JVC RX-888VBK 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. LVT0175-001A [J] RX-888VBK INSTR UCTIONS AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER DIGITAL – + RX-888V AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER POWER VIDEO STANDBY SPEAKERS 12 P[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others RX-888VBK Floor Spacing 15 cm or more Stand height 15 cm or more Wall or obstructions Front Caution: Proper V entilation T o avoide risk of electric 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:[...]

1 English T able of Contents Using the DSP Modes ................................ 20 A vailable DSP Modes According to the Speaker Arrangement . . 22 Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes .......................................... 23 Adjusting the D AP Modes ....................................................... 23 Adjusting the Surround Modes ...........[...]

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. Remote Control 1 TV/CA TV/DBS PO WER button (45 – 47) 2 Source selecting buttons (9) D VD, D VD MUL TI, CD, T APE/MD, TV/DBS, VIDEO, PHONO, FM/AM, VCR 1, VCR 2 3 SURR OUND ON/OFF button (27) 4 SU[...]

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 Basic connecting procedur e 1 Cut, twist and r emove the insulation at the end of each speaker signal cable (not supplied). 2 T urn the knob counterclockwise. 3 Insert the speaker signal cable. 4 T urn the knob clockwise. Connecting the front speakers Y ou can connect two pairs of front speakers (one pair to the FR ONT SPEAKERS 1 terminal[...]

5 English Connecting the rear and center speakers Connect rear speakers to the REAR SPEAKERS terminals and a center speaker to the CENTER SPEAKER terminals. Left rear speaker Right rear speaker Center speaker 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 [...]

6 English Cassette deck or MD recorder To audio input Cassette deck To audio output RIGHT LEFT T APE /MD IN (PLA Y) OUT (REC) CD PHONO AUDIO MD recorder To audio input Note: Y ou can connect either a cassette deck or an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jacks . When connecting an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jac ks, change the source name, which will be s[...]

7 English DVD player • When you connect the D VD player with stereo output jacks: DVD player Å To front left/right channel audio output (or to audio mixed output if necessary) ı To S-video output Ç To composite video output DVD VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO RIGHT LEFT A UDIO DV D A B C DVD VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO RIGHT LEFT A UDIO MONITOR OUT VCR 1 IN (PLA [...]

8 English Digital connections This receiv er is equipped with three DIGIT AL IN terminals — one digital coaxial terminal and two digital optical terminals. Y ou can connect any component to any one of the dig ital terminals using the digital coaxial cable (not supplied) or digital optical cable (not supplied). IMPORT ANT : • When connecting the[...]

9 English Basic Operations The following operations are commonly used when you play any sound source. IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate an audio system, TV , and VCR, set it to “A UDIO/TV/VCR. ” T o operate a CA TV converter and DBS tuner , se[...]

10 English When playing a digital source thr ough a digital terminal • The DIGIT AL SOURCE FORMA T lamps on the front panel indicate what type of the digital signal comes into the recei ver . DTS : Lights up when DTS Digital Surround signals (see page 21) come in. DOLBY DIGIT AL : Lights up when Dolby Digital signals (see page 21) come in. LINEAR[...]

11 English Listening only with headphones 1. Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel . 2. Pr ess SPEAKERS 1 and/or 2 so tha t no lamps on the b uttons are turned on. CAUTION: Be sure to turn down the volume bef ore connecting or putting on headphones, as high v olume can damage both the headphones and your hearing. Muting[...]

12 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 . AUDIO/ TV/VCR CATV/DBS IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this r[...]

13 English 2. Press INPUT ANALOG/DIGIT AL to change the input mode. • Each time you press the button, the input mode alternates between the digital input and analog input. Fr om the remote control: 1. Pr ess the sour ce selecting button (CD, T APE/MD, TV/DBS * , or D VD) f or which y ou want to change the input mode from analog input to digital i[...]

14 English Center Delay T ime Setting Register the delay time of the sound from the center speak er, comparing that of the sound from the front speakers. If the distance from your listening point to the center speaker is equal to that to the front speakers, select 0 msec. As the distance to the center speaker becomes shorter , increase the delay ti[...]

15 English 80Hz 100Hz 120Hz 2. T urn MUL TI JOG to select the low fr equency effect attenuator level. • As you turn it, the display changes to show the follo wing: 0dB: Normally select this. 10dB: Select this when the bass sound is distorted. Note: Low frequency eff ect attenuator setting is not valid f or the D VD MUL TI playbac k mode. Dynamic [...]

16 English Storing the Basic Settings and Adjustments — One T ouch Operation JVC’ s One T ouch Operation function is used to assign and store dif ferent sound settings f or each dif ferent playing source. By using this function, you do not hav e to change the settings every time you change the source. The stored settings for the ne wly selected[...]

17 English Receiving Radio Broadcasts Y ou can browse through all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a particular station. Using Preset T uning Once a station is assigned to a channel number , the station can be quickly tuned. Y ou can preset up to 30 FM and 15 AM stations. T o stor e the pr eset stations Bef ore you start[...]

18 English T o tune in a pr eset station On the front panel: 1. T urn SOURCE SELECT OR to select the band (FM or AM). The last recei ved station of the selected band is tuned in. 2. Press TUNER PRESET . 3. T urn MUL TI JOG until y ou find the channel y ou want. • T urning it clockwise increases the channel numbers. • T urning it counterclockwis[...]

19 English Using the SEA Modes The SEA (Sound Effect Amplifier) modes give you control of the way your music sounds. IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this receiver , set it to “A UDIO/TV/ VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the sourc[...]

20 English Using the DSP Modes The built-in Surround Processor provides three types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — 3D-PHONIC mode, DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) mode and Surround mode. 3D-PHONIC modes The 3D-PHONIC mode gi ves you such a nearly surround effect as it is reproduced through the Dolby Surround decoder , which is wide[...]

21 English Surr ound modes W ith this receiver , you can use three types of the Surround mode. Follo wing modes cannot be used when only the front speakers are connected to this r eceiver (without the r ear speakers or center speaker). Dolby Sur r ound (Dolby Digital and Dolby Pr o Logic) * Used to watch the soundtracks of softw are encoded with Do[...]

22 English Available DSP Modes According to the Speaker Ar rangement A vailable DSP modes will v ary depending on how many speak ers ar e used with this recei ver . Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 14). A vailable DSP modes Each time you press DSP MODE on the front panel or SURR OUND MODE on the remote cont[...]

23 English IMPORT ANT : When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: T o operate this receiver , set it to “A UDIO/TV/ VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the source). Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes Once you hav e adjusted the 3D-PHONIC modes, the adjustment is memorized[...]

24 English 3. Adjust the effect lev el. 1) Press B ALANCE/SURROUND ADJUST repeatedl y until “DSP EFFECT” appears on the display . The display changes to sho w the current setting. 2) T urn MUL TI JOG to select the effect lev el. • As you turn it, the effect le vel changes as follows: As the number increases, the selected D AP mode becomes str[...]

25 English Notes: • Y ou can adjust the speaker output lev els without outputting the test tone. • No test tone comes out of the center speaker when “CENTER SPK” is set to “NONE” (see page 14). • No test tone comes out of the rear speakers when “REAR SPK” is set to “NONE” (see page 14). • If the TV is turned on and the prope[...]

26 English JVC Theater Surr ound adjustments Bef ore you start, r emember ... • Make sur e that you hav e set the speaker information corr ectly (see page 14). • There is a time limit in doing the following ste ps. If the setting is canceled before you f inish, start fr om step 1 again. • Y ou cannot adjust the rear speaker output lev els whe[...]

27 English On the front panel: Y ou can also use the buttons 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 DSP MODE r epeatedly until “THEA TER” or “DIG THEA TER” appears [...]

28 English For the other DSP modes On the front panel: 1. Press DSP MODE r epeatedly until the mode y ou want appears on the display . • Each time you press the button, the DSP modes change. (See page 22 for more details.) 2. Select and play a sound source. • T o enjoy 3D-PHONIC and JVC Theater Surr ound, pla y back a software: – encoded with[...]

29 English Using the DVD MUL TI Playback Mode This receiver provides the DVD MUL TI playback mode for reproducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player . Before playing back a DVD, refer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player . 4. Adjust the center tone. 1) Press BALANCE/SURR OUND ADJUST repeatedly until “CENTER TONE” appea[...]

30 English Fr om the r emote control: 1. Press D VD MUL TI so that “D VD MUL TI” appears on the display . Note: When you select “D VD MUL TI” as the source to pla y , the DSP mode is canceled temporarily , and the SURROUND ON/OFF and SURROUND MODE b uttons do not work. 2. Select the analog discrete output mode on the D VD player , and start[...]

31 English MAIN MENU SOURCE : ch 1 FM 87.5 MHz VISUAL :VCR1  MODE :OFF  SOUND CONTROL TUNER CONTROL SETTING    VOLUME : 20 :OPERATE 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 p[...]

32 English Listening at Low Volume (Loudness) (Also see page 11) 1. Press MENU . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . • Pressing one of the % / fi / @ / # b uttons also displays the MAIN MENU. 2. Press % / fi to mov e to “SOUND CONTR OL, ” then press @ / # . The SOUND CONTR OL menu appears. 3. Press % / fi to mov e to “LOUDNESS. ” 4. Pres[...]

33 English 6. Press % / fi to mo ve to the item you want to set or adjust, then press @ / # . On this adjustment menu, you can do the following: “CENTER LEVEL”: Adjust the center speaker output le vel. “REAR L LEVEL”: Adjust the left rear speaker output le vel. “REAR R LEVEL”: Adjust the r ight rear speaker output le vel. “CENTER T O[...]

34 English SEA ADJUST SEA USERMODE SET :MEMORY 100 10kHz 1k 4. Press % / fi to mov e to “SEA ADJUST . ” The SEA ADJUST menu appears. 5. Press % / fi / @ / # to adjust the SEA mode as y ou want. @ / # : Select the frequency ranges. % / fi : Adjust the frequency le vels. 6. Press SET to stor e the setting into the SEA USERMODE. • If you p[...]

35 English 6. Press % / fi to mo ve to “PRESET NAME, ” then press SET . The character entry screen appears. 7. Press % / fi / @ / # to mo ve in front of a character y ou want. Y ou can also select the following: : T o enter space : T o erase the character : T o go back to the previous character position or go to the next character position 8.[...]

36 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 [...]

37 English TEXT COMPU LINK 1(MASTER UNIT) 2(SLAVE UNIT) COMPU LINK – 3 (SYNCHRO) 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 [...]

38 English On-Screen Operation buttons (on the remote control) 1 Source name: CD or MD 2 Select or , then press SET to change the disc. 3 T rack numbers and track titles. • The current playing (selected) track is indicated in yello w . • W hen you move to a track number , you can change the track information by pressing @ / # . Each time you pr[...]

39 English Sear ch for a disc by its disc title: 1. Press TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the source. The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Press % / fi to mo ve to “SEARCH, ” then press SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Press % / fi to mo ve to “DISC TITLE, then press SET . The DISC TITLE SEARCH screen appea[...]

40 English Entering the Disc Information For the CD Player with the disc memory function: Y ou can use the disc memory function through this recei ver . The disc information (its performer , disc title, and music genre) of normal audio CDs will be stored into the memory built in the CD player . For the disc memory function, refer to the man ual sup[...]

41 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 you have the CD-MD combina tion dec k, you can also enter the disc information (its performer , disc title, and its music genre) of normal audio CDs into the memo[...]

42 English CASE1: If the components are equipped with the S-video terminals CASE4: If only the DVD player is equipped with the S-video terminal CASE2: If the components are not equipped with the S- video terminals A V COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The A V COMPU LINK remote control system allows you to operate JVC video components (TV , VCR, and[...]

43 English One-T ouch DVD Play Simply by starting playback on the D VD player , you can enjoy the D VD playback without setting other switches manually . • When the D VD player is connected thr ough the analog input jacks on this r eceiver (and analog input is selected), the receiv er automatically turns on and changes the source to “D VD” or[...]

44 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 operate JVC’ s audio components using this remote control: • Y ou need to connect JVC audio components thro[...]

45 English T urntable After pressing PHONO (with the remote control mode selector set to “ A UDIO/TV/VCR”), you can perform the following operations on a turntable: PLA Y : Starts playing. ST OP : Stops operations. Cassette deck After pressing T APE/MD or T APE CONTR OL (with the remote control mode selector set to “ A UDIO/TV/VCR”), you ca[...]

46 English Operating Other Manufacturers’ V ideo Equipment This remote control supplied with the recei ver can transmit control signals for other manufacturers’ VCRs, TVs, CA TV converters and DBS tuners. By changing the transmittable signals from preset ones to the other manufacturers’, you can operate the other manufacturer’ s components [...]

47 English T o change the transmittable signals for operating another manufacturer’s VCR 1. Set the remote contr ol mode to “A UDIO/TV/ VCR. ” 2. Press and hold VCR 1 PO WER. 3. Press VCR 1. 4. Enter manufacturer’ s code (three digits) using buttons 1–9, and 0. See the list on pages 50 and 51 to find the code . Examples: For a JVC product[...]

48 English Manufacturers’ codes for TV Admiral 093 Aiko 092 Akai 030 Alaron 179 Ambassador 177 Anam 180 Anam National 055 AOC 019, 030, 052, 185 Audiovox 092, 180, 451 Baysonic 180 Belcor 019 Bell & Howell 016, 154 Bradford 180 Brockwood 019 Brocksonic 236, 463 Candle 030, 056, 186 Carnivale 030 Carver 054 Celebrity 000 Cineral 092, 451 Citiz[...]

49 English Manufacturers’ codes for CATV converters ABC 003, 007, 008, 011, 013, 014, 017 Allegro 153 Archer 153, 797 Century 153 Citizen 153 Comtronics 040 Contec 019 Emerson 797 Everquest 015, 040 Focus 400 Garrard 153 Gemini 015 General Instrument 011, 276, 476 GoldStar 040, 144 Goodmind 797 Hamlin 009, 020, 259, 273 Hitachi 011 Hytex 007 Jasc[...]

50 English Manufacturers’ codes for VCR Admiral 048 Adventura 000 Aiko 278 Aiwa 000, 037 Akai 041, 053, 106 American High 035 Asha 240 Audiovox 037 Beaumark 240 Bell & Howell 104 Broksonic 002, 121, 184, 209, 211, 479 Calix 037 Canon 035 Capehart 020 Carver 081 CCE 072, 278 Cineral 278 Citizen 037, 278 Colt 072 Craig 037, 047, 072, 240, 271 C[...]

51 English Singer 072 Sony 000, 032, 033, 034, 035 STS 042 Sylvania 000, 035, 043, 081 Symphonic 000 Tatung 041 Teac 000, 041 Technics 035, 162 Teknika 000, 035, 037 Thomas 000 TMK 240 Toshiba 043, 045, 212 Totevision 037, 240 Unitech 240 Vector 045 Vector Research 038 Video Concepts 045 Videosonic 240 Wards 000, 035, 042, 047, 048, 060, 072, 081, [...]

52 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[...]

53 English Specifications Amplifier Output Power At Stereo operation: Front channels: 120 watts per channel, min. RMS, driv en into 8 ohms, 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.02% total harmonic distortion. 120 watts per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 4 ohms, 20 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.08% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation:[...]

54 English FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz Usable Sensiti vity: Monaural: 12.8 dBf (1.2 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 Distortion: Monaural: [...]

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