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Phatnoise Hardware Support / Phatbox / Music Keg issues

« Last post by Grumpytvr on October 11, 2024, 01:25:17 pm »

Hi,

Rather late to the party but thought I’d better introduce myself.

Always had a bit of a thing about retro car stereos and recently acquired a Kenwood KHD-C710 music keg plus a KTC-W7044u head unit. The keg has been hacked in the past but I can’t get it to work. When I turn on the head unit and select the CD changer I get “Aux Ext” and the Keg doesn’t play. I’m fairly sure that it’s a hard drive issue (I had a few issues with the bus cable initially, which could have corrupted it), I’ve downloaded DMS tools and the Phathack media manager, but I can’t reinstall Kenwood software because the internal links don’t seem to work. – I notice this has been an issue before, is there a fix for this? Likewise I’m running the software in Windows 11, could this be the problem?

Once I’ve managed to get the Keg working, I also  have a  Phatbox VA-012, that I’d like to get working with a Sony head unit. I don’t know whether this has been hacked in the past and I don’t have an original DMS for it. Is there any way of obtaining an image / copy of an original DMS in order to carry out the hack procedure?

Is there anyone on here knocking round in the West country (England)? I’ve not seen one of these units working to date and it would be good so see a working Phatbox / music Keg to aid in my problem solving..

Cheers

Tom

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Phatnoise Hardware Support / Re: Restoring DMS with original firmware

« Last post by PhatNoiserUser on June 18, 2024, 01:25:28 pm »

Well, a lot of learned these past few weeks.

I was able to pick up a spare DMS from a Kenwood Keg by pure chance. Thankfully, it wasn’t messed with. Changed the firmware to VW, and it was read by the Phatbox. Used the DMS tools, ran the hack which was successful and now I’m back to using my original drive.

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Phatnoise Hardware Support / Restoring DMS with original firmware

« Last post by PhatNoiserUser on May 23, 2024, 09:10:35 pm »

Hi all,

Recently got a Phatbox. My DSM was playing up and after trying different computers (and, VM's), I finally got my DSM to show. However, something wasn't right, so I thought I'd start a fresh. (No backups)

I stupidly formatted the drive and now of course I have an empty drive. I've downloaded Phathack DMS Tools to try and create a new DMS. But, I cannot choose any firmwares? I look in PMM and tried also loading the firmware but, again, nothing is online now.

I found dsmutils and ran the 'newdsm.bat' which recreated the partitions. However, since reading on here, it's not meant to be used? So now I'm stuck with my original DMS, that cannot be read. Really annoyed with myself as I was playing music yesterday and today...

Is anyone able to help to get my DMS back up and running?

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General / Re: Is it worth reviving the PhatHack Forums?

« Last post by pacnoise on February 24, 2024, 10:20:43 pm »

First time poster. I lurk here only rarely.
Today, though, I was very happy to have this forum because i needed to find some information, download software and keep my phatbox going... First installed in my Year 2000 Audi, that car keeps running and as of today I can update the music in my DMS again!

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General / DMS 40 gig displaying loading on head unit

« Last post by Z-Guy on October 17, 2023, 08:08:45 pm »

I have this 40 gig DMS and it loads fine in the cradle and recognized by the Phatnosie Media Manager (this is not hacked)
But when I insert it into the hub and toggle to it on the head unit, it just flashes loading until it displays eject.

Any help will do!

Z

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General / Re: Is it worth reviving the PhatHack Forums?

« Last post by Z-Guy on October 17, 2023, 07:47:55 pm »

It has been a long time since anyone posted on these forums.

I'm trying to see if there are some lurkers still around who have an interest in using these forums to discuss the Phatnoise PhatBox / Kenwood Music Keg and possibly expand into other types of unusual non-factory audio systems.

I think so, as I still use my Kenwood Phatnoise. 

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Buying and Selling / The Whole Caboodle For Sale

« Last post by neilfearn on October 03, 2023, 12:51:40 pm »

For sale - the whole lot
After so many years of fantastic use, I've given in & switched to playing FLAC via other means. For sale is the whole system but I would consider selling in parts. It comprises,
The KHD-C710 Kenwood Keg/Phatnoise Keg
2 DMS’s - one an original 120GB , the second the original 10GB that has been upgraded with a 160GB Samgung SATA disk. Both have been reformatted with PhatHack
2 Cradles, versions 1.0 & 2.0, with charger
The KDC-W7044U Kenwood Head Unit. The last, I believe, manufactured that worked with the Kenwood Keg System
Kenwood 10 CD CD Changer

KCA-S210A cd/md changer switching unit

The connecting cables except the one coming out the Keg (is still in the car, fitted under the carpet)
All relevant manual & software.

Any offers???

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General / Re: Is it worth reviving the PhatHack Forums?

« Last post by Z-Guy on September 22, 2023, 07:45:46 pm »

I have been running a Kenwood Phatnoise Keg for the last 20 years in my 1987 Monte Carlo SS and just this summer after hitting a pot hole a couple of playlists on the DMS display a error and skip through the track numbers fast.  When I reinstalled Music Manager onto a XP machine, the manager only displayed 4 playlists out of 15 i have on the DMS.   I am guessing after that bump on the road, it rattled the KEG and corrupted those two playlists on the DMS.

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General / Re: Is it worth reviving the PhatHack Forums?

« Last post by sbingner on September 11, 2023, 10:35:48 am »

OK forums still work and the wiki is fixed... I guess I'll find out what needed the old php version eventually but it wasn't one of these

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General / Re: Is it worth reviving the PhatHack Forums?

« Last post by sbingner on September 11, 2023, 10:17:28 am »

I'm hosting it - nobody plans on bringing it down... I did notice that my wiki is unhappy about php versions though, I think the forum may be what is making the wiki unhappy.  I'll figure it out, but don't worry I don't have any plans to remove the forums.

If somebody like terry wants a database backup in case of failures - let me know