New Kenwood Music Keg software info
With the release of
•Compatibility with Audible.com
•Compatibility with the FLAC audio codec
•New Kenwood PhatNoise Music Manager software skin
•Improved Music Manager software setup and navigation using multiple browse windows
Software/firmware included with Kenwood Music Kegs
There are now several different Kenwood Music Keg versions in the field, each with different Music Manager software and Music Keg firmware. It is important that you know how to determine what version of software/firmware a particular Music Keg has, whether it is compatible with the newest Music Keg features, and how to update Music Manager software and Music Keg units that need it.
The following table summarizes all the different Music Keg versions, their included Music Manager software, Music Keg firmware, and some of the new features:
| Initial | Future | All | All | |
| shipments of | shipments of | |||
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| w/20GB DMS | w/20GB DMS* |
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included | V1.40 | V1.36 or V1.40 | V1.36 or earlier | V1.77.2 | |
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Will software | No: | V1.36: Yes |
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V1.40: No - must |
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automatically | Must be done | Yes | Yes | ||
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update? | manually |
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| No: | No: | No: |
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| Manual | Manual or |
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Audible.com | Automatic |
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software | Automatic | Yes | |||
compatible? | software update | ||||
update is | Software update |
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| required | is required |
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| No: | No: | No: |
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| Manual | Manual or |
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FLAC | Automatic |
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software | Audomatic | Yes | |||
compatible? | software update | ||||
update is | Software update |
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| required | is required |
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Won’t play | Yes, BUT: |
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unless software | Won’t play unless |
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Audible.com | None | Yes | |||
& firmware are | software is | ||||
content on DMS? |
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manually | updated |
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Music Keg | 8.0 | 11.04 | 8.0 | 11.01 or 11.04 | |
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