JVC CA-MXJE3 manual

COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM MX-JE3 —Consists of CA-MXJE3 and SP-MXJE3 INSTRUCTIONS GVT0145-002A [UE,UY,UW] ACTIVE BASS EXTENSION JE3_Cover[U].fm Page 1 Thursday,January13, 2005 3:31 PM[...]

G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Others Caution–– (STANDBY/ON) button! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The (STANDBY/ON) button in any position does not disconnect the mains line. The power can be remote controlled. CAUTION To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet. 2. D[...]

1 Introduction Precautions Installation • Install the System in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent internal heat buildup in the System. • Install in a place which is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold—between 5°C and 35°C. • Leave sufficient distance between the System and the TV. • Keep the speakers away from the [...]

2 Playable Disc Types In addition to the above discs, this system can play back audio data recorded on CD Text, CD-G (CD Graphics), and CD-Extra. • The following discs cannot be played back: DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-I (CD-I Ready), Photo CD, etc. Playing back these discs will generate noise and damage the speakers. • In this manual, “file?[...]

3 Connections • Connect VIDEO OUT directly to the video input of your TV. Connecting VIDEO OUT to a TV via a VCR may cause a monitor problem when playing back a copy-protected disc. You may also have a monitor problem when connecting the player to an integrated TV/Video system. Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have bee[...]

4 ~ AM/FM antenna To assemble the AM loop antenna To connect AM/FM antenna For better AM/FM reception • Disconnect the supplied FM antenna, and connect to an outdoor FM antenna using a 75 Ω wire with coaxial type connector (IEC or DIN45325). • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cord. [...]

5 ⁄ Front speakers • When connecting the speaker cords, match the polarity of the speaker terminals: (+) to (+) and (–) to (–). • Use only speakers with the same speaker impedance as indicated by the speaker terminals on the rear of the unit . • The speakers are magnetically shielded to avoid color distortions on TVs. However, if not in[...]

6 Display Indication This indications on the display teach you a lot of things while you are operating the system. Before operating the System, be familiar with when and how the indicator illuminates on the display. 1 Level indicator 2 TITLE indicator • Lights to indicate the title number. • Lights to indicate the group title or track title. 3 [...]

7 Daily Operations —Playback ¥ Turn on the power. The STANDBY lamp on the main unit goes off. • Without pressing (STANDBY/ON), the System also turns on by pressing one of the source select buttons in the next step. ø Select the source. Playback automatically starts if the selected source is ready to start playback. • If you press AUX, start[...]

8 Listening to the Radio To select the AM tuner interval spacing Some countries space AM stations 9 kHz apart, and other countries use 10 kHz spacing. You can change the AM tuner intervals during the unit is on standby mode. To select the band (FM/AM) To tune in to a station While FM or AM is selected... Frequency starts changing on the display. Wh[...]

9 Playing Back a Disc Before operating a disc, be familiar how a disc is recorded. • DVD Video comprises of “ Titles ” which includes “ Chapters ,” MP3/WMA comprise of “ Groups ” which includes “ Tracks ,” JPEG comprises of “ Groups ” which includes “ Files ,” and CD/SVCD/VCD comprise of only “ Tracks .” • For JPEG p[...]

10 T o select an item directly You can select a title/chapter/track directly and start playback. For DVD Video, you can select a title before starting playback , while you can select a chapter after starting playback . To play back by using the disc menu You can operate the disc play—DVD and SVCD/VCD with Playback Control (PBC)—using the disc m[...]

11 Playing Back a Tape To insert a tape You can play back type I tapes. • The use of C-120 or longer tape is not recommended. To change the tape running direction (deck B only) To reverse the tape automatically (deck B only) To playback the both decks A and B continuously —Relay Play When the cassettes are set in the both decks... After the tap[...]

12 Daily Operations —Sound&Other Adjustments Adjusting the Volume The volume level can be adjusted in 32 steps (VOLUME MIN, VOLUME 1 – VOLUME 30, and VOLUME MAX). To drop the volume in a moment Reinforcing the Bass Sound To adjust the bass level gradually You can select the bass level from level 0 (minimum) to level 2 (maximum). To reinforc[...]

13 * Surround elements are added to the SEA elements to create being-there feeling in your room. Creating Your Own Sound Modes—User Mode You can create your own Sound Modes to make sounds suit your taste. The changed settings can be stored as the USER 1, USER 2 and USER 3 Modes. 1 Select one of the preset Sound Modes. • If you want to add surro[...]

14 Presetting Automatic DVD Video Sound Increase Level The DVD Video sound is sometimes recorded at a lower level than for other discs and sources. You can set the increase level for the currently loaded DVD Video, so you do not have to adjust the volume when you change the source . As the number increases, sound level also increases. Changing the [...]

15 Setting the Clock Without setting the built-in clock, you cannot use Daily/ Recording Timers (see page 29) and Sleep Timer (see below). • To exit from the clock setting, press CLOCK/TIMER as required. • To go back to the previous step, press CANCEL/DEMO. 1 Activate clock setting mode. • If you have already adjusted the clock before, press [...]

16 Unique DVD/VCD Operations Selecting the Sound Track For DVD Video: While playing back a chapter containing audio languages, you can select the language to listen to. For SVCD/VCD: When playing back a track, you can select the audio channel to play. • You can also select the audio track using the on-screen bar (see page 22). While playing a DVD[...]

17 Selecting the Subtitle Language For DVD Video: While playing back a chapter containing subtitles in different languages, you can select the subtitle language to display on the TV screen. For SVCD: While playing, you can select the subtitles even if no subtitles are recorded on the disc. • You can also select the subtitle language using the on-[...]

18 Slow-motion playback 1 While playing... 2 Select slow motion speed. *Not available for SVCD/VCD. To resume normal playback, press DVD/CD 3 . Zoom 1 While playing back... As the number increases, magnification also increases. 2 Move the zoomed-in position. To cancel zoom, while holding down SHIFT, press ZOOM repeatedly until “ZOOM OFF” appear[...]

19 Advanced Disc Operations Programming the Playing Order —Program Play You can arrange the playing order of the chapters or tracks (up to 99) before you start playback. 1 Before starting playback, activate Program Play. 2 Select chapters or tracks you want for Program Play. • For DVD/MP3/WMA: 1 Select a title or group number. 2 Select a chapte[...]

20 To check the programmed contents Before or after playback... To modify the program Before or after playback... To exit from Program Play Before or after playback... Playing at Random—Random Play You can play the contents of all tracks at random. • Random play cannot be used for some DVDs. 1 Before starting playback, activate Random Play. 2 S[...]

21 Playing Repeatedly • You can also select the repeat mode using the on-screen bar (see page 22). Repeat Play You can repeat playback. • For DVD Video: While playing... • For MP3/WMA: While playing or before playback... • For CD/SVCD/VCD: While playing or before playback (without PBC for SVCD/ VCD)... • For Program Play/Random Play mode:[...]

22 On-Screen Disc Operations On-screen Bar Information You can check the information on disc (except for MP3/ WMA/JPEG disc) and use some functions through the on- screen bar. 3 / 2 / 5 / ∞ ENTER 7 ON SCREEN REPEAT DVD/CD 3 8 ZOOM 2 OFF 1/3 1/3 1/3 TIME 4 TITLE 14 TOT AL 1:25:58 CHAP 23 DVD-VIDEO TITLE 2 TIME OFF CHAP . 1 / 31 / 31 / 1 TOT AL 1:0[...]

23 Operations Using the On-screen Bar Basic operation procedure through the on-screen bar is as follows: Ex.: Selecting a subtitle (French) for DVD Video: While a disc is selected as the source... 1 Display the on-screen bar with the pull-down menu. 2 Select (highlight) the item you want. 3 Display the pop-up window. 4 Select the desired option in [...]

24 4 Select the repeat mode you want. * During Program Play or Random Play, “STEP” appears. 5 Finish the setting. A-B Repeat 1 While playing, display the on-screen bar with the pull- down menu. 2 Select . 3 Display the pop-up window. 4 Select “A-B”. 5 Select the start point (A). • Before pressing ENTER, you can search for the end point us[...]

25 Chapter/Track Search You can search for the chapter (DVD Video) number to play. 1 While playing, display the on-screen bar with the pull- down menu. 2 Select or . 3 Display the pop-up window. 4 Enter the desired chapter/track number. • To correct a misentry, press the 10 keys until the desired number shown in the pop-up window. 5 Finish the se[...]

26 To move the highlight bar between group list and track list To select a group/track in the list To start playback • Once you start playing back a JPEG track, the CONTROL screen goes off. • To cancel slide-show, and display the current still picture, press 8 . To stop playback To repeat slide-show for JPEG Before starting playback... • For [...]

27 Recording Operations Recording on a Tape You can use type I tapes for recording. • To play a tape, see page 11. 1 Insert a recordable cassette in deck B. 2 Check the tape running direction and Reverse Mode settings on the display. To change the direction Change the Reverse mode if necessary AB 7 DISC REC START REC START/STOP REVERSE MODE DUBBI[...]

28 3 Start playing the source—“FM,” “AM,” “DVD/CD,” “TAPE-A” or “AUX.” • When recording a disc, you can also use “Synchronized Disc Recording” (see the right column). 4 Start recording. To stop recording Dubbing Tapes 1 Change the source to TAPE. 2 Insert the source cassette in deck A, and a recordable cassette in deck B[...]

29 Timer Operations Setting the Timer Using Daily Timer, you can wake up with your favorite song. On the other hand, with Recording Timer, you can make a tape of a radio broadcast automatically. • To correct a misentry during the process, press CANCEL/ DEMO. You can return to the previous step. 1 Select one of the timer setting modes—TIMER(ON) [...]

30 3 Turn off the System (on standby) if you have set the timer with the System turned on. To turn off the Timer after the setting is done You can turn off the timer after it has been set. • Since Daily Timer is activated at the same time everyday, you may need to cancel it on some particular days. 1 Select the timer you want to cancel (DAILYTIME[...]

31 Setup Menu Operations Initial Settings Some items in the menus cannot be changed during playback. How to set the Initial settings 1 Press SET UP. 2 Press 3 (or 2 ) to select the menu. 3 Press ∞ (or 5 ) to move to select the item. 4 Press ENTER. 5 Press ∞ (or 5 ) to select the options, then press ENTER. • For settings of the LANGUAGE menu, [...]

32 FILE TYPE You can select the file type to play. AUDIO: To play MP3/WMA files. STILL PICTURE: To play JPEG files. Item Contents AUDIO menu Item Contents DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT Set this item correctly when using the OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT terminal on the rear. PCM ONLY: When connecting to audio equipment which can decode only linear PCM signals. DOL[...]

33 Operating the TV Operating TV You can operate the JVC’s TV using this remote control. To operate the TV TV/VIDEO TV POWER SHIFT TV VOLUME + / - TV CHANNEL + / - Remote control T o turn on or off the TV : T o select the input mode (either TV or VIDEO): T o adjust TV volume: T o select the TV channel: (holding then...) (holding then...) (holding[...]

34 Additional Information Learning More about This System Introduction (see pages 1 and 2) Playable Disc Types: • If you play back an NTSC disc with the video output selector set to “PAL,” you can watch the playback pictures (the disc will be reproduced using “PAL 60” format), but the TV screen may roll over upward and downward rapidly. ?[...]

35 Operations on the CONTROL Screen: • For JPEG files playback... – It is recommended that you record a file at 640 x 480 resolution. (If a file has been recorded at a resolution of more than 640 x 480, it will take a long time to be shown.) – This System can play only baseline JPEG files*. Progressive JPEG files* or lossless JPEG files* cann[...]

36 Maintenance To get the best performance of the System, keep your discs, tapes, and mechanism clean. Handling discs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly. • Do not touch the shiny surface of the disc, or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case after use to prevent warping. ?[...]

37 Troubleshooting If you are having a problem with your System, check this list for a possible solution before calling for service. General: Adjustments or settings are suddenly canceled before you finish. ] There is a time limit. Repeat procedure again. Operations are disabled. ] The built-in microprocessor may malfunction due to external electri[...]

38 Language Code List Country/Area codes list for Parental Lock √ AA Afar FA Persian KM Cambodian OM (Afan) Oromo SU Sundanese AB Abkhazian FI Finnish KN Kannada OR Oriya SV Swedish AF Afrikaans FJ Fiji KO Korean (KOR) PA Panjabi SW Swahili AM Ameharic FO Faroese KS Kashmiri PL Polish TA Tamil AR Arabic FY Frisian KU Kurdish PS Pashto, Pushto TE [...]

39 Specifications Amplifier section Output Power: 80 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 6 Ω at 1 kHz with no more than 10% total harmonic distortion. Digital output: OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT: –21 dBm to –15 dBm (660 nm ±30 nm) Audio input sensitivity/Impedance (Measured at 1 kHz, with tape recording signal 300 mV) AUX: 300 mV/47 k Ω VIDEO [...]

40 OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT Signals • For a DVD VIDEO without content protection set, there is a 20 bit or 24 bit output at the digital audio output terminal. Playback disc DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT STREAM/PCM DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM PCM ONLY 48 kHz, 16/20/24 bits Linear PCM DVD VIDEO 96 kHz linear PCM DVD VIDEO 48 kHz, 16 bits stereo linear PCM DTS DVD VIDEO[...]

41 Parts Index Remote control Main unit Button Page 5 / 2 / 3 / ∞ /ENTER o 10, 14, 20, 23, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33 4 / ¢ 8 8, 10, 13, 15, 20 1 / ¡ f 8, 9, 11 7 s 9, 10, 11, 20 8 d 9, 17, 20, 26 3D PHONIC 9 13 10 keys 1 8, 10, 19, 24, 25, 32 ACTIVE BASS LEVEL +/– p 12 ANGLE 1 17 A UDIO 1 16 AUX 7 7 CANCEL 1 20 DIMMER u 14 DVD LEVEL e 14 DVD/CD 3 5 [...]

42 V O L U M E OPEN / CLOSE PRESET SOUND MODE SOUND TURBO STANDBY ACTIVE BASS EXTENSION PHONES TUNING SET / DISPLAY CANCEL / DEMO CLOCK / TIMER 3D PHONIC DVD LEVEL REVERSE MODE PLAY REC / PLAY AUX PUSH OPEN 0 0 PUSH OPEN COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM MX-JE3 DISC SYNCHRO RECORDING FULL-LOGIC CONTROL AB AUX FM / AM DVD / CD TAPE-A T APE-B CD-R/RW PLAYBACK[...]

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AM EXT AM LOOP FM (75 ) COAXIAL VIDEO S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT NTSC PAL ANTENNA RL VOLT AGE SELECTOR OPTICAL DIGITAL OUTPUT CAUTION: SPEAKERS IMPEDANCE 6 Ω –1 6 Ω VOL T AGE SELECTOR When your mains (AC) line voltage is 220 V VOL T AGE SELECTOR When your mains (AC) line voltage is 230-240 V VOL T AGE SELECTOR When your mains (AC) line voltage is 1 10[...]