KD-AR400/KD-G400 RECEPTEUR CD KD-AR400/KD-G400 ENGLISH RECEPTOR CON CD ESPAÑOL KD-AR400/KD-G400 FRANÇAIS CD RECEIVER KD-AR400 KD-AR400 S KD-G400 KD-G400 S • This unit is equipped with the display demonstration. To cancel it, see page 8. • Esta unidad está equipada con demostración en la pantalla. Para cancelarla, consulte la página 8. • Cet appareil est équipé d’une fonction de démonstration des affichages. Pour l’annuler, référezvous à la page 8.
ENGLISH INFORMATION (For U.S.A.) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
ENGLISH 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 How to reset your unit ............................... How to use the MODE button ................... 2 3 LOCATION OF THE BUTTONS ............ 4 Control panel ............................................. Remote controller ...................................... Preparing the remote controller ...
LOCATION OF THE BUTTONS ENGLISH Control panel Display window a g 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 p q w e r t y u i o ; 4 s h j 2 3 4 5 p w e q k 6 d l / f zx 7 r Control dial (standby/on/attenuator) button SEL (select) button EQ (equalizer) button FM/AM button CD CD-CH (CD changer) button Display window 0 (eject) button 5 (up) button +10 button (control panel release) button Number buttons Remote sensor MO (monaural) button SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory) button RPT (repeat) button RND (ran
S 3 • Selects the preset stations while listening to the radio. Each time you press the button, the preset station number increases, and the selected station is tuned in. • Skips to the first file of the previous folder while listening to an MP3 disc. Each time you press the button, you can move to the previous folder and start playing the first file. • While playing an MP3 disc on an MP3compatible CD changer; – Skips to the previous disc if pressed briefly.
ENGLISH Preparing the remote controller Before using the remote controller: • Aim the remote controller directly at the remote sensor on the main unit. Make sure there is no obstacle in between. Remote sensor • Do not expose the remote sensor to strong light (direct sunlight or artificial lighting). Installing the battery When the controllable range or effectiveness of the remote controller decreases, replace the battery. 1. Remove the battery holder.
ENGLISH BASIC OPERATIONS 1 3 2 Turning on the power 1 Volume level appears. Turn on the power. Volume level indicator 2 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. 4 Select the source. To drop the volume in a moment To operate the tuner (FM or AM), see pages 10 – 12. To play a CD, see pages 13 – 16. To play an MP3 disc, see pages 18 – 21.
ENGLISH Canceling the display demonstration 3 When shipped from the factory, display demonstration has been activated, and starts automatically when no operations are done for about 20 seconds. • It is recommended to cancel the display demonstration before you use the unit for the first time. Select “DEMO OFF.
ENGLISH Setting the clock 1 To check the current clock time or change the display mode Press and hold SEL (select) for more than 2 seconds so that one of the PSM items appears on the display. (PSM: see page 25.) Press DISP (display) repeatedly. Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows: • During tuner operation: Frequency Clock • During disc operation: 2 Set the hour. 1 Select “CLOCK H” (hour) if not shown on the display. 2 Adjust the hour.
ENGLISH RADIO OPERATIONS Listening to the radio You can use either automatic searching or manual searching to tune in to a particular station. Searching for a station automatically: Auto search 1 To stop searching before a station is received, press the same button you have pressed for searching.
Tune in to a station you want while “M” (manual) is still flashing. To tune in to stations of higher frequencies To tune in to stations of lower frequencies • If you release your finger from the button, the manual mode will automatically turns off after 5 seconds. • If you hold down the button, the frequency keeps changing (in 200 kHz intervals for FM and 10 kHz for AM) until you release the button.
ENGLISH 4 Manual preset You can preset up to 6 stations in each band (FM1, FM2, FM3, and AM) manually. Ex.: Storing FM station of 92.5 MHz into the preset number 1 of the FM1 band. 1 Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM) you want to store stations into (in this example, FM1). Each time you press the button, the band changes as follows: FM1 2 FM2 FM3 AM Tune in to a station (in this example, of 92.5 MHz).
ENGLISH CD OPERATIONS Refer to “MP3 OPERATIONS” on pages 18 to 21 for operating MP3 discs. The display changes to show the following: Current source indication Playing a CD 1 Open the control panel. CD indicator Total playing time Total track number of the inserted disc of the inserted disc Note on One-Touch Operation: When a CD is already in the loading slot, pressing CD CD-CH turns on the unit and starts playback automatically.
ENGLISH To stop play and eject the CD To go to a particular track directly Press 0. CD play stops and the control panel flips down. The CD automatically ejects from the loading slot. The source changes to the previously selected source. • If you change the source, CD play also stops (without ejecting the CD). Next time you select “CD” as the source, CD play starts from where playback has been stopped previously. Press the number button corresponding to the track number to start its playback.
• Ex. 1: To select track number 32 while playing track number 6 To play back tracks repeatedly (Track Repeat Play) You can play back the current track repeatedly. 1 Press MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a CD. (Three times) Track 6 \ 10 \ 20 \ 30 (Twice) \ 31 \ 32 • Ex.
ENGLISH Playing a CD Text Prohibiting disc ejection In a CD Text, some information about the disc (its disc title, performer, and track title) is recorded. This CD Text information will be shown automatically when you play a CD Text. You can prohibit disc ejection and can lock a disc in the loading slot. While pressing CD CD-CH, press and hold for more than 2 seconds. To change the CD Text information manually, select text display mode while playing a CD Text. Press DISP (display) repeatedly.
What is MP3? MP3 is an abbreviation of Motion Picture Experts Group (or MPEG) Audio Layer 3. MP3 is simply a file format with a data compression ratio of 1:10 (128 Kbps*). * Bit rate is the average number of bits that one second of audio data will consume. The unit used is Kbps. To get a better audio quality, choose a higher bit rate. The most popular bit rate for encoding is 128 Kbps. How are MP3 files recorded and played back? MP3 “files (tracks)” can be recorded in “folders” —in PC terminology.
ENGLISH MP3 OPERATIONS Refer also to “CD OPERATIONS” on pages 13 to 16. The display changes to show the following: Current source indication Playing an MP3 disc 1 Open the control panel. CD indicator Note on One-Touch Operation: When a disc is already in the loading slot, pressing CD CD-CH turns on the unit and starts playback automatically. 2 Close the control panel by hand. All files will be played repeatedly until you stop playback.
Press 0. Playback stops and the control panel flips down. The disc automatically ejects from the loading slot. To change the display information While playing back an MP3 file, you can change the MP3 disc information shown on the display. Press DISP (display) repeatedly.
ENGLISH To go to a particular file quickly within the current folder (+10 and –10 buttons) 1 Press MODE to enter the functions mode while playing an MP3 disc. 2 Press +10 or –10. To skip 10 files* forwards to the last file To skip 10 files* backwards to the first file * First time you press +10 or –10 button, the file skips to the nearest higher or lower file with a file number of multiple ten (ex. 10th, 20th, 30th).
Press 5 (up) while playing an MP3 disc to skip to the next folder. Each time you press the button consecutively, the next folder is located (and the first file in the folder starts playing, if recorded). Press ∞ (down) while playing an MP3 disc to skip back to the previous folder. Each time you press the button consecutively, the previous folder is located (and the first file in the folder starts playing, if recorded). Note: If the folder does not contain any MP3 files, it is skipped.
ENGLISH SOUND ADJUSTMENTS Selecting preset sound modes (C-EQ: custom equalizer) You can select a preset sound mode (C-EQ: custom equalizer) suitable to the music genre. Select the sound mode you want.
You can adjust the sound characteristics to your preference. 1 Adjust the setting. To increase the level or turn on the loudness Select the item you want to adjust. ENGLISH 2 Adjusting the sound To decrease the level or turn off the loudness Each time you press the button, the adjustable items change as follows: Indication pattern changes as you adjust the bass or treble. BAS (bass) TRE (treble) FAD (fader) VOL LOUD BAL (volume) (loudness) (balance) Indication To do: Ex.
ENGLISH OTHER MAIN FUNCTIONS Changing the general settings (PSM) 3 Adjust the PSM item selected. You can change the items listed in the table on page 25 by using the PSM (Preferred Setting Mode) control. Basic Procedure 1 2 Press and hold SEL (select) for more than 2 seconds so that one of the PSM items appears on the display. (See page 25.) Select the PSM item you want to adjust. Ex.: When you select “DIMMER” 24 4 5 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust the other PSM items if necessary.
• For detailed operations of each PSM items, refer to the pages listed in the table.
ENGLISH To select the scroll mode—SCROLL To turn the tag display on or off—TAG DISP You can select the scroll mode for the disc information (when the entire text cannot be shown at once). When shipped from the factory, scroll mode is set to “ONCE.” An MP3 file can contain file information called “ID3 Tag” where its album name, performer, track title, etc. are recorded. There are two versions–ID3v1 (ID3 Tag version 1) and ID3v2 (ID3 Tag version 2).
You can detach the control panel when leaving the car. When detaching or attaching the control panel, be careful not to damage the connectors on the back of the control panel and on the panel holder. Attaching the control panel 1 Insert the right side of the control panel into the groove on the panel holder. ENGLISH Detaching the control panel Detaching the control panel Before detaching the control panel, be sure to turn off the power. 1 Unlock the control panel.
ENGLISH CD CHANGER OPERATIONS We recommend that you use the JVC MP3compatible CD changer with your unit. Playing discs By using this CD changer, you can play back your original CD-Rs (Recordable) and CD-RWs (Rewritable) recorded either in audio CD format or in MP3 format. • You can also connect other CH-X series CD changers (except CH-X99 and CH-X100). However, they are not compatible with MP3 discs, so you cannot play back MP3 discs. • You cannot use the KD-MK series CD changers with this unit.
To go to a particular disc directly Press the number button corresponding to the disc number to start its playback (while the CD changer is playing). ENGLISH • When the current disc is a CD: Playback starts from the first track of the current disc. Selected disc number Elapsed playing time Current track number • To select a disc number from 1 – 6: Press 1 (7) – 6 (12) briefly. • To select a disc number from 7 – 12: Press and hold 1 (7) – 6 (12) for more than one second.
ENGLISH This operation is only possible when using JVC MP3-compatible CD changer (CH-X1500). To go to a track/file quickly (+10 and –10 buttons) 1 Press MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a disc. 2 Press +10 or –10. To skip 10 tracks/files* forwards to the last track/file To skip 10 tracks/files* backwards to the first track/file * First time you press +10 or –10 button, the track/file skips to the nearest higher or lower track/file with a track/file number of multiple ten (ex.
To play back tracks/files at random (Folder Random/Disc Random/Magazine Random Play) 1 2 To play back tracks/files repeatedly (Track Repeat/Folder Repeat/Disc Repeat Play) 1 Press MODE to enter the functions mode during play. Press MODE to enter the functions mode during play. Press RND (random), while “MODE” is still flashing on the display. Each time you press the button, the random play mode changes as follows: 2 Press RPT (repeat), while “MODE” is still flashing on the display.
ENGLISH EXTERNAL COMPONENT OPERATIONS Playing an external component 2 You can connect the external component to the CD changer jack on the rear using the Line Input Adapter KS-U57 (not supplied). Preparations: • For connecting the Line Input Adapter KS-U57 and the external component, refer to the Installation/ Connection Manual (separate volume). • Before operating the external component using the following procedure, select the external input correctly.
What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service center. Symptoms Disc Playback FM/AM General • Sound cannot be heard from the speakers. Causes Remedies The volume level is set to the minimum level. Adjust it to the optimum level. Connections are incorrect. Check the cords and connections. • This unit does not work at all. The built-in microcomputer may have functioned incorrectly due to noise, etc.
ENGLISH Symptoms MP3 Playback • Disc cannot be played back. Remedies No MP3 files are recorded on the disc. Change the disc. MP3 files do not have the extension code <.mp3> in their file names. Add the extension code <.mp3> to their file names. MP3 files are not recorded in the format compliant with ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2, Romeo, or Joliet. Change the disc. (Record MP3 files using a compliant application.) • Noise is generated.
Remedies No disc is in the magazine. Insert discs into the magazine. Discs are inserted upside down. Insert discs correctly. • “NO MAG” appears on the display. No magazine is loaded in the CD changer. Insert the magazine. • “RESET 8” appears on the display. This unit is not connected to the CD changer correctly. Connect this unit and the CD changer correctly and press the reset button of the CD changer. • “RESET 1” – “RESET 7” appears on the display. • The CD changer does not work at all.
ENGLISH MAINTENANCE Handling discs When playing a CD-R or CD-RW This unit has been designed to reproduce CDs, CD-Rs (Recordable), CD-RWs (Rewritable), and CD Texts. • This unit is also compatible with MP3 discs. How to handle discs When removing a disc Center holder from its case, press down the center holder of the case and lift the disc out, holding it by the edges. • Always hold the disc by the edges. Do not touch its recording surface.
AUDIO AMPLIFIER SECTION CD PLAYER SECTION Maximum Power Output: Front: 50 W per channel Rear: 50 W per channel Continuous Power Output (RMS): Front: 19 W per channel into 4 Ω, 40 Hz to 20 000 Hz at no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. Rear: 19 W per channel into 4 Ω, 40 Hz to 20 000 Hz at no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion.
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KD-AR400/KD-G400 GET0189-002A [J] Installation/Connection Manual Manual de instalación/conexión Manuel d’installation/raccordement ENGLISH 1003KKSMDTJEIN EN, SP, FR ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS Esta unidad está diseñada para funcionar con 12 V de CC, con sistemas eléctricos de masa NEGATIVA. Si su vehículo no posee este sistema, será necesario un inversor de tensión, que puede ser adquirido en los concesionarios de JVC de equipos de audio para automóviles.
When using the optional stay / Cuando emplea un soporte opcional / Lors de l’utilisation du hauban en option In a Toyota for example, first remove the car radio and install the unit in its place. En un Toyota por ejemplo, primero retire la radio del automóvil y luego instale la unidad en su lugar. Par exemple dans une Toyota, retirer d’abord l’autoradio et installer l’appareil à la place.
ENGLISH A ESPAÑOL Typical Connections / Conexiones tipicas / Raccordements typiques Before connecting: Check the wiring in the vehicle carefully. Incorrect connection may cause serious damage to this unit. The leads of the power cord and those of the connector from the car body may be different in color. 1 2 3 FRANÇAIS Connect the colored leads of the power cord in the order specified in the illustration below. Connect the antenna cord. Finally connect the wiring harness to the unit.
B Connections Adding Other Equipment / Conexiones para añadir otros equipos / Raccordement pour ajouter d’autres appareils Amplifier / Amplificador / Amplificateur Rear speakers Altavoces posteriores Enceintes arrière L INPUT L R R Vous pouvez connecter un amplificateur ou autre appareil pour améliorer votre système autoradio. • Connectez le fil de commande à distance (bleu avec bande blanche) au fil de commande à distance de l’autre appareil de façon qu’il puisse être commandé via cet appareil.