JVC RX-668RBK manual

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. LVT0142-004A [E] RX-668RBK INSTR UCTIONS BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES ISTRUZIONI ON SCREEN SLEEP[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/W arnung, Achtung und sonstige Hinweise/ Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses/W aarschuwingen, voorzorgen en andere mededelingen/A visos, precauciones y otras notas/ A vvertenze e precauzioni da osservare IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted i[...]

G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oide risk of electr ic shock and fire and to protect from damage . Locate the apparatus as follows: Front: No obstructions open spacing. Sides: No obstructions in 10 cm from the sides. T op: No obstructions in 10 cm from the top. Back: No obstructions in 15 cm from the back Bottom: No obstructions, place on t[...]

1 English T able of Contents Using the DSP Modes ................................ 17 A v ailable DSP Modes According to the Speaker Arrangement .. 18 Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes .......................................... 19 Adjusting the D AP Modes ....................................................... 19 Adjusting the Surround Modes — Dolby S[...]

2 English Par ts Identification Become familiar with the buttons and controls on the receiver before use. Refer to the pages in parentheses for details. Front Panel 1 ST ANDBY/ON button and ST ANDBY lamp (8) 2 RDS operation buttons (14) PTY SEARCH, DISPLA Y MODE, EON, T A/ NEWS/INFO 3 Display (8) 4 SURR OUND button (19) 5 ONE T OUCH OPERA TION butt[...]

3 English ANTENNA AM EXT AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 C O A X IA L AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 C O A X IA L Getting Star ted This section explains how to connect audio/video components and speakers to the receiver , and how to connect the power supply . Before Installation General • Be sure your hands are dry . • T urn th[...]

4 English AM (MW/LW) Antenna Connections AM (MW/LW) Loop Antenna Snap the tabs on the loop into the slots of the base to assemble the AM (MW/L W) loop. Basic connecting procedur e 1 Cut, twist and r emove the insulation at the end of each speaker signal cable. 2 Open the terminal and then insert the speaker signal cable. 3 Close the terminal. Conne[...]

5 English Connecting the subwoofer speaker Y ou can enhance the bass by connecting a subwoofer . Connect the input jack of a powered subw oofer to the SUBWOOFER OUT jack on the rear panel, using a cable with RCA pin plugs. Powered subwoofer SUBWOOFER OUT Connecting Audio/Video Components Y ou can connect the follo wing audio/video components to thi[...]

6 English Video component connections Use the cables with RCA pin plugs (not supplied). Connect the white plug to the audio left jack, the red plug to the audio right jack, and the yellow plug to the video jack. If D VD player and TV ha ve S-video (Y/C-separation) terminals, connect them using S-video cables (not supplied). Connecting these video c[...]

7 English Connecting the Power Cord Before plugging the receiv er into an A C outlet, make sure that all connections hav e been made. Plug the power cord into an A C outlet. K ee p the po wer cord away from the connecting cables and the antenna. The po wer cord may cause noise or screen interference. W e recommend that you use a coaxial cable to co[...]

8 English Basic Operations The following operations are commonly used when you play any sound source. T urning the Power On and Off (Standby) On the front panel: T o turn on the power , press ST ANDBY/ON . The ST ANDBY lamp goes off. The name of the current source (or station frequency) appears on the display . T o turn off the power (into standby [...]

9 English VOLUME Adjusting the V olume On the front panel: T o increase the volume, turn MASTER V OLUME clockwise. T o decrease the volume, turn it counterclockwise. • When you turn MASTER V OLUME rapidly , the volume le vel also changes rapidly . • When you turn MASTER V OLUME slowly , the volume le vel also changes slo wly . Fr om the r emote[...]

10 English Attenuating the Input Signal When the input le vel of the playing source is too high, the sounds will be distorted. If this happens, you need to attenuate the input signal lev el to prev ent the sound distortion. On the front panel ONL Y : Press INPUT A TT . so that the lamp next to the button lights up. The A TT indicator also lights up[...]

11 English Basic Settings Some of the following settings are required after connecting and positioning your speakers in your listening room, while others will make operations easier . 3. Pr ess cursor control @ / # to select y our center speaker size. LARGE: Select this mode when the size of the center speaker is the same as that of the front speak[...]

12 English On the front panel: 1. Press SETTING so that the cursor control % / fi buttons work f or setting the delay time. 2. Pr ess cursor control % / fi re peatedly until “DELA Y TIME” appears on the display . 3. Pr ess cursor control @ / # to select an appropriate delay time. As the distance from you to your rear speakers decreases, you w[...]

13 English Receiving Radio Broadcasts Y ou can browse through all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a par ticular station. T uning in Stations Manually On the front panel ONL Y : 1. Press FM/AM to select the band. The cursor control % / fi / @ / # b uttons can be no w used for operating the tuner . • Each time you pres[...]

14 English Using the RDS (Radio Data System) to Receive FM Stations RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals. F or example, the stations send their station names, as well as information about what type of program they broadcast, such as sports or music, etc. When tuned to an FM station which provi[...]

15 English Searching for a Pr ogram by PTY Codes One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels (see page 13) by specifying the PTY codes. • T o stop searching any time during the process, press PTY SEARCH while searching. • When pressing the buttons on the remote contr ol, [...]

16 English If there is a station br oadcasting the program you ha ve selected The recei ver changes the source (all sources except AM – MW/ L W), and tunes in the station. The indicator of received PTY code starts flashing. When the program is ov er, the r eceiver goes back to the previously selected source, but still remains in EON standby mode.[...]

17 English * Manuf actured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “Dolb y , ” the double-D symbol, and “Pro Logic” are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Using the DSP Modes The built-in Surround Processor provides three types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — 3D-PHONIC mode, DAP (Digi[...]

18 English Available DSP Modes According to the Speaker Ar rangement A v ailable DSP modes will vary depending on ho w many speakers are used with this recei ver . Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 11). TV Front speaker Front speaker Center speaker Rear speaker Rear speaker Each time you press SURR OUND, the[...]

19 English Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes Bef ore you start, r emember ... • Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 11). • There is a time limit in doing the follo wing steps. If the setting is canceled before you f inish, start fr om step 1 again. On the front panel: 1. Press SURR OUND repeatedly until “3D [...]

20 English Fr om the r emote control: 1. Pr ess SOUND CONTR OL. The 10 keys ar e activated for sound adjustments. 2. Press SURR OUND repeatedly until the D AP mode — LIVE CLUB, D ANCE CLUB, HALL, or P A VILION — appears on the display . The DSP and the selected D AP mode indicators also light up on the display . 3. Press REAR•L – / + to adj[...]

21 English On the front panel: Y ou can also use the b uttons on the front panel to adjust the Surround modes. Howe ver , no test tone is av ailable when using the buttons on the front panel. So, mak e adjustments while listening to the sound of the source played back. 1. Press SURR OUND repeatedly until the mode — “PR O LOGIC” or “THEA TER[...]

22 English Using the DVD MUL TI Playback Mode This receiver provides the DVD MUL TI playback mode for r epr oducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player . Before playing back a DVD, refer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player . 7. Pr ess cursor control @ / # to adjust the left rear speak er output level (fr om –10 to +10). [...]

23 English Using the On-Scr een Menus Y ou can use the Menus on the TV screen to control the receiver . T o use this function, you need to connect the TV to the MONITOR OUT jack on the rear panel (see page 6), and set the TV’ s input mode to the proper position to which the receiver is connected. • When the TV’s input mode is incorrect; for e[...]

24 English Reinforcing the Bass (Also see page 10) 1. Pr ess ON SCREEN SET . 2, 8, 4, and 6 buttons on the 10 ke ys work as % / fi / @ / # for ON SCREEN operations. 2. Press any one of % / fi / @ / # . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . 3. Press % / fi to mov e to “SOUND CONTROL, ” then press @ / # . The SOUND CONTR OL menu appears. 4. Press [...]

25 English Adjusting the DVD MUL TI Playback Mode (Also see page 22) 1. Pr ess ON SCREEN SET . 2, 8, 4, and 6 buttons on the 10 ke ys work as % / fi / @ / # for ON SCREEN operations. 2. Press any one of % / fi / @ / # . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . 3. Press % / fi to move to “SOURCE. ” 4. Press @ / # to select “D VD MUL TI. ” 5. Pre[...]

26 English 6. Press @ / # to select a preset station number you w ant. 7. Press ON SCREEN SET to stor e the setting. 8. When y ou finish, pr ess ON SCREEN EXIT repeatedly until the menu disappears fr om the TV . Checking the RDS Information (Also see page 14) 1. Press ON SCREEN SET . 2, 8, 4, and 6 buttons on the 10 k eys work as % / fi / @ / # fo[...]

27 English COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The COMPU LINK remote control system allows you to operate JVC audio components through the remote sensor on the receiver . T o use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC audio components through the COMPU LINK-3 (SYNCHR O) jacks (see belo w) in addition to the connections using cables with [...]

28 English TEXT COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The TEXT COMPU LINK remote control system has been newly developed to deal with the disc information recorded in the CD T ext* and MDs. Using these information in the discs, you can operate the CD player or MD recorder equipped with the TEXT COMPU LINK remote control system through the receiver . CO[...]

29 English 1 Source name: CD or MD 2 Select or , then press ON SCREEN SET to change the disc. 3 Trac k numbers and track titles. • The current playing (selected) track is indicated in yellow . • When you mov e to a track number , you can change the track information by pressing @ / # . Each time you press the button, track information alternate[...]

30 English Sear ch a disc by its disc title: 1. Pr ess TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the source. The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Press % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press ON SCREEN SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Press % / fi to move to “DISC TITLE”, then press ON SCREEN SET . The DISC TITLE S[...]

31 English Sear ch a disc by its genr e: 1. Press TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the sour ce . The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Press % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press ON SCREEN SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Press % / fi to move to “GENRE”, then press ON SCREEN SET . The GENRE SEARCH screen [...]

32 English For the MD recor der: Y ou can write the disc information (disc title and song titles) into the disc. Y ou can only write the song title for the song currently selected. • If y ou ha ve the CD-MD combination deck, you can also enter the disc information (its performer , disc title, and its music genre) of normal audio CDs into the memo[...]

33 English Operating JVC’ s Audio/V ideo Components Y ou can operate JVC’s audio and video components with this receiver’ s remote control, since control signals for JVC components are preset in the remote control. IMPORT ANT : T o opera te JVC’ s audio components using this remote control: • Y ou need to connect JVC audio components thro[...]

34 English DVD player After pressing D VD or D VD MUL TI, you can perform the follo wing operations on a D VD player: 3 : Starts playing. 4 : Returns to the beginning of the current (or pre vious) track. ¢ : Skips to the beginning of the ne xt track. 7 : Stops playing. 8 : Stops playing temporarily . T o release it, press 3 . After pressing D VD o[...]

35 English T r oubleshooting Use this char t to help you solve daily operational problems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC ser vice center . PROBLEM The display does not light up. No sound from speakers. Sound from one speaker only. Continuous hiss or buzzing during FM reception. Occasional cracking noise during FM recept[...]

36 English Specifications FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.50 MHz to 108.00 MHz Usable Sensiti vity: Monaural: 17.0 dBf (1.95 µV/75 ohms) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity: Monaural: 21.3 dBf (3.2 µV/75 ohms) Stereo: 41.3 dBf (31.5 µV/75 ohms) Signal-to-Noise Ratio (IHF-A weighted) Monaural: 78 dB at 85 dBf Stereo: 73 dB at 85 dBf T otal Harmonic Disto[...]

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