Kenwood KCA-HX5M User manual

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KCA-HX5M
MOTORCYCLE BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
WITH MESH INTERCOM
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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GENERAL SETTINGS
CLICK
ANY
SECTION
TO BEGIN
MOBILE PHONE
USAGE
APPENDIX
ABOUT THE HEADSET
GETTING STARTED
INSTALLING THE
HEADSET
INTERCOM SETUP
AMBIENT MODE
AUDIO MULTITASKING
VOICE COMMAND
MESH INTERCOM
USING THE FM RADIO
STEREO MUSIC
PAIRING WITH
DEVICES

LEGEND:
10s
HOLD
1x
TAP
Rotate Jog Dial clockwise (right) or
counterclockwise (left).
Rotate while Pressing Jog Dial
clockwise (right) or counterclockwise
(left).
Tap button/Jog Dial the
specied number of times
Press and Hold button/Jog
Dial for the specied amount
of time
Audible prompt from the headset
“Hello”

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. ABOUT THE MOTORCYCLE
BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
WITH MESH INTERCOM™ 8
1.1 Product Details 8
1.1.1 Headset Main Unit 8
1.1.2 Universal Clamp Kit 8
1.2 Package Contents 9
2. INSTALLING THE HEADSET
ON YOUR HELMET 11
2.1 Helmet Installation 11
2.2 Using the Glued Surface Mounting Adapter 14
2.3 Switching the Microphone 16
2.3.1 Wired Boom Microphone 17
2.3.2 Wired Microphone 17
2.4 Earbuds 18
2.5 External Mesh Intercom Antenna 18
3. GETTING STARTED 19
3.1 Button Functions 19
3.2 Downloadable Software 20
3.2.1 MESH Utility for KENWOOD 20
3.2.2 Intercom Device Manager for KENWOOD 20
3.3 Powering On and Off 21
3.4 Charging 22
3.5 Checking the Battery Level 23
3.6 Volume Adjustment 25
3.7 Headset Configuration Menu 26

4. PAIRING THE HEADSET WITH OTHER
BLUETOOTH DEVICES 29
4.1 Mobile Phone 30
4.1.1 Pairing When the KCA-HX5M is Turned Off 30
4.1.2 Pairing When the KCA-HX5M is Turned On 31
4.2 Additional Mobile Phones or MP3 Player 32
4.3 Advanced Selective Pairing:
Hands-Free or A2DP Stereo 33
4.3.1 Phone Selective Pairing - Hands-Free Profile 33
4.3.2 Media Selective Pairing - A2DP Profile 35
4.4 GPS Pairing 36
5. MOBILE PHONE USAGE 38
5.1 Making and Answering Calls 38
5.2 Speed Dialing 39
5.2.1 Assigning Speed Dial Presets 39
5.2.2 Using Speed Dial Presets 39
5.3 VOX Phone (Default: Enable) 41
6. STEREO MUSIC 42
6.1 Playing Music with Bluetooth Devices 42
6.2 Playing Music with non-Bluetooth Devices 43
6.3 Music Sharing 44
6.4 Audio Boost (Default: Enable) 46
6.5 Smart Volume Control (Default: Disable) 46
7. MESH INTERCOM 47
7.1 What is Mesh Intercom? 47
7.1.1 Open Mesh 48
7.1.2 Group Mesh 49
7.2 Starting Mesh Intercom 50
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED

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7.3 Using the Mesh in Open Mesh 51
7.3.1 C hannel Setting (Default: channel 1) 51
7.4 Using Mesh in Group Mesh 53
7.4.1 Creating a Group Mesh 53
7.4.2 Joining an Existing Group Mesh 55
7.5 Reset Mesh 56
7.6 Toggling Open Mesh/Group Mesh 57
7.7 Enable/Disable Mic (Default: Enable) 58
8. BLUETOOTH INTERCOM SETUP 59
8.1 Intercom Pairing 59
8.2 Two-Way Intercom 62
8.3 Multi-Way Intercom 63
8.3.1 Starting a Three-Way Intercom Conference 63
8.3.2 Starting a Four-Way Intercom Conference 65
8.3.3 Ending Multi-Way Intercom 66
8.4 Three-Way Conference Phone Call with
Intercom Users 66
8.5 Group Intercom 68
8.6 Mesh Intercom Conference with Bluetooth
Intercom Participant 69
8.7 Universal Intercom 71
8.8 VOX Intercom (Default: Disable) 74
8.9 Intercom VOX Sensitivity (Default: 3) 75
8.10 HD Intercom (Default: Enable) 75
8.11 Advanced Noise Control™ (Default: Enable) 75
9. AUDIO MULTITASKING 76
9.1 Audio Multitasking Settings 76
9.2 Intercom-Audio Overlay Sensitivity (Default: 3) 77
9.3 Audio Overlay Volume Management
(Default: Disable) 77

TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED
10. USING THE FM RADIO 78
10.1 FM Radio On/Off 78
10.2 Seek and Save Radio Stations 79
10.3 Scan and Save Radio Stations 81
10.4 Temporary Station Preset 82
10.5 Navigating Preset Stations 82
10.6 Region Selection 83
10.7 Radio Data System (RDS)
Alternative Frequency (AF) Setting
(Default: Disable) 84
10.8 FM Station Guide (Default: Enable) 84
11. AMBIENT MODE 85
12. VOICE COMMAND 86
12.1 Voice Command Setting (Default: Enable) 88
13. GENERAL SETTINGS 89
13.1 Function Priority 89
13.2 Firmware Upgrades 89
13.3 Voice Prompts (Default: Enable) 90
13.4 Sidetone (Default: Disable) 90
13.5 Delete All Bluetooth Pairing Information 91
13.6 Pairing with the Remote Control 92
14. APPENDIX 94
14.1 Fault Reset 94
14.2 Factory Reset 95
14.3 Specifications 96

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1.1 Product Details
1.1.1 Headset Main Unit
Mesh Intercom Antenna Mesh Intercom Button
Status LED
Bluetooth
Antenna
Phone
Button
Jog Dial
1.1.2 Universal Clamp Kit
Static Boom Microphone
Earbud Port
Speakers
Quick
Release
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• Headset Main Unit
• Universal Helmet Clamp
• Wired Boom Microphone
• Wired Microphone
• Hook and Loop Fastener for
Boom Microphone
• Hook and Loop Fastener for
Wired Microphone
• Microphone Sponges
• Glued Surface Mounting
Adapter
• Foam Speaker Covers

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Package
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• Hook and Loop Fasteners for
Speakers
• Boom Microphone Holder
• Hook and Loop Fastener for
Holder
• Rubber Pads
• Allen Wrench
• Speaker Port Cover
• USB Power & Data Cable
(Micro USB Type)