JVC KD-R321 User Manual

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KD-R322/KD-R321

CD RECEIVER / RÉCEPTEUR CD

Dear Customer,
This apparatus is in conformance with the valid
European directives and standards regarding
electromagnetic compatibility and electrical safety.

European representative of Victor Company of
Japan, Limited is:
JVC Technical Services Europe GmbH
Postfach 10 05 04
61145 Friedberg
Germany

EN, FR

Cher(e) client(e),
Cet appareil est conforme aux directives et
normes européennes en vigueur concernant la
compatibilité électromagnétique et à la sécurité
électrique.

Représentant européen de la société Victor
Company of Japan, Limited:
JVC Technical Services Europe GmbH
Postfach 10 05 04
61145 Friedberg
Allemagne

0910DTSMDTJEIN© 2010 Victor Company of Japan, Limited

For canceling the display demonstration, see page 4. / Pour annuler la démonstration des
affichages, référez-vous à la page 4.

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

INSTRUCTIONS

MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS

GET0678-003A

[E/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

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/or invisible class 1M laser radiation when open. Do not view directly with
optical instruments.

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

WARNING:

Stop the car before operating the unit.

Battery

Products

Information for Users on Disposal of
Old Equipment and Batteries

[European Union only]

These symbols indicate that the product and
the battery with this symbol should not be
disposed as general household waste at its
end-of-life.
If you wish to dispose of this product and
the battery, please do so in accordance with
applicable national legislation or other rules
in your country and municipality.
By disposing of this product correctly, you
will help to conserve natural resources and
will help prevent potential negative effects
on the environment and human health.

Notice:

The sign Pb below the symbol for batteries
indicates that this battery contains lead.

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Caution:

Adjust the volume so that you can hear sounds
outside the car. Driving with the volume too
high may cause an accident.

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.

Caution for DualDisc playback:

The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not
comply with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio”
standard. Therefore, the use of Non-DVD side
of a DualDisc on this product may not be
recommended.

How to attach/detach the control
panel

How to reset your unit

Your preset adjustments will
also be erased.

How to forcibly eject a disc

[Hold]

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

• If this does not work, reset your unit.

Condensation : When the car is air­conditioned, moisture may collect on the
laser lens. This may cause disc read errors. In
this case, remove the disc and wait for the
moisture to evaporate.
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.

CONTENTS

3 How to attach/detach the control

panel

3 How to reset your unit
3 How to forcibly eject a disc

3 About discs

4 Canceling the display

demonstration

4 Setting the clock

5 Basic operations

6 Listening to the radio

8 Listening to a disc

9 Connecting the other external

components

9 Listening to the other external

components

10 Selecting a preset sound mode

10 Menu operations

13 Troubleshooting

14 Using Bluetooth ® devices

15 Specifications

15 Maintenance

About discs

This unit can only play the CDs with:

Discs that cannot be used:

• Discs that are not round.

• Discs with coloring on the recording surface
or discs that are dirty.

• You cannot play a Recordable/ReWritable
disc that has not been finalized. (For the
finalization process refer to your disc writing
software, and your disc recorder instruction
manual.)

• 3-inch CD cannot be used. Attempt to insert
using an adapter can cause malfunction.

Handling discs:

• Do not touch the recording surface of the
disc.

• Do not stick tape etc. on the disc, or use a disc
with tape stuck on it.

• Do not use any accessories for the disc.

• Clean from the center of the disc and move
outward.

• Clean the disc with a dry silicon or soft cloth.
Do not use any solvents.

• When removing discs from this unit, pull them
out horizontally.

• Remove the rims from the center hole and
disc edge before inserting a disc.

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Canceling the display demonstration

Display demonstration will be activated automatically if no operation is done for about 20 seconds.

1 Turn on the power.

4 Select <DEMO OFF>.

2

[Hold]

(Initial setting)

3

(Initial setting)

Setting the clock

1 Turn on the power.

2

3 Select <CLOCK>.

4 Select <CLOCK SET>.

5 Adjust the hour.

[Hold]

(Initial setting)

5

6 Finish the procedure.

6 Adjust the minute.

7 Select <24H/12H>.

8 Select <24 HOUR> or

<12 HOUR>.

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9 Finish the procedure.

(Initial setting)

Basic operations

Loading slot Display window

When you press or hold the following button(s)...

Button General operation

• Turns on.

/ SOURCE

Control dial

(turn)

Control dial

(press)

EQ

Number

buttons (1 – 6)

BRIGHTNESS Enters <BRIGHTNESS> menu directly. (page 11)

T/P BACK

DISP

• Turns off [Hold].

• Selects the sources (FM, CD, F-AUX, BT AUDIO or R-AUX or BT PHONE, AM). “CD”
is selectable only when a disc is loaded.

• Adjusts the volume level.

• Selects items.

• Mutes the sound while listening to a source. If the source is “CD,” playback
pauses. Press the control dial again to cancel muting or resume playback.

• Confirms selection.

• Selects the sound mode.

• Enters tone level adjustment directly [Hold]. (page 10)

• Selects preset stations.

• Stores the current station into the selected number button [Hold].

• Press number button 1 (RPT) or 2 (RND) to enter REPEAT/RANDOM setting
directly. (page 8)

• Activates/deactivates TA Standby Reception.

• Enters PTY Searching mode [Hold].

• Returns to the previous menu.

• Exit from the menu [Hold].

• Changes the display information.

• Scrolls the display information [Hold].

Control dial Ejects the disc

Front auxiliary input jackDetaches the panel

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Listening to the radio

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“FM” or “AM”

“ST” lights up when receiving an FM stereo broadcast with sufficient signal strength.

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Improving the FM reception

1

[Hold]

2

]

<TUNER> ] <MONO> ] <MONO ON>
Reception improves, but stereo effect
will be lost.

To restore the stereo effect, repeat the same
procedure to select <MONO OFF>.

Automatic presetting (FM)—

SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory)

You can preset up to 18 stations for FM.

While listening to a station...

1

[Hold]

2

• Auto search [Press].

• Manual search [Hold].
“M” flashes, then press the button

repeatedly.

Manual presetting (FM/AM)

You can preset up to 18 stations for FM and 6
stations for AM.

1

]

Tune in to a station you want to

preset.

2

“PRESET MODE” flashes.

[Hold]

3

]

Selects preset number.
Preset number flashes and “MEMORY”
appears.

• Pressing and holding the number buttons
(1 – 6) can also store the current station to the
selected number buttons (1 – 6).

Selecting a preset station

]

<TUNER> ] <SSM> ]
<SSM 01 – 06 / 07 – 12 / 13 – 18>
“SSM” flashes and local stations with the
strongest signal are searched and stored
automatically.

To preset another 6 stations, repeat the
above procedure by selecting one of the other
6 SSM setting ranges.

Changing the display information (for non­Radio Data System station)

Frequency j Clock

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1

or

2

• Pressing the number buttons (1 – 6) can also
select the preset stations (1 – 6).

The following features are available
only for FM Radio Data System stations.

Searching for your favourite
FM Radio Data System
programme—

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

1

The last selected PTY code appears.

PTY Search

[Hold]

2

]

Select one of your favourite
programme types or a PTY code, and
start searching.

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, 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

TA Standby Reception

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

To activate TA Standby Reception

If the TP indicator lights up, TA
Standby Reception is activated.
If the TP indicator flashes, TA
Standby Reception is not yet
activated.

• To activate the reception, tune in to another
station providing Radio Data System signals
required for TA Standby Reception.

• To deactivate the reception, press
again.

T/P BACK

NEWS Standby Reception

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

To activate NEWS Standby Reception, see
<NEWS-STBY>. (page 12)

Tracing the same programme—

Network-Tracking Reception

When driving in an area where FM reception is
not sufficient enough, this unit automatically
tunes in to another FM Radio Data System
station of the same network, possibly
broadcasting the same programme with
stronger signals.

To change the Network-Tracking Reception
setting, see <AF-REG>. (page 12)

Automatic station selection—

Programme Search

Usually when you select a preset number, the
station preset in that number is tuned in.
If the signals from the FM Radio Data System
preset station are not sufficient for good
reception, this unit, using the AF data, tunes in
to another frequency possibly broadcasting the
same programme as the original preset station
is broadcasting.

To activate Programme Search, see
<P-SEARCH>. (page 12)

Changing the display information

Station name (PS) = Station
Frequency = Programme type
(PTY) = Clock = (back to the
beginning)

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Listening to a disc

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“CD”

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

Stopping playback and ejecting
the disc

If the ejected disc is not
removed within 15 seconds, it is
automatically inserted into the
loading slot.

Selecting a track/folder

Selects folder of the MP3/WMA

[Press] Selects track.
[Hold] Fast-forwards or
reverses the track.

Changing the display information

Disc title/Album name/performer (folder
name)* = Track title (file name)* = Current
track number with the elapsed playing time =
Current track number with the clock time =
(back to the beginning)

* “NO NAME” appears for conventional CDs or if

not recorded.

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Playback starts
automatically.

Selecting a track/folder from the
list

• If the MP3/WMA disc contains many tracks,
you can fast search (±10, ±100) through the
disc by turning the control dial quickly.

•

To return to the previous menu, press
T/P BACK.

Selecting the playback modes

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

1

• Pressing number button 1 (RPT) or

[Hold]

2 (RND) can enter REPEAT/RANDOM
setting directly. Then, perform step 3.

2

]

“REPEAT” j “RANDOM”

3

REPEAT
TRACK RPT : Repeats current track
FOLDER RPT : Repeats current folder

RANDOM
FOLDER RND : Randomly plays all tracks

ALL RND : Randomly plays all tracks

To cancel repeat play or random play, select
“RPT OFF” or “RND OFF.”

of current folder, then
tracks of next folders

Connecting the other external components

You can connect an external component to the auxiliary input jack on the control panel (F-AUX)
and/or on the rear side of the unit (R-AUX).

Summary of using the external components through the auxiliary input jacks:

item

Preparation

Sub­item

Setting

Source

name

BT PHONE *

External component

Portable audio
player

Bluetooth device Rear SRC SELECT R-AUX BT ADAPTER BT AUDIO/

* ”BT PHONE” appears when a Bluetooth phone is in use.

Auxiliary

input jack

Front SRC SELECT F-AUX ON F-AUX
Rear SRC SELECT R-AUX ON R-AUX

Menu setting

On the control panel (F-AUX): On the rear panel (R-AUX):

3.5 mm stereo mini

3.5 mm stereo mini
plug (not supplied)

plug (with “L” shaped
connector) (not supplied)

Connecting

cable/device

(not supplied)

See below.

KS-BTA100
(page 14)

Portable audio player,

etc.

Recommended to use a 3-terminal plug head stereo mini plug for
optimum audio output.

Portable audio player,

etc.

Listening to the other external components

For details, refer also to the instructions supplied with the external components.

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“F-AUX” or “R-AUX”

Turn on the connected component and

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start playing the source.

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