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KRC-677R
KRC-577R

© B64-1284-00 (EF)

CASSETTE RECEIVER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for KRC-577R

Page 1: ...KRC 677R KRC 577R B64 1284 00 EF CASSETTE RECEIVER INSTRUCTION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...assette Tapes 18 Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes 18 Using Dolby B Noise Reduction 18 Switching Tape Types 19 Blank Skip 19 Clock display 19 Tape Advance 19 Music Repeat 20 External disc control features Playing Disc mode 21 Fast Forwarding and Reversing Disc Play 21 Track Search 22 Disc Search 22 Track Disc Repeat 22 Track Scan 22 Disc Scan 23 Random Play 23 Magazine Random Play 24 Pr...

Page 3: ... avoid places with too much dust or the possibility of water splashing Do not set the removed faceplate or the faceplate case in areas exposed to direct sunlight excessive heat or humidity Also avoid places with too much dust or the possibility of water splashing To prevent deterioration do not touch the terminals of the unit or faceplate with your fingers Do not subject the faceplate to excessive...

Page 4: ...r use in car audio systems Handling Cassette Tapes Do not play a cassette whose tape has gone slack In such a case wind it tight using a pencil or the like in one of the spools Playing slack cassette tapes can result in the tape tangling around the capstan and or pinch rollers causing trouble Do not play a deformed cassette or one whose label is starting to come off as it can cause the unit to mal...

Page 5: ...A C1AX is being used the AUX Mode will replace the External Disc Control Mode NOTE Tuner mode Tape mode External disc control mode AUX mode KRC 677R only Switching Modes Turning on the power Press the SRC button Turn the power on before carrying out the following procedures Turning off the power Hold down the POWER OFF button for one second or more NOTE Power Basic operations 5 PROG PTY VOL ADJ TI...

Page 6: ... Time Adjustment 1 Manual CLK ADJ 2 Automatic Time Adjustment SYNC ON OFF Disabled System Indicator DSI ON OFF Selectable Illumination COL GRN AMB Contrast Adjustment CONT Dimmer DIM ON OFF Switching Graphic Display GRAP ON OFF News Bulletin Function NEWS OFF M Local seek 3 LO S OFF ON Selecting Tuning Mode 3 Auto 1 Auto 2 Manual Auto 4 Auto 2 Manual 3 2 1 To accommodate a greater number of functi...

Page 7: ...t is off 2 Time adjustment mode entered 3 In Tuner mode 4 Except in AM band 5 In FM reception of Tuner mode 6 In External disc control mode Make sure to end the menu mode when finished If you fail to end the menu mode several functions may not operate properly including the Traffic Information function the News Bulletin function with PTY news timeout setting and the Alarm function The News functio...

Page 8: ...er mode is obtained TUNER is displayed only when the tuner mode is selected Press either the FM or AM button to select the band Each time you press the FM button the band switches between the FM1 FM2 and FM3 Press the AM button to select the MW and LW bands Auto Seek Tuning Press the button to seek increasing frequencies Press the 4 button to seek decreasing frequencies Preset station seek tuning ...

Page 9: ...p the process NOTE You can automatically store all the receivable frequencies in the band currently being listened to and then recall them with the touch of a button later This function is especially useful when you are travelling and do not know what stations are available Up to 6 frequencies can be stored this way Select the band for auto memory entry Hold down the MENU button for one second or ...

Page 10: ...e Displayed Band Pressing the FM button switches between the FM1 FM2 FM3 and AM displays in that order Pressing the AM button switches between the displays in the reverse direction Once the name is displayed for the station you want to listen to Press the OK button Reception starts of the displayed station and the seek mode ends Cancelling mode during input Press the DNPP button The seek mode is c...

Page 11: ...ice name of the station is displayed along with the frequency advising you quickly which station is being received RDS Radio Data System stations also transmit frequency data for the same station When you are making long trips this function automatically switches to the particular frequency with the best reception for the particular network of stations that you want to listen to The data is automa...

Page 12: ...l change Press the MENU button to end the menu mode Sometimes stations in the same network broadcast different programmes or use different programme service names NOTE 4 3 2 1 You can choose whether or not to restrict the RDS channels received with the AF function for a particular network to a Restricting RDS Region Region Restrict Function When poor reception is experienced automatically switch t...

Page 13: ...icated by ATPS ON or ATPS OFF in the display indicating that the function is on or off respectively 2 1 Auto TP Seek Function Pressing the TI button whilst in the MW LW band automatically switches reception to the FM band However the MW LW band is not returned to when the TI button is pressed again Switching to a Different Traffic Information Station Use the 4 buttons to make an auto seek of the T...

Page 14: ...ldies FOLK M 28 Folk Music Folk M DOCUMENT 29 Documentary Document MUSIC Music Music SPEECH Speech Speech Affairs Info Conduct auto seek tuning only on those stations with selected kinds of programmes Press the 38 PTY button PTY is displayed and the Programme Type Selection PTY Mode entered If you make no key input in 30 seconds the mode will automatically turn off You cannot use this function whi...

Page 15: ...atic scrolling is permitted The factory default is manual scrolling Text Scroll You can select the type of programme directly by pressing a preset button The buttons are factory set to the following type of programmes 1 Music 2 Speech 3 News 4 Other Music 5 Serious Classical 6 Varied Changing the Preset Button Settings for Programme Type After selecting the type of programme to be stored in a cert...

Page 16: ...n or belongs to EON Network sending PTY code for news bulletin If you turn on the news bulletin function in the MW LW band the band is switched automatically to the FM band However the MW LW band is not returned to when you turn off the function NOTE 4 NOTE 3 NOTE You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your current listening source including other radio stations When the News Bulletin fu...

Page 17: ...The volume is only set when it is louder than the listening volume of the tuner You can arrange only to listen to traffic information or news bulletins with at preset volume with the volume set at minimum NOTE 3 2 1 Presetting Volume for Traffic Information News 17 PROG PTY VOL ADJ TI DAB 2 5 AUD SCAN B NR B S RDM REP D SCN MTL M RDM LOUD ATT MENU DISC DISC DOLBY DOLBY B NR NR NAME S DISP POWER OF...

Page 18: ...tick to the tape head and cause the unit to malfunction NOTE Loading and Playing Cassettes A press of the release button results in the faceplate dropping open to the front thereby exposing the cassette insertion slot Holding the cassette with the tape exposed to the right insert it in the slot The tape will start playing Push back on the right side of the faceplate with your hand until it locks T...

Page 19: ...P button the display switches between the tape display and clock The indicator lights whilst the clock is displayed Clock display Automatically fast forwards to the beginning of the next track when long blank spaces 10 seconds or more are detected continuing tape playback This function is on when unit is first powered on Turning Blank Skip Function On Off Press the B S button to switch the blank s...

Page 20: ...when the blank space lasts for less than 4 seconds or contains noise this function may not operate correctly Furthermore sections recorded at low levels may trigger the function if they last for 4 seconds or more NOTE Music Repeat Cassette player features 20 English PROG PTY VOL ADJ TI DAB 1 SCAN B S RDM REP D SCN MTL M RDM LOUD ATT MENU DISC DISC NAME S DISP POWER OFF SRC MENU AM DISC FM DISC 4 3...

Page 21: ...aying Discs Press the SRC button repeatedly to select the external disc control mode The disc will start playing The external disc control mode will differ depending on the unit that is connected Mode Display Examples NOTE Playing Disc mode When a unit equipped with an O N switch is to be connected please also see the instruction manual of this unit Set the O N switch to N N operation will be set ...

Page 22: ...SC button to display the desired disc number Each time the button is pressed the displayed disc number decreases by one Play starts at the beginning of the displayed disc Making a Forward Disc Search Press the DISC button to display the desired disc number Each time the button is pressed the displayed disc number increases by one Disc Search Search forwards or backwards through the tracks on the d...

Page 23: ...ay the beginning of each disc on a changer until you find the one that you want to listen to Starting the disc scan Press the D SCN button D SCN ON is displayed and the first 10 seconds of each disc are played in the order in which they are loaded on the changer The disc number currently being heard blinks in the display Stopping to Listen to the Disc Being Scanned Press the 38 or D SCN button aga...

Page 24: ...RC 677R Only Numerals and symbols 1 9 0 Special characters á à é è í ì ó ò ú ù Ñ Ç ß fl â ä ê ë î ï ô ö û ü ñ ç Æ fi KRC 677R Only 4 3 Store the names of discs to be displayed when played Play the disc whose name you want to preset This function is not available for disc changers that do not feature the Disc Name Preset function This procedure is not to be used to store the disc and track titles f...

Page 25: ...display and the disc name preset play mode is entered The preset names disc titles of the disc in the disc changer to which you are currently listening are successively displayed for five seconds each In any of the units that are connected discs that have not been disc name preset will display NO NAME This function can only be used in disc changers that were manufactured or sold as of 1997 Also no...

Page 26: ...o scroll manually Press the DISP button to display the disc title or the track title Holding down the DISP button for one second or more results in one scrolling display of the titles Manual Automatic scroll switching Hold down the MENU button for one second or more MENU is displayed and the menu mode is turned on Press the button repeatedly until the Text title scroll function appears in the disp...

Page 27: ...ettings made for FM AM for AM etc Press the 4 button Look at the table to adjust the mode being displayed Press the AUD button to end the control mode 4 Adjustment mode Display Bass BAS Treble TRE Balance BAL Fader FAD Bass decreased Treble decreased Bass increased Treble increased 4 button button Operation of Audio control button Front channel increased Rear channel increased Right channel emphas...

Page 28: ...ENU button for one second or more MENU is displayed and the menu mode is turned on Press the button repeatedly until the Switching Graphic Display function appears in the display Press the 4 button to search in the other direction The function setting is indicated by GRAP ON or GRAP OFF in the display indicating that the Graphic display is on or off respectively GRAP ON The graphic display works G...

Page 29: ...l is returned to automatically and the volume restored gradually Shut down the audio system temporarily whenever an incoming call is received The function will not work if a cable is not connected to the car phone When the telephone rings When a call is received CALL is displayed and all the unit functions are temporarily interrupted Restoring Original Unit Source During Phone Call NOTE TEL Mute F...

Page 30: ... change the setting values higher and press the AM button to change them lower Settings may be made from 0 to 10 Press the MENU button to end the menu mode The display in the contrast adjustment mode will differ depending on the setting The initial setting value is 5 NOTE 4 3 2 1 Contrast Adjustment When the KENWOOD Navigation System is connected an interruption of the audio guide results in the t...

Page 31: ... function appears in the display Press the 4 button to search in the other direction The function setting is indicated by SYNC ON or SYNC OFF in the display indicating that the Automatic Time Adjustment is on or off respectively SYNC ON Automatic time adjustment SYNC OFF Manual time adjustment Switching settings Press either the AM button or FM button The display and setting will change Press the ...

Page 32: ...te or its storage case to direct sunlight or excessive heat or humidity Also avoid places with too much dust or the possibility of water splashing Reattaching Faceplate Hold the faceplate so that the operation face faces the front toward you and press until it locks The faceplate will be set and the unit will be operational When there is difficulty in setting the faceplate align the depression on ...

Page 33: ...CC position or if the ignition cable is connected to a power source with constant voltage such as a battery cable the power will not be linked with the ignition i e it will not turn on and off along with the ignition If you want to link the unit s power with the ignition connect the ignition cable to a power source that can be turned on and off with the ignition key If the fuse blows first make su...

Page 34: ...hite TEL mute cable Brown Connect either to the power control terminal when using the optional power amplifier or to the antenna control terminal in the vehicle Connect to the terminal that is grounded when either the telephone rings or during conversation A 7 Pin Red A 4 Pin Yellow Fuse 10A English 34 Connecting Cables to Terminals Connector Function Guide Pin Numbers for ISO Connectors Cable Col...

Page 35: ...to the ignition connect the ignition cable ACC red to a power source that can be turned on and off with the ignition key NOTE 1 Default setting The A 7 pin red of the vehicle s ISO connector is linked with the ignition and the A 4 pin yellow is connected to the constant power supply 2 The A 7 pin red of the vehicle s ISO connector is connected to the constant power supply and the A 4 pin yellow is...

Page 36: ...wer the removal tool toward the bottom and pull out the unit halfway whilst pressing towards the inside 4 Pull the unit all the way out with your hands being careful not to drop it 5 Be careful to avoid injury from the catch pins on the removal tool 2CAUTION Catch facing up Refer to the section Removing the hard rubber frame and then remove the hard rubber frame Remove the screw M4 8 on the back p...

Page 37: ...y Reconnect the speaker cables so that each output terminal is connected to a different speaker A speaker cable may be pinched by a screw in the car Check the speaker wiring The antenna control cable is not connected Connect the cable correctly referring to the section on Connecting Cables to Terminals Radio reception is poor The car antenna is not extended Pull out the antenna all the way The pow...

Page 38: ...the section on Connecting Cables to Terminals The TEL mute function does not work The TEL mute cable is not connected properly Connect the cable correctly referring to the section on Connecting Cables to Terminals The TEL mute function turns on even though the TEL mute cable is not connected The TEL mute cable is touching a metal part of the car Pull the TEL mute cable away from the metal part of ...

Page 39: ...hen press the reset button on the unit If the E 99 code does not disappear consult your nearest service center E 99 The protective circuit in the unit activates when the temperature inside the automatic disc changer exceeds 60 C 140 F stopping all operation Cool down the unit by opening the windows or turning on the air conditioner As the temperature falls below 60 C 140 F the disc starts playing ...

Page 40: ... µV Cassette player section Tape Speed 4 76 cm sec Wow Flutter 0 08 WRMS Frequency response 3 dB 30 18 kHz 70 µV Separation 43 dB 1 kHz Signal to Noise ratio Dolby NR OFF KRC 677R 57 dB Dolby NR OFF KRC 577R 54 dB Dolby B NR ON KRC 677R 65 dB Audio section Preout Level mV Load 1800 mV 10 kΩ Preout Impedance 600 Ω Maximum output power KRC 677R 44 W x 4 KRC 577R 40 W x 4 Full Bandwidth Power DIN4532...

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