JVC KX-KC15 manual

L VT134 6-001A [C] COMP A CT COMPONENT SYSTEM SYSTEME DE COMPOSAN TS COMP A CT INSTRUCTIONS MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS MX-KC2 Consists of CA-MXKC2 an d SP-MXKC2 Se compose de CA-MXKC 2 et de SP-MXK C2 MX-KC15 Consists of CA-MXKC1 5 and SP-MXKC1 5 Se comp ose de CA- MXKC15 e t de SP- MXKC15 Eng lish França is Cover.fm Page 1 Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:[...]

G-1 W arn ings , Cauti ons a nd Othe rs / Mises en gar de , précauti ons et indi cations div er ses (For U .S.A ) CA UTION –– % ST ANDBY/ON button ! Disconnec t the mai ns plug to shut the pow er off com pletely (all lamp s and i ndicatio ns go off). The % ST ANDBY/ON butto n in an y pos ition doe s not disconne ct the ma ins line . • When t[...]

G-2 IMPORT ANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PR ODUCT 2. CA UTION: Do not open the to p co ver . There are no user serviceab le parts inside the Unit; l eav e al l servicing to q ual- ified service personn el. 3. CA UTION: Visib l e and invis ibl e laser radi ation whe n open and interlo ck f aile d or def eated . A voi d direct ex posure to [...]

1 Eng lish Introd uction Thank you fo r purchasing the JVC Compact Com ponent Syst em. We hope it will be a valued addi tion t o your home, g iving y ou years of e njoyment. Be sure to read this instructi on manual carefully before operating your new stereo system. In it yo u will find a ll the inform ation yo u need to se t up and use the system. [...]

2 Eng lish Table of Conten ts Introduct ion ..... ...... ..... ...... ....... ..... ...... ....... ...... ..... ....... ...... ..... ........ ..... ....... ...... ..... ........ 1 Features .............. ................. ........... ................. ................. ................. ........... ............... .. ....................... .... 1 [...]

3 Eng lish Getting Started Accessories Make sure that you h ave all of th e following items, whic h are supp lied with th e System. AM Loop An tenna (1) FM Wir e Antenna (1 ) Remote Control (1) Batteries (2) If any of these it ems are missing, contact yo ur dealer i mmediatel y. How To Put Bat teries In the R emote Contro l Match th e polarity (+ a[...]

4 Getting Started Eng lish CAUT ION: • Make all connections before plugging the System into an AC power outlet. Connecting th e FM Antenna Using the Supplied Wire Antenna Using the Coaxial Type Connector (Not supplied) A 75-ohm antenn a with coaxial type connector (IEC or DIN45 32 5) should be connected to th e FM 75-ohm COAXIAL terminal. If rece[...]

5 Getting St arted Eng lish Connect ing the AM Ante nna Rear Panel of the Unit • Even when conne cting an o utside AM an tenna, kee p the indo or AM loop c onnected. CAUT ION: • To avoid noise, keep antennas away from the System, the connecting cord and the AC power cord. Connecting t he Speakers Connect the righ t speaker to the RIGHT speaker [...]

6 Getting Started Eng lish Connecting Exte rnal Equipment Connect a signal cord with ster eo mini plugs (not supplied) between the System’s AUX IN jack on the front pan el and the au dio o utpu t jack or output te rminals of the extern al portable CD, MD playe r, STB, etc. You can t hen listen to the external sou rce through the System. Connectin[...]

7 Eng lish Basic Operations ) Turning the Power On and Off Turning the System On 1 Press the STANDB Y/ON button. The disp lay comes on. The STAND BY indic ator goes out. The System comes on re ady to con tinue in t he mode it was in when the power was last turned off. • For exampl e, if the last thing you were doing was listening to a CD, you are[...]

8 Basic Oper ations Eng lish For private listening Connect a pair of headp hones to th e PHONES jack. No sound comes out of the speakers. Be sure to turn do wn the volume before conne cting or pu tting on headph ones. Fade-out Muting (FADE MUTING) You ca n mute th e output wi th one touch ope rati on. To muting the outpu t , press the FADE MU TING [...]

9 Eng lish Using the Tuner You can listen t o FM a nd AM stations. Station s can be tune d in manually, automa tically, o r from preset m emory st orage. ❏ Before listeni ng to th e radio: • Make sure that bot h the FM an d AM a ntennas are c orrectly connect ed. (See pag es 4 and 5.) One Touch Radio Just press the F M/AM button to tu rn on the[...]

10 Usin g the Tuner Eng lish • In AM br oadcast, recep tion sen sitivi ty will be chang- ed by turnin g the AM loop a ntenna. Tu rn th e AM loo p anten na for best recep tion. Presetting Stat ions You ca n preset up to 30 FM statio ns and up to 15 AM statio ns. • Preset num bers may have be en set to factory te st fre- quencies prior to shipme [...]

11 Eng lish Using th e CD Player This un it has bee n desig ned to play back t he follo wing CD s: •A u d i o C D • CD-R (CD-Recordable) • CD-RW (CD-ReWritable) • MP3 disc (MP3 files recorded on a CD-R o r CD-RW)* When p laying a CD-R or CD-RW • User -edi ted CD -Rs (C D-R ecor dable ) and CD-RW s (C D-R eWri - table ) can be played ba ck[...]

12 Using the CD Pla yer Eng lish About Disc Indicator: The Disc ind icator con sists of the fo llowing th ree kinds of indicators: One Touch Play The pow er comes on, and op eration s are done au tomatica lly. ❏ By pre ssing t he CD 6 button, the System will com e on, and if a CD is loa ded for the disc number that was lastly selec ted, it will s[...]

13 Using the CD Play er Eng lish Basics of Using the CD Player- Normal Play To Play CDs 1 Load CDs. 2 Press CD 6 button to play. The curr entl y sele cted disc number (e.g . “CD DIS C 1”) ap - pears on the disp lay. The first track of the selected CD begins playi ng. When the first CD fin ishes pl aying, the ne xt a nd the th ird CD s are c on-[...]

14 Using the CD Pla yer Eng lish Programmi ng the Playing Order of the Tr acks You can pr ogram the play ing or der of th e tracks o n all th e CDs. Note th at you can only make a program wh en the CD Player is stoppe d. ❏ You can pr ogram up to 32 tracks in any desired order inclu ding the same tracks. For MP3 d iscs • If you try to sel ect a [...]

15 Using the CD Play er Eng lish Random Play The tracks of the selec ted CD will pl ay in no spe cial order when you us e this mode. 1 In Stop mode, set the CD Player in R andom Play mode. On the Remote Control ONLY Press the PROGRAM/RANDOM button until th e “RANDOM” indicat or lights u p. Each time you press the butto n, the display changes as[...]

16 Eng lish Using the Cassette Deck (Listening to a Tape) The Casse tte Deck a llows you to play, re cord, and d ub audi o tapes. ❏ Listening to type I ta pe is suitab le for thi s Cassette Deck. One Touch Play By pres sing th e TAPE A 3 o r T APE B 3 butt on, the System will come on , and if a tape is i n the deck , it will st art to play . If n[...]

17 Eng lish Using the Cassette De ck (Reco rding) Recording on to a cassette from any of the sound sources is simple. Just place a tap e in Deck B, have the so urce ready, ma ke one or two settings , and you’re ready to record. For each source, the pro- cedure is a little bit diffe rent so we ex plain each se parately. But first, here a re a few [...]

18 Using the Ca ssette Deck ( Recording) Eng lish Standard Re cording This is th e basic met hod for reco rding any so urce. The System also has sp ecial ways for recor din g CD to t ape, an d tape to ta pe, which save you ti me and eff ort, as well as gi ve you some special effect s. However , when y ou ne ed to add a se lect ion t o a tape you h [...]

19 Eng lish Using an Extern al Equip ment Listening to th e External Equipment You can list en to the ext ernal equipm ent such as MD rec order, cas - sette de ck, or ot her aux iliary . ❏ First, make sure that the e xternal equi pment is prop erly conn ect- ed to t he Sy stem. (See pag e 6.) 1 Set the volume level to the minimum posi- tion. 2 Pr[...]

20 Eng lish Using the Timers Three type s of timers are av ailable: DAI LY T ime r Use this timer to set wake up everyday to music fro m any sourc e, inst ead of a n alarm clock. REC (Recording) Timer Unatt ended recordi ng of rad io bro adcast s. You c an set t he star ting time and ending time. SLEEP Timer Fall asleep and have yo ur System turn o[...]

21 Using the Ti mers Eng lish Setting t he Daily Timer Once you hav e set the Daily Timer, the timer will be activat ed at the same tim e every da y. The T imer indi cator ( ) and “DAILY ” indicator on the displa y shows that the Daily Timer you have set is in effect. You can set the Daily Timer whether the Syst em is turned on or off. • Perf[...]

22 Using t he Timers Eng lish Preparation for each m usic sour ce: Perform the foll owing oper ation accordin g to the music sour ce you have selected. Th en, the System en ters Volume S etting mode. When selecting T UNER FM or TUNER AM: Press the ¢ or 4 button to select th e preset station numbe r, then press the SET/DISPL AY butto n. When select[...]

23 Using the Ti mers Eng lish Using t he Unit You can set the time in the same way as for setting the Daily Timer. 1 Insert a blank or erasable tape into the Deck B and wind past the tape leader. 2 Press the CLOCK TIMER but ton unti l “ON T IME” immedia tel y af ter “ REC” appe ars o n the di spl ay. Each time you press the but ton, the dis[...]

24 Using t he Timers Eng lish Setting the SLEEP Timer Use th e Sleep Ti mer to tu rn the System off a fter a cert ain numb er of minutes when it is playing . By setting the Sleep Timer, you can fall asleep to music and know that you r System wi ll turn off b y it- self rather t han play a ll night. • You can only set th e Sleep Timer when the Sys[...]

25 Eng lish Care And Main tena nce Handle y our CDs and ta pes carefully , and th ey will last a long time. Compact Discs CAUT ION: • Do not use any s olvent (for e xample, con ven- tional re cord cle aner, spra y thin ner, benzin e, etc.) to cle an a CD. General Notes In genera l, you will ha ve the be st performa nce by keep ing your CDs and th[...]

26 Eng lish Trou blesh oot ing • If yo u are havi ng a prob lem with yo ur System, check this list for a possi ble solu tion bef ore call ing for service. • If y ou canno t so lve th e proble m from the hi nts gi ven her e, or the S ystem has been physical ly dam aged, call a q ualif ied pers on, such as your dealer, for servi ce. Symptom P oss[...]

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