JVC RX-6510VBK manual

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    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. LVT0578-007A [C] INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL D’INSTRUCTIONS ADJUST RX-6510V AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER SETTING MASTER VOLUME CONTROL DOWN UP BASS BOOST INPUT [...]

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    W arnings, Cautions and Others/ Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triang[...]

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    Wall or obstructions Mur, ou obstruction Stand height 15 cm or more Hauteur du socle: 15 cm ou plus Front Avant RX-6510VBK Spacing 15 cm or more Dégagement de 15 cm ou plus For Canada/pour Le Canada THIS DIGITAL APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED THE CLASS B LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGITAL APPARATUS AS SET OUT IN THE INTERFERENCE-CAUSING EQUI[...]

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    1 English T able of Contents Par ts Identification ...................................... 2 Getting Star ted ........................................... 3 Before Installation ...................................................................... 3 Checking the Supplied Accessories ........................................... 3 Connecting the FM and [...]

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    2 English Parts Identification Become familiar with the buttons and controls on the receiver before use. Refer to the pages in parentheses for details. 6 1 2 34 5 7 q 9 8 i u e r w p o y t ADJUST RX-6510V AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER SETTING MASTER VOLUME CONTROL DOWN UP BASS BOOST INPUT ANALOG/DIGITAL SPEAKERS ON/OFF DSP MODE PHONES SURROUND ON/OF[...]

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    3 English ANTENNA AM LOOP FM 75 COAXIAL AM EXT A M L O O P A M E X T F M 7 5 C O A X IA L AN TENN A A M L O O P A M E X T F M 7 5 C O A X IA L ANTENN A Getting Started This section explains how to connect audio/video components and speakers to the r eceiver , and how to connect the power supply . A. Using the Supplied FM Antenna The FM antenna pr o[...]

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    4 English T ur n the loop until you ha ve the best reception. Notes: • If the AM loop antenna wire is covered with vin yl, remov e the vinyl by twisting it as sho wn in the diagram. • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cord. This could cause poor reception. • If reception is poor, con[...]

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    5 English About the speaker impedance The required speaker impedance of the front speakers does dif fer depending on whether both the FR ONT SPEAKERS 1 and FR ONT SPEAKERS 2 terminals are used or only one of them is used. Front speaker 1 Front speaker 1 Use front speakers with 8 Ω – 16 Ω impedance. Front speaker 1 Front speaker 2 Use front sp[...]

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    6 English Note: Y ou can connect either a cassette dec k or a CD recorder to the T APE/ CDR jac ks. When connecting a CD recorder to the T APE/CDR jacks, change the source name , which will be shown on the displa y when selected as the source, to “CDR. ” See page 12 for details. If y our audio components hav e a COMPU LINK jack See also page 26[...]

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    7 English TV To S-video input To audio output TV DVD player Å To front left/right channel audio output (or to audio mixed output if necessary) ı To S-video output Ç To composite video output DVD player VIDEO VCR OUT (REC) IN (PLA Y) MONITOR OUT DVD DVD A B C AUDIO RIGHT LEFT DVD • When y ou connect the DVD player with stereo output jacks: Digi[...]

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    8 English Connecting the Power Cor d Before plug ging the recei ver into an A C outlet, make sure that all connections have been made. Plug the power cor d into an A C outlet. Keep the po wer cord away from the connecting cables and the antenna. The power cor d may cause noise or screen interference. W e recommend that you use a coaxial cable to co[...]

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    9 English Basic Operations The following operations are commonly used when you play any sound source. DVD CD T APE/CDR TV SOUND VCR FM/AM DVD VCR TV SOUND CD TAPE/CDR SOURCE NAME FM/AM L SPK VOLUME ANALOG 1 R Current volume level is shown here Current source name appears Selected source name appears LC S.WFR LS RS CH- S LFE SPK PRO LOGIC DSP H.PHON[...]

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    10 English Selecting different sour ces for picture and sound Y ou can watch pictur e fr om a video component while listening to sound from another component. Press one of the audio source selecting buttons — CD, T APE/CDR, FM/AM, TV SOUND (or TV SOUND on the remote contr ol), while vie wing the picture from a video component such as the VCR or D[...]

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    11 English Muting the Sound Fr om the remote control ONL Y : Pr ess MUTING to mute the sound through all speak ers and headphones connected. “MUTING” appears on the display and the v olume turns off (the v olume le vel indica tor goes of f). T o r estore the sound, press MUTING again so that “OFF” appears on the display . • T urning MASTE[...]

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    12 English Basic Settings Some of the following settings are required after connecting and positioning your speakers in your listening room, while others will make operations easier . Recording a Sour ce Y ou can record an y source playing through the receiver to a cassette deck (or a CD recorder) connected to the T APE/CDR jacks and the VCR connec[...]

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    13 English Center Delay Time Setting Re gister the delay time of the sound from the center speaker , comparing to that of the sound from the front speakers. If the distance from your listening point to the center speak er is equal to that to the front speak ers, select 0 msec. As the distance to the center speak er becomes shorter, the delay time i[...]

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    14 English Crossover Fr equency Setting Small speakers cannot reproduce the bass sound very well. So, if you have used a small speaker f or an y of the fr ont, center , and rear channels, this recei ver automa tically r eallocate the bass elements, originally assigned to the channel f or w hich y ou hav e connected the small speaker, to another cha[...]

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    15 English Selecting the Analog or Digital Input Mode When y ou ha ve connected digital source components, y ou need to select the input mode correctly according to the connection you made. Befor e y ou star t, remember ... • The digital input (DIGIT AL IN) terminal setting should be correctly done for the sour ces y ou w ant to select the digita[...]

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    16 English Storing the Basic Settings and Adjustments Y ou can assign and store dif ferent sound settings f or each dif ferent playing sour ce. By using this function, you do not ha ve to change the settings ever y time you change the source. The stored settings for the newly selected source are automatically recalled. The f ollo wing can be stored[...]

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    17 English Receiving Radio Br oadcasts Y ou can br owse thr ough all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a par ticular station. T uning in Stations Manually On the fr ont panel: 1. Pr ess FM/AM to select the band (FM or AM). The last recei ved sta tion of the selected band is tuned in. • Each time you press the button, th[...]

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    18 English T o tune in a preset station On the front panel: 1. Press FM/AM to select the band (FM or AM). The last recei ved station of the selected band is tuned in. 2. Press FM/AM PRESET 5 / ∞ until y ou find the channel y ou w ant. • Pressing FM/AM PRESET 5 increases the channel numbers. • Pressing FM/AM PRESET ∞ decreases the channel nu[...]

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    19 English Using the DSP Modes The built-in Surround Processor provides two types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — Surround mode and DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) mode. What are the DSP Modes? Surround modes W ith this recei ver , you can use three types of the Surround mode. F ollowing modes cannot be used w hen onl y the front sp[...]

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    20 English Reproducing the Sound Field The sound heard in a concert hall or club consists of direct sound and indirect sound — early reflections and reflections from behind. Direct sounds reach the listener directly without any reflection. On the other hand, indirect sounds are delayed by the distances of the ceiling and walls. T hese dir ect sou[...]

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    21 English Available DSP Modes According to the Speaker Arrangement A vailable DSP modes will v ary de pending on ho w man y speakers ar e used with this receiver . Mak e sure that y ou have set the speak er information correctl y (see pa ge 13). Speaker arrangements A vailable DSP modes TV Center speaker Front speaker Front speaker Rear speaker Re[...]

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    22 English Adjusting the Surround Modes Once you ha ve adjusted the Sur round modes, the adjustment is memorized for each Surround mode. Dolby and DTS Surround adjustments Bef ore y ou start, remember ... • Make sure tha t y ou ha v e set the speak er information cor rectly (see page 13). • There is a time limit in doing the follo wing ste ps. [...]

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    23 English JVC Theater Surr ound adjustments Bef ore y ou star t, r emember ... • Make sure that you ha ve set the speak er information cor rectly (see page 13). • There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 2 again. • Y ou cannot adjust the rear speaker output levels w hen[...]

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    24 English Adjusting the DAP Modes Once you ha ve adjusted the DAP modes, the adjustment is memorized for each D AP mode . Bef ore y ou start, remember ... • Make sure tha t y ou have set the speaker information cor rectly (see page 13). • There is a time limit in doing the follo wing ste ps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, star t[...]

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    25 English Activating the DSP Modes Y ou can use onl y one DSP mode at a time. When a DSP mode is acti vated, another DSP mode is canceled if in use. For Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Digital, and DTS Digital Sur r ound 1. Press SURR OUND ON/OFF . • Each time you pr ess the b utton, the Dolby/DTS Surround turns on and off alternately . 2. Select and pla[...]

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    26 English COMPU LINK Remote Contr ol System The COMPU LINK remote control system allows you to operate JVC audio components through the remote sensor on the receiver . T o use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC audio components through the COMPU LINK (SYNCHR O) jacks (see belo w) in addition to the connections using cables with RC[...]

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    27 English T uner Y ou can always perf orm the following operations: FM/AM : Alternates between FM and AM. After pr essing FM/AM, y ou can perform the following operations: 1 – 10, +10 : Selects a preset c hannel number directly . For channel number 5, press 5. For channel number 15, press +10, then 5. For channel number 20, press +10, then 10. T[...]

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    28 English CD changer After pressing CONTR OL repeatedly until “CDDSC” appears on the display windo w , you can perform the following operations on the CD changer: PLA Y 3 : Starts playing. 4 4 4 4 4 : Returns to the beginning of the current (or previous) track. ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ : Skips to the beginning of the next track. ST OP 7 : Stops playing.[...]

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    29 English VCR Y ou can always perf orm the following operations: VCR POWER : Turns on or off the VCR. After pr essing VCR (or CONTROL repeatedly until “VCR” a ppears on the display windo w), you can perform the following oper ations on the VCR: 1 – 9, 0 : Selects the TV c hannels on VCR. PLA Y 3 : Starts playing. REW : Re winds a tape. FF : [...]

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    30 English Operating Other Manufacturers’ V ideo Equipment Manufacturer Codes JVC 00, 02, 13, 14, 47, 74 AKAI 01, 02 BLAUPUNKT 03, 04 FISHER 01, 05 GRUNDIG 03, 06, 07 HITACHI 08, 09, 10, 49 IRADDIO 02 ITT/NOKIA 11, 12 LOEWE 06, 15, 16 MAGNAVOX 08, 17, 49 METS 50, 51, 52, 53 MITSUBISHI 08, 18, 19, 20 MIVAR 21 NORDMENDE 22, 23 OKANO 15 PANASONIC 24[...]

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    31 English T o change the transmittable signals for operating a CATV converter or DBS tuner 1. Pr ess and hold CA TV/DBS PO WER. 2. Pr ess CA TV/DBS CONTR OL. 3. Enter man uf acturer’ s code using b uttons 1–9, and 0. See the list to the r ight to find the code. 4. Release CA TV/DBS PO WER. The following b uttons can be used for oper ating the [...]

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    32 English Manufacturer Codes JVC 00, 26, 27, 28, 29, 58 AIWA 01, 02 BELL & HOWELL 03 BLAUPUNKT 04, 05 CGM 06, 07 EMERSON 08, 10, 11, 12, 64, 65 FISHER 03, 14, 15, 16, 17 FUNAI 01 GE 18, 19, 20 GOLDSTAR 07 GOODMANS 13, 21 GRUNDIG 06, 22 HITACHI 18, 23, 24, 25, 66 LOEWE 07, 21 MAGNAVOX 04, 19, 24 MITSUBISHI 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 NEC 26, 27 NOKI[...]

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    33 English Manufacturer Codes JVC 00, 02 DENON 01 PANASONIC 03 PHILIPS 13 PIONEER 04, 05, 06 RCA 07 SAMSUNG 08 SONY 09 TOSHIBA 10 YAMAHA 11, 12 Manufacturers’ codes are subject to change without notice. If they are changed, this remote control cannot operate the equipment. 23 56 4 89 MENU ENTER TEST – REAR • R + – REAR • L + – CENTER + [...]

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    34 English T r oubleshooting Use this chart to help you solve daily operational pr oblems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC service center . SOLUTION Plug the power cord into an AC outlet. Check speaker wiring and reconnect if necessary. Press SPEAKERS ON/OFF 1 and 2 correctly. Select the correct source. Press MUTING to ca[...]

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    35 English Specifications Amplifier Output Power At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 Ω , 40 Hz to 20 kHz with no mor e than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS , driv en into 8 Ω at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. C[...]

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    36 English FM tuner (IHF) T uning Range: 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz Usable Sensitivity: Monaural: 12.8 dBf (1.2 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 Distor tion: Monaural:[...]

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