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Kenwood KHD-C710 Music Keg User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Navigating the Program ... 24 Creating and Managing Playlists ... 27 The Kenwood Music Keg can handle as many as 10,000 separate playlists. The total number of songs on the DMS Cartridge must not exceed 40,000.Transferring MP3s and playlists to the DMS cartridge ... 31 Transferring MP3s and playlists to the DMS cartridge ...
  • Page 3 Copyright 2002, Kenwood USA, Corporation and PhatNoise, Inc. – All Rights Reserved. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames, including without limitation, KENWOOD, EXCELON, MUSIC KEG, are proprietary to Kenwood Corporation. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames, including without limitation and PHATNOISE, PHATNOISE MUSIC MANAGER, DPGT and DMS are proprietary to PhatNoise, Inc.

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Getting Started The Kenwood Music Keg is the most advanced automotive digital music jukebox available today. By offering one-touch access to an unlimited number of MP3s, WMA’s and other music files, it provides music lovers the ultimate in power and flexibility with seamless integration to Kenwood stereos.

  • Page 5: Four Steps To A Quick Start

    Four steps to a quick start This manual contains step-by-step instructions for the operation of your Kenwood Music Keg, but as a quick overview we start with the four major steps: Step 1) Install the Kenwood Music Keg in your car. For more information on how to install the Music Keg in your car, see section I.

  • Page 6: System Components

    System Components Please check to make sure your Kenwood Music Keg package is complete. In addition to this manual, you should have received all of the following parts: 1 Kenwood Music Keg 1 Kenwood Music Keg connector cable (6 meter)
  • Page 7 USB Cradle power adaptor PhatNoise Music Manager software CD-ROM Page 7 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 8: Kenwood Music Keg Overview

    A. Kenwood Music Keg Overview The Music Keg is the central brain of the Kenwood Music Keg car audio system. It is a computer that you install permanently in your vehicle. The Music Manager software and the music files themselves are contained on a DMS cartridge that is inserted into the Music Keg.
  • Page 9 The DMS cartridge is what makes the Kenwood Music Keg flexible. Like a computer hard drive, its huge storage capacity can accommodate thousands of music files. When inserting the cartridge into the Music Keg, make sure it slides all the way in until the latches click. Press the release button whenever pulling the cartridge out of the cradle or the Music Keg.
  • Page 10 Important! Download and install the PhatNoise Music Manager software in your computer before you connect the USB cradle to your computer. Page 10 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 11: Safety And Handling Precautions

    Safety and Handling Precautions Do not install the Kenwood Music Keg on the rear deck of a car where it will be subjected to direct sunlight and high temperatures. Do not install the Music Keg where it will be subjected to hot air from the heater or any other high-temperature location.

  • Page 12: Section I: Installation Guide

    Section I: Installation Guide For your convenience, the Kenwood Music Keg has already been configured for your Kenwood stereo. For the Music Keg to recognize this configuration, you must insert the DMS cartridge into the Music Keg, prior to installation.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Music Keg To Your Kenwood Stereo

    Mounting Clearance You must leave the front of the Kenwood Music Keg unobstructed to allow the DMS cartridge to be removed from the DMS cartridge slot. The Music Keg cable needs at least 3 inches of clearance to keep the cables from straining or bending unnecessarily.

  • Page 14: Wiring A Music Keg To Kenwood Stereos

    Wiring a Kenwood Music Keg to Kenwood car stereos 1. Turn off the car and the stereo. 2. Gain access to the rear portion of your car stereo Kenwood stereo. Important note: Depending on your car, the following step may involve removing parts of the dashboard.
  • Page 15 8. Turn on your Kenwood car stereo. 9. Switch to CD changer mode on your Kenwood car stereo. 10. Wait for a “Welcome to the Kenwood Music Keg ” message to play. You may have to wait up to 15 seconds for the Music Keg to boot.
  • Page 16 Is something wrong? No lights come on at all: 1. Disconnect the cable from the Kenwood Music Keg. Wait 20 seconds and reconnect. 2. Your cartridge may be corrupted. Please see Appendix E: Contacting Kenwood to get assistance. The red light turns on, but the green light does not: 1.

  • Page 17: Section Ii: Setting Up At Home

    Installing the Kenwood edition of the PhatNoise Music Manager software The Kenwood edition of the PhatNoise Music Manager software is included on the CD found in your package. You can use the software to create and manage playlists of MP3s, WMA, FLAC and WAV files.
  • Page 18 6. If the DMS cartridge is inserted into the USB cradle, remove it now. 7. Once your computer has rebooted, plug the power connector into the USB cradle. Page 18 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 19 9. Insert the DMS cartridge firmly into the USB cradle. Avoid ‘slapping’ the cartridge into place. The green and red indicator lights should illuminate. The DMS cartridge will then be detected by the operating system. Page 19 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 20 3. Choose “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” 4. Click “Next” 5. A “Hardware Installation” warning box will appear 6. Click “Continue Anyway” 7. Click “Finish” Page 20 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 21 8. After an initialization period, an “Autoplay” dialog box will appear 9. Let the Autoplay feature complete Page 21 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 22 10. Dialogs will appear for PHTDTA and PHTSYS 11. For each dialog, select “Take No Action” and check “Always do the selected Action” Click “OK” 12. Your DMS cartridge is ready! Page 22 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 23: Section Iii: Creating And Managing Playlists

    The librarian understands which books and types of books belong to each bookshelf; thus when a new book is added the librarian will place the Page 23 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 24: Launching The Music Manager

    Shared Folder”). Navigating the Program Each icon on the left of the application’s screen represents a different interface and part of the software. Library View Page 24 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 25 2. Insert the CD into the computer. Press the Load Button. 3. If the computer is connected to the Internet, the songs names will appear next to the track numbers as follows: Page 25 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 26 5. Edit the “Artist”, “Title”, “Genre” and “Year” information if it is missing or incorrect. 6. Choose the tracks your want to encode using the checkboxes. 7. Choose the file format you want to encode in. Page 26 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 27: Creating And Managing Playlists

    9. Press the Start button on the Encode panel and the process will begin. Creating and Managing Playlists To create and manage your music playlists, click on the Library button. Page 27 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 28 2. Adding songs to a static playlist 1. Click on the All Songs playlist. 2. Type a search query in the Search box. Page 28 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 29 Songs will be arranged by album, artist and genre in the Browse View. 3. Adding songs to a dynamic playlist 1. Click on the desired playlist to edit. 2. Click the Edit playlist button. Page 29 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 30 PC's hard drive. All songs that match the criteria are automatically added to your dynamic playlist. Page 30 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 31: Playlists To The Dms Cartridge

    The Kenwood Music Keg can handle as many as 10,000 separate playlists. The total number of songs on the DMS cartridge must not exceed 40,000. Page 31 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 32: Transferring Mp3S And Playlists To The Dms Cartridge

    The Devices view is organized in two parts: The Music Manager Playlist and Windows Explorer panels The All Supported Devices panels. 4. Activate the Kenwood Music Keg DMS cartridge by clicking PhatNoise DMS in the All Supported Devices panel. Page 32 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation &...

  • Page 33: Adding A Playlist To An Existing Disc On The Dms Cartridge

    (Note: Playlists are called ‘Discs’ when they are on the DMS cartridge) 1. Drag the playlist onto an existing disc. The target disc will take on the name of the playlist. Page 33 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. “GO” button. button.

  • Page 34: Adding A Music Manager Playlist As A New Disc On The Dms Cartridge

    1. You can create a blank disc as a ‘placeholder’ for future playlists. Right-click the area under DMS in the Device view and choose Add a New Disc. Page 34 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 35: Syncing Music

    If a disc has fresh content after syncing, the yellow star will turn blue and the new files will be highlighted. Be sure to click Save/Eject DMS to apply the changes. Page 35 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 36: Example Playlists

    Next, a ‘Recent Hip-Hop’ Disc is made in the car by simply dragging the playlist from the top window to a blank location under ‘Music Keg DMS’. Page 36 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 37 You can create a new disc for it just by dragging the artist to a blank space. Note these playlists are Dynamic as well. Page 37 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 38: Section Iv: Operating The Kenwood Music Keg With Your Kenwood Stereo

    Setting the audio mode To use the Music Keg, you must first put the Kenwood stereo into CD changer mode. Push the “SRC” button on your Kenwood stereo until the display reads “DISC”.

  • Page 39: Displaying Information About Your Music

    Skipping from one playlist to the next is easy. Simply press the next/previous disc buttons. Displaying information about your music Since most Kenwood stereos display CD Text the song and artist name from the MP3 ID3 tag will scroll across the stereo’s display. Special Notes...

  • Page 40: Appendix A: Updating The Firmware In Your Kenwood Music Keg

    Music Keg. Appendix A: Updating the Firmware in your Kenwood Music Keg Your Kenwood Music Keg has firmware programmed inside of it. It has been already been setup from the factory to work with your Kenwood stereo.
  • Page 41 4. Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the “GO” button. 5. Press the Hardware Options button. 6. Press ‘Select Product’ to select Installed Product. Make sure the ‘Installed Product’ is the Kenwood Music Keg. Press the Start Wizard button to begin the update process. Page 41 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation &...
  • Page 42 7. The wizard will begin. Press Next to skip the introductory screen. 8. Press the Check for Updates from PhatNoise Website button to load the latest set of Kenwood stereos. Choose the appropriate firmware (there may be only one). Page 42 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation &...
  • Page 43 10. Press the Next button. The window will display the firmware version information. Page 43 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 44 After completing these steps, your DMS cartridge will have all the appropriate software on it. Now the Music Keg can be updated using the following steps: Page 44 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 45 13. While your car stereo is off, insert the DMS cartridge into your Music Keg. 14. Turn on the stereo and verify that the Kenwood Music Keg powers on (the green light begins to blink rapidly). 15. While the green light is blinking, the Music Keg is reprogramming itself.

  • Page 46: Appendix B: Switching Between 1 And 2 Digit Kenwood Stereos

    Appendix B: Switching between 1 and 2 digit Kenwood stereos The firmware inside your Music Keg is setup for a Kenwood ‘2 digit’ stereo from the factory. Kenwood‘2 digit’ stereos can show numbers greater than 10 on the disc display. Some Kenwood stereos are ‘1 digit’, meaning that the display can only show disc numbers as high as...

  • Page 47: Changing The Music Keg Between 1 And 2 Digit Modes

    KRC-435 1 digit code KRC-535 2 digit code Changing the Kenwood Music Keg between 1 and 2 digit modes If you have a ‘1 digit’ stereo it may be necessary to switch the Music Keg mode. Note: the following steps apply to Music Manager versions 1.4 and later, and Kenwood firmware version 9.0 or later.
  • Page 48 4. Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the “GO” button. 5. Press the Hardware Options button. 6. Under the Firmware Setup tab, press the Properties button to show the Firmware Properties window. Page 48 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 49 7. Choose the appropriate setting and hit ok. 8. Eject the cartridge normally. The next time you use the Music Keg it will automatically use the new settings without any reprogramming. Page 49 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 50: Appendix C: Troubleshooting

    Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. Cause/Solution - Adjust the volume of the stereo. - Make sure the Kenwood Music Keg cable is correctly connected to the Kenwood stereo. - Make sure the Kenwood stereo has the CD changer as the active source.
  • Page 51 Page 51 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Close the Music Manager software. - Run the Database Doctor in the Music Manager folder on the Start Menu.

  • Page 52: Appendix D: Warranty And Liability Policy

    6. The fuel tank should not be damaged by the tapping screws. 7. There should be no wire harnesses or pipes under the place where you are going to install the unit. Page 52 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 53: Digital Media Storage Cartridge Precautions

    7. The only effective protection for data and other material stored on the DMS cartridge is the regular backing-up of that data by you, the consumer. Kenwood USA Corporation shall not be responsible for the loss of any such data or other material.
  • Page 54 4,500 audiobooks and 14,000 other audio programs. You can download those programs to your computer and listen immediately, or you can transfer them to your Kenwood Music Keg and listen on the go. Getting Started with Audible This guide is a brief introduction to using the Music Manager with Audible content.
  • Page 55 Click the Tell Me More! Button to get more information about audible.com Existing Users - Click Here! Click the Existing Users Click Here! Button if you already have an audible.com account Page 55 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 56 New Users - Click Here! Click the New Users Click Here! Button to create a new audible.com account and take advantage of our special introductory offer. Page 56 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 57 1. Insert the DMS cartridge into the USB cradle. 2. Click on the Device View button 3. Click on the "PhatNoise DMS" text under the All Supported Page 57 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. http://audible.com/kenwood...
  • Page 58 5. On the top portion of the Device view click on the "All Audible Content" text in the Playlist panel 6. Drag an Audible file to a DMS disc Page 58 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 59 Audible subscriptions. To create a dynamic audible subscription disc, follow these steps: 1. Click the Disc Wizard button from the DMS view 2. Choose "Audible Subscriptions" from the "Create From" drop down list Page 59 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 60 Discs will automatically be updated when you click the Sync DMS button. Saving Your Changes When you have finished organizing your Audible content, click the SAVE/EJECT DMS button. Page 60 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 61 Playing Audible content in your car A playlist with Audible content on it will auto-resume. The Auto-resume feature allows the Kenwood Music Keg to remember where playback stopped in a playlist. For example, suppose you are listening to an Audible playlist and you press the Disc Up button to listen to a different playlist.

  • Page 62: Appendix E: Contacting Kenwood Support

    Phone: 1-800-KENWOOD (536-9663) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 22745 Long Beach, CA 90801-5745 Call center is available 8:30am – 5:00pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday. Page 62 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. KHD-UM1...

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