Kenwood KDC-MP858 - Manual (Page 10)

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General features
System Q
You can recall the best sound setting preset for
different types of music.
1 Select the source to set
Press the [SRC] button.
2 Select the Sound type
Press the [Q] button.
Each time the button is pressed the sound
setting switches.
Sound setting Display
Natural "Natural"
User memory "USER"
Rock "ROCK"
Pops "POPS"
Easy "EASY"
Top 40 "TOP 40"
Jazz "JAZZ"
• User memory: The values set on the 'Audio Control'
(page 10).
• Each setting value is changed with the 'Speaker
Setting' (page 11).
First, select the speaker type with the Speaker setting.
Audio Control
1 Select the source for adjustment
Press the [SRC] button.
2 Enter Audio Control mode
Press the [AUD] button for at least 1 second.
"Audio Control" is displayed.
3 Select the Audio item for adjustment
Press the [FM] or [AM] button.
Each time the button is pressed the items that
can be adjusted switch as shown below.
4 Adjust the Audio item
Press the [ 4] or [¢] button.
Adjustment Item Display Range
Bass Center Frequency "Bass FRQ" 60/70/80/100 or 150 Hz
Bass level "Bass" –8 — +8
Bass Q Factor "Bass Q" 1.00/1.25/1.50/2.00
Bass Extend "Bass EXT" ON/OFF
Middle Center Frequency "MID FRQ" 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0 kHz
Middle level "MID" –8 — +8
Middle Q Factor "Middle Q" 1.0/2.0
Treble Center Frequency "TRE FRQ" 10.0/12.5/15.0/17.5 kHz
Treble level "TRE" –8 — +8
Balance "Balance" Left 15 — Right 15
Fader "Fader" Rear 15 — Front 15
Sub woofer level*¹ "SW Level" –15 — +15
Front/Rear High Pass Filter "HPF" Through/100/125/170
Hz
Sub woofer Low Pass
Filter*¹ "LPF SW" 50/80/120/Through Hz
Volume offset "Volume
Offset" –8 — ±0
Loudness "Loudness" ON/OFF
• According to the Bass Q Factor setting value, the
frequencies that can be set in Bass Center Frequency
change as shown below.
Bass Q Factor Bass Center Frequency
1.00/1.25/1.50 60/70/80/100
2.00 60/70/80/150
• When the Bass Extend is set to ON, low frequency
response is extended by 20%.
• Volume offset: Each source’s volume can be set as a
difference from the basic volume.
• Loudness: Compensating for low and high tones
during low volume.
• *¹ You can control this item when 'Switching preout'
(page 24) is set to "SWPRE Sub-W".
5 Exit Audio Control mode
Press the [AUD] button.