Kenwood KRC-394: Safety precautions About RDS

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Safety precautions

About RDS

Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals

RDS (Radio Data System)

NOTE

If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get

When listening to an RDS station, the

• If you experience problems during

dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth.

programme service name of the station is

installation, consult your Kenwood dealer.

displayed, advising you quickly which station is

English

• If the unit does not seem to be working

being received.

Cleaning the Unit

right, try pressing the reset button first. If

RDS (Radio Data System) stations also

If the faceplate of this unit is stained, wipe it

that does not solve the problem, consult

transmit frequency data for the same station.

with a dry soft cloth such as a silicon cloth.

your Kenwood dealer.

When you are making long trips, this function

If the faceplate is stained badly, wipe the stain

•Press the reset button if the Disc auto

automatically alternative switches to the

off with a cloth moistened with neutral

changer fails to operate correctly. Normal

particular frequency with the best reception

cleaner, then wipe neutral detergent off.

operatin should be restored.

for the particular network of stations that you

Applying spray cleaner directly to the unit may

want to listen to. The data is automatically

affect its mechanical parts. Wiping the

stored, allowing you to switch quickly to

faceplate with a hard cloth or using a volatile

another RDS stations, broadcasting the same

liquid such as thinner or alcohol may scratch

programme, that has better reception. These

the surface or erases characters.

include stations stored in the station preset

memory that you often listen to.

Enhanced Other Network

Reset button

Stations that offer <Enhanced Other

Network> also transmit information about

About Cassette tape

• Characters in the LCD may become difficult

other RDS stations that have traffic

to read in temperatures below 41 ˚F (5 ˚C).

Cleaning the tape head

information. When you are tuned to a station

• The illustrations of the display and the panel

When there’s noise or the sound quality is bad

that is not transmitting traffic information, but

appearing in this manual are examples used

during tape play the tape head maybe dirty,

another RDS station starts transmitting a

to explain more clearly how the controls are

clean the tape head.

traffic bulletin, the tuner automatically

used. Therefore, what appears on the display

switches to the other station for the duration

in the illustrations may differ from what

of the bulletin.

About Cassette tape

appears on the display on the actual

Alarm

• If the tape is slack tighten it.

equipment, and some of the illustrations on

When an emergency transmission (announcing

the display may represent something

• If the cassette tape label is peeling off glue it

disasters, etc.) is sent, all current functions are

impossible in actual operation.

on again.

interrupted to allow the warning to be

• Don’t use deformed cassette tape.

received.

• Don’t place cassette tape on the dashboard

etc. where the temperature is high.

• Don’t use cassette tape that’s 100 minutes

long or longer.

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