JVC RX-7000RBK 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. LVT0396-005A [E] RX-7000RBK INSTR UCTIONS BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES ISTRUZIONI AUDIO/VIDEO CO[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/W arnung, Achtung und sonstige Hinweise/ Mises en gar de , précautions et indications diver ses/W aarsc huwing en, v oorzorgen en andere mededelingen/A visos, precauciones y otras notas/ A vver tenz e e precauzioni da osservare IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug [...]

G-2 Caution: Proper Ventilation 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: No obstructions in 10 cm from the top. Back: No obstructions in 15 cm from the back Bottom: No obstructions, place on the l[...]

1 English T able of Contents Parts Identification ...................................... 2 Getting Started ........................................... 3 Before Installation ...................................................................... 3 Checking the Supplied Accessories ........................................... 3 Connecting the FM and AM[...]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o i u y t r e w q p RM-SRX7000R REMOTE CONTROL CONTROL CHANNEL VOLUME TV VOL PTY SEARCH DISPLA Y MODE STOP P AUSE FF/ /REW VCR TV/VIDEO T APE/MD MUTING REC PLA Y PTY PTY TV/CA TV/[...]

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 y our hands are dry . • T urn t[...]

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 tw o pairs of front speakers (one pair to the FR ONT SPEAKERS 1 termin[...]

5 English Connecting the subwoofer speaker Y ou can enhance the bass by connecting a subw oofer . 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 (not supplied). SUBWOOFER OUT Powered subwoofer About the speaker impedance The required speaker impedance of the front speaker[...]

6 English IMPORT ANT: This receiver is equipped with both the composite video and S-video input/output terminals for connecting video components. Y ou do not have to connect both the composite video and S-video terminals. However , remember that the video signals from the composite video input terminals are output only through the composite video o[...]

7 English RIGHT VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO RIGHT LEFT A UDIO MONITOR OUT VCR IN (PLA Y) OUT (REC) TV SOUND /DBS DV D 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-VID[...]

8 English DIGITAL OUT PCM/DOLBY DIGITAL/MPEG/DTS DVD DIGITAL IN DIGITAL 3 (TV) DIGITAL 2 (CD) DIGITAL 1 (DVD) PCM / DOLBY DIGITAL MPEG/ DTS DBS Digital connections This receiv er is equipped with three DIGIT AL IN terminals — one digital coaxial terminal and two digital optical terminals, and one DIGIT AL OUT terminal. Y ou can connect an y digit[...]

9 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 power cor d 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[...]

10 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 this receiver , set it to “AUDIO/TV/ VCR.” T urning the Power On and Off (Standby) On the front panel: T o [...]

11 English Signal and speaker indicators on the display • The signal indicators light up to indicate the incoming channel signals. – Only the indicators for the incoming signals light up. • The fr ame of the signal indica tor (except for “LFE” and “S”) lights up if the corresponding speaker is set to “LARGE” or “SMALL” (for su[...]

12 English Listening only with headphones Y ou can listen with the headphones without deacti vating both pairs of speakers; ho wever , if you want to use the HEADPHONE mode (see below), you must turn of f both pairs of speakers. 1. Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel . 2. Press SPEAKERS 1 and/or 2 so that no lamps on [...]

13 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 Changing the Source Name When you ha ve connected an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jacks or the DBS tuner to the TV SOUND/DBS jacks on the rear p[...]

14 English Center Delay T ime Setting Register the delay time of the sound from the center speak er, comparing to 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[...]

15 English Crossover Fr equency Setting Small speakers cannot reproduce the bass sound v ery well. So, if you hav e used a small speaker for any of the front, center , or rear channels, this receiv er automatically reallocates the bass elements, originally assigned to the channel for which you hav e connected the small speaker , to another channel [...]

16 English DIGITAL 2 terminal setting DIGITAL 1 terminal setting DIGITAL 3 terminal setting Selecting the Analog or Digital Input Mode When you ha ve connected some digital source components using the digital terminals (see page 8), you need to change the input mode for these components to the appropriate digital input mode correctly — A UTO/PCM,[...]

17 English Fr om the r emote contr ol: 1. Press the source selecting b utton (CD, T APE/MD, TV/DBS, or D VD)* f or which you want to change the input mode. Note: * Among the sources listed abov e, you can select the digital input only for the sources which y ou hav e selected the digital input terminals for . (See “Digital Input (DIGIT AL IN) T e[...]

18 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 sour ce. 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 selecte[...]

19 English 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 (MW/L W) stations. T o store the pr eset stations Bef ore you start, r emember ... • There is a time limit in doing the f ollowing steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from [...]

20 English T o tune in a preset station On the front panel: 1. T urn SOURCE SELECT OR to select the band (FM or AM — MW/L W). The last recei ved station of the selected band is tuned in. 2. Pr ess TUNER PRESET . 3. T urn MUL TI JOG until you f ind the channel y ou want. • T urning it clockwise increases the channel numbers. • T urning it coun[...]

21 English Y ou can also sho w the RDS information on the TV screen. T o use this function, you need to connect the TV to the MONITOR OUT jack on the rear panel (see page 7), and set the TV’ s input mode to the proper position to which the recei ver is connected. • When the TV’ s input mode is incorrect; for example, a dif ferent video input [...]

22 English PTY codes When an emergency br oadcast (Alarm ! signal) is sent from an FM station: The receiv er automatically tunes in the station except in the follo wing cases: • When y ou are listening to non-RDS stations (all AM — MW/L W and some FM stations). • When the r eceiver is in standby mode. While recei ving an emergency broadcast, [...]

23 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 recei ved 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.[...]

24 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 “AUDIO/TV/ VCR”. Selecting Y our Favorite SEA Mode On the front pan[...]

25 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 is reproduced through the Dolby Surround decoder , which is widely [...]

26 English Notes: • The DSP modes ha ve no eff ect on monaural sources. • When y ou select “D VD MUL TI” as the source to play , you cannot select or adjust the DSP modes. • The Ÿ PRO LOGIC indicator lights up when the Dolby Pro Logic decoder built in this receiver is activated. DVD MUL TI Playback Mode This receiv er provides the D VD M[...]

27 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 receiv er . 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[...]

28 English 3. Pr ess EFFECT to select an effect level y ou want. • Each time you press the b utton, the effect le vel changes as follows: As the number increases, the selected 3D-PHONIC mode becomes stronger . Adjusting the DAP Modes Once you hav e adjusted the DAP modes, the adjustment is memorized for each D AP mode. Befor e you start, r emembe[...]

29 English Adjusting the Surr ound Modes Once you hav e adjusted the Surround modes, the adjustment is memorized for each Surround mode. Dolby/DTS/MPEG 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). • Ther e is a time limit in doing the following steps. If[...]

30 English JVC Theater Surr ound adjustments Bef ore you start, r emember ... • Make sur e tha t you ha ve set the speaker inf ormation correctly (see page 14). • There is a time limit in doing the f ollowing steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again. • Y ou cannot adjust the rear speaker output le vels when[...]

31 English Activating the DSP Modes Y ou can use only one DSP mode at a time. When a DSP mode is acti vated, another DSP mode is canceled if in use. For Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital, DTS Digital Surr ound and MPEG Multichannel 1. Pr ess SURR OUND ON/OFF so that the lamp on the fr ont panel button lights up. • Eac h time you press the button, th[...]

32 English For the other DSP modes On the front panel: 1. Pr ess DSP MODE repeatedly until the mode y ou want appears on the display . • Eac h time you press the button, the DSP modes change. (See page 27 for more details.) 2. Select and play a sound sour ce. • T o enjo y 3D-PHONIC and JVC Theater Surround, play back a software encoded with Dol[...]

33 English Fr om the r emote contr ol: 1. Pr ess 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 play , the DSP mode is canceled temporarily , and the SURROUND ON/OFF and SURROUND MODE b uttons do not work. 2. Select the analog discr ete output mode on the D VD player , and sta[...]

34 English Selecting the Source to Play (Also see page 10) 1. Pr ess MENU . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . • Pressing one of the % / fi / @ / # buttons also displays the MAIN MENU. Notes: • “INPUT” appears only when the digital input (DIGIT AL IN) ter minal setting has been correctly done f or the digital source currently selected. (See[...]

35 English Adjusting the Front Speaker Output Balance (Also see page 13) 1. Pr ess MENU . The MAIN MENU appears on the TV . • Pressing one of the % / fi / @ / # buttons also displays the MAIN MENU. 2. Pr ess % / fi to move to “SOUND CONTR OL, ” then press @ / # . The SOUND CONTR OL menu appears. 3. Pr ess % / fi to move to “B AL. ” (Ba[...]

36 English 6. Pr ess % / fi to move to the item y ou 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 speak er output le vel. “REAR R LEVEL”: Adjust the right rear speaker output le vel. 7. When y ou[...]

37 English 4. Pr ess % / fi to move to “SEA ADJUST . ” The SEA ADJUST menu appears. 5. Pr ess % / fi / @ / # to adjust the SEA mode as y ou want. @ / # : Select the frequency ranges. % / fi : Adjust the frequency le vels. 6. Pr ess SET to store the setting into the SEA USERMODE. • If you press EXIT , without pressing SET in this step, you [...]

38 English 6. Pr ess % / fi to move to “PRESET NAME, ” then press SET . The character entry screen appears. 7. Pr ess % / fi / @ / # to move in fr ont of a character y ou want. Y ou can also select the follo wing: : T o enter space : T o er ase the character : T o go back to the previous character position or go to the next character position[...]

39 English 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 RCA pin plugs (see pages 5 and 6). • Mak e sure that the A C power cords of these components are unplugged before connection. Plug the A C power cords only [...]

40 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 . F[...]

41 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[...]

42 English Sear ch for 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. Pr ess % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Pr ess % / fi to move to “DISC TITLE, then press SET . The DISC TITLE SEARCH screen appe[...]

43 English Sear ch for a disc by its genr e: 1. Pr ess TEXT DISPLA Y while “CD” is selected as the source. The Disc Information screen appears on the TV . 2. Pr ess % / fi to move to “SEARCH, ” then press SET . The DISC SEARCH screen appears. 3. Pr ess % / fi to move to “GENRE”, then press SET . The GENRE SEARCH screen appears. 4. Pr [...]

44 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 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 memor[...]

45 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. RM-SRX7000R REMOTE CONTROL CONTROL CHANNEL VOLUME TV VOL PTY SEARCH DISPLA Y MODE STOP P AUSE FF/ /REW VCR TV/VIDEO T APE/MD MUTI[...]

46 English Cassette deck After pressing T APE/MD or T APE/MD CONTR OL (with the remote control mode selector set to “ A UDIO/TV/VCR”), you can perform the following operations on a cassette dec k: PLA Y : Starts playing. 1 1 1 1 1 : Fast winds the tape from r ight to left. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ : Fast winds the tape from left to right. STOP : Stops op[...]

47 English RM-SRX7000R REMOTE CONTROL CONTROL CHANNEL VOLUME TV VOL PTY SEARCH DISPLA Y MODE STOP P AUSE FF/ /REW VCR TV/VIDEO T APE/MD MUTING REC PLA Y PTY PTY TV/CA TV/DBS VCR DVD DVD MUIL TI CD T APE/MD TV/DBS PHONO FM/AM VCR ANALOG/DIGIT AL SURROUND CENTER SURROUND TEST REAR-L CD-DISC MODE ON/OFF EFFECT REAR-R SOUND SEA MODE SUBWOOFER RETURN SE[...]

48 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 conv erters and DBS tuners. By changing the transmittable signals from preset ones to the other manufacturers’, you can operate the other manufacturer’ s components[...]

49 English T o change the transmittable signals for operating a CA TV conver ter or a DBS tuner 1. Set the r emote control mode to “CA TV/DBS. ” 2. Pr ess and hold TV/CA TV/DBS . 3. Pr ess TV/DBS. 4. Enter manufactur er’ s code (three digits) using buttons 1 – 9, and 0. See the list on pages 51 and 52 to f ind the code. Examples: For a Brit[...]

50 English Expert 206 Ferguson 005, 037, 073, 109, 190, 238, 287, 335, 343 Fidelity 216, 361, 372 Finlandia 208, 346, 359 Finlux 037, 070, 072, 087, 105, 179, 346, 411, 516 Firstline 009, 216, 217, 247, 294, 321 Fisher 208, 217, 303, 370 Flint 455 Formenti 037, 087, 213, 320 Frontech 163, 247, 264, 431, 448 Fujitsu 072, 206 Funai 179, 264, 294, 303[...]

51 English SEG 036, 076, 217, 264 SEI 087, 102, 177, 213, 294 Sei-Sinudyne 010, 516 Seleco 163, 206, 259, 362, 411 Sentra 035 Sharp 036, 093 Shorai 294 Siarem 087, 102, 213, 516 Siemens 037, 157, 191, 195, 200, 213, 327, 328, 535, 554 Silver 036 Singer 087 Sinudyne 087, 102, 177, 213, 235, 294 Solavox 032, 163 Sonitron 208 Sonoko 009, 037 Sonolor 1[...]

52 English Beko 189 Best 369 Blaupunkt 173 Boca 243, 513 Brain Wave 332 Bush 067, 522 Cambridge 344, 515 Channel Master 362 CNT 520 Commlink 288 Connexions 396 Conrad 607 Crown 243 Cyrus 200 DDC 362 DNT 200, 396 Echostar 396, 713 Emanon 421 Ferguson 067, 183, 189, 336 Fidelity 252 Finlux 108, 344, 397, 455 Freecom 421 Fuba 369, 396, 421 G-Sat 183 G[...]

53 English Pathe Marconi 041 Pentax 042, 105 Perdio 000 Philco 038 Philips 081, 384, 403 Phonola 081 Pioneer 067, 081, 235 Portland 020 Profex 322 Profitronic 240 Proline 000 Pye 081 Quartz 046 Quelle 081, 344 Radiola 081 Rex 041, 384 RFT 403 Roadstar 037, 072, 240, 278 Saba 041, 206, 207, 297, 320, 321, 384 Saisho 004, 036, 088, 208, 209 Salora 04[...]

54 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[...]

55 English Specifications Amplifier Output Po w er At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, both c hannels dri ven into 4 Ω , at 1 kHz with no more than 0.9% total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3/DIN) At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per c hannel, min. RMS, driven into 4 Ω at 1 kHz, with no more than 0.8% tot[...]

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

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