Kenwood KRC-PS979R Instruction Manual

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You can arrange to have news bulletins interrupt your currentlistening source, including other radio stations. When theNews Bulletin function is on, the PTY News Timeout settingallows you to set the interval during which further newsinterruption cannot take place. You can adjust the PTY newsinterruption period from 10 to 90 minutes for each journey.Display and setting:"News OFF" (Default setting), "News 00min" – "News 90min"(min= minutes): When you select the news interruption timeout interval, theNews function turns on and the NEWS indicator lights up.When a news bulletin is received, "News" will be displayedand reception will begin at the preset volume.• If you choose the "20 min " setting, further news bulletins will notbe received for 20 minutes once the first news bulletin isreceived.• This function is only available if the desired station sends PTY-code for news bulletin or belongs to Network>-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 turnoff the function.NOTENews Bulletin Function with PTY News TimeoutSettingAdjust the bass boost level of the external amplifier using themain unit.Display and setting:"AMP Bass Flat" : Bass boost level is flat. (Default setting)"AMP Bass +6" : Bass boost level is low (+6dB)."AMP Bass +12" : Bass boost level is high (+12dB).As of December 2000, the power amplifiers controllable by themain unit are as follows:KAC-X501F/PS501F/X401M/PS401M/X301T/PS301T/X201T/PS201TNOTEExternal Amp ControlThe following operation allows separate sound sources tocontrol the output of the front and rear speakers. The Dualzone system can only be switched on or off when the source isset to the AUX mode.Display and setting:"Zone 2 ON" : The dual zone system function is on."Zone 2 OFF" : The dual zone system function is off. (Defaultsetting)• You must purchase the optional KCA-S210A/CA-C1AX/KDC-CPS82/KDC-CX82/KDC-CPS85/KDC-CX85/KDC-CPS87/KDC-CX87 device before you can use this function.• You can choose to send the AUX input through the rearchannel, and the unit’s tuner or audio source through the frontchannel.• The Bass, Middle, Treble and Loudness adjustments do notaffect the rear channel.• When the Dual zone system is turned on, the External disccontrol features cannot be used.• When you set the Dual zone system to on whilst the non-fadingpreout is switched on, the sound of the non-fading preout doesnot be outputted.NOTEDual Zone System — 39 —