JVC RA-P30WUW User Manual

English

Getting Started

PORTABLE AUDIO SYSTEM

RA-P31B/RA-P30W

 Supplied Accessories

After unpacking, check to be sure that you have all the following items.

• Remote control

• AC adapter

• CR2025 (×2) lithium coin batteries One is loaded on the remote control at the factory. AC plug adapter

 Prepare the Remote

Control

• When you use the remote control for the ﬁ rst time, pull out the insulation sheet.

Replacing the Battery

in the Remote Control

• Insert the battery into the remote control by matching the polarity (+ and –) correctly.

Insulation sheet

(Front side)

(Rear side)

Lithium coin battery (CR2025)

Warning

• Store the battery in a place where children cannot reach. If a child accidentally swallows the battery, consult a doctor immediately.

• Do not recharge, short, disassemble or heat the battery or dispose of it in a ﬁ re. Doing any of these things may cause the battery to give off heat, crack, or start a ﬁ re.

• Do not leave the battery with other metallic materials. Doing this may cause the battery to give off heat, crack, or start a ﬁ re.

• When throwing away or saving the battery, wrap it in tape and insulate; otherwise, the battery may start to give off heat, crack, or start a ﬁ re.

• Do not poke the battery with tweezers or similar tools. Doing this may cause the battery to give off heat, crack, or start a ﬁ re.

• Dispose of battery in the proper manner, according to federal, state, and local regulations.

• The batteries (battery pack or batteries installed ) shall not be exposed to excessive heat source such as sunshine, ﬁ re or the like.

 Preparation of the Unit

 Loading batteries for the Unit (The battery power supply)

Insert three batteries to each compartment (six batteries total). Be sure to match the poles (+/-) correctly. While the AC adapter is connected to the wall outlet, the unit works without batteries.

R6 (SUM-3)/AA (15F) (not supplied)

Open the battery compartment cover by pressing the small tab.

Close the cover in the order shown by the numbers.

FM wire antenna

 Loading batteries for the Clock

Be sure to match the poles (+/-) correctly.

Lithium coin battery (CR2025) (supplied)

Plus terminal

Side of the battery

INSTRUCTIONS

LVT1848-019A [UW]

Warnings, Cautions and Others

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.

Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. When installing the apparatus ensure that the plus is easily accessible. The switch in

CAUTION

• Do not block the ventilation openings or holes. (If the ventilation openings or holes are blocked

by a newspaper or cloth, etc., the heat may not be able to get out.)

• Do not place any naked ﬂ ame sources, such as lighted candles, on the ppparatus.

• When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be considered and local rules or laws governing the disposal of these batteries must be followed strictly.

• Do not expose this apparatus to rain, moisture, dripping or splashing and that no objects ﬁ lled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.

any position does not disconnect the mains line.

Rating label is placed on the exterior of the bottom.

Caution: Proper Ventilation

To avoid risk of electric shock and ﬁ re, and to prevent damage, locate the apparatus as follows:

1. Front: No obstructions and open spacing.

2. Sides/ Top/ Back: No obstructions should be placed in the areas shown by the dimensions below.

3. Bottom: Place on the level surface. Maintain an adequate air path for ventilation by placing on a stand with a height of 10 cm or more.

Front Side

[European Union Only]

15cm

15cm15cm15cm

10cm

15cm

CAUTION:

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

Basic and Common Operations

Press Functions

• Light the display screen for 5 seconds when the power is turned off.

• Temporarily stop the alarm sound when the alarm is ringing (SNOOZE). (see “To stop the alarm sound”)

Press Functions

• Switch on/off the SURROUND. You can enjoy music with

spatial and deep sound in this mode. (The mode is not effective when the monaural is selected.)

• While the clock or the alarm time are set, return to the previous item.

See “How to set the time and use the alarm”

Connector plug

Remote control sensor

Press the tab to open the cover.

Time to change the battery

As the battery is running out, the display indication dims or the alarm may beep at the time the alarm is not set at. Replace the battery in such cases.

Insert the battery with pushing the plus terminal up to be sure the terminal contacts the side of the battery.

 Connecting the AC adapter

To a wall outlet Plug the AC adapter only after all connections are completed.

AC adapter (supplied) RA-P31B: AA-R9032 / RA-P30W: AA-R9029

 Turn on or off the power

Press Functions

Turns on or off the power

When the power is turned off at volume level “15” or higher, the unit automatically sets the volume level to “14” the next time it is turned on.

CAUTION:

To avoid risk of ﬁ re, and to prevent damage.

•

Do not use AC adapters except for the supplied AC adapter.

• Do not use the supplied AC adapter for other equipment.

 Adjust the volume

Press Functions

Adjust the volume level from 00 to a maximum of 20. –: Turn down the volume. +: Turn up the volume.

Press Functions

• Switch on/off the backlight when the

FM MODE/

¢ 4 38

button is held down.

• Switch FM stereo/monaural when FM is selected.

(see “Playing back from iPod” and “Listening to FM Broadcasts”)

 Select a source

Press Functions

Select a source iPod → FM → AUX

Close the cover in the order shown by the numbers.

 Display Information

Date

Day of the week

 Explanation of Icons

Off: current time / On: alarm time

Off: alarm off / On: alarm on / Blinking: alarm sounding (When “TIMER PLAY” is set)

Blinks while snoozing (the alarm is paused)

SLEEP Lighting when the sleep mode is selected.

Current time/ alarm time

Sound source indicator iPod/FM/AUX (blinks while muted) When adjusting the volume 00 - 20 When FM radio is selected P01 - P20 (channel) /

87.50 - 108.00 MHz (frequency) When the source is set to iPod and the alarm is set to TIMER PLAY When the source is set to FM radio and the alarm is set to TIMER PLAY When battery power is low - - When trying to set alarm to TIMER PLAY while selecting AUX

SURROUND starts lighting when it is switched on. “STEREO” is displayed when an FM stereo broadcast is received. “MONO”

Current time: Blinking / Other Clock Display: Lighting

is displayed when the monaural is selected.

iPod (slow blinking)

87.50 - 108.00 MHz ↔ P01-P20

(see “Listening to FM Broadcasts ”)

Operating on the Remote Control

Playing back from iPod

SOURCE button

Switch the sound source.

SLEEP button

Set a period of time until the sleep mode is executed. (See “To turn off the System after a certain period of time

(Sleep Timer)”).

FM MODE button

Switch FM stereo/monaural.

MUTING button

Turn off the sound. Return to original mode by pressing again.

PRESET +/- button

Select a registered FM radio station (P01 to 20).

iPod 6 button

Play/pause the iPod.

button

Switch the backlight on/off.

4/¢ button

Fast-forward/rewind the iPod song. Change frequencies to tune in to FM radio station.

SURR. button

Switch on/off the SURROUND.

VOLUME +/- button

You can adjust the volume level from 00 to a maximum of 20.

How to set the time and use the alarm

Switch/Press Functions

Switch the alarm on/off. OFF: turn off the alarm (BUZZER/ TIMER PLAY). BUZZER: alarm on (buzzer sound) TIMER PLAY: alarm on (iPod/FM radio)

• Change the time to the alarm time while the current time is displayed.

• Switch between “ALARM 1” and “ALARM 2” while the alarm time is displayed.

• Press and hold this button to select the current time/alarm time setting mode. Change the values for the time setting.

• Return to the previous item.

Setting the Clock

1 Press and hold the SET button. → The year display starts ﬂ ashing. 2 While ﬂ ashing, set each item with the DOWN/UP buttons. 3 Press the SET button.

• When the SET button is pressed, the ﬂ ashing items will change in the following order.

Year → Month → Day → 12/24-hour time → Hour → Min. → time display

• The time is set when switching to time display from Minutes.

NOTES

• The time can be set both when the power is on and off.

• To modify the setting, start again from step 1.

Setting the alarm (ALARM-BUZZER)

1 Press the SET button to select “ALARM 1” or “ALARM 2”. → The selected icon starts lighting. 2 Press and hold the SET button. → “ON” or “OFF” and

3 Use the DOWN/UP button to select “ON” and press the SET button. →

display starts ﬂ ashing.

• When “OFF” is selected, goes off and the alarm setting is disabled. The display returns to the current time.

• To separate “ALARM 1” and “ALARM 2”, set to on/off for each.

4 While ﬂ ashing, set each item with the DOWN/UP button.

• When the SET button is pressed, the ﬂ ashing items will change in the following order.

Hour → Min. → TIMER PLAY time (10 to 30) → time display

• It is not necessary to set the “TIMER PLAY” time at this point.

starts ﬂ ashing.

starts lighting and the time

Listening to FM Broadcasts

Press

Unit Remote control

FM MODE/

¢ 4

Switch FM stereo/monaural. When there is too much static in an FM stereo broadcast, you can reduce the static by switching to monaural reception. Press again to switch back to stereo reception. If the broadcast is not FM stereo, the sound becomes monaural, even if FM stereo is selected.

•

Switch channel display / frequency display. Channel display is automatically switched to frequency display after approx. 3 seconds.

—

• To register a channel, press and hold this button. (see “Presetting Stations”)

Select a channel from P01 to P20. (The unit button can be used when channel display is selected.)

Change frequencies to tune in to FM radio station. (The unit button can be used when frequency display is selected.)

• Press and hold to search broadcast stations automatically. The search is ﬁ nished when the signal is received. Press again while searching to quit search.

Functions

Channel displayFrequency display

NOTES

• Point the remote control at the remote control sensor on the front panel.

• The remote control sensor is designed to receive signals from up to approximately 7 m distance when the remote control is pointed directly. If the remote control is pointed with an angle, the distance may become shorter.

To turn off the System after a certain period of time (Sleep Timer)

1 Press the SLEEP button repeatedly to specify the time (in minutes) as follows:

10 20 30 40 50 60

OFF (Canceled)

2 Wait until the set time goes off.

• To check the time remaining before the shut-off time, press SLEEP button once. If you press the button repeatedly, you can change the shut-off time.

• After the system is turned off with the Sleep Timer, you cannot operate any button other than the SNOOZE/ LIGHT button. To operate the system as usual, press to turn off the power and then turn on the power again.

NOTES

• Sleep Timer and “ALARM-TIMER PLAY” cannot be selected at the same time. If “TIMER PLAY” is selected, Sleep Timer will be cancelled.

• Sleep Timer and “ALARM-BUZZER” can be selected at the same time.

5 Switch the ALARM switch to “BUZZER”.

• of the set alarm starts lighting on the display.

•

To check the set time, switch the display to alarm time (ALARM 1/ALARM 2) by pressing the SET button.

• The buzzer sounds for three minutes.

• If the set time of “ALARM1” laps over that of ”ALARM2”, the buzzer of the earlier set alarm stops when the latter one starts sounding.

Selecting iPod or FM radio for the alarm sound (ALARM-TIMER PLAY)

1 Set the alarm time. (See steps 1 to 4 of “To set the alarm (ALARM-BUZZER)”)

Hour → Min. → TIMER PLAY time (10 to 30) → time display

• You can set the duration of time between timer-on and timer-off from 10 minutes to 30 minutes in TIMER PLAY time.

2 If the power is off, turn the unit power on. 3 Conﬁ rm that you can hear the iPod or FM radio.

• Set to an appropriate volume.

4 Switch the ALARM switch to “TIMER PLAY”.

blinking on the display.

of the set alarm starts lighting and the selected source is

CAUTION:

• “AUX” cannot be selected as a source. Select another source.

• The “TIMER PLAY” does not work when the Unit power is turned off.

Stopping alarm sound

 To pause the alarm (snooze)

Press the SNOOZE/LIGHT button while the alarm in sounding, when the alarm is set with either “ALARMBUZZER” or “ALARM-TIMER PLAY”. The alarm sound is temporarily stopped, and started again 5 minutes later. You can repeat this up to 10 times.

 To stop the alarm (BUZZER/ TIMER PLAY)

• Switch the ALARM switch to “OFF”.

Deleting the alarm settings

1 Press the SET button to select the ALARM you want to delete. 2 Press and hold the SET button. → “ON” or “OFF” and 3 Use the DOWN/UP button to select “OFF” and press the SET button.

• The alarm setting is deleted.

starts ﬂ ashing.

Listening to FM radio

Stretch out the wire antenna located on the rear of the unit before using.

1 Turn the Unit power on. 2 Select “FM” with the SOURCE button. 3 Select a station with the 4/¢ button.

Presetting Stations

1 Select “FM” with the SOURCE button, and switch to channel display with 38 button. 2 Use the 4/¢ button to select the channel number (P01 to P20) to be registered. 3 Press and hold the 38 button. → The channel number starts ﬂ ashing.

4 Use the 4/¢ button to select the frequency (87.50 MHz to 108.00 MHz) of the station that you wish to

5 Press the 38 button → The selected frequency will be registered.

• To conﬁ rm registration, select the registered channel number (P01 to P20), and press 38 button to display

frequency.

Setting the iPod on the unit

1 Insert the Dock adapter supplied with the iPod to the unit. If the Dock adapter was not supplied with your iPod, purchase the Dock adapter from Apple Inc. For details, visit the Apple’s website. <http://www.apple.com>

Dock adapter (Supplied with your iPod or to be purchased)

You can remove the dock adapter with your ﬁ ngernail

Connector well

by using this slot.

Listening to the iPod

1 Connect the iPod to the unit. 2 Turn the unit power on. 3 Select “iPod” with the SOURCE button.

When iPod is selected as sound source, it automatically starts playback.

Press

Unit Remote control

Charging the iPod

The iPod is charged while it is set on the unit when the Unit power is on.

• Connect the AC adapter to the Unit. The iPod battery is not charged while the Unit is operated on the battery power supply.

• The iPod is charged regardless of the sound source selected on the Unit.

• See the iPod instruction manual about charging times.

NOTES

• This unit can only play the iPod audio.

You can use the iPod video function and hear the audio but cannot play the video.

• Do not carry the System with iPod connected. You might drop it down or it might cause damages to the

2 Connect the iPod to the connector plug of the unit.

• The connector plug is protected with a cover when it is ﬁ rst purchased. Please remove the cover before operating the unit.

• When the iPod is not connected, insert the terminal cover. This prevents dust from entering and possibly damaging the unit.

• Always set volume to the minimum level when connecting or disconnecting iPod.

• When you connect your iPod to the unit, make sure you insert it all the way.

• When disconnecting the iPod, make sure that the System is turned off.

 iPod Compatibility Chart

iPod touch 8GB/16GB iPod classic 80GB/160GB iPod video (5th Generation) 30GB/60GB/80GB iPod photo (4th Greneration) 20GB/30GB/40GB/60GB iPod nano (3rd Generation) 4GB/8GB iPod nano (2nd Generation) 2GB/4GB/8GB iPod nano 1GB/2GB/4GB iPod mini (2nd Generation) 4GB/6GB iPod mini 4GB

connector part.

• Do not touch or hit the iPod terminal pins or the connector pins directly. It might cause damages to the connector part.

• If the iPod does not play correctly, please update your iPod software to the latest version. - For details about updating your iPod, check on the Apple web site <http://www.apple.com>.

• iPod is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• JVC is not responsible for any loss of or damage to iPod that might result from the use of this product.

• Sound distortion may occur when playing back audio sources with high recording levels. When distortion occurs, it is recommended to turn off the equalizer of the iPod. For information on operating the iPod, see the iPod instruction manual.

• If you do not turn on the power of this unit and only connect the iPod to this unit, power may be supplied to the iPod.

Playing back from other equipment

Connecting other equipment

Connect an external device to the AUX jack on the rear of the unit using a stereo mini plug cord (not supplied) .

To audio output such as CD/ MD/digital audio player, etc.

NOTE

• Always set volume to the minimum level when connecting or disconnecting the other equipment.

Listening to external devices

1 Turn the unit power on. 2 Select “AUX” with the SOURCE button. 3 Start playback on the external device. 4 Adjust the volume.

Troubleshooting Speciﬁ cations

If you are having a problem with your System, check this list for a possible solution before calling for service.

In These Cases Check the following points

Power does not come on. • AC adapter is not inserted securely. Plug in securely.

• The batteries are exhausted. No longer works. Press the RESET button (see “Resetting the unit”). Cannot set the iPod. • Is the Dock adapter properly mounted on the unit? Make sure to mount the

Dock adapter properly.

Cannot operate iPod. • Is the iPod ﬁ rmly connected to the connector plug of the unit?

• Is the iPod properly functioning? Test the iPod functions in stand alone

condition.

iPod cannot be charged. • Is the iPod ﬁ rmly connected to the connector plug of the unit?

• Is the AC adapter connected? The iPod cannot be charged while the Unit is

operated on batteries. Hard to listen to broadcasts because of noise. Unable to operate the System from the remote control.

When the volume level is manually set higher than “08”, the unit automatically lowers the level to “08”.

The FM antenna is not properly extended and positioned.

• The path between the remote control and the remote sensor on the System is blocked.

• The batteries are exhausted.

The unit’s battery runs low (The “---” (Low battery) appears on the display). Replace the batteries with new ones.

 Resetting the unit

If “Troubleshooting” does not eliminate malfunctioning (failure to operate or display properly, etc.), press the RESET button on the rear of the unit with something having a sharp point, while the unit is turned on. After pressing RESET button, unplug the AC adapter and wait a while before plugging it again.

• When using RESET button, make sure the lithium coin battery is loaded.

• While resetting the unit, the clock is also reset. Adjust the clock after resetting the unit.

Model RA-P31B/RA-P30W Type Portable audio system

Ampliﬁ er

Input Sensitivity/ Impedance AUX Input 250 mV/47 kΩ

Tuner

Speaker 1 way full range, diameter 50 mm x 2

Input Terminal

iPod connecter Output Power : DC 5 V

Power Source

AC adapter

Dimensions (W x H x D) (W) 322 mm x (H) 72 mm x (D) 85 mm Weight (Without batteries) 0.7 kg Accessory See Supplied Accessories

Speciﬁ cations and appearance are subject to change without prior notice.

Functions

Playback/Pause Press and hold this button to switch the iPod to sleep mode.

Next song / fast forward (press and hold)

Previous song (Press this button during playback to jump back to the beginning of the track.) / fast rewind (press and hold)

Power Output 4 W x 2

1 kHz 10 % THD, 6 Ω

Band FM Tuning Range 87.50 MHz - 108.00 MHz Frequency Step 100 kHz Preset Stations 20

External DC IN (for AC adapter) AUX IN (mini jack)

DC 9 V DC 9 V DC 3 V Input : AC 110-240 V Output : DC 9 V

1.5 A (EXTERNAL DC IN) (SIZE R6, AA BATTERY OR EQUIVALENT x 6) (CR2025, for the clock)

500 mA

, 50/60 Hz 0.5A

1.5 A