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Page 2: How To Use And Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal
Axcess’ capabilities, and quickly enjoy its state-of-the-art technology. An electronic version of the complete guide to your Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal (combining both your Setup Guide and this manual) is available online at the Kenwood USA Web site (www.kenwoodusa.com). The Kenwood USA Web site will also contain information on functional updates to both Axcess and Entré... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents How to Use and Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal... ii How Do I Reset Axcess?...ii Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Axcess ... 1 What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess? ...2 What’s On the Axcess Remote?...3 How Do I Turn On Axcess?...4... - Page 4 How Do I Adjust the Bass Setting?...18 How Do I Adjust the Treble Setting? ...18 Chapter 5: Troubleshooting ... 21 How Do I Contact Kenwood? ...22 How Do I Solve Sound Problems?...22 There’s No Sound ... 22 The Volume Suddenly Decreases ... 22 Internet Radio Stops Playing ...
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Page 5: Chapter 1: Getting To Know Your Axcess
Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Axcess Welcome to the Use and Enjoy Guide for your new Kenwood Axcess Remote Portal. This chapter helps you learn how to take advantage of all Axcess’ features. Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stored media collection, providing a convenient way to enjoy your MP3 and Internet Radio collections. -
Page 6: What's On The Front Panel Of My Axcess
Getting to Know Your Axcess What’s On the Front Panel of My Axcess? 12 13 1. Power/Standby button 2. Standby light 3. Infrared receiver (for use with included IR remote) 4. Skip/Scan backward 5. Skip/Scan forward 6. Display 7. Music mode button 8. -
Page 7: What's On The Axcess Remote
What’s On the Axcess Remote? 1. Music mode button 2. Internet Radio mode button 3. Auxiliary mode button 4. Stop button 5. Pause button 6. Skip/Scan backward 7. Skip/Scan forward 8. Audio settings button 9. Left navigation button 10. Down navigation button 11. -
Page 8: How Do I Turn On Axcess
Getting to Know Your Axcess How Do I Turn On Axcess? Press the button on front panel or POWER Axcess on. Axcess is always in one of four power states: State: Power Off: The standby light is off and no text appears on Axcess’... - Page 9 information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). If your network uses a static IP address, you can also get the information directly from your Entré. For more information, see “Network Configuration” on page 7 of How to Connect and Set Up Your Axcess Remote Portal. Once Axcess enters the manual configuration mode, the IP address appears: 1.
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Page 10: What If I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Selection)
Getting to Know Your Axcess What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Selection)? Axcess can connect “on the fly” to any Entré connected to your HomePNA network. If you have more than one Entré on your network, you will need to select which one Axcess should use. -
Page 11: How Do I Navigate Axcess
How Do I Navigate Axcess? You can quickly browse available music titles or radio stations using Axcess’ navigation buttons. Press this button: How Do I Control Music Play? Press the buttons on your remote or Axcess’ front panel to control music play. These buttons work just like the play control buttons on Entré. - Page 12 Getting to Know Your Axcess Press this button: • Skip to the next Track. • Press and hold to fast forward through the cur- rent Track. • (In Internet Radio mode) Not used. How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal...
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Page 13: Chapter 2: Enjoying Your Music Collection
Chapter 2: Enjoying Your Music Collection Using Axcess’ Music mode, you can play your music collection, find a Track in your favorite Group on Entré, or control the order your music plays in. This chapter helps you understand how to play music, and find exactly the song you’re looking for. - Page 14 Enjoying Your Music Collection For more information about using Entré to organize your music, see “Chapter 4: Managing Your Music” in How to Use and Enjoy Your Entré Entertainment Hub. You can browse Groups, Channels and Tracks on Axcess much as you do with Entré.
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Page 15: Controlling Music Play Order
Browse a selected Channel: • Press the up and down navigation buttons to browse Tracks in a Channel. • Press the left or right navigation button to return to browsing Groups. 4. Press to play the currently displayed Track. SELECT Hold down the up or down navigation buttons on the remote to scroll 10 lines at a time (similar to the function of the PAGE buttons on the Entré... - Page 16 Enjoying Your Music Collection To select a play order: 1. Press while you’re in Music mode. The current play order appears MUSIC on the first line of the display: 2. Press again to move to the next available play order. Continue MUSIC pressing until you find the play order you want.
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Page 17: Chapter 3: Enjoying Internet Radio
Chapter 3: Enjoying Internet Radio Axcess allows you to enjoy Internet Radio the way you’ve listened to traditional broadcast stations. With Axcess, you don’t have to turn on your computer to listen to Internet Radio—now you can enjoy it anywhere in your home that you have an Axcess Remote Portal. -
Page 18: Browsing Groups And Channels
Enjoying Internet Radio Browsing Groups and Channels When you added Internet Radio stations to Entré, it automatically organized the stations for you, or you may have customized it yourself. When you use Axcess to listen to Internet Radio remotely, the stations are organized exactly how they are on Entré. -
Page 19: How Do I Purchase The Music I Hear On Internet Radio
A list of your “tagged” songs is kept on the OpenGlobe web site. You can view the list by pressing “My Kenwood Axcess Wishlist.” For more information on purchasing “tagged” songs, go to www.kenwoodusa.com. How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal . - Page 20 Enjoying Internet Radio How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal...
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Page 21: Chapter 4: Controlling Audio Settings
Chapter 4: Controlling Audio Settings You can adjust the volume and quality of the sound using the volume, mute and audio buttons. You can also fine-tune the sound by adjusting the balance, bass, or treble settings. How Do I Adjust the Volume? •... -
Page 22: How Do I Adjust The Bass Setting
Controlling Audio Settings How Do I Adjust the Bass Setting? Change how Axcess emphasizes low sounds by adjusting the bass setting. The Bass and Treble controls do not affect the headphone output. 1. Select the bass setting: • Press the up and down navigation buttons simultaneously, then press SELECT •... - Page 23 The treble setting screen appears: 2. Adjust the treble setting: • Increase the treble by pressing the right navigation button repeatedly. • Decrease the treble by pressing the left navigation button repeatedly. • Return the setting to the center by pressing the left and right naviga- tion buttons simultaneously.
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Page 25: Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting Troubleshooting is how you determine what part of a complex system (like a home entertainment system) is at fault when the system isn’t working how you think it should. When you troubleshoot a system, you diagnose a problem by examining and eliminating possible causes until there’s only one left. -
Page 26: How Do I Contact Kenwood
The rest of this chapter presents some common problems, grouped by type, and the steps you can take to resolve them. How Do I Contact Kenwood? We recommend reading this chapter before calling Kenwood. If you are still experiencing difficulties, use one of the following methods to contact Kenwood Customer Support: •... -
Page 27: I Can't Hear Anything From My Tv Or Other Connected Device
I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Device • Check that the Axcess display reads: If it doesn’t, press on Axcess’ front panel or the remote. • Check that you’ve correctly connected Axcess to your auxiliary source. The red and white stereo audio cables should go from Axcess’... -
Page 28: Axcess Doesn't Respond When I Press A Button On The Remote Or Front Panel
Troubleshooting Axcess Doesn’t Respond When I Press a Button on the Remote or Front Panel Reset Axcess. For more information, see “How Do I Reset Axcess?” on page ii. My Music Repeats or Plays Out of Order Select a different music play order. For more information about how to change the music order, see “Controlling Music Play Order”... -
Page 29: Index
... 4 manual ... 4 configuring, audio settings ... 17 connecting troubleshooting. See troubleshooting contacting Kenwood ... 22 controlling audio settings ... 17 play order ... 11 Entré, troubleshooting ... 24 firmware update..4 front panel ... 2 troubleshooting ... - Page 30 Index play order, controlling ... 11 playing time, Track ... 9 playing, music ... 9 purchasing music ... 15 Radio, Internet. See Internet Radio remote ... 3 troubleshooting ... 24 resetting Axcess ...ii selecting modes ... 6 server, not found ... 23 setting up, audio ...
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Page 31: Specifications
Specifications Stereo Power Output 20 watts per Channel, 0.11% THD, 1 kHz, 8 ohms 15 watts per Channel, 0.7%, 70Hz - 20 kHz, 8 ohms (FTC) Signal-to-Noise Ratio 86dB (A-WTD) Residual noise 100dB (A-WTD) Channel separation 56dB (1kHz, AUX input) Input impedance 7.74kOhm (1kHz, AUX Input) Dimensions... - Page 32 Internet www.kenwoodusa.com e-mail inquiry@kenwoodusa.com Telephone 1-800-KENWOOD Main Office P.O. Box 22745 Long Beach, CA 90801-5745...