Kenwood AXCESS REMOTE PORTAL AXCESS manual

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    How to Use and Enjoy Y our New K enwood Axces s Remote Po rtal Congr atulatio ns on you r purch ase of t he K enwood Ax cess. W ith A xcess, you ’ll open a door to the media stored on your Entré, allowing you to enjoy music and Internet Radio anywhere you place the P ortal. Y ou’ ll quickly find the mus ic or ra dio stati ons yo u’re lookin [...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Audi o Player iii T able of Contents How to Use and Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axces s Remot e Portal ..... ..... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ... ii How D o I R eset Axce ss? .... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ..... ...... ..... ...... ii Chapte r 1: Ge tting t o Know Your [...]

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    iv How to Use an d Enjoy Your Axcess Remote A udio Player Chapte r 4: Controllin g Audio Setti ngs ...... ....... ...... ..... ... 17 How D o I Adju st the Vo lume? . ...... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ..... .. 17 How D o I Adju st the Speake r Bal ance? . ...... ..... ..... ..... ....... 1 7 How D o I Adju st the B ass Se tting? ....... .....[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 1 Chapter 1: Ge tting to Know Y our Axcess W elc ome to t he Use and Enjoy Guid e for yo ur new K enwood Axc ess R emote P ortal. Th is chapter helps you lear n how to take advan tage of all Axcess’ features. Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stor ed me dia colle ctio n, pro vid ing a convenie[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 2 Ho w to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal What’s On the F ront P anel of My Axces s? Radio Input 12 13 15 16 19 18 17 11 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 21 20 1. P ower/Standb y button 2. Standby l ight 3. Infrar ed receiver (for use with included IR remote) 4. Skip/Scan backward 5. Skip/Scan forward 6. Display 7. Musi[...]

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    What’ s On the Ax cess R emote? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 3 What’s On the Axc ess Remote? 1 5 2 3 4 6 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1. Music mode button 2. Internet Radio mo de button 3. Auxiliary mod e button 4. St op button 5. P ause bu tton 6. Skip /Scan backwar d 7. Ski p/Sc an fo rward 8. Aud io settings but[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 4 Ho w to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I T urn On Axcess? Press the POW ER button on front pan el or POW ER ON on the remote to turn Axcess on. Axcess is al ways in one of four power states: Axce ss automat ically con figures it se lf , but if it fails to do so, follo w the m anu al proced ure. Axcess w[...]

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    How D o I Turn O n Axce ss? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 5 inf orm atio n from yo ur I nte rnet Serv ice Pro vide r ( ISP) . If y our network uses a static IP ad dress, you can also get the inf orm atio n dire ctly fro m your Entr é. F or mo re in for mat ion, see “Network C onfiguration ” on page 7 of How to Connect and Se[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 6 Ho w to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal What if I Have More Than One Entré ( Manual Media Server Select ion)? Axcess can c onnect “on th e fly ” to any Entr é connected to you r HomePNA network. If you have mor e than one Entré on your network, you will need to select whi ch one Axcess should us e. Y ou [...]

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    How Do I Navigate Axcess? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 7 How Do I Navigate Axcess? Y ou c an quickl y browse available mus ic titl es or radi o station s using Ax cess’ navigation buttons . How D o I Cont rol Music Play? Press the buttons on your remote or Axcess’ front p anel to contro l music play . These button s work jus[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 8 Ho w to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal • Skip to the next T rac k. • Press and hold to fast fo rward thro ugh the cur- rent T rac k. • (In Internet Radio mo de) Not used. Press this button: To :[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 9 Chapter 2: Enjoying Y our Music Collection Using Ax cess’ Musi c mode, y ou can pl ay your musi c collect ion, find a T rac k in your favorite Group on Entré, or c o ntrol the orde r your m usic pl ays in. Th is chapter hel ps you unders tand how to play mu sic, and find exactly the song you ’[...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Mus ic Collec tion 10 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal F or mo re inform ation about us ing Entré to o rganize you r music , see “Chapt er 4: Managing Y our Music” in How to Use and Enjoy Y our Entré Entertainme nt Hub. Y ou can br owse Group s, Channels and T r ac ks on Ax cess much as yo u do wit h Entré. Y ou[...]

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    How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 11 3. Brow se a selected Channel: • Press the up and down navigation buttons to browse T racks in a Chan nel . • Press the left or right navigation button to retu rn to brows ing Groups. 4. Pre ss SELECT to play the cu rrently displayed T rack. Hold d[...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Mus ic Collec tion 12 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal T o select a pl ay order: 1. Pre ss MUSIC while yo u’re in Mu sic m ode. Th e curren t play o rder a ppears on the first line o f the display: 2. Pre ss MUSIC again to move to the n ext available play order . Continue press ing MUSIC until you find t he play or d[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 13 Chapte r 3: Enjoyi ng Inter net Rad io Axcess allo ws you to enjoy Intern et Radio the way you’ve listened to traditional broad cast stations. W ith A xcess, you don ’t have to turn on your computer to listen to Internet Rad io— now you ca n enjoy it anywh ere in your home that you h a ve an[...]

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    Enjoyin g Internet Ra dio 14 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal Browsin g Groups and Channels When you added Internet R adio stations to Ent ré, it automatically organized the stations for you, or you may have customi zed it yourself . When you us e Axcess to listen to Internet Radio remotel y , the stations are organized exact ly how[...]

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    How Do I Purcha se the Music I Hear on Internet Radi o? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 15 How Do I P urc has e the M us ic I H ear on In terne t Rad io? If you hear a song you like while listening to Internet Radio, you can “tag” it for purchas e later on the OpenGl obe web site: • While the s ong is pl aying , press . If in[...]

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    Enjoyin g Internet Ra dio 16 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 17 Chapter 4: Cont rolling Audio Settin gs Y ou can adjust the volu me and quality of the sound using the vo lume, mute and au dio buttons. Y ou can also fine-tune th e sound by adjusti ng the balanc e, bass, or treble settings. How Do I Adjust the V olu m e? • Use the volume b uttons on the front [...]

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    Cont rolli ng Audi o Setti ngs 18 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I Adjust the Bass Settin g? Change ho w Axcess em phasizes l ow sounds b y adjusting th e bass set ting . The Bass a nd T reble controls do not affect the headp hone output. 1. Select the b ass setting: • Press the up and down navigation buttons simultaneou s[...]

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    How Do I Adj ust the Treble Setting? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 19 The treble s etting screen appe ars: 2. Adj ust the treble s etting: • Increase the treble by pressing th e right navigation button repeatedl y . • Decrease the treble by pressing th e left navigation bu tton repeated ly . • Return the setting to the cent[...]

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    Cont rolli ng Audi o Setti ngs 20 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 21 Chapter 5: T roubleshooting Troubl eshooting i s how you determin e what pa rt of a compl ex system (li ke a home entertainmen t system) is at fault when the system isn ’t wo rking how you thin k it should. When you troubleshoot a s ystem, you diagnose a problem b y examining and eliminating po [...]

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    Troubl esho oting 22 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal working . Then, if the device works, it was the cable. Y o u can generally pur- chase new cables at most ho me electronics stor es, or via the Internet. 5. User erro r is more likely than device failure. Y ou probably don ’t want to hear this, but it’s true. Use this manual to[...]

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    How Do I Solve a Pr oblem with Axc ess? How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 23 I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Devi ce • Che ck that the Axcess display r eads: If it doesn ’t, p ress AUX on Axces s’ front panel or the remote. • Che ck tha t you ’ve cor rectl y conne cted Axce ss to your aux iliary so urc[...]

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    Troubl esho oting 24 How to Use and Enj oy Your Axcess Remote Portal Axcess Doesn’t Res pond When I Press a Button on the Remot e or F ro nt Panel Rese t Ax cess . F o r mor e inf orm atio n, se e “Ho w Do I Reset Axc ess? ” on p age ii. My Mu sic Repea ts or Pl ays Out of Order Select a different music play order . F o r more information abo[...]

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    How to Use and En joy Your Axcess Remote Por tal 25 Index A adjusting bass . ........ ........ ........ ........ ..... 1 8 speak er bala nce ... ........ ....... .. 17 trebl e ........... ........ ........ ....... .. 1 8 audio , setti ngs ...... ........ ........ ....... .. 17 autom atic c onfigu ratio n ........ ....... .... 4 auxiliary input sele[...]

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    Index 26 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal P play order, contro llin g .. ........ ....... .. 11 play ing tim e, Tr ack ........... ........ ....... 9 play ing, musi c ...... ........ ........ ....... .... 9 purch asing m usic .. ........ ........ ......... 1 5 R Radio , Inte rnet. See Interne t Ra dio remo te ..... ........ ........ .[...]

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    Specifications Stere o P owe r Ou tpu t 20 w atts p er C han nel, 0.11 % TH D , 1 kH z, 8 o hms 15 watts per Channel, 0 .7%, 70Hz - 20 kHz, 8 o hms (FT C) Signal -to-Noise R atio 86dB (A - WTD) R esidu al n oise 100dB (A- WTD ) Channe l separa tion 56dB (1k Hz, AUX inpu t) Input imped ance 7.74kOhm (1 kHz, A UX Input) Dimensions 9" W x 4-11/16[...]

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