JVC KD-G546 User manual

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CD RECEIVER KD-G546/KD-G545
KD-G546/KD-G545
For canceling the display demonstration, see page 7.
For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Warning:
If you need to operate the unit while driving, be
sure to look around carefully or you may be involved
in a traffic accident.
Caution on volume setting:
Discs produce very little noise compared with other
sources. Lower the volume before playing a disc
to avoid damaging the speakers by the sudden
increase of the output level.
Thank you for purchasing a JV product.
Please read all instructions carefully before operation, to ensure your complete understanding and to obtain the best
possible performance from the unit.
IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS
1. LASS 1 LASER PRODU T
2. CAUTION: Do not open the top cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside the unit; leave all servicing to
qualified service personnel.
3. CAUTION: Visible and/or invisible class 1M laser radiation when open. Do not view directly with optical
instruments.
4. REPRODU TION OF LABEL: AUTION LABEL, PLA ED OUTSIDE THE UNIT.
[European Union only]
Deta hing the ontrol panel
Atta hing the ontrol panel
Avoid touching the connectors.
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How to reset your unit
• Your preset adjustments will also be erased (except the
registered Bluetooth device, see page 14).
How to for ibly eje t a dis
“PLEASE” and “EJE T” appear alternately on the display.
• Be careful not to drop the disc when it ejects.
• f this does not work, reset your unit.
How to use the M MODE button
If you press M MODE, the unit goes into functions mode,
then the number buttons and 5/∞ buttons will work
as different function buttons.
Ex.: When number button 2 works as MO (monaural)
button.
To use these buttons for their original fun tions,
press M MODE again.
• Waiting for about 5 seconds without pressing any
of these buttons will automatically exit from the
functions mode.
CONTENTS
Control panel — KD-G546/KD-G545 ....... 4
Remote ontroller — RM-RK50 ........... 5
Getting started ................................ 6
Basic operations ................................................... 6
Radio operations ............................. 7
Dis operations ................................ 8
Playing a disc in the unit ..................................... 8
Playing discs in the D changer ............................ 9
Sound adjustments .......................... 11
General settings — PSM .................. 12
Using the Bluetooth ® devi es ........... 14
Using the Bluetooth cellular phone ..................... 16
Using the Bluetooth audio player ......................... 17
Bluetooth settings ............................................... 17
iPod operations ............................... 18
Other external omponent
operations ................................... 20
Title assignment .............................. 20
Maintenan e ................................... 21
More about this unit ........................ 22
Troubleshooting .............................. 26
Spe ifi ations .................................. 29
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 ar...
If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold
weather, wait until the temperature in the car becomes
normal before operating the unit.
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Parts identifi ation
Display window
Control panel — KD-G546/KD-G545
1 4 / ¢ buttons
2 (standby/on/attenuator) button
3 5(up)/∞(down) buttons
4 Source button / ontrol dial
5 Display window
6 EQ (equalizer) button
7 OPEN button
• To flip-open the control panel.
• To eject the disc, flip-open the control panel then
press 0 on the unit.
8 SEL (select) button
9 MO (monaural) button
p SSM (Strong-station Sequential Memory) button
q Number buttons
w RPT (repeat) button
e RND (random) button
r M MODE button
t DISP (display) button
y BAND button
u Remote sensor
DO NOT expose the remote sensor to strong light
(direct sunlight or artificial lighting).
i AUX (auxiliary) input jack
o Status of Bluetooth device
(Device number, [1 – 5]; signal strength, [0 – 3]*;
battery reminder, [0 – 3]*)
* As the number increases, the signal/battery
strength becomes stronger.
; Tr (track) indicator
a Source display / Track number / Folder number /
Time countdown indicator
s Auxiliary indicator
d iPod indicator
f LOUD (loudness) indicator
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Warning:
• Do not install any battery other than R2025 or its
equivalent; otherwise, it may explode.
• Do not leave the remote controller in a place
(such as dashboards) exposed to direct sunlight
for a long time; otherwise, it may explode.
• Store the battery in a place where children cannot
reach to avoid risk of accident.
• To prevent the battery from over-heating,
cracking, or starting a fire:
– Do not recharge, short, disassemble, heat the
battery, or dispose of it in a fire.
– Do not leave the battery with other metallic
materials.
– Do not poke the battery with tweezers or
similar tools.
– Wrap the battery with tape and insulate when
throwing away or saving it.
Main elements and features
1 (standby/on/attenuator) button
• Turns the power on if pressed briefly or
attenuates the sound when the power is on.
• Turns the power off if pressed and held.
2 5 U (up) / D (down) ∞ buttons
• hanges the FM/AM bands with 5 U.
• hanges the preset stations with D ∞.
g Sound mode (iEQ: intelligent equalizer)
indicators— LASSI , HIP HOP, JAZZ, RO K, POPS,
USER
h EQ (equalizer) indicator
j Bluetooth indicator
k Disc information indicators—
TAG (Tag information), (folder), (track/file)
l Playback source indicators—
DIS : Lights up for the built-in D player.
H: Lights up only when D- H is selected as the
playback source.
/ Main display
z Playback mode / item indicators—RND (random),
(disc), (folder), RPT (repeat)
Tuner reception indicators—ST (stereo),
MO (monaural)
Remote controller — RM-RK50
Installing the lithium oin battery
(CR2025)
Aim the remote ontroller dire tly at the remote
sensor on the unit. Make sure there is no obsta le
in between.
Continued on the next page
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Getting tarted
Basi operations
~ Turn on the power.
Ÿ
FM1/FM2/FM3/AM = CD * = CD-CH */
IPOD * (or EXT IN) = BT-PHONE * (Bluetooth
Phone) = BT-AUDIO * (Bluetooth Audio) =
AUX IN = (back to the beginning)
* You cannot select these sources if they are not
ready or not connected.
! For FM/AM tuner.
⁄ Adjust the volume.
@ Adjust the sound as you want. (See
pages 11 and 12.)
To drop the volume in a
moment (ATT)
To restore the sound, press the
button again.
To turn off the power
Volume level appears.
• hanges the folder of the MP3/WMA discs.
• While playing an MP3 disc on an
MP3-compatible D changer:
– hanges the disc if pressed briefly.
– hanges the folder if pressed and held.
• While listening to an Apple iPod.
– Pauses or resumes playback with D ∞.
– Enters the main menu with 5 U.
(Now 5 U/D ∞/2 R/F 3 work as the menu
selecting buttons.)*
* 5 U : Returns to the previous menu.
D ∞ : Confirms the selection.
3 VOL – / VOL + buttons
• Adjusts the volume level.
4 SOUND button
• Selects the sound mode (iEQ: intelligent
equalizer).
5 SOUR E button
• Selects the source.
6 5 U/D ∞/2 R/F 3/ SOUR E buttons
• For Bluetooth cellular phone:
– Answers calls if pressed briefly.
– Rejects calls if pressed and held.
7 2 R/F 3 buttons
• Searches for stations if pressed briefly.
• Fast-forwards or reverses the track if pressed and
held.
• hanges the tracks if pressed briefly.
• While listening to an iPod (in menu selecting
mode):
– Selects an item if pressed briefly. (Then,
press D ∞ to confirm the selection.)
– Skips 10 items at a time if pressed and held.
• Reverse skip/forward skip for Bluetooth audio.
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! Start sear hing for a station.
When a station is received, searching stops.
To stop sear hing, press the same button
again.
To tune in to a station manually
In step ! above...
1
2 Sele t a desired station frequen y.
When an FM stereo broad ast is hard to
re eive
Reception improves, but the stereo effect will be lost.
To restore the stereo effe t, repeat the same
procedure. “MONO OFF” appears and the MO indicator
goes off.
Basi settings
• See also “General settings — PSM” on
pages 12 and 13.
1
2
1 Can eling the display demonstrations
Select “DEMO,” then “DEMO OFF.”
2 Setting the lo k
Select “ LO K HOUR”, then adjust the hour.
Select “ LO K MIN” (minute), then adjust the
minute.
3 Finish the pro edure.
To he k the urrent lo k time while the
power is turned off
lock time is shown on the display for
about 5 seconds. See also page 13.
Radio operation
~
Ÿ
Lights up when receiving an FM stereo
broadcast with sufficient signal strength.
Lights up when monaural mode is activated.
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Listening to a preset station
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2 Select the preset station (1 – 6) you want.
or
To check other information while listening
to the radio
Fre uency = Clock =
Station name * = (back to the
beginning)
* If no title is assigned to a station, “NO NAME” appears.
To assign a title to a station, see page 20.
Disc operations
Playing a disc in the unit
The following marks are used to indicate...
: Built-in CD player operations.
: External CD changer operations...
All tracks will be playe repeate ly until you change the
source or eject the isc.
Storing stations in memory
You can preset six stations for each ban .
FM station automatic presetting —
SSM (Strong-station Se uential
Memory)
1 Select the FM band (FM1 – FM3) you want to
store into.
2
3
“SSM” flashes, then isappears when automatic
presetting is over.
Local FM stations with the strongest signals are
searche an store automatically in the FM ban .
Manual presetting
Ex.: Storing the FM station of 92.50MHz into preset
number 4 of the FM1 ban .
1
2
3
Preset number flashes for a while.
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To stop play and eject the disc
• Press SOURCE to listen to another playback source.
Playing discs in the CD changer
All iscs in the magazine will be playe repeate ly until
you change the source.
• Ejecting the magazine will also stop playback.
~
* If you have hanged the external input setting
to “EXT INPUT” (see page 13), you annot sele t
the CD hanger.
Ÿ Select a disc.
For isc number from 01 – 06:
For isc number from 07 – 12:
About the CD changer
It is recommen e to use a JVC MP3-compatible CD
changer with your unit.
• You can also connect MP3-incompatible CD changers.
However, these units are not compatible with MP3
iscs.
• You cannot use the CH-X99, CH-X100, an KD-MK
series CD changers with this unit.
• You cannot play any WMA isc in the CD changer.
• Disc text information recor e in the CD Text can be
isplaye when a JVC CD Text compatible CD changer
is connecte .
• For connection, see Installation/Connection Manual
(separate volume).
To fast-forward or reverse the track
To go to the next or previous tracks
To go to the next or previous folders (only for
MP3 or WMA discs)
For MP3 iscs:
For WMA iscs:
To locate a particular track (for CD) or folder
(for MP3 or WMA discs) directly
To select a number from 01 – 06:
To select a number from 07 – 12:
• To use irect fol er access on MP3/WMA iscs, it
is require that fol ers are assigne with 2- igit
numbers at the beginning of their fol er names—
01, 02, 03, an so on.
To select a particular track in a
fol er (for MP3 or WMA isc):
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Changing the display information
While playing an audio CD or CD Text
A = Disc title/performer *1 = Track
title *1 [ ] = B = (back to the beginning)
While playing an MP3 or a WMA track
• When “TAG DISPLAY” is set to “TAG ON”
(see page 13)
A = Album name/performer (folder
name *2) [ ] = Track title (file
name *2) [ ] = B = (back to the
beginning)
• When “TAG DISPLAY” is set to “TAG OFF”
A = Folder name [ ] = File name
[ ] = B = (back to the beginning)
A : Clock with the current track number
B : The elapse playing time with the current track
number
[ ] : Correspon ing in icator lights up on the isplay.
*1 If the urrent dis is an audio CD, “NO NAME” appears.
*2 If an MP3/WMA file does not have Tag information,
folder name and file name appear. In this ase, the
TAG indi ator will not light up.
Other main functions
Skipping tracks uickly during play
Only possible on JVC
MP3-compatible CD changer
• For MP3 or WMA iscs, you can skip tracks within the
same fol er.
Ex.: To select track 32 while playing a track whose
number is a single igit (1 to 9)
1
2
Each time you press the button, you can skip 10
tracks.
• After the last track, the first track will be selecte
an vice versa.
3
Prohibiting disc ejection
You can lock a isc in the loa ing slot.
To cancel the prohibition, repeat the same
proce ure.
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