RD-MD5(B)-Cover.fm Page 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:39 AM POWERED WOOFER CD-MD SYSTEM RD-MD5 INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information for future reference. Model No. Serial No.
RD-MD5(B)-Warning.fm Page 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:41 AM Warnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer.
RD-MD5(B)-Warning.fm Page 2 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:41 AM SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been disigned and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. ✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮✮ Do read the operating instructions before you attempt to use the equipment.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Thank you for purchasing the JVC Powered Woofer CD-MD System. We hope it will be a valued addition to your home, giving you years of enjoyment. Be sure to read this instruction manual carefully before operating your new stereo system. In it you will find all the information you need to set up and use the system. If you have a query that is not answered by the manual, please contact your dealer.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 2 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Getting Started Accessories Check that you have all of the following items, which are supplied with the System. Power Cord (1) AM Loop Antenna (1) Remote Control (1) Batteries (2) If any of these items are missing, contact your dealer immediately. How To Put Batteries In the Remote Control Match the polarity (+ and –) on the batteries with the + and – markings in the battery compartment. R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) CAUTION: Handle batteries properly.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 3 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM CAUTION: Make all connections before plugging the System into an AC power outlet. Connecting the FM Antenna FM broadcast reception is made with the telescopic antenna. Fully extend and turn it to obtain the best reception. If reception is poor, connect an FM outside antenna (not supplied) as follows.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 4 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM CAUTION: Make all connections before plugging the System into an AC power outlet. Connecting Auxiliary Equipment Connect an (not supplied) signal cord between the AUX IN terminal on the System and the output terminals of your auxiliary equipment (e.g. turntable). You can listen to this source.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 5 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Common Operations ACTIVE CLEAR SOUND DISPLAY SUPER WOOFER VOLUME+,– SUPER WOOFER VOLUME+,– ACTIVE CLEAR SOUND indicator MID+,– TREBLE+,– Turning the System On —————— button. The display comes on and the “STANDBY” indicator goes out. The System comes on ready to continue in the mode it was in when the power was last turned off. or or ■ ■ DISPLAY /CHARA.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 6 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ACS (Active Clear Sound) Effect The Active Clear Sound circuitry emphasizes the high frequency range level in conjunction with the bass level so that you can obtain clear sound at high frequencies. You can use this effect only for playback. To get the effect, press the ACTIVE CLEAR SOUND button on the Unit or the ACS button on the Remote Control. The "ACS" indicator lights up and "ACS ON" appears on the display for 3 seconds.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 7 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Using the Tuner TUNER BAND Number Keys AUTO PRESET FM MODE TUNER BAND 4 JOG dial ¢ 4 ¢ Band, Frequency, Preset channel FM mode indicator When the System is in use, the display shows other items as well. For simplicity, we show here only the items described in this section. You can listen to FM and AM (MW/LW) stations. Stations can be tuned in manually, automatically, or from preset memory storage.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 8 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Presetting Stations To Change the FM Reception Mode Presetting Stations You can preset up to 30 FM stations and up to 15 AM (MW/LW) stations. Note: Preset numbers may have been set to factory test frequencies prior to shipment. This is not a malfunction. You can preset the stations you want into memory by following one of the presetting methods below.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 9 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Using the CD Player Number Keys PROGRAM 0 CD 4 DISPLAY/CHARA. REPEAT RANDOM CD 6 JOG dial CD 6 0 CD ¢ 7 4 7 ¢ Play mode indicator Track number, Playing Repeat time, Preset number indicator When the System is in use, the display shows other items as well. For simplicity, we show here only the items described in this section. CD indicator You can use Normal, Random, Program or Repeat Play.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 10 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Press the 4 button or turn the JOG dial to the left by 1 click to skip to the beginning of the track being played. Press the 4 button twice quickly or turn the JOG dial to the left by 2 clicks quickly to skip to the beginning of the previous track. You can also select a track in Stop mode with the same buttons and the JOG dial. When the button is pressed or the JOG dial is turned, the selected track and its playback time appear on the display.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 11 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Using the MD Player Number Keys DISPLAY DISPLAY/CHARA. JOG dial MD 6 0 MD RANDOM REPEAT MD 6 PROGRAM 0 MD 4 ¢ 7 4 7 ¢ When the System is in use, the display shows other items as well. For simplicity, we show here only the items described in this section. You can use Normal, Random, Program or Repeat Play in the same way as for CD Player. Repeat Play can repeat all the tracks or just one of the tracks on the MD.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 12 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Locating a Track with Remote Control Directly ———————————— During playback or in Stop mode, press the number keys on the Remote Control to directly play a track. To directly play the track 5, press 5. To directly play the track 15, press +10 then 5. To directly play the track 20, press +10 once then press 10. To Select a Track ————————— During playback, press the 4 or ¢ button or turn the JOG dial to select the track you want.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 13 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Repeating Tracks You can repeat the tracks or individual track as many times as you like. Press the REPEAT button on the Remote Control. The Repeat indicator changes with each press of the button, as shown below. = ALL= blank display = (back to the beginning) : Repeats one track. ALL : In Normal Play mode, repeats all the tracks. In Program Play mode, repeats all the tracks in the program.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 14 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Recording onto an MD DISPLAY CD 6 MD 6 DISPLAY /CHARA. MD 6 CD 6 MD REC indicator Track number, Playing time MD REC 7 When the System is in use, the display shows other items as well. For simplicity, we show here only the items described in this section. Recording onto an MD from any of the sound sources is simple. Just insert an MD to the Unit, have the source ready, make one or two settings, and you are ready to record.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 15 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Track Marking for Tuner/AUX Recording ——————————————— • • Whenever no sound at the playback side continues for 3 or more seconds, the track number at the MD side is automatically increased by 1. The track number at the MD side is automatically increased by 1 by pressing the SET button on the Unit at the desirable location.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 16 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Moving tracks (MOVE function) Tracks can be moved around so that they are in the desired sequence. Track No. Erasing all the tracks (ALL ERASE function) All the tracks can be erased at once without recording fresh material over them. Track No. Track A Track B Track C Track D MOVE ALL ERASE Track A Track B Track C Track D Track A Track C Track D Track B New tracks can be recorded.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 17 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM • You can also complete editing operation by pressing the button to turn off the power. To cancel the operation, press the CANCEL button in step 4, 5, or 7 until the display returns to the original display before editing the track. Note: While “UTOCwriting” is displayed, do not disconnect the power cord or subject the Unit to the vibration to avoid incorrect recording. 3. Press the EDIT button until "MOVE ?" is dis■ played.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 18 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM 2. Press the MD6 button and then 7 button ■ to set the function to MD. 5. Press the ENTER button. ■ All the tracks in the MD are erased and "BLANK DISC" is kept displayed. The track numbers and total playback time are displayed. 3. Press the EDIT button until "ERASE ?" is ■ displayed. Each time you press the button, the display changes as follows. Current display= DIVIDE= JOIN= MOVE= ERASE= ALL ERASE= (back to the beginning) 4.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 19 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM 5. Input a preferred title (up to 32 charac■ Editing the Title Name: • If the wrong character has been input, clear it using the CANCEL button. • To clear a particular character which has been input, use the ¢ or 4 button to align the cursor with the character, and press the CANCEL button. Then, select the correct character and press the SET button. ters). Use the following buttons to input a title.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 20 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Listening to an Auxiliary Equipment AUX AUX Listening to External Equipment You can listen to an auxiliary equipment. ■ First make sure that the auxiliary equipment is properly connected to the System.(See page 4). 1. Set the volume level to minimum. ■ 2. Press the AUX button. ■ ■ "AUX" appears on the display. To listen to the auxiliary equipment, start playing the auxiliary equipment. 3.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 21 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM ■ ■ Using the Timers SLEEP CANCEL DISPLAY/CHARA. JOG dial TIMER Timer indicator ON time, OFF time, Source, Volume SET SLEEP indicator When the System is in use, the display shows other items as well. For simplicity, we show here only the items described in this section. The timers let you control listening and recording functions automatically.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 22 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM The minute of the current OFF time blinks on the display. 3. Turn the JOG dial to set the minute. 4. Press the SET button. The music source "TUNER" blinks on the display. 4. Selecting the music source. ■ 1. Turn the JOG dial to select the music source you want to listen to. The display changes as shown below. TUNER=TUNER REC=CD=MD=(back to the beginning) • When you select the "TUNER REC", the "REC" indicator appears on the display. 2.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 23 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Two types of minidisc There are two types of minidisc, “recordable MDs” and “playbackonly MDs.” The playback method for each is the same: a laser irradiates the disc and the signal is read from the beam which comes back. However, the recording method for each type is different. Playback-only MD This is the type used for commercially-available pre-recorded MDs, on which recording cannot be done.
RD-MD5(B)-e.fm Page 24 Wednesday, December 2, 1998 11:40 AM Messsage Meaning Action CANNOT JOIN You have tried to join tracks which cannot be joined. There is a problem (damage) with the disc. This is a limitation of the minidisc system. See “Minidics limitations” on page 24. 5HSODFH#WKH#GLVF1 7KHUH#LV#QRW#HQRXJK#VSDFH#OHIW#RQ#WKH#GLVF1 7KHUH#DUH#RYHU#587#WUDFNV1 The disc is in accidental erasure protection mode.
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