ENGLISH CD RECEIVER ESPAÑOL RECEPTOR CON CD RECEPTEUR CD KD-AR600/KD-SC500 FRANÇAIS KD-AR600 S 7 KD-SC500 S 7 • 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, référez-vous à la page 8. For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual.
ENGLISH INFORMATION (For USA) 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.
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. How to reset your unit ............................... How to use the M 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 d f g z h j x cv 12 34 q w 5 er t y 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Remote sensor Control dial SEL (select) button (standby/on/attenuator) button Screw - M2 x 5 mm (M2 x 1/4") Plate cover and standard plate FM/AM button 5 (up) button +10 button 9 0 (eject) button p 4 /¢ buttons q w e r t y u i o ; a a s 4 (control panel release) button DISP (display) button M MODE button Display window MO (monaural) button SSM (strong-station sequential memory)
Remote controller S ENGLISH 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 or a WMA disc. Each time you press the button, you can move to the previous folder and start playing the first file.
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 3. Return the battery holder. Insert again the battery holder by pushing it until you hear a clicking sound. (back side) 7 • Do not expose the remote sensor to strong light (direct sunlight or artificial lighting).
ENGLISH BASIC OPERATIONS 7 3 1 2 Turning on the power 1 Turn on the power. 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. 2 Select the source. (For KD-AR600) Volume level appears. 4 Adjust the sound as you want. (See pages 23 and 24.) To drop the volume in a moment (For KD-SC500) To operate the tuner (FM or AM), see pages 10 – 12. To play a CD, see pages 13 – 16.
ENGLISH 7 Canceling the display demonstration 3 Select “DEMO OFF.” 4 Finish the setting. 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.
1 Finish the setting. ENGLISH 4 Setting the clock Press and hold SEL (select) for more than 2 seconds so that one of the PSM items appears on the display. (PSM: see pages 25 and 26.) To check the current clock time or change the display mode 2 Press DISP (display) repeatedly. Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows: Set the hour. 1 Select “CLOCK H” (hour) if not shown on the display. • During tuner operation: 2 Adjust the hour. 3 • During disc operation: Set the minute.
ENGLISH RADIO OPERATIONS 7 Listening to the radio You can use either automatic searching or manual searching to tune in to a particular station. To stop searching before a station is received, press the same button you have pressed for searching. Searching a station automatically: Auto search Searching a station manually: Manual search 1 1 Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM). Select the band (FM1 – 3, AM).
Tune in to a station you want while “M” (manual) is 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. Storing stations in memory You can use one of the following two methods to store broadcasting stations in memory.
ENGLISH 4 Manual preset You can preset up to 6 stations in each band (FM1, FM2, FM3, and AM) manually. Ex.: Storing an 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: FM 1 2 FM 2 FM 3 AM Tune in to a station (in this example, of 92.5 MHz).
ENGLISH CD OPERATIONS 7 Refer “MP3/WMA OPERATIONS” on pages 18 to 22 for operating MP3/WMA discs. Open the control panel. Note: When a CD is already in the loading slot, pressing CD turns on the unit and starts playback automatically. 2 Total track number Total playing time of the inserted disc of the inserted disc Insert a CD into the loading slot. The unit turns on, draws the CD 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.
To play back tracks repeatedly (Track Repeat Play) • Ex. 1: To select track number 32 while playing track number 6 You can play back the current track repeatedly. 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a CD. (Three times) (Twice) \ 10 \ 20 \ 30 Track 6 \ 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, 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 are MP3/WMA? 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. WMA (Windows Media® Audio) is the digital audio compression format developed by Microsoft Corporation.
ENGLISH MP3/WMA OPERATIONS 7 Refer also to “CD OPERATIONS” on pages 13 to 16. Playing a disc 1 CD indicator Current source indication Open the control panel. Note on One-Touch Operation: When a disc is already in the loading slot, pressing CD turns on the unit and starts playback automatically. 2 The display changes to show the following: WMA or MP3 indicator* Insert a disc into the loading slot. The unit turns on, draws the disc and starts playback automatically.
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/WMA file, you can change the disc information shown on the display. Press DISP (display) repeatedly. Each time you press the button, the display changes to show the following: Note: • The display shows up to 8 characters at a time and scrolls if there are more than 8 characters. See also “To select the scroll mode—SCROLL” on page 28.
ENGLISH To go to a particular file quickly within the current folder (+10 and –10 buttons) 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a disc. 2 Press +10 or –10. To skip 10 files* forwards to the last file To go to a particular folder directly IMPORTANT: To directly select the folders using the number button(s), it is required that folders are assigned 2 digit numbers at the beginning of their folder names. (This can only be done during the recording of CD-Rs or CD-RWs.) Ex.
Press 5 (up) while playing a 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). Selecting playback modes To play back files at random (Folder Random/Disc Random Play) You can play back all files of the current folder or all files on the disc at random. ENGLISH To skip to the next or previous folder 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a disc.
ENGLISH To play back files repeatedly (Track Repeat/Folder Repeat Play) RPT indicator You can play back the current file or all the files in the current folder repeatedly. 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode while playing a disc. 2 Press RPT (repeat), while “MODE” is still flashing on the display, so that “TRK RPT” or “FLDR RPT” appears on the display. Each time you press the button, the repeat play mode changes as follows: TRK RPT Ex.
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.
ENGLISH Adjusting the sound You can adjust the sound characteristics to your preference. 1 Select the item you want to adjust. Each time you press the button, the adjustable items change as follows: For KD-AR600: BAS TRE (bass) (treble) VOL FAD (fader) 2 (subwoofer) (loudness) To increase the level or turn on the loudness For KD-SC500: BAS TRE (bass) (treble) FAD VOL LOUD BAL (loudness) (balance) To do: Range BAS*1 Adjust the bass. –06 (min.) | +06 (max.
Changing the general settings (PSM) 3 Adjust the PSM item selected. You can change the items listed on the next page by using the PSM (Preferred Setting Mode) control. Basic Procedure 1 2 4 Press and hold SEL (select) for more than 2 seconds so that one of the PSM items appears on the display. (See page 26.) 5 ENGLISH OTHER MAIN FUNCTIONS Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust the other PSM items if necessary. Finish the setting. Select the PSM item you want to adjust. (See page 26.
ENGLISH Preferred Setting Mode (PSM) items • For detailed operations of each PSM items, refer to the pages listed in the table. 1 2 3 Set... Hold... Select...
To select the dimmer mode—DIMMER You can select the color of the display according to your preference. When shipped from the factory, “ALL DEMO” is selected. The selectable colors are as follows: When you turn on the car head lights, the display automatically dims (Auto Dimmer). When shipped from the factory, Auto Dimmer mode is activated.
ENGLISH To select the scroll mode—SCROLL You can select the scroll mode for the disc information (when the entire text cannot be shown all at once). When shipped from the factory, scroll mode is set to “ONCE.” • ONCE: • AUTO: • OFF: Scrolls only once. Repeats the scroll (5-second intervals in between). Cancels Auto Scroll. Note: Even if the scroll mode is set to “OFF,” you can scroll the display by pressing DISP (display) for more than one second.
3 Select a character. • See below for available characters. You can assign names to station frequencies and CDs (both in this unit and in the CD changer only for KD-AR600). After assigning a name, it will appear on the display when you select the source. Sources Maximum number of characters Station frequencies Up to 8 characters (up to 30 station frequencies including both FM and AM) CDs* Up to 32 characters (up to 40 discs) * You cannot assign a name to a CD Text or an MP3/ WMA disc.
ENGLISH Changing the standard plate You can change the standard plate with another plate supplied with your unit. You can also download them by visiting . • When changing the plate, be careful not to leave your fingerprints on the plate or cover. 1 Loosen the screws with the supplied hex screwdriver. 3 Replace with another plate (a standard, cutout, or downloaded plate) of your preference.
Openings Protruding parts How to use the cutout plates 1 Unfold the supplied cutout plates. ENGLISH When attaching the plate cover 2 Cut the plates out using a scissors. Ensure the two protruding parts at the bottom of the plate cover are inserted into the two openings on the control panel, as illustrated. Notes: • Be sure to keep the hex screwdriver for future use. • Two spare screws for the plate cover attachment are provided with the unit.
ENGLISH Detaching the control panel 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. 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 (0nly for KD-AR600) 7 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.
ENGLISH • When the current disc is a CD: Playback starts from the first track of the current disc. 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). 7 Selected disc 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.
To go to a track/file quickly (+10 and –10 buttons) 1 Press M 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 * The 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. 10th, 20th, 30th).
ENGLISH Selecting the playback modes To play back tracks/files at random (Folder Random/Disc Random/Magazine Random Play) To play back tracks/files repeatedly (Track Repeat/Folder Repeat/Disc Repeat Play) 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode during play. 1 Press M MODE to enter the functions mode during play. 2 Press RPT (repeat), while “MODE” is still flashing on the display.
EXTERNAL COMPONENT OPERATIONS ENGLISH (0nly for KD-AR600) 7 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). 3 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 Causes • Sound cannot be heard from the speakers. Disc Playback FM/AM General ENGLISH TROUBLESHOOTING 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.
• Disc cannot be played back. Causes Remedies No MP3/WMA files are recorded on the disc. Change the disc. MP3/WMA files do not have the extension code—<.mp3> or <.wma> in their file names. Add the extension code —<.mp3> or <.wma> to their file names. ENGLISH Symptoms MP3/WMA files are not Change the disc. recorded in the format (Record MP3/WMA files using a compliant with ISO 9660 Level compliant application.) 1, Level 2, or Joliet. • Noise is generated.
Symptoms Causes • “NO DISC” appears on the display. CD Changer ENGLISH (only for KD-AR600) 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.
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 and WMA discs. How to handle discs Center holder When removing a disc 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.
ENGLISH SPECIFICATIONS 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-AR600/KD-SC500 Installation/Connection Manual Manual de instalación/conexión Manuel d’installation/raccordement 1003KKSFLEJEIN EN, SP, FR GET0175-002A [J] ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS • This unit is designed to operate on 12 V DC, NEGATIVE ground electrical systems. • Esta unidad está diseñada para funcionar con 12 V de CC, con sistemas eléctricos de masa NEGATIVA. • Cet appareil est conçu pour fonctionner sur des sources de courant continu de 12 V à masse NEGATIVE.
• When installing the unit without using the sleeve • Instalación de la unidad sin utilizar la cubierta • Lors de l’installation de l’appareil sans utiliser de manchon • When using the optional stay • Cuando emplea un soporte opcional • Lors de l’utilisation du hauban en option Washer Arandela Rondelle Fire wall Tabique a prueba de incendios Cloison Stay (option) Soporte (opción) Hauban (en option) In a Toyota for example, first remove the car radio and install the unit in its place.
ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS A Typical Connections / Conexiones típicas / Raccordements typiques Before connecting: Check the wiring in the vehicle carefully not to fail in connecting this unit. Incorrect connection may cause a 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 Connect the colored leads of the power cord to the car battery, speakers and automatic antenna (if any) in the following sequence.
Connecting the leads / Conexión de los conductores / Raccordement des fils Twist the core wires when connecting. Retuerza los alambres de alma para conectarlos. Torsader les âmes des fils en les raccordant. CAUTION / PRECAUCION / PRECAUTION: • To prevent short-circuit, cover the terminals of the UNUSED leads with insulating tape. • Para evitar cortocircuitos, cubra los cables NO UTILIZADOS con cinta aislante.
