Before Use

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To prevent injury or fire, take the following precautions:

To prevent a short circuit, never put or leave any metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools) inside the unit.

Do not watch or fix your eyes on the unit’s display when you are driving for any extended period.

How to reset your unit

If the unit or the connected unit (disc auto changer, etc.) 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, refer to <Playing a USB device> (page 10).

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 characters.

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

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This unit may not correctly play discs which do not have the mark.

You cannot play a CD-R or CD-RW that has not been finalized. (For the finalization process refer to your CD-R/CD-RW writing software, and your CD- R/CD-RW 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.

Other notes

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.

The characters conforming to ISO 8859-1 character set can be displayed.

The RDS or RBDS feature won’t work where the service is not supported by any broadcasting station.

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