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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    APPENDIX D: CONTACTING KENWOOD SUPPORT... 50 Copyright 2001, Kenwood USA, Corp and PhatNoise, Inc. – All Rights Reserved. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames, including without limitation, KENWOOD, EXCELON, MUSIC KEG, are proprietary to Kenwood Corporation. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames, including without limitation and PHATNOISE, PHATNOISE MUSIC MANAGER, DPGT and DMS are proprietary to PhatNoise, Inc.
  • Page 3 Page 3 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 4: Getting Started

    Getting Started The Kenwood Music Keg is the most advanced automotive digital music jukebox available today. By offering one-touch access to an unlimited number of MP3s, WMA’s and other music files, it provides music lovers the ultimate in power and flexibility with seamless integration to Kenwood head units.

  • Page 5: Four Steps To A Quick Start

    Four steps to a quick start This manual contains step-by-step instructions for the operation of your Kenwood Music Keg, but as a quick overview we start with the four major steps: Step 1) Install the Music Keg in your car. For more information on how to install the Music Keg in your car, see section I.

  • Page 6: System Components

    System Components Please check to make sure your Kenwood Music Keg package is complete. In addition to this manual, you should have received all of the following parts: 1 Music Keg 1 Music Keg connector cable (6 meter) 1 DMS cartridge...
  • Page 7 USB Cradle power adaptor PhatNoise Music Manager software CD-ROM Page 7 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 8: Music Keg Overview

    A. Music Keg Overview The Music Keg is the central brain of the Kenwood Excelon Music Keg car audio system. It is a computer that you install permanently in your vehicle. The Music Keg software and the music files themselves are contained on a cartridge that is inserted into the Music Keg.

  • Page 9: Dms Cartridge Overview

    B. DMS Cartridge Overview The DMS cartridge is what makes the Music Keg flexible. Like a computer hard drive, its huge storage capacity can accommodate hundreds of music files. When inserting into the Music Keg, make sure the cartridge slides all the way in until the latches click.
  • Page 10 Important! Download and install the PhatNoise Music Manager software in your computer before you connect the USB cradle to your computer. Page 10 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 11: Safety And Handling Precautions

    Safety and Handling Precautions Do not install the Music Keg on the rear deck of a car where it will be subjected to direct sunlight and high temperatures. Do not install the Music Keg where it will be subjected to hot air from the heater or any other high-temperature location.

  • Page 12: Section I: Installation Guide

    Please keep the following considerations in mind when mounting your Music Keg: Mounting Location The Music Keg can be mounted anywhere in the car. The three most common locations are the trunk, under the passenger seat or in the glove box.

  • Page 13: Connecting The Music Keg To Your Head Unit

    You must leave the front of the Music Keg unobstructed to allow the DMS cartridge to be removed from the DMS cartridge slot. The Music Keg cable needs at least 3 inches of clearance to keep the cables from straining or bending unnecessarily. Please keep this in mind when choosing a mounting location.

  • Page 14: Wiring A Music Keg To Kenwood Head Units

    3. Using the long (6.0 meters) Music Keg connector cable, plug the appropriate end into the changer port on the rear of the car stereo head unit labeled “CD Changer” or “Bus”.

  • Page 15: Making The Final Connection

    4. Secure the Music Keg to the mounting location with the four included self-tapping screws. Make sure the Music Keg is mounted such that the connector cable will reach with ample room. The Music Keg should be mounted to a hard stable surface, such as particle board or sheet metal.
  • Page 16 Music Keg to boot. Listen to the entire message to learn how to use the Music Keg. 7. Congratulations! The Music Keg is installed and ready to be used. Turn off the head unit and remove the cartridge. The next section will guide you through installing the desktop software.

  • Page 17: Section Ii: Setting Up At Home

    Installing the Kenwood Excelon edition of the PhatNoise Music Manager software The Kenwood Excelon edition of the PhatNoise Music Manager software is included on the CD found in your package. You can use the software to create and manage playlists of MP3s, WMA and WAV files.
  • Page 18 7. Once rebooted, plug the power connector into the USB cradle. Make sure the cradle is plugged into a power suppl y before connecting it to your computer. Page 18 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 19 ‘slapping’ the cartridge into place. The green and red indicator lights should illuminate. The DMS cartridge will then be detected by the operating system. Page 19 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 20 3. Choose “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” 4. Click “Next” 5. A “Hardware Installation” warning box will appear 6. Click “Continue Anyway” 7. Click “Finish” Page 20 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 21 8. After an initialization period, an “Autoplay” dialog box will appear 9. Let the Autoplay feature complete Page 21 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 22 10. Dialogs will appear for PHTDTA and PHTSYS 11. For each dialog, select “Take No Action” and check “Always do the selected Action” Click “OK” 12. Your DMS is ready! Page 22 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 23: Section Iii: Creating And Managing Playlists

    Page 23 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 24: Launching The Music Manager

    “C:\Program Files\KaZaA\My Shared Folder”). Navigating the Program Each icon on the left of the application’s screen represents a different interface and part of the software. Playlist View Page 24 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 25 2. Insert the CD into the computer. Press the Load Button. 3. If the computer is connected to the Internet, the songs names will appear next to the track number as follows: Page 25 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 26 5. Edit the “Artist”, “Title”, “Genre” and “Year” information if it is missing or incorrect. 6. Choose the tracks to encode using the checkboxes. 7. Choose the file format to encode. Page 26 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 27: Creating And Managing Playlists

    9. Press the Start button in the Encode panel and the process will begin. Creating and Managing Playlists To create and manage your music playlists, click on the Playlist Manager button. The Playlist view appears. Page 27 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 28 Click the Create playlist button. Then change the name of the playlist to a name of your choice. 2. Adding songs to a static playlist 1. Click on the All Songs playlist. Page 28 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 29 2. Type a search query in the Search box. Page 29 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 30 Enter the number of most recent songs to add and press Add. Page 30 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. (this does not need to be changed)

  • Page 31: Playlists To The Dms Cartridge

    The PhatNoise Car Audio System can handle as many as 999 separate playlists. The total number of songs on the DMS Cartridge must not exceed 30,000. Page 31 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 32: Transferring Mp3S And Playlists To The Dms Cartridge

    3. The Devices view appears: The Devices view is organized in two parts: The PhatNoise Music Manager Playlist and Windows Explorer panels The All Supported Devices panels. Page 32 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 33: Adding A Playlist To An Existing Disc On The Dms Cartridge

    4. Activate the Music Keg DMS cartridge by clicking PhatNoise DMS in the All Supported Devices panel. If the DMS cartridge is connected properly, a summary screen appears with a red If the DMS cartridge has not been configured properly, a configuration wizard will launch.

  • Page 34: Adding A Phatnoise Music Manager Playlist As A New Disc On The Dms Cartridge

    Additional DMS Features Creating a Blank Disc 1. You can create a blank disc as a ‘placeholder’ for future playlists. Page 34 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 35: Syncing Music

    Syncing Music In the Device view, a yellow star next to the Disc icon denotes a dynamic playlist. By pressing the Sync Music Keg button, any updates to those discs will automatically be copied to the DMS cartridge. If a disc has fresh content after syncing, the yellow star will turn blue and the new files will be highlighted.

  • Page 36: Example Playlists

    25 or 50 songs for different styles of music. Next, a ‘Recent Hip-Hop’ Disc is made in the car by simply dragging the playlist from the top window to a blank location under ‘Music Keg DMS’. Here, the ‘Recent Hip Hop’ and ‘Recent Techno’ discs were created by this method.
  • Page 37 DMS cartridge. You can create a new disc for it just by dragging the artist to a blank space. Note these playlists are Dynamic as well. Page 37 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.

  • Page 38: Section Iv: Operating The Kenwood Music Keg With Your Kenwood Head Unit

    Setting the audio mode To use the Music Keg, you must first put the head unit into CD changer mode. Push the “SRC” button on your Kenwood Head Unit until the display reads “DISC”.

  • Page 39: Navigating The Playlists In The Music Keg

    The Music Keg takes advantage of the different power states of the car. That is, the Music Keg will turn on when the user switches to CD Changer mode. Once on, the Music Keg will remain on until the car is turned off.

  • Page 40: Appendix A: Updating The Firmware In Your Music Keg

    Appendix A: Updating the Firmware in your Music Keg Your Music Keg has firmware programmed inside of it. It has been pre-programmed from the factory to work with your head unit. PhatNoise periodically releases updates to the firmware in order to fix problems or to provide feature upgrades.
  • Page 41 4. Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the “GO” button. 5. Press the Hardware Options button. 6. Make sure the ‘Installed Product’ is the Kenwood EXcelon Music Keg. Press the Start Wizard button to begin the update process.
  • Page 42 7. The wizard will begin. Press Next to skip the introductory screen. 8. Press the Check for Updates from PhatNoise Website button to load the latest set of head units. Page 42 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 43 9. Click on your specific head unit. 10. Press the Next button. The window will display the firmware version information. Page 43 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc.
  • Page 44 12. The wizard will close. Now press the Eject/Save DMS button. After completing these steps, your DMS cartridge will have all the appropriate software on it. Now the Music Keg can be updated using the following steps: 13. While your car radio is off, insert the DMS cartridge into your Music Keg.
  • Page 45 Do not pull the cartridge out while the lights are blinking. Make sure the radio remains off. 16. You may lock the car – the Music Keg will turn itself off when done. 17. When the Music Keg is done reprogramming, all the Music Keg lights will turn off.

  • Page 46: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    - If the above steps don’t work, try performing a full reset as specified below (Problem 4). A file is corrupted on the Music Keg DMS. This usually happens when the DMS cartridge is removed from the USB cradle while data is being written to the DMS cartridge.

  • Page 47: Appendix C: Warranty And Liability Policy

    Page 47 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. Cause/Solution The PhatNoise Music Manager database files have been corrupted.

  • Page 48: Installation Precautions

    Do not subject the DMS Cartridge to extreme cold temperatures. 2. Do not place more that one DMS Cartridge at a time into the Music Keg player. 3. Do not drop the DMS Cartridge or subject it to a violent shock.

  • Page 49: Music Keg Player And Usb Cradle Precautions

    Music Keg Player and USB Cradle Precautions 1. Never spill liquid of any kind on the Music Keg Player. 2. Do not place the Music Keg player on an unstable cart, stand or table. The product may fall, causing serious damage to the product.

  • Page 50: Appendix D: Contacting Kenwood Support

    Phone: 1-800-KENWOOD (536-9663) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 22745 Long Beach, CA 90801-5745 Call center is available 8:30am – 5:00 PT Monday through Friday. Page 50 Kenwood Excelon Music Keg User Manual Copyright 2001 Kenwood USA Corporation & PhatNoise Inc. KHD-UM1...
  • Page 51 Music Manager software and Music Keg firmware. It is important that you know how to determine what version of software/firmware a particular Music Keg has, whether it is compatible with the newest Music Keg features, and how to update Music Manager software and Music Keg units that need it.
  • Page 52 As you can see, all KHD-C710 units have the latest features and capabilities right out of the box, requiring no manual updating, but all current KHD-CX910 units require some manual updating to offer the latest Music Keg features and capabilities (FLAC and Audible.com support). It is important that you are able to...
  • Page 53 Music Keg. If so, it should be replaced with the software from the CD-ROM included with the Music Keg. Doing this will not overwrite any playlists or setup preferences the user has already made. When replacing the Music Manager software with the version from the CD-ROM included with the Music Keg, the screen will display a “Driver...
  • Page 54 4. The “properties” screen will appear. Select the tab on the far right side (it will either be called “General” or “About”): 5. The tab window will expand. The top half of the window will display the current version of the Music Manager software:...
  • Page 55 2. Carefully and completely follow all of the numbered steps to update the firmware. If you don’t have a copy of the Music Keg Instruction Manual, go to www.kenwoodusa.com, and click on the ‘support’ tab, then click on ‘manuals’ and select the Music Keg.
  • Page 56 If your Kenwood product ever needs service: 1. Take or ship it to any Kenwood Authorized Service Center in the U.S.A. along with a complete description of the problem. You may obtain a list of authorized service centers by calling 1?800?KENWOOD 2.

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