Kenwood KRC-31: Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting Guide: Kenwood KRC-31
Troubleshooting Guide
What might seem to be a malfunction in your unit may
? The TEL mute function does not work.15
just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring.
✔ The TEL mute wire is not connected properly.
Before calling service, first check the following table
☞ Connect the wire correctly, referring to the section on
for possible problems.
<Connecting Wires to Terminals>.
English
? The TEL mute function turns ON even though the TEL mute wire is
General
not connected.
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✔ The TEL mute wire is touching a metal part of the car.
? The power does not turn ON.
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☞ Pull the TEL mute wire away from the metal part of the car.
✔ The fuse has blown.
☞ After checking for short circuits in the wires, replace the fuse with
? No sound can be heard, or the volume is low.
one with the same rating.
✔ The fader or balance settings are set all the way to one side.
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✔ No ACC position on vehicle ignition.
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☞ Center the fader and balance settings.
☞ Connect the same wire to the ignition as the battery wire.
✔ The input/output wires or wiring harness are connected incorrectly.
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☞ Reconnect the input/output wires or the wiring harness correctly.
? If you have selected Standby mode, the power will go OFF
See the section on "Connecting Wires to Terminals".
automatically.
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✔ The Power OFF Timer function has been activated.
✔ The cassette tape is bad.
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☞ If you do not want the power to go OFF automatically, cancel the
☞ Try playing another cassette tape. If works fine, the first tape was
Power OFF Timer function.
bad.
? The sound quality is poor or distorted.
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? Nothing happens when the buttons are pressed.
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✔ One of the speaker wires is being pinched by a screw in the car.
✔ The computer chip in the unit is not functioning normally.
☞ Check the speaker wiring.
☞ Press the reset button on the unit (page 4).
✔ The tape head is dirty.
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? There’s a source you can’t switch.
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☞ Clean the tape head.
✔ There’s no tape inserted.
✔ The speakers are not wired correctly.
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☞ Set the media you want to listen to. If there’s no media in this
☞ Reconnect the speaker wires so that each output terminal is
unit, you can't switch to each source.
connected to a different speaker.
✔ The Disc changer isn’t connected.
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☞ Connect the Disc changer. If the Disc changer isn’t connected to
? The Touch Sensor Tone doesn’t sound.
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it's input terminal, You can't switch to an external disc source.
✔ The preout jack is being used.
☞ The Touch Sensor Tone can’t be output from the preout jack.
? The memory is erased when the ignition is turned OFF.
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✔ The battery wire has not been connected to the proper terminal.
? Even though Synchronize Clock is ON, the clock can’t be adjusted.
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☞ Connect the wire correctly, referring to the section on
✔ The received RDS station isn’t sending time data.
<Connecting Wires to Terminals>.
☞ Receive another RDS station.
✔ The ignition and battery wire are incorrectly connected.
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☞ Connect the wire correctly, referring to the section on
<Connecting Wires to Terminals>.
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Tuner source
Disc source
? Radio reception is poor.
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? "AUX" is displayed without achieving External disc control mode.
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✔ The car antenna is not extended.
✔ O-N switch is set to "O" side.
☞ Pull the antenna out all the way.
☞ Set the switch to "N" side.
✔ The antenna control wire is not connected.
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✔ Unsupported disc changer is connected.
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☞ Connect the wire correctly, referring to the section on
☞ Connect the supported disc changer. (page 3)
<Connecting Wires to Terminals>.
? The specified disc does not play, but another one plays instead.
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? It isn't the set Traffic information sound volume.
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✔ The specified CD is quite dirty.
✔ The set sound volume is less than the tuner sound volume.
☞ Clean the CD.
☞ If the tuner sound volume is louder than the set sound volume,the
✔ The CD is upside-down.
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tuner sound volume is used.
☞ Load the CD with the labeled side up.
✔ The disc is loaded in a different slot from that specified.
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Cassette tape source
☞ Eject the disc magazine and check the number for the specified
? Can’t remove tape.44
disc.
✔ The cause is that more than 10 minutes has elapsed since the vehicle
✔ The disc is severely scratched.
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ACC switch was turned OFF.
☞ Try another disc instead.
☞ The tape can only be removed within 10 minutes of the ACC
switch being turned OFF. If more than 10 minutes has elapsed,
? The specified track will not play.
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turn the ACC switch ON again and press the Eject button.
✔ Random play or magazine random play has been selected.
☞ Turn off random play or magazine random play.
? The Tape Advance and Music Repeat don’t operate correctly.
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✔ The space between the songs on the tape can’t be recognized
? Track repeat, disc repeat, track scan, random play, and magazine
because it’s too short.
random play start by themselves.
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☞ Have at least 4 seconds between songs.
✔ The setting is not canceled.
☞ The settings for these functions remain on until the setting to off
✔ The space between songs can’t be recognized because there’s too
or the disc ejected, even if the power is turned off or the source
much noise between songs.
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changed.
☞ Reduce the noise between songs.
? Cannot play CD-R or CD-RW.
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? The blank skip doesn’t work.
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✔ Finalization processing is not being conducted for CD-R/CD-RW.
✔ Because noise is too loud, the non-recorded part can’t be recognized.
☞ Conduct finalization processing with CD recorder.
☞ Reduce the noise between songs.
✔ A non-compatible CD changer is being used to play the CD-R/CD-
? Blank Skip functions at places that are recorded.
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RW.
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✔ Because the recording level is low, it’s recognized as not recorded.
☞ Use a CD changer compatible with CD-R/CD-RW to play.
☞ Turn Blank Skip OFF.
?Track Search can't be done.
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✔ For the albums first or last song.
☞ For each album, Track Search can't be done in the backward
direction for the first song or in the forward direction for the last
song.
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Оглавление
- CASSETTE RECEIVER
- Contents
- Safety precautions
- Safety precautions About RDS
- General features
- Tuner features General features
- RDS features
- RDS features
- Tuner features
- Tuner features
- External disc control features
- External disc control features
- Menu system
- Menu system
- Menu system
- Accessories
- Connecting Wires to Terminals
- Connecting Wires to Terminals
- Connecting Wires to Terminals Installation
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Specifications
- Cодержание
- Меры предосторожности
- Меры предосторожности O RDS
- Общие характеристики
- Cвойства тюнера Общие характеристики
- Cвойства RDS
- Cвойства RDS
- Cвойства тюнера
- Cвойства тюнера
- Функции управления внешним диском
- Функции управления внешним диском
- Система меню
- Система меню
- Система меню
- Принадлежности
- Подсоединение кабелей к гнездам для подключения
- Подсоединение кабелей к гнездам для подключения Установка
- Поиск и устранение неисправностей
- Поиск и устранение неисправностей
- Технические характеристики
- Treść
- Środki ostrożności
- Środki ostrożności Informacje o RDS
- Ogólne możliwości
- Możliwości tunera Ogólne możliwości
- Możliwości RDS
- Możliwości RDS
- Możliwości tunera
- Możliwości tunera
- Możliwości sterowania zewnętrznymi płytami
- Możliwości sterowania zewnętrznymi płytami
- Menu systemu
- Menu systemu
- Menu systemu
- Akcesoria
- Podłączanie przewodów do końcówek
- Podłączanie przewodów do końcówek Instalacja
- Przewodnik wykrywania i usuwania usterek
- Przewodnik wykrywania i usuwania usterek
- Dane techniczne
- Obsah
- Bezpečnostní pokyny
- Bezpečnostní pokyny O RDS
- Obecné funkce
- Funkce tuneru Obecné funkce
- Funkce RDS
- Funkce RDS
- Funkce tuneru
- Funkce tuneru
- Funkce ovládání externího disku
- Funkce ovládání externího disku
- Systém menu
- Systém menu
- Systém menu
- Příslušenství
- Připojování kabelů ke svorkám
- Připojování kabelů ke svorkám Instalace
- Przewodnik wykrywania i usuwania usterek
- Przewodnik wykrywania i usuwania usterek
- Specifikace