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Kenwood Music Keg User Manual
Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

Devices panel

4. Click on the red GO button

5. On the top portion of the Device view click on the "

All

Audible Content

" text in the Playlist panel

6. Drag an Audible file to a DMS disc

Summary of Contents for KHD-C710 - Music Keg Digital Player

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Page 2: ...the DMS cartridge 31 Transferring MP3s and playlists to the DMS cartridge 32 Adding a playlist to an existing disc on the DMS cartridge 33 Adding a Music Manager playlist as a new disc on the DMS cartridge 34 Adding individual songs to a disc on the DMS cartridge 34 Additional DMS Features 34 Creating a Blank Disc 34 Syncing Music 35 Example Playlists 36 SECTION IV OPERATING THE KENWOOD MUSIC KEG ...

Page 3: ...TNOISE MUSIC MANAGER DPGT and DMS are proprietary to PhatNoise Inc Gracenote is CDDB Inc d b a Gracenote CD and music related data from Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition ServiceSM 2000 2001 2002 Gracenote Gracenote CDDB Client Software 2000 2001 2002 Gracenote U S Patents Numbers 5 987 525 6 061 680 6 154 773 and other patents issued or pending CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote The logo a...

Page 4: ...g Started The Kenwood Music Keg is the most advanced automotive digital music jukebox available today By offering one touch access to an unlimited number of MP3s WMA s and other music files it provides music lovers the ultimate in power and flexibility with seamless integration to Kenwood stereos ...

Page 5: ... in your car For more information on how to install the Music Keg in your car see section I Step 2 Install the PhatNoise Music Manager software on your PC For more information on how to set your PC see section II Step 3 Create playlists of your favorite music For more information on creating and managing playlists see section III Step 4 Play your music through your Kenwood car stereo by switching ...

Page 6: ...ackage is complete In addition to this manual you should have received all of the following parts 1 Kenwood Music Keg 1 Kenwood Music Keg connector cable 6 meter 1 DMS cartridge 1 USB cradle with attached USB cable 1 USB cradle power adaptor 1 PhatNoise Music Manager software CD ROM Kenwood Music Keg Kenwood Music Keg connector cable DMS Cartridge USB Cradle ...

Page 8: ...c Keg Overview The Music Keg is the central brain of the Kenwood Music Keg car audio system It is a computer that you install permanently in your vehicle The Music Manager software and the music files themselves are contained on a DMS cartridge that is inserted into the Music Keg B DMS Cartridge Overview ...

Page 9: ...housands of music files When inserting the cartridge into the Music Keg make sure it slides all the way in until the latches click Press the release button whenever pulling the cartridge out of the cradle or the Music Keg Do not open the DMS cartridge casing Doing so will void your warranty Only use the cartridge supplied with your Kenwood Music Keg other cartridges with other drives inside will n...

Page 10: ... into the USB cradle allows your computer to download and store music files in your DMS cartridge just like a hard drive Please be careful when the DMS cartridge is in the USB cradle If you bump or drop the USB cradle and DMS cartridge while in use you may damage the units Important Download and install the PhatNoise Music Manager software in your computer before you connect the USB cradle to your...

Page 11: ... will be subjected to direct sunlight and high temperatures Do not install the Music Keg where it will be subjected to hot air from the heater or any other high temperature location Also do not install the Music Keg where you cannot firmly secure the unit or in high vibration areas Do not install the Music Keg in an area of high humidity or where large amounts of airborne dust dirt are present ...

Page 12: ...Music Keg Please keep the following considerations in mind when mounting your Music Keg Mounting Location The Music Keg can be mounted anywhere in the car The three most common locations are the trunk under the passenger seat or in the glove box If you already have a CD changer installed in the trunk we recommend that you install the Music Keg close to the existing CD changer This will make wiring...

Page 13: ...ge slot The Music Keg cable needs at least 3 inches of clearance to keep the cables from straining or bending unnecessarily Please keep this in mind when choosing a mounting location Connecting the Kenwood Music Keg to your car stereo As far as your Kenwood stereo is concerned the Music Keg appears just like any ordinary CD changer For this reason the Music Keg is connected to a Kenwood stereo the...

Page 14: ...our car stereo Kenwood stereo Important note Depending on your car the following step may involve removing parts of the dashboard If you do not have experience installing car audio equipment we recommend you seek the assistance of a professional car audio installer 3 Using the long 6 0 meter Music Keg connector cable plug the appropriate end into the changer control terminal on the rear of the Ken...

Page 15: ... the cable into the back of the Music Keg 6 You should see the red and green lights turn on 7 About 5 seconds later both lights should turn off and stay off 8 Turn on your Kenwood car stereo 9 Switch to CD changer mode on your Kenwood car stereo 10 Wait for a Welcome to the Kenwood Music Keg message to play You may have to wait up to 15 seconds for the Music Keg to boot Listen to the entire messag...

Page 16: ...Kenwood Music Keg Wait 20 seconds and reconnect 2 Your cartridge may be corrupted Please see Appendix E Contacting Kenwood to get assistance The red light turns on but the green light does not 1 Disconnect the cable from the Music Keg wait about 1 minute then re connect it or 2 Your cartridge may be corrupted Please see Appendix E Contacting Kenwood to get assistance ...

Page 17: ...ows XP is required to use the Music Manager software To configure the software it is very important to follow these steps in order 1 Exit all running Windows programs 2 Insert the Music Manager software CD into your PC s CD ROM drive Wait a few moments The Music Manager software installation program will launch automatically 3 If the Music Manager software installation program does not run follow ...

Page 18: ...kely pop up warning message boxes titled Software Installation These are normal Click Continue Anyway 5 When the installation is finished the setup program will ask you to reboot the computer 6 If the DMS cartridge is inserted into the USB cradle remove it now 7 Once your computer has rebooted plug the power connector into the USB cradle ...

Page 19: ... USB port on your PC Make sure the cradle is plugged into a power supply before connecting it to your computer 9 Insert the DMS cartridge firmly into the USB cradle Avoid slapping the cartridge into place The green and red indicator lights should illuminate The DMS cartridge will then be detected by the operating system ...

Page 20: ...he DMS Windows will launch the Found New Hardware Wizard with two options a Install the software automatically Recommended b Install from a list or specific location Advanced 3 Choose Install the software automatically Recommended 4 Click Next 5 A Hardware Installation warning box will appear 6 Click Continue Anyway 7 Click Finish ...

Page 21: ...Page 21 Kenwood Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc 8 After an initialization period an Autoplay dialog box will appear 9 Let the Autoplay feature complete ...

Page 22: ...ser Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc 10 Dialogs will appear for PHTDTA and PHTSYS 11 For each dialog select Take No Action and check Always do the selected Action Click OK 12 Your DMS cartridge is ready ...

Page 23: ...ist Song Title Album Title Genre Year and a Comment MP3 files possessing an incorrect ID3 tag will be improperly filed much like a book with the wrong book jacket would be misplaced in a library Static vs Dynamic Playlists Once you have added a few music files to the computer you can begin to create playlists The Music Manager software has the technology to create a dynamic playlist A dynamic play...

Page 24: ...usic Manager 1 Launch the Music Manager software You can do this one of two ways o Double click the Music Manager icon on your desktop o Click Start select Program Files and select the Music Manager icon 2 You will see the Music Manager splash screen then the Load Songs screen will appear 3 Choose a location on your computer that contains songs you wish to load into the Music Manager database This...

Page 25: ...LAC or OGG Files The CD Encoder Interface allows you to add songs from your CDs to the hard drive To add music from CDs to the Music Manager follow these steps 1 Switch to the CD Encoder view by pressing this button 2 Insert the CD into the computer Press the Load Button 3 If the computer is connected to the Internet the songs names will appear next to the track numbers as follows ...

Page 26: ...nc 4 If the computer is not connected to the Internet the tracks will be listed Track 01 Track 02 etc 5 Edit the Artist Title Genre and Year information if it is missing or incorrect 6 Choose the tracks your want to encode using the checkboxes 7 Choose the file format you want to encode in ...

Page 27: ...end a bitrate of 192kbps for the best combination of sound quality and small file size For WMA files we recommend encoding at 128kbps as the best combination of sound quality and file size 9 Press the Start button on the Encode panel and the process will begin Creating and Managing Playlists To create and manage your music playlists click on the Library button ...

Page 28: ...on PhatNoise Inc The Playlist view appears 1 Creating a new playlist 1 Click the Create playlist button Then change the name of the playlist to a name of your choice 2 Adding songs to a static playlist 1 Click on the All Songs playlist 2 Type a search query in the Search box ...

Page 29: ...s into your playlist Another way of browsing and finding songs is via the Browse View To access the Browse View click the Browse View button in the top right corner Songs will be arranged by album artist and genre in the Browse View 3 Adding songs to a dynamic playlist 1 Click on the desired playlist to edit 2 Click the Edit playlist button ...

Page 30: ... Artists Genres or Albums is displayed If Keywords is selected an input box appears at the bottom of the criteria window Simply enter the keyword and press Add If Most Recent Songs is selected then an input box will appear at the bottom of the criteria window Enter the number of most recent songs to add and press Add Each time you select a playlist in the Music Manager software the list of criteri...

Page 31: ...d Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc The Kenwood Music Keg can handle as many as 10 000 separate playlists The total number of songs on the DMS cartridge must not exceed 40 000 ...

Page 32: ...the cradle will flicker when the cartridge has been properly inserted 2 Begin by accessing the Devices view by clicking the Device Manager button 3 The Devices view appears The Devices view is organized in two parts The Music Manager Playlist and Windows Explorer panels The All Supported Devices panels 4 Activate the Kenwood Music Keg DMS cartridge by clicking PhatNoise DMS in the All Supported De...

Page 33: ...ge has not been configured properly a configuration wizard will launch For more information refer to Appendix A Updating the Firmware in your Music Keg 5 Click the red GO button Adding a playlist to an existing disc on the DMS cartridge Note Playlists are called Discs when they are on the DMS cartridge 1 Drag the playlist onto an existing disc The target disc will take on the name of the playlist ...

Page 34: ...ual file onto a DMS disc that contains a dynamic playlist the DMS disc will automatically be converted into a static playlist 2 When you are finished modifying the contents of the DMS disc click Save Eject DMS Wait until the software displays a message indicating it is safe to remove the cartridge Removing the cartridge before this message appears will corrupt the hard drive Additional DMS Feature...

Page 35: ... star next to the Disc icon denotes a dynamic playlist By pressing the Sync Music Keg button any updates to those discs will automatically be copied to the DMS cartridge If a disc has fresh content after syncing the yellow star will turn blue and the new files will be highlighted Be sure to click Save Eject DMS to apply the changes ...

Page 36: ... and after a few tries you will find a system that works for you The following example is one you may want to try In the illustration below several playlists have been made that contain the most recent 25 or 50 songs for different styles of music Next a Recent Hip Hop Disc is made in the car by simply dragging the playlist from the top window to a blank location under Music Keg DMS ...

Page 37: ... means these are dynamic playlists One way to make navigation easier in the car is to reserve Discs 10 and higher for dynamic playlists of individual artists or genres The following is a shortcut for making them 1 Select the All Songs playlist in the device view 2 Click the Browse View button 3 Select an artist and drag it to the desired location on the DMS cartridge You can create a new disc for ...

Page 38: ...nger Playback of MP3 files is controlled via the next previous track and next previous disc buttons on the car stereo Setting the audio mode To use the Music Keg you must first put the Kenwood stereo into CD changer mode Push the SRC button on your Kenwood stereo until the display reads DISC Navigating the songs in a playlist After the Kenwood stereo is set to CD Changer mode you can navigate the ...

Page 39: ...advantage of the different power states of the car That is the Music Keg will turn on when you switch the stereo to the CD Changer mode Once on the Music Keg will remain on until the car is turned off Seeking within a song As a CD player would you can seek through a song by holding the track forward or reverse buttons down for more than 1 second After seeking 2 minutes through a song the Music Keg...

Page 40: ...your Kenwood stereo PhatNoise periodically releases updates to the firmware to improve operation of your Music Keg or to provide feature upgrades to Music Keg owners A notice of firmware updates may appear on the Kenwood Music Keg website or you may be contacted via the email address you registered with PhatNoise when you loaded your Music Manager Software onto your PC In the event of a firmware u...

Page 41: ...n PhatNoise Inc 4 Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the GO button 5 Press the Hardware Options button 6 Press Select Product to select Installed Product Make sure the Installed Product is the Kenwood Music Keg Press the Start Wizard button to begin the update process ...

Page 42: ...wood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc 7 The wizard will begin Press Next to skip the introductory screen 8 Press the Check for Updates from PhatNoise Website button to load the latest set of Kenwood stereos Choose the appropriate firmware there may be only one ...

Page 44: ...ave chosen Press Update DMS when you are done Make sure you are choosing the correct options and are selecting the correct firmware version for your car stereo 12 The wizard will close Now press the Save Eject DMS button After completing these steps your DMS cartridge will have all the appropriate software on it Now the Music Keg can be updated using the following steps ...

Page 45: ...nk rapidly 15 While the green light is blinking the Music Keg is reprogramming itself This will take about 5 minutes Do not pull the cartridge out while the green light is blinking Make sure the stereo is off when you pull out the DMS cartridge 16 You may turn off the stereo and lock the car the Music Keg will turn itself off when done 17 When the Music Keg is done reprogramming all the Music Keg ...

Page 46: ...rtial table of Kenwood stereo models 2002 Kenwood Excelon Model Number 1 or 2 digit code KCA R70FM 2 digit code DPX 6020 2 digit code KDC X459 1 digit code KDC X559 2 digit code KDC X659 2 digit code KDC X859 2 digit code KDC X959 2 digit code KMD X92 2 digit code KVT 911DVD 1 digit code KVT M700 1 digit code Z 910DVD 2 digit code 2002 Kenwood Model Number 1 or 2 digit code KCA R70FM 2 digit code ...

Page 47: ...c Keg between 1 and 2 digit modes If you have a 1 digit stereo it may be necessary to switch the Music Keg mode Note the following steps apply to Music Manager versions 1 4 and later and Kenwood firmware version 9 0 or later For older versions you must update the firmware in the Music Keg Please see the previous section for information on updating the Music Keg 1 Insert the DMS cartridge into the ...

Page 48: ...yright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc 4 Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the GO button 5 Press the Hardware Options button 6 Under the Firmware Setup tab press the Properties button to show the Firmware Properties window ...

Page 49: ...ual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc 7 Choose the appropriate setting and hit ok 8 Eject the cartridge normally The next time you use the Music Keg it will automatically use the new settings without any reprogramming ...

Page 50: ...light on Music Keg blinks and does not stop blinking A file is corrupted on the DMS cartridge This usually happens when the DMS cartridge is removed from the USB cradle while data is being written to the DMS cartridge To fix the corrupted files Insert the DMS into USB cradle Press the Eject DMS button in the PhatNoise Music Manager software If system files are corrupted the PhatNoise Music Manager...

Page 51: ...e Doctor in the Music Manager folder on the Start Menu If this does not fix the problem delete the folder Data in the Music Manager installation directory usually C Program Files Music Manager Please note that this will erase all of your database and playlist files All the songs will need to be reloaded and the playlists will need to be redefined When transferring files to the DMS a message appear...

Page 52: ...t installed and used in accordance with the instructions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient ...

Page 53: ...loading is complete 7 The only effective protection for data and other material stored on the DMS cartridge is the regular backing up of that data by you the consumer Kenwood USA Corporation shall not be responsible for the loss of any such data or other material Kenwood Music Keg Player and USB Cradle Precautions 1 Never spill liquid of any kind on the Music Keg 2 Do not place the Music Keg on an...

Page 54: ...sten immediately or you can transfer them to your Kenwood Music Keg and listen on the go Getting Started with Audible This guide is a brief introduction to using the Music Manager with Audible content For a thorough explanation of the Audible service visit Audible s website at http www audible com kenwood or view the Music Manager Help File by pressing F1 while the program is running Creating a ne...

Page 55: ... first time you will be presented with the following dialog box The Audible User Name Entry dialog box gives you the following three options Welcome Tell Me More Click the Tell Me More Button to get more information about audible com Existing Users Click Here Click the Existing Users Click Here Button if you already have an audible com account ...

Page 56: ...ssword Then press the OK button A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to synchronize your subscriptions with the Audible com servers We recommend you press the Yes button New Users Click Here Click the New Users Click Here Button to create a new audible com account and take advantage of our special introductory offer ...

Page 57: ...you will be ready to download Audible content for use with the Music Manager and your Kenwood Music Keg Audible Content on the DMS Cartridge Audible files are transferred to the DMS in much the same way as mp3 files are transferred to the DMS The only difference is that most Audible files are indexed according to chapter or section breaks in the content A new track will be added for each index poi...

Page 58: ...ual Copyright 2002 Kenwood USA Corporation PhatNoise Inc Devices panel 4 Click on the red GO button 5 On the top portion of the Device view click on the All Audible Content text in the Playlist panel 6 Drag an Audible file to a DMS disc ...

Page 59: ...k to each index point is meant to assist you in finding your place in longer audiobooks and or periodicals Dynamic Audible Subscription Discs It is possible to create discs that will automatically update with issues of Audible subscriptions To create a dynamic audible subscription disc follow these steps 1 Click the Disc Wizard button from the DMS view 2 Choose Audible Subscriptions from the Creat...

Page 60: ...ons 4 You will then be asked if you d like to include all of the issues of the subscription or only the most recent issue Click yes or no as desired To update the Audible Subscription Discs Discs will automatically be updated when you click the Sync DMS button Saving Your Changes When you have finished organizing your Audible content click the SAVE EJECT DMS button ...

Page 61: ... The Auto resume feature allows the Kenwood Music Keg to remember where playback stopped in a playlist For example suppose you are listening to an Audible playlist and you press the Disc Up button to listen to a different playlist To return back to the Audible playlist press Disc Down and the Music Keg will remember where you left off and jump to the correct point in the playlist ...

Page 62: ...upport Need help What goes where compatibility and troubleshooting Please feel free to contact us at Web http www kenwoodusa com Email inquiry kenwoodusa com Phone 1 800 KENWOOD 536 9663 Mailing Address P O Box 22745 Long Beach CA 90801 5745 Call center is available 8 30am 5 00pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday KHD UM1 ...

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