JVC KD-G821 Owner's Manual

CD RECEIVER

KD-G821

For canceling the display demonstration, see page 6.

For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual.

INSTRUCTIONS

GET0362-003A

[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.

IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS

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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.

How to reset your unit

Your preset adjustments will also be erased.

How to use the MODE/SEL button

If you use MODE or SEL (select), the display and some controls (such as the number buttons,

4/¢ buttons, 5/∞ buttons, and the control dial) enter the corresponding control mode.

Ex.: When you press number button 1 after

pressing MODE, to operate the FM tuner.

How to forcibly eject a disc

“Please Eject” appears on the display.

Works as time countdown indicator.

To use these controls for original functions

• If this does not work, reset your unit.

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

Caution:

If the temperature inside the car is below 0°C, the movement of animation and text scroll will be halted on the display to prevent the display from being blurred. When the temperature increases, and the operating temperature is resumed, these functions will start working again.

again, wait for 15 seconds without pressing any of these buttons until the control is cleared.

• Pressing MODE again also restores original

functions. However, pressing SEL makes the unit enters a different mode.

appears on the display.

How to read this manual

• Button operations are mainly explained with the illustrations in the table below.

• Some related tips and notes are explained in “More about this unit” (see pages 35 – 39).

Press briefly.

Press repeatedly.

Press either

one.

Press and hold until your desired response begins.

Press and hold both buttons at the same time.

The following marks are used to indicate...

: Built-in CD player operations.

: External CD changer operations.

: External USB memory operations.

CONTENTS

Control panel ................................... 4

Remote controller —

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

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

Radio operations .............................. 7

FM RDS operations ............................ 9

Searching for your favorite FM RDS programme ....... 10

Disc/USB memory operations ............. 12

Playing a disc in the unit ...................................... 12

Playing discs in the CD changer ............................ 12

Playing a USB memory ......................................... 13

Sound adjustments ........................... 17

General settings — PSM ................... 19

Title assignment ............................... 28

iPod®/D. player operations ................ 28

Other external component operations ... 30

DAB tuner operations ........................ 31

More about this unit ......................... 35

Maintenance .................................... 39

Troubleshooting ............................... 40

Specifications ................................... 43

RM-RK50 ................. 5

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Warning:

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

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.

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.

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.

Note: Only for [EX] model users in UK and European countries

For security reasons, a numbered ID card is provided with this unit, and the same ID number is imprinted on the unit’s chassis. Keep the card in a safe place, as it will help the

your unit if stolen.

authorities to identify

Control panel

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Parts identification

1 BAND button 2 • Control dial

•

3 DISP (display) button 4 Remote sensor

• DO NOT expose the remote sensor to

5 Display window 6 5 (up) / ∞ (down) buttons

(standby/on attenuator) button

strong light (direct sunlight or artificial lighting).

How to detach/attach the control panel

Detaching... Attaching...

Lever

7 T/P (traffic programme/programme type)

button

8 0 (eject) button 9 USB (Universal Serial Bus) input terminal p SRC (source) button q

(control panel release) button

w SEL (select) button e MODE button r Number buttons t

4/¢ buttons

CAUTION:

The lever comes out if you pressed the 0 button while the panel is detached. If this happens, push the lever back into lock position before attaching the panel.

Remote controller — RM-RK50

Installing the lithium coin battery

(CR2025)

Aim the remote controller directly at the remote sensor on the unit. Make sure there is no obstacle in between.

Warning:

• Do not install any battery other than CR2025 or its equivalent; otherwise, it may explode.

• Store the battery in a place where children cannot reach to avoid risk of accident.

• To prevent the battery from over-heating, cracking, or starting a fire:

– Do not recharge, short, disassemble,

heat the battery, or dispose of it in a fire.

– Do not leave the battery with other

metallic materials.

– Do not poke the battery with tweezers or

similar tools.

– Wrap the battery with tape and insulate

when throwing away or saving it.

Caution:

Main elements and features

1 (standby/on/attenuator) button

• Turns the power on if pressed briefly or attenuates the sound when the power is on.

• Turns the power off if pressed and held.

2 5 U (up) / D (down) ∞ buttons

• Changes the FM/AM/DAB bands with 5 U.

• Changes the preset stations (or services) with D ∞.

• Changes the folder of the MP3/WMA/ USB.

• While playing an MP3 disc on an MP3-compatible CD changer: – Changes the disc if pressed briefly. – Changes the folder if pressed and held.

• While listening to an Apple iPod JVC D. player: – Pauses/stops or resumes playback with

D ∞.

– Enters the main menu with 5 U. (Now

5 U/D ∞/2 R/F 3 work as the menu selecting buttons.)*

3 VOL – / VOL + buttons

• Adjusts the volume level.

4 SOUND button

• Selects the sound mode (i-EQ: intelligent equalizer).

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* 5 U: Returns to the previous menu.

D ∞: Confirms the selection.

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5 SOURCE button

• Selects the source.

6 2 R (reverse) / F (forward) 3 buttons

• Searches for stations (or services) if pressed briefly.

• Searches for ensembles if pressed and

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held.

• Fast-forwards or reverses the track if pressed and held.

• Changes the tracks if pressed briefly.

• While listening to an iPod or a D. player (in menu selecting mode): – Selects an item if pressed briefly. (Then,

press D ∞ to confirm the selection.)

– Skips 10 items at a time if pressed and

held.

• For FM/AM tuner

• For DAB tuner

⁄ Adjust the volume.

The unit is equipped with the steering wheel remote control function.

• See the Installation/Connection Manual (separate volume) for connection.

Getting started

Basic operations

~ Turn on the power.

* You cannot select these sources if they

are not ready or not connected.

@ Adjust the sound as you want. (See

pages 17 – 19.)

To drop the volume in a moment (ATT)

To restore the sound, press it again.

To turn off the power

Basic settings

• See also “General settings — PSM” on pages 19 – 22.

-1 Canceling the display

demonstrations

Turn the control dial to set “Demo/Link” to “Off.”

2-2 Setting the clock

1 Press number button 4 ( ).

“Clock Hr” (hour) appears. Then, turn the control dial to adjust the hour.

2 Press ¢

(minute). Then, turn the control dial to adjust the minute.

3 Press ¢ to select “24H/12H.”

Then, turn the control dial to select “24Hours” or “12Hours,” time display mode.

to select “Clock Min”

“LARGE” (full display size) graphic*

Audio level meter is displayed (see “LevelMeter” on page 20).

is displayed.

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3 Exit from the setting.

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

Changing the display pattern

Ex.: When tuner is selected as the source

Source operation display

Goes back to the initial display pattern.

You can use your edited file for graphic screen

(see pages 23 – 26).

Depending on a downloaded file, it may take

a longer time to show it on the display.

The information bar will disappear if no operation is performed for five seconds.

Radio operations

Start searching for a station.

“SMALL” (CD jacket image) graphic*

is displayed.

When a station is received, searching stops.

• When receiving an FM stereo broadcast with sufficient signal strength, lights up on the display.

To stop searching, press the same button again.

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To tune in to a station manually

In step ! on page 7... 1

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2 Select a desired station frequency.

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive

3 Exit from the setting.

Select “SSM.”

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

Manual presetting

Ex.: Storing FM station of 92.5 MHz into preset

number 4 of the FM1 band.

Using the number buttons

lights up on the display. Reception improves, but stereo effect will be lost.

To restore the stereo effect, select “Mono Off” in step 2.

goes off.

Storing stations in memory

You can preset six stations for each band.

FM station automatic presetting —

SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory)

1 Select the FM band (FM1 – FM3) you

want to store into.

Using the Preset Station List

• When appears on the display, you can move back to the previous display by pressing number button 3.

1 Follow steps 1 and 2 of “Using the

number buttons” on page 8.

• By holding 5 / ∞, the Preset Station List

will appear (go to step 4).

Listening to a preset station

Using the number buttons

Display the Preset Station List.

4 Select the preset number you want to

store into.

• You can move to the lists of the other FM bands by pressing number button 5 (

) or 6 ( ) repeatedly.

5 Store the station.

Select the preset station (1 – 6) you

want to listen to.

Using the Preset Station List

1 Display the Preset Station List, then

select the preset station you want to listen to.

2 Change to the selected station.

FM RDS operations

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 unit can do the following:

•

Programme Type (PTY) Search (see page 10)

• TA (Traffic Announcement) and PTY Standby Receptions (see page 11)

•

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

• Programme Search (see page 21)

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Searching for your favorite FM RDS programme

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

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• When move back to the previous display by pressing number button 3.

appears on the display, you can

⁄ Start searching for your favorite

programme.

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

Select “Search.”

The PTY Preset List including six preset PTY codes appears on the display.

! Select a PTY code (see page 12).

• You can select one from 35 PTY codes including the first 6 preset codes which can be preset as you like (see the following).

• To display the other PTY Preset Lists, press number button 5 ( (

) repeatedly.

) or 6

Storing your favorite

programme types

You can store six favorite programme types.

• When move back to the previous display by pressing number button 3.

appears on the display, you can

2 Select “Memory.”

3 Select a preset number (“Preset1”–

“Preset6”) you want to store into.

4 Select one of the PTY codes.

5 Store the selected PTY code.

To deactivate the TA Standby Reception

goes off.

EX.: When “Classics” is selected in step 4 on page 10

6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 to store other PTY

codes into other preset numbers.

7 Exit from the setting.

Using the standby receptions

TA Standby Reception

TA Standby Reception allows the unit to switch temporarily to Traffic Announcement (TA) from any source other than AM.

• If a station starts broadcasting a traffic announcement, “Traffic News” appears on the display, and this unit temporarily tunes in to the station. The volume changes to the preset TA volume level if the current level is lower than the preset level (see page 21).

PTY Standby Reception

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

• This function also takes effect for the DAB tuner.

To activate the PTY Standby Reception and select the PTY codes

2 Activating the PTY Standby Reception.

Display the currently selected PTY code.

3 Selecting a PTY code.

4 Exit from the setting.

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To activate the TA Standby Reception

either lights up or flashes on

the display.

• If

lights up, TA Standby Reception is

activated.

• If

flashes, TA Standby 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 (or service) providing the related signals. remain lit.

will stop flashing and

either lights up or flashes on the display.

• If

To activate PTY Standby Reception, tune in

lights up, PTY Standby Reception is

activated.

flashes, PTY Standby Reception is not

yet activated.

to another station (or service) providing the related signals. remain lit.

will stop flashing and

To deactivate the PTY Standby Reception

Select “PTY Off” in step 2 above.

goes off.

Tracing the same programme—

Network-Tracking Reception

When driving in an area where FM reception is not sufficient enough, this unit automatically

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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 “AF-Regn’l” on page 21.

Disc/USB memory operations

Playing a disc in the unit

All tracks will be played repeatedly until you change the source or eject the disc.

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

PTY codes

News, Affairs, Info, Sport, Educate, Drama, Culture, Science, Varied, Pop M (music), Rock M (music), Easy M (music), Light M (music), Classics, Other M (music), Weather, Finance, Children, Social, Religion, Phone In, Travel, Leisure, Jazz, Country, Nation M (music), Oldies, Folk M (music), Document

To stop playback and eject the disc

Playing discs in the CD changer

All discs in the magazine will be played repeatedly until you change the source.

• Ejecting the magazine will also stop playback.

* If you have changed the external input

setting to “Ext In” (see page 22), you cannot select the CD changer.

Ÿ Select a disc.

For disc number from 01 – 06:

For disc number from 07 – 12:

Playing a USB memory

This unit can play MP3/WMA tracks stored in a USB memory. All tracks in the USB memory will be played repeatedly until you change the source.

• Removing the USB memory will also stop playback.

Track and folder information (CD/CD Text/ MP3/WMA/USB)

Once you insert a disc or attach a USB memory, the total track number/total playing time (for CD/CD Text) and total folder number/total track number (for MP3/ WMA/USB) appears, then the following information appears...

Ex.: When “CD-CH” is selected as the source

Current folder number*

Current disc number*

1*3

File type*

Elapsed playing time

Current track number

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If a USB memory has been attached...

Playback starts from where it has been stopped previously.

• If a different USB memory is currently attached, playback starts from the beginning.

To detach the USB memory, straightly pull it out from the unit.

USB input terminal

USB memory

Cautions:

• Avoid using the USB memory if it might hinder your safety driving.

• Make sure all the important data has been backed up to avoid losing the data.

• For the audio CD or CD Text:

Disc name*4 and Track name*

• For the MP3/WMA/USB:

Folder name and File name, or Album/performer*6 and Track name*

• When playing CD changer, the total numbers will not appear.

Displayed only when an MP3/WMA

track is played back.

Displayed only when “CD-CH” is selected

as the source.

Either MP3 or WMA indicator lights up

depending on the detected file.

Appears only for CD Texts and CDs if

it has been recorded or assigned. (“No Name” appears if no name is recorded or assigned.)

Appears only for CD Texts. (“No Name”

appears if no name is recorded.)

Appears only when “Tag” is set to “On”

(see page 21).

About MP3 and WMA tracks

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

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When an MP3/WMA folder in an MP3/ WMA disc includes an image <jtw> file edited by Image Converter (Ver 3.0)— supplied in the CD-ROM, you can show the image on the display while the tracks in the folder are played back—Image Link. (See pages 20 and 37 for details.)

About the CD changer

It is recommended to use a JVC MP3compatible CD changer with your unit.

• You can also connect MP3-incompatible CD changers. These units, however, are not compatible with MP3 discs.

• You cannot use the CH-X99, CH-X100, and KD-MK series CD changers with this unit.

• You cannot play any WMA disc in the CD changer.

• Disc text information recorded in the CD Text can be displayed when a JVC CD Text compatible CD changer is connected.

• For connection, see Installation/Connection Manual (separate volume).

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

For MP3 tracks:

For WMA tracks:

For the main unit:

• Holding either of the buttons can display the Folder List (see page 15).

For CD changer:

• Holding either of the buttons can display the Disc List (see page 15).

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

To select a number from 01 – 06:

To select a number from 07 – 12:

To fast-forward or reverse the track

To go to the next or previous tracks

• To use direct folder access on MP3/WMA/ USB, it is required that folders are assigned with 2-digit numbers at the beginning of their folder names—01, 02, 03, and so on.

To select a particular track in a folder (for MP3/WMA/USB):

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