KENWOOD KCA-IP500 - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

KCA-iP500

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Contents

What You Need to Get Started

Controllable iPod

Connectable Control unit

Characters may not be displayed on

Control unit

Cautions for Usage

Connection and Setup

Playing a Song in iPod

Playing a song

Forward search/reverse search for song

selection

Pausing a song

Selecting a Song

About displayed items

Selecting Browsing (Music menu) Item

Selecting a title (title of Playlist or Album,

for example)

Selecting a song

Direct searching

Selecting a title for KVT/DDX Series

Setting Up iPod for Playing

Shuffling and playing all your songs

Shuffling and playing songs by title

Repeating a song

Troubleshooting Guide

Specifications

English

What You Need to Get Started

Characters may not be displayed on

Control unit

Only characters conforming to the

ISO8859-1 character set can be displayed

on Control unit via KCA-iP500. Other

characters will be displayed as "?" or

spaces.

Displayable character types and number

of characters may vary depending on the

Control unit model.

· Entire title name may not be displayed even on

Control unit with the character scrolling function.

· When connected to the Control unit without

the CD TEXT (disc title) display function, selected

Browsing item cannot be viewed in the display

area. In this case, slide the "1" of the "SELECT

SWITCH" on the front panel of conversion box

to up position (switching to the "Browsing item

selection disabled") (page 5).

Cautions for Usage

· Sound distortion may result when connecting

iPod to KCA-iP500 with its EQ (equalizer) function

enabled.

· When iPod is disconnected from KCA-iP500,

the iPod settings on Shuffle and Repeat may

have changed and differ from those set before

connecting it to KCA-iP500. Reset the settings as

necessary.

· When "KENWOOD" or "

" is displayed on the iPod

screen, while iPod is connected to or immediately

after disconnected from KCA-iP500, you cannot

operate the iPod.

· "All" cannot be selected for Repeat option. (Only

songs in the current title can be repeated.)

· Remove all the accessories such as headphones

from iPod before connecting to KCA-iP500.

When iPod is connected to KCA-iP500 with its

accessories connected, you cannot control iPod.

· Do not leave iPod in a car. iPod may be damaged

due to direct sunlight, high temperature, etc.

Controllable iPod

You can control the following types of

iPod with Dock connector from a Control

unit via KCA-iP500.

Controllable iPod

Software Version

iPod with Dock connector

iPod Software 2.3

iPod with Click Wheel

iPod Software 3.1.1

iPod mini

iPod mini Software 1.4.1

iPod photo/ iPod with color display

iPod Software 1.2.1

iPod nano

iPod nano Software 1.1.1

iPod with video

iPod Software 1.1.1

If your iPod software version is older than those

mentioned above, you must update the software

version.

To view the iPod software version, press the [MENU]

button on iPod, then select "Settings" in the menu

to open the "Settings" screen and select "About".

The iPod software version will be displayed on the

"Version" row in the "About" screen.

You can download the latest iPod Updater from the

Apple Web site.

Connectable Control unit

Kenwood Control units released in 2003

and later, having CD changer connecting

option, are supported.

It should be noted that a display problem and may

occur in some of the above Kenwood Control units.

For more details, access the following URL:

http://www.kenwood.com/i/kca-ip500/index.

html

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Connection

iPod (commercially available)

Rear side of Control unit

KCA-iP500

Conversion box

CD changer input

· For instructions on how to connect KCA-iP500

to Control unit, see the Instruction Manual for

Control unit.

Included parts for installation

· Double-stick tape (45mm X 45mm) ...............................1

Power supply function

KCA-iP500 supplies power to the connected iPod

and charges its battery while playing music.

However, the Control unit must be turned on.

Installation

· Install iPod in an appropriate location such as the

glove compartment.

Double-stick tape

(included)

Install the conversion box as far as possible from

the center unit. Noise may be generated during

radio reception.

· Avoid placing iPod where it could fall. The iPod

may interfere with driving operation of the vehicle

resulting in an accident.

· Route and install cables so that they are not

exposed to direct sunlight. Cables exposed

to direct sunlight are deformed and becomes

unusable.

· Avoid installing the conversion box where it may

get wet.

· Secure the cables with commercially available

cable clamps as necessary.

Connection and Setup

English

Setting Browsing item selection

When connecting KCA-iP500 to Control unit

without the CD TEXT (disc title) display function, it is

recommended that you slide the "1" of the "SELECT

SWITCH" on the front panel of conversion box to

the up position. Selected Browsing (page 7) item

cannot be viewed on Control unit without the disc

title display function.

When you slide the "1" of the "SELECT SWITCH"

to up position (switching to the "Browsing item

selection disabled"), Browsing item is locked on to

"Playlist" and selection is disabled.

Title number 1 in Playlist in this unit corresponds to

the "Songs" in Browsing (Music menu) items.

Browsing item

selection enabled

Browsing item

selection disabled

· Set the "SELECT SWITCH" before connecting

KCA-iP500 to Control unit. If KCA-iP500 is already

connected, press the reset button on Control unit.

· For more details, access the following URL:

http://www.kenwood.com/i/kca-ip500/index.

html

Setting Title Number Display Mode

When connecting KCA-iP500 to the KVT/DDX series

etc., it is recommended that you slide the "2" of

the "SELECT SWITCH" on the front panel of the

conversion box to the up position.

· For more details, access the following URL:

http://www.kenwood.com/i/kca-ip500/index.

html

Sliding the "2" of the "SELECT SWITCH" on the front

panel of conversion box to up position allows the

title number (page 7) to be displayed with two

digits (99).

When the "2" of the "SELECT SWITCH" on the front

panel is set to down position, the title number is

displayed with one digit (9).

Title number

- 1 digit

Title number

- 2 digits

When set to "Title number - 2 digits", the title

number is displayed as follows.

· When you change the title (playlist or album title,

for example), first "EJECT" will be displayed and

then the title is changed.

· Refer to <Selecting a title (title of Playlist or

Album, for example)> or <Direct Search> for a

title selection.

Also, the title numbers are changed in groups of

100. For details refer to <Selecting a title for KVT/

DDX Series> (page 8).