JVC CA-FSXA1 manual

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    COMP A CT COMPONENT SYSTEM FS-XA1 Consists of CA-FSXA1 and SP-FSXA1 INSTRUCTIONS GNT0067-0 01A [B] FS-XA1[B].book Page 1 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:34 PM[...]

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    G-1 CA UTI ON T o reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire , etc.: 1. Do not remov e screws, co vers or cabinet . 2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. CA UTION — (Standb y/on) b utton! Discon nect the m ains pl ug to shut the po wer of f complet ely (the ST ANDBY l a mp go es off ) . When installi ng t he appara tus, ens ure t h[...]

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    G-2 Caut ion: Pr oper Ve ntila tio n T o a v oid risk of electric shock and fire, and t o prev ent damage, locate the apparatus as follows: 1. Front: No obstr uctions and open spacing. 2. Sides/T op/Back: No obstr uctions should be placed in the areas shown by the dimens ions below . 3. Bottom: Place on the le v el surface . Maintain an adequate a [...]

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    G-3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipmen t has been design ed and manufa ctured to meet intern ational safe ty standards but, like any electri cal equipm ent, care m ust be taken if you are to obta in the be st results a nd safety i s to be a ssured. Do read the operat ing instructi ons before y[...]

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    1 Introduction Special cautions .............................................. 2 Notes on handling ........... ................ ...... ....... ...... . 2 Supplied acce ssories ............ ....... ......... .............. 2 About discs ...................................................... 3 Playable dis c types ......... ................ .........[...]

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    2 7 Importa nt caution s Installation of th e system • Select a place which is le vel, dry and neither too hot nor too cold; between 5°C and 35°C. • Leav e suf ficient distance between the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vibration. Power cord • Do not handle the power cord with w et hands. • A small amo[...]

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    3 About discs Discs y ou can p lay: The “Play abl e” in the following list shows available disc types and recording formats. • A D V D VR f or matted D VD-ROM is also pla yab le. *1 This system can play f inalized di scs only . *2 Only when a D V D-R/-RW is compatible with CPRM (Content Protection f or Recordable Media), D VD VR format can be[...]

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    4 For MP3/WM A files • An off-the-shelf MP3 disc ma y be pla yed in an order diff erent from that indicated on the label attached to the disc. • The system suppor ts MP3/WMA files recorded with a bit rate of 32 – 320 kbps and a sampling frequency of 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz (WMA only), 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, or 48 kHz. • If the tag inf or matio[...]

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    5 The nu mbers repr esent the pa ge numbe rs. * Con nect head phone s (not s upplied) with a stereo min i plug . If the headphone s are connecte d, the speak ers and subw oof er will not pro duce an y s ound. Fr ont panel DIMMER DVD/CD FM/AM AUX PHONES AUX 1 * STANDBY See “Displa y windo w” belo w . In the d oor T op of the unit 16 11 12 14 12 [...]

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    6 The nu mbers repr esent the pa ge numbe rs. If th e ran ge or ef f ectiv eness of the remote control decreas es , replace the batteries. Us e two R6 (SUM-3) /AA(15F) type dr y-cell batteries . CAUTION • Do not use a used ba ttery and a new battery together . • Do not use different type s of batteries at the same tim e . • Take out the batt [...]

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    7 This pag e is f or when ope ratin g y our TV using the remote c ontrol o f this pro duct. Setting the manufacturer’ s code 1 Slide the remote c ontrol mode selector t o the TV side. 2 Keep pressing down TV. NOTE Keep pre ssing down TV until S tep 4 is complete. 3 Press E NTER. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0). Ex.: Fo r a Hitachi TV : Press 1, t[...]

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    8 Connecting AM loop antenna (suppl ied) 1 Set up th e AM loop antenna. 2 Conne ct antenn a cords. 3 Turn the AM lo op antenna to the directi on of the best r adio r ecep tion. Locate the AM loo p ante nna as far away from the mai n unit as possible. • Do not locate the AM loop antenna on a metallic table or close to a T V , personal comput er , [...]

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    9 There i s no diff erence be tween the left and right spea ke rs . CAUTION • DO NOT connect m ore than one speake r to one spea ker term inal. • The speaker s of this product are magnetica lly shielded, but co lor irregularities may occur on the TV dep ending on how the speaker s are installed. Keep in mind the f ollowing. 1. Turn off the main[...]

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    10 This pag e is f or when con necti ng the main unit wit h other devices. Connecting subwoofer When y ou want to hear soun d from the subw oof er , press S.WFR OUT on the remo te contro l to displ a y “SUBW OOFER” on the dis pla y windo w on the main unit. Each time you pres s the bu tton, the displa y toggles betw een “SUB W OOFER” and ?[...]

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    11 Connecting with a portable audio device • By using QP Lin k (Quic k P ortable Lin k), y ou can easily start pla ying bac k a portable audio de vice on this unit. Se e page 36 for det ails. • If an e xternal de vice is not equipped with a stereo m ini pl ug audio output, use a plu g adaptor to conv ert the stereo m ini plug to the correspo nd[...]

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    12 (Ref er also pag e 17 f or play ing M P3/WMA/JPEG/ASF/ DivX/ MPEG1/MPEG2.) • The powe r will be tur n ed on w hen any o f D VD/ CD 3 , FM, AM , A UX, or 0 on th e mai n unit and D VD/CD 3 , FM, AM, A UX, or 0 OPEN/CLOSE on the remo te control is pressed w hile the po wer is off . • If an y b utton oth er than 0 or 0 OPEN/CLOSE i s pressed , [...]

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    13 Basic operations Display window during disc playback Ex.: When a D V D VIDE O is played When a D VD VR is pla yed bac k, PG (original progr am) /PL (pla y lis t) numb er is dis pla yed. Ex.: When a D V D A U DIO is p lay ed If “BONUS ” or “B .S.P . ” is displa yed during a D VD A UDIO pla yback, ref er to page 27. Ex.: When an SVCD or VC[...]

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    14 Playing discs (continued) NOTE • Set the remote contro l mode select or to AUDIO befor e usi ng th e numbe r button s. • Fo r a VCD or SVC D, this op eration can be carried out wh en the disc i s stopped , or du ring playba ck withou t the P BC fu nction. • For a DVD AUDIO, CD, MP3/WMA or JPEG, this operat ion can also be carried out wh en[...]

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    15 Basic operations Press during playback . NOTE • Th is function ma y not be avail able for so me discs. • It is no t possible to go back to the prev ious title. Press SLOW or SLO W during pause. • Each time y ou p ress th e b utton , the pla ybac k speed i ncreas es ( × 1/32, × 1/16, × 1/8, × 1/4, × 1/2). • Press D VD/CD 3 to sta r t[...]

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    16 Playing audi o/video files Playing discs (continued) Press DI MMER re peatedly. • Each time y ou p ress th e b utton , the di mmer mode ch anges as f ollows : • When the unit is turned off , pressing DISPLA Y turns off the cl oc k indic ation to sa v e the po wer consum ption. At this tim e, QP Li nk will be cancel ed auto matic ally . The i[...]

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    17 Displa y of an MP3/ WMA disc is de scribed here as an e xample. Fo r a JPEG di sc, read “trac k” as “file”. NOTE When pl aying a disc con taining bot h MP3/WMA/ ASF/ DivX/MP EG1/MPEG 2 and JPE G files, set one o f them to be pla yed, then t urn on the system a gain (pa ge 29). 1 Load a disc. 2 Press cursor 5 / K to select a group. 3 Pres[...]

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    18 NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO be fore using the number b uttons. This s ystem c an sto re the s top po int, an d when yo u start pla ybac k again b y pressing D VD/CD 3 (e ven wh ile on stand b y), it starts from the posit ion where y ou ha ve stopp ed—Re sume Pla y . The RESUME i ndica tor lights on the displa y windo w[...]

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    19 NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO be fore using the number b uttons. 1 Press MENU/PL or TOP MENU/ PG while the disc is stopped or during playback *1 . • The disc men u screen will be di spla yed. • T o displa y the disc men u whil e pla ying back a VCD or SVCD with PBC fu nction, p ress RETURN repeatedly . •O n l y T OP [...]

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    20 1 Press ON SCREEN twice during play back *2 . The menu bar will be disp lay ed (p age 28 ). 2 Press cursor 2 / 3 to select . 3 Press EN TER. 4 Input the time *3 using the number butto ns (1-9, 0 ). Ex. : When y ou w ant to pl a y a D VD VIDEO from the position of (0 ho ur) 23 minu tes 45 seco nds , pres s the but tons in the order: • If y ou i[...]

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    21 2 Create a program following the description on the TV screen. Ref er to “Ho w to us e the nu m ber b uttons” (page 15). • The input conten t varies depe nding on the disc t ype. • D VD VIDEO: Titles and ch apters • VCD , SVCD , CD: T racks • D VD A UDIO , MP3/WMA: Groups and tr acks • T o select a D VD A UDIO bonu s group, carr y [...]

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    22 Ref er to page 17 f or Repeat Pla yback o f MP3/ WMA/JPEG/ASF/Div X/MPEG1/MPEG2 files . Press REPEAT during playback. • Each time y ou press the b utton, the Re peat mode an d its indic ation c hange as f ollows: F or D VD VIDEO Fo r D V D V R Fo r D V D AU D IO SET/QP LINK Playing the title/chapter/ gr oup/track/all tracks re peatedly ( REPEA[...]

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    23 Fo r CD/VCD/SVCD NOTE • Fo r a VCD a nd SVCD, t he oper ation ca n be carrie d out only when the disc is s topped o r during pl ayback withou t the PBC function . • It is po ssible to set Repeat mode o n the men u bar. For how to oper ate, refer to “Playing t he designa ted part repea tedly (A-B Repeat Pla yback)” (S ee the right colu mn[...]

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    24 1 Press SUBTITLE during playba ck of a disc containing subtitles in s everal languages. • Each time yo u press t he but ton, the subtitle will be alternated be tween ON and OFF . 2 Press cursor 5 / K to select a subtitle language. • F or a l anguag e code s uch as “AA”, ref er to “Language codes ” (p age 42 ). • The manner of displ[...]

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    25 1 Press ZOOM during playback or while paused. • Each time y ou pre ss the b utton, the p icture magnific ation will be changed. • For JPEG, y ou cannot change th e picture magnific ation during sli de-show pla ybac k. 2 Sele ct the por tion you wan t to see by using cursor 5 / K / 2 / 3 . • T o resume normal pla yback , sel ect “ZOO M OF[...]

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    26 Other convenient functions (continued) The tw o speak ers produce an eff ect resemb ling surround-s ound. 1 Press 3D PHONIC duri ng playba ck. • Each time you press the b utton, the 3D PHONIC will be alternated as follo ws: • While 3D PHONIC is ac tiv ated, “ 3D PHONIC ” appears a nd the 3D PHONIC indicato r lights on th e displa y windo[...]

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    27 NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO before using t he numb er but tons. There are so me D VD A UDIO di scs with a s pecia l gr oup , called “Bon us Gr oup”, recor ded. NOTE This operat ion can be c arried ou t when “BON US” is lit on the displ ay window on the main unit. 1 Press GROUP /TITLE repeatedly during playback to[...]

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    28 NOTE • Set the remote contro l mode select or to AUDIO bef ore usin g the nu mber butt ons. • Thi s oper at ion ca n be car ried out when there i s a disc lo aded. Th ere are s ome func tions th at may not w ork while the dis c is stopped. 1 Press ON SCREEN twi ce. The status bar an d the men u bar will appea r on the TV s creen. 2 Press cur[...]

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    29 NOTE The play back statu s mark has the sa me mean ing of the mar k on the On-s cr een gui de (pag e 15) . The initi al settings of t he system can be ch anged accordi ng to th e en viro nment the syst em is used in. NOTE • Set the remote contro l mode select or to AUDIO bef ore usin g the nu mber butt ons. • Th e top and bottom of the prefe[...]

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    30 Preferences (continued) AUDIO Items Contents ( : initial setting) DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT Select an o utput signal type from the follo wing in accordance with the device conn ect ed to t he digita l audio o utp ut ter minal (A V amplifie r , etc. ). (See the table below for the p reference items a nd output signal. ) PCM ONL Y : De vic e co rre s[...]

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    31 NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO before using t he numb er but tons. 1 Press FM or AM. 2 Press 4 / x to select the station (frequency). A utomatic tuni ng: Hold down 4 / x until the system starts search ing, and t hen release the button. (The A UTO indi cator lights w hile sea rching.) When a stat ion of suff icien t sign al [...]

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    32 RDS allo ws FM station s to send an add itiona l signal al ong with th eir regul ar prog ram sign als . F or e x ampl e, th e statio ns send the ir statio n names , as well as inf ormation about what ty pe of p rogr a m they broad cast, suc h as sports or music , etc. When tun ed in to an FM station w hich p rovides th e RDS service , the RD S i[...]

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    33 Searching for a program by PTY codes One of th e adv antages of the RDS s ervice is that you can l ocate a p ar ticular kind o f prog ram from the prese t chan nels ( page 31 ) b y sp ecify ing the PTY codes . To search fo r a prog ram usin g the PTY codes NOTE Before you st art operation; • The PTY Se arch is only app licable to pres et stati[...]

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    34 Description of the PTY cod es NOTE Classifica tion of the PT Y code s for some FM statio ns may be di fferent from the above list. Switching to broadcast program of your choice temporarily Another c on v enient RDS service is calle d “Enha nced Oth er Netw orks”. This al lo ws the s yste m to s witch tem pora rily to a broad cas t program of[...]

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    35 To stop liste ning to th e program selected by Enhanced Ot her Network Press TA / N e w s / I n f o repeatedl y again s o that the progr am type indica tor (T A/NEWS/I NFO) go es off from the d ispla y windo w . The system e xits from Enhanced Oth er Netw ork stan db y mod e and goes bac k to th e pre viously sel ected sta tion. How the Enhance [...]

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    36 Connec t the ot her aud io de vice to t his sys tem in advanc e (pag e 10). 1 Press AUX . The sourc e chan ges to A UX. Each time y ou pres s the b utton, the sou rce changes betwe en A UX 1 (front) a nd A UX 2 (rear). 2 Play the other audio device. For details, ref er to the ma nua l of the de vice co nnect ed. 3 Adju st the vo lume and the sou[...]

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    37 If the sound from the au dio de vice conn ected to the A UX 1 or A UX 2 jack is to o loud or i s too quiet when chan ging from an other sou rce to “AUX,” you can cha nge the audio input level thro ugh th e AUX 1 or AUX 2 jack (w ithout chang ing the v olume leve l). Press and hold AU X for 2 seconds while th e AUX is sel ected as the source.[...]

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    38 Without s etting the b uilt-in cloc k, y ou cannot use any t imers. • T o e xit from th e cloc k setti ng, pre ss CLOCK/ TIMER as re quired . • T o correc t a mi sentry during the procedure belo w , pres sing CANCEL ca n return to the previous step. 1 Press CL OCK/TI MER. • If you have alre ady adjus ted th e clock before, press the button[...]

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    39 5 Press cursor 2 / 3 to select the play back sourc e, the n press SET/QP LINK. • Each time yo u pres s the b utton, the cl ock setting change s as follows: • When select ing the tun er, press curso r 2 / 3 to se lect a preset chann el. • When selecting “D ISC”, yo u can speci fy the group and track. For the dis cs other than MP3/WMA, t[...]

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    40 When t he time y ou specify elap ses, the system w ill be turned off by i tself . Press SLEE P. Each tim e y ou press the b utton, the time in dicat ed on the displ a y wind ow on the main un it changes (in minute s). Changing the time Reselect the tim e by press ing SLE EP repeatedl y . Confirming the time Press SLEEP o nce whi le Slee p Time r[...]

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    41 When y ou enco unter a prob lem that seems to be a f ault , chec k th e f oll owin g poin ts bef ore contac ting you r JVC service cen ter . Power source 7 Power do es not come o n. • The pow er cord is not connecte d to the main unit or an AC outl et. → Conne ct the power c ord corr ectly (page 11 ). Operation 7 You canno t op erate an y bu[...]

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    42 About radio 7 The sound is noisy w hile recei ving/ Receiving is disab led. • The antenna is not connected c orrectl y . → Conne ct the antenn a correctl y (page 8) . Others 7 It is not possible to switch audio or subt itles between langua ges. • The disc does not co ntain 2 or mo re language s. → If on ly a si ngle language is recorded [...]

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    43 General P ower source: AC 230 V , 50 H z P owe r con sumpt ion: 25 W (in op erati on) / 4.0 W(on st andby/displ a y on) 1.0 W (on sta ndby/d ispla y off) Wei gh t: 2. 6 k g Exter nal dimensions 150 mm x 152.6 mm x 252.9 mm ( WxHxD ) : DVD player Pla yab le discs: D VD VIDEO, D VD A UDIO , VCD , SVCD , CD CD-R/RW (VCD/SVCD/CD/MP3/ WMA/JPEG /DivX/[...]

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    2006 Victor Company of Japan, Limited EN 0406KTCMDWJSC FS-XA1 COMPACT T COMPONENT SYSTEM c FS-XA1[B].book Page 46 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:34 PM[...]