JVC CA-MXS5RMDB, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... MXS5RMD For Customer Use Enter below the Model No and Serial No which are located either on the rear bottom or side of the cabinet Retain this information for future reference Model No Serial No LVT0354 001A B COMPACT COMPONENT MD SYSTEM ...

Page 2: ...reen and yellow The wires in the mains lead on this product are coloured in accordance with the following code Blue Neutral Brown Live As these colours may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black The wire which is coloured...

Page 3: ...r defeated Avoid direct exposure to beam 3 CAUTION Do not open the top cover There are no user serviceable parts inside the Unit leave all servicing to qualified service personnel 1 CLASSIFICATION LABEL PLACED ON REAR ENCLOSURE 2 WARNING LABEL PLACED INSIDE THE UNIT DANGER Invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM e ADVARSEL Usynlig laser st...

Page 4: ...in the unit Leave sufficient distance between the unit and the TV Keep the speakers away from the TV to avoid interference with TV DO NOT install the unit in a location near heat sources or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust or vibration We would like to thank you for purchasing one of our JVC products Before operating this unit read this manual carefully and thoroughly to obtain...

Page 5: ...tons and Controls 3 Front Panel 4 Remote Control 5 Getting Started 6 Unpacking 6 Connecting Antennas 6 Connecting Speakers 7 Connecting Other Equipment 8 Putting the Batteries into the Remote Control 9 Basic Settings 10 Turning On the Power 11 Setting the Clock 11 Changing the Main Display Screen 12 Changing the display Brightness and Contrast 13 Basic and Common Operations 14 Selecting the Source...

Page 6: ... 3 Location of the Buttons and Controls Become familiar with the buttons and controls on your unit Front Panel 1 t y u i o a f s d g h j k 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 p q w e r l z x c Display Window ...

Page 7: ...5 CD 1 CD 2 and CD 3 Pressing one of these buttons also turns on the unit d CD 0 open close buttons 25 Pressing one of these buttons also turns on the unit Continued When using the remote control point it at the remote sensor on the front panel f DIMMER CONTRAST button 13 CHARACTER button 45 g PHONES jack 15 h PLAY REC MODE button 26 30 36 37 j 7 stop button 25 29 34 k Disc trays 25 Display window...

Page 8: ...M MODE button 18 i REPEAT button 27 31 TA NEWS INFO button 21 o Number buttons 1 10 10 buttons 19 26 29 Character entry buttons A Z 0 9 48 ø Ø buttons 48 AUTO PRESET button 18 7 stop button 25 29 34 a 4 reverse search forward search button 18 26 27 29 s MD 3 8 play pause button 15 29 Pressing this button also turns on the unit d MD REC PAUSE button 34 f TAPE AUX button 15 34 Pressing this button a...

Page 9: ... FM 75 Ω COAXIAL terminal 2 Extend the FM antenna 3 Fasten it up in the position which gives you the best reception About the supplied FM antenna The FM antenna supplied with this unit can be used as temporary measure If reception is poor you can connect an outdoor FM antenna FM antenna supplied Outdoor FM antenna not supplied A 75Ω antenna with coaxial type connector DIN 45325 should be used AM L...

Page 10: ...om metallic parts of the unit connecting cords and the AC power cord AM antenna Vinyl covered wire not supplied AM loop antenna supplied Connecting Speakers You can connect the speakers using the speaker cords Right speaker Left speaker 1 Twist the core of the cord at the end of each cord then remove the insulation 2 Open the speaker terminal 3 Insert the end of the speaker cord to the terminal Ma...

Page 11: ...O NOT connect other equipment while the power is on DO NOT plug in any equipment until all connections are complete Continued To connect a cassette deck To input REC By using audio cords not supplied connect Between the audio input jacks on the cassette deck and the TAPE OUT REC jacks For recording on the cassette deck Between the audio output jacks on the cassette deck and the TAPE IN PLAY jacks ...

Page 12: ...n on page 12 If you do not cancel the display demonstration it will start automatically in the following cases 2 minutes after the unit is turned off When no operation is done for more than 2 minutes after the unit is turned on If you do not want to start the display demonstration when the AC power cord is reconnected or when a power failure is recovered See To store the selected main display scre...

Page 13: ... 10 Basic Settings Remote control Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 11 to 13 Continued ...

Page 14: ...ur original screens see CreatingYour Own Opening and Ending Screens on page 49 When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure occurs The clock is reset to 0 00 right away while the tuner preset stations and other settings will be erased in a few days Setting the Clock You can set the clock whether the unit is turned on or in standby mode On the unit ONLY 1 Press CLOCK TIMER The hour digit...

Page 15: ... playing any source or receiving a station Stop screen while pausing or receiving no station If the source is TAPE or AUX DIGIT only the playback screen will appear Changing the Main Display Screen You can change the screen pattern which appears in the main display On the unit ONLY You can do the following procedure while the unit is turned on or in standby mode 1 Press ENTER DEMO The DISPLAY MODE...

Page 16: ...ol selecting the CD or MD track using the buttons on the remote control etc During display demonstration The display always brightens regardless of the dimmer setting To change the contrast You can change the display contrast only when the unit is turned on On the unit ONLY 1 Press and hold DIMMER CONTRAST for more than 2 seconds The CONTRAST ADJ screen appears 2 Push and hold the joy control upwa...

Page 17: ... 14 Basic and Common Operations Remote control Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 15 to 16 Continued ...

Page 18: ... Sources and Starting Play To select the tuner as the source press FM AM The unit automatically turns on the lamp on the FM AM button lights and the last received station is tuned in For more detailed operations see pages 17 to 23 To select the CD player as the source press CD 8 The unit automatically turns on and the lamp on the CD 8 button lights Play starts if a CD is on one of the CD trays To ...

Page 19: ...odes and 3 SEA Sound Effect Amplifier modes and 1 manual mode The sound modes can be applied only to playback sounds and cannot be used for recording To select the sound modes press SOUND until the sound mode you want appears on the display The SOUND lamp also lights Each time you press the button the sound modes change as follows Surround modes D Dance CLUB Increases resonance and bass HALL Adds ...

Page 20: ...te control Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 18 to 23 You cannot use the buttons on the front panel to operate the RDS functions Use only buttons on the remote control ...

Page 21: ... restore the stereo effect press FM MODE again so that AUTO appears in the main display In this stereo mode you can hear stereo sounds when a program is broadcast in stereo Presetting Stations You can preset 30 FM and 15 AM MW LW stations using either automatic presetting method or manual presetting method In some cases test frequencies have been already memorized for the tuner since the factory e...

Page 22: ...ternates between FM and AM MW LW 2 Select a preset number On the unit Push the joy control rightward or leftward 4 Rightward to increase the preset numbers Leftward 4 to decrease the preset numbers On the remote control Press the number buttons Ex For preset number 5 press 5 For preset number 15 press 10 then 5 For preset number 20 press 10 then 10 Receiving FM Stations with RDS RDS allows FM stat...

Page 23: ...he display PS Program Service PTY Program Type RT Radio Text All information PS PTY RT Searching for Programs by PTY Codes PTY Search One of the advantages of RDS is that you can locate a particular kind of program by specifying the PTY codes The PTY Search is applicable only to the preset stations There is a time limit in doing the following steps If the setting is canceled before you finish star...

Page 24: ... TA News Info TA News News Info TA Info TA News Info back to the beginning TA Traffic announcement News News Info Programs the purpose of which is to impart advice in the widest sense To cancel the EON function press EON again so that the TA NEWS INFO indicator goes off EON OFF also appears in the main display for a while If you cancel the EON function while receiving a program selected by the EON...

Page 25: ...his unit While listening to a program tuned in by the EON function the station does not change even if another network station starts broadcasting a program of the same EON data While listening to a program tuned in by the EON function you can only use the EON and DISPLAY buttons as the tuner operation buttons If you press any other tuner operation button EON LOCKED appears in the main display If ...

Page 26: ...lassics Performances of major orchestral works symphonies chamber music etc Other M Music not fitting into any of the other categories Weather Weather reports and forecasts Finance Stock Market reports commerce trading etc Children Programs targeted at a young audience Social Programs about sociology history geography psychology and society Religion Religious programs Phone In Involving members of...

Page 27: ... 24 Playing Back CDs Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 25 to 27 Remote control Continued ...

Page 28: ...tely then goes off when the unit has recognized that there is no CD on the corresponding disc tray Good No good Playing Back the Entire Discs Continuous Play You can play CDs continuously 1 Load CDs 2 Press one of the disc number buttons CD 1 CD 2 and CD 3 for the disc you want to play CD playback starts from the first track of the selected disc Pressing CD 8 instead of the CD number buttons start...

Page 29: ...t playing source is not the CD player press CD 8 then 7 before going to the next step Step No 2 Press PLAY REC MODE or PLAY MODE on the remote control so that CD PROGRAM appears in the main display The PRGM indicator also lights Each time you press the button play mode changes as follows 3 Press one of the disc number buttons CD 1 CD 2 and CD 3 to select the disc number you want to play When using...

Page 30: ...ayed at random Random play stops when all the tracks are played once To skip the playing track push the joy control rightward or press on the remote control You cannot go back to the previous tracks by pushing the joy control leftward 4 or pressing 4 on the remote control To stop during play press 7 Random play also stops when you open a disc tray To exit from Random play mode press PLAY REC MODE ...

Page 31: ... 28 Playing Back an MD Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 29 to 31 Remote control Continued ...

Page 32: ...ng an MD you can do the following operations To stop playback for a moment Press MD 8 To resume play press MD 8 again To locate a particular point in a track during play On the unit Push the joy control upward or downward 1 Upward Fast forwards the tracks Downward 1 Fast reverses the tacks On the remote control Press and hold or 4 Fast forwards the tracks 4 Fast reverses the tracks To go to anothe...

Page 33: ... PLAY REC MODE or PLAY MODE on the remote control once or twice so that the unit enters another playback mode Random play or Normal play mode To check the program contents Before playing you can check the program contents by pressing or 4 on the remote control Shows the programed tracks in the programed order 4 Shows them in the reverse order To modify the program Before playing you can erase the ...

Page 34: ...elected track REPEAT ALL REPEAT OFF REPEAT 1 Canceled Repeating Tracks Repeat Play You can have all the tracks the program or the individual track currently playing repeat as many times as you like On the remote control ONLY To repeat play press REPEAT during or before playing Each time you press the button Repeat play mode changes and appears in the main display as follows REPEAT ALL Repeats all ...

Page 35: ... 32 Recording on MDs Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 33 to 37 Remote control Continued ...

Page 36: ... the sound is recorded without these effects see pages 15 and 16 Erasure prevention tab Disc protected Recording Editing not possible Recording Editing possible About the track marks When playing an MD you can move among the tracks You can do this because there is a mark recorded at the beginning of each track enabling you to locate the track This mark is called a track mark and the portion betwee...

Page 37: ...r equipment To stop recording for a moment press REC PAUSE or MD REC PAUSE again To resume recording press MD 8 again To stop recording press 7 WRITING appears for a while When recording from a CD both the CD player and the MD recorder stop You can use more useful and easier recording methods For recording from CDs Recording CDs on page 35 For recording FM AM broadcasts Recording FM AM MW LW Broad...

Page 38: ...You can change CDs to continue the First Track Recording using more than 3 CDs When the first track of the last loaded CD is recorded First Track Recording stops To stop recording press 7 WRITING appears for a while Both the CD player and the MD recorder stop Recording CDs You have two methods to record from a CD onto an MD Synchronized Recording Records the entire CD or the program you have made ...

Page 39: ...hen selecting MONO Ex When selecting STEREO 4 Press MD 8 The recording lamp stops flashing and remain lit and recording starts The station frequency will be recorded as the track title To stop recording press 7 To stop recording for a moment press REC PAUSE or MD REC PAUSE on the remote control again To resume recording press MD 8 again In the following cases Monaural Recording is automatically ca...

Page 40: ...when this unit detects sound signals come in This means that if sound signal is too weak for this unit to detect Sound Synchronized Recording will not start or will stop even while the source is being played When recording from a DAT deck using Sound Synchronized Recording Two track marks will be recorded at the beginning of the recording If this occurs join these two track marks using the JOIN fu...

Page 41: ...Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 39 to 43 You cannot use the remote control to edit MDs Use only buttons on the front panel Continued ...

Page 42: ...g the track numbers Erasing a track ERASE Page 42 This function erases selected tracks After the erasure the subsequent tracks are justified and their track numbers are renumbered automatically You can erase up to 15 tracks at a time C D A 1st B 2nd 3rd 4th E 5th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th B C D A E After dividing track B Track No C D E A B C D E A B After moving track B Track No 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st 2nd ...

Page 43: ...ITING appears while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD To join the divided tracks again see the JOIN function DIVIDE Function This function allows you to divide one track into two separate tracks It is useful for example when you want to add track marks at a certain point within a track or if you want to separate a recording To stop any time during editing process press EDIT On ...

Page 44: ...ading slot 2 Press EDIT The source is changed to MD and the MD recorder enters editing mode with DIVIDE function selected If MOVE is not shown appears instead you cannot move the tracks JOIN Function This function allows you to join two adjacent tracks into one track To stop any time during editing process press EDIT On the unit ONLY 1 Insert an MD you want to edit into the MD loading slot 2 Press...

Page 45: ...eating from step 4 Ex When you want to move track 3 Ex When you want to move to the track 5 position 8 Press ENTER DEMO to finish the editing procedure 9 Press 0 for the MD recorder to eject the MD WRITING appears while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD ERASE Function This function allows you to erase an unwanted track To stop any time during editing process press EDIT On the u...

Page 46: ...ars while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD 4 Push the joy control downward 1 or upward to select the track you want to erase 5 Press SET appears between track number and track title means the track in the same line will be erased when you finish the editing procedure If you have selected a wrong track number press CANCEL then select the correct track number 6 Repeat step 4 and...

Page 47: ... 44 Making Your Own Titles and Screens Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 45 to 49 Remote control Continued ...

Page 48: ...the MD loading slot 2 Press TITLE The source is changed to MD and the MD recorder enters one of the following title entry screen Disc title entry screen appears when you press TITLE when the MD recorder stops Track title entry screen appears when you press TITLE while playing or recording Disc title 1st track title 2nd track title 3rd track title Last track title Ex While playing track 1 3 Push th...

Page 49: ...D WRITING appears while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD You can assign titles during play or recording During play Entering a track title The MD recorder repeats playback of the current track until you press ENTER DEMO in step 8 above When you press ENTER DEMO the next track will be played Entering a disc title The MD recorder repeats playback of all tracks of the MD until yo...

Page 50: ...ep 7 Press TITLE or ENTER DEMO again to exit from the title entry mode 8 Press 0 for the MD recorder to eject the MD WRITING appears while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD To erase all the characters Press CANCEL repeatedly in step 3 above to erase all the characters then go to step 6 On the remote control In the following example the process is explained from the very first t...

Page 51: ...ating steps 3 to 8 9 Press MD TITLE or ENTER again to finish the title entry 10 Press 0 for the MD recorder to eject the MD WRITING appears while the editing you have made is being recorded on the MD You can assign titles during play or recording During play Entering a track title The MD recorder repeats playback of the current track until you press ENTER in step 8 above When you press ENTER the n...

Page 52: ...racters then go to step 6 Creating Your Own Opening and Ending Screens When you turn on or off the unit you can show your own screens instead of the HELLO and SEE YOU screens To create your own opening and ending screens follow the procedure below You can register up to 39 characters for each screen On the unit ONLY 1 Press to turn off the unit if it is on The STANDBY ON lamp lights red 2 Press an...

Page 53: ... 50 Using the Timers Front panel The buttons and controls enlarged in the illustration below are used and explained in this section pages 51 to 54 Remote control Continued ...

Page 54: ...y control rightward or leftward 4 to set the minute of the timer on time then press SET 4 Push the joy control rightward or leftward 4 to set the hour of the timer off time then press SET 5 Push the joy control rightward or leftward 4 to set the minute of the timer off time then press SET 6 Push the joy control rightward or leftward 4 to select the source The source changes as follows FM Tunes int...

Page 55: ...ng Timer is operating Recording Timer is canceled and the unit does not turn off automatically DAILY TIMER DAILY TIMER SET UP REC TIMER SET UP Canceled REC TIMER CLOCK SET Using Daily Timer With Daily Timer you can wake up to your favorite music or radio program You can set Daily Timer whether the unit is turned on or off To correct a mis entry any time during the setting process press CANCEL To c...

Page 56: ...sh the joy control downward 1 or upward to select the disc number CD 1 to CD 3 then press SET 2 Push the joy control downward 1 or upward to select a track number then press SET If you press SET without selecting a disc number the last selected disc will be played back when the unit is turn on with the Daily Timer If you press SET without selecting a track number playback starts from the first tra...

Page 57: ...ter specifying the time length The display window dims To check the remaining time until the shut off time press SLEEP once The remaining time until the shut off time appears for about 4 seconds To change the shut off time press SLEEP repeatedly until the time length you want appears To cancel the setting press SLEEP repeatedly until SLEEP OFF appears in the main display Turning off the unit or pr...

Page 58: ...ratch the surface of the CD when placing it back in its case Avoid exposure to direct sunlight temperature extremes and moisture To clean the CD Wipe the CD with a soft cloth in a straight line from center to edge DO NOT use any solvent such as conventional record cleaner spray thinner or benzine to clean the CD Handling MDs Do not open the shutter The shutter is locked so that it will not open Tr...

Page 59: ...form Acoustic Coding The MD provides 80 minute recording and playback time the same as an audio CD but in a diameter of only 64 mm This ability to store such a large amount of data is the result of ATRAC an audio compression technique developed for MD This technology cuts out faint sounds that would not be heard by the human beings This technology based on human sensitivity to sounds reduces recor...

Page 60: ...ime Cause There is a maximum number of tracks which can be recorded regardless of recording time More than 254 tracks cannot be recorded on an MD Repeating erasure and recording on the same MD creates many blank portions sparsely on the MD When record ing on such an MD a track is recorded on these blank portions sparsely If a track is divided and recorded into so many portions DISC FULL appears If...

Page 61: ...ed during recording There is no MD You are trying to copy a non audio disc like a CD ROM Video CD or DVD You are trying to edit or record on a playback only MD The MD is write protected Digital copy of the 2nd generation is prohibited Solution Change the MD with another if you want to enjoy playback This is not a malfunction See MD limitations on page 57 Change the MD Use another recordable MD or ...

Page 62: ...functioned due to external electrical interference Action Check all connections and make corrections See pages 6 9 Change it with a recordable MD Unprotect the MD See page 33 Reconnect the antenna securely Change the position and direction of the AM loop antenna Extend FM antenna to the best reception position Remove the obstruction Replace the batteries See page 9 Plug in the AC power plug Turn o...

Page 63: ... dB Signal to noise ratio 100 dB Wow and flutter Immeasurable MD recorder Audio playing system MiniDisc digital audio system Recording system Magneto optical overwrite system Reading system Non contact semiconductor laser pickup λ 780 nm Error correction system CIRC Cross Interleave Reed Solomon Code Sampling frequency 44 1 kHz With sampling rate converter for recording 32 kHz 44 1 kHz 48 kHz Audi...

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