GB CRX-E400 YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA CRX-E400 Receiver/CD Player Récepteur/Lecteur CD OWNER’S MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BRUKSANVISNING MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, F.R.
CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING THIS UNIT 1 2 3 4 5 To assure the finest performance, please read this manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. Install this unit in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture or cold. In a cabinet, allow about 10 cm (4 in.) of free space all around RX-E400 for adequate ventilation.
FEATURES • Minimum RMS output power per channel 40 W + 40 W (6Ω, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, 0.1% THD) • Full operation system remote control • 40-station FM/AM preset tuning • Multi-function RDS reception • SUBWOOFER output terminal • S-bit DAC and 8fs digital filter • Optical digital output • Random, repeat, and program play • CD TEXT display • Copy time control • CD-RW compatible English The receiver (RX-E400) and CD player (CDX-E400) are the main units of the YAMAHA Piano Craft Series.
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES After unpacking, check that the following parts are contained. • Remote control • AM loop antenna POWER 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG A B TEXT/TIME C R.
GETTING STARTED Remote control operation range English Remote control VOLUME This remote control controls a whole system: not only RX-E400 but also CDX-E400. Moreover, a cassette deck (KX-E300) and MD recorder (MDX-E300) that level up your system can be operated by it.
GETTING STARTED Connecting the speakers and antennas Never plug the AC power cord to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. Follow the steps as shown below to connect the system using the supplied cords and accessories. Be sure all connections are made correctly, that is to say L (left) to L, R (right) to R, “+” to “+” and “–” to “–”. 3 Right speaker Left speaker FM antenna 2 AM loop antenna C IN MD OUT FM ANT 75Ω UNBAL.
GETTING STARTED English Connecting the system Connecting RX-E400 and CDX-E400 1 2 3 Connect ‰ to ‰ using the Audio pin cable. Insert the plugs into the jacks of the same color. Connect RX-E400 and CDX-E400 with the system control cable. The other SYSTEM CONNECTOR of CDX-E400 is for connecting MDX-E300 or KX-E300. Connect the AC power plug of CDX-E400 to AC OUTLET of RX-E400. This connection allows you to control the power of the system through one-touch operation.
GETTING STARTED Setting the clock You must set the clock before you use the timer functions. The clock is based on a 24-hour system. STANDBY/ON DISPLAY HOUR MIN VOLUME NATURAL SOUND STEREO RECEIVER RX–E400 STANDBY/ON Adjusting the brightness of the display You can adjust the brightness of the display. If you have connected the CD player (CDX-E400), cassette deck (KX-E300), and/or MD recorder (MDX-E300) to this unit, the brightness of the displays is automatically adjusted to that of this unit.
RX-E400 NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 English Front panel 9 VOLUME NATURAL SOUND STEREO RECEIVER RX–E400 STANDBY/ON DISPLAY TIMER MEMORY AUTO/MAN'L TIMER ADJ TIMER PRESET/TUNING PRESET/BAND HOUR BASS TREBLE MIN MIN MAX INPUT BALANCE PHONES – 0 q + w – + e 1 STANDBY/ON (P.9) 2 TIMER indicator (P.15) 3 DISPLAY (P.15) 4 TIME ADJ/MEMORY (P.6/P.11) 5 AUTO/MAN’L/TIMER (P.10/P.15) 6 PRESET/BAND (P.10) 7 Display (P.7) 8 PRESET/TUNING / (P.10) HOUR/MIN (P.6/P.
RX-E400 NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Remote control POWER 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG A B TEXT/TIME 4 5 C R. TIME D E TAPE DIRECTION PRESET 7 9 MD TUNER PRESET CD TAPE AUX MD REC/PAUSE MODE e TAPE REC/PAUSE DUBBING SLEEP 8 0 q w 1 POWER (P.9) 2 Preset numbers (P.11) 3 FREQ/RDS (P.12) 4 PTY SEEK MODE (P.13/P.14) 5 PTY SEEK START (P.13/P.14) 6 A/B/C/D/E (P.11) 7 PRESET / (P.11) 8 TUNER (RX-E400) (P.
BASIC OPERATIONS STANDBY/ON TREBLE 1 2 VOLUME STEREO RECEIVER RX–E400 STANDBY/ON TIMER DISPLAY MEMORY AUTO/MAN'L TIMER ADJ TIMER BASS PRESET/TUNING PRESET/BAND HOUR TREBLE MIN MIN MAX INPUT BALANCE PHONES – + – + L R 3 PHONES BASS BALANCE INPUT POWER 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 5 6 FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG A B TEXT/TIME E MD TUNER TAPE AUX MODE If desired, adjust BASS, TREBLE, and BALANCE.
TUNING Listening to the radio You can find radio stations automatically and manually. AUTO/MAN’L PRESET/TUNING / VOLUME NATURAL SOUND STEREO RECEIVER DISPLAY MEMORY AUTO/MAN'L TIMER ADJ TIMER BASS PRESET/BAND PRESET/TUNING HOUR TREBLE MIN MIN MAX INPUT BALANCE PHONES – + – + L 1 2 3 RX–E400 STANDBY/ON TIMER Manual tuning Follow steps 1 and 2 described in “Automatic tuning.” Press AUTO/MAN’L so that “AUTO” disappears from the display.
TUNING The unit can preset station frequencies selected by Automatic tuning or Manual tuning. Up to 40 stations can be stored. With this function, you can select any desired station by pressing the corresponding preset station number. PRESET/TUNING / STEREO RECEIVER Select TUNER as input source by turning INPUT. Press MEMORY for about 2 seconds. • The unit starts presetting stations, “AUTO” and “MEMORY” will flash on the display. Received stations are stored to A1, A2...A8 sequentially.
RECEIVING RDS STATIONS Receiving RDS data RDS (Radio Data System) is a data transmission system by FM stations in many countries. Stations using this system transmit an inaudible stream of data in addition to the normal radio signal. RDS data contains various types of information, such as PS (Program Service), PTY (Program Type), RT (Radio Text), and CT (Clock Time).
RECEIVING RDS STATIONS You can locate a desired station by selecting a program type. The unit searches all preset stations into the type of programs currently being broadcast from the RDS stations. 1 2 Tune in the FM station. (Refer to page 10, or you can simply press TUNER on the remote control.) English To locate a station PTY SEEK mode Press PTY SEEK MODE once so that “PTY” and a PTY program flashes on the display.
RECEIVING RDS STATIONS • If you receive an RDS station of some other country, the built-in clock is synchronized with the time setting of the country. • If the built-in clock is not yet set for the current time or reset due to a power failure, etc., it will be set for the time of the CT data automatically, whether this setting is ON or OFF. Optional settings for RDS functions The tuner has the following functions which make use of the RDS data service. These are originally in operation ON.
USING THE BUILT-IN TIMER USING THE BUILT-IN TIMER If you want to use the cassette deck, KX-E300 or the MD Recorder, MDX-E300 for timer play or recording, you must first make the connections as shown in “Connecting the system” on page 5. For details, refer to the instructions supplied with the MDX-E300 or KX-E300. English 3. Timer REC Select the recording component by turning INPUT. If you like to enjoy timer play with TUNER or AUX, select “REC Mode OFF”.
USING THE BUILT-IN TIMER Sleep timer The unit can be turned off automatically at a selected SLEEP time. PRESET MD TUNER PRESET CD TAPE AUX MD REC/PAUSE MODE SLEEP TAPE REC/PAUSE DUBBING START SLEEP DISPLAY VOLUME 1 2 Play the desired sound source. Press SLEEP repeatedly until the desired sleep time appears in the display.
CDX-E400 NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS 1 2 NATURAL SOUND English Front panel 3 4 5 COMPACT DISC PLAYER CDX–E400 STANDBY/ON / 6 1 STANDBY/ON (P.19) 2 Disc tray (P.19) 3 (Open/Close) (P.19) 4 & (Stop) (P.19) / 7 5 ^ (Play/Pause) (P.19) 6 Display (this page) 7 $/! (Skip/Search Backward) ⁄/› (Skip/Search Forward) (P.
CDX-E400 NAMES OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Remote control POWER 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG A B TEXT/TIME 4 C R. TIME D E 6 7 8 9 TAPE DIRECTION PRESET MD TUNER PRESET CD TAPE 0 AUX MD REC/PAUSE MODE 1 Numeric buttons (P.19) • +100 button is used when operating MDX-E300. 2 REP (Repeat) (P.21) 3 RANDOM (Random) (P.20) 4 PROG (Program) (P.21) 5 TEXT/TIME (P.20) 6 ^ (Play/Pause) (P.19) 7 & (Stop) (P.
CD OPERATIONS Press tray. to open the disc tray, and place a CD on the & ^ 400 CD C SO NATURAL SOUND COMPACT DISC PLAYER UN D CO AC MP T X-E YER PLA DIS AL CDX–E400 TUR NA Y/ON NDB STA STANDBY/ON / / 4 $/! ⁄/› Press ^ to start play. This unit starts play. To pause play Press ^. To resume play, press ^ again. POWER To stop play Numeric buttons 1 2 3 Press &. 1 4 2 5 3 6 To eject the CD 4 7 5 8 6 9 Press to open the disc tray, and remove the CD from the tray.
CD OPERATIONS Selecting the time display and CD TEXT Random-sequence play The unit can play all the tracks in a random sequence. You can select any of four time displays by pressing TEXT/TIME. When you play a CD with CD TEXT, the disc title, artist name, and track name are also displayed. POWER POWER 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 A 7 0 8 +10 +100 D FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG B TEXT/TIME C R.
CD OPERATIONS You can play any desired track or disc repeatedly. Press REP to select the repeat mode. Program play English Repeat play By creating a program, you can enjoy listening to your favourite tracks in any desired order. As many as 30 tracks can be programmed in sequence.
CD OPERATIONS To stop program play mode Press &. Note • ⁄/› or $/! can be used during program play to skip to tracks within the program. To check program data 1. Press & to stop program play. 2. Press PROG. Then each time you press ⁄/› / $/!, the track number and the program number are displayed in the order of the program. To change program data 1. Follow the preceding procedure described in “To check program data.” 2. Display the track number to be changed by pressing ⁄/› / $/!. 3.
SYSTEM CONTROL MDX-E300 POWER 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 FREQ/RDS MODE–PTY SEEK–START REP RANDOM PROG A B TEXT/TIME E 6,1 MD KX-E300 TUNER PRESET CD TAPE 5 AUX q 1 Numeric buttons 2 REP (Repeat) 3 RANDOM 4 TEXT/TIME 5 PROG (Program) 6 ^ (Play/Pause) 7 ⁄ › (Skip/Search Forward) 8 $ ! (Skip/Search Backward) 9 & (Stop) 0 MD input q MD REC/PAUSE 7,2 TAPE DIRECTION PRESET 0 5 C R.
SYSTEM CONTROL 2 Before recording When you record by using MDX-E300 or KX-E300, you must first make the connections as shown in “Connecting the system” on page 5. For details, refer to the instructions supplied with the MDX-E300 or KX-E300. A source from the component which is connected to the AUX terminal component can be recorded on a tape or MD. 3 Play unit Record unit Dubbing setting There are six different combinations of components.
SYSTEM CONTROL By specifying the length of the tape, CDX-E400 programs tracks or helps you to program tracks so they will fit onto the tape with the least amount of unrecorded space remaining at each end of the tape. There are three ways of programming. 4 5 1 Manual tape programming 6 7 POWER 1 2 3 1 4 2 5 3 6 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 0 8 +10 +100 A B TEXT/TIME PROG C R. TIME D R.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Troubleshooting If the unit fails to operate normally, check the following points to determine whether the fault can be corrected by the simple measures suggested. If it cannot be corrected, or if the fault is not listed in the SYMPTOM column, disconnect the power cord and contact your authorized YAMAHA dealer or service center for help. When taking the service, the MDX-E300 or KX-E300 may be needed. For details, contact your authorized YAMAHA dealer or service center.
REMOTE CONTROL SYMPTOM CAUSE REMEDY Play does not begin. The disc is damaged. Check the disc carefully; replace it if necessary. There is moisture on the laser pick-up. Wait 20 to 30 minutes after switching the unit ON before trying to play a disc. The disc has been loaded upside down. Reload the disc with the label side facing up. The disc is dirty. Clean the disc. Play is delayed, or begins at the wrong place. The disc may be scratched or damaged.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Specifications Amplifier section CD player section Minimum RMS output power per channel ................................................ 55 W + 55 W (6Ω 1kHz 0.1% THD) .............................. 40 W + 40 W (6Ω 20 Hz to 20 kHz 0.1% THD) DIN Standard output power per channel (Europe model) ................................................ 60 W + 60 W (4Ω 1kHz 0.7% THD) Input sensitivity/Impedance CD/TAPE/MD/AUX ..............................................
CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. CDX-E400 ATTENTION L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix de procédures différents des spécifications de cette brochure peut entraîner une exposition à d’éventuelles radiations pouvant être dangereses.
GB CRX-E400 YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA YAMAHA CRX-E400 Receiver/CD Player Récepteur/Lecteur CD OWNER’S MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BRUKSANVISNING MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, F.R.