Kenwood KHD-CX910 Instruction Manual
Kenwood KHD-CX910 - The Music Keg Manual
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- Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 1
- Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 2
B: TROUBLESHOOTING 46 APPENDIX C: WARRANTY AND LIABILITY POLICY 47 Important Safety and Handling Instructions 47 FCC WARNING ...47 Installation Precautions 48 Digital Media Storage Cartridge Precautions 48 Music Keg Player and USB Cradle Precautions 49 APPENDIX D: CONTACTING KENWOOD SUPPORT - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 3
Page 3 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 4
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 head units. Page 4 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 5
Four steps to a quick start This manual contains step-by-step instructions for the operation of your Kenwood Music Keg, but as a quick overview we start with the four major steps: Step 1) Install the Music Keg in your car. For more information on how to install the Music Keg in your car, see section - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 6
following parts: 1 Music Keg 1 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 Music Keg Music Keg connector cable DMS Cartridge USB Cradle Page 6 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 7
USB Cradle power adaptor PhatNoise Music Manager software CD-ROM Page 7 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 8
brain of the Kenwood Excelon Music Keg car audio system. It is a computer that you install permanently in your vehicle. The Music Keg software and the music files themselves are contained on a cartridge that is inserted into the Music Keg. Page 8 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 9
of the cradle or the Music Keg. ! Do not open the DMS cartridge casing. Doing so will void your warranty. Only use the supplied cartridge with your Kenwood Music Keg-other cartridges with other drives inside will not work wit h your system. Page 9 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 10
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 computer. Page 10 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 11
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 11 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 12
mounting the Music Keg on an angled surface for best shock performance. Also, please note what is behind or under your mounting location. Avoid mounting the Music Keg where screws could hit wiring or fuel lines. Page 12 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 13
. Note: The port on the Music Keg unit labeled "Power" is not used at this time. The Audio "R" and "L" outputs are used with particular head units and may not be necessary for your installation. Page 13 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 14
a professional car audio installer. 3. Using the long (6.0 meters) Music Keg connector cable, plug the appropriate end into the changer port on the rear of the car stereo head unit labeled "CD Changer" or "Bus". Page 14 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 15
screws. Make sure the Music Keg is mounted such that the connector cable will reach with ample room. The Music Keg should be mounted to to the Kenwood Music Keg Car Audio System" message to play. You may have to wait up to 15 Page 15 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 16
does not: 1. Disconnect the cable from the Music Keg, wait about 1 minute, then reinsert it, or 2. Your cartridge may be corrupted. Please see Appendix D: Contacting Kenwood to get assistance. Page 16 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 17
text in the drop-down list box: d:\PMM_setup.exe where "d:" is the letter corresponding to your CD-ROM drive. c. Click OK. 5. Follow the instructions to install the PhatNoise Music Manager software. Page 17 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 18
the installation is finished, the setup program will ask you to reboot the computer. 7. Once rebooted, plug the power connector into the USB cradle. Make sure the cradle is plugged into a power suppl y before connecting it to your computer. Page 18 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 19
USB cradle to a USB port on your PC. 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 19 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 20
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 20 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 21
8. After an initialization period, an "Autoplay" dialog box will appear 9. Let the Autoplay feature complete Page 21 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 22
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 is ready! Page 22 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 23
instruction manual serves to introduce the core ! features of the PhatNoise Music Manager software. To explore all the features of the software, press F1 while the Music librarian will place the Page 23 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 24
to download music (i.e. "C:\Program Files\KaZaA\My Shared Folder"). Navigating the Program Each icon on the left of the application's screen represents a different interface and part of the software. Playlist View Page 24 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 25
the Load Button. 3. If the computer is connected to the Internet, the songs names will appear next to the track number as follows: Page 25 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 26
" and "Year" information if it is missing or incorrect. 6. Choose the tracks to encode using the checkboxes. 7. Choose the file format to encode. Page 26 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 27
button in the Encode panel and the process will begin. Creating and Managing Playlists To create and manage your music playlists, click on the Playlist Manager button. The Playlist view appears. Page 27 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 28
. 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. Page 28 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 29
2. Type a search query in the Search box. Page 29 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 30
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. Page 30 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 31
5. Each time you select a playlist in the PhatNoise Music Manager software, the list of criteria in that playlist is checked against the number of songs on the DMS Cartridge must not exceed 30,000. Page 31 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 32
Device Manager button. 3. The Devices view appears: The Devices view is organized in two parts: • The PhatNoise Music Manager Playlist and Windows Explorer panels • The All Supported Devices panels. Page 32 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 33
the Music Keg™ to work with your head unit. 5. Click the red "GO" button. Adding a playlist to an existing disc on the DMS cartridge 1. Drag the playlist onto an existing disc. The target disc will take on the name of the playlist. Page 33 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 34
dragging an individual file onto a DMS disc that contains a dynamic PhatNoise Music Manager playlist, the DMS disc will automatically be converted into a static playlist ' for future playlists. Page 34 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 35
yellow star will turn blue and the new files will be highlighted. Be sure to click Save/Eject DMS to apply the changes. Page 35 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 36
from the top window to a blank location under 'Music Keg DMS'. Here, the 'Recent Hip Hop' and 'Recent Techno' discs were created by this method. These were dragged right below the first disc, the Page 36 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 37
cartridge. You can create a new disc for it just by dragging the artist to a blank space. Note these playlists are Dynamic as well. Page 37 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 38
display reads "DISC". Navigating the songs in a playlist After the head unit is set to CD Changer mode, you can navigate the songs in a Music Keg playlist by using the next/previous track buttons. Page 38 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 39
Power The Music Keg takes advantage of the different power states of the car. That is, the Music Keg will turn on when the user switches to CD Changer mode. Once on, the Music Keg with the Music Keg. Page 39 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 40
update, follow these steps. 1. Insert the DMS cartridge into the USB Cradle. 2. Launch the PhatNoise Music Manager by double-clicking the icon on your desktop 3. Press the Device Manager button. Page 40 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 41
then press the "GO" button. 5. Press the Hardware Options button. 6. Make sure the 'Installed Product' is the Kenwood EXcelon Music Keg. Press the Start Wizard button to begin the update process. Page 41 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 42
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 head units. Page 42 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 43
9. Click on your specific head unit. 10. Press the Next button. The window will display the firmware version information. Page 43 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 44
DMS cartridge will have all the appropriate software on it. Now the Music Keg can be updated using the following steps: 13. While your car radio is off, insert the DMS cartridge into your Music Keg. Page 44 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 45
lock the car - the Music Keg will turn itself off when done. 17. When the Music Keg is done reprogramming, all the Music Keg lights will turn off. Now the Music Keg is ready for normal operation. Page 45 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 46
98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP. WinNT 4.0 and Windows 95 do not have proper USB support. - The USB interface has been disabled in the system settings or in the motherboard BIOS. Page 46 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 47
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: Page 47 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 48
for help. PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS Installation Precautions Mounting location precautions to ensure and observe Kenwood USA Corporation. shall not be responsible for the loss of any such data or other material. Page 48 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 49
USB Cradle by the cables alone. 7. Do not remove the DMS Cartridge from the USB Cradle until downloading is complete. ! Do not attempt to service any part of the product yourself. Servicing should only be done by qualified service personnel. Page 49 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright - Kenwood KHD-CX910 | Instruction Manual - Page 50
: [email protected] Phone: 1-800-KENWOOD (536-9663) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 22745 Long Beach, CA 90801-5745 Call center is available 8:30am - 5:00 PT Monday through Friday. Page 50 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. KHD-UM1
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