Precautions; Notes - Kenwood DNX9980HD Instruction Manual

Precautions

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To prevent injury or fire, take the following
precautions:
• Do not watch or fix your eyes on the unit's display
when you are driving for any extended period.
• To prevent a short circuit, never put or leave any
metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools) inside
the unit.
How to reset your unit
• If the unit or the connected unit fails to operate
properly, press the Reset button. The unit returns to
factory settings when the Reset button is pressed.
• Remove the USB device before pressing the Reset
button. Pressing the Reset button with the USB
device installed can damage the data contained in
the USB device. For how to remove the USB device,
see <How to play media> (page 15).
• When the unit is turned on after pressing the Reset
button, the Initial SETUP screen is displayed. Refer to
<Initial Setup> (page 96).
Reset button
Cleaning the Unit
If the faceplate of this unit is stained, wipe it with a dry
soft cloth such as a silicon cloth.
If the faceplate is stained badly, wipe the stain off with
a cloth moistened with neutral cleaner, then wipe it
again with a clean soft dry cloth.
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• Applying spray cleaner directly to the unit may affect its
mechanical parts. Wiping the faceplate with a hard cloth
or using a volatile liquid such as thinner or alcohol may
scratch the surface or erases screened print.
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Lens Fogging
When you turn on the car heater in cold weather,
dew or condensation may form on the lens in the
disc player of the unit. Called lens fogging, this
condensation on the lens may not allow discs to play.
In such a situation, remove the disc and wait for the
condensation to evaporate. If the unit still does not
operate normally after a while, consult your Kenwood
dealer.
Handling discs
• Do not touch the recording surface of the disc.
• Do not stick tape etc. on the disc, or use a disc with
tape stuck on it.
• Do not use disc type accessories.
• Clean from the center of the disc and move outward.
• When removing discs from this unit, pull them out
horizontally.
• If the disc center hole or outside rim has burrs,
use the disc only after removing the burrs with a
ballpoint pen etc.
Discs that cannot be used
• Discs that are not round cannot be used.
• Discs with coloring on the recording surface or discs
that are dirty cannot be used.
• This unit can only play the CDs with
This unit may not correctly play discs which do not
have the mark.
• You cannot play a disc that has not been finalized.
(For the finalization process refer to your writing
software, and your recorder instruction manual.)
• If you try to load a 3-inch-disc with its adapter into
the unit, the adapter might separate from the disc
and damage the unit.
Precautions on using this unit
• If you experience problems during installation,
consult your Kenwood dealer.
• When you purchase optional accessories, check with
your Kenwood dealer to make sure that they work
with your model and in your area.
• Select a language used to display menus, audio file
tags, etc. See <Language Setting> (page 74).
• The Radio Data System feature won't work where the
service is not supported by any broadcasting station.
Protecting the monitor
To protect the monitor from damage, do not operate
the monitor using a ball point pen or similar tool with
the sharp tip.
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Notes

List of playable discs
Disc types Support
Standard Remark
‡
DVD DVD Video
DVD Audio ×
DVD-VR ×
‡ MP3/WMA/AAC/MPEG1/MPEG2/
DVD-R
DivX Playback
‡
DVD-RW
Multi-border/Multisession/
‡
DVD+R (Playback depends on authoring
conditions)
‡
DVD+RW
Compatible with 8-cm (3 inch) discs
DVD-R DL (Dual layer) ‡
‡
DVD+R DL (Double Only video format
layer)
DVD-RAM ×
‡ CD-TEXT/8-cm (3 inch) discs
CD Music CD
supported.
‡
CD-ROM
MP3/WMA/AAC/DivX playback
‡
CD-R
Multisession supported
‡
Packet write not supported.
CD-RW
‡
DTS-CD
‡
Video CD (VCD)
Super video CD ×
Photo CD ×
% Only music CD session can be
CD-EXTRA
played.
HDCD ×
CCCD ×
Others Dualdisc ×
% Only CD layer can be played.
Super audio CD
‡ : Playback is possible.
% : Playback is partly possible.
× : Playback is impossible.
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• When buying DRM enabled contents, check the
Registration Code in the <DivX Setup> (page 73).
Registration Code changes each time a file with the
displayed Registration Code is played to protect against
copying.
Use of "DualDisc"
When playing a "DualDisc" on this unit, the surface of
the disc that is not played may be scratched while the
disc is inserted or ejected. Since the music CD surface
does not conform to the CD standard, playback may
be impossible.
(A "DualDisc" is a disc with one surface containing
DVD standard signals and the other surface containing
music CD signals.)
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