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    DVD-RECEIVER KDV -3241Y INSTRUCTION MANUAL © B64-4141-08/00 (E2) B64-4141-08_00_E2_En.indd 1 B64-4141-08_00_E2_En.indd 1 08.1.25 9:28:39 AM 08.1.25 9:28:39 AM[...]

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    2 | KDV-3241Y C ontents Before use 3 Component Names and F unctions 8 Basic Operation 10 T urning the unit on T urning the unit off Inser ting a disc Ejecting a disc Selecting a source Selecting a media type Adjusting the volume Mute Checking the clock Loudness Using the EQ (Equalizer) Adjusting the sound level Changing the general settings T uner [...]

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    English | 3 Before use 2 W ARNING T o pr even t injury or fire, take the f ollowing precautions: • T o pr event a short circuit, never put or leave any metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools) inside the unit. How to reset y our unit • If the unit fails to operate properly , press RESET button using a ball point pen or a similar tool. RE[...]

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    4 | KDV-3241Y Before use T V system selection Y ou must select the appropriate system mode for your T V system. When the selected system does not coincide with the system of your T V, normal colour picture may not be displayed. • AU TO : Select when the unit is connected with Multi system T V . • NTSC : Select when the unit is connec ted with N[...]

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    English | 5 Battery installation: 1. Remove the battery holder with a sharp objec t such as a ballpoint pen. 2. Install the batter y on the battery holder. 3. Install the batter y holder back into its original position. 2 W ARNING Keep the batter y out of the reach of children. Should the battery be swallowed, consult a doctorimmediately. 2 CAUTION[...]

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    6 | KDV-3241Y Before use Operation regula tor y marks With this DVD, some functions of this unit such as the play function may be restricted depending on the location where the DVD is playing. In this case, the following marks will appear on the screen. F or more information, ref er to the disc manual. Prohibition Mark 1 2 4 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 6 3 DVD d[...]

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    English | 7 List of playable discs Disc types Standard Support Remark DVD DVD V ideo ‡ DVD Audio × DVD-R ‡ MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG/ DivX Playback VR mode/Multi-border/ Multisession/CPRM not supported (Playback depends on authoring conditions) DVD-RW ‡ DVD+R ‡ DVD+RW ‡ DVD-R DL (Double layer) × DVD+R DL (Double layer) × DVD-RAM × CD Music CD[...]

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    8 | KDV-3241Y Contro l panel ¡ [AU D I O/ 7 MENU] ™ VOL /M UT E/ [PW R / 7 OFF] £ Disc Slot ¢ Display ∞ [ 5 ] /[ ∞ ] /[ 2 ] /[ 3 ] • Skip/Search [ 2 ] /[ 3 ] • Seek / T une [ 2 ] /[ 3 ] • Folder Up/ Down [ 5 ] /[ ∞ ] • Sele c t [ 5 ] /[ ∞ ] /[ 2 ] /[ 3 ] § [ 0 ] E JEC T ¶ Fa ce p l at e R e l e as e Press t he Re lea se but t[...]

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    English | 9 3 4 5 6 7 9 1 2 8 0 a Remot e cont rol un it ¡ [PWR] Swit ches the unit ON/ OFF . [SR C] Sele ct s a source. [MU TE ] Mutes the vo lume. ™ [ 4 ]/[ ¢ ] SKI P • Go es to the nex t (p revious) chapter , tr ack or  le. • Retur ns to the beginning o f the current chapter , trac k, or  l e. [ 1 ]/[ ¡ ] SCAN/S LOW Back ward (For[...]

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    10 | KDV-3241Y Basic Opera tion T urning the unit on 1 Press an y button ([PWR] on the remote control) other than eject [ 0 ] and release . Ejecting a disc 1 Press [ 0 ]. The disc automatically ejects from the loading slot. ⁄ • When the disc is ejected by pressing [ 0 ] during playback, it will be loaded automatically after 10 seconds unless yo[...]

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    English | 11 Using the EQ (Equaliz er) 1 Press [EQ/L OUD] repeatedly . The indicator lights in the following or der . POP—CLASSIC—ROCK— JAZZ—VOCAL— SALSA—SAMBA—USER1—USER2 — off (no display) • POP : Optimized for R&B , Soul and Country music. • CLASSIC : Optimized for or chestral music. • ROCK : Optimized for Har d Rock [...]

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    12 | KDV-3241Y Changing the general settings 1 Press and hold [ AUDIO/MENU] so that one of menu items appears. 2 Press [ AUDIO/MENU] repeatedly t o scroll between menus. AF ON—REG ON— T A ALARM—PI SOUND— A UX ON—AUX 0dB—DEMO OFF—BEEP 2ND 3 Rotate VOL clockwise or counterclockwise to select one of the settings. The setting displayed on[...]

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    English | 13 T uner Operation Listening to radio sta tions 1 Press [SRC] to select the tuner . 2 Press [BAND ] repeatedly to select a band. The indicator lights in the following or der . F1 (FM1)—F2 (F M2)—F3 (FM3)— MW (MW) 3 Auto Search: Press [ 2 ]/[ 3 ] ([ 2 ]/[ 3 ] on the remote control). “SEARCH” appears in the display. When a statio[...]

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    14 | KDV-3241Y RDS Opera tion RDS display options In normal RDS operation the display will indicate the station name. Pr essing [DISP] enables you to cycle through the various data types in the following sequence: CT —FREQUENCY—PTY —RT —PS ( When PS is receiving.) CT —PT Y —RT —FREQUENCY ( When PS is not received.) • CT ( Time contr[...]

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    English | 15 CD/MP3/WMA Opera tion MP3/WMA Disc compa tibility with this unit is limited as follow s: • Sampling Fr equenc y : 8 kHz to 48 kHz (MP3), 22.05 kHz to 48 kHz ( WMA) • Bit rate: 8 kbps to 320 k bps (include VBR) (MP3), 32 kbps to 320 k bps ( WMA) • CD-R/CD-R W physical format should be ISO9660. • If you record MP3/WMA files using[...]

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    16 | KDV-3241Y CD/MP3/WMA Opera tion Pause 1 Press [ 38 ] ([ 8 ] on the remote c ontrol) during playback. 2 T o return to pla yback, press [ 38 ] (PLA Y [ 3 ] or [ 8 ] on the remote control). Skip to next track/file 1 Press briefly [ 3 ] ([ ¢ ] on the remote c ontrol) to select the next track or file. Skip to previous tr ack/file 1 Press briefly [[...]

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    English | 17 Random All of the tracks/files (RDM) or the current selected folder ( ^ RDM) on the disc is played randomly . 1 Press [RDM] during playback. “RDM” ACD (or ” ^ RDM” MP3 WMA ) appears on the display . • Press and hold [RDM] f or about 2 seconds during playback. MP3 WMA “RDM” appears on the display. 2 Press [RDM] again. “R[...]

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    18 | KDV-3241Y SETUP Menu SETUP Menu By using the Setup menu, you can make various adjustments to items such as picture and sound. Y ou can also set a language for the subtitles and the Setup menu, among other things. 1 Press [DVD SETUP]. The “Setup menu” appears. Y ou can per form the same operation by pressing and holding [DISC MENU/SETUP] on[...]

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    English | 19 Display T V Aspect • 16:9 : Select when a 16:9 wide TV is connected. • 4:3 Letter Bo x : Selec t when a standard 4:3 T V is connected. Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen. • 4:3 Pan Scan : Select when a standard 4:3 T V is connected. Automatically displays the wide picture on the entir[...]

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    20 | KDV-3241Y SETUP Menu Lock (Par ental Contr ol) T o access the Rating, P assword and Area Code features , you must input the 4- digit passwor d you created. If you ha ve not yet enter ed a password you are prompted t o do so. 1 Input a 4-digit code and press [ENTER]. • If you made a mistake before pressing [ENTER], press [ 2 ] to delete the d[...]

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    English | 21 Area C ode Enter the code of the area whose standar ds were used to rate the DVD video disc, acc ording to the area code. Ref er to Area code list (page 33). 1 Select Area Code on the Lock menu then press [ 3 ]. 2 Follo w the step 2 as shown on R ating on the previous page. 3 Select the first character using [ 5 ]/[ ∞ ]. 4 Press [ENT[...]

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    22 | KDV-3241Y DVD/VCD Oper ation Displaying Disc Inf ormation on- screen Y ou can display various information about the disc loaded on-screen. ¡ ™ £ ¢ ∞ § 1. Title: Current title number/total number of titles 2. Chapter ( Track): Curr ent chapter (or track) number/total number of chapters (or tracks) 3. Time: Elapsed playing time 4. Audio:[...]

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    English | 23 Pause 1 Press [ 38 ] ([ 8 ] on the remote contr ol) during playback. 2 T o return to pla yback, press [ 38 ] (PLA Y [ 3 ] on the remote control). Still picture and frame-by- frame pla yback 1 Press [ 38 ] ([ 8 ] on the remote contr ol) during playback. The unit will now go into the P AUSE mode. 2 Y ou can advance the picture frame-byfr[...]

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    24 | KDV-3241Y DVD/VCD Oper ation Repeat DVD - Chapter/Title/Off . The default settings is Off. 1 T o repeat the chapter curr ently playing, press [REP] ([REPEA T] on the remote control). The Chapter icon appears on the T V screen. 2 T o repea t the title currently playing , press [REP] ([REPEA T] on the remote control) again. The Title icon appear[...]

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    English | 25 Disc menu DVD DVDs may offer menus that allow y ou to access special features . 1 Press [DISC MENU] ([DISC MENU/SETUP] on the remote control). The disc menu is displayed. 2 Use [ 5 ]/[ ∞ ]/[ 2 ]/[ 3 ] to highlight your selection, then press [ENTER]. 3 T o remo ve the disc menu, press [DISC MENU] ([DISC MENU/SETUP] on the remote contr[...]

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    26 | KDV-3241Y Photo Opera tion JPEG/TIFF disc compa tibility with this play er is limited as follow s: • Depending upon the size and the number of JPEG/ TIFF files, it could take a long time for this unit to read the disc’ s contents. If you do not see an on- screen display after several minutes , some of the files may be too large — r educe[...]

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    English | 27 Moving to another folder 1 Press [ 5 ]/[ ∞ ] to select the previous or next folder in the disc. Moving to another file 1 Press [ 2 ]/[ 3 ] to select the previous or next file in the selected folder . Slide show interval time 1 Press [DISC MENU] ([DISC MENU/SETUP] or STOP [ 7 ] on the r emote control) to return to the menu screen. 2 P[...]

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    28 | KDV-3241Y Movie Oper ation DivX disc compa tibility with this play er is limited as follow s: • Available resolution siz e of the DivX file is under 720×576 ( W×H) pixel. • The file name of the DivX subtitle is available by 25 characters. • If the number of the screen frame is over 30 per 1 second, this unit may not operate normally . [...]

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    English | 29 Playing DivX VOD c ontent Some DivX VOD (video on demand) c ontent may only be playable a fixed number of times . When you load a disc containing this type of DivX VOD content, the remaining number of play s is shown on-screen and you then hav e the option of playing the disc (thereby using up one of the remaining plays), or stopping .[...]

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    30 | KDV-3241Y Movie Oper ation Slow motion 1 Press [ 38 ] ([ 8 ] on the remote contr ol) during playback. The unit will now go into the P AUSE mode. 2 Use [ ¡ ] on the remote control to select the required speed: 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 (forward) 3 T o exit Slo w Motion mode, press [ 38 ] (PLA Y [ 3 ] on the remote control). ⁄ • Slow motion pl[...]

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    English | 31 Changing the audio language 1 Press [ AUDIO] r epeatedly on the remote control during pla yback to hear a different audio language or audio file. ⁄ • If the icon appears, the featur e is not available on the disc. Subtitles 1 Press [SUB TITLE] on the remote contr ol repeatedly during pla yback to see the different subtitle language[...]

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    32 | KDV-3241Y Language code list Enter the appropriate code number f or the initial settings Disc Audio, SUBTITLE and/or Menu (page 18). Language Code Abkhazian 6566 Afar 6565 Afrikaans 6570 Albanian 8381 Amharic 6577 Arabic 6582 Armenian 7289 Assamese 6583 Aymar a 6588 Azerbaijani 6590 Bashkir 6665 Basque 6985 Bengali; Bangla 6678 Bhutani 6890 Bi[...]

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    English | 33 Area c ode list Enter the appropriate code number f or the initial setting Area Code (page 21). Area Code Afghanistan AF Argentina AR Australia A U Austria A T Belgium BE Bhutan BT Bolivia BO Brazil BR Cambodia KH Canada CA Chile CL China CN Colombia C O Congo C G Costa Rica CR Croa tia HR Czech Republic CA Denmark DK Ecuador EC Egypt [...]

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    34 | KDV-3241Y Ac cessories/ Installation Pr ocedure Ac cessories 1 ..........1 2 ..........2 Installation Pr ocedure 1. T o prevent a short circuit, remove the key from the ignition and disconnect the - battery. 2. Mak e the proper input and output wire connections for each unit. 3. Connect the speaker wires of the wiring har ness. 4. Connect the [...]

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    English | 35 Installation/Removing the Unit Installation Fir e wall or metal support Screw (M4X8) (commercially available) Self-tapping screw (commercially available) Metal mounting strap (commercially available) Bend the tabs of the mounting sleeve with a screwdriver or similar utensil and attach it in place. ⁄ • Make sure that the unit is ins[...]

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    36 | KDV-3241Y C onnecting Wir es to T erminals H.BRK – + POWER ANTENNA PHONE MUTE DIMMER TO BA TTERY (+) TO IGNITION GROUND(–) REMOTE ON VIDEO OUTPUT Ground wire (Black) - ( T o car chassis) Battery wire ( Y ellow) Ignition wire (Red) Battery Car fuse box (Main fuse) Ignition key switch Car fuse box ACC F use (10A) Wiring harness (Accessory 1 [...]

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    English | 37 – + – + – + – + FRONT LEFT SPEAKER (+) REAR LEFT SPEAKER (+) FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER (+) REAR RIGHT SPEAKER (+) FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER (–) REAR RIGHT SPEAKER (–) FRONT LEFT SPEAKER (–) REAR LEFT SPEAKER (–)                 T o front left speaker T o front right speake[...]

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    38 | KDV-3241Y T roubleshooting Guide What might seem to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Befor e calling ser vice, first check the following table f or possible problems. General ? The pow er does not turn ON. ✔ The fuse has blown. ☞ After checking for shor t circuits in the wires , repl[...]

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    English | 39 Speci cations FM tuner section Fr equenc y range (50 kHz space) : 87.5 MH z – 108.0 MHz Signal to Noise ratio (MONO) : 57 dB Stereo separation (1 kHz) : 25 dB MW tuner section Fr equenc y range (9 kHz space) : 522 kH z – 1620 kHz Usable sensitivity (S/N = 20dB) : 28 μV DVD play er sec tion D/A Converter : 24 bit Decoder : Linea[...]

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