Kenwood KDC-MP919 select speaker type - help

[andr3w]

The Kenwood in my Speed (think it is same or similar to what they put in the MP3's) has a place to select Speaker Type. You get to it by setting the system to "ALL OFF" and hitting the Q button. Mine was set to 12" Type A Woofer and "OFF" for the Speakers. First, what the hell is this? My speakers were not "OFF". Secondly what should we set this to?

I am guessing the speakers should be set to 6*9/6 inch and the Woofer to 8 inch.

 

[1sty]

Didn't your car with the manual also?
I will look into it.

 

[andr3w]

The manual is written in pure Chinglish. It tells you how to change the setting but not what it really does. "Speaker setting allows the System Q settings to be fine tuned according to the type of speakers." Changing the speaker selection has a big affect on what the real audio controls do and how the Q settings sound, including the User Preset.

We have a thread about "grins" going on in the Mazdaspeed forum where this is beng discussed. So far 2 others have reported that their setup is set to Woofer "OFF" and Speaker "OFF" which is confusing to a layman but I guess means that fine-tuning is "OFF" and use some sort of default.

 

[1sty]

OK found it and it is in the manual, page 10.
Chinglish, thats terrible but funny!

The only thing the speaker and woofer settings effect is the System Q setting. System Q is the preset Rock, Pop, Jazz audio settings you can choose from. Defining the speaker size just tells the headunit to tweek them a little differently.

 

[andr3w]

That's what I was thinking but unless my ears are failing me it also seems to tweak the "User Preset" setting since that is what I always use. Correct me if I'm wrong, one can not change those System Q presets - I never use them anyway, they are awful.

I guess I need to play some more and/or get my hearing checked.

 

[1sty]

No your, right there terrible!
And yes it will effect user too since it is a system Q setting.