JVC CATD77 manuale d’uso

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Warnings, Cautions and Others / Warnung, Achtung und sonstige Hinweise /Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses /Waarschuwingen, voorzor gen en andere mededelingen/Avisos, precauciones y otras notas / A vvertenze e precauzioni da osservare IMPORT ANT for the U .K. DO NO T cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted i[...]

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1 English Thank you for purchasing the JVC Compact Component System. W e hope it will be a valued addition to your home, gi ving you years of enjoyment. Be sure to read this instruction manual carefully before operating your ne w stereo system. Here you will find all the infor ma tion you need to set up and use the system. For questions tha t ar e [...]

2 English T able of Contents Features .............................................................................. 1 Ho w This Manual Is Organiz ed ......................................... 1 IMPOR T ANT CA UTIONS ............................................... 1 Getting Started ........................................................ 3 Accessori[...]

3 English Getting Star ted Accessories Check that you ha ve all of the following items, which are supplied with the System. AM (MW/L W) Loop Antenna (1) Remote Control (1) Batteries (2) FM W ire Antenna (1) External W ire (1) If any of these items is missing, contact your dealer immediately . How T o Put Batteries In the Remote Contr ol Match the p[...]

4 English CAUTION: Make all connections before plugging the Unit into an AC power outlet. Connecting the System Contr ol Cor d Connect the components exactly as illustr ated below . RIGHT VCR TV SOUND VCR ANTENNA CONNECTOR GND FM 75 COAXIAL AM LOOP GND AM EXT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT IN (PLAY) OUT (REC) SPEAKERS SPEAKERS A SPEAKERS B CONNECTOR DI[...]

5 English ANTENNA FM (75 ) FM AM LOOP GND AM EXT CAUTION: Make all connections before plugging the Unit into an AC power outlet. Connecting the FM Antenna CAUTION: T o avoid noise, keep antennas away from metallic parts of the System, connecting cord and the AC power cord. Connecting the AM (MW/L W) Antenna Note: Even w hen connecting an outside AM[...]

6 English CAUTION: Make all connections before plugging the Unit into an AC power outlet. Connecting the Speakers Please refer to instructions for speakers as well when you connect speakers. For eac h speaker connect one end of the speaker wire to the speaker terminals on the back of the System and one end to the speaker . 1. Open each ter minal. 2[...]

7 English Connecting the MD Player Y ou can use a digital fiber-optic cable to connect the MD Pla yer for recording CDs. Remo ve the cap from the DIGIT AL OUT OPTICAL terminal and connect the digital fiber -optic cable. (Not supplied.) Now you can plug the AC power cor d into the wall outlet, and your System is at your command! DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL [...]

8 English COMPU PLA Y COMPU PLA Y is JVC’ s feature that lets you control the most frequently used functions of the System with a single touch. One T ouch Oper ation starts playing a CD, turns on the radio, plays a tape, etc. with a single press of the play b utton for that function. What One T ouch Operation does for you is to turn the power on,[...]

9 English CANCEL T o correct a mistake: Repeat the procedure from step 1 after pressing the ENTER ke y . T o correct a setting during the procedure, press the CANCEL key to go back to the pre vious setting item. Note: If you try to select D AIL Y or REC without first setting the clock, “CLOCK” and “ ADJUST” are displayed alternately on the [...]

10 English Common Operations T urning the Power On and Off T urning the System On —————————————————— Pr ess the button. The display comes on and the ST ANDBY indica tor goes out. The System comes on ready to continue in the mode it w as in w hen the power w as last turned off. T urning the System Off ————[...]

11 English Adjusting the V olume Using the Unit T o increase the volume, press the right side of the V OLUME button .T o decrease the v olume, press the left side of the V OLUME button . Using the Remote Control T o increase the volume, press the up side of the V OLUME button .T o decr ease the volume, press the down side of the V OLUME button . Pr[...]

12 English S.E.A. Mode The System has some preset sound ef f ects that gi ve you control of the way your music sounds, so you can tailor it for your room and for the quality of the source. W e can g i ve you some idea of how each one af fects the music, b ut the only way to really tell is to try them yourself. Y ou can also create up to three of yo[...]

13 English 4. Adjust the level of the low (LOW), middle (MID), or high (HIGH) tones. Using the Unit 1. Select the “LOW”, “MID”, or “HIGH” tone ranges by adjusting the cursor keys left and right ( 4 or ¢ ). The display changes with each press of the cursor keys as sho wn below . + Press the left ( 4 ) cursor key Ô LOW Ô MID Ô HIGH Ô[...]

14 English Using the Surr ound Pr ocessor The Built-in surr ound pr ocessor pr ovides three types of the surr ound modes — JVC’ s 3D-PHONIC mode, DAP (Digital Acoustic Pr ocessor ) mode, and Dolby Pr o Logic mode. On JVC’ s 3D-PHONIC Mode ——— JVC’ s 3D-PHONIC mode gives you such a nearly surround ef fect as it is r eproduced through t[...]

15 English When the System is being used, the display shows other items as well. Howe ver , we have onl y shown the items described in this section. COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM EX-TD77R STANDBY PHONES SEA MENU CANCEL SET ENTER FM/AM TV SOUND/VCR VOLUME STANDBY/ON DISPLAY MODE PTY SEARCH TA/NEWS /INFO EON ON/OFF 3D-PHONIC S. A. BASS RDS CONTROL PLAY MO[...]

16 English 4. Select and play a sound source which was processed with Dolby Surround and is labeled with mark. The effect le vel can be stored for each mode. Y ou can select the 3D-PHONIC mode by pressing the 3D-PHONIC button on the Unit. Note: The 3D-PHONIC mode is not used with other sur r ound modes. When the 3D-PHONIC mode is turned on, the oth[...]

17 English Playing the Sour ce Using Dolby Pro Logic Mode Pr eparing the Dolby Pro Logic Reproduction ——————— For connecting the dia gr am, See page 6 ‘ ‘F or Dolby Pro Logic Re production’ ’. T o use the Dolby Pro Logic mode, you need to prepare the various settings as follo ws: Center Speaker Mode Center Speaker mode contain[...]

18 English Perform the steps belo w using the buttons on the Remote Control. 1. Press the SURROUND CONTROL button. 2. Press the PRO LOGIC button. “PRO LOGIC” appears on the display and the SURROUND indicator lights up. 3. Select the desired Center Speaker mode. Press the CENTER MODE button. T he display c hanges with each press of the button, a[...]

19 English Using the Dolby Pr o Logic ————————————————— 1. Pr ess the SURROUND CONTROL button. 2. Pr ess the PRO LOGIC button to light the SURROUND indicator on the display . “PR O LOGIC” appears on the display . 3. Start playback from the desir ed source. Enjo y the g reat sound of the Dolby surround processor[...]

20 English FM/AM TUNER Using the T uner COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM EX-TD77R STANDBY SEA MENU CANCEL SET ENTER FM/AM TV SOUND/VCR VOLUME STANDBY/ON PHONES DISPLAY MODE PTY SEARCH TA/NEWS /INFO EON ON/OFF 3D-PHONIC S. A. BASS SET ENTER Cursor keys RDS CONTROL PLAY MODE REPEAT CANCEL SLEEP DISC 3 DISC 2 DISC 1 FM MODE MUTE TAPE DIRECTION TAPE DISPLAY TV[...]

21 English Selecting a radio station ————————————————— Manual T uning Press the up and do wn cur sor ke ys ( ¡ or 1 ) to select the frequency . T he frequency changes in one step increments. “TUNED” appears on the display when a signal is found. Press the up cursor ke y ( ¡ ) to increase the frequency and the[...]

22 English Receiving FM Stations with RDS RDS (Radio Data System) is a broadcasting service which a gro wing number of FM sta tions are now pro viding. It allows the FM stations to send additional signals along with their regular progr amme signals. For e xample, the stations send their station names and information about what type of programme the[...]

23 English 33 3 3 Changing the Display ——————————————————— Y ou can see RDS information on the display . T o view RDS information on the display , press the DISPLA Y MODE button. (When using the Remote Control, press the RDS DISPLA Y MODE button after pressing the RDS CONTR OL button.) Each time you press the b[...]

24 English TAPE TUNED STEREO AUTO [ TA NEWS INFO ] 12 34 56 78 9 10 11 12 14 13 15 16 MHz CH TA/NEWS /INFO 3. Press the PTY SELECT – 4 1 or ¡ ¢ PTY SELECT + button to choose a PTY . • T he programme type display changes with each press of the PTY SELECT button as sho wn below . + Press the PTY SELECT – 4 1 button Ô TRAFFIC Ô NEWS Ô INFO [...]

25 English 2. Preset stations are being searched for and while preparing to change the station, sound will be muted. 3. The station will be changed and the programme type being recei ved will appear on the display . • When using the DISPLA Y MODE button to change the display , use the appropriate setting for the type of display . Notes: • EON b[...]

26 English Using the CD Player DISC button indicator The buttons DISC 1, DISC 2, and DISC 3 act as indicators for the corresponding trays. This indicator is of f when the CD Player is checking that there is no disc in the disc tray for the selected disc number . Pressing the 0 b utton turns the indicator on. Disc display A disc mark er lights on th[...]

27 English The System’ s CD Player has an Automatic Changer with 3 disc trays. Y ou can use Continuous, Random, Program or Repeat Play for the discs in DISC 1, DISC 2 and DISC 3. Repeat Play can repeat all the tracks on all the CD’ s, the tracks on one of the CD’ s or one track on one CD. T here is also the T r ay Lock function, which safely [...]

28 English 3. Push the disc tray for DISC 3 to the back. Push the disc tray gently to the back using the finger hold on the front right of the tray . The disc tray for DISC 2 will appear belo w the disc tray for DISC 3. • T ake care not to touch an y CDs in the lower trays when pushing the disc tray into the Unit. • If excessive f orce is appli[...]

29 English T o Play a Disc ——————————————————————— This function plays the disc in the Unit continuously , and lights the “CONTINUE” indicator . 1. Pr epare the discs. 2. Pr ess the DISC (1-3) button on the Unit or the Remote Control you want to play . The f irst trac k of the selected disc will beg[...]

30 English T o Select a Passage Within a T rack ———————————— Pr ess the up or down cursor key continuously while a CD is playing. Pressing the up ( ¡ ) cursor key adv ances the CD rapidly , pressing the down ( 1 ) cursor key plays the CD backwards r a pidly . Release the cursor ke y at the point at which you wish to resume [...]

31 English 5. Pr ess the cursor key to the up or down ( ¡ or 1 ) to select the disc. The display changes to the Program Entry display and the disc number and track number sections blink for a fe w seconds. The menu display changes with each press of the cursor ke ys as shown below . + Press the up ( ¡ ) cursor key 1 Ô 2 Ô 3 Press the down ( 1 )[...]

32 English o If you try to program a 33rd track, the System lets you kno w that the program is full by displaying the message “FULL” on the display . o If you try to program a disc tray that is empty , or a track number that does not exist on a disc (for example, selecting track 14 on a disc that only has 12 tracks), the selected disc or track [...]

33 English 5. Pr ess the 3 or CD button. The tracks are played in random order . When all of the tracks hav e been played, the CD Player stops. Using the Remote Control 1. Pr ess the PLA Y MODE button to select RANDOM. “RANDOM” lights up on the display . The display changes with each press of the PLA Y MODE b utton as shown. = CONTINUE = PROGRA[...]

34 English Using the Remote Control Press the REPEA T button. The display changes with each press of the button, as sho wn below . = ALL = 1 CD = 1 = OFF = (bac k to the beginning) o “REPEA T ALL” and “REPEA T 1” remain on the display even w hen you c hange the CD play mode. o The three Repeat Modes abov e can be selected during Continuous [...]

35 English Using the Cassette Deck (Listening to a T ape) T APE button Press this to select the Cassette Deck as the playback source. T he button indica- tor lights up and the 2 and 3 , b uttons and the cursor ke ys operate in Cassette Deck control mode. T APE button and T APE CONTROL button Press the T APE or T APE CONTR OL button to switch the Re[...]

36 English Regular Play If the po wer is already on, y ou can use this basic procedure: 1. Press the 0 button. “OPEN” appears on the display and the T ape T ray opens. 2. Inser t a tape into the T ape T ray with the tape head at the back. 3. Press the 0 button again. “CLOSE” appears on the display and the T ape T ray closes. 4. Press the T [...]

37 English Fast Forward and Rewind ————————————————— Press the ¡ or 1 cursor key . o When the T ape Direction indicator sho ws 3 , the tape fast forwards when you press the ¡ key and re winds when y ou press the 1 key . o When the T ape Direction indicator sho ws 2 , the tape rewinds when you press the ¡ key and[...]

38 English Using the Cassette Deck (Recor ding) Recording onto a cassette from an y of the sound sour ces is simple. Just place a tape in the T a pe T ray , ha ve the source ready , make one or two settings, and you’ re ready to record. For each source the procedure is a little dif ferent and now we’ll e xplain just what to do for each one. If [...]

39 English Standar d Recording This is the basic method for recording an y source. The System also has special ways for recording CD to tape which sav e you time and effort, as well as gi ve you some special eff ects. Howev er, when y ou need to add a selection to a tape you hav e made, or are combining selections from several sources on one ta pe,[...]

40 English CD Dir ect Recording Ev erything on the CD goes onto the ta pe in the order it is on the CD, or according to the order you ha ve set in a program. 1. Prepare CDs. (See page 27.) Check that the CD Player is not playing a CD. • Set the source to CD. 2. Inser t a cassette into the T ape T ray to record on. When you want to record on both [...]

41 English 5. Pr ess the cursor key up or down ( ¡ or 1 ) and select the disc. The display changes with each press of the cursor ke ys as shown belo w . + Press the down ( 1 ) cursor key 3 Ô 2 Ô 1 Press the up ( ¡ ) cursor key = • If you press the DISC (1-3) buttons instead of pressing the up or do wn ( ¡ or 1 ) cursor keys, y ou can select [...]

42 English Using the Timer The timers lets you control recording and listening functions automatically . Three types of timers are a vailable: o DAIL Y T imer — Use this timer to set wake up e veryday to music from any source, instead of an alarm clock. o ONCE REC (Recording) Timer — Unattended recording of radio broadcasts. Y ou can set the st[...]

43 English 2. Pr ess the SET button. The display changes to the On T ime display . 3. Set the On Time. 1. Set the hour by pressing the 4 or ¢ cursor key . Pressing the ¢ cursor k ey increases the hour , and pressing the 4 cursor key decreases it. Pressing do wn either of these cursor keys adjusts the setting continuously until the key is released[...]

44 English 6. Press the SET button. Proceed to step 6 . T o use a Cassette Deck as the source 1. Press the left or right cursor key ( 4 or ¢ ) until “T APE” blinks on the display . 2. Press the SET button. Proceed to step 6 . T o Use the current sour ce as the playback source: 1. Press the left or right cursor key ( 4 or ¢ ) until “– – [...]

45 English T o T ur n the DAIL Y Timer On Again 1. Pr ess the MENU button. “D AIL Y” appears on the display and the D AIL Y indicator in the “TIMER” section of the menu display blinks. 2. Pr ess the SET button. 3. Pr ess the ENTER button. The D AIL Y indicator in the TIMER section of the menu changes from a blinking display to a steady disp[...]

46 English Befor e the Timer Star ts o Check that tape direction is correct. This is important especially when Rev erse Mode is off. o Set Re verse Mode on if you want to record on both sides of the tape. o The V OLUME control is automatically set to 0 when ONCE REC T imer is recording. It is very easy , and can be very disappointing, to for get to[...]

47 English Setting the SLEEP Timer Use the Sleep Timer to turn the Unit of f after a certain number of minutes when it is playing. By setting this timer , you can fall asleep to music and kno w your Unit will turn off by itself rather than play all night. o Y ou can only set the Sleep T imer when the Unit is on and a source is playing. T o set the [...]

48 English Using the VCR TV SOUND/VCR button and VCR CONTROL button Press the TV SOUDN/VCR or VCR CONTR OL button to switch the Remote Control to VCR control mode. Y ou can then use the 4 1 , ¡ ¢ , 7 , 3 , REC P A USE, and Number keys to control the VCR. Y ou can use either VCR or TV as a source for System. (See page 7 for connecting diagrams.) O[...]

49 English Listening to a JVC VCR —————————————————— 1. Set the VOLUME contr ol to 0. 2. Pr ess the TV SOUND/VCR button. The TV SOUND/VCR b utton light comes on. When you press the TV SOUND/VCR b utton on the Remote Control , sets the System’ s source to VCR and switches the Remote Control to VCR Control mode. [...]

50 English Car e And Maintenance Compact Discs Handle your compact discs, cassette tapes, and Cassette Deck carefully , and they will last a long time. • Remov e the CD fr om the case by holding it at the edges while pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touch the shiny surface of the CD, or bend the CD. • Put the CD back in its case af[...]

51 English T r oubleshooting • If you are having a problem with your System, check this list for a possible solution before calling for service . • If you cannot solve the problem from the hints gi ven here, or the Unit has been physically damaged, call a qualified per son, s uch as your dealer , for service. Symptom No sound is heard. Unable t[...]

52 English Specifications Amplifier/T uner Section Amplifier Output Power SPEAKERS A (IEC 268-3/DIN) (Main) 20 watts per channel, min. RMS, both channels dri ven, into 6 ohms at 1 kHz with no more than 0.9% total harmonic distortion. SPEAKERS B (Subwoofer) 30 watts per channel, min. RMS, both channels dri ven, into 3 ohms at 80 Hz, with no more tha[...]

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