat steps 1 and 2 NOTE to display the
