Yamaha GX-3 manuel d'utilisation

MIC MIN MAX MIC MIXING KARAOKE MODE DOLBY NR B DUBBING NORMAL HIGH TIMER REC PLAYBACK REC/PLAYBACK EJECT A DECK A/B B PLAY DIRECTION REC/ PAUSE EJECT A B RANDOM REPEAT TIME EDIT OPEN/CLOSE LOCATION USER MEMORY MUSIC VOLUME POWER PHONES STANDBY DISPLAY FM/AM TAPE AUX CD TUNER PRESET TUNING HOUR MIN AUTO/MAN’L MEMORY TIME ADJ Active Servo Technolog[...]

2 2 ● Remote control transmitter ● Controlador remoto ● AM loop antenna ● Antena de cuadro AM ● System connector cables ● Cables de conexión del sistema ● Batteries (size AAA, R03) ● Pilas (tamaño AAA, R03) ● Indoor FM antenna ● Antena interior de FM ● Speaker cords ● Cables de los altavoces ● Pin-plug connection cord ?[...]

3 3 1 TCD-GX3 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D EF G H I JK L M N O P RANDOM REPEAT TIME EDIT OPEN/CLOSE LOCATION USER MEMORY MUSIC VOLUME POWER PHONES STANDBY DISPLAY FM/AM TAPE AUX CD TUNER PRESET TUNING HOUR MIN AUTO/MAN’L MEMORY TIME ADJ Active Servo Technology 1 9 23 4 5 6 7 8 0A B C D E F G H I J LM STEREO SLEEP TUNED AUTO TIMER MEMORY TRACK TOTAL[...]

4 4 2 KMA-GX3 3 NX-GX3 UV W X Z[ i j h g f e d c b a ` ] MIC MIN MAX MIC MIXING KARAOKE MODE DOLBY NR B DUBBING NORMAL HIGH TIMER REC PLAYBACK REC/PLAYBACK EJECT A DECK A/B B PLAY DIRECTION REC/ PAUSE EJECT T S R Q Y A B l k[...]

5 5 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 C B 6 A 0 8 CD TUNER TAPE POWER 123 123 FM/AM 456 456 789 789 0 0 CD/TUNER + 10 DISPLAY SLEEP AUX PLAY/PAUSE TIME REPEAT STOP TAPE EDIT PROG RANDOM MUSIC LOCATION USER VOLUME TAPE A B REC/ PAUSE DECK 4 5 30° 30° 0.2 m – 6 m (8” – 20’) 6 D K M L E F G HI J CD TUNER TAPE POWER 123 123 FM/AM 456 456 789 789 0 0 CD/TUNER + 1[...]

6 6 R L 7 SYSTEM CONNECTOR SYSTEM CONNECTOR OUTPUT CD R L 9 OUTPUT CD R L INPUT AUX CD R L 8 CD TUNER TAPE POWER 123 123 FM/AM 456 456 0 To AC outlet Al tomacorriente[...]

E-1 English ENGLISH INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Page PRECAUTIONS ..................................................................2-3 PLACING THE SYSTEM .......................................................3 NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ....................4-5 REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER................................5-6 LISTENING WITH HEADPHONES [...]

E-2 NOTE Please check the copyright laws in your country to record from records, compact discs, radio, etc. Recording of copyright material may infringe copyright laws. IMPORTANT Please record the serial number of this unit in the space below. Serial No.: The serial number is located on the rear of the unit. Retain this Owner’s Manual in a safe p[...]

E-3 English CAUTION FOR CARRYING THIS UNIT Be sure not to carry or tip this unit with a disc remaining in it. PLA CING THE SYSTEM CAUTION 1 Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. CAUTION 2 As the laser beam used in this unit is harmful to the eyes, do[...]

E-4 NAMES OF CONTROLS AND INDICA T ORS TCD-GX3 (CD play er/pre-amplifier/tuner) 1 RANDOM Button 2 REPEAT Button 3 TIME Button 4 EDIT Button 5 Disc Table 6 Stop Button: 7 Play/Pause Button: / 8 OPEN/CLOSE Button 9 Skip Buttons: / (Search Buttons: / ) 0 LOCATION Button A MUSIC Button B Equalizer Control Buttons C USER Button D User Program MEMORY But[...]

English KMA-GX3 (T ape deck/po wer amplifier) Q MIC (Microphone) Jack R MIC MIXING (Microphone Mixing) Level Control S KARAOKE Button T Remote Control Sensor U Reverse MODE Selector Button and Indicators V DOLBY B NR Button and Indicator W DUBBING (NORMAL/HIGH) Buttons and Indicators X TIMER REC Button and Indicator Y DECK A Cassette Compartment Z [...]

E-6 Loading the batteries f or the remote contr ol transmitter (See figure 5 on page 5 5 .) 1 Remove the battery compartment cover. (Slide the cover in the direction of the arrow on the cover.) 2 Insert 2 “AAA” (R03) batteries into the battery compartment. * Installing the batteries improperly may cause failure. 3 Replace the battery compartmen[...]

E-7 English AM ANT FM ANT 75 Ω UNBAL. GND Antenna connection (1) Supplied FM antenna Connect the FM antenna wire to the corresponding terminal and direct the FM antenna wire to the direction where the strongest signal can be received. (2) Supplied AM loop antenna Connect the AM loop antenna wires to the corresponding terminals. Position the AM lo[...]

E-8 VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME MIN MAX Front panel operation Rotate the VOLUME control clockwise to increase the volume, and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. Remote control operation Press the “ ” side of the VOLUME button to increase the volume and the “ ” side to decrease the volume. * The current volume level can be seen at a glance on[...]

E-9 English CD pla yback 1 Press the CD input selector button. 2 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc table. 3 Place a disc on the table, label side up. * 8 cm (3”) disc can be played without an adaptor. 4 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the disc table. * The total number of tracks and the total playing time of the disc will be displ[...]

E-10 12 3 12 3 45 6 45 6 78 9 78 9 0 0 CD TUNER TAPE POWER 123 123 FM/AM 456 456 789 789 0 0 CD/TUNER + 10 DISPLAY SLEEP AUX PLAY/PAUSE TIME REPEAT STOP TAPE EDIT PROG RANDOM MUSIC LOCATION USER VOLUME TAPE A B REC/ PAUSE DECK COMP A CT DISC PLA YER OPERA TION Direct operation Even when an input source other than CD player is selected, pressing the[...]

E-11 English COMP A CT DISC PLA YER OPERA TION “Skip search” and “Manual search” are performed using the same buttons. Skip sear ch The beginning of any track can be found automatically. 1 Load a disc and begin playback. 2 Press the button to advance or button to reverse through the disc. Press once for each track to be advanced or reversed[...]

E-12 COMP A CT DISC PLA YER OPERA TION Pr ogram play You can program up to 30 tracks in any desired order. 1 Load a disc and close the disc table. 2 When in the stop mode, press the PROG button to prepare for programming. * “PGM” and “P- 1” will light up on the display, and “01” will begin flashing. 3 Use the track number input buttons [...]

E-13 English Repeat pla y An entire disc, a single track or a programmed sequence can be continuously repeated. 1 While watching the display, press the REPEAT button once or more to select a desired repeat play mode (SINGLE REPEAT or FULL REPEAT). 2 Press the play/pause button. Repeat play modes SINGLE REPEAT A single track is played back repeatedl[...]

E-14 Random pla y Tracks on the disc can be played back in a random order. 1 Load a disc and close the disc table. 2 Press the RANDOM button to begin random play. * The “RANDOM” indicator will light up. To cancel the random play Press the RANDOM button again. The “RANDOM” indicator will go out. Note In the program play mode, random play wil[...]

E-15 English Normally, if station signals are strong and there is no interference, quick automatic-search tuning (Automatic tuning) is possible. However, if signals of the station you want to select are weak, you must tune to it manually (Manual tuning). A utomatic tuning 1 Press the TUNER input selector button. 2 Select the reception band (FM or A[...]

E-16 TUNING OPERA TION Preset tuning This unit can store station frequencies selected by tuning operation. With this function, you can select any desired station by only calling the corresponding preset station number. Up to 20 stations (10 FM and 10 AM stations) can be stored by using the 10 preset station numbers. (One preset station number can b[...]

E-17 English TUNING OPERA TION To recall a preset station 1 1 Select the reception band (FM or AM) of the station you want to recall by pressing the FM/AM button while watching the display. 2 2 Select the preset station number to which the station is stored by pressing the preset station number buttons on the remote control transmitter or the PRESE[...]

E-18 T ape A or tape B playbac k 1 Press the TAPE input selector button. 2 Open the DECK A or DECK B cassette compartment by pressing the EJECT button. 3 Load the tape into the DECK A or DECK B cassette compartment, and close the lid panel completely by pressing the panel until it clicks. 4 Press the DOLBY B NR button so that the indicator over the[...]

E-19 English Winding the tape 1 If during playback, first press the stop button. 2 Next press the fast wind or fast wind button to wind the tape. 3 Press the stop button to stop. * While winding the tape, the corresponding play direction indicator flashes. Sear ching f or the beginning of a desired selection Carry out the following operation during[...]

E-20 Continuous pla ybac k 1 Load the tapes into the DECK A and DECK B cassette compartments. 2 If the reverse mode “ ” is not selected, press the reverse MODE selector button to select it. The reverse MODE selector button can be operated before or during playback, and changes tape playback as follows: 3 Select the tape to be played back first [...]

E-21 English • When recording important selections, be sure to make a preliminary test to ensure that the desired source material is being properly recorded with good sound quality. • The automatic recording level control circuit automatically controls the level of the input signal used for recording. • Adjusting the VOLUME control and using [...]

E-22 Recor ding CD on both sides of a tape automatically 1 Press the CD input selector button and load the disc to be recorded. 2 Load a tape into the DECK B cassette compartment. 3 When recording with the Dolby NR system, press the Dolby B NR button so that the indicator over the button lights up. If not, set it off. * For details on the Dolby noi[...]

E-23 English A utomatic tape-editing This convenient feature can be used to program tracks on a disc for recording to tape. By only memorizing the tape’s total possible recording time, the unit will automatically program tracks so they will fit onto the tape with the least amount of unrecorded space remaining at each end of the tape. T o record a[...]

E-24 RECORDING A COMP A CT DISC To cancel tape-editing function Before recording, press the stop button of the CD player. To stop recording Press the stop button of the tape deck. (At this time, CD playback automatically stops.) T o make this unit program trac ks on a disc automatically so that the least amount of unrecorded space remains on the ta[...]

E-25 English • When recording important selections, be sure to make a preliminary test to ensure that the desired source material is being properly recorded with good sound quality. • The automatic recording level control circuit automatically controls the level of the input signal used for recording. • Adjusting the VOLUME control and using [...]

E-26 Dubbing • During dubbing, adjusting the VOLUME control and using the built-in graphic equalizer and sound field processor have no effect on the recorded sound. • Try to use the same tape formula and length for the recording tape as for the master tape. 1 Press the TAPE input selector button. 2 Load a prerecorded tape into the DECK A casset[...]

E-27 English GRAPHIC EQU ALIZER/SOUND FIELD PROCESSOR CONTR OL The built-in graphic equalizer and sound field processor present you with the pleasure of listening to music with various sound effects. This system provides 4 preset equalizer modes and 3 sound field modes as listed below. You can enjoy listening to music with a desired sound effect by[...]

E-28 Listening to the m usic with a preset equalizer effect 1 Playback a source. (For source playback, refer to the sections beginning on page 9.) 2 Press the MUSIC button once or more so that the name of a desired mode appears on the preset equalizer mode indicators. * Whenever you press the MUSIC button, the preset mode changes and is displayed a[...]

E-29 English Adjusting the graphic equalizer f or your desired sound taste The 7 band graphic equalizer allows you to adjust the level for each frequency band. * Make adjustment by monitoring the equalizer level indicators on the display. 1 Playback a source. (For source playback, refer to the sections beginning on page 9.) 2 Press the equalizer co[...]

E-30 Storing y our own pr ograms You can store an equalizer pattern of your own adjusting. Up to 4 patterns can be stored as desired. To store 1 Adjust the equalizer as you prefer by using the equalizer control buttons. 2 Press the user program MEMORY button. * “USER 1” will flash on the user program number indicators for about 5 seconds. 3 Sel[...]

E-31 English Singing karaoke This system allows you to enjoy singing karaoke by using not only a karaoke source without vocals but also any normal audio source with vocals. 1 Connect the microphone to the MIC jack on the front panel. 2 Playback a source. (For source playback, refer to the sections beginning on page 9.) When using a normal audio sou[...]

E-32 HO W T O USE THE BUIL T -IN TIMER Timer pla y By using the built-in timer, you can set the time when the unit turns on and a source begins playing automatically, and the time when the unit turns off automatically. 1 Prepare the source to be played. For tuner: Tune in to the station you will listen to. For tape deck: Load a tape into the casset[...]

E-33 English Note If a timer play setting is made and the power is not turned off, the source set for the timer play will begin playing when the time comes in place of the source played at that time. To cancel the timer play setting While the power is on, press the TIMER button so that “TIMER” goes out from the display. * If it is not canceled,[...]

E-34 HO W T O USE THE BUIL T -IN TIMER Sleep timer operation This unit can be turned off automatically. 1 Play the desired sound source. 2 Press the SLEEP button. “SLEEP: 120min” appears on the display. 3 Press the SLEEP button repeatedly until the desired sleep time appears on the display. The display will change as described below. (Time is d[...]

E-35 English Internal care • Dirty heads, capstans and pinch rollers can cause poor sound and tape jams. Clean these parts with a cotton swab moistened with commercially available head/pinch roller cleaner or isopropyl alcohol, or with a commercially available cleaning tape. • After long use, the deck’s heads and capstans may become magnetize[...]

E-36 SPECIFICA TIONS As a part of policy of continuous improvement, YAMAHA reserves the right to make design and specification changes for product improvement without prior notice. The performance specification figures indicated are nominal values of production units. ■ TCD-GX3 (CD player/pre-amplifier/tuner) Power Supply ........................[...]

English E-37 TROUBLESHOO TING CAUSE AC supply lead is not plugged in. Loose speaker connections. Internal protection circuit is functioning. Interference from starting motor of nearby car. Interference from thermostat of nearby electrical appliance. Antenna input is too weak due to obstructions or excessive distance from broadcasting station. Insuf[...]

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