JVC CA-MXGB5 manual

CA-MXGB6 CA-MXGB5 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM CA-MXGB6/CA-MXGB5 COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS SAM LVT1188-003A [B] MXGB6&5[B]_Cover.p65 04.1.21, 5:32 PM 3[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Other s CAUTION T o reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire , etc.: 1. Do not remove scre ws, cov ers or cabinet. 2. Do not e xpose this appliance to rain or moisture. Caution –– STANDBY/ON switch! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The STANDBY/ON switch in any position does not disconnect[...]

G-2 SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been designed and manuf actured to meet inter national saf ety standards but, lik e any electrical equipment, care must be taken if y ou are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Do read the operating instructions before y ou attem[...]

1 Introduction About This Manual This manual is org anized as follows: • The manual mainly explains operations using the b uttons and controls on the unit. Y ou can also use the b uttons on the remote control if they ha ve the same or similar names (or marks) as those on the unit. If operation using the r emote control is different fr om that usi[...]

2 Contents Location of the Buttons and Controls ....................... 3 Front Panel ................................................................. 3 Remote Control .......................................................... 5 Getting Started ............................................................ 6 Unpacking ...............................[...]

3 Location of the Buttons and Controls Become familiar with the b uttons and controls on your unit. Front Panel y u ; a s d f o i 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 p q 4 5 w e r t MXGB6&5[B]_01-08.p65 04.1.21, 5:32 PM 3[...]

4 See pages in the parentheses for details. Front Panel 1 ST ANDBY/ON button (9, 26, 27) ECO b utton (9) 2 Standby lamp (9) 3 Carrousel 4 Display windo w 5 Remote sensor (5) 6 REC ST AR T/ST OP button (23) CD REC ST AR T button (24) DUBBING button (24) 7 REC lamp (23, 24) SOUND MODE lamp (11) RHYTHM AX lamp (10) 8 REPEA T button (15, 17, 21) PR OGR[...]

5 Remote Control Remote Control 1 BEEP ON/OFF button (11) 2 SLEEP button (28) 3 Number buttons (12, 18) 4 T APE A 3 (play) button (10, 22) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit. 5 V OLUME + button (10) 6 FM/AM button (10, 12) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit. 7 A UX button (10) Pr essing this button also turns on the unit. 8 SOUN[...]

6 FM [75 ] ANTENNA AM 1 Attach the FM antenna to the FM [75 Ω ] coaxial terminal. 2 Extend the FM antenna. 3 F asten it up in the position which gives y ou the best reception, then f ix it on the wall, etc. About the supplied FM antenna The FM antenna supplied with this unit can be used as temporary measure. If reception is poor , you can connect[...]

7 1 Pr ess and hold the clamp of the AM terminal on the r ear of the unit. 2 Insert the end of the AM (MW) loop antenna cord into the terminal. • If the AM (MW) loop antenna wire is cov ered with vinyl, remo ve the vinyl by twisting it as sho wn in the diagram. 3 Release the f inger from the clamp. 4 T urn the AM (MW) loop antenna until you ha ve[...]

8 Connecting Other Equipment Y ou can connect audio equipment—used only as a playback device. • DO NO T connect any equipment while the pow er is on. • DO NO T plug in any equipment until all connections are complete. T o connect audio equipment For playing the other equipment thr ough this unit, connect between the audio output jack on the o[...]

9 Common Operations 2 Press ¢ or 4 to adjust the hour , then press SET/ DISPLA Y . The minute digits start flashing on the display . • If you want to correct the hour after pressing SET/ DISPLA Y , press CANCEL/DEMO. The hour digits start flashing again. 3 Press ¢ or 4 to adjust the minute, then press SET/ DISPLA Y . T o check the clock time Pr[...]

10 Reinforcing the Bass Sound This function only af fects the playback sound , not your recording. Press do wn the SUBWOOFER LEVEL +/– control to incr ease the subwoofer sound or up the control to decr ease it. • The subwoofer le vel can be adjusted in 3 steps (LEVEL 1 — LEVEL 3). If you press do wn the control to increase the le vel beyond L[...]

11 Selecting the Sound Modes This function only af fects the playback sound, not your recording. Y ou can select one of the 6 preset sound modes (3 surround modes and 3 SEA — Sound Ef fect Amplifier — modes). T o select the sound modes, press up the SOUND MODE control repeatedly until the sound mode you want appears on the display . • The SOU[...]

12 Listening to the Radio On the unit ONL Y : 1 T une in to the station y ou want to preset (in this example, of FM 87.50). • See “ T uning in to a Station — Auto Search. ” 2 Press SET/DISPLA Y . 3 Press PRESET + or PRESET – to select a preset number . 4 Press SET/DISPLA Y again. The tuned station in step 1 is stored in the preset number [...]

13 Searching for Programs by PTY Codes (PTY Search) One of the advantag es of RDS is that you can locate a particular kind of program by specifying PTY codes. • F or details on the PTY codes, see “ Additional Information” on page 30. T o search f or a program using PTY codes • PTY Search is applicable only to preset FM RDS stations. If not [...]

14 Switching T emporarily to a Program T ype of Y our Choice The Enhanced Other Networks function allo ws the unit to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your choice (NEWS or INFO) from a dif ferent station. T o activa te the Enhanced Other Networks function Enhanced Other Networks function is applicable onl y to preset FM RDS stations. If[...]

15 Playing Back CDs This unit has been designed to playback the follo wing CDs: • Audio CD • CD-R (CD-Recordable) • CD-R W (CD-ReWritable) • MP3 disc (MP3 f iles r ecorded on a CD-R or CD-R W) * When playing a CD-R or CD-R W • User -edited CD-Rs (CD-Recordable) and CD-R Ws (CD-ReWritable) can be played back when they are already “ f ina[...]

16 • Each time you pr ess the b utton, the indication on the display changes as follo ws: * See page 21. 3 Pr ess one of the disc number b uttons (CD1, CD2 or CD3) f or the disc you want to start to play fr om. CD play starts from the f ir st track of the selected disc. • Pressing CD 6 instead of the disc number buttons starts playing back if a[...]

17 One Disc play When 2 or 3 CDs are loaded on the disc trays, you can select one particular disc to be played back. On the unit ONL Y : 1 Load CDs. • If the current playing source is not the CD player , press CD 6 , then 7 before going to the next step. 2 Pr ess REPEA T re peatedl y so that the 1 DISC indicator lights up on the display . • Eac[...]

18 For MP3 disc: When the MP3 playback mode is the TRA CK mode (See also page 19.) Press ¢ or 4 before or during playback. • ¢ : Skips to the beginning of the next or succeeding tracks. • 4 : Goes back to the beginning of the current or pre vious tr acks. When using the remote control, press ¢ / ¡ or 4 / 1 . If you pr ess ¢ or 4 (or ¢ / ?[...]

19 T urning On or Off the Resume Play for MP3 Disc For MP3 disc, this unit can store the number of the track that you hav e stopped playback. By pressing CD 6 , you can start playback again from the beginning of the same track — Resume play . Y ou can turning on and off the resume play for MP3 discs. On the unit ONL Y : Press PR OGRAM bef ore or [...]

20 Programming the Playing Order of the T racks —–Program Play Y ou can arrange the order in which the tracks play before you start playing. Y ou can pr ogram up to 32 tracks. • T o use Repeat play (see page 21) for Program play , press REPEA T after starting Program play . Playback and recording f or Program play are not availa ble to MP3 di[...]

21 Playing at Random —– Random Play The tracks of the selected CD will play at random. • T o use Random play , you ha ve to cancel Program play . On the unit ONL Y : 1 Load a CD . 2 Pr ess one of the disc number b uttons (CD1, CD2, and CD3) f or the disc you want to play , then press 7 . 3 Pr ess RANDOM so that “ RANDOM ” appears on the d[...]

22 Playing Back T apes Playing Back a T ape 1 Pr ess 0 for the deck y ou want to use. 2 Put a cassette in, with the exposed part of the tape down and the side y ou want to play facing front. • Y ou can play back only type I tapes. 3 Close the cassette holder gently . 4 Pr ess T APE A 3 3 3 3 3 f or the deck A or T APE B 3 3 3 3 3 fo r the deck B [...]

23 Recording a T ape on Deck B On the unit ONL Y : 1 Press 0 f or deck B. 2 Put a recordable cassette in, with the e xposed part of the tape down and the side y ou want to record facing fr ont. 3 Close the cassette holder gently . 4 Start playing the source — FM, AM (MW), CD player or auxiliary equipment connected to A UX IN jack. • For duplica[...]

24 CD Synchronized Recording Y ou can easily r ecord a CD onto a tape. • This function does not work for MP3 discs. When recording an MP3 disc onto a tape, see “Recording a T ape on Deck B” on page 23. • Y ou can also record the tracks in the order you hav e made the program. Playback and recording f or Program play are not a vailable to MP[...]

25 Using the T imers There are three timers av ailable — Daily T imer, Recording T imer , and Sleep T imer . Before using the timers, you need to set the clock built in the unit. (See “ Setting the Clock ” on page 9.) Using Daily Timer W ith Daily T imer , you can wake to your fa vorite music or radio program. Y ou can set the timer whether t[...]

26 Continued WOOFER T o turn on or off Daily Timer after its setting is done 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER r epeatedly until “ D AIL Y ” appears on the display . 2 T o turn off the Dail y Timer , press CANCEL/DEMO. The D AIL Y (daily timer) indicator goes off fr om the display ( “ OFF ” appears for a while). The Daily T imer is canceled, b ut the set[...]

27 Using Recording T imer W ith Recording T imer , you can make a tape of a radio broadcast automatically . Y ou can set the timer whether the unit is on or of f. How Recording Timer actually works The unit automatically turns on, tunes in to the specified station, sets the v olume level to “ V OL MIN, ” and starts recording when the on-time co[...]

28 T o turn on or off Recording Timer after its setting is done 1 Press CLOCK/TIMER r epeatedly until “ REC ” appears on the display . 2 T o turn off the Recording Timer , pr ess CANCEL/DEMO. The REC (recording timer) indicator goes off from the display ( “ OFF ” appears f or a while). The Recording Timer is canceled, b ut the setting for t[...]

29 Maintenance T o get the best performance of the unit, keep your discs, tapes, and mechanism clean. Handling cassette tapes • If the tape is loose in its cassette, take up the slack by inserting a pencil in one of the reels and rotating. • If the tape is loose, it may get stretched, cut, or caught in the cassette. • Be careful not to touch [...]

30 Classification of the PTY codes for some FM stations may be different fr om the above list. Description of the PTY codes: NEWS : Ne ws. AFF AIRS : T opical program expanding or enlarging upon the ne ws — de ba te, or analysis. INFO : Program the purpose of which is to impart advice in the widest sense. SPOR T : Program concerned with an y aspe[...]

31 Action Press CANCEL/DEMO on the unit. (See page 8.) Check all connections and make corrections. (See pages 6 to 8.) • Reconnect the antennas correctly and securely . • Change the position and direction of the AM (MW) loop antenna. • Extend the FM antenna at the best position. Clean or replace the disc. (See page 29.) • Plug the A C power[...]

32 Specifications CA-MXGB5 Amplifier section Output Po wer SUBWOOFERS : 120 W per channel, min. RMS, dri ven into 6 Ω at 63 Hz with no more than 10% total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3) 50 W per c hannel, min. RMS, driven into 6 Ω at 63 Hz with no more than 0.9% total harmonic distortion. (DIN) MAIN SPEAKERS : 60 W per channel, min. RMS, dri v[...]

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