Kenwood REMOTE PORTAL AXCESS manual

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    How to Use and Enjoy Y our New K enwood Axces s Remote Portal Congrat ulatio ns on you r purcha se of the K e nwood Axc ess. W ith A xcess, you ’ll open a door to the med ia stored on your Entr é, allowing you to enjoy music and Internet Radio anywhere you place the P ortal. Y ou’ll quic kly find the music or radi o station s you’re lo oking[...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Audio Player iii T able of Contents How to Use and Enjoy Your New Kenwood Axces s Remot e Portal ....... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ...... ....... ...... ..... ..... ii How D o I Res et Axcess ? ...... ..... ...... ..... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... .... ii Chapter 1 : Ge tting t o Know Your Axc[...]

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    iv How to Use an d Enjoy Your Axces s Remote Audio Player Chapter 4: Con trolling Au dio Settin gs ........ ..... ...... ....... . 17 How D o I Adjust the Vo lume? . ...... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ....... 1 7 How D o I Adju st the Sp eake r Bal ance? .... ..... ..... ...... ..... .... 17 How D o I Adjust the B ass Settin g? .. ..... ..... [...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 1 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Y our Axc ess W elcome to th e Use and E njoy Guide for your new K enwood Axcess R emote P ortal. Th is chapter helps you lear n how to take advantage of al l Axcess’ features. Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stor ed med ia co lle ction , pro vidi ng a convenient [...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 2 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal What’s On the F ront P anel of My Axcess? 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/ Standby bu tton 2. St andby light 3. Infrared receiver (for use with included IR r emote) 4. Ski p/Scan bac kward 5. Ski p /Scan for ward 6. Display 7. [...]

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    What’s O n the Axc ess Remote? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 3 What’s On the Axcess 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 mode button 3. Auxiliary mode button 4. Stop button 5. P a use b ut ton 6. S kip/Scan back ward 7. Skip/S ca n forw ard 8. Audio settings button 9[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 4 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I T urn On Axcess? Press the POW ER button on front pane l or POW ER ON on the remote to tu rn Axcess on. Axc ess is always in one of four p ower states: Axcess automat ically con figures it se lf , but if it fails to do so, follo w the ma nual pr oced ure. Axc ess [...]

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    How D o I Turn On A xcess ? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 5 infor ma tion from yo ur In tern et S erv ice P ro vider (I SP). If y our network uses a static IP address, yo u can also get the infor ma tion d irec tly f rom your Entr é. For mor e inf orma tio n, see “Network Configuratio n ” on page 7 of How to Connec t and Set [...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 6 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Selectio n)? Axcess can con nect “on the fly ” to any Entré conn ected to your HomePNA network. If you have more than one Entré on your networ k, you will need to select which on e Axcess should use. Y ou can p[...]

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    How Do I Navigate Axcess? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 7 How Do I Na vigate Axcess? Y ou c an quickl y browse available mus ic titl es or radi o station s using Axc e ss’ navigation buttons. How Do I Contro l Music Pla y? Press the buttons on your remote or Axcess’ front panel to contro l music play . These buttons work just [...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 8 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal • Skip to the n ext T rack. • Press and hold to fast forw ard throug h the cu r- rent T rack . • (In Internet Radio mode) No t used. Press this button: To :[...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 9 Chapter 2: Enjoying Y our Music Collection Using Axc ess’ Musi c mode, you can play yo ur music c ollectio n, find a T rack in your favorite Grou p on Entré, or co n trol the o rder y our mus ic play s in. Th is chapter helps you understand how to play music , and find exactly the song you ’re [...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Musi c Collectio n 10 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal For more information about usin g Entré to organ ize your mu sic, see “Chapter 4: Managing Y our Music” in How to Use and Enjoy Y our Entré Entertainment Hub. Y ou can browse Group s, Channels and T r acks on Axce ss m uch as you do with Entré. Y ou can brow[...]

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    How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 1 1 3. Browse a selected Channel: • Press the up and down navigation butto ns to browse T racks in a Chan nel. • Press the left or right navigation butto n to return to browsing Gr oups. 4. Pres s SELECT to play the curren tly displayed T rack. Hold do[...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Musi c Collectio n 12 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal T o select a play order : 1. Pres s MUSIC while yo u’re in Mu sic mod e. The c urren t play o rder a ppears on the first line of the d isplay: 2. Pres s MUSIC again to move to the next available p lay order . Continue pressi ng MUSIC until you find the play orde [...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 13 Chapter 3: Enjoying I ntern et Radio Axcess allows you to enjoy Internet R adio the way you’ve listened to traditional broadcast station s. With Axcess, you don ’t have to turn on your computer to listen to In ternet Radi o— now you can en joy it anywhere i n your home that you have an Axce s[...]

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    Enjoyin g Internet Radi o 14 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal Browsing Groups and Channels When you added Internet R adio stations to Entré, it auto matically organized the stations for you, or you may h ave customized i t yourself . When you use Axcess to listen to Internet R adio remotel y , the stations are o rganized exactly how[...]

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    How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 15 How D o I P urc hase the M usic I He ar on In terne t Radio ? If you hear a song you like while listening to Internet Radio, you can “tag” it for purchase later on the OpenGlob e web site: • While the s ong is playin g , press . If informa[...]

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    Enjoyin g Internet Radi o 16 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal[...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 17 Chapter 4: Cont rolling Audio Settings Y ou can adjust the volume and quality of the sound using the volu me, mute and audio buttons. Y ou can al so fine-tune th e sound by adjusti ng the balanc e, bass, or treble settings. How Do I Adjust the V olume? • Use the volume button s on the front pan e[...]

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    Cont rolling A udi o Setting s 18 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal How Do I Adjust the Bass Setting? Change ho w Axcess emph asizes low so unds by adj usting th e bass settin g . The Bass and T reble contro ls do not affect th e headphon e output. 1. Select the bas s setting: • Press the up and down navigation buttons s imultaneous[...]

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    How Do I Adjust the Treble Setting? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 19 The treble setting s creen appe ars: 2. Adj ust the treble setting: • Increase the treble by pressing th e right navigation button repeatedly . • Decrease the treble by pressing the left n avigation button repeatedly . • Return the setting to the cent er by[...]

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    Cont rolling A udi o Setting s 20 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal[...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 21 Chapter 5: T roubleshooting Troubles hooting i s how you dete rmin e what part of a co mplex sy stem (like a home entertainment sys tem) is at fault when the system isn ’t work ing how you think i t should. When yo u troubleshoot a s ystem, you diagnose a problem by examining an d eliminating pos[...]

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    Trouble shooti ng 22 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal working . Then, if the device works, it was the cable. Y ou can generally pur- chase new cables at most home elec tronics stores, or via the Inter net. 5. User error i s more likely than device failu re. 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 Prob lem with Axc ess? How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 23 I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Devi ce • Check that t he Axcess display read s: If it doesn ’t, p ress AUX on Axcess’ fro nt panel or the remo te. • Check that you’v e corr ectly connect ed Axcess to your aux iliary so urce. T[...]

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    Trouble shooti ng 24 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remo te Portal Axcess Doesn’t Res pond When I Press a Button on the Remot e or F ron t Panel Reset Axce ss. For more in for mat ion, s ee “H ow D o I Re set A xce ss?” o n p age ii. My Mu sic Repea ts or Play s Out of Order Select a different music play order . For more information about h[...]

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    How to Use and Enjoy Yo ur Axcess Remote Portal 25 Index A adjusting bass . ........ ........ ........ ........... .. 18 speak er balanc e ....... ........ ..... 17 treble ... ........ ........ ............ ..... 1 8 audio, s etting s .. ........ ........ ........ ..... 1 7 automa tic con figu ratio n .... ........ ....... 4 auxiliary input select [...]

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    Index 26 How to Use and Enjoy Your Axcess Remote Portal P play or der, contro lling .......... ....... .. 11 playin g time , Tra ck ... ........ ........ ....... 9 playin g, musi c ...... ........ ........ ....... .... 9 purcha sing mu sic ...... ........ ........ ..... 1 5 R Radio , Inte rnet. See Interne t Rad io remote ..... ............ .......[...]

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    Specifications Stereo P owe r Ou tput 20 wa tts p er Ch anne l, 0. 11 % THD, 1 kHz, 8 ohm s 15 watts per Channel, 0 .7%, 70Hz - 2 0 kHz, 8 o hms (FTC) Signal-t o-Noise R atio 86dB (A - WTD) R esidu al no ise 100dB (A - WTD) Channe l separati on 56dB (1kHz, A UX input) Input impeda nce 7.74kOhm (1 kHz, A UX Input) Dimensions 9" W x 4-1 1 /16&qu[...]

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    Internet www .k enwoodusa.com e-ma il inquir y@ken woodusa.com Te l e p h o n e 1-800-KEN WOOD Main Of fic e P. O . B o x 2 2 74 5 Long Beach, CA 9 080 1-5 7 45[...]