Kenwood KDC-C462 Instruction Manual

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Safety precautions2Take the following precautions to prevent fireand avoid personal injury :• Check that no metal objects (coins, tools,etc.) are left inside the unit to avoid shortcircuits.• If you smell or see smoke, turn the power offimmediately and consult your Kenwooddealer.Take the following precautions to keep theunit in proper working order.• Do not open the top or bottom cover.• Do not install the unit in places it is exposedto direct sunlight, high heat or humidity,water may splash over it, or dust exists.• Do not install the unit at a dusty place. If theunit is installed at a dusty place, dustaccumulates inside the unit and unit may bedamaged.• When drilling a hole in the car to fix thebrackets, make sure not to damage the fueltank, brake tube, wiring harnesses, etc. onthe other side.• If the unit is installed near speakers, thespeakers vibration may causes a sound skip.Install the unit as far away as possible fromthe speakers.• If you have difficulty in installing this unit inyour vehicle, contact your Kenwood dealer.• If it doesn't seem to be working properly, firstpress the Reset button. If the malfunctionpersists, consult your Kenwood dealer.IMPORTANT INFORMATION• This unit is NOT designed to be connecteddirectly to control units that are manufacturedand sold before 1994. If used with such units,an optional CA-SD200 (sold separately) mustbe used.FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESEINSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGETO THIS UNIT AND CONTROL UNIT.

• The disc name preset function can registernames of up to 100 discs using up to 12characters for each disc name.The availability of this function as well as thenumber of discs which can be registeredusing this function and the number of usablecharacters may be variable depending on thecontrol unit in use.

• The disc name preset feature can store thenames of up to 50 discs in memory. Thisfeature may sometimes unable to becontrolled from the control unit.Do Not Use Special Shape CDs• Be sure to use round shape CDs only for thisunit and do not use any special shape CDs.Use of special shape CDs may cause the unitto malfunction.• Be sure to use CDs with disc markonly for this unit.Do Not Use CDs with Sticker on theLabeled Side• Do not use the CD with the label sticker stuckon it.Using such a CD may cause the CD to bedeformed and the sticker to peel off, resultingin malfunction of the unit.Cleaning the unit• If the front panel is dirty, wipe it clean with asilicon cloth or soft dry cloth with the poweroff.Do not use hard cloths or paint thinner,alcohol, or other volatile solvents. These maydamage external surfaces or remove indicatorcharacters.Lens fogging• In cold climates, there may be a period afteryou turn on your vehicle's heater when thelens that guides the laser beam used in yourCD player fogs up. If this happens, youcannot play compact discs. Take out discsand the fogging will disappear. If it does notreturn to normal after several hours, contactyour Kenwood dealer.Heat protection• In warm climates, when vehicles are leftstanding in direct sunlight with the windowsclosed, the temperature inside can rise above60°C. The unit's protection circuits will thendisplay the message "HOLD" and prevent theplayer from operating. Just open thewindows or turn on the air conditioning. Assoon as the "HOLD" message disappears, theplayer will operate normally.2CAUTIONNOTE2CAUTION2WARNING