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CASSETTE RECEIVER
KRC-PS979R
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
B64-1914-00 (EN)
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Contents Safety precautions..........................3 Tuner features Menu settings Tuning.............................................................19 Menu System.................................................34 Direct Access Tuning ....................................19 Mask Key .......................................................35 General features Station Preset Memory..................................19 Touch Sensor Tone.........................................35 Power...............
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Safety precautions IMPORTANT INFORMATION 2WARNING 2CAUTION About the disc changer to be To prevent injury and/or fire, take the To prevent damage to the machine, connected: following precautions: take the following precautions: To connect a disc changer having the "O-N" • Insert the unit all the way until it is fully • Make sure to ground the unit to a negative switch to this unit, set the "O-N" switch to locked in place. Otherwise it may fly out of 12V DC power supply. "N". place during collis
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Safety precautions • The illustrations of the display and the panel Mask key NOTE appearing in this manual are examples used If you have transmitted the Mask Key's to explain more clearly how the controls are • If you experience problems during signal once to the unit in advance, you will used. Therefore, what appears on the display installation, consult your Kenwood dealer. have to transmit it once again if the unit has in the illustrations may differ from what been removed from the battery. Th
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Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals Handling Cassette Tapes If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get • Do not play a cassette whose tape has gone dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth. slack. In such a case, wind it tight using a pencil or the like in one of the spools. Playing slack cassette tapes can result in the Cleaning the Unit tape tangling around the capstan and/or If the faceplate of this unit is stained, wipe it pinch rollers, causing trouble. with a dry soft cloth such as a silico
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General features Power SRC ANG FM You can help prevent theft of the unit by reversing the faceplate so that the control panel cannot be seen, hiding the unit, and shutting off the audio. Power ON/OFF: When you turn your vehicle’s ignition on, the unit’s power will also turn on, with the faceplate reversing to show the control panel. When you turn your vehicle's ignition off, the faceplate will reverse to hide the control panel after a period of time which ATT/LOUD AM/NF Q you have set in the "Ti
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follows: NOTE Selecting AUX-name display Holding down the DISP button for two seconds or more during Tuner mode the AUX mode, AUX-name display is blinked for AUX-name selection mode. Tape mode Pressing 4 or ¢ button during this mode allows you to select "AUX", "TV", "VCP", "GAME" or "PORTABLE" in the AUX mode. External disc control mode 1 The AUX-name selection mode can be exited by pressing the External disc control mode 2 / AUX mode DISP button or doing nothing for 10 seconds. Standby mode Se
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General features Loudness Speaker & Woofer setting This function amplifies low and high tones when the volume is Speaker setting allows the System Q settings to be fine-tuned turned down. according to the type of speakers. The LOUD indicator lights up, when the loudness function is Woofer setting allows for Network configuration according to on. the type of subwoofers. Turning Loudness On/Off: 1 Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the standby mode. Hold down the LOUD button for one second
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woofer setting mode. NOTE NOTE Please see the menu settings about selecting the display mode. • Speaker setting function allows for tuning of bass, middle and For details refer to the Switching Display Mode page for the menu settings. (page 38) treble. • Woofer setting allows for tuing of high-pass filter frequency, low-pass filter frequency and non-fading level. Switching Full-Screen Display This function switches the type of information on the display in the full screen display mode. Each time
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General features Switching the Upper Part Display Track Time This function switches the type of information on the upper part display when the display mode is in vertical division Disc name (DNPS)(only when being preset) display. Disc Title (Units featuring CD text/MD only) Each time you press the DISP button, the upper part display changes as follows: Track Title (Units featuring CD text/MD only) In Tuner mode: NOTE Programme Service name (only during RDS station reception) / • You can give nam
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Switching the Lower Part Display Spectrum Analyzer1 This function switches the type of information on the lower part display when the display mode is in vertical division Spectrum Analyzer2 + Clock display. Each time you press the CLK button, the lower part display Date + Function indicator changes as follows: Disc name (DNPS) (only when being preset) + Function indicator In Tuner mode: Disc Title (Units featuring CD text/MD only) + Function indicator Spectrum Analyzer1 Track Title (Units featur
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General features TEL Mute Faceplate Angle Adjustment Shut down the audio system temporarily whenever an You can adjust the faceplate angle for easy viewing. incoming call is received. Sliding the faceplate: NOTE Hold down the ANG button for one second or more. The function will not work if a cable is not connected to the car phone. When the telephone rings: When a call is received, "CALL" is displayed and all the unit functions are temporarily interrupted. Restoring Original Unit Source During P
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and press the SRC button to turn the unit back on, then turn it off again to make it close properly. • Do not try to press the buttons on the control panel as the faceplate is moving, as excessive force may damage the unit. • During the forced closing of the unit (i.e., having the unit left closed whilst ignition is turned on), the faceplate will not open no matter how often the ignition is turned on or off. You can prevent tampering of the unit when letting someone else drive your car by keepi
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General features Removing the Faceplate 1 Hold the faceplate so that the control panel faces the front toward you and set the left side of the faceplate in the The faceplate can be detached from the unit, helping to deter faceplate bracket. theft. 2CAUTION Removing the faceplate: Do not set the right side of the faceplate in the faceplate bracket 1 Choose the way from among the following and open the first, when reattaching the faceplate. Doing so may cause the faceplate. connector on the facepl
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Audio control features Audio Control Setting FM Adjust various parameters of sound quality. 1 Hold down the AUD button for one second or more to enter the control mode. 2 Selecting mode Press either the FM or AM button. Each time the button is pressed, the adjustment mode will change. Please refer to the following for the contents of the AM adjustment modes. AUD NOTE Source tone memory Each source (tape, CD, MD, FM, AM, and disc changer) has its own memory in which to store the bass, middle, tre
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Audio control features Bass Centre Frequency Middle Centre Frequency Adjust the centre frequency of the bass. Adjust the centre frequency of the middle. Display and setting: Display and setting: "Bass FRQ" : 60 / 70 / 80 / 100 (Only when the bass quality "MID FRQ" : 0.5 / 1.0 / 1.5 / 2.0 kHz. factor is set to 1.00, 1.25 or 1.50) / 150 (Only when the bass quality factor is set to 2.00) Hz. Middle Level Adjust the middle level. Bass Level Display and setting: Adjust the bass level. "MID" : - 8 –
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Treble Level High-pass Filter Frequency for Front Output Adjust the treble level. Adjust the frequency of the High-pass filter for front output. Display and setting: Display and setting: "TRE" : - 8 – + 8 "HPF Front" : Through / 40Hz / 60Hz / 80Hz / 100Hz / 120Hz / 150Hz / 180Hz / 220Hz NOTE You can separately set the high-pass filter for front and rear output, including preouts. The high-pass filter does not affect the non-fading preout. Balance Level Adjust the balance level. Display and set
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Audio control features Tuner features Low-pass Filter Frequency for Non-Fading Output SRC FM Adjust the frequency of the Low-pass filter for Non-Fading output. Display and setting: "LPF NF" : 50 Hz / 80 Hz / 120 Hz / Through NOTE • This mode is available only when the non-fading output function is set to on. • Not available during the Dual zone system is on. AM NAME #1 ~ 6 Preset station number Phase for Non-Fading Output Frequency Band display Adjust the phase for Non-Fading output. Display and
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Tuning 1 Select the band by pressing the FM or AM button. 2 Press the DIRECT button. 1 Press the SRC button repeatedly until the tuner mode is "----" is displayed for 10 seconds. obtained. "TUNER" is displayed only when the tuner mode is If you make no input in the 10-second period, direct access selected. tuning is automatically cancelled. 2 Press either the FM or AM button to select the band. 3 Enter the frequency of the desired station. Each time you press the FM button, the band switches If
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Tuner features RDS features Preset station seek with Programme service PTY FM name (Function of Remote Control) 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. The names of the stations preset in the band currently listened to are displayed for 5 seconds each. The display band switches in the following order: DISP CLK TI/VOL ADJ AM = FM1 ï
FM2 ï
FM3 ï
AM + Each time you pr
