JVC RX-558RBK Bedienungsanleitung

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. LVT0141-004A [E] RX-558RBK INSTR UCTIONS BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES ISTRUZIONI FM/MW/L W RECEI[...]

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 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 [...]

1 English T able of Contents Par ts Identification ...................................... 2 Getting Star ted ........................................... 3 Before Installation ...................................................................... 3 Checking the Supplied Accessories ........................................... 3 Connecting the FM and [...]

2 English Parts 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 opera tion buttons (14) PTY SEARCH, DISPLA Y MODE, EON , T A/ NEWS/INFO 3 Display (8) 4 SURR OUND button (18) 5 ONE T OUCH OPERA TION b u[...]

3 English ANTENNA AM EXT AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 COAXIAL AM LOOP ANTENNA AM EXT FM 75 COAXIAL Getting Started 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 sur e your hands are dr y . • T urn the power o[...]

4 English T ur n the loop until you ha ve the best reception. Notes: • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cord. This could cause poor reception. • If reception is poor, connect an outdoor single vinyl-co vered wire to the AM EXT terminal. (K eep the AM (MW/L W) loop antenna connected.) [...]

5 English AUDIO PHONO T APE/MD CD OUT (REC) IN (PLA Y) L R ANTENNA AM EXT AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL Turntable If an earth cab le is provided f or y our turntable, connect the cab le to the g round terminal ( H ) of the ANTENNA terminals on the rear panel. Turntable To audio output Note: An y tur ntab les incor porating a small-output car tridge such as[...]

6 English To audio output Note: Y ou can connect either a cassette dec k or an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jacks . When connecting an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jacks, change the source name , which will be shown on the display when selected as the source , to “M D . ” See page 11 for details . If your audio components have a COMPU LINK-3 term[...]

7 English Putting Batteries in the Remote Control Before using the r emote contr ol, put tw o supplied batteries f irst. When using the remote control, aim the remote control directly at the r emote sensor on the recei ver . 1. On the bac k of the remote contr ol, remov e the battery co ver as illustrated. 2. Inser t batter ies. Make sur e to obser[...]

8 English 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 frequenc y) a ppears on the display . T o turn off the power (into standb y mode), press ST ANDBY/ON a gain. The ST ANDBY lamp lights up. A small amount of power is [...]

9 English Adjusting the V olume On the front panel: T o increase the volume, turn MASTER V OLUME c lockwise. T o decrease the volume, turn it counterclockwise. • When y ou turn MASTER V OLUME rapidly , the volume le vel also changes rapidly . • When you tur n MASTER V OLUME slo wly , the volume le vel also changes slowly . Fr om the remote cont[...]

10 English Reinfor cing the Bass With this Bass Boost function, y ou can boost the bass lev el. Befor e y ou star t, remember ... • There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled bef ore y ou finish, start from step 1 again. On the fr ont panel ONL Y: 1. Pr ess ADJUST so tha t the cur sor contr ol % / fi buttons w[...]

11 English Changing the Source Name When you ha ve connected an MD recorder to the T APE/MD jacks on the rear panel: Change the source name sho wn on the displa y when you select the MD recorder as the source. On the front panel ONL Y : When changing the source name from “T APE” to “M D”: 1. Press T APE/MD. • Make sur e “T APE” a ppea[...]

12 English On the front panel: 1. Press SETTING so that the cur sor control % / fi buttons work f or setting the delay time. 2. Press cursor contr ol % / fi r epeatedl y until “–DELA Y +” appears on the display . 3. Press cursor contr ol @ / # to select an a ppropriate delay time. DELA Y 1: Select this mode when the distance from you to you[...]

13 English Note: Y ou can use the 10 ke ys on the remote control to select the preset n umber. When using the 10 keys , be sure that the y are activ ated for the tuner , not for the CD and others . (See page 24.) 4. Pr ess MEMORY again while the selected channel number is flashing on the displa y . The selected channel number stops flashing. The st[...]

14 English What Infor mation Can RDS Signals Provide? Y ou can see the RDS signals the sta tion sends on the display . T o sho w the RDS signals Press DISPLA Y MODE on the fr ont panel (or DISPLA Y on the remote control) while listening to an FM station. • Each time you pr ess the button, the display changes to sho w y ou the f ollo wing informat[...]

15 English Searching for a Pr ogram by PTY Codes One of the ad v antages 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 pr essing the buttons on the remote contr o[...]

16 English If there is a sta tion br oadcasting the program y ou ha ve selected The receiv er c hanges the source (all sources except AM–MW/ L W), and tunes in the station. The indica tor of received PTY code starts flashing. When the pr ogram is over , the recei ver goes back to the pre viously selected source, but still remains in EON standb y [...]

17 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 (Dolby Pro Logic and JVC Theater Surround). * Manuf actured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “Dolby , ” the doub le[...]

18 English Available DSP Modes According to the Speaker Arrangement A vailable DSP modes will v ary de pending on ho w man y speakers ar e used with this receiver . Mak e sure that y ou have set the speak er information correctl y (see pa ge 11). TV Front speaker Front speaker Center speaker Rear speaker Rear speaker Each time you pr ess SURR OUND,[...]

19 English Adjusting the 3D-PHONIC Modes Bef ore y ou start, remember ... • Make sure tha t y ou have set the speaker information cor rectly (see page 11). • There is a time limit in doing the follo wing ste ps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, star t fr om ste p 1 again. On the front panel: 1. Press SURR OUND repeatedly until “3[...]

20 English From the remote control: 1. Press SOUND CONTR OL. The 10 ke ys are activa ted for sound adjustments. 2. Press SURR OUND repeatedly until the D AP mode — DANCE CLUB, LIVE CLUB, HALL, or P A VILION — appears on the display . The DAP indica tor also lights up on the display . 3. Press REAR•L – / + to adjust the r ear speaker output [...]

21 English 8. ONL Y FOR “THEA TER”: Pr ess cursor control @ / # to select an ef fect level y ou w ant. • Each time you press the button, the effect le vel chang es as follows: As the number increases, JVC Theater Sur round becomes stronger . Activating the DSP Modes Once y ou ha ve finished adjustments for the DSP modes, y ou can use the same[...]

22 English Using the DVD MUL TI Playback Mode This r eceiver pr ovides the DVD MUL TI playback mode for r epr oducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player . Befor e playing back a DVD, r efer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player . 7. Pr ess cursor control @ / # to adjust the left r ear speak er output le vel (fr om –10 to [...]

23 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 r emote control system, you need to connect JVC audio components through the COMPU LINK-3 (SYNCHR O) jac ks (see belo w) in addition to the connections using cables wit[...]

24 English Operating Other 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 oper ate JVC’ s audio components using this r emote control: • Y ou need to connect JVC audio components through the COMPU L[...]

25 English Cassette deck After pressing T APE/MD, y ou can perform the follo wing oper ations on a cassette deck: 3 : Starts playing. 1 1 1 1 1 : Fast winds the tape from right to left. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ : Fast winds the tape from left to right. 7 : Stops operations. 8 : Pauses playing. T o release it, pr ess 3 . Note: T o operate the cassette deck or[...]

26 English 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 reception. Howling during record playing. “OVERLOAD” starts flashing on the display, Remote control does not work. T r oubleshooting Use this chart to help you[...]

27 English Specifications Amplifier Output P o wer At Stereo operation: 55 watts per channel, min. RMS, both channels dr i ven into 4 ohms at 1kHz, with no more than 0.9 % total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3/DIN) At Surround operation: Front Channel: 50 w atts per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 4 ohms at 1 kHz, with no more than 0.8 % total harmo[...]

28 English FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.50 MHz to 108.00MHz Usable Sensitivity: Monaural: 17.0 dBf (1.95 µV/75 ohms) 50 dB Quieting Sensiti vity: 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 Har monic Distor tion: Monaur[...]

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