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MULTI CONTROL CD-RECEIVER
Z919
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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 CD-receiver.
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Record the serial number, found on the back of the unit, in the spaces designated on
the warranty card, and in the space provided below. Refer to the model and serial
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Contents Before use Direct Track Search....................................................................................23 Warning........................................................................................................3 Direct Disc Search .....................................................................................24 Safety precautions .......................................................................................3 Presetting Disc Names ........................
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2Warning Safety precautions NOTE 2CAUTION 2WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to Use of controls or adjustments or To prevent injury or fire, take the comply with the limits for a Class B digital performance of procedures other than those following precautions: device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. specified herein may result in hazardous • Insert the unit all the way in until it is fully These limits are designed to provide radiation exposure. locked in place. Otherwise i
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Safety precautions Cleaning the Unit 2CAUTION NOTE If the front panel gets dirty, turn off the • The illustrations of the display and the panel power and wipe the panel with a dry silicon To prevent damage to the machine, appearing in this manual are examples used cloth or soft cloth. take the following precautions: to explain more clearly how the controls are • Make sure to ground the unit to a negative 2CAUTION used. Therefore, what appears on the display 12V DC power supply. in the illustrati
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Notes on playing MP3 files This unit can play MP3 files. Entering file and folder names Note, however, that the MP3 file recording media and When entering file and folder names, use alphanumeric characters only. If entered with any other character, the file and folder names are formats acceptable are limited. not displayed correctly. They may neither be displayed correctly When writing MP3 files, pay attention to the following depending on the CD writer used. restrictions. Note that the unit can
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Notes on playing MP3 files MP3 file playing order 4 When a file search is executed with file being played ... When selected for play, folder search, file search, or for folder select, files and folders are accessed in the order in which they were written by the CD writer. ¢ 4 Because of this, the order in which they are to be recorded does not 4 3 2 1 7 5 6 7 1 4 match the order in which they are played. You may be able to set the order in which MP3 files are to be played by writing them onto a
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NOTE • Each virtual folder is displayed with the original folder name bounded by parentheses " ( ) ". For example, the virtual folder below the folder named " 4 " is displayed with a name of " (4) ". The file name of each virtual folder is displayed with up to 29 characters (in the ISO 9660 Level 2 format) or 10 characters (in the ISO 9660 Level 1 format), excluding the binding parentheses. • The FM button is disabled in a folder because it has no subordinate hierarchical level below. Immediate
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Handling Compact discs • Remove CDs from the unit when not Playing a CD that is dirty, scratched or Removing the CD listening to them for a while, and put them warped can cause the sound to skip Only remove the CD from the machine in a and the unit to operate incorrectly, back in their cases. Do not pile up CDs that horizontal direction, holding it flat. You may resulting in worsened sound quality. are removed from their cases or prop them damage the surface of the CD if you try Take the followi
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General features Power AUD/ Turning on the power: LOUD ANG 4 Press the SRC (source) button. FM ¢ u NOTE Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. Turning off the power: Press the PWR OFF button for at least one second. Selecting standby mode: Press the SRC button repeatedly and switch to "ALL OFF". When "ALL OFF" is displayed, the standby mode is activated. The standby mode turns all functions off while leaving the d power to the unit on. Use this mode when you want to have
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General features • When the front panel has been slid, it might interfere with the Volume shift lever or something else. If this happens, pay attention to safety and move the shift lever or take an appropriate action, Increasing Volume: then operate the unit. Press the u button to turn up the volume. • Do not apply excessive force to the front panel after it slides. Decreasing Volume: NOTE Press the d button to turn down the volume. Protect function for the panel The panel may move due to the p
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NOTE Stopwatch To set the time to "0:00" Press the S/S button for at least one second to return the time to You can use the clock as a stopwatch. "0:00". 1 Press the CLK button to select the stopwatch mode. 4 Press the CLK button to end the time setting for timer. Once the stopwatch mode is selected, "STOP WATCH" will be 5 displayed. To start the timer When you enter the stopwatch mode, the round sound level Each time you press the S/S button, the timer will start and indicator changes its displ
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General features Alarm Display Font Setting You can use the clock as an alarm. The alarm will beep on the You can change the font used on the display. time set. Changing the display font: 1 Press the CLK button to select the alarm mode. Press the S.A button for at least one second to toggle between Once the alarm mode is selected, "ALARM" will be displayed. the normal font and funky font. Time Setting: 2 Press the ADJ button for at least two seconds. "ALARM ADJ" is displayed, and you can set a t
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Audio Control Setting "KEX.P." : Recalling the kenwood preset sound setting Adjust various parameters of sound quality. Press the preset buttons (#1-6). Setting values: #1;Flat, #2;Rock, #3;Top40, #4;Jazz, #5;Easy, 1 Press the AUD button repeatedly and switch the display to #6;Scan of #1-5 “AUDIO CTRL” to enter the audio control mode. NOTE Pressing the button cycles through Audio control mode, Crossover control mode, and Control mode off. • This mode is available only when the Sound coordinate
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General features "BASS EXT" : Switch the Bass Extend mode on/off. "N-F LV" : Adjust the Non-fading output level. Setting values: ON / OFF Setting values: - 35 – + 5 (When the bass extend mode is set to on, low frequency response is extended by 20%.) NOTE This mode is available only when the Sound coordinate system is "AMP CTRL" : Set the amplifier bass increment. on. (page 35) Setting values: OFF/1/2 NOTE As of December 1998, the power amplifiers controllable by the main unit are as follows:
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Digital Crossover Network "HPF R" : Adjust the frequency of the High-pass filter for rear Adjust various parameters of the Crossover network. output. Setting values: THROU / 40Hz / 60Hz / 80Hz / 100Hz / 120Hz / 1 Press the AUD button repeatedly and switch the display to 150Hz / 180Hz / 220Hz “X’OVER CTRL” to enter the Crossover network control mode. NOTE Pressing the button cycles through Audio control mode, Crossover control mode, and Control mode off. You can separately set the high-pass filte
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Tuner features Tuning FM/ 1 AME Press the SRC (source) button repeatedly to select the tuner DISP/ 4 mode. "TUNER" is displayed when the tuner mode has been NAME.S selected. 2 Press either the FM or AM button to select the band. Each time you press the FM button, the band switches between the FM1, FM2, and FM3. Press the AM button to select the AM band. 3 • Auto Seek Tuning Press the ¢ button for at least half a second to seek higher frequencies. ¢ Press the 4 button for at least half a second t
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Auto Memory Entry Clean Reception System Circuit (CRSC) You can automatically store all the receivable frequencies in Temporarily have reception switched from stereo to mono to the band currently being listened to, and then recall them with reduce multi-path noise when listening to the FM station. the touch of a button later. This function is especially useful The factory default for this function is ON. when you are travelling and do not know what stations are Turning CRSC On/Off: available. U
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Tuner features NOTE Station Name Preset (SNPS) Direct Alphabet Input (Function of remote) You can directly input letters using the number/letter entry You can assign names to radio stations with the Station Preset buttons on the remote. Memory. Up to 30 stations can be assigned names. Example: Use the following table to enter the name "DANCE". 1 Adjust the frequency to the station whose name you want to Character Button to press # Times pressed enter. #3 1 2 “D” Press the NAME.S button for at l
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Station Name Preset Play (SBF) (Function of Remote) Direct Access Tuning (Function of Remote) (See page 35) (See page 35) You can search for the station for any station if its name has Use the remote to select frequencies directly. been preset using Station Name Preset. 1 Select the band by pressing the FM or AM button. 1 Press the SBF button. 2 Press the DIRECT button. “SBF MODE” will be displayed once the station name preset In the display, "----" blinks for 10 seconds. play mode is entered. I
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CD/External disc control features NOTE DISP/ NAME.S For playing MP3 files, see "MP3 features" (page 27). FM/ 0 4 DISC+ Playing CDs Play: Press the 0 button to slide open the front panel, showing the CD (insertion) slot. Holding the CD with the labeled side facing up, insert it in the slot. The front panel will close, and the CD will start playing. The indicator will light up when a CD has been inserted. ¢ AM/ TIME RDM D.SCN DISC- SCN REP 38 SRC M.RDM Playing CDs Already Inserted: Press the SRC b
