Kenwood KDC-655U Quick Start Manual

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10 | Quick Start Guide# 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, donot connect the - connector to a rearoutput terminal.• Connect the speaker wires correctly to thecorresponding terminals. The unit maybe damaged or fail to work if you sharethe - wires or ground them to any metalpart in the car.• Do not use your own screws. Use onlythe supplied screws. Using wrong screws,could damage the unit.• If your car’s ignition key switch doesnot have an ACC position, connect theignition wires to a power source that canbe turned on and off with the ignitionkey. If you connect the ignition wires toa constant-voltage power source, as withbattery wires, the battery may die.• If the console has a lid, make sure toinstall the unit so that the faceplate willnot hit the lid when it is closed or opened.• After the installing the unit, checkwhether the brake lamps, blinkers, wipers,etc. on the car are working properly.• Mount the unit so that the mountingangle is 30° or less.• Reception may become poor if there aremetal objects near the Bluetooth antenna.(KDC-X997, KDC-BT955HD, KDC-X897,KDC-BT855U only)Bluetooth antenna unitBefore installation