CAVS JB-99 manual

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Digital Jukebox CAVS JB-99 CAVS JB-99 Player is a versatile music machine designed to meet the demands of professio nal DJs and KJs. It is a three-in-one machine, combining the fu nctions of a multi-disc player (plays audio CD, CD+G, video CD), a disc changer (holds up to 20,000 CD and CD+G songs), and a jukebox (accesses any song instantly). Yet C[...]

1. PRODUCT FEATURES 1. Jukebox Play Play CD and CD+G songs from internal m emory of JB-99. Store up to 20,000 CD and CD+G songs (additional song capacity optional). Built-in 4 band au dio equalizer. Tempo control, Digital key control, Voice cancel (multiplex) and Fanfare. Reservation, Random play and Repeat pl ay. On-screen song selection m enu. So[...]

2. SAFETY/PRECAUTIONS Place the unit on even-level. Do not place heavy equipment Tilted position may cause damage such as TV on top of the un it to the unit and th e disc. Do not place the unit in areas with vibration high humi dity limited or no ventilatio n under direct sunrays high or low tem perature. 7[...]

Moving the unit from one place to To a void the m agnetic interference, another with extreme temperature pl ace the unit away from speakers. difference may cause wat er dew on the laser pickup of the unit and resul t in malfunct ioning of the unit. If so, turn off the unit and wait for one or two hours before starting again. Do not open the tray by[...]

B e s u r e t o r e a d t h e u s e r m a n u a l b e f o r e Never open the top cover. It is very o p e r a t i n g t h e u n i t d a n g e r o u s t o t o u c h t h e i n s i d e o f t h e Place the unit in an area well unit due to possible electric shock. ventilated and with n o heat. When not in use for long duration, be sure to pull out the po[...]

The unit and its power cord should be arranged safel y at all tim es and never be ha ndled with wet hands due to a danger of electric shock. Check the supply volta ge before turning on the unit. The unit uses 110 - 220V AC. 10[...]

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4. CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1. Power Button Plug the power co rd into electric outlet and press the button to turn on the un it. 2. Power Indicator Lamp It indicates that t he power cord is plugged in and the unit is ready to be turned on. 3. Disc Tray It holds three discs to be play ed by the unit. It is cont rolled by OPEN/CLOSE but ton. Note: Do n[...]

Plug in the mi crophones 1 and 2. 9. KEY buttons Use the KEY buttons to lower/reset/rai se the key (pitch) of a song by a half not e. 10. TEMPO buttons Use  ,  buttons to decrease / increase the tempo. 11. DISC CHANGE button Press D/C button to select t he disc in the sequence of disc1 - disc2 - disc3. 12. PLAY/SELECT button Press to play a s[...]

23. Skip (  ,  ), PREV/NEXT buttons Press to display the song li st on TV screen and then press to move t o the next or previous page of the song list. In Disc Play mode, press t o go to the next or previous track in the disc. 24. TIME button (Video-CD) Press to select a specific tim e (track, mi nute, second) and press again to begin playing[...]

1. AUDIO output terminal Connect the term inal to audio input of TV or am plifier. 2. VIDEO output terminal Connect the term inal to video input t erminal of TV. 3. S-VHS output terminal Connect the terminal to S-VHS input terminal of TV (if available) for higher video quality. 4. NTSC/PAL mode selection switch Select the video output m ode between[...]

1. PBC (Play back control) Display when Video-CD with Play Back Control is inserted. 2. INTRO Display when INTRO butt on is pressed. 3. PLAY indicator Display when a song is in pl ay. 4. PAUSE indicator Display when a song is in pause. 5. DISC Indicate the disc tray num ber. 6. TRACK Display the total number of tracks in a disc in play. 7. TOTAL In[...]

11. RANDOM Indicate the random m ode selection. 12. Types of disc Indicate the type of disc Video-CD / CDDA / CD+G in play. 13. REPEAT Indicate the repeat mode in play. 14. ONE / ALL Display the Repeat One / All mode in play sp ecifying that the unit will play on e song repeatly or play all songs sequentially. 15. Music contents Display the num ber[...]

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1. MUTE button Press to suppress the audio output. Press again t o resume norma l audio output. 2. INTRO button Press to play the beginning 10 s econds of each track on the disc. 3. RESUME button (Video-CD) Press to begin playing from where it was stopped or turned off. 4. SLOW button (Video-CD) Press to select slow motion play. 5. PBC button (Vide[...]

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6. HOW TO CONNECT 6.1 When connecting video/audio outputs to TV The connection for o perating JB-99 with TV is illustrated below. Note: If your TV does not have video/ audio inputs, use an adopter (such as R/ F modulator) for t he connection with JB-99. 25[...]

6.2 When connecting video output to TV and audio output to amplifier The connection for o perating JB-99 with TV and amplifier is illustrated below. Note: For better vocal sound, t ry connecting the m i crophones directly to karaoke (m ixer) ampl ifier. 26[...]

6.3 When connecting S-VHS output to TV and audio output to amplifier The connection for operating JB-99 th rough S-VHS output to TV and audio output to amplifier is illustrated below. Note: S-VHS output is of better vid eo quality than composite video output. When using S-VHS output, external video input is disabl ed. Warning: When using S-VHS outp[...]

6.4 When connecting external background video to JB-99 The connection for ex ternal video source (such as a camcorder) to JB-99 is illustrated below. Note: Connect the vi deo output of the external video source t o the video input term inal of JB-99. 28[...]

6.5 When connecting PC to JB-99 The connection for PC to JB-99 is illustrated below. Note: Use the 25 pin parallel p ort FX cable to connect from PC LPT1 por t to JB-99’s parallel cable po rt. 29[...]

7. HOW TO OPERATE 1. Power on Plug in the power cord and press the POWER button when the standby light is lit. The JB-99 will boot up to the initial screen of the Jukebox Play mode. 2. Menu screen From the Jukebox Play m ode, press the Menu butt on to go to the Menu screen. From this Me nu screen, you may sel ect a mode from the following choices: [...]

1. Select Jukebox Play Mode When powered on, JB-99 will automatica lly enter into the initia l screen of Jukebox Play m ode. If starting from the Menu screen, press 1 to enter the Jukebox Play mode. 2. Select a song for play 2.1 Press a SKIP (  /  ) or SEARCH (  /  ) button to display t he song list on the screen. You can then move forw[...]

for a press of PLAY/SELECT button for the next. Note: If you wish to sel ect a group of songs and play them repeatedly, you can do so by reservi ng the group of songs and then setting REPEAT function to All. 5. Cancel a reserved song 5.1 Press the song number of the reserved song you wi sh to cancel. Press the CANCEL button to del ete the song from[...]

12. Pause the play Press the PAUSE button to pause a song in play. Press t he PAUSE button again or press PLAY/START button to resume. 13. Stop the play Press the STOP/RETURN button to stop a song in play. The screen will return to the initial screen of the Jukebox play mode, ready for a next selection. 14. BGV (Background Video) mode Press the BGV[...]

1. Select Disc Play mode From the MENU screen, press 2 to enter into the Disc Play mode in which the JB-99 will perform as a multi-CD player of audio CD, CD+G, and video C D (ver 1.0, 2.0). 2. Select a disc Use the DISC CHANGE (disc1/disc2/disc3 ) button to select the disc you wi sh to play. The FLT screen will display the chosen disc an d the TV s[...]

6. Voice Cancel With a song in play, press the VOCAL button t o select from Left / R ight / Stereo channels. Vocal recordi ngs in karaoke music would generall y be recorded in the left channel and so choosi ng the right channel would cancel the singer’s voice. 7. Changing the Key of a song With a song in play, press the KEY CONTROL buttons t o lo[...]

16.2 Press the PREV (  ) button to m ove to the previous m enu. 16.3 Press the NEXT(  ) button to move t o the next menu. 16.4 Press the STOP/RETURN button t o return to the parent (root) m enu. 16.5 To make a selecti on in menu, press a num ber using the numeri c buttons. 36[...]

1. Connect JB-99 to PC Power off the JB-99 and your PC. Us ing the 25 pins parallel port FX cable (included in accessory), connect the JB-99 to the PC. Power on the JB-99 and the PC. Note: To download CD or CD+G songs int o JB-99 without a PC, please refer t o Chapter 8. How To Use DataCD. 2. Install the CAVS Jukebox Manager program in PC Insert th[...]

5. If you have a recordable CD-ROM* drive in PC If you have a recordable CD-ROM* dri ve in PC, go to Item 7 for capturing a song. If you have a standard CD-ROM drive instal led in PC (and do not have a recordable C D-ROM drive), go to Item 6 for capturing a song. *For the list of compatible record able CD-ROM drive, see Chapter 12. SPECIFICATION . [...]

6.1.3 Select the SOURCE directory from Jukebox Disc1/ Jukebox Disc2/ Jukebox Disc3 for the inserted disc. The track information of the disc will be shown in the display window. Select the DESTIN directory into which the captured files will be saved . Note: If a DESTIN directory is not designa ted, the captured files will be sav ed in the directory [...]

6.2.3 Select the CD-ROM drive as the SOURCE directory. The track information of the d isc will be shown in the display window. Also sel ect the DESTIN directory into which the captu red files will be saved. Note: If the DESTIN directory is not desig nated, all files will be saved in th e directory of C:program filescavsJBManagerwork by default.[...]

6.3.2 Select the SOURCE directory as t he one in which you have save d the graphic (cdg) and audi o (mp3) file s. All files in the directory will be d isplayed. The DESTIN directory will automatica lly show the song files already stored in the JB-99. 6.3.3 Click on the file s that you wish to send to the JB-99. There i s a limi t of 100 songs that [...]

7.2.3 Select the recordab le CD-ROM drive as the SOURCE directory. The track information of t he disc inside the recordable CD-ROM driv e will be displayed. Select the DESTIN directo ry into which the captu red files will be saved. Note: If DESTIN directory is not designated , all files will be saved in the d irectory of C:program filescavsJBMan[...]

7.3.2 Select the SOURCE directory as the one in whi ch you have save d the graphic (cdg) and audio (m p3) files. All files in the directory will be d isplayed. The DESTIN directory will automatically show the songs files in the JB-99. 7.3.3 Click on the file s that you wish to send to JB-99. There i s a limit of 100 songs that can be transferred at[...]

8.2.3 Select the directory i n which th e BIN or RW files are stored as the SOURCE directory. Select the DESTIN directory into which the conve rted files will be saved. Note: RW file of a CD+G song contains only the graphi c data and when converted will become a graphic (cdg) file. A ma tching audio file (*.m p3) is assum ed to be prepared using a [...]

8.3.2 Select the SOURCE directory as the one in whi ch you have save d the graphic (cdg) and audio (m p3) files. All files in the directory will be d isplayed. The DESTIN directory will automatically show the songs files in JB-99. 8.3.3 Click on the file s that you wish to send to JB-99. There i s a limit of 100 songs that can be transferred at any[...]

Manager program and use the Edit function. Note: For extensive edit ing of the song list, you are recom mended t o save the songlists of JB-99 i n a text file format into y our PC and use any professional editing program s such as Microsoft Word or Excel for the appearances and printouts you wish to achi eve. 9.2 Making a songlist for a disc 9.2.1 [...]

1. Select System Setup mode From the MENU screen of JB-99, press 4 for Sy stem Setup m ode. 2. Download songs from DATA CD-ROM (DataCD) 2.1 Press 1 to select Download from CD-ROM . Following window will appear on the screen. <<<DOWNLOAD>>> Insert the ‘SONG DATA CD-ROM’ into Tray 1. Then Close the Tray and press ‘PLAY’ See [...]

Warning: When the Overwrite existing data is set as Yes, downloading new song f iles will replace the existing song files with sam e song numbers. 2.5 Press 2 to choose the songs in the DataCD to be downloaded. Press the song number of each song you wish followed by a press of the PROG button. When the select ion is complet e, press Stop. Press 2 a[...]

From the MENU screen of JB -99, press 5 for the Sound Control Mode. 1. Jukebox Volume Press 1 to select the Volum e control for Jukebox play. Press the Search (  ,  ) buttons to increase or decrease the volume level . 2. Disc Play Volume Press 2 to select the Volume control for disc play. Press the Search (  ,  ) buttons to increase or [...]

8. HOW TO USE DATACD An alternate m ethod of loading CD or CD+G songs i nto JB-99 is by DataC D. This method i s particularly useful when JB-99 is located in a re mote area where connect ing with a PC is not possi ble. We describe below the instruction on how to m ake a DataCD and how to downl oad the songs from DataCD t o JB-99. 8.1 Making DataCD [...]

9. HOW TO UPGRADE JB-99 The Jukebox Manager (JBManager) program and the opera ting system software (firm ware) for JB-99 will be upgraded periodically and m ade available i n our website http://www.cavsusa.com /jb-99.htm . This chapter provides the instructions on how to i nstall the new JBMa nager program in PC and the new firm ware in JB-99. 9.1 [...]

10. OPTIONAL FEATURES This chapter introduces m any optional features t hat can be added or performed on JB-99. For the l atest list of optional features, please visi t our website http:/ /www .cavsusa.com/jb-99.htm . 10.1 IDE Transfer IDE Transfer offers a direct (hard drive to hard drive) way of transferring t he song files between JB-99 and PC. [...]

11. TROUBLE SHOOTING There may be various reasons for t he abnormal operati on of JB-99. Please refer to the trouble-shooti ng guide below. For continuing problem s with JB-99, contact your l ocal dealer or CAVS USA Inc for a repair service. S y m p t o m s R e a s o n s R e m e d i e s No power to the unit even after Power plug is not properly Che[...]

video mode (NTSC/PAL) using a switch on the back of JB-99. JBManager program will not start Incorrect installa tion Reinstall JBManager program from the in PC program disc. Be sure to have the latest version of the program. Incorrect JBManager version Be sure to have the correct version of JBManager program (Windows 95, 98, ME or Windows 2000, NT, [...]

printer status or printing job. parallel port is regularly used to patrol for the printer status, thus interrupting the comm unication between PC and JB-99. While transferring data, divert the printer settings of each printer located in the pr inter folder (in Control Panel) to ports other than LPT1. Very slow capturing of a CD or PC is being occ u[...]

12. SPECIFICATION SECTION DESCRIPTION System Digital Jukebox player Disc playable Audio CD C D + G Video CD (ver 1.1, ver 2.0) Hard Disk 8 Gigbyte – 20 Gi gbyte 5,400 – 7,200 RPM Input Terminal Microphone i nput 1.2mV(600 ohm ), 2 each External Background Video 1 Vp-p (75 ohm) Parallel port 25 pins Output Termi nal Com posite Video Output 1 Vp-[...]