JVC RX-888RBK manual

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. LVT0177-001A [E] RX-888RBK INSTR UCTIONS BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES ISTRUZIONI AUDIO/VIDEO CON[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/W arnung, Achtung und sonstige Hinweise/ Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses/W aarschuwingen, voorzorgen en andere mededelingen/A visos, precauciones y otras notas/ A vvertenze e precauzioni da osservare IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted i[...]

G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oide risk of electr ic shock and fire and to protect from damage . Locate the apparatus as follows: Front: No obstructions open spacing. Sides: No obstructions in 10 cm from the sides. T op: No obstructions in 10 cm from the top. Back: No obstructions in 15 cm from the back Bottom: No obstructions, place on t[...]

1 English T able of Contents Using the DSP Modes ................................ 23 A v ailable DSP Modes According to the Speaker Arrangement .. 2 5 Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes .......................................... 26 Adjusting the D AP Modes ....................................................... 26 Adjusting the Surround Modes ..........[...]

2 English Par ts Identification Become familiar with the buttons and controls on the receiver before use. Refer to the pages in parentheses for details. Remote Control 1 TV/CA TV/DBS button (46 – 48) 2 Source selecting buttons (9) D VD, D VD MUL TI, CD, T APE/MD, TV/DBS , VIDEO, PHONO, FM/AM, VCR 1, VCR 2 3 SURR OUND ON/OFF button (30) 4 SURR OUN[...]

3 English ANTENNA AM EXT AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 C O A X IA L AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 C O A X IA L Getting Star ted This section explains how to connect audio/video components and speakers to the receiver , and how to connect the power supply . Before Installation General • Be sure your hands are dry . • T urn th[...]

4 English Basic connecting procedur e 1 Cut, twist and r emove the insulation at the end of each speaker signal cable (not supplied). 2 T ur n the knob counterclockwise. 3 Insert the speaker signal cable. 4 T ur n the knob clockwise. Connecting the front speakers Y ou can connect two pairs of front speakers (one pair to the FR ONT SPEAKERS 1 termin[...]

5 English Connecting the subwoofer speaker Y ou can enhance the bass by connecting a subwoofer . Connect the input jack of a powered subw oofer to the SUBWOOFER OUT jack on the rear panel, using a cable with RCA pin plugs (not supplied). SUBWOOFER OUT Powered subwoofer CASE 1 When you connect only one set of fr ont speakers About the speaker impeda[...]

6 English IMPORT ANT : This receiv er is equipped with both the composite video and S-video input/output terminals for connecting video components. Y ou do not have to connect both the composite video and S-video terminals. How ever , remember that the video signals fr om the composite video input terminals are output only thr ough the composite vi[...]

7 English DVD player • When you connect the D VD player with stereo output jacks: DVD player Å To front left/right channel audio output (or to audio mixed output if necessary) ı To S-video output Ç To composite video output DVD VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO RIGHT LEFT A UDIO DV D A B C DVD VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO RIGHT LEFT A UDIO MONITOR OUT VCR 1 IN (PLA [...]

8 English Digital connections This receiv er is equipped with three DIGIT AL IN terminals — one digital coaxial terminal and two digital optical terminals. Y ou can connect any component to an y one of the digital terminals using the digital coaxial cable (not supplied) or digital optical cable (not supplied). IMPORT ANT : • When connecting the[...]

9 English Basic Operations The following operations are commonly used when you play any sound source. IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate an audio system, TV , and VCR, set it to “A UDIO/TV/VCR. ” T o operate a CA TV con ver ter and DBS tuner , [...]

10 English When playing a digital source thr ough a digital terminal • The DIGIT AL SOURCE FORMA T lamps on the front panel indicate what type of the digital signal comes into the recei ver . MPEG : Lights up when MPEG Multichannel signals (see page 24) come in. DTS : Lights up when DTS Digital Surround signals (see page 24) come in. DOLBY DIGIT [...]

11 English Listening only with headphones 1. Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel . 2. Pr ess SPEAKERS 1 and/or 2 so tha t no lamps on the b uttons are turned on. CAUTION: Be sure to turn down the volume bef ore connecting or putting on headphones, as high v olume can damage both the headphones and your hearing. Muting[...]

12 English Basic Settings Some of the following settings are required after connecting and positioning your speakers in your listening room, while others will make operations easier . AUDIO/ TV/VCR CATV/DBS IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this r[...]

13 English SETTING SOURCE SELECTOR INPUT ANALOG/DIGITAL Digital Input (DIGIT AL IN) T erminal Setting When you use the digital input terminals, you ha ve to register what components are connected to which terminals (DIGIT AL IN 1/2/3). Bef ore you start, r emember .... • There is a time limit in doing the following ste ps. If the setting is cance[...]

14 English Center Delay T ime Setting Register the delay time of the sound from the center speak er, comparing that of the sound from the front speakers. If the distance from your listening point to the center speaker is equal to that to the front speakers, select 0 msec. As the distance to the center speaker becomes shorter , increase the delay ti[...]

15 English 80Hz 100Hz 120Hz 2. T urn MUL TI JOG to select the low fr equency effect attenuator level. • As you turn it, the display changes to show the follo wing: 0dB: Normally select this. 10dB: Select this when the bass sound is distorted. Note: Low frequency eff ect attenuator setting is not valid f or the D VD MUL TI playbac k mode. Dynamic [...]

16 English Using the Sleep T imer Using the Sleep T imer , you can fall asleep to music and kno w the receiv er will turn off by itself rather than play all night. Fr om the remote control ONL Y : Press SLEEP r epeatedly . The SLEEP indicator lights up on the display , and the shut-off time changes as follo ws (in minutes): When the shut-off time c[...]

17 English Receiving Radio Broadcasts Y ou can browse through all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a particular station. Using Preset T uning Once a station is assigned to a channel number , the station can be quickly tuned. Y ou can preset up to 30 FM and 15 AM (MW/L W) stations. T o store the pr eset stations Bef ore y[...]

18 English T o tune in a preset station On the front panel: 1. T urn SOURCE SELECT OR to select the band (FM or AM — MW/L W). The last recei ved station of the selected band is tuned in. 2. Press TUNER PRESET . 3. T urn MUL TI JOG until y ou find the channel y ou want. • T urning it clockwise increases the channel numbers. • T urning it count[...]

19 English Y ou can also show the RDS inf ormation on the TV scr een. T o use this function, you need to connect the TV to the MONITOR OUT jack on the rear panel (see page 7), and set the TV’ s input mode to the proper position to which the recei ver is connected. • When the TV’ s input mode is incorrect; for e xample, a different video input[...]

20 English PTY codes When an emergency br oadcast (ALARM signal) is sent from an FM station: The receiv er automatically tunes in the station except in the follo wing cases: • When you are listening to non-RDS stations (all AM — MW/L W and some FM stations). • When the receiv er is in standby mode. While recei ving an emergency broadcast, “[...]

21 English If there is a station br oadcasting the program you ha ve selected The recei ver changes the source (all sources except AM — MW/L W), and tunes in the station. The indicator of receiv ed PTY code starts flashing. When the program is ov er, the r eceiver goes back to the previously selected source, but still remains in EON standby mode.[...]

22 English Using the SEA Modes The SEA (Sound Effect Amplifier) modes give you control of the way your music sounds. IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this receiver , set it to “A UDIO/TV/ VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the sourc[...]

23 English Using the DSP Modes The built-in Surround Processor provides three types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — 3D-PHONIC mode, DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) mode and Surround mode. 3D-PHONIC modes The 3D-PHONIC mode gi ves you such a nearly surround effect as it is reproduced through the Dolby Surround decoder , which is wide[...]

24 English Surr ound modes W ith this receiver , you can use four types of the Surround mode. Follo wing modes cannot be used when only the front speakers are connected to this r eceiver (without the r ear speakers or center speaker). Dolby Sur r ound (Dolby Digital and Dolby Pr o Logic) * Used to watch the soundtracks of softw are encoded with Dol[...]

25 English Available DSP Modes According to the Speaker Ar rangement A v ailable DSP modes will vary depending on ho w many speakers are used with this recei ver . Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 14). A vailable DSP modes Each time you press DSP MODE on the front panel or SURR OUND MODE on the remote contr[...]

26 English IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this receiver , set it to “A UDIO/TV/ VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the source). Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes Once you hav e adjusted the 3D-PHONIC modes, the adjustment is memorized[...]

27 English 3. Adjust the effect level. 1) Press B ALANCE/SURROUND ADJUST repeatedl y until “DSP EFFECT” appears on the display . The display changes to sho w the current setting. 2) T urn MUL TI JOG to select the effect lev el. • As you turn it, the effect le vel changes as follows: As the number increases, the selected D AP mode becomes stro[...]

28 English Notes: • Y ou can adjust the speaker output le vels without outputting the test tone. • No test tone comes out of the center speaker when “CENTER SPK” is set to “NONE” (see page 14). • No test tone comes out of the rear speakers when “REAR SPK” is set to “NONE” (see page 14). • If the TV is tur ned on and the prop[...]

29 English JVC Theater Surr ound adjustments Bef ore you start, r emember ... • Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 14). • There is a time limit in doing the following ste ps. If the setting is canceled before you f inish, start fr om step 1 again. • Y ou cannot adjust the rear speaker output le vels whe[...]

30 English On the front panel: Y ou can also use the b uttons on the front panel to adjust the Surround modes. Howe ver , no test tone is av ailable when using the buttons on the front panel. So, mak e adjustments while listening to the sound of the source played back. 1. Press DSP MODE repeatedl y until “THEA TER” or “DIG THEA TER” appears[...]

31 English For the other DSP modes On the front panel: 1. Press DSP MODE repeatedl y until the mode y ou want appears on the display . • Each time you press the button, the DSP modes change. (See page 25 for more details.) 2. Select and play a sound source. • T o enjo y 3D-PHONIC and JVC Theater Surround, play back a software: – encoded with [...]

32 English Using the DVD MUL TI Playback Mode This receiver provides the DVD MUL TI playback mode for r epr oducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player . Before playing back a DVD, refer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player . 4. Adjust the center tone. 1) Press BALANCE/SURR OUND ADJUST repeatedly until “CENTER TONE” app[...]

33 English Fr om the r emote control: 1. Press D VD MUL TI so that “D VD MUL TI” appears on the display . Note: When you select “D VD MUL TI” as the source to play , the DSP mode is canceled temporarily , and the SURROUND ON/OFF and SURROUND MODE b uttons do not work. 2. Select the analog discrete output mode on the D VD player , and start [...]

34 English MAIN MENU SOURCE : ch 1 FM 87.5 MHz VISUAL :VCR1  MODE :OFF  SOUND CONTROL TUNER CONTROL SETTING    VOLUME : 20 :OPERATE Using the On-Scr een Menus Y ou can use the Menus on the TV screen to control the receiver . T o use this function, you need to connect the TV to the MONITOR OUT jack on the rear panel (see p[...]

35 English Listening at Low Volume (Loudness) (Also see page 11) 1. Press MENU . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . • Pressing one of the % / fi / @ / # b uttons also displays the MAIN MENU. 2. Press % / fi to move to “SOUND CONTR OL, ” then press @ / # . The SOUND CONTR OL menu appears. 3. Press % / fi to move to “LOUDNESS. ” 4. Press [...]

36 English 6. Press % / fi to move to the item y ou want to set or adjust, then press @ / # . On this adjustment menu, you can do the following: “CENTER LEVEL”: Adjust the center speaker output le vel. “REAR L LEVEL”: Adjust the left rear speaker output le vel. “REAR R LEVEL”: Adjust the r ight rear speaker output le vel. “CENTER T O[...]

37 English SEA ADJUST SEA USERMODE SET :MEMORY 100 10kHz 1k 4. Press % / fi to move to “SEA ADJUST . ” The SEA ADJUST menu appears. 5. Press % / fi / @ / # to adjust the SEA mode as y ou want. @ / # : Select the frequency ranges. % / fi : Adjust the frequency le vels. 6. Press SET to store the setting into the SEA USERMODE. • If you pre[...]

38 English 6. Press % / fi to move to “PRESET NAME, ” then press SET . The character entry screen appears. 7. Press % / fi / @ / # to move in fr ont of a character y ou want. Y ou can also select the follo wing: : T o enter space : T o erase the character : T o go back to the previous character position or go to the next character position 8.[...]

39 English COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The COMPU LINK remote control system allows you to operate JVC audio components through the remote sensor on the receiver . T o use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC audio components through the COMPU LINK-3 (SYNCHR O) jacks (see belo w) in addition to the connections using cables with [...]

40 English TEXT COMPU LINK 1(MASTER UNIT) 2(SLAVE UNIT) COMPU LINK – 3 (SYNCHRO) TEXT COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The TEXT COMPU LINK remote control system has been newly developed to deal with the disc information recorded in the CD T ext* and MDs. Using these information in the discs, you can operate the CD player or MD recorder equipped [...]

41 English On-Screen Operation buttons (on the remote control) 1 Source name: CD or MD 2 Select or , then press SET to change the disc. 3 T rack numbers and track titles. • The current playing (selected) track is indicated in yello w . • When you mo ve to a track number , you can change the track information by pressing @ / # . Each time you pr[...]

42 English Sear ch for a disc by its disc title: 1. Press TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the source. The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Press % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Press % / fi to move to “DISC TITLE, then press SET . The DISC TITLE SEARCH screen appears[...]

43 English Sear ch for a disc by its genr e: 1. Press TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the sour ce . The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Press % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Press % / fi to move to “GENRE”, then press SET . The GENRE SEARCH screen appears. 4. Pres[...]

44 English For the MD recor der: Y ou can write the disc information (disc title and song titles) into the disc. Y ou can only write the song title for the song currently selected. • If you have the CD-MD combina tion dec k, you can also enter the disc information (its performer , disc title, and its music genre) of normal audio CDs into the memo[...]

45 English Operating JVC’ s Audio/V ideo Components Y ou can operate JVC’ s audio and video components with this receiver’ s remote control, since control signals for JVC components are preset in the remote control. IMPORT ANT : T o operate JVC’ s audio components using this remote control: • Y ou need to connect JVC audio components thro[...]

46 English T urntable After pressing PHONO (with the remote control mode selector set to “ A UDIO/TV/VCR”), you can perform the f ollo wing operations on a turntable: PLA Y : Starts playing. ST OP : Stops operations. Cassette deck After pressing T APE/MD or T APE CONTR OL (with the remote control mode selector set to “ A UDIO/TV/VCR”), you [...]

47 English Operating Other Manufacturers’ V ideo Equipment This remote control supplied with the recei ver can transmit control signals for other manufacturers’ VCRs, TVs, CA TV con verters and DBS tuners. By changing the transmittable signals from preset ones to the other manufacturers’, you can operate the other manufacturer’ s components[...]

48 English T o change the transmittable signals for operating another manufacturer’s VCR 1. Set the remote control mode to “ A UDIO/TV/ VCR. ” 2. Press and hold VCR 1 . 3. Press VCR 1. 4. Enter manuf actur er’s code (thr ee digits) using buttons 1–9, and 0. See the list on pages 52 and 53 to find the code . Examples: For a JVC product, pr[...]

49 English Manufacturers’ codes for TV Acura 009 Admiral 087, 163, 213 Adyson 032, 217 AGB 516 Akai 208, 361, 516 Akura 218, 264, 369 Alba 009, 036, 037, 211, 218, 235, 371 Allorgan 294 Amplivision 217, 400 Amstrad 009, 037, 171, 177, 354, 362, 369, 371, 412, 433, 516 Anitech 009, 068, 076 Arcam 216, 217 ASA 087 Asberg 076 Asuka 218 Atlantic 206 [...]

50 English Luxor 349, 361 M Electronic 009, 037, 068, 105, 109, 163, 217, 287, 346, 374, 480 Magnadyne 087, 102, 247, 516 Magnafon 076, 102, 213, 516 Manesth 217, 235, 264, 320 Marantz 037, 556 Marelli 087 Mark 037 Matsui 009, 011, 035, 036, 037, 072, 177, 208, 211, 217, 235, 294, 354, 355, 371, 443, 487, 516, 579 McMichael 043 Mediator 012, 037 Me[...]

51 English Kreiselmeyer 173 Kyostar 421 La Sat 513, 520, 607 Lenco 421 Lennox 592 Lupus 369 Luxor 108, 573 Manhattan 455, 520, 592 Marantz 200 Maspro 092, 328, 336, 750 Matsui 344, 571 Mediamarkt 243 Minerva 571 Mintec 578 Morgan’s 243, 513 Navex 332 Neuhaus 501 Newhaus 220 Nikko 360, 713 Nokia 108, 328, 397, 455, 573 Nordmende 362 Orbitech 501 O[...]

52 English Granada 046, 081, 104 Grandin 000, 037, 072 Grundig 003, 006, 007, 016, 072, 081, 195, 207, 226, 347, 349, 403 Hanseatic 037 HCM 072 Hinari 004, 072, 208, 240, 352 Hitachi 000, 004, 041, 042, 105, 166, 235, 240 Hypson 072 Imperial 000 Ingersol 004 Interfunk 081 ITT 005, 041, 046, 104, 106, 240, 344, 384 ITV 037, 278 JVC 008, 041, 067, 08[...]

53 English Samsung 240, 432 Sansui 041, 067, 271 Sanyo 046, 104 Saville 352 SBR 081 Schaub Lorenz 000, 005, 041, 104, 344 Schneider 000, 072, 081 SEG 240, 322 SEI 004, 081 Seleco 041 Sentra 020 Sharp 048 Shintom 072, 104 Shorai 004 Siemens 003, 006, 016, 037, 054, 081, 104, 195 Silva 037 Singer 045 Sinudyne 004, 081 Solavox 020 Sonolor 046 Sontec 0[...]

54 English T r oubleshooting Use this char t to help you solve daily operational problems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC ser vice center . PROBLEM The display does not light up. No sound from speakers. Sound from one speaker only. Continuous hiss or buzzing during FM reception. Occasional cracking noise during FM recept[...]

55 English Specifications Amplifier Output Power At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 watts per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 4 ohms, 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3/DIN) At Surround operation: Front channels: 70 watts per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 4 ohms at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic d[...]

56 English FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.50 MHz to 108.00 MHz Usable Sensiti vity: Monaural: 12.8 dBf (1.2 µV/75 ohms) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity: Monaural: 21.3 dBf (3.2 µV/75 ohms) Stereo: 41.3 dBf (31.5 µV/75 ohms) Signal-to-Noise Ratio (IHF-A weighted): Monaural: 78 dB at 85 dBf Stereo: 73 dB at 85 dBf T otal Harmonic Distortion: Monaural[...]

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