JVC RX-5032VSL manual

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    INSTR UCTIONS MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES INSTRUÇÕES A UDIO/VIDEO CONTR OL RECEIVER RECEPT OR DE CONTR OL DE A UDIO/V Í DEO RECEPT OR DE COMANDO A UDIO/V Í DEO LVT0984-003A [US] RX-5032VSL DIGITAL PRO LOGIC RX-5030V AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER TA/NEWS/INFO DISPLAY MODE For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located ei[...]

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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. Precaución –– Interruptor STANDBY/ON ! Desconectar el cable de alimentación para desactivar la alimentación totalmente. Cualquier que s[...]

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    G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oid r isk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage . Locate the apparatus as f ollows: 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[...]

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    1 English VOLTAGE SELECTOR 220V 230 - 240V 127V 110V Precautions General precautions • DO NO T inser t any metal object into the unit. • DO NO T disassemble the unit or remov e screws , covers , or cabinet. • DO NO T expose the unit to r ain or moisture. Locations • Install the unit in a location that is le vel and protected from moisture. [...]

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

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    3 English Par ts Identification See pages in parentheses f or details. 1 ST ANDBY/ON button 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 Display (F or details, see “Displa y” below .) 7 • INPUT ANALOG button (15) • INPUT A TT (attenuator) button (16) 8 INPUT D[...]

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

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    5 English 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 ve the best reception. • If the reception is poor , connect an outdoor single vinyl- cov ered wire (not supplied) to the AM E[...]

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    6 English 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 Getting Star ted 7 Speaker lay out diagram Connecting the Speakers and Subwoofer Y ou[...]

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    7 English 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/V ideo Components T urn the power off to all components before making connections. Y ou can connect the follo wing audio/video components to this receiver . Refer also to the manuals supplied with y our components. • [...]

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    8 English 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 Getting Star ted 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 jack, the red plug to the audio right jac[...]

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    9 English 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[...]

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

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    11 English Selecting Different Sour ces for Picture 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 play er . • Once you ha ve selected a video source , pictures of [...]

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    12 English 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 urning Off the Power with the Sleep T imer Y ou can fall asleep while listening to music — Sleep Timer. Press SLEEP on the remote contr ol repeatedly . • The SLEEP ind[...]

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    13 English 4 T urn MUL TI JOG dial to adjust the selected item. Select “ SUBWOOFER 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 receiver e xits from the basic setting mode. Setting the Sp[...]

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    14 English 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 th[...]

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    15 English If the f ollowing 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 tracks . Press INPUT DIGIT AL on the front panel repeatedly to s[...]

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    16 English T urning Off the Subwoofer When the subwoof er is set to “YES” (see page 13), you can choose to turn off subwoofer output. Press SUBWOOFER OUT ON/OFF on the fr ont panel to turn off the subwoofer . “SUBWOOFER OFF” appears on the display f or a while and the S.WFR indicator goes off . The subwoof er sound comes out of the front sp[...]

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    17 English 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 f or Pro Log[...]

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    18 English 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 “PL II MUSIC” is activ ated. Select “P ANORAMA ON” to enjo y “wraparound” sound eff ect with side-wall image (“OFF” is the initial setting). • For Pro Logic II Music ,[...]

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    19 English 2 Press TEST . “TEST T ONE L ” star ts flashing on the displa y and a test tone comes out of the speakers in the f ollowing order: Check whether y ou can hear the tone through all the speakers 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[...]

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    20 English 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 stati[...]

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    21 English 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 new station on a used number . The station[...]

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    22 English 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 signa[...]

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

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    24 English Make sure that y ou have set the speaker information correctl y (see pages 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/DS[...]

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    25 English 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 chann[...]

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    26 English The COMPU LINK remote control system allows y ou to operate JVC’ s audio components through the remote sensor on the receiv er. 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[...]

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    27 English 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 receiv er using cables with the monaural mini-plugs. • Make sure that the remote control code of the VCR c[...]

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    28 English A V COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System Automatic Selection of the TV Input Mode • When you select “TV SOUND” as the source to play 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 play on the receiver , the TV automa[...]

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    29 English 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 co[...]

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    30 English CD player After pressing CD , you can use the f ollowing buttons f or the CD operations: 3 Star t pla yback. 4 Return to the beginning of the current (or pre vious) tracks. ¢ Skip to the beginning of the ne xt tracks. 7 Stop pla yback. 8 P ause playbac k. T o release, press 3 . 1 – 10, +10 Select a trac k number directly . • F or tr[...]

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    31 English VCR Y ou can alwa ys use the following b uttons: ST ANDBY/ON VCR T urn 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 playbac k. T o rel[...]

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    32 English T r oubleshooting Use this char t to help y ou solve daily operational prob lems. If there is any problem y ou cannot solve, contact y our 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.[...]

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    33 English Specifications Designs & specifications are subject to change without notice. Amplifier Output P ower: At Stereo operation: 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, d[...]

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    34 English 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 Dist[...]

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    Mains (AC) Line Instruction (not applicable for Europe, U.S.A., Canada, Australia and U.K.) Instrucción sobre la línea de la red (CA) (no aplicable para Europa, EE.UU., Canadá, Australia, ni el Reino Unido) Instrução sobre a tensão da rede eléctrica (CA) (não aplicável para a Europa, os E.U.A., o Canadá, a Austrália e o Reino Unido) VOLT[...]