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Troubleshooting Guide

CD/External disc control mode

PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

SOLUTION

 

 

 

The disc control mode cannot

No wire has been connected to the disc changer input

Connect the wire to the disc changer input terminal on

be selected.

terminal on the unit.

the unit.

 

 

 

The specified disc does not

The specified CD is quite dirty.

Clean the CD.

play, but another one plays

 

 

The CD is upside-down.

Load the CD with the labeled side up.

instead.

 

 

 

 

The disc is loaded in a different slot from that specified.

Eject the disc magazine and check the number for the

 

 

specified disc.

 

 

 

 

The disc is severely scratched.

Try another disc instead.

 

 

 

The sound skips.

Something is touching the disc changer.

Remove whatever is touching it.

 

 

 

 

The CD is scratched or dirty.

If skipping happens at the same place when the car is

 

 

stopped, something with the CD is wrong. Clean the CD.

 

 

 

The display shows that the

The computer chip in the unit is not functioning normally.

Press the reset button on the unit (see p. 4).

changer is being played, but no

 

 

sound can be heard.

 

 

 

 

 

The specified track will not

Random play or magazine random play has been

Turn off random play or magazine random play.

play.

selected.

 

 

 

 

Track repeat, disc repeat, track

The setting is not cancelled.

The settings for these functions remain on until the

scan, disc scan, random play,

 

setting to off or the disc ejected, even if the power is

and magazine random play

 

turned off or the source changed.

start by themselves.

 

 

If the following situations, consult your nearest service center:

Even though the disc changer is connected, the Disc Changer Mode is not on, with "AUX" showing in the display during the Changer Mode.

Even though no device (KCA-S210A, CA-C1AX, KDC-CPS85, KDC-CX85, KDC-CPS82 or KDC-CX82) is connected, the AUX Mode is entered when switching modes.

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Kenwood KRC-X858, KRC-708 instruction manual CD/External disc control mode

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