LG CM9740 User Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MINI HI-FI SYSTEM

ENGLISH

Please read this manual carefully before operating your set and retain it for future reference.

FOR THE GUARANTEE TERMS & CONDITIONS, PLEASE REFER TO INNER PAGE OF BACK COVER.

CM9740(CM9740, CMS9740F)

www.lg.com

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1 Getting Started

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Safety Information

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CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC

SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO

USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING

TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

WARNING: Do not install this equipment in a conned space such as a book case or similar unit.

CAUTION: The apparatus should not be exposed to water (dripping or splashing) and no objects lled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

This lightning ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of sucient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

CAUTION: This product employs a Laser System. To ensure proper use of this product, please read this owner’s manual carefully and retain it for future reference. Shall the unit require maintenance, contact an authorized service center. Use of controls, adjustments or the performance of procedures other than those specied herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. To prevent direct exposure to laser beam, do not try to open the enclosure.

CAUTION: Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from over heating. The openings shall be never be blocked by placing the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar surface. This product should not be placed in a builtin installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer’s instruction has been adhered to

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CAUTION concerning the Power Cord

Most appliances recommend they be placed upon a dedicated circuit;

That is, a single outlet circuit which powers only that appliance and has no additional outlets or branch circuits. Check the specication page of this owner’s manual to be certain. Do not overload wall outlets. Overloaded wall outlets, loose or damaged wall outlets, extension cords, frayed power cords, or damaged or cracked wire insulation are dangerous. Any of these conditions could result in electric shock or re. Periodically examine the cord of your appliance, and if its appearance indicates damage or deterioration, unplug it, discontinue use of the appliance, and have the cord replaced with an exact replacement part by an authorized service center. Protect the power cord from physical or mechanical abuse, such as being twisted, kinked, pinched, closed in a door, or walked upon. Pay particular attention to plugs, wall outlets, and the point where the cord exits the appliance. To disconnect power from the mains, pull out the mains cord plug. When installing the product, ensure that the plug is easily accessible.

This device is equipped with a portable battery or accumulator.

Safety way to remove the battery or the battery from the equipment: Remove the old battery

or battery pack, follow the steps in reverse order than the assembly. To prevent contamination of the environment and bring on possible threat to human and animal health, the old battery or the battery put it in the appropriate container at designated collection points. Do not dispose of batteries or battery together with other waste. It is recommended that you use local, free reimbursement systems batteries and accumulators. The battery shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, re or the like.

Grounding

(Except for devices which are not grounded.) Ensure that you connect the earth ground wire to prevent possible electric shock (i.e. a Audio with a three-prong grounded AC plug must be connected to a three-prong grounded AC outlet). If grounding methods are not possible, have a qualied electrician install a separate circuit breaker. Do not try to ground the unit by connecting it to telephone wires, lightening rods, or gas pipes.

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For Wireless product European Union Notice

LG Electronics hereby declares that this/these product(s) is/are in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC, 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC, 2009/125/EC and 2011/65/EU.

Please contact to the followingaddress for obtaining a copy of the DoC (Declaration of Conformity).

Contact oce for compliance of this product:

LG Electronics Inc. EU Representative, Krijgsman 1, 1186 DM Amstelveen, The Netherlands

yPlease note that this is NOT a Customer

Service contact point. For Customer Service Information, see Warranty Card or contact the dealer that you purchased this product.

In door use only.

RF Radiation Exposure Statement

This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body.

POWER: This unit operates on a mains supply of 200-240V~, 50/60Hz.

Wiring: This unit is supplied with a BS 1363 approved main plug. When replacing the fuse, always use of the same rating approved to BS

1362. Never use this plug with the fuse cover omitted. To obtain a replacement fuse cover contact your dealer. If the type of plug supplied is not suitable for the mains sockets in your home, then the plug should be removed and a suitable type tted. Please refer to the wiring instructions below:

Warning: A mains plug removed from the mains lead of this unit must be destroyed. A mains plug with bared wires is hazardous if inserted in a mains socket. Do not connect either wire to the earth pin, marked with the letter E or with the earth symbol or coloured green or green and yellow. If any other plug is tted, use same rating of fuse in the plug.

Important: The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following codes:

- BLUE: NEUTRAL, BROWN: LIVE - As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this unit may not correspond with the coloured marking identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red.

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Disposal of your old appliance

1. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product it means the product is covered by the European Directive 2002/96/EC.

2. All electrical and electronic products should be disposed of separately from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facilities appointed by the government or the local authorities.

3. The correct disposal of your old appliance will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health.

4. For more detailed information about disposal of your old appliance, please contact your city office, waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.

Disposal of waste batteries/accumulators

1. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to batteries/ accumulators of Your product it means they are covered by European Directive 2006/66/EC.

2. This symbol may be combined with chemical symbols for mercury(Hg), cadmium(Cd) or lead(Pb) if the battery Contains more that 0.0005% of mercury,0.002% of cadmium or

0.004% of lead.

3. All batteries/accumulators should be disposed separately from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facilities appointed by the government or the local authorities.

4. The correct disposal of Your old batteries/accumulators will help to prevent potential negative consequences for the environment, animal and human health.

5. For more detailed information about disposal of Your old batteries/ accumulators, please contact Your city office, waste disposal service or the shop where You purchased the product.

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Table of Contents

1 Getting Started

2 Safety Information 8 Unique Features 8 Accessories 9 Playable file Requirement 9 – MP3/WMA music file requirement 9 – Compatible USB Devices 9 – USB device requirement 10 Remote control 12 Front panel 14 Rear panel 15 How to Affix the Ferrite Core(For EMI

only)

15 – Affix the Ferrite Core for lighting

cable

2 Connecting

16 Connecting to speakers 16 – Before connecting 16 – Arrange the main unit and the

speakers 17 – Connecting to speakers 17 – Attaching the high channel speakers

to the unit 17 – Attaching the low channel speakers to

the unit 18 – Attaching the speaker light cables to

the unit 19 Optional Equipment Connection 19 – AUX IN Connection 19 – PORT. IN Connection 19 – Listening to music from your portable

player or external device 20 – USB Connection 20 – Antenna Connection

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3 Operating

21 Basic Operations 21 – CD/USB Operations 21 – Selecting a folder and

an MP3/WMA file 22 – Deleting an MP3/WMA file 23 Playback effect 23 – SMART DJ playback 24 – DJ EFFECT 25 – DJ Pro. 25 – AUTO DJ playback 26 – JUKE BOX Playback

(Program play) 27 Using a Bluetooth wireless technology 27 – Listening to music stored on the

Bluetooth devices 28 – Using Bluetooth App 29 – NFC 30 – Activate Bluetooth with “LG Bluetooth

Remote” App 30 Radio Operations 30 – Listening to the radio 30 – Improving poor FM reception 31 – Presetting the Radio Stations 31 – Deleting all the saved stations 31 – Seeing information about a Radio

station 32 Other Operations 32 – Turn off the sound temporarily 32 – Displaying file information

(ID3 TAG) 32 – DEMO 32 – Using Microphone 32 – Switching on and off the speaker

lighting 33 – Using X-FLASH 34 Sound adjustment 34 – Setting the surround mode 34 – Setting the USER EQ 35 Setting the Clock 35 – Setting the Clock through “LG

Bluetooth Remote” App 35 – Using your player as an alarm clock 36 – Sleep Timer Setting 36 – Dimmer 36 – Auto power down

36 Advanced Operations 36 – Recording to USB

4 Troubleshooting

38 Troubleshooting 38 – General

5 Appendix

39 Trademarks and Licenses 40 General specifications 41 Speakers specifications 42 Maintenance 42 – Notes on Discs 42 – Handling the Unit

6 Warranty

43 Warranty

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Unique Features

Bluetooth®

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Listens to music stored on your bluetooth device.

Portable In

Listens to music from your portable device. (MP3, Notebook, etc)

Playback effects

Listens to music with various sound and playback eects.

USB Direct Recording

Records music to your USB device.

LG Bluetooth Remote

LG Bluetooth Remote is an App designed to let you take control of some of LG’s latest Audio devices. Refer to the page 28-30.

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied accessories.

FM Antenna (1) Remote Control (1)

Batteries (2)

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Playable file Requirement

MP3/WMA music file requirement

MP3/WMA le compatibility with this unit is limited as follows.

ySampling frequency : within 32 to 48 kHz (MP3),

within 32 to 48 kHz (WMA)

yBit rate : within 32 to 320 kbps (MP3),

40 to 192 kbps (WMA)

yMaximum les : Under 999

yMaximum folders : Under 99

yFile extensions : “.mp3”/ “.wma”

yCD-ROM le format : ISO 9660/ JOLIET

yWe recommend that you use Easy-CD Creator,

which creates an ISO 9660 le system.

You have to set the disc format option to [Mastered] in order to make the discs compatible with the LG players when formatting rewritable discs. When setting the option to Live File System, you cannot use it on LG players.

(Mastered/Live File System : Disc format system for Windows Vista)

Compatible USB Devices

yMP3 Player : Flash type MP3 player.

yUSB Flash Drive :

Devices that support USB2.0 or USB1.1.

yThe USB function of this unit does not support

all USB devices.

USB device requirement

yDevices which require additional program

installation when you have connected it to a computer, are not supported.

yDo not extract the USB device while in operation.

yFor a large capacity USB, it may take longer than

a few minute to be searched.

yTo prevent data loss, back up all data.

yIf you use a USB extension cable or USB hub, the

USB device is not recognized.

yUsing NTFS le system is not supported. (Only

FAT(16/ 32) le system is supported.)

yThis unit is not supported when the total

number of les is 1 000 or more.

yExternal HDD, Card readers, Locked devices, or

hard type USB devices are not supported.

yUSB port of the unit cannot be connected to PC.

The unit cannot be used as a storage device.

ySome USB may not work with this unit.

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Remote control

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• • • • • • • • • • a • • • • • • • • •

(Power) : Switches the unit ON or OFF.

(Open/Close) : Opens and closes the disc tray.

PRESETFOLDER W/S :

-Searches for a folder of MP3/WMA les. When a CD/USB containing MP3/WMA les in several folders is being played, press PRESETFOLDER

to select the folder you want to play.

W/S

-Chooses a preset number for a radio station.

FUNCTION : Selects the function and input source.

MUTE @ : Mutes the sound.

VOL +/- : Adjusts speaker volume.

TUNER MEMORY :

-Stores radio stations.

-Deletes all the saved stations.

USB REC : USB direct recording.

SLEEP : Sets the system to turn off automatically at

a specified time. (Dimmer : The display window will be darkened by half.)

Battery Installation

Remove the battery cover on the rear of the Remote Control, and insert two (size AAA) batteries with 4 and 5 matched correctly.

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• • • • • • • • • • b • • • • • • • • •

REPEAT (MENU) : Listens to your tracks/les repeatedly or randomly.

TUNING-/+ : Selects the radio stations.

C/V

d/M

SOUND EFFECT : Chooses sound impressions.

AUTO DJ : Selects the AUTO DJ mode. (For more

information refer to the page 25)

DELETE :

(Skip/Search) :

-Skips Fast backward or Forward.

-Searches for a section within a track/le.

ENTER :

-Stops playback or recording.

-Cancels DELETE function.

(Play/Pause) :

-Starts or pauses playback.

-Selects STEREO/MONO.

-Deletes MP3/WMA les.

-Deletes a song on JUKE BOX list.

• • • • • • • • • • c • • • • • • • • •

0 to 9 numerical buttons : Selects numbered tracks, les, or preset number.

RDS/SET :

RDS (Radio Data System) (Refer to the page 31.)

Conrms the setting.

PTY : Searches radio stations by radio type.

• • • • • • • • • • d • • • • • • • • •

CLOCK : For setting the clock and checking the time.

TIMER : With the TIMER function you can turn CD, USB play and TUNER reception on or o at a desired time.

INFO : Sees informations about your music. An MP3 le often come with ID3 tag. The tag gives the Title, Artist, Album or Time information.

SMART DJ : Selects SMART DJ mode. (For more information refer to the page 23)

JUKE BOX :

-Selects JUKE BOX mode.

-Makes your favorites list.

SMART DJ LEVEL +/- : Adjusts SMART DJ eect sound level.

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Front panel

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a b c

d e f

g h

(Power)

a 1/!

DJ EFFECT

Selects DJ effect. (For more informaion refer to

the page 24).

SMART DJ

Selects SMART DJ mode. (For more information

refer to the page 23)

DJ EFFECT CONTROL

Makes a sound on DJ effect mode.

SMART DJ LEVEL

Adjusts the Smart DJ Level.

AUTO DJ

Selects the AUTO DJ mode. (For more

informaion refer to the page 25).

JUKE BOX

- Makes your favorites list.

- Switches on and off JUKE BOX.

(Open/Close)

g B

Disc tray

PORT. IN jack

MIC jack

MIC VOL.

NFC allows you to install and open “LG

Bluetooth Remote” app to NFC-enabled phone.

Display.

Selects the CD function.

USB

Selects the USB function.

AUX / BLUETOOTH / MIC. / PORT. IN

Selects BLUETOOTH, AUX and MIC, PORT. IN

function.

TUNER

Selects the TUNER function.

DJ Pro.

Selects CLUB or FOOTBALL Sound function to

mix. (For more informaion refer to the page 25).

DJ Pro.

- DJ Pro. Key to select the 6 kinds of sound.

- DJ Pro mode on the CLUB, the Key mapping the CLUB sound effect playback.

- DJ Pro mode on the FOOTBALL, the Key mapping the FOOTBALL sound effect playback.

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p q

r s t

u v w

o T

- Starts or pauses playback.

- Selects Stereo/Mono.

Stops playback or cancels DELETE function.

Y/U

- Skips Fast backward or Forward.

- Searches for a section within a track/le.

MASTER VOLUME

Adjusts speaker volume.

BASS / TREBLE

Adjusts the sound level when setting USER EQ.

SPK LIGHTING / DEMO

- Turn on/off the lighting effects.

- Shows demo.

(

SPK LIGHTING

inside of

The red LED lights up of the

Sub Woofer Speaker.)

USER EQ

Controls sound register.

USB REC

Records to USB.

USB 1/2 Port

You can play or record sound les by

connecting the USB device.

LG EQ

Chooses sound impressions.

BASS BLAST

Selects the BASS BLAST or BYPASS sound

directly.

ENTER

Selects a folder when searching a file.

MULTI JOG / FILE SEARCH

- Sets the clock time.

- Selects a folder and a file on CD/USB function.

X-FLASH LEVEL

- Selects a X-FLASH mode.

X-FLASH ON / OFF

- Selects a X-FLASH ON / OFF mode.

(

X-FLASH : The white LED lights up of the front

Sub Woofer Speaker.)

FOLDER

Moves to folder and file in selection mode.

DELETE

-Deletes a song on JUKE BOX list.

-Deletes MP3/WMA files. (USB only)

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Rear panel

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Power cord

Caution

yConnect the power cord to wall outlet

directly if possible. Or when you use an extension cable, it is highly recommended to use an extension cable of 110 V / 15 A or 230 V / 15 A, otherwise the unit may not operate properly because of the lack of power supply.

yDo not overload the extension cord with

excessive electrical load.

e f

AUX IN 1/2 connectors (L/R)

ANTENNA (FM)

SPEAKER LIGHT

RIGHT SPEAKER

LOW CHANNEL

Connects banana plugs.

HIGH CHANNEL

Connects speaker’s cables.

Cooling fan

LEFT SPEAKER

LOW CHANNEL

Connects banana plugs.

HIGH CHANNEL

Connects speaker’s cables.

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