Safety precautions
WARNING
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.
•Mounting and wiring this product requires skills and experience. For safety’s sake, leave the mounting and wiring work to professionals.
•Do not touch the liquid crystal fluid if the LCD is damaged or broken due to shock. The liquid crystal fluid may be dangerous to your health or even fatal.
If the liquid crystal fluid from the LCD contacts your body or clothing, wash it off with soap immediately.
•This monitor unit is set for rear passenger use only.
Use of this monitor unit in any front seat and/or where it may be visible to the driver may be illegal in some states and may cause driver distraction and accident, resulting in injury or death.
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the machine, take the following precautions:
•Make sure to ground the unit to a negative 12V DC power supply.
•Do not install the unit in a spot exposed to direct sunlight or excessive heat or humidity. Also avoid places with too much dust or the possibility of water splashing.
•When replacing a fuse, only use a new fuse with the prescribed rating. Using a fuse with the wrong rating may cause your unit to malfunction.
•Do not use your own screws. Use only the screws provided. If you use the wrong screws, you could damage the unit.
Notes
How to Reset Your Unit
•If the unit fails to operate properly, press the Reset button. The unit returns to factory settings when the
Reset button is pressed.
Reset button
•Even if the Reset button is pressed, values set for individual items are not cleared. To initialize set values, perform the operation mentioned in <Settings> (page 6).
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.
•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.
Screen brightness during low temperatures
When the temperature of the unit falls such as during winter, the liquid crystal panel’s screen will become darker than usual. Normal brightness will return after using the monitor for a while.
•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 illustrations of the display and the panel appearing in this manual are examples used to explain more clearly how the controls are used. Therefore, what appears on the display in the illustrations may differ from what appears on the display on the actual equipment, and some of the illustrations on the display may represent something impossible in actual operation.
Protecting the monitor
To protect the monitor from damage, do not operate the monitor using a ball point pen or similar tool with the sharp tip.
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