JVC RX-5030VBK manual

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    INSTR UCTIONS A UDIO/VIDEO CONTR OL RECEIVER LVT0984-011A [UJ] RX-5030VBK 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. DIGITAL PRO LOGIC RX-5030V AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER Cover_RX-5030VBK[UJ]f 03[...]

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    G-1 Caution –– STANDBY/ON switch! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The STANDBY/ON switch in any position does not disconnect the mains line. The power can be remote controlled. CAUTION • Do not bloc k the ventilation openings or holes . (If the ventilation openings or holes are b loc ked b y a newspaper or cloth, et[...]

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    G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oid risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage. Locate the apparatus as follo ws: F ront: 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 t[...]

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    1 VOLTAGE SELECTOR 220V 230 - 240V 127V 110V Precautions General precautions • DO NO T inser t an y metal object into the unit. • DO NO T disassemb le the unit or remo ve scre ws , cov ers, or cabinet. • DO NO T e xpose the unit to rain or moisture. Locations • Install the unit in a location that is le vel and protected from moisture. • T[...]

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    2 T able of Contents Parts Identification ...................................... 3 Getting Started ........................................... 5 Connecting the AM and FM Antennas ............................. 5 Connecting the Speakers and Subw oof er ........................ 6 Connecting A udio/Video Components .............................. 7 Anal[...]

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    3 Par ts Identification See pages in parentheses f or details. 1 ST ANDBY/ON b utton and ST ANDBY lamp (10, 20) 2 SURROUND/DSP OFF b utton (24, 25) 3 DSP button (25) 4 SURROUND b utton (24) 5 Remote sensor (9) 6 Displa y (F or details, see “Display” below .) 7 • INPUT ANALOG button (15) • INPUT A TT (attenuator) b utton (16) 8 INPUT DIGIT A[...]

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    4 See pages in parentheses f or details. 1 TV/CA TV selector (32) 2 • 10 ke ys for selecting preset channels (21) • 10 ke ys for sound adjustment (18, 19) • 10 ke ys for operating audio/video components (29 – 33) 3 SOUND button (18, 19) 4 REC P A USE button (30, 31, 33) 5 Source selection buttons (10) T APE/CDR, CD , D VD , FM/AM, TV SOUND [...]

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    5 AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL AM EXT ANTENNA FM 75 COAXIAL FM 75 COAXIAL Connecting the AM and FM Antennas AM antenna connection Connect the supplied AM loop antenna to the AM LOOP terminals. T ur n the loop until you ha v e the best reception. • If the reception is poor , connect an outdoor single vinyl- cov ered wire (not supplied) to the AM EXT term[...]

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    6 CENTER SPEAKER SURROUND SPEAKERS RIGHT LEFT FRONT SPEAKERS RIGHT LEFT CAUTION : SPEAKER IMPEDANCE 8 16 + – + – + – + – To left front speaker To right surround speaker To center speaker To right front speaker To left surround speaker SUBWOOFER OUT 7 Speaker lay out diagram Connecting the Speakers and Subwoofer Y ou can connect five speak e[...]

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    7 CD IN OUT (REC) IN (PLA Y) OUT (REC) VCR TV SOUND IN AUDIO RIGHT LEFT IN (PLA Y) T APE /CDR R R L R L L Connecting Audio/Video Components T urn the power off to all components before making connections. Y ou can connect the follo wing audio/video components to this receiv er . Refer also to the man uals supplied with your components. • Audio Co[...]

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    8 Å T o left/r ight audio input ı T o left/r ight audio output Ç T o video input Î T o video output Rear panel VCR TV Å T o audio output ı T o video input VCR TV V ideo component connections Use cables with RCA pin plugs (not supplied). Connect the white plug to the audio left jac k, the red plug to the audio right jack, and the yello w plug [...]

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    9 DIGIT AL 1 DIGIT AL 2 ( CD ) DIGIT AL IN (DVD) Digital Connections This receiv er is equipped with two DIGIT AL IN ter minals — one digital coaxial terminal and one digital optical ter minal. Y ou can connect any component to one of the digital terminals using a digital coaxial cable (not supplied) or digital optical cable (not supplied). Digit[...]

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    10 Notes: • When connecting a CD recorder to the T APE/CDR jacks, change the source name to CDR so that “CDR” appears on the displa y when selected as the source. See “Changing the Source Name” below . • When you hav e connected some digital source components using the digital ter minals (see page 9), y ou need to select the digital inp[...]

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    11 Selecting Differ ent Sources for Pictur e and Sound Y ou can watch the picture from a video component while listening to sound from another component. Press one of the audio source selection buttons while watching the picture from a video component such as the VCR or D VD pla yer . • Once you ha ve selected a video source, pictures of the sele[...]

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    12 Changing the Display Brightness— DIMMER Y ou can dim the display . Press DIMMER. • Each time you press the b utton, the display dims and brightens alter nately . T ur ning Off the Power with the Sleep T imer Y ou can fall asleep while listening to m usic — Sleep Timer . Press SLEEP on the remote contr ol repeatedly . • The SLEEP indicato[...]

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    13 4 T urn MUL TI JOG dial to adjust the selected item. Select “ SUBW OOFER YES ” if a subwoofer is connected. Ex.: When “ SUBWOOFER YES ” is selected. 5 Press EXIT . T o adjust other items, repeat steps 2 to 5 . T o finish the setting, go to step 6 . 6 Press EXIT again. The receiv er e xits from the basic setting mode. Setting the Speaker [...]

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    14 7 Speaker distance — DIST ANCE UNIT , FRNT (Front) DIST ANCE, CNTR (Center) DIST ANCE, SURR (Surround) DIST ANCE Select the unit to measure the distance between y our listening position and speakers —“ METER ” or “ FEET . ” After selecting the measuring unit, select the appropriate speaker distance f or each speaker within the range [...]

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    15 If the follo wing symptoms occur while playing Dolb y Digital or DTS encoded software with “ DIGIT AL A UT O ” selected, change the digital input mode. • Sound does not come out at the beginning of pla yback. • Noise comes out while searching or skipping chapters or trac ks. Press INPUT DIGIT AL on the fr ont panel repeatedly to select ?[...]

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    16 T ur ning Off the Subwoofer When the subwoof er is set to “YES” (see page 13), you can choose to tur n off subw oofer output. Press SUBWOOFER OUT ON/OFF on the fr ont panel to turn off the subwoofer . “SUBWOOFER OFF” appears on the displa y for a while and the S.WFR indicator goes off . The subwoof er sound comes out of the front speaker[...]

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    17 Sound Adjustments Using MUL TI JOG Dial Y ou can adjust the sound using MUL TI JOG dial on the front panel. • T one—BASS , TREBLE • Subwoof er output lev el * —SUBWFR LEVEL • Speakers’ output lev el * — FRONT L/R LEVEL, CENTER LEVEL, SURR L/R LEVEL • Eff ect lev el for D AP modes—EFFECT • P anorama control for Pro Logic II Mu[...]

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    18 7 Panorama contr ol for Pr o Logic II Music — P ANORAMA CTRL (Control) Y ou can tur n on or off the P anorama control f or Pro Logic II Music only when “PLII MUSIC” is activ ated. Select “P ANORAMA ON” to enjoy “wraparound” sound eff ect with side-wall image (“OFF” is the initial setting). • For Pro Logic II Music , see page [...]

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    19 2 Press TEST . “TEST T ONE L ” starts flashing on the display and a test tone comes out of the speak ers in the f ollowing order: Check whether y ou can hear the tone through all the speak ers at an equal le vel or not. Note: If the center and surround speakers are set to “ NONE, ” no test tone is av ailable. 3 Select a speaker y ou want[...]

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    20 Notes: • When you hold FM/AM TUNING 5 / ∞ in step 2 , the frequency keeps changing until a station is tuned in. • When a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in, the TUNED indicator lights up on the display . • When an FM stereo program is receiv ed, the STEREO indicator also lights up . Using Preset T uning Once a station is a[...]

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    21 4 Press MEMOR Y again while the selected channel number is flashing on the displa y . The selected channel number stops flashing. The station is assigned to the selected channel number . 5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 until y ou store all the stations y ou want. T o erase a stored preset station, store a ne w station on a used number . The station pre vi[...]

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    22 Dolby Digital 5.1 channel encoding method (so-called discrete multi-channel digital audio f or mat) records and digitally compresses the left front channel, right front channel, center channel, left surround channel, right surround channel, and LFE channel signals. Since each channel is completely independent from the other channel signals to av[...]

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    23 DSP modes 7 DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) modes D AP modes have been designed to create important acoustic surround elements. The sound heard in a liv e club , dance club, hall or pa vilion consists of direct sound and indirect sound—early reflections and reflections from behind. Direct sounds reach the listener directly without any reflect[...]

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    24 Make sure that you ha ve set the speaker inf ormation correctly (see pa g es 13 and 14). • If only the front speakers are connected, y ou cannot use Surround/DSP modes. • Y ou cannot use DSP modes if no surround speakers are connected. • Do not change the speaker setting while using an y Surround/DSP modes; otherwise, the Surround/DSP mode[...]

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    25 Signal and speaker indicators on the display Signal indicators Speaker indicators The f ollowing signal indicators light up—: L: • When digital input is selected: Lights up when the left channel signal comes in. • When analog input is selected: Always lights up . R: • When digital input is selected: Lights up when the right channel signa[...]

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    26 The COMPU LINK remote control system allows y ou to operate JVC’ s audio components through the remote sensor on the receiver . T o use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC’ s audio components through the COMPU LINK (SYNCHR O) jacks (see belo w) in addition to the connections using cables with RCA pin plugs (see page 7). • M[...]

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    27 A V COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System RIGHT AV COMPU LINK VHS AV COMPU LINK AV COMPU LINK EX DVD AV COMPU LINK III AV COMPU LINK Notes: • When connecting only the VCR or D VD player to this receiv er, connect it directly to the receiver using cab les with the monaural mini-plugs. • Make sure that the remote control code of the VCR connected [...]

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    28 Automatic Selection of the TV Input Mode • When you select “TV SOUND” as the source to pla y on the receiver , the TV automatically changes the input mode to the TV tuner so that you can w atch TV . • When you select “D VD” or “VCR” as the source to pla y on the receiver , the TV automatically changes the input mode to the approp[...]

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    29 Operating JVC’ s Audio/V ideo Components Y ou can use the remote control to operate other JVC components. Operating Audio Components IMPORT ANT : T o operate JVC’ s audio components using this remote control: • Y ou need to connect JVC’ s audio components through the COMPU LINK (SYNCHRO) jac ks (see page 26) in addition to the connection[...]

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    30 CD player After pressing CD , you can use the f ollowing b uttons for the CD operations: 3 Star t pla yback. 4 Return to the beginning of the current (or previous) tr acks. ¢ Skip to the beginning of the ne xt trac ks. 7 Stop playbac k. 8 P ause playback. T o release, press 3 . 1 – 10, +10 Select a trac k number directly . • For trac k numb[...]

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    31 VCR Y ou can alwa ys use the f ollowing b uttons: ST ANDBY/ON VCR T ur n on or off the VCR. VCR CH +/– Change the TV channels on the VCR. After pressing VCR, you can use the f ollowing b uttons for the VCR operations: 3 Star t pla yback. FF F ast wind a tape. REW Rewind a tape . 7 Stop pla yback or recording. 8 P ause playback. T o release, pr[...]

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    32 Operating Other Manufactur ers’ V ideo Equipment By changing the transmission signals , you can use the remote control supplied f or this unit to operate other man ufacturers’ equipment. • Ref er also to the manuals supplied f or the other products. • T o operate these components with the remote control, first you need to set the man uf [...]

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    33 T o change the transmission signals for operating a DVD player 1 Press and hold ST ANDBY/ON DV D. 2 Press D VD. 3 Enter manufacturer ’ s codes using buttons 1 – 9, and 0. 4 Release ST ANDBY/ON DV D. Now , y ou can use the f ollowing b uttons on the D VD pla yer . 3 Star t pla yback. 7 Stop playbac k. ¢ Skip to the beginning of the ne xt cha[...]

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    34 T r oubleshooting Use this char t to help y ou solve daily oper ational problems. If there is any prob lem you cannot solve , contact your JVC ser vice center . SOLUTION Plug the power cord into an AC outlet. Check speaker wiring and reconnect if necessary. Select the correct source. Press MUTING on the remote control to cancel the mute. Select [...]

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    35 Specifications Designs & specifications are subject to change without notice. Amplifier Output P ower : At Stereo oper ation: F ront channels: 100 W * per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 Ω at 1 kHz with no more than 0.9% total harmonic distor tion. (IEC268-3/DIN) At Surround operation: F ront channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven [...]

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    36 Specifications FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.50 MHz to 108.00 MHz Usable Sensitivity: 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 Har monic Distortion: [...]

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    Mains (AC) Line Instruction (not applicable for Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Australia and U.K.) VOLTAGE SELECTOR 220V 230 - 240V 127V 110V CAUTION for mains (AC) line BEFORE PLUGGING IN, do check that your mains (AC) line voltage corresponds with the position of the voltage selector switch provided on the outside of this equipment and, if different, re[...]