Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DPX701 DPX501 Kenwood
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DU AL DIN SIZED CD RECEIVER DPX701 DPX501 INSTR UCTION MANU AL © B64-3396-00/00 (KW) T ake the time to r ead through this instruction manual. F amiliarity with installation and operation procedur es will help you obtain the best performance from your new CD-receiv er .
2 | English Con tents Safety precautions 4 Notes 5 About CDs 7 About AA C, MP3 and WMA 8 About USB device 10 General featur es 11 Pow er Selecting the Source Volume Attenuator System Q Audio Control A.
English | 3 Menu system 36 Menu System Activating Security Code Deactivating Securit y Code T ouch Sensor T one Manual Clock Adjustment Date Adjustment Date Mode Synchronize Clock Indirect Lighting Di.
4 | English Safety precautions Do Not Load 3-in. CDs in the CD slot If you tr y to load a 3 in. CD with its adapt er into the unit, the adapter might separate from the CD and damage the unit. About CD play ers/disc changers connected to this unit Kenwood disc changers/ CD players released in 1998 or later can be connected to this unit.
English | 5 Notes • No USB device comes with this unit. Y ou need to purchase a commercially available USB device . For the types of available USB devices, ref er to <About USB device> (page 10). • If you experience problems during installation, consult your Kenwood dealer .
6 | English 2 CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified her ein may result in hazardous radiation exposur e. In compliance with Federal Regulations, f ollowing are repr oductions of labels on, or inside the product relating to laser product saf ety.
English | 7 Handling CDs • Do not touch the recor ding sur face of the CD . • CD-R and CD-R W are easier t o damage than a normal music CD. Use a CD-R or a CD-R W after reading the caution items on the package etc. • Do not stick tape etc. on the CD , or use a CD with tape stuck on it.
8 | English About AA C, MP3 and WMA The playable AAC/MP3/WMA file (her eafter called Audio file) and the media format has the f ollowing limitation. The Audio file, which is not conforming to the specification, may not play normally , or the file and folder names may not display correctly .
English | 9 Playing order of the A udio file • The Audio file pla ys in the order which is written by CD writing software. Y ou may be able to set the playing order by writing the play sequence numbers such as "01" to "99" at the beginning of the file name.
10 | English About USB devic e Notes on Use of the USB Devic e This unit can play audio files stored in the flash memory and digital audio player that have a USB port (these devices are referred to as USB devices in this document).
English | 11 General fea tures Powe r T urning ON the Power Press the [SRC] button. T urning OFF the Power Press the [SRC] button for at least 1 sec ond.
12 | English General fea tures Sy stem Q Selecting the best sound setting preset for different types of music. 1 Select the source to set Press the [SRC] button. 2 Select the Sound type Press the [ Q] button. When you press the button once , the current sound setting is displayed.
English | 13 3 Select the Detail Audio item to adjust Press the [VOL] knob. Each time you press the knob, the item to be adjusted alternates between the items shown in the table below .
14 | English General fea tures Speaker Setting Fine-tuning so that the System Q value is optimal when setting the speaker type. 1 Enter Standby Press the [SRC] button. Select the "ST ANDBY" display. 2 Enter Speaker Setting mode Press the [VOL] knob.
English | 15 In Audio file sourc e Information Display Song title & Ar tist name "TITLE"* Album name & Artist name " ALBUM"* Folder name "FOLDER" File name ".
16 | English General fea tures F unction of the DPX701 Display T ype Selection Changing the display mode. Press the [DISP] button. Each time you press the button, the display mode alternates between the display modes shown in the table below .
English | 17 F unction of the DPX701 Display T ype A/ Display T ype B W allpaper selec ting Selecting a wallpaper to display when Display T ype is set to Display T ype A/ Display T ype B. 1 Select the wallpaper display Refer to <Graphic part Display Switching> (page 16).
18 | English General fea tures F unction of the DPX701 Display T ype B T ext Selec tion for Displa y Selecting the text display. 1 Select the display T ype Press the [DISP] button. Select the Display Type B . 2 Enter text select mode Press the [DISP] button f or at least 1 second.
English | 19 F unction of the DPX701 Display T ype C/ Display T ype D T ext Display Switching Changing the text display . 1 Select the display T ype Press the [DISP] button. Select the Display Type C/Display Type D . 2 Enter text select mode Press the [DISP] button f or at least 1 second.
20 | English General fea tures The text display in the Upper te xt display part In T uner source Information Display Station name or Pr ogram Service name "SNPS"* Radio text or Program Servi.
English | 21 In Standby/ A uxiliary input source Information Display Clock "Clock" Date "Date" Blank "Blank" In HD Radio source Information Display Clock "Clock".
22 | English General fea tures The text display in the L ower text display part In T uner source Information Display Indicator "Sta tus" Clock "Clock" Date "Date" Blank &.
English | 23 • When you selected the Display Type B displa y, select an easy viewable font color . • The "Status" item of Display type C/D can be set; however , the actual display color does not change.
24 | English T uner featur es T uning Selecting the station. 1 Select tuner source Press the [SRC] button. Select the " TUNER" display . 2 Select the band Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Each time you push the knob toward [FM], it switches between the FM1, F M2, and FM3 bands.
English | 25 Station Pr eset Memory Putting a station in the memory. 1 Select the band Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. 2 Select the frequenc y to put in the memory Push the Contr ol knob towards [ 4 ] or [ ¢ ]. 3 Put the frequency in the memory Press the desired [1] — [6] butt on for at least 2 seconds.
26 | English RDS featur es Radio T ext Scroll Scrolling the displayed radio text. Push the Contr ol knob toward [FM] f or at least 2 seconds. • When the <Display Illumination Control> (page 39) is set to OFF , the display may black out while scr olling.
English | 27 20. Language "For eign Language" "LANGU AGE" 21. Religious Music "Religious Music" "REL MUSC" 22. Religious T alk "Religious T alk" "REL T ALK" 23. Personality "Personality" "PERSNL TY" 24.
28 | English CD/USB device/A udio file/External disc control f eatures Playing CD & A udio file When a disc is inserted Press the [SRC] button. Select the "Compact Disc"/ "CD" display. • When a CD is inserted, the "IN" indicator is ON.
English | 29 Pause and play Press the C ontrol knob. Each time you press the knob, the audio pauses or plays. Removing the USB Devic e 1 Select a source other than the USB device Press the [SRC] button. 2 Remove the USB device. • Removing the USB device with it selected as a source can damage the data stored in the USB device.
30 | English CD/USB device/A udio file/External disc control f eatures F unction of remote control Direct T rack/File S earch Doing T rack/File Search b y entering the track/file number . 1 Enter the track/file number Press the number buttons on the r emote control.
English | 31 • When you push the Control knob toward [ ¢ ], the next random song star ts . F unction of Audio file All Random Play Playing randomly from all of the Audio files recorded in the media. Press the [ A.RDM] button for at least 1 second. When the random mode is ON, " All Random ON"/ " ALL RDM" is displayed.
32 | English CD/USB device/A udio file/External disc control f eatures F unction of Audio file File Select mode Y ou can select an audio file in the folder currently being played by file name . 1 Enter File Select mode Press the [F .SEL] button. Select the "FILE SELEC T"/ "FILE SEL " display .
English | 33 F unction of Audio file Folder Select 2 mode Select the target folder within the folders containing audio files. The folder which contains playable audio files is only displayed . 1 Enter Folder Select 2 mode Press the [F .SEL] button. Select the "FOLDER SELEC T2"/ "FLD SEL2" display .
34 | English CD/USB device/A udio file/External disc control f eatures F unction of ACDrive media Letter Seek Y ou can search for the song, y ou want to play , by selecting the initial of Genre name, Artist name, or Album name. 1 Enter the Letter Seek mode Press the [S.
English | 35 HD Radio control f eatures About HD Radio • When you connect an HD Radio, Tuner featur es of the unit are disabled and changed to HD Radio tuner features.
36 | English Menu system Menu Sy stem Setting beep sound during operation, etc. functions. The Menu system basic operation method is explained here. The reference f or the Menu items and their setting content is after this operation explanation. 1 Enter Menu mode Press the [MENU] button f or at least 1 second.
English | 37 • If you enter the wrong Code in steps 4 through 6, repeat from step 4. Resetting the Security Code function when the audio unit is first used after removed from the battery power sour ce or the Reset button is pressed 1 Turn the pow er ON.
38 | English Menu system In Standby mode Manual Clock Adjustment • Y ou can do this adjustment when the <Synchronize Clock> (page 38) is set as OFF . 1 Select Clock Adjustment mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Select the "Clock Adjust"/ "CLK ADJ" display .
English | 39 In Standby mode Dimmer Dimming this unit’ s display automatically when the vehicle light switch is turned ON. Display Setting "Dimmer : ON"/ "DIM ON" The display dims. "Dimmer : OFF"/ "DIM OFF" The displa y doesn’ t dim.
40 | English Menu system F unction of the DPX701 In Standby mode G-Analyzer Reset Resets the value of G-Meter , G- Counter and G- Analyzer Horsepower Analysis . 1 Select G-Analyzer Reset mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Select the "G-Reset" display.
English | 41 4 Enter W eight Input mode Press the C ontrol knob. "Weight Input" is displayed. 5 Select the weight numbers Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. • The weight input range is between 1000-9999 lbs. 6 Select the digits to enter Push the Contr ol knob towards [ 4 ] or [ ¢ ].
42 | English Menu system F unction of the DPX701 G-Analyzer S top W atch The control of stop wat ch can be star ted b y G- Analyzer function. • Do not use G-Analyzer stop watch on the Public r oads. 1 Select G-Analyzer Stop W atch mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM].
English | 43 F unction of the DPX701 When LX AMP unit connecting AMP Con trol Y ou can control the LX AMP connected to the unit. 1 Select AMP Control mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Select the " AMS Control" display . 2 Enter AMP Contr ol mode Press the C ontrol knob for at least 1 second.
44 | English Menu system In HD Radio mode Receiv e mode Setting Sets the receive mode . 1 Select the Receive mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Select the "Receive Mode"/ "HDR MODE" display. 2 Enter Receive mode Press the C ontrol knob for at least 1 second.
English | 45 5 Move the cursor to the enter char acter position Push the Contr ol knob towards [ 4 ] or [ ¢ ]. 6 Select the character type Press the C ontrol knob. Each time you press the knob, the character type alternates between the types shown in the table below .
46 | English Menu system In Standby mode CD Read Setting When there is a problem with playing a CD with special format, this setting plays the CD b y force. Display Setting "CD Read : 1"/ "CD READ 1" Play CD and Audio file. "CD Read : 2"/ "CD READ 2" Play CD by forc e.
English | 47 In CD/ USB mode A CDrive firm ware v ersion display Displaying the firmwar e version with the ACDrive function. 1 Select the firmware version displa y mode Push the Contr ol knob towards [FM] or [ AM]. Select the " ACD F/W V ersion"/ " ACD VER" display.
48 | English Menu system Other than Standby mode Audio Pr eset Recall Recalling the sound setup register ed by <Audio Preset Memory> (page 47). 1 Select the source Press the [SRC] button. 2 Enter Menu mode Press the [MENU] button f or at least 1 second.
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50 | English Basic Operations of r emote contr ol Loading and Replacing the battery Use two " AA "/ "R6"-size batteries. Slide the cover while pr essing downwards to remove it as illustrated . Inser t the batteries with the + and – poles alig ned properly , following the illustration inside the case .
English | 51 Dual Zone Sy stem [2-ZONE] button Each time you press the button, "2 Z ONE"/ "2ZON" of <Audio Setup> (page 13) is turned ON or OFF . [ 5 ]/ [ ∞ ] buttons Adjusts the volume of the rear channel . The rear channel activates while the Dual Zone System is ON.
52 | English Basic Operations of r emote contr ol In HD Radio source [FM] button Selects the HD FM band. Each time you press the [F M] button, the band alternates between the HF1, HF2, and HF3 bands. [AM] button Selects the HD AM band. [ 4 ]/ [ ¢ ] buttons T unes up or down bands.
English | 53 Ac cessories/ Installation P rocedure Ac cessories 1 ..........1 2 ..........1 3 ..........1 4 ..........6 5 ..........6 6 ..........1 7 ..........2 8 ..........1 Installation Proc edure 1. T o prevent a short circuit, remove the key from the ignition and disconnect the - battery.
54 | English Connecting W ires to T erminals AUX IN SUB WOOFER REMO.CONT – + P.CONT MUTE ANT. CONT ILLUMI FRONT L FRONT R REAR L REAR R EXT. CONT FM/AM antenna input Fr ont left output ( White) Fr o.
English | 55 Installing the Escutcheon For Gener al Motors 1 Refer to the section <Removing the Hard Rubber F rame> (page 58 ) and then remove the hard rubber frame . 2 Cut out accessory 2 to meet the shape of the opening of the center console. 3 Attach accessory 2 to the unit.
56 | English Installing the Unit Installation Accessory 4 (M5 × 7 mm) or Accessory 5 (M5 × 6 mm) Installing in Japanese-Made Cars and General Motors Cars Install onto the car bracket using the supplied screws (M5 × 6 mm, M5 × 7 mm). The holes of the car bracket to use will differ depending on the car model.
English | 57 USB Device C onnec tion 1 Remove the cap and connect the USB cable (Accessory 8 ). 2 Connect the USB device to the unit using the supplied cable.
58 | English Removing the Hard Rubber F rame (escutcheon) 1 Engage the catch pins on the removal tool 7 and remove the two locks on the lower level . Lower the frame and pull it forward as shown in the figure. 2 When the lower level is removed , remove the upper two locations.
English | 59 T roubleshooting Guide What might seem to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Befor e calling ser vic e, first check the following table f or possible problems. General ? The pow er does not turn ON.
60 | English T roubleshooting Guide T uner source ? Radio reception is poor . ✔ The car ant enna is not extended. ☞ Pull the antenna out all the way . ✔ The ant enna control wire is not connected. ☞ Connect the wire correctly, r eferring to the section on <Connecting Wir es to T erminals>.
English | 61 Audio file sourc e ? Cannot play an A udio file. ✔ The media is scrat ched or dir ty . ☞ Clean the media, referring to the CD cleaning of the section on <About CDs> (page 7). ? The sound skips when an Audio file is being played .
62 | English Mecha Error/ E-99: Something is wrong with the disc magazine. Or the unit is malfunctioning for some reason. ➪ Check the disc magazine. And then press the reset button on the unit. If the "Mecha Error/ E-99" code does not disappear , consult your nearest service center .
English | 63 Specifications FM tuner section Fr equency range (200 kH z space) : 87.9 MHz – 107.9 MH z Usable sensitivity (S/N = 30dB) : 9.3dBf (0.8 μV /75 Ω) Quieting Sensitivity (S/N = 50dB) : 15.
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