Kenwood Car Audio & Video - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

Purchased a 1993 Volvo station wagon with the Kenwood car stereo model KDC-MP342U. Don't have the manual to the KDC-MP342U car stereo!!!! How to I go about getting the manual????? Thank you. Linda

Google (kenwood)(KDC-MP342U)(manual) without parens OR contact Kenwood directly to request.

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Dec 03, 2019

Unlock code for my kenwood KDC-MP538U head unit

Page 13 says it is activated by the user. It tells you to treasure the code. Ask the last user. Take it to a Kenwood Service centre. Try a reset as shown on Page 3 of the manual.

http://manual.kenwood.com/files/B64-4039-00_K.pdf

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Dec 03, 2019

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Cant change time dnx690hd

Tap where the time is displayed. It toggles 12/24 hr

Kenwood DNX690HD | Answered on Nov 30, 2019

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Kenwood DDX4015BT has blue screen and shows "no navigation" everything else works. Any idea?

VIDEO CARD READER OF UNIT IS BAD YOU HAVE TO FIND A TECH SUPPORT WITH KENWOOD TO FIX

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Nov 29, 2019

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Unsupported video file

Any video file that is .avi requires codecs. Most players don't have a comprehensive list of codecs on their chips though they have divx and xvid on many devices these days. divx and xvid are codec types of .avi. Types such as .mpg or .mpeg or mp3 or mp4 are older and more compatible with most equipment. mkv may not work

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Nov 12, 2019

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Music on usb stick

USE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

Kenwood... | Answered on Nov 07, 2019

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Can't get power to head unit kenwood dnx 7100

check all the wiring at te back the push and hold reset button for ten second and try power again

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Nov 05, 2019

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F 3 error code kenwood ac

push and hold rest bull with a small pin and the unplug unit for ten second then try power up again

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Nov 05, 2019

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I just bought a Kenwood radio from another person not a dealer and I don't have a security code for the Kenwood 6140 the person I bought it from doesn't know either

Typically those car radios have an embedded (on circuit board) chip which is a flash EEPROM type memory. And this chip stores data which was programmed even if power is removed to the system. It also cannot easily be erased. They engineer this on purpose because any workaround to there anti theft system would defeat the purpose of having it so. Um I'm 99% certain without that code you basically have a brick which won't power on. And nothing you can do can change that. Perhaps and engineer or something could replace the chip or I have heard of ways to wire in and basically short certain leads causing the chip to delete it's memory without actually destroying it but that is engineer level stuff. Buyer beware I would definitely get a refund on that. A quick Google search of Kenwood 6140 password comes up with this to confirm what I already know about this technology. Also with 4 digits there are 10000 different combinations.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/705744/Kenwood-Dnx6140.html?page=74

Kenwood Car... | Answered on Oct 31, 2019

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