KRC-477R KRC-477RV KRC-377R KRC-32R CASSETTE RECEIVER INSTRUCTION MANUAL © B64-1326-00 (EW)
English Contents Before use External disc control features Safety precautions ........................................................................3 Playing Disc mode.......................................................................19 Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play ...................................19 Track Search................................................................................20 Disc Search ................................................................................
Safety precautions IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2WARNING 2CAUTION To prevent injury and/or fire, take the following precautions: To prevent damage to the machine, take the following precautions: • Insert the unit all the way until it is fully locked in place. Otherwise it may fly out of place during collisions and other jolts. • When extending the ignition, battery or ground cables, make sure to use automotivegrade cables or other cables with an area of 0.
English Safety precautions Cleaning the Unit NOTE • If you experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. • If the unit does not seem to be working right, try pressing the reset button first. If that does not solve the problem, consult your Kenwood dealer. EJECT MENU PWR OFF SRC / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL LOUD SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN M.RDM TI VOL ADJ CLK NAME.
Basic operations d 4 uA T T MENU SRC / PWR OFF Power FM PWR OFF NOTE SRC Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures. Turning off the power: Hold down the PWR OFF button for one second or more. / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN M.RDM TI VOL ADJ ATT / LOUD Turning on the power: Press the SRC button. MENU EJECT LOUD ¢ CLK NAME.
English Basic operations Press the ¢ button to search through the functions until you see the one you want to adjust in the display. Press the 4 button to search through the functions backward. Example: If you want to switch the tuning mode from manual to automatic, first search through the functions until you see "MANUAL" in the display. Attenuator This function allows you to turn down the volume quickly. Turning Attenuator On/Off: Press the ATT button to switch the attenuator on and off.
Tuner features If you fail to end the menu mode, several functions may not operate properly, including the Traffic Information function, the News Bulletin function with PTY news timeout setting, and the Alarm function. • The News function turns on when the setting is made for the news interruption interval. The "##M" display indicates the setting selected for the news interruption timeout interval. 4 SRC MENU FM ¢ MENU EJECT PWR OFF SRC / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL LOUD SCAN B.
English Tuner features Selecting Tuning Mode Select which tuning mode — auto seek or manual — to use as the default. When the AUTO indicator is on, auto seek tuning is selected. When the indicator is off, manual tuning is selected. 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on.
3 Switching settings 4 Hold down either the AM button or FM button for two seconds Press either the AM button or FM button. The display and setting will change. or more to start auto memory function. The numbers of the preset station buttons showed in order. When all the stations in a certain band are stored in the preset memory, the auto memory entry stops. The tuner then plays the last station received. 4 Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.
English Tuner features Function of the KRC-477R/KRC-477RV Switching Display for Tuner Preset station seek with Programme service name (Function of Remote) Switching the Display: Each time you press the CLK button, the display switches between the Programme service name (during RDS station reception)/frequency and clock. You can search for the preset station with Programme Service name. 1 Press the DNPP button on the remote control. “SNPP” will be displayed once the seek mode is entered.
RDS features 4 PTY FM MENU ¢ MENU EJECT PWR OFF SRC / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL LOUD SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN M.RDM TI VOL ADJ #1~6 CLK NAME.S DISC TI/VOL ADJ CLK AM RDS (Radio Data System) RDS is a digital information system that lets you receive signals besides those of regular radio programmes, such as network information being transmitted from radio stations.
English RDS features Turning Region Restrict Function On/Off: 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on. AF (Alternative Frequency) Function When poor reception is experienced, automatically switch to another frequency broadcasting the same programme in the same RDS network with better reception. The ™ indicator lights up when the AF function is turned on.
switches reception to the FM band. However, the MW/LW band is not returned to when the TI button is pressed again. Switching to a Different Traffic Information Station: Use the 4 / ¢ buttons to make an auto seek of the TI stations in a certain band. Press either the AM button or FM button. The display and setting will change. If the traffic information station you are tuned to experiences poor reception, this function automatically seeks another TP station. 4 Press the MENU button to end the menu mode.
English RDS features NOTE News Bulletin Function with PTY News Timeout Setting You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current listening source, including other radio stations. When the News Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout setting allows you to set the interval during which further news interruption cannot take place. You can adjust the PTY news interruption period from 10 to 90 minutes for each journey.
Music(ROCK M) ↔ 12.Easy Listening Music(EASY M) ↔ 13.Light Classical(LIGHT M) ↔ 14.Serious Classical(CLASSICS) ↔ 15.Other Music(OTHER M) ↔ 16.Weather(WEATHER) ↔ 17.Finance(FINANCE) ↔ 18.Children’s programmes(CHILDREN) ↔ 19.Social Affairs(SOCIAL A) ↔ 20.Religion(RELIGION) ↔ 21.Phone In(PHONE IN) ↔ 22.Travel(TRAVEL) ↔ 23.Leisure(LEISURE) ↔ 24.Jazz Music(JAZZ) ↔ 25.Country Music(COUNTRY) ↔ 26.National Music(NATION M) ↔ 27.Oldies Music(OLDIES) ↔ 28.Folk Music(FOLK M) ↔ 29.
English Cassette player features 4 2 3/EJECT SRC MENU EJECT FM ¢ MENU PWR OFF SRC / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL LOUD SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN M.RDM TI VOL ADJ B.S REP T.C CLK NAME.S CLK Playing Cassette Tapes Loading and Playing Cassettes: Load a cassette with the tape exposed on the right. The tape starts playing automatically. Playing Cassettes Already Loaded: Press the SRC button repeatedly until tape mode is obtained. "TAPE" is displayed when the tape mode has been selected.
Blank Skip Automatically fast forwards to the beginning of the next track when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected, continuing tape playback. This function is on, when unit is first powered on. Turning Blank Skip Function On/Off: Press the B.S button to switch the blank skip function on and off. "B.S ON" is displayed when the blank skip function is turned on. NOTE • If the blank space contains hiss noise, the blank skip function may not work correctly.
English Cassette player features External disc control features Clock display 38 4 Switching to the clock display : Each time you press the CLK button, the display switches between the tape display and clock. SRC MENU DISC + ¢ MENU EJECT PWR OFF SRC / PTY DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL LOUD SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN M.RDM TI VOL ADJ RDM SCAN DISC D.SCN REP Track number M.RDM CLK/NAME.S DISC – Disc number Track time — 18 — CLK NAME.
■ When a unit equipped with an O-N switch is to be connected, please also see the instruction manual of this unit. Set the O-N switch to "N". "N"-operation will be set. ■ When a unit that is not equipped with an O-N switch, or the changer switching unit "KCA-S200" is connected, "O"operation will be set. "N"-operation: • The disc title and track title of the CD text can be displayed.
English External disc control features Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc. Track Search NOTE Search forwards or backwards through the tracks on the disc until you reach the one that you want to listen to. Making a Reverse Track Search: Press the 4 button to display the desired track number. Press once to search back to the beginning of the current track, twice to search back to the beginning of the previous track, and so forth. Play starts at the beginning of the displayed track number.
The track number currently being heard blinks in the display. Stopping to Listen to the Track Being Scanned: Press the 38 or SCAN button again to stop the scan and keep on listening to a track normally. and off. "RDM ON" is displayed when random play is turned on. The display of the track number changes continuously as the next track is being selected. When the track has been selected, play starts. The selected track number blinks in the display as it is being played.
English External disc control features Magazine Random Play (Function of disc changers) Play the tracks on all the discs in the disc changer in random order. 1 Press the M.RDM button to switch the magazine random play function on and off. "MRDM ON" is displayed when magazine random play is turned on. The display of the disc and track numbers change continuously as the next track is being selected. When the disc/track has been selected, play starts.
• If you want to change the name of a disc, repeat steps 1 and 2 to display the name, and then repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter the changes. • Pressing the reset button does not erase the disc names stored in a disc changer. display after inserting a disc magazine, try playing it using the disc scan or a similar function to display the disc name. Also note that "NO DISC" will be displayed when a disc has not been loaded. Rapid display (forward / reverse): Press the DISC+ or DISC– button.
English External disc control features Text / Title Scroll Switching Display for Discs This function permits the text to be scrolled and the entire text to be displayed. Switching between manual scrolling and automatic scrolling is permitted. The factory default is manual scrolling. Switch the display that appears whilst discs are playing. Switching Display for Discs: Each time you press the DISP button, the display during disc play switches as follows.
Other features Selectable Illumination 4 FM AUD/MENU PWR OFF You can switch the colour of the button illumination between green and amber. 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. MENU EJECT ¢ SRC "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on. / PTY LOUD SCAN B.S/RDM REP T.C/D.SCN 2 Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the Selectable DISC CD MD-CHANGER CONTROL M.RDM TI VOL ADJ CLK NAME.S Illumination function appears in the display.
English Other features Audio Control Setting Adjusting Time Adjust various parameters of sound quality. With automatic time adjustment, you can set the clock time automatically according to time data sent from RDS stations (after receiving RDS signals for several minutes). You can also set the time manually if the automatic time adjustment function is turned off. The factory default is automatic time adjustment. 1 Press the AUD button to enter the control mode. 2 Press either the FM or AM button.
4 Hold down either the AM or FM button for two seconds or more to enter the Time Adjustment mode. The time display will blink. 5 • Adjusting the hours Press the FM button to advance the hours, or press the AM button to make the hours go back. • Adjusting the minutes Press the ¢ button to advance the minutes, or press the 4 button to make the minutes go back. Touch Sensor Tone This function produces a beep sound that accompanies button operation. It can be switched on or off.
English Other features in its special storage case whilst detached. Disabled System Indicator (DSI) A red indicator blinks on the unit after the faceplate is removed, warning potential thieves. The factory default for this function is "ON". Turning Disabled System Indicator On/Off: 1 Hold down the MENU button for one second or more. "MENU" is displayed and the menu mode is turned on. 2 Press the ¢ button repeatedly until the Disabled System Indicator function appears in the display.
Accessories External view 1 Number of items ..........................................1 KRC-477R/377R/32R only 2 ..........................................2 3 ..........................................1 2CAUTION The use of any accessories except for those provided might result in damage to the unit. Make sure only to use the accessories shipped with the unit, as shown above. Installation Procedure 1.
Connecting Cables to Terminals English ■ ISO connector unsupported car (KRC-477R/377R/32R only) Antenna Conversion Adaptor (ISO–JASO) (Accessory3) 2CAUTION When only two speakers are being connected to the system, connect the connectors either to both the front output terminals or to both the rear output terminals (do not mix front and rear). For example, if you connect the + connector of the left speaker to a front output terminal, do not connect the - connector to a rear output terminal.
■ Power Control Terminal Connections ■ ISO connector supported car The output of the Power Control terminal is switched along with the power on/off switching of the unit. This terminal can be connected to the P.CON (REMOTE) terminal of the amplifier, or used as the power supply of the special antenna cable for Volkswagen cars. (MAX.
Connecting Cables to Terminals ■ Plug Setting 2WARNING Connecting the ISO Connector The pin arrangement for the ISO connectors depends on the type of vehicle you drive. Make sure to make the proper connections to prevent damage to the unit. 10 English ■ Connector Function Guide Connector B 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 Connector A 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 1 The A-7 pin (red) of the vehicle's ISO connector is linked with the ignition, and the A-4 pin (yellow) is connected to the constant power supply.
Installation ■ Installation Firewall or metal support Screw (M4X8) (commercially available) Bend the tabs of the mounting sleeve with a screwdriver or similar utensil and attach it in place. Self-tapping screw (commercially available) Metal mounting strap (commercially available) Bend the tabs of the mounting sleeve with a screwdriver or similar utensil and attach it in place. NOTE Make sure that the unit is installed securely in place.
English Installation ■ Removing the hard rubber frame ■ Removing the Unit 1 Engage the catch pins on the removal tool and remove the two 1 Refer to the section “Removing the hard rubber frame” and locks on the lower level. Lower the frame and pull it forward as shown in the figure. Lock then remove the hard rubber frame. 2 Remove the screw (M4×8) on the back panel. 3 Insert the two removal tools deeply into the slots on each side, as shown.
Troubleshooting Guide What might appear to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Before calling service, first check the following table for possible problems. PROBLEM The power does not turn on. POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The fuse has blown. After checking for short circuits in the cables, replace the fuse with one having the same rating. No ACC position on vehicle ignition. Connect the same cable to the ignition as the battery cable.
Troubleshooting Guide English PROBLEM The memory is erased when the ignition is turned off. POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The battery cable has not been connected to the proper terminal. Connect the cable correctly, referring to the section on "Connecting Cables to Terminals". The ignition and battery cable are incorrectly connected. Connect the cable correctly, referring to the section on "Connecting Cables to Terminals". The TEL mute function does not work.
Troubleshooting Guide The following messages are displayed when certain problems are occurring in your system. Take the recommended actions. EJECT No disc magazine has been loaded in the changer. The disc magazine is not completely loaded. ] Load the disc magazine properly. No CD in the unit. ] Insert the CD. NO DISC No disc has been loaded in the disc magazine. ] Load a disc into the disc magazine. E-04 No disc has been loaded in the disc magazine. ] Load a disc into the disc magazine.
English Specifications Specifications subject to change without notice. FM tuner section Audio section Frequency range (50 kHz Space)...............87.5 MHz – 108.0 MHz Usable sensitivity (S/N = 26dB) ..................................0.7 µV/75 Ω Quieting Sensitivity (S/N = 46dB) ...............................1.6 µV/75 Ω Frequency response (±3.0 dB) ..............................30 Hz – 15 kHz Signal to Noise ratio (MONO) ..............................................
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