LG RK8, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...R S MANUAL High Power Speaker System Please read this manual carefully before operating your set and retain it for future reference MODEL RK8 www lg com Copyright 2018 LG Electronics Inc All Rights Reserved ...

Page 2: ...exposed to water dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as vases should be placed on the apparatus WARNING Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit CAUTION Do not use high voltage products around this product ex Electrical swatter This product may malfunction due to electrical shock CAUTION Do not block any ventilation openings In...

Page 3: ...ular attention to plugs wall outlets and the point where the cord exits the device This device is equipped with a portable battery or accumulator How to Safely remove the batteries or the battery pack from the equipment To Remove the old batteries or battery pack follow the assembly steps in reverse order To prevent contamination of the environment and bring on possible threat to human and or anim...

Page 4: ...music from your portable player 14 USB Connection 3 Operating 15 Basic Operations 15 USB Operations 16 Auto Play 17 Selecting a folder and an MP3 WMA file 18 Playback Effect 18 DJ EFFECT 18 SCRATCH 18 DJ PRO 19 DJ LOOP 19 TEMPO 19 MIX 20 AUTO SYNC 21 Using BLUETOOTH wireless technology 21 Listening to music stored on the Bluetooth devices 22 Bluetooth connection lock BLUETOOTH LOCK 24 Using the Mu...

Page 5: ...g the USER EQ 28 Advanced Operations 28 Recording to USB1 30 Other Operations 30 Displaying file information ID3 TAG 30 DEMO 30 Using HEADPHONE MODE 31 Using Microphone 33 LIGHTING 34 Auto power down 34 AUTO POWER On Off 35 Auto function change 36 LG Sound Sync 37 WIRELESS PARTY LINK Connection 4 Troubleshooting 38 Troubleshooting 5 Appendix 39 General specifications 40 Trademarks and Licenses 40 ...

Page 6: ...c Playback effects Listens to music with various sound and playback effects USB Direct Recording Records music to your USB device Music Flow Bluetooth Music Flow Bluetooth is an app designed to let you take control of some of LG s latest audio devices page 24 LG Sound Sync Controls volume level of this unit by the remote control of your LG TV that is compatible with LG Sound Sync ...

Page 7: ...is unit does not support all USB devices USB device requirement y y Devices which require additional program installation when you have connected it to a computer are not supported y y Do not extract the USB device while in operation y y For a large capacity USB it may take longer than a few minute to be searched y y To prevent data loss back up all data y y If you use a USB extension cable or USB...

Page 8: ...the name of connected all Bluetooth device in Bluetooth mode SEARCH Searches to the next prevoius file or next prevoius folder by pressing SEARCH repeatedly USB 1 only DJ LOOP Selects DJ LOOP mode USB 1 only DJ LOOP mode can use during USB playback b PRESET Press to store search delete radio stations Chooses a preset number of a radio station with DJ SCRATCH SEARCH MULTI knob c H P MODE Press to s...

Page 9: ...ckwise to make scratch sound Searches a file or folder Selects lighting mode Chooses a preset number C V Skip Search Skips backward or forward Searches for a section within a file USB 2 only N Play Pause Starts or pauses playback USB 2 only OK INFO Selects a folder when searching a file Press and hold the OK INFO button to see information about your music An MP3 file often come with ID3 tag The ta...

Page 10: ...ed 10 Getting Started 1 Rear panel a AC in socket Fully charge the device before using Note b Battery ON OFF switch Switches the battery ON or OFF Battery can be charged even when this unit is in off OFF status a b ...

Page 11: ...y y Be careful it does not drop the unit when you carry it y y Carry the unit after then disconnect the connected cables y y Do not place the unit in an unstable position Place the unit at a safe distance from a child s reach y y Be careful so that the unit does not fall down Otherwise it may result in malfunction and cause personal injury and or property damage Caution ...

Page 12: ... battery level is very low this unit does not turn on even if you turn ON OFF switch on ON y y When the battery level is low this unit displays LOW BATTERY PLEASE CHARGE frequently And if the battery level becomes even lower this unit turns off automatically y y Previous setting may not be saved when you turn ON OFF switch off OFF y y Previous setting may not be saved when the unit s power is shut...

Page 13: ... minute on a display window and red LED is blinking continually Charge battery for about 14 hours before you start using this unit for the first time y y Operating time is approx 10 hours Based on fully charging the battery continuous playback using 50 volume level and lighting off status EQ Standard It may vary depending on the battery status and operational conditions y y If you are listening to...

Page 14: ...or external device 1 Connect the portable player to the PORT IN connector of the unit 2 Turn the power on by pressing 1 3 Press F to select PORTABLE function 4 Turn on the portable player and start it playing Automatically switches to the PORTABLE function when you connect the portable device to the PORT IN connector Note USB Connection Connect a USB device or MP3 player etc to the USB ports on th...

Page 15: ...on the unit repeatedly Refer to the note for details about the display change y y The display changes in the following order USB AUTO DJ RANDOM AUTO DJ SEQUENTIAL REPEAT ONE REPEAT FOLDER REPEAT ALL RANDOM OFF y y REPEAT function can be used after AUTO DJ function display changed y y Even after restarting the unit or switching one function to another you can listen to music from the point where it...

Page 16: ...Function If you press N on the side SIDE B 2 of the unit the function is changed to USB 2 and playback starts except MIXER ON mode y y When USB is inserted Function is changed to USB 1 if C V SEARCH on the SIDE A 1 of the unit is pressed Except Bluetooth Tuner Function Function is changed to USB 2 if C V SEARCH on the SIDE B 2 of the unit is pressed Except MIXER ON mode Note ...

Page 17: ...r N again The selected file is played y y USB Folders Files are recognized as below y y If there is no file in a folder the folder will not appear y y Folders will be presented as the following order ROOT FOLDER 1 FOLDER 3 FOLDER 7 FOLDER 8 FOLDER 5 FOLDER 6 y y File will be played from file No 1 to file No 14 one by one y y Files and folders will be presented in order recorded and may be presente...

Page 18: ...H MULTI on the unit to mix the scratch sound You can hear effect of scratch sound depending on the direction in which you rotate DJ SCRATCH SEARCH MULTI on the unit DJ PRO It allows you to mix CLUB DRUM or USER sound effect Each mode has up to 8 sounds effect 1 Press and hold DJ PRO CLUB DRUM or USER on the unit to select a desired DJ PRO sound effect 2 Press DJ PRO pad 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 of desired ...

Page 19: ... if you turn the unit off Note MIX You can mix audio sounds 1 Press MIX MIXER ON is displayed Select a desired Function for SIDE A 1 and play it Mix is available in all functions except USB 2 2 During playback insert a USB device in USB 2 port and play it SIDE B 2 is fixed as USB 2 function 3 Move the CROSS FADER to adjust the sound volume of mixed sound Move it to the left to lower the volume of ...

Page 20: ...of below AUTO SYNC error may occur depending on the sound source The silent section in the beginning of the track Intro or bridge section in which few musical instruments appear In cases where playback speed or tempo of the song changes In case that the data for BPM is provided in real time not the beginning of the song y y If the song is being played too fast or slow press and hold AUTO SYNC AUTO...

Page 21: ...er to your Bluetooth device s user guide Once a pairing operation is performed it does not need to be performed again 1 Turn on the unit When Bluetooth connection lock is activated you can search Bluetooth device in BLUETOOTH function Note 2 Operate the Bluetooth device and perform the pairing operation When searching for this unit with the Bluetooth device a list of the devices found may appear i...

Page 22: ...ment a microwave or a wireless LAN device y y You should connect your Bluetooth device to this unit again when you restart it y y Even if this unit connected up to 3 Bluetooth devices in the Bluetooth mode you can play and control music by using only one of the connected devices Note Controls connected Bluetooth device You can control connected Bluetooth device by the unit play pause skip y y Only...

Page 23: ...splay window y y When you use the Bluetooth function adjust the volume to a proper level on the Bluetooth device y y If a Bluetooth device is connected when using LG TV LG TV is disconnected and the Bluetooth device is connected y y When you connect a Bluetooth device iOS device etc to this unit or operate the device the volume level can be synchronized with each other y y The Bluetooth connection...

Page 24: ... all three phone and create a customized playlist from all the phones Sampler Creator Record effects on your smartphone and very simply sync them via Bluetooth to the system Be as creative as you can be Install Music Flow Bluetooth App onto Your Bluetooth Device There are two ways to install Music Flow Bluetooth app onto your Bluetooth device Install Music Flow Bluetooth App through QR code 1 Inst...

Page 25: ...go to the main menu 2 If you want to get more information to operate tap Setting and tap Help menu y y Music Flow Bluetooth app will be available in the software version as follow Android O S Ver 4 0 3 or later y y Depending on the Bluetooth device Music Flow Bluetooth app may not work y y After connection of Music Flow Bluetooth app music may be output from your device In this case try connecting...

Page 26: ...prove the reception Presetting the Radio Stations You can preset 10 stations for FM Before tuning make sure to turn down the volume 1 Press F until RADIO FM appears in the display window 2 Select the desired frequency by pressing C V on the SIDE A 1 unit 3 Press PRESET on the unit A preset number will blink in the display window 4 Rotating DJ SCRATCH SEARCH MULTI on the unit to select the preset n...

Page 27: ... the sound effect FOOTBALL STADIUM STANDARD You can enjoy optimized sound FUNK REGUETON SAMBA MERENGUE AXE SALSA SERTANEJO FORRO ARABIC DANGDUT AFRO INDIA Local Specialization equalizer Optimized sound effect for the music genre preferred in each region y y On some speakers sound may not be heard or heard in low sound depending on the sound mode y y By pressing and holding SOUND EFFECT BASS BLAST ...

Page 28: ...g y y VOICE CANCELLER or KEY CHANGER will be reset if you use recording function during operating VOICE CANCELLER or KEY CHANGER y y VOICE CANCELLER or KEY CHANGER can not be operated during recording Note To select recording bit rate 1 Press and hold USB REC DEMO on the unit for 3 seconds 2 Press C V on the SIDE A 1 of the unit to select a bit rate 3 Press USB REC DEMO on the unit to finish the s...

Page 29: ... y A file is recorded by about 512 Mbyte when you record for a long term Note y y You can record various sound using DJ EFFECT SCRATCH DJ PRO DJ LOOP or MIC Except USB Copying y y You can control recorded microphone sound according to microphone volume y y You may not store more than 2 000 files y y In case of the unsupported MP3 WMA file the file recording may be stopped y y When you are recordin...

Page 30: ...ns during the DEMO the DEMO will temporarily pause Without input key in 10 sec the DEMO will playback automatically Note Using HEADPHONE MODE Headphone monitoring is available Insert a headphone to listen to the music Rotate H P VOLUME to adjust the volume When mixing press H P MODE to select a monitoring mode You can listen to the music being mixed or playing in Source A or Source B y y It is not...

Page 31: ... effect to the sound from the microphones by pressing ECHO Note VOICE CANCELLER You can enjoy the function while playing the music by reducing singer vocal of music in the various source Press the VOICE CANCELLER and ON will appear in display window To cancel it press VOICE CANCELLER again The quality of the VOICE CANCELLER may be different depending on the recording conditions of music files y y ...

Page 32: ...EFFECTS When you connect your microphone to the MIC jack you can enjoy karaoke function by changing voice in the various source To select various mode press VOCAL EFFECTS repeatedly or press VOCAL EFFECTS then turn DJ SCRATCH SEARCH MULTI on the unit when vocal effects mode appears in the display window BASS SOPRANO HELIUM ROBOT DUET MAN DUET WOMAN BASS ECHO1 SOPRANO ECHO1 HELIUM ECHO1 ROBOT ECHO1...

Page 33: ...aker lighting and beat of music 1 Press LIGHTING on the unit 2 Select the mode by turning DJ SCRATCH SEARCH MULTI or press LIGHTING repeatedly on the unit OFF RHYTHM PARTY FIREWORK SPACE WATER FOREST CITYGLOW MYSTYLE OFF y y Lighting function is available in all functions y y Lighting mode retains its previous mode when you first press LIGHTING on the unit press again to change modes y y If you wa...

Page 34: ... connect your Bluetooth device this unit turns on and connects your Bluetooth device You can play your music y y Depending on the connected device this function may not operate y y Depending on the connected device the unit turns on but Bluetooth function may not be connected y y If you disconnect Bluetooth connection by this unit some Bluetooth devices try to connect to the unit continually There...

Page 35: ...nection is connected When you connect the portable device to the PORT IN connector PORTABLE function is selected Play your music on the portable device When LG TV is connected When you turn on your LG TV connected by LG Sound Sync this unit changes the function to LG TV You can hear the sound from your TV y y This function is not available during recording y y This function only works with devices...

Page 36: ...ss connection caused by interference or a distance y y The amount of time to turn off this unit is different depending on your TV y y If you try to change the function on using the LG TV function volume will be changed according to the LG TV volume level y y Details of TV setting menu vary depending on the manufacturers or models of your TV y y If you connect LG Sound Sync when Music Flow Bluetoot...

Page 37: ... are supported only y y When WIRELESS PARTY LINK is disconnected OTHER unit is changed to BT function y y If the connection is failed FAILED appears in the display window y y Mute function is synchronized with each other y y WIRELESS PARTY LINK connection will be disconnected when you turn off the unit or press 3 WIRELESS LINK on the unit y y Sound of MAIN unit and OTHER unit may be different depe...

Page 38: ...Plug in the power cord y y Check whether electricity failed Check the condition by operating other electronic devices No sound y y Check whether you select right function Press function button and check the selected function Radio stations cannot be tuned in properly y y The antenna is positioned poorly Adjust the angle and direction for better reception y y The signal strength of the radio statio...

Page 39: ...m Frequency Response 40 to 20 000 Hz Signal to noise ratio More than 75 dB Dynamic range More than 80 dB Bus Power Supply USB 5 V 0 500 mA 5 V 0 1 A Amplifier RMS Output power Total output 100 W RMS 4 Ω at 1 kHz 10 THD 50 W RMS Only using the battery Battery Battery type 12 V 7 2 Ah Lead Acid rechargeable battery Operating time Approx 10 hours Based on fully charging the battery continuous playbac...

Page 40: ...the unit for maximum protection re pack the unit as it was originally packed at the factory Keeping the exterior surfaces clean Do not use volatile liquids such as insecticide spray near the unit Wiping with strong pressure may damage the surface Do not leave rubber or plastic products in contact with the unit for a long period of time Cleaning the unit To clean the player use a soft dry cloth If ...

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