JVC KS-FX450 Instructions

CASSETTE RECEIVER KS-FX450

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RECEPTOR-REPRODUCTOR DE CASSETTE KS-FX450

RADIOCASSETTE KS-FX450

ATT

BAND PROG

DISC

FUNC

DISC

PRESET

ATT

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

LOUD

DISP

SCAN

SCM

40Wx4

789

10 11 12

RND

SSM

RPT

TAPE

FM/AM

DOLBY B NR

CD CHANGER CONTROL

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For customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located on the top or bottom of the cabinet. Retain this information for future reference.

Model No.

ESPAÑOL

FRANÇAIS

Serial No.

FSUN3112-631

[J]

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 ....................................................4

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RADIO OPERATIONS ...................................................5

Listening to the radio .....................................................................5

Storing stations in memory............................................................ 6

FM station automatic preset: SSM............................................... 6

Manual preset.............................................................................. 7

Tuning into a preset station ...........................................................8

Other convenient tuner functions..................................................9

Scanning broadcast stations ........................................................9

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

Changing the AM/FM channel intervals .......................................9

TAPE OPERATIONS.................................................... 10

Listening to a tape ........................................................................10

Finding the beginning of a tune...................................................12

Other convenient tape functions..................................................13

Skipping the blank portions on the tape.....................................13

Playing the current track repeatedly........................................... 13

Prohibiting cassette ejection ......................................................13

SOUND ADJUSTMENTS .............................................14

Adjusting the sound......................................................................14

Turning on/off the loudness function ..........................................15

Using the Sound Control Memory ..............................................16

Selecting and storing the sound modes .....................................16

Recalling the sound modes........................................................17

Storing your own sound adjustments ......................................... 18

How to reset your unit

Press and hold both the SEL (Select) and (Standby/On/ATT) buttons at the same time for several seconds. This will reset the built-in microcomputer. NOTE: Your preset adjustments — such as preset channels or sound adjustments

— will also be erased.

(Standby/On/ATT)

SEL (Select)

OTHER MAIN FUNCTIONS .........................................19

Setting the clock ............................................................................19

Changing the general settings (PSM) ........................................ 20

Basic Procedure ........................................................................ 20

Canceling Advanced SCM .........................................................21

Selecting the level display ......................................................... 21

Selecting the dimmer mode ....................................................... 22

Selecting the external component to use................................... 22

Detaching the control panel .........................................................23

REMOTE OPERATIONS............................................... 24

Installing the batteries.................................................................. 24

Using the remote controller ......................................................... 24

CD CHANGER OPERATIONS ...................................... 25

Playing CDs ...................................................................................25

Selecting CD playback modes...................................................... 27

EXTERNAL COMPONENT OPERATIONS ..................... 28

Playing an external component ................................................... 28

MAINTENANCE ......................................................... 29

To extend the lifetime of the unit................................................. 29

TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................30

SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 31

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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.

* Temperature inside the car....

If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold weather , w ait until the temper ature in the car becomes normal before operating the unit.

BASIC OPERATIONS

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Note:

When you use this unit for the first time, set the built-in c lock correctly. (See page 19.)

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.

FM/AM

TAPE

Turn on the power.

“HELLO” appears on the display.

Select the source.

To operate the tuner, see pages 5 – 9. To operate the cassette deck, see pages 10 – 13. To operate the CD changer, see pages 25 – 27. To operate the external component, see page 28.

Adjust the volume.

Volume level appears

Volume level indicator

Adjust the sound as you want (see pages 14 – 18).

To drop the volume in a moment

Press briefly while listening to any source. “ATT” starts flashing on the displa y, 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.

RADIO OPERATIONS

Listening to the radio

FM/AM

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

Y ou can select an y one of FM1, FM2, and FM3 to listen to an FM station.

F1 (FM1)F2(FM2)F3(FM3)

Audio (see page 21) or volume level indicator

To search stations of higher frequencies

Selected band (or clock time: see page 19) appears

Start searching a station.

While searching stations, "SEEK" appears on the display. When a station is received, searching stops.

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To search stations of lower frequencies

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

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 frequency 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 until “MANU (Manual)” starts flashing on the display.

Storing stations in memory

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

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

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• Manual preset of both FM and AM stations

FM station automatic preset: SSM

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

FM/AM

Select the FM band number (FM1, FM2 or FM3) you want to store FM stations into.

F1 (FM1)

F2 (FM2)

F3 (FM3)

Press and hold both buttons for more than

SSM

Local FM stations with the strongest signals are searched and stored automatically in the band number you hav e selected (FM1, FM2 or FM3). These stations are preset in the number buttons — 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.

2 seconds.

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

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 channel number 1 of the FM1 band

FM/AM

Select the FM1 band.

Tune into a station of 88.3 MHz.

See page 5 to tune into a station.

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

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Selected band,preset number and “MEMO” flash alternately for a while.

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

Notes:

• A previously pr eset station is erased when a new station is stor ed in the same preset c hannel number.

• Preset stations are erased when the power suppl y to the memory circuit is interrupted (for example, during battery replacement). If this occurs, preset the stations again.

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 6

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and 7.

FM/AM

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

F1 (FM1)F2(FM2)F3(FM3)

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

Other convenient tuner functions

Control dial

SCANSEL

MO RND

¢ 4

Scanning broadcast stations

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

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

Selecting FM reception sound

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive:

Press The MONO indicator lights up on the display. The sound you hear becomes monaur al but reception will be improved.

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

MO RND (Dolby NR/Monaural/Random) while listening to an FM stereo broadcast.

Lights up when receiving an FM broadcast in stereo.

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Changing the AM/FM channel intervals

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

When this unit is shipped from the factory , the channel interv als are set to 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM. You can change the channel intervals by following the procedure below.

• See also “Changing the general settings (PSM)” on page 20.

1. Press and hold SEL (Select) f or more than 2 seconds so that one of the PSM items appears

on the display.

2. Select “AREA” with

3. Rotate the control dial clockwise.

“AREA EU” appears and the channel intervals are set to 9 kHz for AM and 50 kHz (for manual tuning) / 100 kHz (for searching) for FM.

To reset to the factory setting, follow the above step 1 and 2, then rotate the control dial counterclockwise in step 3 (“AREA US” appears on the display).

AREA EU: Select this when used in an area other than North and South America. AREA US: Select this when used in North or South America.

¢ or 4.

TAPE OPERATIONS

Listening to a tape

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• When one side of the tape reaches its end during play, the other side of the tape

MO RND

Open the control panel.

1. Insert a cassette into the cassette compartment.

The unit turns on and tape play starts automatically.

2. Close the control panel by hand.

automatically starts playing. (Auto Reverse)

Note on One-Touch Operation:

When a cassette is already in the cassette compartment, pressing TAPE 2 3 turns on the unit and starts tape play automatically.

TAPE

Select the tape direction.

Each time you press the button, the tape direction changes alternately – forward (

) and reverse ( ).

To play back tapes recorded with the Dolby B NR

Press MO RND(Dolby NR/Monaural/Random) to set the Dolb y B NR* system. The indicator lights up, and “DOLBY B” appears on the display for several seconds. To cancel the Dolby B NR, press the same button again.

* Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolb y Laboratories Licensing

Corporation. “DOLBY” and the double-D symbol Corporation.

are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing

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