JVC CA-EX90 manuale d’uso

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. LVT0096-001A [J] RX-EX90 XL-EX90 RM–SEEX90U REMOTE CONTROL 123 456 789 10 +10 FM MODE /MUTING PLAY MODE REPEAT SLEEP POWER AUX TUNER CD TAPE CD 3 CD 2 C[...]

SUBWOOFER VOLUME 12 dB 10 dB 8 dB 6 dB 4 dB 2 dB 0 dB ME-EX90 SUBWOOFER AMPLIFIER SUBWOOFER LEVEL STANDBY PLAY MODE REPEAT STANDBY XL-EX90 COMPACT DISC PLAYER CD 3 CD 2 CD 1 /CANCEL PLAY & EXCHANGE STANDBY XM-EX90 MINIDISC RECORDER DISC LOADING MECHANISM INPUT CD REC REC LEVEL REC PAUSE /CANCEL SAMPLING RATE CONVERTER STANDBY TD-EX90 CASSETTE D[...]

3 CA-EX90 W elcome ! We would like to thank you for purchasing one of our JVC products. Before connecting this unit to the wall outlet, please read the instructions carefully to ensure that you obtain the best possible performance. If you have any questions, please consult your JVC dealer . Important cautions Installation of the Unit • Select a p[...]

4 CA-EX90 T able of Contents Welcome ! .......................................................... 3 Important cautions .............................................. 3 For safe use, observe the following ................... 3 Parts Index ......................................................... 5 Front Panels .......................................[...]

5 CA-EX90 Front Panels Amplifier/tuner Parts Index BAND VOLUME UP KEY MODE DOWN INPUT PHONES RX-EX90 INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER / TUNER STANDBY DIRECT S. A. BASS POWER 3 4 5 2 1 9 8 7 6 11 10 Subwoofer amplifier CD player PLAY MODE REPEAT STANDBY XL-EX90 COMPACT DISC PLAYER CD 3 CD 2 CD 1 /CANCEL 22 19 20 21 18 17 16 PLAY & EXCHANGE 15 POWER 23 SUBWO[...]

6 CA-EX90 Amplifier/tuner front panel 1 POWER button Press to switch the power between ON and ST ANDBY . ST ANDBY indicator Lights up when the power is in ST ANDBY mode. T urns off when power is ON. 2 Display 3 Remote sensor 4 KEY MODE button Press to switch the operation mode of the < and > (cursor) buttons. The PRESET indicator in the displ[...]

7 CA-EX90 Displays Amplifier/tuner CD player PRESET VOLUME DAILY SLEEP REC MD CD TAPE TUNER AUX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PROGRAM RANDOM REPEAT ALL 1 CD 12 34 5 67 89 1 0 11 12 13 14 15 DISC 8 8 8 10 9 11 12 13 EN01-23.CA-EX90[J]/5/18 98.6.8, 8:20 AM 7[...]

8 CA-EX90 CD player display 8 Play indicators ‹ : Lights up during CD playback. * : Lights up during pause. 9 Disc indicator Shows the CD disc number being played or selected. p Character display Shows the track number , play time, program sequence, etc. q Repeat mode indicators Show the repeat mode. REPEA T ALL: Lights up when all tracks in all [...]

9 CA-EX90 Rear Panels Amplifier/tuner CD player LEFT LEFT ( FOR ME-EX90 ) RIGHT OUT(REC) IN (PLAY) OUT(REC) IN (PLAY) RIGHT AM EXT AM LOOP FM FM (75 ) 1 2 3 4 MAIN SPEAKERS SYNCHRO GNDGND ANTENNA CD MD TAPE AUX SUB- WOOFER OUT 5 6 7 8 9 Subwoofer amplifier LEFT RIGHT SPEAKERS SUB- WOOFERS SUB- WOOFER IN ( FOR RX-EX90 ) SYNCHRO COMPU LINK-3 ( SYNCHR[...]

10 CA-EX90 Amplifier/tuner rear panel 1 CD input jacks Connect to the ANALOG OUT jacks of the CD player . 2 MD input/output jacks Connect to the output/input jacks of the MD recorder . OUT (REC): Connect to the IN (REC) jacks of the MD recorder . IN (PLA Y): Connect to the OUT (PLA Y) jacks of the MD recorder . 3 T APE input/output jacks Connect to[...]

11 CA-EX90 Remote control Remote control 1 POWER Press to switch the power between ON and ST ANDBY . 2 Number buttons • Use to select preset channels when listening to the tuner . • Use to select tracks after pressing CD, CD1, CD2, CD3 or PLA Y MODE. 3 FM MODE/MUTING Press to switch the FM mode between AUTO and MONO. 4 CD controls PLA Y MODE: P[...]

12 CA-EX90 9 T APE DIRECTION Press to change the tape direction when using the cassette deck. p 4 1 (skip back) / < • Press to skip or search backward on the CD player after pressing CD,CD1,CD2,CD3, or PLA Y MODE. • Press to rewind on the cassette deck after pressing T APE or T APE CONTROL. • Press to select the preset channel after pressi[...]

13 CA-EX90 Supplied Accesories Before setting up your system make sure you received all of the following supplied accesories. Setting up the System RX-EX90 (Amplifier/tuner) XL-EX90 (CD player) AC power cord x 1 Stereo Audio pin cord x 1 Monaural Audio pin cord x1 Compu Link cable x 1 AM loop antenna x1 FM wire antenna x1 Batteries (R6P(SUM-3)/AA ([...]

14 CA-EX90 AM EXT AM LOOP FM FM (75 ) GNDGND ANTENNA Place the EX series as shown below . Connections Before Making Any Connections • Be sure to confirm the locations of the left and right, + and –, and IN and OUT terminals on each component and make connections correctly and firmly . Incorrect or incomplete connections may result in degradatio[...]

15 CA-EX90 Connecting the CD player and subwoofer amplifier Audio pin cord Stereo audio pin cords: Use to connect the CD player’ s ANALOG OUT jacks to the CD input jacks on the RX-EX90 amplifier/tuner . Also use to connect the subwoofer amplifier’ s SUB-WOOFER IN jack to the SUB-WOOFER OUT jack on the RX-EX90 amplifier/tuner . Be sure to connec[...]

16 CA-EX90 Connecting other components Audio pin cord Be sure to connect jacks with plugs of the same colors for correct L (Left) and R (Right) connections. Connect this unit’ s OUT (REC) jacks to the IN (REC) jacks on a MD recorder or cassette deck. Connect this unit’ s IN (PLA Y) jacks to the OUT (PLA Y) jacks on a MD recorder or cassette dec[...]

17 CA-EX90 Connecting the Speakers Connect the left speaker to the LEFT speaker terminals and connect the right speaker to the RIGHT speaker terminals. Be sure that the speaker cords do not touch the rear panel of this unit. This may damage the unit. Be sure to connect this unit’ s + terminals to the + terminals on the speakers, and connect this [...]

18 CA-EX90 Remote control batteries Load the supplied batteries (2) into the remote control. 1 Open the battery case. Push down and pull the lid in the direction of the arrow . 2 Load the batteries. Insert two R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batteries. Match the polarity (+ and –) of the batteries with the + and – marks inside the battery compartment. 3 Clo[...]

19 CA-EX90 Setting the Clock This unit incorporates a clock with a 12-hour display . Be sur e to set the clock before operating the unit. The clock can be set either in ON or ST ANDBY mode of power . Use the remote control unit to set the clock. 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER. 2 Set the time of the day . 1 Set the hour . Use +/R or –/L to display the approp[...]

20 CA-EX90 T urning on the Power Press POWER. The ST ANDBY indicator goes out and “HELLO” appears in the display . ME-EX90 subuwoofer amplifier also turns on. • Pressing POWER of RX-EX90 turns on the source component previously selected. • Pressing POWER of the other EX90 components (CD player , etc.) also turns on the amplifier/tuner . T o[...]

21 CA-EX90 Adjusting the Sound Emphasizing the bass Press S.A.BASS. “S.A.BASS” and “ON” appear in the display and the S.A.BASS indicator lights up. T o cancel the bass emphasis Press S.A.BASS again. “S.A.BASS” and “OFF” appear in the display and the S.A.BASS indicator goes out. • The S.A.BASS cannot be adjusted during DIRECT playb[...]

22 CA-EX90 Adjusting the Balance Use the remote control for these operations. 1 Press BALANCE. 2 Press –/L or +/R to adjust the balance level. Press –/L to shift the sound to the left speaker . Press +/R to shift the sound toward the right speaker . • Even if you shift the balance all the way to the right or left, the sound does not completel[...]

23 CA-EX90 Selecting a Source Select the input source to be played. From the front panel Press INPUT repeatedly . The name of the selected source appears in the display . Each press of INPUT switches the input source as shown below . • When the TUNER source is selected, the display shows the frequency of the last received radio station. One touch[...]

24 CA-EX90 Manual and Automatic T uning This section shows you how to tune in an FM or AM broadcast. From the front panel 1 Press BAND to select the band you desire (FM or AM). Each press of BAND switches the band between FM and AM. One touch operation When the unit is in the ST ANDBY mode, press BAND to automatically turn the power on and tune in [...]

25 CA-EX90 From the remote control 1 Press TUNER to select the band you desire (FM or AM). In addition to selecting the FM band, this operation also sets the remote control to tuner operation mode. The remote control must be set to the tuner operation mode before proceeding to the following steps, even if the band was previously set to FM using the[...]

26 CA-EX90 Presetting Stations Once stations are preset, they can be called up quickly with preset tuning. Y ou can preset a total of 40 stations, either FM or AM. 1 T une in the station you want to preset. Use the buttons on the remote control to tune in the station; otherwise, following operation will not be possible. 2 Press SET . The unit switc[...]

27 CA-EX90 Listening to Preset Stations This section explains how to tune in preset stations. From the front panel 1 Press KEY MODE so that “PRESET” appears in the display . 2 Press > (for higher numbers) or < (for lower numbers) repeatedly to select the preset you desire. From the remote control Y ou can tune in the preset stations from [...]

28 CA-EX90 Loading CDs The CD player’ s unique 3 disc changer mechanism houses 3 individual disc trays inside the main tray . 1 Press 0 (open) for the disc tray (CD 1to 3) you want to load. The main tray opens to the selected disc tray . The disc tray number and “OPEN” appear in the display . • The disc trays housed in the main tray are num[...]

29 CA-EX90 Basic Operations The following operations play all 3 CDs once, one after another . 1 Load CDs. See “Loading CDs” on page 28. 2 Press CD 1, CD 2 or CD 3 for the disc you want to play . The amplifier/tuner automatically switches to the CD input and the CD starts to play . The ‹ indicator lights up. Press ‹ / 8 instead of CD 1, CD 2[...]

30 CA-EX90 T o exchange CDs during playback of another Press 0 corresponding to a disc number not shown in the display to open that disc tray and exchange the CD. When CDs are exchanged during playback, playback stops after playing the last exchanged CD. T o skip to the beginning of a track Press ¢ once to skip to the beginning of the next track. [...]

31 CA-EX90 PROGRAM RANDOM Program Play Mode This play mode lets you play tracks from up to 3 CDs in the order you desire. 1 Load CDs. See “Loading CDs” on page 28. 2 Press PLA Y MODE repeatedly to select PROGRAM. “PROGRAM” appears in the display and the PROGRAM indicator lights up. • If some tracks were previously programmed, the disc, tr[...]

32 CA-EX90 4 Press ‹ / 8 to start program playback. Program playback stops automatically after playing all the programmed tracks. T o check the programmed tracks Press 4 or ¢ on the remote control during stop mode. Pressing ¢ shows programmed track numbers in the programmed order . Pressing 4 shows them in the reverse order . • Programmed tra[...]

33 CA-EX90 PROGRAM RANDOM Random Play Mode This play mode lets you play tracks from up to 3 CDs at random. Y ou can enjoy listening to the tracks in a different order each time. 1 Load CDs. See “Loading CDs” on page 28. 2 Press PLA Y MODE repeatedly to select RANDOM. “RANDOM” appears in the display and the RANDOM indicator lights up. Each t[...]

34 CA-EX90 REPEAT 1 CD REPEAT ALL REPEAT 1 Repeat Play Mode This play mode lets you repeat the current track, the current CD, or all the tracks on all the CDs. 1 Press REPEA T repeatedly to select the repeat mode. Each time you press REPEA T , the repeat modes switch as follows: REPEA T ALL Repeats all the tracks on all CDs. This mode can be select[...]

35 CA-EX90 Introduction This unit incorporates three different timers. Use the remote control for timer settings. The timer can also be used to operate the optional components are connected to this unit. T o operate the optional components using the timer , be sure Compu Link cables are connected between the COMPU LINK-3 jacks on each component. DA[...]

36 CA-EX90 Daily T imer Use the remote control to set this timer . It can be set during either power ON or ST ANDBY . Be sure to set the clock before attempting this operation. 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER to display “DAIL Y”. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER again. “ON” appears in the display . 3 Set the start time (ON). 1 Set the hour . Use +/R or –/L to dis[...]

37 CA-EX90 When CD is selected: 1 Press +/R or –/L repeatedly to select desired disc number , then press SET . 2 Press +/R or –/L repeatedly to select desired track number , then press SET . • Y ou can select any track number from 1 to 20. • Pressing SET without selecting the disc and track numbers starts playback from the first track of th[...]

38 CA-EX90 Recording T imer Use the remote control to set this timer . It can be set during either power ON or ST ANDBY . Be sure to set the clock before attempting this operation. 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER 3 times to display “REC”. 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER again. “ON” appears in the display . 3 Set the start time (ON). 1 Set the hour . Use +/R or –[...]

39 CA-EX90 6 Select the recording component (MD or T APE). Press +/R or –/L so that the desired component is blinking, then press SET . • The blinking component is selected. After SET is pressed, the display shows the start time, the end time, the source, and the volume settings. • If you plan to record while you are away , set the volume to [...]

40 CA-EX90 10 20 30 60 90 120 Sleep T imer Use the remote control to set this timer . 1 Start playing a source. 2 Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the timer . Each time you press SLEEP the timer changes as follows. Setting is complete when the SLEEP indicator stops blinking and lights steadily . When the specified period of time has elapsed, the power[...]

41 CA-EX90 STANDBY XM-EX90 MINIDISC RECORDER DISC LOADING MECHANISM INPUT CD REC REC LEVEL REC PAUSE /CANCEL SAMPLING RATE CONVERTER STANDBY TD-EX90 CASSETTE DECK CD REC REVERSE MODE DOLBY NR REC DOLBY BC REC PAUSE POWER POWER SUBWOOFER VOLUME 12 dB 10 dB 8 dB 6 dB 4 dB 2 dB 0 dB ME-EX90 SUBWOOFER AMPLIFIER SUBWOOFER LEVEL STANDBY PLAY MODE REPEAT [...]

42 CA-EX90 Shortcut Playback (From the RX-EX90 Amplifier/tuner) By simply pressing INPUT of the amplifier/tuner (RX-EX90) to select an input source, the selected source component can automatically be turned on and its playback started. Playing CDs Press INPUT to select “CD”. The CD player is turned on and playback of the CD with the disc number[...]

43 CA-EX90 Shortcut Playback (From a Source Component) By starting playback of a source component , the amplifier/tuner’ s input source is automatically switched to that source and playback can be monitored through it. If playback is started while the amplifier/tuner’ s power is in the ST ANDBY mode, it is also switched ON automatically . CD pl[...]

44 CA-EX90 Remote Control of the Other Optional Components The remote control provided with the units can be used to control the optional components such as the CD player and cassette deck . Operate the remote control by pointing it to the remote sensor of the amplifier/tuner . Controlling the CD player Use the following buttons to remote control t[...]

45 CA-EX90 Program playback of CD 1 While the CD player is in stop mode, press PLA Y MODE of the CD player to “PROGRAM”. 2 Specify the disc number . Press one of CD1, CD 2 and CD 3. 3 Specify a track number using the number buttons. Specify while the display is blinking (for 4 sec.). 4 Program required tracks by repeating steps 2 and 3 for each[...]

46 CA-EX90 Synchronized Recording When recording CD audio onto an MD, CD audio onto a cassette tape or MD audio on a cassette tape, the recording operation can be synchronized with the playback operation. Recording CD audio onto an MD (1: Recording the digital input from the CD player) 1 Prepare the MD recorder . Load a recordable MD (Mini Disc) in[...]

47 CA-EX90 Recording CD audio onto a cassette tape (1) 1 Prepare the cassette deck. Load a tape for use in recording in the cassette deck. 2 Prepare the CD player . Load the CD to be recorded in the CD player . Program tracks as required. 3 Press CD REC of the cassette deck. Synchronized recording starts. • T o stop recording, press & /CANCEL[...]

48 CA-EX90 ACTION • Connect the power . • Refer to “Connections” and make sure all equipment is connected correctly . • Connect the speaker cords. • Disconnect the headphones. • T urn VOLUME to the right. • Make sure both speakers are connected with the correct polarity . • Adjust the balance toward the center . • Make sure the [...]

49 CA-EX90 SYMPTOM CD player Playback is not possible. Sound is intermittent. No sound. Disc tray does not open. CD player does not respond. ACTION • Load a disc (see page 28). • Load the disc so that the label side faces up in the disc tray . • Load the disc so that it lies flat in the disc tray (see page 28). • Press ‹ / 8 . • Load a [...]

50 CA-EX90 Amplifier/tuner (RX-EX90) Output Po wer 20 watts per channel, min. RMS, both channels driv en, into 6 ohms from 70 Hz to 20 kHz, with no more than 0.9% total har monic distor tion. T otal Harmonic Distortion (6 ohms, 1kHz) 0.08% a t 14 watts output (* Measured by JVC Audio Analysis System) Audio Input Sensitivity/Impedance (1 kHz) CD, MD[...]

51 CA-EX90 CD Player (XL-EX90) CD Capacity 3 CDs Dynamic Range 95 dB Signal-T o-Noise Ratio 100 dB W o w And Flutter Unmeasurable General Dimensions 200 × 80 × 310 mm (W/H/D) (7-3/16 × 3-3/16 × 12-1/4 inches) Mass 2.8 kg (6.2 lbs) Power Specifications Po wer Requirements AC 120 V , 60 Hz Power Consumption 8 watts (at operation) 3 watts (in stan[...]

52 CA-EX90 Sophisticated electronic products may require occasional service. Just as quality is a keyword in the engineering and production of the wide array of JVC products, service is the key to maintaining the high level of performance for which JVC is world famous. The JVC service and engineering organization stands behind our products. NATIONA[...]

53 CA-EX90 LIMITED W ARRANTY A UDIO-1 JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period as shown below. (“The Warranty Period.”) THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS[...]

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