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KRC-609(K) Cover 00.12.29 3:28 PM Page 1
CASSETTE RECEIVER
KRC-609
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
AMPLI-TUNER-LECTEUR DE CASSETTE
KRC-509S
MODE D’EMPLOI
RADIO CASSETTE
MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES
Take the time to read through this instruction manual.
Familiarity with installation and operation procedures will help you obtain the
best performance from your new cassette-receiver.
For your records
Record the serial number, found on the back of the unit, in the spaces designated on
the warranty card, and in the s
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 2 Contents Safety precautions................................................3 External disc control features Playing Disc mode ......................................................................15 General features Switching Display for Discs ........................................................16 Power............................................................................................5 Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play ....................
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 3 Safety precautions IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2WARNING 2CAUTION About the disc changer to be To prevent injury or fire, take the To prevent damage to the machine, connected: following precautions: take the following precautions: To connect a disc changer having the "O-N" • Insert the unit all the way in until it is fully • Make sure to ground the unit to a negative switch to this unit, set the "O-N" switch to locked in place. Otherwise it may fall out of 12V DC p
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 4 Safety precautions Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals Cleaning the Tape Head NOTE If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get After you have listened to many cassettes • If you experience problems during dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth. over a long period of time, 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
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 5 General features Power Q/ SRC/ Turning on the power: 5 AUD PWR OFF CLK Press the SRC (source) button. NOTE Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. PWR OFF PR PROG OG Turning off the power: Press the PWR OFF button for at least one second. AUD NOTE LOUD B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP MTL/M.RDM AUTO DISP AME NAME.S The status of the Security Code function (page 20) is displayed whenever the power is switched on. "CODE ON" : Security Code has bee
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 6 General features Pressing 4 or ¢ button during this mode allows you to select Switching Modes "AUX" , "TV" , "VCP" , "GAME" or "PORTABLE" in the AUX mode. The AUX-name selection mode can be exited by pressing the Switching Modes: DISP button or doing nothing for 10 seconds. Each time you press the SRC (source) button, the mode switches as follows: Tuner mode Tape mode Loudness External disc control mode 1 This function amplifies low and high tones whe
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 7 NOTE System Q Source tone memory Each source (tape, CD, MD, FM, AM and disc changer) has its You can recall the best audio setting preset for different types own memory in which to store the bass, middle, and treble tone of the music. settings. Switching the Preset Sound Setting: The settings made for a particular source are recalled automatically whenever you use that source (for example, FM Each time you press the Q button, the preset sound setting switche
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 8 General features Press the upper side of the faceplate. Speaker Setting 2 Holding the center part of the faceplate, pull it out. This function allows you to adjust the setting that is recalled with the System Q, according to types of speakers. 1 Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the standby mode. "ALL OFF" is displayed when the standby mode is selected. 2 Press the Q button to enter the speaker setting mode. 3 Press either the 4 or ¢ button to select
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 9 Tuner features connector on the faceplate bracket to malfunction. 2 Press the right side of the faceplate until it locks. 38 SRC FM 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 PR PROG OG PWR OFF panel. AUD LOUD B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP MTL/M.RDM AUTO DISP AME NAME.S 4¢ AM # 1-6 AUTO DISP/ /AME NAME.S NOTE The panel cannot be reversed when the faceplate is not atta
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 10 Tuner features received. Tuning 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. Station Preset Memory Store the frequency of a station. You can then recall that Selecting Tuning Mode: station with a single touch of a button. Press the AUTO button. Each time you press the AUTO butto
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 11 Press the preset station button (#1-6) for the desired station. 6 Assigning Names The number of the recalled station is displayed. Press the NAME.S button. The name of the station is stored in memory, and the Station Name Preset mode ends. Also, if you make no input for 10 seconds, the name will be stored up to the point that you have entered, and the mode Station Name Preset (SNPS) ends. You can assign names to radio stations with the Station Preset NOTE M
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 12 Cassette player features Playing Cassette Tapes PROG SRC FM 0 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 PR PROG OG PWR OFF it in the slot. The tape will start playing. Push back the bottom of the faceplate with your hand until it AUD locks. LOUD B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP MTL/M.RDM AUTO DISP AME NAME.S The IN indicator l
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 13 the tape head and cause the unit to malfunction. Using Direct Program Search System (DPSS) • While the control panel is sliding, only available buttons are 0, Skip forward or backward to other tracks during playback. ATT, , and SRC. 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, Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes twice to rewind to the b
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 14 Cassette player features Blank Skip Switching Display for Cassette Tapes Automatically fast forwards to the beginning of the next track Switch the display that appears while tapes are playing. when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected, Switching the Tape display : continuing tape playback. This function is on, when unit is first Each time you press the DISP button, the display during tape powered on. play switches as follows: Turning Blank Sk
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 15 External disc control features Playing Disc mode This function permits the connection of optional players and 38 SRC FM the playing of discs. Playing Discs: Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the external disc PR PROG OG PWR OFF control mode. The disc will start playing. AUD NOTE LOUD B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP MTL/M.RDM AUTO DISP AME NAME.S The external disc control mode will differ, depending on the unit that is connected. Mode Display Examples • "CD" .
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 16 External disc control features Hold down on the 4 button. Switching Display for Discs Release your finger to play the disc at the point. Switch the display that appears while discs are playing. NOTE Switching Display for Discs: You cannot use reverse play between tracks depending on the Each time you press the DISP button, the display during disc model being connected. Instead, the reverse play function is play switches as follows: canceled when it reaches
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 17 Repeat play is canceled when you eject the disc. Disc Search Search forward or backward through the discs in a disc changer. Making a Reverse Disc Search: Track Scan Press the AM button to display the desired disc number. Successively play the beginning of each track on a disc until Each time the button is pressed, the displayed disc number you find the track that you want to listen to. decreases by one. Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc. S
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 18 External disc control features NOTE Random Play • Magazine random play is canceled when you eject the disc. Play all the tracks on the current disc in random order. • The time needed for random selection depends on the number 1 Press the RDM button to switch random play on and off. of discs loaded in the disc magazine. “Random ON” is displayed when random play is turned on. The track number will change over and over in the display as the next track is being
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 19 Magazine random play as well as while a disc title or track title that you have already stored a name for, the name will be is displayed. displayed for it, too. • If you want to change the name of a disc, repeat steps 1 and 2 2 Press the NAME.S button for at least two seconds. to display the name, and then repeat steps 3 and 4 to input the "NAME SET" is displayed and the disc name preset mode is changes. entered. • Pressing the reset button does not erase t
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KRC-609_U.S 00.12.26 3:29 PM Page 20 Menu settings Menu System You can set the defaults for additional functions in the menu 38 FM MENU mode. Make a setting for each function, referring to the following operations. 1 Enter the menu mode PR PROG OG PWR OFF Press the MENU button for at least one second. "MENU" is displayed when the menu mode is entered. AUD The function that you can adjust is indicated with the current LOUD B NR SCAN B.S/RDM REP MTL/M.RDM AUTO DISP NAME.S AME settings displayed.
