10 | Quick Start Guide2 WARNING• The unit can only be installed in a car witha 12V DC power supply, negative ground.• If you connect the ignition wire (red)and the battery wire (yellow) to the carchassis (ground), you may cause a shortcircuit, that in turn may start a fire. Alwaysconnect those wires to the power sourcerunning through the fuse box.¤ CAUTION• Install this unit in the console of yourvehicle.• Do not touch the metal parts of this unitduring and shortly after use of the unit.Metal parts such as the heat sink andenclosure become hot.• Mounting and wiring this productrequires skills and experience. For safety’ssake, leave the mounting and wiring workto professionals.• If you experience any problem duringinstallation, consult your Kenwood dealer.• Disconnect the battery’s negative terminalbefore installing the unit.• Insulate unconnected wires with vinyltape or other similar materials. To preventa short circuit, do not remove the caps onthe ends of the unconnected wires andterminals.• Be sure to ground this unit to the car’schassis again after mounting.• If the fuse blows, first make sure the wiresare not touching other parts to cause ashort circuit, and then replace the old fusewith one with a new the same rating.• When connecting only two speakers,connect the connectors either to bothof the front output terminals or to bothof the rear output terminals (do not mixfront and rear terminals). For example, ifyou connect the + connector of the leftspeaker to a front output terminal, doBefore installationInstallation1.....12.....23.....44.....45 (KDC-X896, KDC-BT852HD only).....1 (3m)