Kenwood KDC-X896, KDC-452U Display settings, Selecting a display type, Selecting a text display

Display settings

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Selecting a display type

Shown below are examples of display types.

Display type	Display information
Type A	Displays 3 lines of text.
Type B	Displays 2 line of text.
Type C	Displays the clock.
Type D	Displays the Motion graphics.
Type E*	Turn off the display and key illumination. (5 seconds
	after completion of operation)

*Function of KDC-X896, KDC-BT852HD, KDC-X496, KDC-452U

1Enter the Function setting mode Press and hold the Control knob.

2Select the Display type select item

Select the following items using the Control

knob. 

“Settings” > “DISP&ILLUMI” > “Display Select” > “Type Select”

3Select the display type

Turn the Control knob to select a display type, and then press the Control knob.

4Exit the Function setting mode Press and hold the [  ] button.

Selecting a text display

You can change the information displayed on each of the following sources:

On Audio file/ iPod source

	Information	Display
	Song title*	“Song Title“
	Album name*	“Album Name”
	Artist name*	“Artist Name”
	Title and Artist name**	“Title/Artist”
	Album and Artist name**	“Album/Artist”
	Folder name	“Folder Name”
	File name	“File Name”
	Play time	“P-Time”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”
On Pandora source
	Information	Display
	Song title	“Song Title“
	Artist name	“Artist Name”
	Album name	“Album name”
	Title and Artist name**	“Title/Artist”
	Album and Artist name**	“Album/Artist”
	Station name	“Station Name”
	Play time	“P-Time”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”
On CD source
	Information	Display
	Disc title	“Disc Title”
	Track title	“Track Title”
	Play time	“P-Time”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”

Function of KDC-X496, KDC-452U, KMR-550U On Tuner source

	Information	Display
	Frequency & Program Service name (FM)	“Frequency/PS”
	Song title (FM)*	“Song Title”
	Artist name (FM)*	“Artist Name”
	Title & Artist name (FM)**	“Title/Artist”
	Station name (FM)	“Station Name”
	Radio text + (FM)	“Radio Text +”
	Radio text (FM)	“Radio Text”
	Frequency (AM)	“Frequency”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”
Function of KDC-X896, KDC-BT852HD
On Bluetooth audio source
	Information	Display
	Source name	“Source Name”
	Song title*	“Song Title“
	Album name*	“Album Name”
	Artist name*	“Artist Name”
	Song title and Artist name**	“Title/Artist”
	Album name and Artist name**	“Album/Artist”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”
On Standby/ Auxiliary input source
	Information	Display
	Source name (AUX only)	“Source Name”
	Clock	“Clock”
	Date	“Date”
	Blank	“Blank”
On SiriusXM (Optional accessory) source
	Information	Display
	Channel number	“Channel Number”
	Channel name	“Channel Name”
	Artist name*	“Artist Name”

1Enter the Function setting mode Press and hold the Control knob.

2Select the Text select item

Select the following items using the Control

knob. 

“Settings” > “DISP&ILLUMI” > “Display Select” > “Text Select”

3Select the text display part

Push the Control knob upward or downward. The selected text display part blinks.

4Determine the selection Turn the Control knob.

5Exit the Function setting mode Press and hold the [  ] button.

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•If the selected display item does not have any information, alternative information is displayed.

•Setting is available when the display type is A or B which allows text display. Refer to <Selecting a display type> (page 28).

•Some items cannot be selected depending on the display type and row.

•If you select “Folder name” while playing music on the iPod, names will be displayed depending on the currently selected browsing items.

•If you select the APP & iPod Control mode while playing music on the iPod, “APP & iPod Mode” is displayed.

•If all characters cannot be displayed while music is played on the iPod, the file number in the list is displayed.

Information	Display
Music title	“TITLE***”
Folder name	“FLD***”
File name	“FILE***”

Function of KDC-X896, KDC-BT852HD

On HD Radio tuner source

Information	Display
Frequency	“Frequency”
Station name	“Station Name”
Artist name*	“Artist Name”
Song title*	“Song Title”
Album name*	“Album Name”
Artist name and Song title**	“Artist/Title”
Artist name and Album name**	“Artist/Album”
Clock	“Clock”
Date	“Date”
Blank	“Blank”

28 KDC-X896/ KDC-BT852HD/ KDC-X496/ KDC-452U/ KMR-550U

Song title*	“Song Title”
Content information*	“Content Info”
Artist name/Song title/Content information**	“Art/Song/Info”
Category name	“Category Name”
Clock	“Clock”
Date	“Date”
Blank	“Blank”

*Display type A only **Display type B only

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