Jvc KW-M150BT User Manual

KW-M150BT

MONITOR WITH RECEIVER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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See “Removing the trim plate” (P. 23)

Trim plate

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Contents

Before use .................................................................................2

How to read this manual ................................................................................... 2

Precautions ................................................................................................................ 2

Getting Started ....................................................................... 3

Clock settings ........................................................................................................... 3

Basics .......................................................................................... 4

Functions of the Buttons on the Front Panel ...................................... 4

Common operations ...........................................................................................4

HOME screen descriptions .............................................................................. 5

List screen ................................................................................................................... 5

Tuner ........................................................................................... 6

Tuner Basic Operation......................................................................................... 6

Presetting stations ................................................................................................ 6

Tuner Setup ................................................................................................................7

USB .............................................................................................. 8

Preparation ................................................................................................................. 8

Playback operations .............................................................................................8

iPod/iPhone ...........................................................................10

Preparation ...............................................................................................................10

Playback operations ...........................................................................................10

Mirroring ................................................................................. 12

Preparation ...............................................................................................................12

Mirroring operations..........................................................................................12

External Components ........................................................ 13

Using external audio/video players ......................................................... 13

Rear view camera .................................................................................................13

Learning function of steering remote....................................................14

Bluetooth ................................................................................ 15

Register your smartphone to the unit ................................................... 15

Bluetooth Setup ....................................................................................................15

Receive a phone call ..........................................................................................16

Make a phone call ................................................................................................16

Playing Bluetooth Audio Device ................................................................17

Controlling Audio ................................................................ 18

Controlling General Audio ............................................................................. 18

Equalizer Control ..................................................................................................18

Speaker / X’Over setup .....................................................................................19

Listening Position / DTA ..................................................................................19

Sound Effect ............................................................................................................19

Remote control ..................................................................... 20

Functions of the Remote control Buttons ...........................................20

Installation .............................................................................. 21

Before Installation ................................................................................................21

Installing the unit ................................................................................................ 22

About this Unit ......................................................................26

More information .................................................................................................26

Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................26

Copyrights ................................................................................................................27

Specifications .........................................................................................................28

Before use

Precautions

#WARNING

Ñ To prevent injury or re, take the

following precautions:

• To prevent a short circuit, never put or leave any
metallic objects (such as coins or metal tools)
inside the unit.

• Do not watch or fix your eyes on the unit’s display
when you are driving for any extended period.

• If you experience problems during installation,
consult your JVC dealer.

Ñ Precautions on using this unit

• When you purchase optional accessories, check
with your JVC dealer to make sure that they work
with your model and in your area.

• The Radio Data System or Radio Broadcast Data
System feature won’t work where the service is
not supported by any broadcasting station.

Ñ Protecting the monitor

• To protect the monitor from damage, do not
operate the monitor using a ballpoint pen or
similar tool with the sharp tip.

Ñ Cleaning the Unit

If the front panel of this unit is stained, wipe it with
a dry soft cloth such as a silicon cloth. If the front
panel is stained badly, wipe the stain off with a
cloth moistened with neutral cleaner, then wipe it
again with a clean soft dry cloth.

! CAUTION

• Applaying spray cleaner directly to the unit may
affect its mechanical parts. Wiping the front panel
with a hard cloth or using a volatile liquid such as
thinner or alcohol may scratch the surface or erase
screened print.

Ñ How to reset your unit

If the unit or the connected unit fails to operate
properly, reset the unit.

How to read this manual

• The panels shown in this guide are examples used to
provide clear explanations of the operations. For this
reason, they may be different from the actual panels.

• In operation procedures, bracket shape indicates the
key or button you should control.
< >: indicates the name of panel buttons.
[ ]: indicates the name of touch keys

2

Reset button

Getting Started

1 Turn the ignition key of your car to ACC.

The unit is turned on.

2 Press the < > button.
3 Touch [Setting].

[Screen]

[Dimmer]

Select the dimmer mode.
“High” (Default) / “Mid” / “Low”

[Demo]

Select the demonstration mode. Default is “ON”.

[Information]

Displays the software version of this unit.

5 Touch [6].

Clock settings

4 Touch the corresponding key and set the value.

[System]

[Beep Tone]

Activates or deactivates the key-touch tone.
“ON” (Default), “OFF”

[Language]

Select the language used for the control screen
and setting items. Default is “English”.

[Time/Date]

Adjust the clock time. ( P.3)

[Clock Mode]

Select the time display format.
[12hr] (Default) / [24hr]

[Steering Remote]

Sets the desired function in the steering remote
controller. See Learning function of steering
remote ( P.14).

[Parking Guidelines]

You can display parking guidelines to enable
easier parking when you shift the gear to the
reverse (R) position. Default is “ON”.

[Guidelines SETUP]

If you select [ON] for [Parking Guidelines], you can
adjust the parking guidelines. See To adjust the
parking guidelines (P.14).

[System Reset]

Touch [System Reset] and then touch [YES] to set
all the settings to the initial default settings.

[Bluetooth]

Displays the Bluetooth Settings screen. ( P.15)

Ñ Synchronizing the clock time with FM

RDS

Activate [RDS Clock Sync].
See Tuner Setup (P.7).

Ñ Adjusting the clock manually

✎ NOTE

• Deactivate [RDS Clock Sync] before adjusting the
clock.

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Setting].
3 Touch [System].
4 Touch [Time/Date].

Clock screen appears.

5 Touch [R] or [S] to set the clock time.

6 Touch [6].

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BasicsBasics

Functions of the Buttons on the Front Panel

1
2

3

4

5

6

Remote Sensor

1

• Receives the remote control signal.

(HOME)

2

• Displays the HOME screen. (P. 5)

• Pressing for 1 second turns the power off.

• When the power off, turns the power on.

EQ

3

• Displays the Audio screen.* (P.18)
* The Audio screen is not displayed during SETUP

screen or on the list screen etc,

+ , – (Volume)

4

• Adjusts volume. The volume will go up until 20
when you keep pressing [ + ].

(MUTE, Display o)

5

• Mutes/restores the sound.

• Pressing for 1 second turns the screen off.
When the screen is off, touch the display to turn
on the screen.

Reset

6

• If the unit or the connected unit fails to operate
properly, the unit returns to factory settings
when this button is pressed.

Ñ Turning o the power

1 Press and hold the < > button.

Ñ Adjusting the volume

1 Press the <+> or <–> button.

✎ NOTE

• The volume will go up until 20 when you keep
pressing [ + ].

Ñ Mutes the sound

1 Press the < > button.

⿠To restore the sound, touch the button again, or
adjust the volume.

Ñ Turn o the screen

1 Press and hold the < > button.

Common operations

Ñ Turning on the power

1 Press the < > button.

4

⿠To turn on the screen, touch the display.

Basics

2

5

3

647

1

HOME screen descriptions

1 Press the < > button.

HOME screen appears.

Clock display

1

Touch to displays the Clock screen.
Switches to the Tuner broadcast. (P.6)

2

3

[USB]

Plays files on a USB device. (P. 8)

[iPod]

Plays an iPod/iPhone. (P.10)

• When iPod/iPhone is connected.

[Mirroring]

Displays the Mirroring screen. (P.12)

• When android device with “Mirroring OB for
JVC” application installed is connected.

Switches to an external component connected to

4

the AV-IN input terminal. (P.13)
Displays the Hands Free screen. (P.16)

5

Plays a Bluetooth audio player. (P.17 )

6

Displays the SETUP screen. (P. 3)

7

List screen

There are some common function keys in the list
screens of most sources.

1 You can change the page to display more items

by pressing [R]/ [S].

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5

Tuner

213

4

Tuner

Tuner Basic Operation

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Tuner].

Ñ Source control screen

Displays the information of the current station:

1

PS name, Frequency, PTY Genre, Indicator Items
[FM] : Switches the FM band.

2

“FM1”, “FM2”, “FM3”

[AM] : Switches the AM band.

“AM1”, “AM2”

[E] [F] : Tunes in a station with good

reception automatically.

[

] : Displays the Tuner Setup screen. (P.7)

Recalls the memorized station.

3

When touched for 2 seconds, stores the current
receiving station in memory.

4

[

] : Returns to previous screen.

[

] : Displays the Audio screen. (P.18)

Presetting stations

Ñ Auto memory

You can preset 6 stations for the current band (FM1/
FM2 /FM3/AM1/AM2).

1 Touch [FM] or [AM] to select the band.
2 Touch [ ].
3 Touch [Auto Store].

The local stations with the strongest signals are
found and stored automatically.

Ñ Manual memory

You can store the current receiving station in
memory.

1 Tune in to a station you want to preset.
2 Touch and hold [#] (#:1-6) in which you want to

store the station.

Ñ Recalling the preset station

1 Touch [#] (#:1-6).

6

Tuner

Tuner Setup

1 Touch [ ].
2 Set each item as follows.

[Auto Store]

Automatically searches and stores the 6 stations with
the strongest signals for the selected band.
“Auto Store” appears.

[Area]

“N.America” (Default): For North/Central/South

America, AM/FM intervals: 10 kHz/200 kHz.

“S.America”: For some South American countries,

AM/FM intervals: 10 kHz/50 kHz.

“Europe”: For Europe, AM/FM intervals: 9 kHz/50

kHz.

[Local Seek]

Tunes in only to the stations with sufficient signal
strength. (LOC indicator lights up.)
“ON”, “OFF” (Default)

[RDS Clock Sync] *

Synchronizing the Radio Data System station time
data and this unit’s clock.
“ON” (Default), “OFF”

2 *3

[RDS] *

Displays the RDS Settings screen.

[AF]

When station reception is poor, automatically
switches to the station that is broadcasting the
same program over the same Radio Data System
network.
“ON” (Default), “OFF”

[TA]

Switches to the traffic information automatically
when the traffic bulletin starts. (TI indicator lights
up.)
“ON”, “OFF” (Default)

[RDS Clock Sync]

Synchronizing the Radio Data System station time
data and this unit’s clock.
“ON” (Default), “OFF”

1 *2

[PTY]

Select a program type.

[PTY Seek]

Searches for a program by program type.

*1 To use the function, it is necessary to set [Area] to

[N.America]/[S.America].

*2 To use the function, it is necessary to set [Area]

to [Europe].

*3 FM only

3 Touch [6].

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USB

1

5

4

3

2

USB

Preparation

Ñ Connecting a USB device

1 Remove the cap of the USB terminal.
2 Connect the USB device with the USB cable.

The unit reads the device and playback starts.

Ñ To disconnect the USB device:

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch a source other than [USB].
3 Detach the USB device.

Ñ Usable USB device

This unit can play MPEG1/ MPEG2/ MPEG4/ H.264/
MKV/ MP3/WMA/ AAC/ WAV/ FLAC/ OGG les stored
in a USB mass storage class device. (P. 26)

• File system: FAT16/ FAT32/ NTFS

• This unit can recognize a total of 9 999 files and
320 folders (a maximum of 9 999 files per folder).

• The maximum number of characters:

– Folder names : 70 characters
– File names : 70 characters
– Tag : 70 characters

✎ NOTE

• When the USB device is connected to this unit, it can
be charged through the USB cable.

• Install the USB device in the place where it will not
affect safe driving.

• You cannot connect a USB device via a USB hub and
Multi Card Reader.

• Take backups of the audio files used with this unit.
The files may be erased depending on the operating
conditions of the USB device.
We shall have no compensation for any damage
arising from any erased data.

• No USB device comes with this unit. You need to
purchase a commercially available USB device.

• Cap the USB terminal whenever not using.

Playback operations

Ñ Control the music you are listening to on

the source control screen.

The jacket of the currently playing file is displayed.

1

Displays the information of the current file.

2

Playing time/File number

3

Play time bar : For confirmation of current playing

position.

4

[

] : Selects Random playback mode.

: Randomly plays all files in the current
folder.
(Default): Normal playback.

[

] : Selects Repeat playback mode.

(Default): Repeats all files in the USB
device.
: Repeats the current file.
: Repeats all files in the current folder.

[U], [H] : Plays or pauses.
[E], [F] : Searches the previous/next

content.
Touch and hold to fast forward or fast
backward.

[1] : Searches file. (P.9)

5

[

] : Returns to previous screen.

[

] : Displays the Audio screen. (P.18)

8

USB

1

432

Ñ For Video playback

1 When the operation buttons are not displayed

on the screen, touch the display.

1

] : You can adjust image quality in video

[

screen.

[Brightness] : Adjusts the brightness. (00

to 10)

[Contrast] : Adjusts the contrast. (00 to 10)
[Color] : Adjusts the color. (00 to 10)
[Tint] : Adjusts the tint. (00 to 10)

[INITIALIZE] : To clear the adjustment.

Playing time

2

Play time bar : For confirmation of current playing

position.

[U], [H] : Plays or pauses.

3

[E], [F] : Searches the previous/next

content.
Touch and hold to fast forward or fast
backward.

[1] : Searches file. (P.9)
[NORMAL]/[16: 9]/[4:3] : Select a screen mode.

4

[

] : Returns to previous screen.

[

] : Displays the Audio screen. (P.18)

Ñ Selecting a track in a list (Searches le)

1 Touch [ 1].
2 Select whether you search by audio files [ ],

video files [ ].

3 Touch [ ] to moves to the upper hierarchy.
4 Touch the desired folder.

When you touch a folder its contents are displayed.

• Touch [6] to moves to the upper hierarchy.

5 Touch desired item from the content list.

Playback starts.

✎ NOTE

• The source control screen appears when you touch
[6] at the top hierarchy.

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iPod/iPhoneiPod/iPhone

1

543

2

Preparation

Ñ Connecting iPod/iPhone

• For Lightning connector models: Use USB
Audio cable for iPod/iPhone—KS-U62 (optional
accessory).

• For details about connecting iPod/iPhone, see
page 25 .

1 Remove the cap of the USB terminal.
2 Connect the iPod/iPhone.

The unit reads the device and playback starts.

Ñ To disconnect the iPod/iPhone

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch a source other than [iPod].
3 Detach the iPod/iPhone.

Ñ Connectable iPod/iPhone

The following models can be connected to this unit.

Made for

• iPhone XS Max

• iPhone XS

• iPhone XR

• iPhone X

• iPhone 8 Plus

• iPhone 8

• iPhone 7 Plus

• iPhone 7

• iPhone SE

• iPhone 6s Plus

• iPhone 6s

• iPhone 6 Plus

• iPhone 6

• iPhone 5s

✎ NOTE

• If you start playback after connecting the iPod, the
music that has been played by the iPod is played
first.

• Cap the USB terminal whenever not using.

Playback operations

Ñ Control the music you are listening to on

the source control screen.

Artwork (Shown if the track contains artwork)

1

Displays the information of the current file.

2

Playing time/File number

3

Play time bar : For confirmation of current playing

position.

4

[

] : Selects Random playback mode.

: Functions the same as Shuffle Songs.
: Random off

[

] : Selects Repeat playback mode.

: Functions the same as Repeat All.
: Functions the same as Repeat One.
: Repeat off

[U], [H] : Plays or pauses.
[E], [F] : Searches the previous/next

content.
Touch and hold to fast forward or fast
backward.

[1] : Searches content. ( P.11)

5

[

] : Returns to previous screen.

[

] : Displays the Audio screen. (P.18)

10

iPod/iPhone

Ñ Selecting a content in a list

1 Touch [ 1].
2 Touch desired item.

When you touch a category its contents are
displayed.

3 Touch desired item from the content list.

Playback starts.

• Touch [6] to moves to the upper hierarchy.

✎ NOTE

• The source control screen appears when you touch
[6] at the top hierarchy.

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MirroringMirroring

Preparation

You can display and control the App on the unit
while your smartphone is connected to the USB
terminal.

✎ NOTE

• Pair your smartphone with the unit via Bluetooth.
See Register your smartphone to the unit
(P.15) and Connect the Bluetooth device.

Ñ Compatible Android smartphone

• Android version 7.0 or later

• Bluetooth support

✎ NOTE

• This unit may not work for some Android
smartphone’s.

Ñ Connecting Android smartphone

1 Download Mirroring App from Google Play.

Install the latest version of the Mirroring application
“Mirroring OB for JVC” on your Android.

2 Remove the cap of the USB terminal.
3 Connect the Android smartphone. (P.25)
4 Launch Mirroring App on your Android

Smartphone.

1) Touch to check mark.

Mirroring operations

Ñ Mirroring Operation

1 Touch [Mirroring].

• You can display the same screen of the Android
device on the monitor of the unit.

Ñ To turn o the Mirroring

1 Press the < > button.

• HOME screen appears.

2) Touch “OK” to start Mirroring App.

3) Touch to check mark.

4) Touch “START NOW” to start capturing your
Android screen.

5 Start to enjoy Mirroring.

Ñ To disconnect the Android smartphone

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch a source other than [Mirroring].
3 Detach the Android smartphone.

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External Components

1

External Components

Using external audio/video players

Ñ Starting playback

1 Connect an external component to the AV-IN

input terminal. (P.24)

2 Press the < > button.
3 Touch [AV- IN].
4 Turn on the connected component and start

playing the source.

Ñ For Video playback

1 When the operation buttons are not displayed

on the screen, touch the display.

✎ NOTE

• When the picture from the rear view camera is
displayed on the AV-IN screen, the picture output
from the Visual Output terminal disappears.

Rear view camera

To use a rear view camera, the REVERSE lead
connection is required. For connecting a rear view
camera. (P.24)

Ñ Displaying the picture from the rear

view camera

The rear view screen is displayed when you shift the
gear to the reverse (R) position.

• To erase the caution message, touch the screen.

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External Components

Ñ To adjust the parking guidelines

✎ NOTE

• Install the rear view camera in the appropriate
position according to the instruction manual
supplied with the rear view camera.

• When adjusting the parking guidelines, make sure
to apply the parking brake to prevent the car from
moving.

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Setting].
3 Touch [System].
4 Touch [T] or [U] of [Parking Guidelines] and set

to [ON].

5 Touch [Guidelines SETUP].
6 Adjust the parking guidelines by selecting the

[ ] mark.

7 Adjusting the position of the selected mark.

A

C D

B

Learning function of steering remote

This function is available only when your vehicle
is equipped with the electrical steering remote
controller.

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Setting].
3 Touch [System].
4 Touch [Steering Remote].
5 Touch the function you want to set.
6 Press and hold the steering remote controller

button.

✎ NOTE

• You can have the unit learned all buttons at a time.
In that case, press the all buttons one at a time and
after pressing all of them, touch [6] in Steering
Remote Controller Setting screen.

7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 as necessary.
8 Touch [6].

✎ NOTE

• Touch [Initialize] and then touch [Yes] to set all the
settings to the initial default settings.

Make sure that lines A and B are horizontally
parallel, and that lines C and D are of the same
length.

✎ NOTE

• Touch [Initialize] and then touch [Yes] to set all the
marks to their initial default position.

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth

Ñ About the Bluetooth smartphone and

Bluetooth audio player

This unit conforms to the following Bluetooth
specications:

Version

Bluetooth Ver.4.2

Prole

Smartphone/ Cell-phone:

HFP (V1.6) (Hands Free Profile)
PBAP (Phonebook Access Profile)

Audio player:

A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
AVRCP (V1.5) (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile)

Sound codec

SBC

Ñ About mobile phones compatible with

Phone book Access Prole (PBAP)

If your mobile phone supports PBAP, you can
display the following items on the touch panel
screen when the mobile phone is connected.

• Phone book (up to 1000 entries)

• Dialed calls, received calls, and missed calls (up to 50
entries in total)

Register your smartphone to the unit

You can use your Bluetooth smartphone when
paired to this unit.
You can register up to 8 Bluetooth devices.

• You can pair the device and the unit using SSP
(Secure Simple Pairing) which only requires
confirmation.

• One device can be connected at a time.

• When you register a new Bluetooth device,
disconnect the Bluetooth device currently
connected and then register the new device.

• A new device cannot be registered if there are 8
registered Bluetooth units. Delete unnecessary
registration. (P.15)

1 Turn on the Bluetooth function on your

smartphone/cell-phone.

2 Search the unit (“KW-M150BT”) from your

smartphone/cell-phone.

If a PIN code is required, enter the PIN code
(“0000”).

•

appears when the Bluetooth smartphone is

connected.

Ñ Disconnecting the device

• Turn off the Bluetooth function from your
smartphone/cell-phone.

• Turn off the ignition switch.

Bluetooth Setup

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Setting].
3 Touch [Bluetooth].
4 Touch the corresponding key and set the value.

[Select Device]

Connect the Bluetooth device.

[Phone Auto Answer]

Set the automatic response time to pick-up an
incoming call.
“OFF” (Default) / “ON”

[Device Name]

The Bluetooth device name of this unit is displayed.

[Pin Code]

Displays the PIN code.

[Device address]

Displays the device address.

Ñ Connect the Bluetooth device

1 Touch [Select Device] on the Bluetooth Setup

screen.

2 Touch [ ] of the device you want to connect.

To delete the registered Bluetooth device

1 Touch [ ] on the Select Device screen.

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Bluetooth

Receive a phone call

1 Touch [ Û].

• [Ý] : Reject an incoming call.

Ñ Operations during a call

Ending a call

[Ý]

You can send tones by touching desired keys
on the screen.

• Touch [6] to close the window.
Switches the speaking voice output between

smartphone/cell-phone and speaker.

⿠Adjust the receiver volume

Press the <+> or <–> button.

Make a phone call

1 Press the < > button.
2 Touch [Phone].
3 See the table below for each operation method.

Call by entering a phone number

1) Enter a phone number with number keys.

2) Touch [Û].
Make a call

• Touch [

Call using call records

1) Touch [

2) Touch [
Calls), [

3) Select the phone number from the list.

] to delete the last entry.

].
] (Incoming Calls), [ ] (Outgoing

] (Missed Calls).

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Make a call

Call using the phonebook

1) Touch [

2) Select the name from the list.

Make a call

• [

].

] : Updates the phonebook. Touch this

button after you have made a change
to the phonebook of your smartphone/
cell-phone.