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CD-TUNER
KDC-PS909
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
COMPACT
DIGITAL AUDIO
©B64-1224-00 (EW)
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Contents Before use Track Search................................................................................20 Safety precautions ........................................................................3 Disc Search .................................................................................20 Handling Compact discs................................................................5 Track / Disc Repeat Function ......................................................20 Track Scan Function...
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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 CD Slot NOTE If the front panel gets dirty, turn off the As dust can accumulate in the CD slot, clean • If you experience problems during power and wipe the panel with a dry silicon it occasionally. Your CDs can get scratched if installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. cloth or soft cloth. you put them in a dusty CD slot. • If the unit fails to operate properly, press the 2CAUTION RESET button. When the faceplate is not visible, press “the tou
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Handling Compact discs Playing a CD that is dirty, scratched Cleaning CDs Do Not Load CD Accessories in Slot or warped can cause the sound to If a CD has become dirty, wipe it off gently Do not use commercially available CD using a commercially available cleaning cloth accessories that can be loaded into the CD skip and the unit to operate or a soft cotton cloth, starting from the slot, such as stabilisers, protective sheets, or incorrectly, resulting in worsened centre of the disc and moving ou
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Buttons and Display Basic operations Tuner features AUTO/ DISP/ u 4 4 38 d FM SRC AME NAME.S SRC FM KDC-PS909 BALANCED OUTPUT KDC-PS909 BALANCED OUTPUT AUTO DISP/ AUTO DISP/ AME TEXT NAME. S AME TEXT NAME. S 8V 8V PREOUT PREOUT EJECT CLOSE EJECT CLOSE PWR OFF PWR OFF DIMMER DIMMER D.R.I.V.E. D.R.I.V.E. LOUD SCAN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM MENU LOUD SCAN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM MENU DISC DISC AUD NF AUD NF #1~6 MENU AM ¢ ATT/LOUD MENU AM ¢ AUTO indicator Band display Frequency VOLUME 1
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RBDS features Disc control features DISP/ 4 4 38 38 DISP FM /EJECT SRC NAME.S KDC-PS909 BALANCED OUTPUT KDC-PS909 BALANCED OUTPUT AUTO DISP/ AUTO DISP/ AME TEXT NAME. S AME TEXT NAME. S 8V 8V PREOUT PREOUT EJECT CLOSE EJECT CLOSE PWR OFF PWR OFF DIMMER DIMMER D.R.I.V.E. D.R.I.V.E. LOUD SCAN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM MENU LOUD SCAN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM MENU DISC DISC AUD NF AUD NF #1~6 RDM D.SCN MENU AM ¢ MENU AM/ ¢ FM/ SCAN REP M.RDM DISC– DISC+ Track time/ Direct inputted track num
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Buttons and Display Other features Steering remote control FM/ 4 DISP DIMMER KDC-PS909 BALANCED OUTPUT AUTO DISP/ AME TEXT NAME. S 8V PREOUT EJECT CLOSE PWR OFF DIMMER D.R.I.V.E. LOUD SCAN RDM REP D.SCN M.RDM MENU DISC AUD NF ¢ #1~4 ¢ AUD/MENU AM/ 5 FM/DISC + NF UP 5 ¢ FM/DISC+ VOLUME ATT SRC ° ATT SRC DWN 4 AM/DISC– ° AM/DISC – Clock display AUDIO CONTROL indicator 4 FM1 1235 Graphic display £ indicator — 8 — English
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Basic operations (See page 6) • During the forced closing of the unit (i.e., having the unit left Stealth Retraction Mechanism closed whilst ignition is turned on), the faceplate will not open You can help prevent theft of the unit by reversing the no matter how often the ignition is turned on or off, unless “the faceplate so that the control panel cannot be seen, hiding the touch-sensitive spot” at the rear of the faceplate is pressed in unit, and shutting off the audio. order to open it. You
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Basic operations (See page 6) Attenuator Switching Modes Switching Modes: This function allows you to turn down the volume quickly. Each time you press the SRC button, the mode switches as Turning Attenuator On/Off: follows: Press the ATT button to switch the attenuator on and off. When the attenuator is on, the ATT indicator blinks. Tuner mode When the attenuator is off, the volume returns to the original level. CD mode NOTE Disc control mode Turning down the volume all the way turns off the at
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Menu System Varieties of settings for Function each function (display) To accommodate a greater number of functions, a menu system has been employed for making settings. Press the MENU button to enter the menu mode and then display the function to make the setting. Details on each setting are Switching Clock Display CLOCK ON CLOCK OFF explained separately in the corresponding function page. ›fl Time Adjustment (Manual) CLOCK ADJST (Time 1 Hold down the
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Tuner features (See page 6) Tuning Station Preset Memory You can choose from three tuning modes: auto seek, preset Store the frequency of the station currently being listened to. station seek, and manual. The “AUTO1” indicator lights up You can then recall that station with a single touch of a when auto seek tuning is selected, and the “AUTO2” indicator button. lights when preset station seek tuning is selected. 1 Select the band/ station that you want to have stored. Selecting Tuning Mode: 2 Ho
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Clean Reception System Circuit (CRSC) Switching Display for Tuner Temporarily have reception switched from stereo to mono to You can change the display used when listening to the radio. reduce multi-path noise when listening to the FM station. Changing the Display: The factory default for this function is ON. Each time you press the DISP button, the display changes as Turning CRSC On/Off: follows: 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned
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Tuner features (See page 6) Station Name Preset (SNPS) 5 Continue steps 3 and 4 until all the characters are chosen for the name. You can assign names to radio stations with the Station Preset Memory. Up to 32 FM stations and 16 AM stations can NOTE be assigned names. You can enter up to 8 characters for each name. 1 Adjust the frequency to the station whose name you want to 6 • Assigning Names enter. Press the NAME.S button. 2 The name of the station is stored in memory, and the Station Hold d
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Function of remote control with number/letter entry buttons Function of remote control with DNPP button (KCA-R6A : Optional) (KCA-R6A : Optional) Preset station seek with Programme service name Direct Access Tuning When you already know the frequency of the station that you You can search for the preset station with Programme Service want to listen to, you can enter it directly for quick access. name. 1 1 Press the DNPP button on the remote control. Select the band by pressing the FM or AM but
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RBDS features (See page 7) If you are listening to a tape or disc when a traffic bulletin RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System) begins, they will automatically be turned off. When the bulletin RBDS is a service used by radio stations to transmit data ends or poor reception is experienced, the tape or disc will outside normal radio broadcast signals. begin playing again. When an RBDS station is received, you can immediately find 4 out what kind of data is being transmitted by looking at the Press
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The selection includes: NOTE Speech(SPEECH) 1.News(NEWS) 2.Current If no programme can be found, "NO PTY" is displayed. Affairs(AFFAIRS) 3.Information(INFO) If you want to select another type of programme, repeat steps 2 4.Sports(SPORT) 5.Education(EDUCATE) and 3 above. 6.Drama(DRAMA) 7.Culture(CULTURE) 8.Science(SCIENCE) 9.Varied(VARIED) 10.Pop Switching to Other Stations with the Same Type of Programme: Music(POP M) 11.Rock Music(ROCK M) 12.M,O,R When "PTY" is blinking in the display, perfo
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RBDS features (See page 7) Radio Text Radio Text Scroll You can display textual information being transmitted by This function permits the text to be scrolled and the entire RBDS stations. text to be displayed. Switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling is permitted. The factory default is manual Turning on Radio Text Display Mode: scrolling. Pressing the DISP button switches the display as follows. To scroll manually: Select the Radio Text Display mode. 1 Press the DISP button t
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Disc control features (See page 7) When the disc changer with the O-N selection switch is Playing CDs connected, set the switch to "O" position to operate the disc Playing CDs: changer mode. Press the Á(EJECT) button to slide open the faceplate, showing the CD (insertion) slot. Holding the CD with the Playing other Disc mode labeled side facing up, insert it in the slot. The faceplate will This function permits the connection of optional players and show the control panel, and the CD will star
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Disc control features (See page 7) Function of disc changers Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play Disc Search Fast Forwarding Disc Play: Hold down on the ¢ button. Search forwards or backwards through the discs in a disc Release your finger to play the disc at that point. changer until you reach the one that you want to listen to. Reversing Disc Play: Making a Reverse Disc Search: Hold down on the 4 button. Press the DISC– button to display the desired disc number. Release your finger to play
