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CASSETTE RECEIVER
KRC-678R
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
KRC-678RV
KRC-578R
B64-1635-00 (EN)
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Contents Track Scan...................................................................................22 Before use Safety precautions ........................................................................3 Disc Scan ....................................................................................23 Text Scroll ...................................................................................23 General features Random Play....................................................................
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Safety precautions • Do not apply excessive force to the open 2WARNING 2CAUTION faceplate or place objects on it. Doing so will cause damage or breakdown. To prevent injury and/or fire, take the To prevent damage to the machine, following precautions: take the following precautions: • Insert the unit all the way until it is fully • Make sure to ground the unit to a negative IMPORTANT INFORMATION locked in place. Otherwise it may fly out of 12V DC power supply. You cannot connect the unit direct
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Safety precautions Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals Cleaning the Tape Head NOTE If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get After you have used the tape player many • If you experience problems during dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth. times over a long period, magnetic powder installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. from the tapes and dust accumulates on the tape head, causing noise and a deterioration • If the unit does not seem to be working Cleaning the Unit in sound quality. Clean
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General features Power SRC/ ¢
u PWR OFF FM Turning on the power: Press the SRC button. NOTE PWR OFF Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. DISC PROG/PTY DAB Turning off the power: EJECT Hold down the PWR OFF button for one second or more. B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI DISP LOUD VOL ADJ NAME.S AUD AUD DISC d NAME.S ATT/ #1-6 AUD AM Volume LOUD 4 Release button Increasing Volume: KRC-678R/678RV Press the u button to turn up the volume. ATT indicator Decre
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General features Switching Modes TEL Mute Shut down the audio system temporarily whenever an Switching Modes: incoming call is received. Each time you press the SRC button, the mode switches as follows: NOTE The function will not work if a cable is not connected to the car Tuner mode phone. When the telephone rings: Tape mode When a call is received, "CALL" is displayed and all the unit External disc control mode 1 functions are temporarily interrupted. Restoring Original Unit Source During Phon
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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. NOTE • Do not touch the connector on the faceplate bracket after removing
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General features Loudness "dB/DB" : Recalling the kenwood preset sound setting This function amplifies low and high tones when the volume is Press the preset buttons (#1-6). turned down. Settings: #1;Flat, #2;Rock, #3;Pops/Top40, #4;Jazz, #5;Easy, The LOUD indicator lights up, when the loudness function is #6;Scan of #1-5 on. NOTE Turning Loudness On/Off: • This mode is available only when the Sound coordinate system Hold down the LOUD button for one second or more to switch is on. (page 29) t
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Tuner features "V OFFSET/VOS" : Set the sound level of the each source SRC FM ¢
selected by adjusting the level difference between the basic sound level and the required level. Setting values: - 8 – ± 0 PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI DISP LOUD VOL ADJ NAME.S AUD AUD DISC Mobile Preset This function allows you to adjust the setting that is recalled with the sound coordinate system, according to types of #1-6 DISP AM speakers. 1 Press the SRC butt
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Tuner features Tuning 1 Select the band/ station that you want to have stored. 2 1 Hold down the button (#1-6) that you want to use for the Press the SRC button repeatedly until the tuner mode is station, for two seconds or more. obtained. "TUNER" is displayed only when the tuner mode is The button number blinks once in the display to indicate that selected. the data has been stored. 2 Press either the FM or AM button to select the band. Recalling a Preset Station: Each time you press the FM bu
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RDS features • The £ indicator lights whilst the clock is displayed. 2WARNING To prevent accidents, drivers should not look at the display whilst FM PTY on the road. PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI DISP LOUD VOL ADJ NAME.S AUD AUD DISC ¢
#1-6 TI/ DISP AM TI VOL ADJ KRC-678R/678RV Band display TI indicator KRC-578R Band display TI indicator — 11 — ¢
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RDS features RDS (Radio Data System) Traffic Information Function RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive You can listen to traffic information. If you are listening to signals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as tapes or discs, they will continue playing until a traffic bulletin network information being transmitted from radio stations. is broadcast. When listening to an RDS station (ie, a station with RDS Turning TI function On/Off: capability), the programme s
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NOTE Presetting Volume for Traffic Information/News Please see the menu settings (page 32) about switching between Preset the volume level to be used for traffic information and news broadcasts. manual scrolling and automatic scrolling. 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. Future traff
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RDS features 16. Weather (Weather) (WEATHER) Programme Type (PTY) Function 17. Finance (Finance) (FINANCE) Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected 18. Children’s programmes (Children) (CHILDREN) kinds of programmes. 19. Social Affairs (Social A) (SOCIAL A) 20. Religion (Religion) (RELIGION) 1 Press the 38(PTY) button. 21. Phone In (Phone In) (PHONE IN) "PTY" is displayed, and the Programme Type Selection (PTY) 22. Travel (Travel) (TRAVEL) Mode entered. 23. Leisure (Leisure)
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Cassette player features The tuner scans for another station with the same type of programme. FM SRC PROG 0 Cancelling Programme Type Function During Its Operation: Press the 38(PTY) button. PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI DISP LOUD VOL ADJ NAME.S AUD AUD DISC B NR B.S MTL AM ¢
REP DISP Release button KRC-678R/678RV Tape running display Tape side MTL indicator B NR indicator IN indicator KRC-578R Tape running display Tape side ¢ indicator — 15 — ¢
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Cassette player features the tape head and cause the unit to malfunction. Playing Cassette Tapes • The only buttons that will work during the eject state are the 0 and ATT buttons. 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. Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes Push back the bottom of the faceplate with
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Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to Blank Skip suffer. Automatically fast forwards to the beginning of the next track when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected, continuing tape playback. This function is on, when unit is first powered on. Using DPSS (Direct Programme Search System) Turning Blank Skip Function On/Off: Skip forwards or backwards to other tracks during playback. Press the B.S button to switch the blank skip function on and off. Skipping to Beginn
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Cassette player features External disc control features Tape counter display DISC+ SRC 38 Switching the Tape display : Each time you press the DISP button, the display during tape play switches as follows: PWR OFF DISC PROG/PTY DAB Play side/Tape counter EJECT B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP D.SCN MTL/M.RDM MENU TI DISP LOUD VOL ADJ NAME.S Clock AUD AUD DISC Date ¢
Play side SCAN REP M.RDM DISP/ DISC- NAME.S D.SCN RDM Play side/Tape running KRC-678R/678RV NOTE • The tape counter is not exact, but only r
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When a unit equipped with an O-N switch is to be Playing Disc mode connected, please also see the instruction manual of this This funciton permits the connection of optional players and unit. the playing of discs. Set the O-N switch to "N". "N"-operation will be set. "N"-operation: Playing Discs: • The disc title and track title of the CD text can be displayed. Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the external disc • The disc name will be displayed when the name has been control mode. regis
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External disc control features Reversing Disc Play: Switching Display for Discs Hold down on the 4 button. Switch the display that appears whilst discs are playing. Release your finger to play the disc at the point. NOTE Switching Display for Discs: Each time you press the DISP button, the display during disc You cannot use reverse play between tracks depending on the play switches as follows. model being connected. Instead, the reverse play function is cancelled when it reaches the beginning of
