Marine Rated
Display Features
Audio Section
Radio Functions
USB/iPod/Aux Connectivity
Remote Control
Installation
Dimensions
Software
Marine
Rated
Marine iPod/USB Receiver:
The Kenwood KMR-700U consists of a marine iPod/USB receiver with IPX5 protection
and a hide-away amplifier/connection box. The two devices connect to each other
using the supplied 10' DIN-cable. The Kenwood KMR-770U marine receiver and hide-away box have a special water-resistant conformal coating
placed on the main circuit board to protect the circuitry from the harsh,
corrosive marine environment.
Note: This unit is not equipped with a CD player.
Display Features
Fold-Down Face with Built-in Compartment: The Kenwood KMR700U marine
iPod/USB receiver features a manual fold-down face with hidden compartment.
Behind the fold-down face is a USB type-A port and an Apple iPod dock connector
to connect your USB device or iPod. There is also a compartment behind the
fold-down face which allows you to house your connected USB device or iPod/iPhone so it
is out of sight and protected from the elements. In addition, there is a
neoprene pouch which can be used to cover your portable digital player or iPod
to further protect it.
LCD Display with Rotary Encoder: The Kenwood KMR-700U marine iPod/USB
receiver features a full-dot white LCD multi-line display and rotary encoder for
easy operation. The KMR-700U offers the following display and button illumination settings.
- Illumination Dimmer:
Sets whether the key illumination is dimmed in conjunction with the light
switch of the vessel or it is dimmed constantly.
- Illumination Effect:
Sets whether the key illumination brightness is changed in conjunction with
the key operation.
- Display Dimmer: Sets
whether the display illumination is dimmed in conjunction with the light
switch of the vessel or it is dimmed constantly
- Contrast: You can
manually adjust the display contrast from 1-10.
- Positive/Negative Display:
You can switch the panel display between positive or negative.
Audio Section
Mosfet Amplifier: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hide-away unit includes a
built-in 22-watt x 4-channel (RMS) amplifier.
Dual Zone: The Dual Zone feature allows you to output a different music
source to the front and rear channels. You can listen to the tuner, and iPod/USB
device, or Auxiliary source from the front-channels, while listening to an
iPod/USB device from the rear-channels.
Three 4.0V Preamp Outputs: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hide-away unit
features three 4.0-volt preamp outputs (Front/Rear/Subwoofer) for adding
external amplifiers. The front and rear speaker preamp outputs are balance and
fade adjustable. The subwoofer preamp output is non-fading.
Front and Rear High-Pass Filter: The KMR-700U features an
independent High-Pass Crossover for the front and rear channels when your front
and rear speakers are connected by the unit's speaker-outputs or preamp-outputs.
You can adjust the high-pass crossover from "Through", 40, 60, 80, 100, 120,
150, or 180, 220Hz. The "Through" selection is a full-range setting. This
feature is very helpful when you have smaller-type speakers in the front and
larger-type speakers installed in the rear of the vehicle.
Low-Pass Filter: The receiver features a built-in Low Pass
Filter control for the unit's subwoofer preamp output. You can select from 50,
60, 80, 100,120Hz or "Through". The "Through" setting allows your external
amplifier's crossover network to do all the filtering for your subwoofer.
Subwoofer Level: You can independently control the subwoofer
preamp output level from the CD receiver. You select levels between -15 to +15.
Subwoofer Phase: You can adjust the phase of the subwoofer
output between 180-degrees (Reverse) or 0-degrees (Normal).
Amp Off: You can turn off the unit's built-in amplifier to improve
sound quality when you are connecting and external amplifier to the KMR-700U.
Supreme Setting: When MP3, WMA, or AAC files encoded at a low bit
rate (less than 96 kbps, 44.1k, 48kHz) are played, the Supreme Setting function
restores their high frequencies so the sound quality is closer to files encoded
at a high bit rate. The processing is optimized for the compression format and
the bit rate used. When the Supreme Setting is Off, the unit plays the original
sound stored in the audio file.
Speaker Settings: The Speaker Setting function tailors the
System Q Sound Control settings according to the type of speakers in your
vessel. You may select a Speaker Setting of "SP Off" (flat), "SP OEM" (for OEM
factory speaker systems), "SP 6x9/6" (for systems with 6" and 6"x9" speakers),
or "SP 5/4" (for systems with 4" and 5" speakers).
Sound Control: Seven EQ curves are preset into
memory, allowing you to recall the best preset EQ curve for different types of
music. Each preset has its own level settings for bass (100Hz), midrange (1kHz),
and treble (10kHz). You can choose from the following preset EQ curves - Rock,
Pops, Easy, Top 40, Jazz, Natural, and Game.
Detail Audio Control: The KMR-700 features independent Bass,
Treble and Midrange control when the System's Sound Control is in User mode. The
Detail Audio Control allows you to adjust the following settings for the Bass,
Treble and Mid frequency levels.
- Bass:
- Frequency: 40/50/60/70/80/100/120/150 Hz
- Q-Factor: 1.00/1.25/1.50/2.00
- Bass Extend: On/Off (when this feature is set to
"On", the low frequency response is extended by 20%)
- Level: -8 to +8
- Mid:
- Frequency: 0.5/1.0/1.5/2.0 kHz
- Q-Factor: 1.0/2.0
- Level: - 8 to +8
- Treble:
- Frequency: 10/12.5/15.0/17.5 kHz
- Level: -8 to +8
Note: You can register one audio preset to recall for any source.
Loudness: The Loudness feature compensates for low and high
tones during low volume. You can turn this feature either on or off. Only the
low tone is compensated for when the tuner is selected as a source.
Volume Offset Control: The level of each source may be
independently adjusted to prevent radical leaps in output volume when switching
from one source to another. The available settings range from -8 to +0.
Source Tone Memory: This feature allows you to store System
Q bass, middle and treble tone settings for each source (Tuner, Aux, USB, and
iPod).
Radio Functions
CR-2 Advanced Tuner: This unit uses Kenwood's CR-2 Advanced
tuner for clear radio reception. You can choose one of three tuning modes: Auto
1 (seek tuning), Auto 2 (cycles through and tunes the selected band's preset
stations only with each button press), or Manual.
Auto Memory Tuning: Not only does the CD receiver's tuner
allow you manually enter your desired presets you can choose to have the unit
automatically put stations with good reception in the memory banks
automatically; this is a handy feature when traveling. The tuner features 3 FM
banks (1, 2, 3) and 1 AM bank. You can store 6 presets for each AM/FM bank
giving you a total of 18 FM presets and 6 AM presets.
Clean Reception System Circuit (CRSC): This circuit controls
multi-path distortion by reducing stereo separation. As stereo separation is
reduced, multi-path has less effect on the radio signal, improving reception in
areas with tall buildings and mountains. The CRSC circuit can be turned on or
off.
Favorite Presets: You can register up to 6 favorite preset memory
settings which allow you to easily select your favorite AM/FM broadcast
stations, Sirius Radio channels (with optional tuner), or iPod playlists. You
can custom name is favorite preset.
Sirius DirectConnect Interface: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hide-away unit
features a built-in Sirius DirectConnect interface. This interface makes it easy
to add a Sirius SC-C1 tuner (607SCC1, sold separately) or a SC-VDOC1 car cradle
(607SCVDOC1, sold separately) for your portable Sirius tuner, without any
additional interface adapters.
USB/iPod/Aux Connectivity
USB Port: The Kenwood KMR-700U marine iPod /USB receiver features a
front-panel USB type-A port located behind the unit's fold-down face-plate. The
internal USB 2.0 input is compatible with thumb-drives and external HDDs. Once
connected you can place your USB device inside the compartment behind the unit's
fold-down face to protect it from the marine environment. The KMR-700U supports
AAC (16-320 kbps), MP3 (8-320 kbps), and WMA (48-192 kbps) files stored on a USB
mass storage class device formatted in FAT16 or FAT32. The Kenwood marine
iPod/USB receiver can recognize up 500 folders with 4,096 files per folder
(15,000 total files). The KMR-700U provides MP3 ID3 Tag information (up to 30
characters), WMA content information (up to 30 characters), and AAC song
information (up to 60 characters).
iPod Direct: The Kenwood KMR-700U marine iPod/USB receiver
connects seamlessly with most iPod and the iPhones via its built-in iPod dock
connector, located behind the unit's fold-down face. Once connected you can
place your iPod inside the compartment behind the unit's fold-down face to
protect it from the marine environment. The KMR-700U supports iPod/iPhone audio
playback, control, information display, and charging. The KMR-700U provides iPod
music playback and search features such as Alphabet search, Percentage search,
Skip search, Related Search, and Random playback.The Kenwood KMR-700U is "Made
for iPod/iPhone" compatible and supports the following iPod/iPhone model
features (9/25/2012):
|
iPod Model |
Generation |
Tested Version |
Media Type |
Control Type |
Display Type |
Charge |
|
Audio |
Video |
Head Unit |
iPod |
Artist/Song Text |
Track Info |
|
dock connector |
3rd |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
clickwheel
color |
4th |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
mini |
1st |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| 2nd |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
video |
5th |
1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
classic |
80GB |
1.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
120GB |
2.0.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
160GB |
2.0.4 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
nano |
1st |
1.3.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
2nd |
1.1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
3rd |
1.1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
4th |
1.0.4 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
5th |
1.0.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
6th |
1.1 PC |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
7th |
1.2 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
touch |
1st |
2.2.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
2nd |
4.2.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
3rd |
5.1.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
4th |
6.0 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
5th |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
iPhone |
2G |
3.1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
3G |
4.2.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
3GS |
5.1.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
4 |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
4S |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
5 |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
iPad |
1 |
5.1.1 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
2 |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
3 |
6.0 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Note: Apple iPod/iPhone software updates may change
functionality results. If you download a newer software version, you may
need to reset the head unit and your iPod/iPhone to regain functionality. If
this doesn't work, you may need to wait until a newer software update is
available.
Auxiliary Input: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hide-away unit features a
stereo RCA auxiliary input with input sensitivity adjustment. The KMR-700U
allows you to select the source type displayed when using the auxiliary input.
You can choose from AUX, DVD, Portable, Game, Video or TV.
Remote Control
Optional Remote Control: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hide-away
unit is equipped with a proprietary remote control port which allows you to add
the KCA-RC107MR Wired Marine Remote with LCD Display
(113RC107MR,
sold separately). The add-on marine wired remote features an LCD
display which lets you view source information, so you can mount the KMR-700U
marine head unit out of sight. The KCA-RC107MR wired remote allows you to access
all major functions of the Kenwood marine receiver, as well as control
peripherals like an iPod or satellite radio tuner.
Installation
Mounting: The Kenwood
KMR-700U consists of two components to mount and install - the marine iPod/USB
receiver and the hideaway amplifier/connection unit.
- Marine iPod/USB Receiver: The Marine iPod/USB receiver
requires a rectangular cutout in the bulkhead for inserting the chassis.
Seven screws (supplied) fasten the faceplate against the mounting surface,
and hold the waterproof gasket against the bulkhead. A self-adhesive
cardboard template is supplied to assist you with the cutout and drilling
the screw holes.
- Hideaway Unit: The hideaway amplifier/connection unit is equipped
with two integrated mounting flanges and comes with two self-tapping screws
to mount the unit to a flat-surface. The hideaway unit should be installed
in a place free from water exposure.
Note: The iPod/USB receiver does not include a mounting
sleeve or ISO-mount screw holes to accommodate standard I-, J-, or E-sized
automotive installation.
Connections: The Kenwood KMR-700U's iPod/USB receiver and hideaway
unit include various system connections. The iPod/USB receiver and hideaway unit
connect to one another's proprietary 13-pin proprietary port using the supplied
10' DIN-cable.
- Hideaway Box: The Kenwood KMR-700U's hideaway unit features three
4-volt preamp outputs, a stereo RCA auxiliary input, a Motorola antenna
input, a wired remote control
input and Sirius Satellite Radio input. The hideaway box also includes the
system's main wiring harness, which includes power, ground, and speaker
connections.
- iPod/USB Receiver: The Kenwood KMR-700U iPod/USB receiver
features a USB type-A port and Apple iPod dock connector behind its
fold-down face-plate, which also includes a compartment to store your
connected iPod or USB device.
Dimensions
iPod/USB Receiver:
- Chassis Width = 7.095"
- Chassis Height = 1.975"
- Chassis Depth = 5.875"
- Nose Width = 7.705"
- Nose Height = 3.475"q
- Nose Depth = 1.875"
Receiver's Compartment:
- Width = 5.5625"
- Height = 1.125"
- Depth = 3.25"
Hideaway Unit:
- Width = 9.5625"
- Height = 2.0"
- Depth = 7.25" (including cables and wiring)
Screw Hole Pattern: The marine iPod/USB receiver's faceplate has four mounting holes across
the top, above the chassis, and three holes below the chassis for securing the
unit to the bulkhead. The screw hole spacing is as follows:
- Top Row:
- Total Width = 6.215"
- Width Between Two Center Holes =
2.865"
- Width Between Center Holes and End
Holes = 1.705"
- Bottom Row:
- Total Width = 6.105"
- Width Between Center Hole and End
Holes = 2.895"
- Row Height:
- Between Top and Bottom Row = 2.625"
- Screw Depth:
- Screw Mounting Depth = 0.875"
Software
Kenwood Music Editor (Ver.2.2.0): The Kenwood KMR-700U marine iPod/USB
receiver comes supplied with a CD-ROM containing Kenwood Music Editor
(ver.2.2.0) software. Kenwood Music Editor manages songs (audio files) imported
from a music CD with an external program and transfers them to a USB device.
- Manage Audio Files: Manages songs (audio files) imported to your
PC for playing on Kenwood car audio.
- Manage Music Information: Stores the information (such as title,
album name, artist name) associated with the audio file in the database of
this program when importing songs (audio file) with this program. Song
information can be changed as necessary.
- Transfer Songs to USB Device: Transfers songs from your PC to a
USB device. You can also check and delete songs in the USB device.
System Requirements: The following
software and hardware are required to use the Kenwood Music Editor.
- Operating System (OS): Microsoft Windows XP
Professional/Home Edition SP2 or later (32-bit version), Microsoft Windows
Vista (32-bit version)
- Other Programs: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0,
Microsoft Windows Media Player 10/11, QuickTime 7 or later (when using AAC
file)
- PC: System requirements that above OS recommends;
Hard disk with at least 100MB fee space (other than for audio files)
- USB Interface: USB interface (2.0/1.1)
- USB Device: USB mass storage class support product
- Other Hardware: CD-ROM drive (CD-R/RW drive when
writing to CD-R/RW)
