JVC VS-DT68V manual

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    COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM STANDBY/ON FM/AM MD/AUX CANCEL MPX SET SLEEP DIMMER DISPLAY REPEAT VIDEO INTRO HIGH LIGHT & RETURN STILL CLOCK /TIMER OPEN /CLOSE VOLUME PBC 123 6 9 +10 10 7 4 5 8 VCD No. ( VCD No. 9 ON SCREEN TREBLE BASS AHB PRO PREV. CD SELECT NEXT FM MODE PLAY MODE STANDBY/ON FM/AM MD/AUX CANCEL MPX SET SLEE[...]

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    G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet. 2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. 注意 为了防止触电,火灾等危险: 1. 请勿擅自卸下螺丝钉,盖子或 机壳。 2. 切勿让本机受雨淋或置潮湿环 境中。 Cauti[...]

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    G-2 English 中 文 Caution: Proper Ventilation To avoid risk of electric s hock and fire, and to prevent damage, locate the apparatus as follows: 1. Top: No obstructions and open spacing. 2. Sides/ Front/ Back: No obstructions should be pl aced in the areas show n by the dimensions below. 3. Bottom: Place on the level surface. Maintain an adequate[...]

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    1 English Intro duction Thank you f or purch asing the JV C Comp act Com ponent System . We hope it will be a value d additio n to your ho me, givin g you year s of enjoym ent. Be sure to read this instruction manual carefu lly before operati ng your new stereo syst em. In it you will find all th e information you need to se t up and use the system[...]

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    2 Table of Contents English Ge tting S tarte d ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ..... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ....... ...... ....... ....... .. 3 Accessories ....... ............. .............. ............. ............. ............. .............. ............. ............. ......... ............. .. 3 How to put Batteries in[...]

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    3 English Getting Started Accessories Make su re that you have all o f the fol lowing item s, which are supplied wi th the Syste m. Power Cord (1) AM Loop Anten na (1) Remote Control (1) Batteries (2) FM Wire Antenna (1) Speaker Cords (2) Video Cord (1) Stand (1) (for Center Unit) Legs (2) (for Stand) Screw (1) (for Stand) Paper P atter n (1) If an[...]

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    4 Getting St arted English CAUT ION: • Make all connections before plugging the System into an AC power outlet. (Only if you install the Center U nit vertically) • To place the Center Unit vertically , the Stand and Legs must be attached. (See page 8.) To make connections, let the cords pass in the holes of the Stand as shown in the diagram bef[...]

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    5 Gett ing S tarte d English Connec ting the AM An tenna Rear Panel of the Center Unit • The AM loop antenna can be attached to a wall. • If the AM loop antenna wire is covered with vinyl, remove the vinyl by twisting it as shown in t he diagram. • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power c[...]

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    6 Getting St arted English CAUT IONS: • Make all connections before plugging the System into an AC power outlet. • Ha ndling the speakers As this is a precision instrument , handle it carefully so as to protect it from shoc ks. Connecti ng the Speakers These spea kers are exclusivel y for this s ystem. Using with other devices will damag e the [...]

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    7 Gett ing S tarte d English Connecti ng a Su bwoofer Connect a si gnal cord (not su pplied) between the System’s SUBWOOF ER terminal and t he input terminal of an external sub- woofer. Connecti ng a TV Conn ect a video cord (suppl ied) betw een the Sy stem’s VIDEO OUT te rminal and the video i nput jack of your TV. • Do not connect a cable b[...]

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    8 Getting St arted English Connec ting an MD Record er, etc (Digi tal Ou tput) Remove the ca p and conn ect an optica l digital cord (not supplied) be tween the Syst em’s CD DIGITAL OUT terminal and the input term inal of the MD record er, etc. You can reco rd the digital outpu t signal from the System’s CD Play er to the MD recorder, etc . Con[...]

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    9 Gett ing S tarte d English Installin g the Equi pment on th e Wall The Center Unit and Speakers can be attached to a wall. CAUT IONS: Attachment to a wall • The Center Unit wei ghs approximat ely 4.3 kg. When its buttons are operated, an ad ditional force wi ll be applied to i t in the do wnward dir ection. Th erefore, sufficie nt care must be [...]

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    10 Getting St arted English • Do no t place anyt hing on t op of the Ce nter Unit. Doing so ma y cause the Center Unit to fall, causing m alfunction ing and/ or inj ury . • Do not climb ont o the Center Unit or hang from it. Doing so may damage the Center Unit and/or caus e injury. Special care must be taken in this respect when there are small[...]

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    11 Gett ing S tarte d English Using th e Remote Co ntrol The Remote Co ntrol makes it easy t o use many of the functi ons of the System from a dist ance of up to 7 m away. The r emote sens or at which you need to poin t the Re mote Cont rol di ffers depe nding o n wheth er the Uni t is pla ced vertica lly or horiz ontally. • Make sure that the ?[...]

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    12 English Basic Operations Turning the Pow er On and O ff Turning the System On Press the % bu tton. The displa y comes on and “ HELLO ” appears onc e. The op- eration indicators appear on the Panel. (The Panel opens au- tomatically if the Unit is placed vertically and th e DISP.SET switch on the rear of the Unit is set to “ V ” .) The Sys[...]

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    13 Basic Operat ions English Changin g the Color (COLOR) (VS-DT88V o nly) (Using the Remo te Control) You can ch ange the c olor of the illumina tion on the Un it. 1 Press the % button to turn on the Sys- tem. 2 Press the COLOR button. “ RANDOM COLOR ” appears. 3 Press the or b utton to select the setting of you r choice . The colo r changes as[...]

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    14 Basic Ope rations English Reinforc ing the Bass Sound (AHB PRO) (Using the Remo te Control) You can reinfo rce the bass sound to main tain rich, full b ass at low volu me. To get the effect, press the AHB (Active Hyper Bass) PRO but ton. The “ AHB PRO ” indicator appears on the display. To cancel t he effect, press th e button again. The “[...]

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    15 English Using the Tuner You can listen to F M and AM stations. Stations can be tuned in manually, automatically, or from preset memory storage. ■ Before listening to the radio: • Make sure that bot h the FM and AM antennas are correctly co nnected. (See pag e 4 and 5.) Setting the AM Tuner Interval Spacing When shippe d, the AM tu ner interv[...]

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    16 Using t he Tuner English ● Auto Tuning If you pr ess and hold the 4 PRE V. or NEXT ¢ ( or ) butt on for one second or more, the fre- quency changes down, or up, au tomatically until a statio n is found. OR ● Preset Tuning using the Remo te Control (Possible onl y after presettin g stations) Select the desi red preset number usin g the Numbe[...]

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    17 English Using the CD Player You can use No rmal, Rand om, Program or Repeat pla y. Repeat Play can re peat all the tracks o r just one of the t racks on the CD. Here are the basic thi ngs you need to know to play a CD and locate the different t racks on it. This un it has been designed to play b ack the follow ing CDs: • CD • CD-R • CD-R W[...]

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    18 Using the CD Play er English How are MP3 files recorded and played back? MP3 “ tracks (files) ” can be re cord ed in “ groups ” — folders or di rectories, in PC term inolo gy. During r ecording, the t racks and groups can be arranged similarly to the t racks and folders/directo ries of co mputer data. “ Root ” is similar to the roo[...]

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    19 Using the CD Play er English The Quick est Way to Start a CD i s with the One Touch Ope ration ■ Press the CD SE LECT 3¥8 butto n on the R emote Co n- trol. • The po wer is au tomatically turned on. I f a CD is already in serted, it will start playing from the f irst track. • If no CD is inserted, “ CD NO DISC ” appears on the display[...]

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    20 Using the CD Play er English To Play MP3 Discs 1 Inser t a disc. The Unit searches for th e disc (it may take time), and the followin g information app ears on the display. 2 Select a track to start playing with. 1. Press the NEXT ¢ or 4 PR EV. bu tton to sele ct the grou p you want, then press the CD SELE CT 3¥8 button on the Remote Control ([...]

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    21 Using the CD Play er English 5 Press the Number button to select the trac k to program. Each time you press the Num ber button, th e selected track is adde d to the pro gram. • For the track number more than 10, press the +10 bu tton then the Number b utton. 6 Repeat step 5 to select the other tracks for the pr ogram. 7 Press the CD SELE CT 3 [...]

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    22 English Using the Vide o CD Player (Video CDs) You can pla y video CDs (wit h or withou t the Playback Con- trol ( PBC) funct ion) to wa tch the pict ure on your T V while listen ing to the soun d on video C Ds. SVCDs, DVDs, CD-G, CD-I or CD-ROM Discs can not be used. ■ Befo re playin g video C Ds • Make sure that the connection bet ween the[...]

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    23 Using the Vide o CD Player (V ideo CDs) English Playin g Video CDs wi th PB C Functio n (Using the Remo te Control) The System provides a P layback Cont rol (PBC) functio n which utiliz es a proced ure (menu selec tion) programm ed in a vi deo CD . What is the Pl ayback C ontrol (PBC) func tion? The PBC func tion allows y ou to enjoy th e follow[...]

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    24 Using the Video CD Player (Video CDs) English A selection menu appears when yo u start play ing a video CD with the PBC func tion. The selectio n menu shows a list of num bers fo r selec tion. Som e vide o CDs may show mov - ing pict ures or a di vided scre en. • When a list o f numbers is disp layed, s electing a numbe r sho ws its contents. [...]

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    25 Using the Vide o CD Player (V ideo CDs) English Various Fu nctions to Enhance Your Enjoymen t (Using the Remo te Control) You can use the following features. Frame-by-Frame Playback Frame- by-Frame Pl ayback is p ossible on ly when mo ving pictur es (of the video CDs with or wit hout the PBC func- tion) are pl ayed. During pl ayback, pr ess the [...]

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    26 English Using External Equipment Listening t o External Equipme nt You can listen to external equipm ent such as MD recorde r, tape d eck or other a uxilia ry. ■ First make su re that the external eq uipment i s properly connect ed to the System. (Se e pages 7 and 8.) 1 Press the MD/A UX bu tton. “ MD/AUX ” appears on th e displa y. • On[...]

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    27 English Using the Timers The timers let y ou control li stening functi ons automatically . Settin g the Cloc k (Using the Remo te Control) • When you p lug the A C powe r cord into th e wall outle t, the time indica tion “ 0:00 ” blin ks on the disp lay . • The clock must be correctly s et for the timers t o work. 1 Press the % % % % but[...]

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    28 Using the Timer s English Settin g the Daily Timer (Using the Remo te Control) Once you h ave set the Daily Time r, the time r will be ac ti- vated at the same time eve ry day. The Ti mer indica tor ( ) on the disp lay shows th at the Dai- ly Timer you have se t is in effect. • When the T imer Indicator ( ) is displayed, th e timer is activate[...]

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    29 Using the Timer s English 6 Befor e turning off the System, prepare the music sour ce selected in step 3. TUNER: Tune in to th e desire d stati on. CD: Insert a CD. (Playback will start from the first track at Timer on .) 7 Press the % % % % butt on to turn off the Sys- tem. In Stand by mode, you can se e the Timer indicator ( ) on the displa y.[...]

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    30 English Care and Maintenance Handle your CDs carefully, and they will last a long time. Compact Discs CAUT ION: • Do not u se any solven t (for exam ple, con- ventiona l record cleaner, spray thinn er, benzine, e tc.) to clea n a CD. Moisture Condensation Moisture may condense on the l ens inside the System i n the follow ing cases : • After[...]

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    31 English Troubleshooting • If you are havin g a prob lem with your System, c heck th is list for a possible solution bef ore calling for service. • If you cann ot solve the pro blem from the hints given here, o r the Syst em has been phys icall y damaged, call a qualified person , such a s your d ealer , for service. Symptom P ossible Cause A[...]

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    32 English Specifications Am plifie r Output Power 38 W ( 19 W + 19 W) at 4 Ω (Max.) Input Sensitivity/Im pedance (1 kHz) MD/AUX IN 500 mV/47 k Ω Output Sensit ivity/Impedan ce (1 kHz) MD/AUX OUT 500 mV/5 k Ω CD DIGITAL OUT – 21 dBm - – 15 d Bm (Optica l out) Speake r terminals 4 Ω - 16 Ω Subwoo fer out 440 mV/6 k Ω Phones 16 Ω - [...]

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    0702MWMIDEJSC EN, CS VI CTOR COMPAN Y OF JAPAN, LI MI TED 生产组装: 中日合资上海 JVC 电器有限公司 工厂地址: 上海市浦东新区外高桥保税区日京路 68 号 Registered Trademark owne d and licensed by VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD. VS-DT68V-88V[UF]_Cov er4.fm Page 1 Wednesday , June 26, 2002 4:31 PM[...]