User Manual KW-1008 Audio System with Wireless Speakers 1
Table of Contents Safety Information ..........................................3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .......3 Precautions for the Unit .................................5 Federal Communications Commission Interference Statement ..................................5 FCC Radiation Exposure Statement ..............5 Playing MP3 & WMA CDs ...............................24 MP3/WMA CD Repeat Playback....................24 Memory Card Operation.................................26 USB Operation .............
Safety Information IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT USE THIS PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADE SCAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
Safety Information grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode. See Figure 1. ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE 21. GROUND CLAMP ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810-20) GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810-20) 22. GROUND CLAMPS NEC.
Safety Information Precautions for the Unit SECURITY • Before operation, check if the voltage of the unit is in line with the local voltage. • Hold the plug to disconnect it from the mains outlet. Do not pull the power cord. • When the plug of the unit is connected to the mains outlet, the unit will be still connected to DC even of the power is turned off. • Disconnect the plug as soon as liquid or objects enter the unit. The unit cannot be used until being checked by experts. • Do not open the cabinet.
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the iSymphony KW-1008 Audio System with Wireless Speakers. Please be sure to read this manual carefully and completely to make sure you understand all of the exciting features and functions included in your new system. iSymphony has taken great care to make sure that this system was in perfect working order when it left the factory.
Unpacking the Unit Carefully remove the unit from the carton and remove all packing material from the unit. Check that all the following items are in the box: • • iPod adaptor (x8) Wireless main unit If any item is missing, consult your dealer immediately. We suggest that you retain the original carton and packing materials in case it is necessary to return your unit for service. This is the only way to protect the unit from damage in transit.
Basic System Setup Choosing a Location for your System Setting up a wireless audio system allows you much more flexibility than with conventional wired speakers. Wireless speakers may be placed anywhere within the room, or in another room within 100 feet of the wireless main unit. Since there is no physical connection between the system components, feel free to be creative with your system layout. iSymphony wireless systems are also wall-mountable for additional flexibility.
Basic System Setup Follow these 5 steps to complete basic system setup. 1. Choose a suitable location for the system components. • Remember, the wireless main unit and each speaker will need a power outlet for operation. 2. Connect the wireless main unit and both speakers to AC power. • The larger adapters are for the left and right speakers, the smaller for the main wireless unit. Speaker (x2) 3. Turn the wireless main unit and speaker ON. • • The system defaults to FM Tuner mode.
Basic System Setup 4. Select the Correct iPod Dock Adapter ! When connecting an iPod to this iPod Dock, please ensure that the correct adapter plate is used. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE iPod. This iPod Dock comes with 8 removable dock adapters. Using the connect adapter ensure the proper fit for your iPod and helps to reduce the stress on the connector when operating the iPod. To place a dock adapter: 1.
Location of Controls Wireless Main Unit 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 15 16 17 18 19 FUNCTION PAIRING CLOCK ALARM SNOOZE REPEAT ADJ. VOL - VOL + 25 26 13 14 20 21 22 23 24 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. EJECT button Remote sensor LCD display STANDBY button FM/ST. light iPod door Control key door USB slot SD/MMC card slot Headphone jack LINE-OUT jack AUX IN jack FM antenna 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.
Location of Controls Speaker 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. STANDBY button VOL + button VOL – button SKIP FORWARD SKIP BACKWARD 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Internet Setup Remote Control 1 19 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 10 24 11 12 25 21 22 23 13 26 14 27 28 15 16 29 17 18 30 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. STANDBY button PROGRAM button DIMMER button RANDOM button REPEAT button SNOOZE button ALARM 1 button STEREO/MONO button CLOCK/ADJ.
Operating Instructions • Make sure that you have fully extended the FM antenna wire and connected the AM antenna. Make sure that you have installed batteries (not included) in the remote control handset. Make sure that the system is connected to an AC outlet that is always powered. Do not connect the system to an AC outlet controlled by a wall switch.
Operating Instructions EQ (Electronic Preset Equalizer, on remote control only) DBBS (Dynamic Bass Boost, remote control only) The preset equalizer allows you to adjust the sound characteristic for the most popular types of music. • Press the EQ button on the remote control to cycle through the following equalizer settings: Rock Pop Classic Jazz Flat Flat ... • • Press the DBBS button on the remote control to increase the bass response. “X-bass on” appears briefly on the display.
Compatible Storage Devices CD USB SD MMC This system supports playback of music from CD discs as well as USB and flash memory card devices. Supported CD Types • CD audio • CD-R • CD-RW Supported Memory Card formats • Secure DigitalTM (SD) • miniSDTM (with adapter only) • microSDTM (with adapter only) • Multimedia card (MMC) CAUTION: Where “with adapter only” is mentioned, you must use the adapter to convert from the small format to full-size card format.
Compatible Audio Formats • • The unit supports playback of songs in CDaudio (pre-recorded CDs), mp3 and Windows Media formatted Audio (WMA). This unit does not support Digital Rights Management (DRM) and cannot play songs purchased from iTunes or other songs in AAC format, songs in ATRAC format or songs purchased from some online music retailers. It may be possible to convert your music to one of the playable compressed formats, or burn it to an audio CD, depending on the DRM restrictions.
Inserting and Removing Flash Devices Flash devices are inserted into compatible openings on the right side panel of the unit. SD MMC Inserting and removing Flash Cards • Insert the card into the slot by gently pressing into position until it locks in place. Cards can only be inserted one way. • Remove the card by gently pulling it out of the slot. USB Inserting and removing USB Flash Memory Devices • Insert the USB connector into the socket on the unit and press gently to seat.
iPod Operation Using the iPod Dock you can play music from the iPod through the unit’s speakers and operate with the remote control. The unit comes with eight removable dock adapters to ensure the proper fit for your iPod and to help reduce stress on the connector when operating the iPod. ! When connecting an iPod to this iPod Dock, please ensure that the correct adapter plate is used. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE iPod. Docking your iPod 1.
iPod Operation iPod description Capacity iPod touch 8GB, 16GB iPod nano (3rd generation) 4GB, 8GB iPod nano (2nd generation) 2GB, 4GB, 8GB iPod classic 80GB U2 iPod with video 30GB 5G iPod with video 30GB 5G iPod with video 60GB, 80GB iPod nano 2GB, 4GB iPod with color display 60GB iPod photo 40GB, 60GB iPod with color display 20GB iPod photo & color U2 iPod 20GB, 30GB 4G iPod 40GB 4G iPod & U2 iPod 20GB iPod mini 4GB, 6GB Universal dock adapter number: 3 7 8 9 10 11 NO
CD Operation Normal Playback To start CD playback: 1. Press the FUNCTION button to select “CD” function 2. Load a disc into the player with the printed label facing out. • • “READING...” will flash on the display as the player reads the table of contents on the disc. The unit will start playing the disc automatically. Playback will continue until all tracks on the disc have been played, then the player stops and the display shows the total tracks number and playing time on the disc.
CD Operation Repeat Playback Random Playback The Repeat function in this system allows you to continuously repeat a single track, or the entire disc. The Repeat function can be activated during playback or while the player is stopped. The Random playback feature allows you play all the tracks on the disc in random order. You can select random playback while the disc is playing or when the player is stopped. 1. Load a CD in the player as usual and then press the RANDOM button on the remote control.
CD Operation Programmed Playback The programmed playback feature allows you to program a total of 20 tracks in any desired order. You may program the same track to play several times within a program sequence if desired. NOTE: You cannot program tracks during playback. If a disc is playing, press the STOP button first to stop playback before beginning the programming steps below . To program playback: 1. Load the disc in the player and wait until the player has read the Table of Contents of the disc. 2.
Playing MP3 & WMA CDs Most of the normal CD operations described in this manual also apply to MP3/WMA CDs. However there are a few differences in MP3 WMA CD playback functions, and these are described on the following pages. To read the MP3/WMA CD and display information: • After you load an MP3/WMA CD the player will read each of the directories or albums on the disc, one at a time, and display the number of directories and the cumulative number of tracks.
Playing MP3 & WMA CDs To repeat all the tracks in a single directory (or Album): 1. Begin playback as usual. 2. Press the REPEAT button 3 times. indicator appears on the display and • The all the tracks in the directory will be repeated continuously. • • In this example the MP3/WMA CD contains a total of 09 Directories (Albums) and 193 Tracks (Files). Let’s assume that the first track we want to program is Track #03 in Album #05. 1. Press the PROG. button on the remote control.
Memory Card Operation To play MP3/WMA audio files stored on SD/ MMC Memory Cards: 1. Press the FUNCTION button repeatedly until the main display shows “CARD”. 2. Insert the SD or MMC flash memory card containing MP3/ WMA audio files into the card slot by gently pressing into position until it locks in place. Cards can only be inserted one way. • The player will read the information on the card and the display will show the total number of files tracks and directories albums on the card.
USB Operation To play MP3/WMA audio files stored on USB storage devices: 1. Press the FUNCTION button repeatedly until the main display shows “USB”. 2. Insert the USB flash memory device containing MP3/ WMA audio files into the card slot by gently pressing into position until it locks in place. USB devices can only be inserted one way. • NOTE: The USB port on this system enables playback of songs only in MP3 and WMA formats (without DRM).
Radio Operation To select the radio mode: • Press the FUNCTION button repeatedly until the main display shows “FM”. FM frequency will appear on the display. To tune to the desired station manually: or button until • Repeatedly press the the display shows the exact frequency of the desired station. • Use the manual tuning method to tune to weak or distant stations that are not strong enough to be recognized by the automatic tuning system.
Other Functions Setting the Clock Setting Alarm 1 or Alarm 2 When the AC power is connected, “12:00” will appear on the display. The clock can only be set while the unit is off. The dual alarms are set in the following sequence: • Set Alarm Set time Set mode Set day 1. Press the CLOCK / ADJ. button on remote control, the display will show “Set hour”. 2. Press the or button to adjust the hour format in (12 or 24HR) . 3. Press the ENTER button on remote control, the minutes digits begin to flash.
Other Functions To set the alarm mode: 7. Press the ENTER button when you see “Set mode”. 8. Press the or button to select the alarm wake up mode (FM, CD, USB, Card, iPod or Buzzer) and then press the ENTER button. To set the alarm day (frequency): 9. Press the ENTER button when you see “Set day”. 10. Press the or button to select the alarm day (frequency: once, daily, weekday or weekend) and then press the ENTER button. • The alarm is now set.
Speaker Pairing and Adding Additional Speakers Your iSymphony KW-1008 comes from the factory already paired and ready to communicate with the two wireless speakers included in the box. Additional speakers are available for purchase from selected retailers and online. iSymphony’s wireless technology can broadcast audio to up to 20 individual speakers, allowing you to hear and control your music throughout the whole house.
Speaker Pairing and Adding Additional Speakers 4. At this stage you may choose to set this pair of speakers as Master Group speakers or Slave Group speakers. The system can accommodate any combination of Master and Slave Group speakers. or • To set as Master Group press the button for to select “Yes” and press the ENTER button to confirm. Display shows “Pairing Complete!”. • To set as Slave Group press the or button for to select “No” and press the ENTER button to confirm.
Connecting External Devices Auxiliary Input Jack Stereo Headphone Jack This system includes an AUX IN Jack to allow you to connect external audio equipment and listen to the sound from the external equipment through the speakers of this system. • Examples of the types of external equipment that may be connected are: • An MP3 player such as iPod shuffle • Audio outputs from DVD or VCR • Cassette player • Turntable • MD player • To use AUX IN: 1.
Wall Mounting The iSymphony KW-1008 wireless main unit and speakers can be wall mounted using commonly available wall mounts (not included). You may purchase these mounting accessories from many retailers specializing in audio and video equipment. Please be sure to choose appropriate surfaces for wall mounting and to follow all safety and installation instructions included with the mounting accessories.
Care and Maintenance Compact Disc Care To remove a disc from its storage case, press down on the center of the case and lift the disc out, holding it carefully by the edges. Clean the disc periodically with a soft, lint-free, dry cloth. Never use detergents or abrasive cleaners to clean the disc. If necessary, use a CD cleaning kit. Never write on or affix labels to the surface of compact discs.
Technical Specifications 1. General Power requirements Power consumption 120V AC, 50 Hz 80W (operation) Dimensions of wireless main unit Weight of wireless main unit 445 (W) x 285 (H) x 222 (D) mm 6.55 Kg 2. Tuner FM Tuning range AM Tuning range Preset memory stations 87.5 MHz to 108 MHz 540 KHz to 1600 KHz FM 30/AM 10 4. CD player section Playback system DAC Frequency response Compact Disc Digital Audio 8 times over sampling, 1 bit D/A converter. 100 - 20,000 Hz 5.
Limited Warranty iSymphony Limited Warranty This product is warranted by iSymphony to the original purchaser against manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship encountered in the normal noncommercial use of this product for a limited warranty period of: Ninety (90) Days Labor, One (1) year Parts This limited warranty begins on the original date of purchase, and is valid only on products purchased and used in the United States. 1.
