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    MX-GB5 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM SISTEMAS DE COMPONENTES COMPACTOS SISTEMA DE COMPONENTE COMPACTO MX-GB5 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS SAM LVT1188-007A [UW] English Espa ñ ol Portugu ê s MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES INSTRU ÇÕ ES SP-MXGB5 SP-MXGB5 CA-MXGB5 — Consists of CA-MXGB5 and SP-MXGB5 — Consta de CA-MXGB5 y SP-MXGB5 — Consiste em [...]

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    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. Precaución –– Interruptor STANDBY/ON! Desconectar el cable de alimentación para desactivar la alimentación totalmente. Cualquier que sea la[...]

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    G-2 1 cm 1 cm 15 cm 15 cm 15 cm 15 cm 15 cm 10 cm Caution: Pr oper V entilation T o a void risk of electric shock and fire, and to pre vent damage, locate the appar atus as follo ws: 1 F ront: No obstructions and open spacing. 2 Sides/ T op/ Bac k: No obstructions should be placed in the areas shown by the dimensions belo w . 3 Bottom: Place on the[...]

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    1 English Introduction About This Manual This manual is org anized as follows: • The manual mainly explains operations using the b uttons and controls on the unit. Y ou can also use the b uttons on the remote contr ol if they hav e the same or similar names (or marks) as those on the unit. If operation using the r emote control is differ ent from[...]

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    2 English Contents Location of the Buttons and Controls ....................... 3 Front Panel ................................................................. 3 Remote Control .......................................................... 5 Getting Started ............................................................ 6 Unpacking .......................[...]

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    3 English Location of the Buttons and Controls Become familiar with the b uttons and controls on your unit. Front Panel y u ; a s d f o i 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 p q 4 5 w e r t EN_MXGB5[UW]_01-08.p65 04.3.17, 5:40 PM 3[...]

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    4 English See pages in the parentheses for details. Front Panel 1 ST ANDBY/ON button (9, 24, 25) 2 Standby lamp (9) 3 Carrousel 4 Display windo w 5 Remote sensor (5) 6 REC ST AR T/STOP button (21) CD REC ST AR T button (22) DUBBING button (22) 7 REC lamp (21, 22) SOUND MODE lamp (11) RHYTHM AX lamp (10) 8 REPEA T button (9, 13, 15, 19) PR OGRAM (MP[...]

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    5 English Remote Control Remote Control 1 BEEP ON/OFF button (11) 2 SLEEP button (25) 3 Number buttons (12, 16) 4 T APE A 3 (play) button (10, 20) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit. 5 V OLUME + button (10) 6 FM/AM button (10, 12) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit. 7 A UX button (10) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit[...]

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    6 English FM [75 ] ANTENNA AM 1 Attach the FM antenna to the FM [75 Ω ] coaxial terminal. 2 Extend the FM antenna. 3 F asten it up in the position which gives y ou the best reception, then f ix it on the wall, etc. About the supplied FM antenna The FM antenna supplied with this unit can be used as temporary measure. If reception is poor , you can[...]

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    7 English 1 Pr ess and hold the clamp of the AM terminal on the r ear of the unit. 2 Insert the end of the AM loop antenna cord into the terminal. • If the AM loop antenna wire is covered with vinyl, r emove the vin yl by twisting it as sho wn in the diagram. 3 Release the f inger from the clamp. 4 T urn the AM loop antenna until y ou hav e the b[...]

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    8 English Connecting Other Equipment Y ou can connect audio equipment—used only as a playback device. • DO NO T connect any equipment while the po wer is on. • DO NO T plug in any equipment until all connections are complete. T o connect audio equipment For playing the other equipment thr ough this unit, connect between the audio output jack [...]

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    9 English Common Operations T urning On or Off the Power T o turn on the unit, press ST ANDBY/ON so that the standby lamp goes of f. T o turn off the unit (on standby), press ST ANDBY/ON again so that the standby lamp lights up. A little power is al ways consumed e ven while the unit is on standby . T o switch off the power supply completely , unpl[...]

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    10 English Reinforcing the Bass Sound This function only af fects the playback sound, not your recording. Press do wn the SUBWOOFER LEVEL +/– control to incr ease the subwoofer sound or up the control to decr ease it. • The subwoofer le vel can be adjusted in 3 steps (LEVEL 1 — LEVEL 3). If you press do wn the control to increase the le vel b[...]

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    11 English Selecting the Sound Modes This function only af fects the playback sound, not your recording. Y ou can select one of the 6 preset sound modes (3 surround modes and 3 SEA—Sound Ef fect Amplifier—modes). T o select the sound modes, press up the SOUND MODE control repeatedly until the sound mode you want appears on the display . • The[...]

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    12 English Listening to the Radio On the unit ONL Y : 1 T une in to the station y ou want to preset (in this example, of FM 87.50). • See “Tuning in to a Station—Auto Search. ” 2 Press SET/DISPLA Y . 3 Press PRESET + or PRESET – to select a preset number . 4 Press SET/DISPLA Y again. The tuned station in step 1 is stored in the preset num[...]

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    13 English Playing Back CDs This unit has been designed to playback the follo wing CDs: • Audio CD • CD-R (CD-Recordable) • CD-R W (CD-ReWritable) • MP3 disc (MP3 f iles recorded on a CD-R or CD-R W) * When playing a CD-R or CD-R W • User -edited CD-Rs (CD-Recordable) and CD-R Ws (CD-ReWritable) can be played back when they are already ?[...]

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    14 English • Each time you pr ess the b utton, the indication on the display changes as follo ws: * See page 19. 3 Pr ess one of the disc number b uttons (CD1, CD2 or CD3) f or the disc y ou want to start to play fr om. CD play starts from the f irst track of the selected disc. • Pressing CD 6 instead of the disc number buttons starts playing b[...]

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    15 English One Disc play When 2 or 3 CDs are loaded on the disc trays, you can select one particular disc to be played back. On the unit ONL Y : 1 Load CDs. • If the current playing source is not the CD player , press CD 6 , then 7 before going to the next step. 2 Pr ess REPEA T re peatedly so that the 1 DISC indicator lights up on the display . [...]

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    16 English For MP3 disc: When the MP3 playback mode is the TRA CK mode (See also page 17.) Press ¢ or 4 before or during playback. • ¢ : Skips to the beginning of the next or succeeding tracks. • 4 : Goes back to the beginning of the current or pre vious tracks. When using the remote control, press ¢ / ¡ or 4 / 1 . If you pr ess ¢ or 4 (or[...]

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    17 English T urning On or Off the Resume Play for MP3 Disc For MP3 disc, this unit can store the number of the track that you hav e stopped playback. By pressing CD 6 , you can start playback again from the beginning of the same track — Resume play . Y ou can turning on and off the resume play for MP3 discs. On the unit ONL Y : Press PR OGRAM bef[...]

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    18 English Programming the Playing Order of the T racks —–Program Play Y ou can arrange the order in which the tracks play before you start playing. Y ou can pro gram up to 32 tracks. • T o use Repeat play (see page 19) for Program play , pr ess REPEA T after starting Program play . Playback and recording f or Program play ar e not availa ble[...]

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    19 English Playing at Random —– Random Play The tracks of the selected CD will play at random. • T o use Random play , you ha ve to cancel Program pla y . On the unit ONL Y : 1 Load a CD . 2 Pr ess one of the disc number b uttons (CD1, CD2, and CD3) f or the disc y ou want to play , then press 7 . 3 Pr ess RANDOM so that “RANDOM” appears [...]

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    20 English Playing Back T apes Playing Back a T ape 1 Pr ess 0 for the deck y ou want to use. 2 Put a cassette in, with the exposed part of the tape down and the side y ou want to play facing front. • Y ou can play bac k onl y type I tapes. 3 Close the cassette holder gently . 4 Pr ess T APE A 3 3 3 3 3 f or the deck A or T APE B 3 3 3 3 3 fo r t[...]

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    21 English Recording a T ape on Deck B On the unit ONL Y : 1 Press 0 f or deck B. 2 Put a recordable cassette in, with the e xposed part of the tape down and the side y ou want to record facing fr ont. 3 Close the cassette holder gently . 4 Start playing the source—FM, AM, CD player or auxiliary equipment connected to A UX IN jack. • For duplic[...]

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    22 English CD Synchronized Recording Y ou can easily r ecord a CD onto a tape. • This function does not work for MP3 discs. When recording an MP3 disc onto a tape, see “Recording a T ape on Deck B” on page 21. • Y ou can also r ecord the tracks in the order you ha ve made the program. Playback and recording f or Program play ar e not a vail[...]

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    23 English 2 Press CLOCK/TIMER again. “ON TIME” appears for 2 seconds, then the unit enters on-time setting mode. 3 Set the on-time y ou want the unit to turn on. 1) Press ¢ or 4 to set the hour , then press SET/DISPLA Y . 2) Press ¢ or 4 to set the minute, then press SET/DISPLA Y . “OFF TIME” appears for 2 seconds, then the unit enters o[...]

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    24 English 6 Select the preset station number . Press ¢ or 4 to select the preset station number , then press SET/DISPLA Y . The unit enters volume setting mode. 7 Pr ess ¢ or 4 to set the volume le vel. • Y ou can select the volume le vel from V OL MIN, V OL 1 — V OL 30, and V OL MAX. 8 Pr ess SET/DISPLA Y to complete the Daily Timer setting[...]

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    25 English 4 Set the on-time y ou want the unit to tur n on. 1) Press ¢ or 4 to set the hour , then press SET/DISPLA Y . 2) Press ¢ or 4 to set the minute, then press SET/DISPLA Y . “OFF TIME” appears f or 2 seconds, then the unit enters of f- time setting mode. 5 Set the off-time y ou want the unit to tur n off (on standby). 1) Press ¢ or 4[...]

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    26 English Maintenance T o get the best performance of the unit, keep your discs, tapes, and mechanism clean. Handling cassette tapes • If the tape is loose in its cassette, take up the slack by inserting a pencil in one of the reels and rotating. • If the tape is loose, it may get stretched, cut, or caught in the cassette. • Be careful not t[...]

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    27 English Action Press CANCEL/DEMO on the unit. (See page 8.) Check all connections and make corrections. (See pages 6 to 8.) • Reconnect the antennas correctly and securely . • Change the position and direction of the AM loop antenna. • Extend the FM antenna at the best position. Clean or replace the disc. (See page 26.) • Plug the AC po [...]

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    28 English Specifications Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. Amplifier section—CA-MXGB5 Output Po wer SUBWOOFERS : 120 W per c hannel, min. RMS, driv en into 6 Ω at 63 Hz with no more than 10% total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3) MAIN SPEAKERS : 60 W per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 4 Ω at 1 kHz with no more t[...]

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    VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED MX COMP SISTEM SISTEM MX-GB5 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM © 2004 Victor Company of Japan, Limited EN, SP, PR 0404TMMMDWSAM VOL TAGE SETTING 220 127 110 240 230 - VOL T AGE SETTING 220 127 110 240 230 - IMPORTANT for mains (AC) line BEFORE PLUGGING IN, do check that your mains (AC) line voltage corresponds with the posi[...]