JVC KD-G411 User Manual 2

CD RECEIVER

RECEPTEUR CD

KD-G411

For canceling the display demonstration, see page 7. Pour annuler la démonstration des affichages, référez-vous à la page 7.

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FRANÇAIS

For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual. Pour l’installation et les raccordements, se référer au manuel séparé.

INSTRUCTIONS

MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS

GET0257-003A

[EX/EU]

Thank you for purchasing a JVC product.

Please read all instructions carefully before operation, to ensure your complete understanding and

to obtain the best possible performance from the unit.

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IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS

1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

2. CAUTION : Do not open the top cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside the unit; leave

all servicing to qualified service personnel.

3. CAUTION: Visible and invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated.

Avoid direct exposure to beam.

4. REPRODUCTION OF LABEL: CAUTION LABEL, PLACED OUTSIDE THE UNIT.

Warning:

If you need to operate the receiver while driving, be sure to look ahead carefully or you may be involved in a traffic accident.

How to forcibly eject a disc

If a disc cannot be recognized by the receiver or cannot be ejected, ejects the disc as follows.

How to reset your unit

• If this does not work, try to reset your receiver.

• This will reset the microcomputer. Your preset adjustments will also be erased.

• If a disc is loaded, it will eject. Be careful not to drop the disc.

Note: Only for [EX] model users in UK and European countries For security reasons, a numbered ID card is provided with this receiver, and the same ID number is imprinted on the receiver’s chassis. Keep the card in a safe place, as it will help the authorities to identify your receiver if stolen.

• Be careful not to drop the disc when it ejects.

How to reset your unit ........................... 2

How to forcibly eject a disc................... 2

How to read this manual........................ 4

How to use the MODE button ............... 4

Control panel — KD-G411 ......... 5

Parts identification................................. 5

Getting started....................... 6

Basic operations.................................. 6

Canceling the display demonstrations ... 7

Setting the clock .................................... 7

Radio operations ................... 8

Listening to the radio........................... 8

Storing stations in memory.................... 9

Listening to a preset station ................... 9

FM RDS operations................. 10

Searching for your favorite FM RDS

programme

Storing your favorite programmes......... 11

Using the standby receptions................. 11

Tracking the same programme

—Network-Tracking Reception ........ 12

....................................... 10

Disc operations ...................... 13

Playing a disc ..................................... 13

Other main functions ............................. 15

Changing the display information ......... 16

Selecting the playback modes................ 17

Sound adjustments ................ 18

Selecting preset sound modes

(C-EQ: custom equalizer) .................. 18

Adjusting the sound ............................... 19

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General settings — PSM ......... 20

Basic procedure ..................................... 20

Detaching the control

panel .................................. 22

Using the remote controller

— RM-RK60............................ 23

Main elements and features ...................... 23

Maintenance .......................... 24

More about this receiver ........ 25

Troubleshooting ..................... 27

Specifications ......................... 29

*For safety....

• Do not raise the volume level too much, as this will block outside sounds, making driving dangerous.

• Stop the car before performing any complicated operations.

*Temperature inside the car....

If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold weather, wait until the temperature in the car becomes normal before operating the unit.

How to read this manual

The following methods are used to made the explanations simple and easy-to-understand:

• Some related tips and notes are explained in

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“More about this receiver” (see page 25).

• Button operations are mainly explained with the illustrations as follows:

Press briefly.

Press repeatedly.

Press either one.

Press and hold until your desired response begins.

Press and hold both buttons at the same time.

How to use the MODE button

If you press MODE, the receiver goes into functions mode, then the number buttons and 5/∞ buttons work as different function buttons.

Ex.: When number button 2 works as

MO (monaural) button.

Time countdown indicator

To use these buttons for original functions again after pressing MODE, wait for

5 seconds without pressing any of these buttons until the functions mode is cleared.

• Pressing MODE again also clears the functions mode.

Control panel — KD-G411

Parts identification

Display window

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1 (standby/on attenuator) button 2 SEL (select) button 3 CD button 4 FM/AM button 5 Loading slot 6 Display window 7 0 (eject) button 8 TP PTY (traffic programme/programme

type) button

9 Remote sensor

• You can control this receiver with an optionally purchased remote controller.

• DO NOT expose the remote sensor to strong light (direct sunlight or artificial lighting).

p 5 (up) button / +10 button q Control dial w Number buttons e EQ (equalizer) button r MO (monaural) button t SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory)

button

y RPT (repeat) button u RND (random) button i MODE button o DISP (display) button

;

4/¢ buttons

(control panel release) button

s ∞ (down) button / –10 button

Display window

d Tuner reception indicators—

MO (monaural), ST (stereo)

f WMA indicator g RDS indicators—TP, PTY, AF, REG h MP3 indicator j CD indicator k Playback mode / item indicators—

RND (random), RPT (repeat)

l LOUD (loudness) indicator / EQ (equalizer) indicator z Sound mode (C-EQ: custom equalizer)

indicators—ROCK, CLASSIC, POPS, HIP HOP, JAZZ, USER

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x Disc information indicators—TAG (ID3

c Main display v Source display / Volume level indicator b Tr (track) indicator

also works as the time countdown

indicator.

Tag),

(folder), (track/file)

(disc), (folder),

Getting started

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Basic operations

You cannot select “CD” as the playback source if there is no disc in the loading slot.

Volume level appears.

To drop the volume in a moment (ATT)

To restore the sound, press it

again.

To turn off the power

Caution on volume setting:

Discs produce very little noise compared with other sources. Lower the volume before playing a disc to avoid damaging the speakers by the sudden increase of the output level.

Volume level indicator

⁄ Adjust the sound as you want.

(See pages 18 and 19.)

Canceling the display

demonstrations

If no operations are done for about 20 seconds, display demonstration starts.

[Initial: DEMO ON]—see page 20.

Setting the clock

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Finish the procedure.

2 Set the hour, minute, and clock

system.

1 Select “CLOCK H” (hour), then

adjust the hour.

2 Select “CLOCK M” (minute),

then adjust the minute.

3 Select “24H/12H,” then select

“24H” (hour) or “12H” (hour).

3 Finish the procedure.

To check the current clock time when the power is turned off

To activate the display demonstration

In step 3 above...

Radio operations

Listening to the radio

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Lights up when receiving an FM stereo broadcast with sufficient signal strength.

Selected band appears.

2 Select the desired station frequencies.

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive

Ÿ Start searching for a station.

When a station is received, searching stops. To stop searching, press the same button again.

To tune in to a station manually

In step Ÿ above...

Lights up when monaural mode is activated.

Reception improves, but stereo effect will be lost.

To restore the stereo effect, repeat the same procedure so that the MO indicator goes off.

Storing stations in memory

You can preset six stations for each band.

FM station automatic presetting —

SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory)

Select the FM band (FM1 – FM3)

you want to store into.

“SSM” flashes, then disappears when automatic presetting is over.

Local FM stations with the strongest signals are searched and stored automatically in the FM band.

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Preset number flashes for a while.

Listening to a preset station

2 Select the preset station (1 – 6) you

want.

Manual presetting

Ex.: Storing FM station of 92.5 MHz into preset

number 4 of the FM1 band.

To check the current clock time while listening to an FM (non-RDS) or AM station

• For FM RDS stations, see page 12.

FM RDS operations

Searching for your favorite FM RDS programme

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You can tune in to a station broadcasting your favorite programme by searching for a PTY code.

! Start searching for your favorite

programme.

The last selected PTY code appears.

Ÿ Select one of your favorite

programme type.

Select one of the twenty-nine PTY

codes.

Ex.: When “ROCK M” is selected

If there is a station broadcasting a programme of the same PTY code as you have selected, that station is tuned in.

PTY codes

NEWS O AFFAIRS O INFO O SPORT O EDUCATE O DRAMA O CULTURE O SCIENCE O VARIED O POP M (music) O ROCK M (music) O EASY M (music) O LIGHT M (music) O CLASSICS O OTHER M (music) O WEATHER O FINANCE O CHILDREN O SOCIAL O RELIGION O PHONE IN O TRAVEL O LEISURE O JAZZ O COUNTRY O NATION M (music) O OLDIES O FOLK M (music) O DOCUMENT O OFF O (back to the beginning)

What you can do with RDS

RDS (Radio Data System) allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular programme signals. By receiving the RDS data, this receiver can do the following:

•

Programme Type (PTY) Search (see page 10)

• Standby Reception of Traffic

Announcement —TA (see the following) or your favorite programme (PTY) (see pages 12 and 21)

•

Tracing the same programme automatically —Network-Tracking Reception (see page 12)

• Programme Search (see page 21)

Storing your favorite programmes

You can store six favorite programme types.

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to store

other PTY codes into other preset numbers.

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4 Finish the procedure.

Using the standby receptions

TA Standby Reception

TA Standby Reception allows the receiver to switch temporarily to Traffic Announcement (TA) from any source other than AM. The volume changes to the preset TA volume level (see page 21).

Preset programme types in the number buttons (1 –6):

1 Perform steps ~ and Ÿ on page 10 to

select a PTY code.

2 Select the preset number (1 – 6) you

want to store into.

Ex.: When “ROCK M” is selected

To activate TA Standby Reception

The TP indicator either lights up or flashes.

• If the TP indicator lights up, Reception is activated.

• If the TP indicator flashes, Reception is not yet activated. (This occurs when you are listening to an FM station without the RDS signals required for TA Standby Reception.)

To activate TA Standby Reception, tune in to

another station providing these signals. The TP indicator will stop flashing and remain lit.

TA Standby

To deactivate the TA Standby Reception

The TP indicator goes off.

PTY Standby Reception

PTY Standby Reception allows the receiver to switch temporarily to your favorite PTY programme from any source other than AM.

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To activate and select your favorite PTY code for PTY Standby Reception, see page

21. The PTY indicator either lights up or flashes.

• If the PTY indicator lights up, Reception is activated.

• If the PTY indicator flashes, Reception is not yet activated.

To activate PTY Standby Reception, tune in

to another station providing these signals. The PTY indicator will stop flashing and remain lit.

To deactivate the PTY Standby Reception, select “OFF” for the PTY code. The PTY indicator goes off.

PTY Standby

Tracking the same programme—

Network-Tracking Reception

When driving in an area where FM reception is not sufficient enough, this receiver automatically tunes in to another FM RDS station of the same network, possibly broadcasting the same programme with stronger signals (see the illustration below). When shipped from the factory, NetworkTracking Reception is activated.

To change the Network-Tracking Reception setting, see page 21.

Programme A broadcasting on different frequency areas (01 – 05)

To check the current clock time while listening to an FM RDS station

Disc operations

Playing a disc

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All tracks will be played repeatedly until you stop playback.

About MP3 and WMA discs

MP3 and WMA (Windows Media® Audio) “tracks” (words “file” and “track” are used interchangeably) are recorded in “folders.”

• When inserting an MP3 or a WMA disc:

Total folder number

When playback starts, disc information will

automatically appear (see page 16).

* Either the MP3 or WMA indicator lights up

depending on the first detected file.

Total file number

• When inserting an audio CD or a CD Text disc:

Total playing time of the inserted disc

CD Text: Disc title/performer = Track title appear automatically.

Elapsed playing time

Total track number of the inserted disc

Current track number

To stop play and eject the disc

To fast-forward or reverse the track

Fast-forwards.

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Reverses.

To go to the next or previous tracks

To the following tracks.

To locate a particular track (for CD) or folder (for MP3 or WMA discs) directly

To select a number from 01 – 06:

To select a number from 07 – 12:

To the beginning of the current track, then

the previous tracks.

To go to the next or previous folders (only for MP3 or WMA disc)

To next folders.

To previous folders.

• To select a particular track in a folder (for MP3 or WMA disc) after selecting a folder:

Other main functions

Skipping a track quickly during play

• For MP3 or WMA disc, you can skip a track within the same folder.

Ex.: To select track 32 while playing track 6

First time you press +10 or –10 button, the track skips to the nearest higher or lower track with a track number of multiple ten (ex. 10th, 20th, 30th). Then each time you press the button, you can skip 10 tracks.

• After the last track, the first track will be selected and vice versa.

Prohibiting disc ejection

You can lock a disc in the loading slot.

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To cancel the prohibition, repeat the same procedure.

Changing the display information

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While playing an audio CD or a CD Text

*1 If the current disc is an audio CD, “NO NAME” appears.

While playing an MP3 or WMA disc

• When “TAG DISP” is set to “TAG ON” (see page 21)

If an MP3/WMA file does not have ID3 tags, folder name and file name appear. In this

case, the TAG indicator will not light up.

• When “TAG DISP” is set to “TAG OFF”

Selecting the playback modes

You can use only one of the following playback modes at a time.

2 Select your desired playback mode.

Repeat play

Ex.: When “TRK RPT” is selected while

playing an MP3 disc

Random play

Mode Plays repeatedly

TRK RPT: The current track.

• RPT lights up. FLDR RPT*: All tracks of the current folder.

• Off: Cancels repeat play.

and RPT light up.

Mode Plays at random

FLDR RND*: All tracks of the current folder,

then tracks of the next folder and so on.

• RND and DISC RND: All tracks of the current disc.

• RND and Off: Cancels random play.

light up.

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Ex.: When “DISC RND” is selected while

playing an MP3 disc

* Only while playing an MP3 or WMA disc.

Sound adjustments

Selecting preset sound modes (C-EQ: custom equalizer)

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You can select a preset sound mode suitable to the music genre.

Ex.: When “ROCK” is selected

Indication pattern for each sound mode:

Indication For:

USER (Flat sound) 00 00 OFF

ROCK Rock or

disco music

CLASSIC Classical

music

POPS Light music +04 +01 OFF

HIP HOP Funk or rap

music

JAZZ Jazz music +02 +03 OFF

*1 BAS: Bass

TRE: Treble

LOUD: Loudness

TRE

LOUD

BAS

+03 +01 ON

+01 –02 OFF

+02 00 ON

Preset values

Adjusting the sound

You can adjust the sound characteristics to your preference.

Ex.: When “TRE” is selected

Indication pattern changes as you adjust the level.

Indication To do: Range

BAS*1 (bass)

TRE* (treble)

FAD* (fader)

BAL (balance)

LOUD* (loudness)

VOL* (volume)

Adjust the bass. –06 (min.)

Adjust the treble. –06 (min.)

Adjust the front and rear speaker balance.

Adjust the left and right speaker balance.

Boost low and high frequencies to produce a wellbalanced sound at low volume level.

Adjust the volume. 00 (min.) to

to +06 (max.)

R06 (Rear only) to F06 (Front only)

L06 (Left only) to R06 (Right only)

LOUD ON

LOUD OFF

30 or 50 (max.)*

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*1 When you adjust the bass, treble, or

loudness, the adjustment you have made is stored for the currently selected sound mode (C-EQ) including “USER.”

If you are using a two-speaker system, set

the fader level to “00.”

Normally the control dial works as the

volume control. So you do not have to select “VOL” to adjust the volume level.

Depending on the amplifier gain control

setting. (See page 21 for details.)

General settings — PSM

Basic procedure

You can change PSM (Preferred Setting Mode) items listed in the table that follows.

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3 Adjust the PSM item selected.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust the

other PSM items if necessary.

Select a PSM item.

Ex.: When you select “DIMMER”

Indications Selectable settings, [reference page]

5 Finish the procedure.

DEMO

Display demonstration

CLOCK H

Hour adjustment

CLOCK M

Minute adjustment

24H/12H

24 hours or 12 hours time

display

CLK ADJ

Clock adjustment

DEMO ON: [Initial]; Display demonstration will be activated

automatically if no operation is done for about 20 seconds, [7].

DEMO OFF: Cancels.

0 – 23 (1 – 12), [7]

[Initial: 0 (0:00)]

00 – 59, [7]

[Initial: 00 (0:00)]

12H O 24H, [7]

[Initial: 24H]

AUTO : [Initial]; The built-in clock is automatically adjusted

using the CT (clock time) data in the RDS signal.

OFF: Cancels.

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JVC KD-G411 User Manual 2

INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS

Contents

Getting started

Radio operations

FM RDS operations

Disc operations

Sound adjustments

General settings — PSM