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CD-RECEIVER
KDC-237
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
© B64-3700-00/00 (E0/E20)
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Contents Safety precautions 3 Menu system 17 Menu System Notes 4 Touch Sensor Tone Manual Clock Adjustment General features 6 Synchronize Clock Power DSI (Disabled System Indicator) Selecting the Source Dimmer Volume News Bulletin with Timeout Setting Attenuator Local Seek Audio Control Tuning Mode Audio Setup AF (Alternative Frequency) Bass Boost Restricting RDS Region (Region Restrict Function) Speaker Setting Auto TP Seek Switching Display Monaural Reception Theft Deterrent Faceplate Auxiliar
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Safety precautions Lens Fogging 2WARNING When you turn on the car heater in cold weather, To prevent injury or fire, take the following dew or condensation may form on the lens in the precautions: CD player of the unit. Called lens fogging, this • To prevent a short circuit, never put or leave any condensation on the lens may not allow CDs to play. metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools) inside In such a situation, remove the disc and wait for the the unit. condensation to evapora
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Notes • If you experience problems during installation, Cleaning the Unit consult your Kenwood dealer. If the faceplate of this unit is stained, wipe it with a dry soft cloth such as a silicon cloth. • When you purchase optional accessories, check with If the faceplate is stained badly, wipe the stain off with your Kenwood dealer to make sure that they work a cloth moistened with neutral cleaner, then wipe it with your model and in your area. again with a clean soft dry cloth. • The charac
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This Product is not installed by the manufacturer of a Handling CDs vehicle on the production line, nor by the professional • Do not touch the recording surface of the CD. importer of a vehicle into an EU Member State. • Do not stick tape etc. on the CD, or use a CD with tape stuck on it. • Do not use disc type accessories. Information on Disposal of Old Electrical • Clean from the center of the disc and move and Electronic Equipment (applicable for outward. EU countries that have adopted
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General features Release button Control knob Auxiliary input Clock display ATT indicator Power ⁄ • This unit automatically turns full power OFF after 20 Turning ON the Power minutes lapses in Standby mode in order to save the Press the [SRC] button. vehicle's battery. The time until full power OFF can be set in (page 20). Press the [SRC] button for at least 1 second. • Use the mini-plug which is stereo type and does not have any resistance. Volume
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Attenuator Audio Setup Turning the volume down quickly. Setting the Sound system, such as Volume offset. Press the [ATT] button. 1 Select the source to adjust Each time you press the button, the Attenuator Press the [SRC] button. turns ON and OFF. 2 Enter Audio Setup mode When the Attenuator is ON, the "ATT" indicator Press the [VOL] knob for at least 1 second. blinks. 3 Adjust the Audio setup item Turn the [VOL] knob. Adjustment Item Display Range Volume offset "V-OFF" –8 — ±0 (AUX : –8 — +8)
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General features In Standby/ Auxiliary input source Speaker Setting Information Display Fine-tuning so that the System Q value is optimal Source name "SRC NAME" when setting the speaker type. Clock "CLOCK" 1 Enter Standby Press the [SRC] button. 3 Exit Switching Display mode Select the "STANDBY" display. Press the Control knob. 2 Enter Speaker Setting mode Press the [VOL] knob. 3 Select the Speaker type Turn the [VOL] knob. Theft Deterrent Faceplate Each time you turn the knob, the setting alte
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TEL Mute The audio system automatically mutes when a call comes in. When a call comes in "CALL" is displayed. The audio system pauses. Listening to the audio during a call Press the [SRC] button. The "CALL" display disappears and the audio system comes back ON. When the call ends Hang up the phone. The "CALL" display disappears and the audio system comes back ON. ⁄ • To use the TEL Mute feature, you need to hook up the MUTE wire to your telephone using a commercial telephone accessory. Ref
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Tuner features Control knob ST indicator Band display Frequency display Preset station number Tuning Station Preset Memory Selecting the station. Putting a station in the memory. 1 Select tuner source 1 Select the band Press the [SRC] button. Push the Control knob towards [FM] or [AM]. Select the "TUNER" display. 2 Select the frequency to put in the memory 2 Select the band Push the Control knob towards [4] or [¢]. Push the Control knob towards [FM] or [AM]. 3 Put the frequency in the memory
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Auto Memory Entry Putting stations with good reception in the memory automatically. 1 Select the band for Auto Memory Entry Push the Control knob towards [FM] or [AM]. 2 Open Auto Memory Entry Press the [AME] button for at least 2 seconds. "A-MEMORY" is displayed. When 6 stations that can be received are put in the memory Auto Memory Entry closes. ⁄ • When the (page 19) is ON, only RDS stations are put in the memory. • When Auto Memory Entry is done in the FM2 ban
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RDS features Control knob PTY indicator TI indicator Traffic Information ⁄ • Traffic information can be switched when it is on the Changing to traffic information automatically when Tuner Source. However, you cannot switch the Traffic a traffic bulletin starts even when you are not information during reception of the Traffic bulletin listening to the radio. switched from the source other than the Tuner. Press the [TI] button. Each time you press the button, the Traffic information functi
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PTY (Program Type) ⁄ • Speech and Music include the Program type shown Selecting the Program Type and searching for a below. station. Music: No.12 — 17, 26 — 30 Speech: No.3 — 11, 18 — 25, 31 1 Enter PTY mode • You can put the Program Type in the [1] — [6] button Press the Control knob. memory and for quick recall. Refer to the (page 13). ⁄ • You can change the display language. Refer to (p
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RDS features Changing Language for PTY Function Selecting the Program Type display language. 1 Enter PTY mode Refer to (page 13). 2 Enter Changing Language mode Press the [TI] button. 3 Select the language Push the Control knob towards [FM] or [AM]. Each time you push the knob, the language alternates between the languages shown in the table below. Language Display English "ENGLISH" French "FRENCH" German "GERMAN" 4 Exit Changing Language mode Press the [TI] button. | 14
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CD player features Control knob IN indicator Track number Play time Playing CD Fast Forwarding and Reversing When a disc is inserted Fast Forwarding Press the [SRC] button. Hold down toward [¢] with the Control knob. Select the "CD" display. Release to resume the playback. ⁄ Reversing • When a CD is inserted, the "IN" indicator is ON. Hold down toward [4] with the Control knob. Release to resume the playback. Pause and play Press the Control knob. Each time you press the knob, the audio pau
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CD player features Track Search Selecting the song you want to hear. Push the Control knob towards [4] or [¢]. Track Repeat Replaying the song you are listening to. Press the [REP] button. Each time you press the button, the Track Repeat turns ON or OFF. When the Track Repeat is ON, "TRAC REP" is displayed. Scan Play Playing the first part of each song on the disc you are listening to and searching for the song you want to hear. 1 Start Scan Play Press the [SCAN] button. "TRAC SCN" is displa
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Menu system Control knob RDS indicator Menu display Menu System 4 Exit Menu mode Press the [MENU] button. Setting beep sound during operation, etc. ⁄ functions. The Menu system basic operation method is • When other items those applicable to the basic operation method above are displayed, their setting explained here. The reference for the Menu items content chart is entered. (Normally the setting listed at and their setting content is after this operation the top of the chart is the ori
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Menu system In Standby mode Dimmer Manual Clock Adjustment You can lower the brightness of the display by using the dimmer function. ⁄ • You can do this adjustment when the Display Setting (page 18) is set as OFF. "DIM ON" The display dims. "DIM OFF" The display doesn’t dim. 1 Select Clock Adjustment mode Push the Control knob towards [FM] or [AM]. Select the "CLK ADJ" display. 2 Enter Clock Adjust mode Press the Control knob for at least 1 second. The clock display blinks.
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In Tuner mode Restricting RDS Region (Region Local Seek Restrict Function) Only stations whose reception is good are searched You can choose whether or not to restrict the in auto seek tuning. RDS channels, received with the AF function for a particular network, to a specific region. Display Setting "LO.S OFF" The local seek function is OFF. Display Setting "LO.S ON" The local seek function is ON. "REG ON" The Region Restrict Function is ON. "REG OFF" The Region Restrict Function is OFF. ⁄ •
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Menu system Auxiliary Input Display Setting ⁄ • Setting to "AUX ON2" will not output the noise which is Selecting the display when alternating to Auxiliary produced when an external equipment is not connected input source. to the AUX terminal. 1 Select Auxiliary input source Press the [SRC] button. Select the "AUX" display. 2 Enter Menu mode In Standby mode Press the [MENU] button for at least 1 second. Power OFF Timer "MENU" is displayed. Setting the timer to turn this unit’s power OFF 3
