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    Complete Guide to Y our New K enwood Axcess Remote Portal Congratu lations on yo ur purch ase of the K enw ood Axce ss. With Axcess, you’ll open a door to the media sto red on your Entré, allowin g you to enjoy music and Internet Radi o anywhere you place the P o rtal. Y ou ’ll quickly find the music or radi o station s you ’re lo oking f or[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal xiii T able of Contents Complete Guide to Your New Kenw ood Axcess Remot e Portal ....... ..... ...... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ..... ...... ....... ... ii Chapter 1 : Setti ng Up a nd Config uring Y our Axc ess ....... 1 What’s In cluded with Axcess ? ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... .[...]

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    xiv Compl ete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Media Server Sele ction) ? . ..... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ...... ....... ...... ..... .... 14 How D o I Swit ch Modes ? ........ ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ ..... .... 14 How D o I Nav igate Axce ss? ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ..[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal xv How D o I Solve Sound Pr oblems ? .... ..... ...... ....... ...... ..... .... 30 There’s No Sound .... ................. ................. ................. ................ 30 The Volume Sudd enly Decreases ......... ................. ................. ..... 30 Internet Radio S tops Playing . ......[...]

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    xvi Com plete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 Chapter 1: Setting Up and Configuring Y our Axc ess W elcome to the Co mplete Guide to your new K enw ood Ax cess. Wi th Axcess, yo u can enjoy Intern et Radio and the music s tored in your Entré li brary anywhere in yo ur home. Axc ess doesn ’t require extensive setup— with a few simp le con necti[...]

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    Setting Up an d Configurin g Your Axces s 2 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Resetting Axcess If Axcess fails to r espond to front pane l or remot e commands , or if it r esponds erroneous ly , re set it: 1. Ho ld the POWER ON button down on the remote control until the Standby , MUSIC, NET RADIO, AUX and OG lights flash momentar ily . T[...]

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    How Do I Con ne ct Axce ss t o Entré and the Internet? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 3 Establishing a Connection via Bro adband If you use a b roadb and Internet connection and you co nnect Entré to the Inter net via a Home Phone Network Allianc e (H PNA)/E thernet b ridg e, you will be able to us e all of Axcess ’ func tions i nc[...]

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    Setting Up an d Configurin g Your Axces s 4 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal The follow ing HPNA/Etherne t bridge models are ve ri fied by K enwood to wor k with Axcess and Entré: •D - L i n k D H N - 1 0 0 • LinkS ys HPB2 00 • LinkS ys HPR02 00 • NetGear PE102 Y ou can purchase an Ethernet adaptor (th e CA TC NetMate) directly [...]

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    How Do I Connect Axcess to My Pho ne Line? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 5 How D o I Conn ect A xces s to My P hone L ine? No matter how your h ome network is configured, you will connect Ax cess to it in the same way . 1. Connect one en d of the in cluded tele phone cord to the tele phon e connector labele d WA LL on th e back of Axc[...]

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    Setting Up an d Configurin g Your Axces s 6 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I Connect Axcess to an Auxiliary Audio Source? This is an optional connection. Y ou don ’ t have to complete it to use Axcess. Y ou ca n use the speakers conn ected to Axcess to listen to sound from anoth er device (s uch as your TV's audio output)[...]

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    How Do I Po wer Up Axc ess for the V ery First Ti me? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 7 4. U nder SECONDARY NET WORK CONNE CTION ( LAN ) , select HOME PNA . 5. Se lect SAVE . 6. Se lect NETWORK NAME . 7. Enter a name for this Entré. (If you have more than on e Entré, rep eat the proc ess, entering a differen t name for ea ch.) 8. Se l[...]

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    Setting Up an d Configurin g Your Axces s 8 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 3. Se lect PRIMARY TC P / IP SETTING S . 4. W rite the settings down or leave E ntré set to this screen while you configure Axcess. Once Axcess enters the manual configuration mode, the IP address appears: 1. Use the left/right arr ow buttons to selec t the num[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 9 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Y o ur Axcess W elcome to the C omplete Guide to your new Kenwood Axcess Remote P ortal. Th is chapter helps you lear n how to take advan tage of all Axcess’ features. Axcess is a portal—a doorway to your stor ed me dia colle ction , pro vidi ng a convenient way to enjo y [...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 10 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal What’s On the F ront P anel of My Axc ess? 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 butto n 2. St andby light 3. Infrared receiver (for use with included IR r emote) 4. Ski p/Scan backw ard 5. Ski p/Scan forw ard 6. Display 7. Mu[...]

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    What’s O n the Axc ess Remote ? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 1 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 ause but ton 6. S kip/Scan back ward 7. Skip/S can f orw ard 8. Audio settings button 9. L[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 12 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I T urn On Axce ss? Press the POW ER button on front panel o r POW ER ON on the remote to turn Axcess on. Axc ess is always in one of four power s tates: Axcess automat ically conf igures itse l f , but if it fails to do so, follo w the ma nual pr ocedur e. Axc ess wi[...]

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    How D o I Turn On A xcess ? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 3 infor ma tion from you r In tern et S ervic e P rovid er (ISP) . If yo ur network uses a static IP address, you can also get the infor ma tion d irec tly f rom your E ntré . For more infor ma tion, see “Network Configuratio n ” on page 7 of How to Connect and Set Up Y [...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 14 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal What if I Have More Than One Entré (Manual Medi a Server Selectio n)? Axcess can con nect “on the fly ” to an y Entré connec ted 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? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 5 How Do I Na vigate Axcess? Y ou ca n quickly bro wse availabl e music tit les or radi o station s using Axc ess’ navigation buttons. How Do I Contro l Music Pla y? Press the buttons on your remote or Axc ess’ front panel to control musi c play . These buttons work just li[...]

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    Getting to Know Your Axcess 16 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal • Skip to the n ext T rac k. • Press and hol d to fast forward throug h the cur- rent T rack. • (In Internet Radio mo de) Not used. Press this button: To :[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 7 Chapter 3: Enjoying Y our Music Collection Using Axc ess’ Mus ic mod e, y ou can p lay y our musi c co llecti on, find a T rac k in your favorite Group on Entré, or control the order your music plays in. This chapter helps you understand ho w to play music , and find exactly the song you ’re look[...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Musi c Collection 18 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal For more information about using En tré to organiz e your musi c, see “Chapter 4: Managing Y our Music” in H ow to Use and Enjoy Y our Entré Entertainment Hub. Y ou can brow se Groups, Ch annels and T r acks on A xces s mu ch a s yo u d o wi th Entré. Y ou ca n b[...]

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    How Do I Browse and Play My Music Collection? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 1 9 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 Grou ps. 4. Pres s SELECT to play the curren tly displayed T rack. Hold down t[...]

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    Enjoyin g Your Musi c Collection 20 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal T o select a play order: 1. Pres s MUSIC while yo u’re in Musi c mod e. The c urrent p lay ord er appe ars 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 p lay order you [...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 2 1 Chapter 4: Enjoying I nternet 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 Radio— now you can en joy it anywhere i n your home that you have an Axce ss Rem[...]

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    Enjoyin g Internet Radi o 22 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Browsing Groups and Channels When you added Internet R adio stations to Entré, it automat ically organized the stations for you, or you may have customized it yo urself . When you us e Axcess to listen to Internet R adio remotel y , the s tations are organized exact ly how th[...]

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    How Do I Purchase the Music I Hear on Internet Radio? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 2 3 How D o I P urch ase t he M usic I Hea r on Inte rnet 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 infor mati[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 2 5 Chapter 5: Cont rolling Audio Settings Y ou can adjust the volume and quality of the sound using the vo lume, mute and audio buttons. Y ou can also fin e-tune the 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 el or[...]

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    Cont rolling A udi o Settings 26 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal How Do I Adjust the Bass Setting? Change ho w Axcess emph asizes low sound s by adjusti ng the bass se tting . The Bass and T reble con trols do no t affect the headphon e output. 1. Select the bas s setting: • Press the up and down navigation buttons s imultaneously , t[...]

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    How Do I Adjust the Treble Setting? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 2 7 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 pr[...]

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    Cont rolling A udi o Settings 28 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 2 9 Chapter 6: T roubleshooting Troubles hooting is how you dete rmine w hat part of a co mplex sys tem (like a home entertainment sys tem) is at fault when the system isn ’t wo rking how you think i t should. When yo u troubleshoot a system, yo u diagnose a problem by examining an d eliminating possibl[...]

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    Trouble shooting 30 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal working . Then, if the device works, it was the c able. Y ou can generall y pur- chase new cables at most home elec tronics stores, or via the Inter net. 5. User error i s more likely than device failure. Y ou probably don ’t want to hear this, but it’s true. Use this manual to go [...]

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    How Do I Solve a Prob lem with Axcess? Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 3 1 I Can’t Hear Anything from My TV or Other Connected Devi ce • Che ck that t he Axcess dis play reads: If it doesn ’ t, press AUX on Axces s’ front panel or the remo te. • Che ck that you’v e corre ctly conn ected Ax cess to your auxi liary sour ce. Th[...]

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    Trouble shooting 32 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal Axcess Doesn’t Res pond When I Press a Button on the Remot e or F ro nt Panel Reset Axcess. For more information, see “R esetting Axcess” on page 1. My Mu sic Repeats or Play s Out of Order Select a different music play order . For more information about how to change the m usic [...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Audio Player 33 Glossary This glossary explains the terminology used in this Guide. Since your Axcess uses such new technology , many of the terms used in this Guide have very specific meanings. Defining th em here helps make the instr uctions and infor mat ion mo re und erst andab le . Channel: One piece of en [...]

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    Glossary 34 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Audio Playe r[...]

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    Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal 3 5 Inde x A access ories ... ........ ............ ........ ....... 1 adjusting bass . ........ ........ ............ ....... .. 26 speak er balanc e ... ........ ......... 25 treble ... ........ ............ ........ ..... 2 6 audio settin gs ..... ........ ........ ........ ..... 25 automa tic con figu[...]

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    Index 36 Complete Guide to Your Axcess Remote Portal music ........... ........ ........ ........ ......... 1 7 brows ing ...... ........ ........ ... 1 7, 1 9 contro lling orde r ...... ........ ..... 19 playin g ..... ........ ........ ........... .. 17 purcha sing ....... ........ ........ ..... 2 3 tro ubles hooting order ... ........ ........ [...]

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    Specifications Stereo P owe r Ou tput 20 w atts p er Cha nnel , 0. 11% THD, 1 kHz, 8 o hms 15 watts per Channel, 0.7%, 70Hz - 20 kHz, 8 ohms (FT C) 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" [...]

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