Kenwood manual New Kenwood Music Keg software info

New Kenwood Music Keg software info

With the release of KHD-CX910 Kenwood Excelon Music Kegs with 20GB DMS cartridges and the new KHD-C710 Kenwood Music Keg, new Music Manager software and Music Keg operating firmware (with the following new features and capabilities) has become available:

•Compatibility with Audible.com spoken-word files

•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 KHD-CX910s	All
	shipments of	shipments of
	KHD-CX910s	KHD-CX910s	w/10GB DMS	KHD-C710s
	w/20GB DMS	w/20GB DMS*
Version of
included	V1.40	V1.36 or V1.40	V1.36 or earlier	V1.77.2
Music Manager
software
Will software	No:	V1.36: Yes
		V1.40: No - must
automatically	Must be done		Yes	Yes
		be done
update?	manually
		manually
	No:	No:	No:
	Manual	Manual or
Audible.com			Automatic
	software	Automatic		Yes
compatible?			software update
	update is	Software update
			is required
	required	is required
	No:	No:	No:
	Manual	Manual or
FLAC			Automatic
	software	Audomatic		Yes
compatible?			software update
	update is	Software update
			is required
	required	is required
	Yes, BUT:
Pre-loaded	Won’t play	Yes, BUT:
	unless software	Won’t play unless
Audible.com			None	Yes
	& firmware are	software is
content on DMS?
	manually	updated
	updated
Music Keg	8.0	11.04	8.0	11.01 or 11.04
firmware version