JVC KD-MX3000 User Manual

MD/CD RECEIVER

RECEPTOR MD/CD RECEPTEUR MD/CD

KD-MX3000

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MD / CD RECEIVER

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For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual. Para la instalación y las conexiones, refiérase al manual separado. Pour l’installation et les raccordements, se référer au manuel séparé.

INSTRUCTIONS

MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS

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INFORMATION (For U.S.A.)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guar antee that interf erence will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: – Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. – Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. – Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiv er

is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Identification and Certification labels

Bottom of the main unit

IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS (For U.S.A. only)

Precautions:

1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

2. DANGER: Invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated. A void direct exposure to beam.

3. CAUTION: Do not open the top cover. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Leave all servicing to qualified service

NAME/RATING PLATE

US JVC CORP.41 SLATER DRIVE ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. 07407 MANUFACTURED A T MADE IN

Product complies with DHHS Rules 21 CFR Subchapter J in effect at date of manufacture. MANUFACTURED

personnel.

4. CAUTION: This CD player uses invisible laser radiation, however, is equipped with safety switches to prevent radiation emission when unloading CDs. It is dangerous to defeat the safety switches.

5. CAUTION: Use of controls, adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

Notes:

*1 The date of manufacture. *2 The ID code of manufacturing plant. *3 Marking of country origin.

CAUTION on Volume Setting

CDs and MDs produce very little noise compared with other sour ces. If the v olume level is adjusted for the tuner, for example , the speakers may be damaged by the sudden incr ease in the output level. Therefore, lower the volume before playing a disc and adjust it as required during playback.

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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.

CONTENTS

BASIC OPERATIONS ....................................................5

RADIO BASIC OPERATIONS .........................................6

Listening to the radio ..................................................................... 6

Storing stations in memory ............................................................7

Automatic preset: SSM................................................................ 7

Manual preset.............................................................................. 8

Tuning into a preset station ........................................................... 9

Selecting FM reception sound ....................................................... 9

CD OPERATIONS....................................................... 10

Playing a CD ................................................................................. 10

Locating a track or a particular portion on a CD ..................... 11

Selecting CD playback modes...................................................... 12

Prohibiting CD ejection ............................................................... 13

MD OPERATIONS......................................................14

Playing an MD .............................................................................. 14

Locating a track or a particular portion on an MD .................. 15

Selecting MD playback modes..................................................... 16

Prohibiting MD ejection............................................................... 17

SOUND ADJUSTMENTS .............................................18

Selecting preset sound control modes ......................................... 18

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

Storing your own sound adjustments .........................................20

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BEFORE USE

* 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.

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* 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.

OTHER MAIN FUNCTIONS ......................................... 21

Setting the clock............................................................................ 21

Changing the general settings (PSM) ......................................... 22

Selecting the level display......................................................... 24

Turning on or off the key-touch tone........................................... 24

Selecting the dimmer mode .......................................................24

Changing the AM/FM channel intervals .....................................25

Turning on or off the power amplifier switch...............................25

Adjusting the contrast level ........................................................26

Selecting the scroll mode .......................................................... 26

Controlling the volume automatically (Audio Cruise Mode) ...27

Assigning names to the sources ...................................................29

Detaching the control panel .........................................................32

REMOTE OPERATIONS............................................... 33

Installing the batteries..................................................................33

Using the remote controller ......................................................... 34

CD CHANGER OPERATIONS ...................................... 35

Playing CDs ...................................................................................35

Selecting CD playback modes......................................................37

Playing the CD Text...................................................................... 38

EXTERNAL COMPONENT OPERATIONS ..................... 39

MAINTENANCE......................................................... 40

Handling Discs .............................................................................. 40

Taking care of CDs .................................................................... 40

Taking care of MDs.................................................................... 41

Moisture condensation .............................................................. 41

TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................42

SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 44

When this unit malfunctions or does not operate:

Press the reset button on the front panel using a ball-point pen or a similar tool. If this does not work, contact your JVC car audio dealer.

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BASIC OPERATIONS

Note:

When you use this unit for the first time, set the built-in clock correctly, see page 21.

ENGLISH

/I/ATT

Note on One-Touch Operation:

When you select a source in step 2 below, the power automatically comes on. You do not have to press this button to turn on the power.

Turn on the power.

FM/AM MD/CDEXT/CH

Select the source.

To operate the tuner, see pages 6 – 9. To operate the CD player, see pages 10 – 13. To operate the MD player, see pages 14 – 17.

To operate the CD changer, see pages 35 – 38. To operate an external component, see page 39.

Adjust the volume.

Volume level appears.

Adjust the sound as you want (see pages 18 – 20).

Volume level indicator (see page 24).

To drop the volume in a moment

Press briefly while listening to any source. “ATT” starts flashing on the display, and the volume level will drop in a moment. To resume the previous volume level, press the button briefly again.

To turn off the power

Press for more than 1 second.

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RADIO BASIC OPERATIONS

Listening to the radio

When using this unit in an area other than North or South America:

You need to change the AM/ FM channel intervals. See “Changing the AM/FM channel intervals” on page 25.

SCAN/RND

FM/AM

FM1 FM2 FM3

Select the band (FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM).

You can select any one of FM1, FM2, and FM3 to listen to an FM station.

Selected band appears.

To search stations of higher

SSM

To stop searching before a station is received, press the same button you have pressed for searching.

frequencies.

To search stations of lower frequencies.

To tune in a particular frequency without searching:

1 Press FM/AM repeatedly to select the band (FM or AM). 2 Press and hold ¢

Now you can manually change the frequehcy while “MANU” is flashing.

3 Press ¢

• If you hold down the button, the frequency keeps changing until you release the button.

or 4 repeatedly until the frequency you want is reached.

or 4 untill “MANU” starts flashing on the display.

Start searching a station.

When a station is received, searching stops.

Scanning broadcast stations

When you press SCAN/RND (Scan/Random) while listening to the radio, station scanning starts. Each time a broadcast is tuned in, scanning stops for about 5 seconds ("SCAN" appears on the display), and you can check what program is now being broadcast.

If you want to listen to that program, press the same button again to stop scanning.

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Storing stations in memory

You can use one of the following two methods to store broadcasting stations in memory.

• Automatic preset of stations: SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory)

• Manual preset of stations

Automatic preset: SSM

You can preset 6 local stations in each band (FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM).

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FM/AM

FM1 FM2 FM3

Select the band (FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM) y ou want to store stations into.

Press and hold both buttons for more than

SSM

Local stations with the strongest signals are searched and stored automatically in the band you have selected (FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM). These stations are preset in the number b uttons — No. 1 (lowest frequency) to No. 6 (highest frequency). When automatic preset is over, the station stored in number button 1 will be automatically tuned in.

3 seconds.

“SSM” appears, then disappears when automatic preset is over.

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Manual preset

You can preset up to 6 stations in each band (FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM) manually. EXAMPLE: Storing an FM station of 88.3 MHz into the preset number 1 of the FM1 band

FM/AM

SSM

Select the FM1 band.

Tune into a station of 88.3 MHz.

See page 6 to tune into a station.

Press and hold the number button (in this example, 1) for more than 2 seconds.

Selected preset number flashes for a while.

Repeat the above procedure to store other stations into other preset numbers.

Notes:

• A previously preset station is erased when a new station is stored in the same preset number.

• Preset stations are erased when the power supply to the memory cir cuit is inter rupted (f or example, during battery replacement). If this occurs, preset the stations again.

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Tuning into a preset station

You can easily tune into a preset station. Remember that you must store stations first. If you have not stored them yet, see pages 7 and 8.

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FM/AM

Select the band (FM1, FM2, FM3 or AM) y ou want.

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Select the number (1 – 6) f or the preset station you want.

To change the display information while receiving a station

Press DISP. Each time you press the button, station frequency and the station name you hav e assigned (see page 29) appear alternately on the display.

Station Frequency

Station Name

Selecting FM reception sound

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive:

Press MO/RPT (Mono/Repeat) while listening to an FM stereo broadcast. “MONO” appears on the display and the sound you hear becomes monaural but reception will be improved.

MO RPT

Lights up when receiving an FM broadcast in stereo.

To restore the stereo effect, press the same button again.

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CD OPERATIONS

Playing a CD

Open the control panel.

If there is already a CD or an MD inside the unit, it ejects automatically.

1. Insert a CD into the loading slot.

The unit turns on, draws the CD and starts playback automatically.

2. Close the control panel by hand.

Total track number of the inserted disc

Note:

When a CD is inserted up side down, “PLEASE EJECT” appears on the display. When you open the control panel by pressing 0, the CD automatically ejects.

Note on One-Touch Operation:

When a CD is already in the loading slot, pressing MD/CD turns on the unit and starts playback automatically.

Total playing time of the inserted disc

Current track

To stop play and eject the CD

Press 0. CD play stops, the control panel opens, then the CD automatically ejects from the loading slot. If you change the source to FM/AM, CD changer or external component, the CD play also stops (without ejecting the CD this time).

Notes:

• If the ejected disc is not removed for about 15 seconds, the disc is automatically inserted again into the loading slot to protect it from dust. (CD play will not start this time.)

• You can eject the CD even when the unit is turned off.

• You cannot insert a CD and an MD together inside the unit at the same time.

To show the assigned name while the elapsed playing time appears

Press DISP. Each time you press the button, elapsed playing time and assigned name (see page 29) appear alternately on the display.

• See also “Selecting the scroll mode” on page 26.

Elapsed playing time

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Locating a track or a particular portion on a CD

Number buttons¢

To fast forward or reverse the track

Press and hold ¢ , while playing a CD, to fast forward the track.

SSM

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Press and hold 4

, while playing a CD, to reverse the track.

To go to the next track or the previous track

Press ¢ briefly, while playing a CD, to go ahead to the beginning of

SSM

the next track. Each time y ou press the button consecutively , the beginning of the next track is located and played back.

Press 4 current track. Each time you press the button consecutively, the beginning of the previous track is located and played back.

briefly, while playing a CD, to go back to the beginning of the

To go to a particular track directly

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Press the number button corresponding to the track number to start its playback.

• To select a track number from 1 – 6: Press 1 (7) – 6 (12) briefly.

• To select a track number from 7 – 12: Press and hold 1 (7) – 6 (12) for more than 1 second.

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Selecting CD playback modes

SCAN/RND

To play back tracks at random (Random Play)

You can play back all tracks on the CD at random.

SCAN RND

Each time you press SCAN/RND (Scan/Random) while playing a CD, CD random play mode turns on and off alternately. When the random mode is turned on, the RND indicator lights up on the display and a track randomly selected starts playing.

INT

MO/RPT

• To select the next track at random, press ¢

To play back tracks repeatedly (Repeat Play)

You can play back the current track repeatedly. Each time you press MO/RPT (Mono/Repeat) while pla ying a CD , CD repeat

play mode turns on and off alternately. When the repeat mode is turned on, the RPT indicator lights up on the display.

Track number of the currently playing track

MO RPT

briefly.

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To play back only intros (Intro Scan)

Each time you press INT (Intro) briefly while playing a CD, CD intro scan

INT

mode turns on and off alternately. When the intro scan mode is turned on, “INTRO” appears on the display for 5 seconds and the track number flashes. The first 15 seconds of each track are played sequentially.

Track number of the currently playing track

Prohibiting CD ejection

MD/CD

You can prohibit the CD ejection and can “lock” a CD in the loading slot.

ENGLISH

While pressing MD/CD, press and hold on the display for about 5 seconds, and the CD is “locked” and cannot be ejected.

To cancel the prohibition and “unlock” the CD, press and hold again for more than 2 seconds, while pressing MD/CD. “EJECT OK” appears on the display, and the CD is “unlocked.”

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for more than 2 seconds. “NO EJECT” flashes

MD OPERATIONS

Playing an MD

Open the control panel.

If there is already a CD or an MD inside the unit, it ejects automatically.

Label side

Insert an MD in the same way as indicated on the MD

Note on One-Touch Operation:

When an MD is already in the loading slot, pressing MD/CD turns on the unit and starts playback automatically.

Title of the track

1.Insert an MD into the loading slot.

The unit turns on, draws the MD and starts playback automatically.

2.Close the control panel by hand.

Elapsed

Current track

playing time

To stop play and eject the MD

Press 0. MD play stops, the control panel opens, then the MD automatically ejects from the loading slot. If you change the source to FM/AM, CD changer or external component, the MD play also stops (without ejecting the MD this time).

Notes

• If the ejected disc is not removed for about 15 seconds , the disc is automatically inserted again into the loading slot to protect it from dust. (MD play will not start this time.)

• You can eject the MD even when the unit is turned off.

• You cannot insert a CD and an MD together inside the unit at the same time.

• When you insert an MD recorded in monaural, it will be played in monaural.While playing such a monaural MD, the elapsed playing time may not be displayed correctly.

To change the display while playing an MD

Press DISP. Each time you press the button, the display changes to show the following:

Track number and Elapsed playing time

Note:

If scr oll mode is set to either “AUTO” or “ONCE”, the name including more than 12 characters will be scrolled. (See page 26)

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Disc title

Track title

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