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CASSETTE RECEIVER
KRC-459R
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
© B64-1113-00 (EW)
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Contents Before use Cassette player features Safety precautions ........................................................................3 Playing Cassette Tapes...............................................................18 Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes........................18 Buttons and Display Tuner Call Function .....................................................................18 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 pl
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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 qua
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Buttons and Display Basic operations Tuner features TUN / PWR OFF ¢
d uA CD•MD FM 4¢ TUN FM TAPE CD MD . PWR OFF . TAPE CD MD PWR OFF EJECT EJECT + 35Wx4 KRC-459R + 35Wx4 KRC-459R DISC DISC - CD MD–CH CD MD–CH - CONTROL CONTROL DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET LOUD MENU LOUD T I CLK CLK MENU T I VOL VOL ADJ ADJ 4 ATT TAPE AM LOUD/MENU #1~6 AM MENU MONO indicator LO.S indicator Preset station number LOUD indicator Freque
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Buttons and Display RDS features Cassette player features DISC+/ TI / VOL ADJ MENU 4 FM ¢ 23/EJECT 4 FM ¢ . TAPE CD MD PWR OFF . TAPE CD MD PWR OFF EJECT EJECT + 35Wx4 KRC-459R + 35Wx4 KRC-459R DISC DISC - CD MD–CH - CD MD–CH CONTROL CONTROL DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET LOUD CLK MENU LOUD T I CLK MENU T I VOL VOL ADJ ADJ B.S REP T.C AM #1~6 CLK DISC–/ AM TA indicator EON indicator REG indicator B .S indicator Number o
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Disc changer control features Other features 38 4 CD•MD/ DISC + ¢ DISC – CD•MD AUD TAPE TUN FM . TAPE CD MD PWR OFF . TAPE CD MD PWR OFF EJECT EJECT + 35Wx4 KRC-459R + 35Wx4 KRC-459R DISC DISC CD MD–CH - - CD MD–CH CONTROL CONTROL DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET DISP SCN B.S / RDM REP T.C / D.SCN M.RDM NAME SET LOUD CLK MENU LOUD T I CLK MENU T I VOL VOL ADJ ADJ SCN REP M.RDM 4 ¢ RDM D.SCN DISP NAME SET u d AM CLK MENU Track number SCN indicator RDM indicator Disc indic
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Buttons and Display Basic operations (See page 5) Remote control Power Optional Turning on the power: Press one of the following buttons: TAPE, CD•MD, or TUN. NOTE Turn the power on before completing the following procedures. Turning off the power: Hold down the PWR OFF button for one second or more. Selecting the standby mode: Press the TUN button repeatedly to select "ALL OFF". #0~9 TUNER When "ALL OFF" is displayed, the standby mode is turned on. A~Z The standby mode turns all functions off 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 fl button to enter the menu mode and then display the function Disabled System Indicator DSI ON « DSI OFF to make the setting. Details on each setting are explained ›fl separately in the corresponding function page. Selectable Illumination COL GRN « COL AMB 1 ›fl Hold down the MENU button for one second or m
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Basic operations of remote control (See page 8) Basic operations (See page 5) Optional Loudness 2CAUTION Do not set the remote control on hot places such as above the This function amplifies low and high tones when the volume is turned down. fascia panel (dashboard). The LOUD indicator lights up, when the loudness function is Replacing the Lithium Battery: on. Use one lithium battery (CR2025). Remove the case following the instructions as illustrated. Turning Loudness On/Off: Press the LOUD butt
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Tuner Mode Disc Changer Mode • Numeric buttons • Number/ letter entry buttons Press buttons #1-6 to recall preset stations. Used to specify the track (disc) number used in direct track During direct access tuning, use these buttons to input the fre- (disc) searches. quency of the station. Used to enter letters during disc name preset. • TUNE buttons • TRACK buttons Press the TUNE– button to decrease the frequency. Press the TRACK– button to search through the tracks back- Press the TUNE+ but
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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 m
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Station Preset Memory NOTE • When the AF function is turned on whilst auto memory entry Store the frequency of the station currently being listened to. You can then recall that station with a single touch of a button. takes place, only RDS stations (i.e., stations with RDS capabili- ty) are stored. RDS stations that have been preset for FM1 can- 1 Select the band/ station that you want to have stored. not also be preset in FM2 or FM3. • When the local seek function is turned whilst auto memo
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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 ind
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Turning Region Restrict Function On/Off: NOTE 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. Pressing the TI button whilst in the MW/LW band automatically "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on. switches reception to the FM band. However, the MW/LW band 2 is not returned to when the TI button is pressed again. Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the Region restrict func- tion appears in the display. Switching to a Different Traffic Information Station: Press the 4 button to
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RDS features (See page 6) News Bulletin Function 4 Press the MENU button to end the menu mode. with PTY News Timeout Setting NOTE You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current • This function is only available if the desired station sends PTY- listening source, including other radio stations. When the code for news bulletin or belongs to EON-Network sending News Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout setting PTY-code for news bulletin. allows you to set the interval d
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SICS) 15.Other Music(OTHER M) Music(MUSIC) Programme Type (PTY) Function Speech(SPEECH) Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected (Speech.....1~9, Music.....10~15) kinds of programmes. • You can select the type of programme directly by pressing a preset button. The buttons are factory-set to the following Selecting Type of Programme to be Received: type of programmes: 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. 1. Music 2. Speech 3. News "MENU" is displaye
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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.
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Disc changer control features (See page 7) When the disc changer with the old/new selection switch is Blank Skip Function connected, set the switch to "O " (old) position to operate the Automatically fast forwards to the beginning of the next track disc changer mode. when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected, continuing tape playback. Playing Discs Using Disc Changer Turning Blank Skip Function On/Off: Playing Discs: Press the B.S button to switch the blank skip function on and Pr
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Disc changer control features (See page 7) Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play Disc Search Fast Forwarding Disc Play: Search forwards or backwards through the discs in a disc Hold down on the ¢ button. changer until you reach the one that you want to listen to. Release your finger to play the disc at that point. Making a Reverse Disc Search: Reversing Disc Play: Press the DISC– button to display the desired disc number. Hold down on the 4 button. Each time the button is pressed, the disp
