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CD/CASSETTE RECEIVER

KW-XC550

ENGLISH

ESP

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RADIOCASSETTE/CD

KW-XC550

INSTRUCTIONS

MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES

MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS

For customer Use:
Enter below the Model No. and
Serial No. which are located on
the top or bottom of the cabinet.
Retain this information for future
reference.

Model No.

Serial No.

VNN3828-631

[J]

FRANÇAIS

For installation and connections, refer to the separate manual.
Para la instalación y las conexiones, refiérase al manual separado.
Pour l’installation et les raccordements, se référer au manuel séparé.

KW-XC550

40w    4

7

8

9

10

11

12

 CD  / CASSETTE  RECEIVER

 MULTI  MODE  SPECTRUM  ANALYZER

COMPACT

DIGITAL AUDIO

/ ATT

SA

SOU

ND

SEL

AUX

AUX

SPECTRUM
ANALYZER

SOUND
CONTROL
MEMORY

CD CHANGER CONTROL

TUNER

BAND

CD

CD

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CH

TAPE

PROG

DISP

MO
RPT

B.SKIP
    RND

SCAN

DOLBY B NR

DIRECT

SOURCE
SELECT

S

S

M

COMPACT

DIGITAL AUDIO

RECEPTOR-REPRODUCTOR
DE CD-CASSETTE

KW-XC550

00.COVER.KW-XC550[J]

98.12.22, 3:49 PM

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Summary of Contents for KW-XC550

Page 1: ...tions refer to the separate manual Para la instalación y las conexiones refiérase al manual separado Pour l installation et les raccordements se référer au manuel séparé KW XC550 40w 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 CD CASSETTE RECEIVER MULTI MODE SPECTRUM ANALYZER COMPACT DIGITAL AUDIO ATT SA SOUND SEL AUX AUX SPECTRUM ANALYZER SOUND CONTROL MEMORY CD CHANGER CONTROL TUNER BAND CD CD CH TAPE PROG DISP MO RPT B S...

Page 2: ...els IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS For USA only Precautions 1 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2 DANGER Invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated Avoid direct exposure to beam 3 CAUTION Do not open the top cover There are no user serviceable parts inside Leave all servicing to qualified service personnel 4 CAUTION This CD player uses invisible laser radiation however is equipped with...

Page 3: ...10 Scanning broadcast stations 10 Selecting FM reception sound 10 CD OPERATIONS 11 Playing a CD 11 Locating a track or a particular portion on a CD 12 Selecting CD playback modes 13 TAPE OPERATIONS 14 Listening to a tape 14 Finding the beginning of a tune 16 Other convenient tape functions 17 Skipping the blank portions on the tape 17 Playing the current tune repeatedly 17 SOUND ADJUSTMENTS 18 Sel...

Page 4: ...ack modes 29 LISTENING TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE 30 Listening to the auxiliary source 30 MAINTENANCE 31 Handlings cassettes 31 Handling CDs 32 How to Reset your unit 32 TROUBLESHOOTING 33 SPECIFICATIONS 35 BEFORE USE 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 t...

Page 5: ... To operate an external device see page 30 3 Adjust the volume 4 Adjust the sound as you want see pages 18 20 If you need to change the spectrum analyser pattern see page 21 To drop the volume in a moment Press ATT briefly while listening to any source ATT starts flashing on the display and the volume level will drop in a moment To resume the previous volume level press the button briefly again To...

Page 6: ...eived press the same button you have pressed for searching To tune in a particular frequency manually 1 Press TUNER BAND repeatedly to select the band FM or AM 2 Press and hold or 4 until MANU flashes on the display Now you can manually change the frequency while MANU is flashing 3 Press or 4 repeatedly until the frequency you want is reached If you hold down the button the frequency keeps changin...

Page 7: ...band number FM1 FM2 or FM3 you want to store FM stations into 2 Press and hold both buttons for more than 2 seconds Local FM stations with the strongest signals are searched and stored automatically in the band number you have selected FM1 FM2 or FM3 These stations are preset in the number buttons No 1 lowest frequency to No 6 highest frequency When automatic preset is over the station stored in n...

Page 8: ...ss and hold the button for more than 2 seconds 4 Repeat the above procedure to store other stations into other preset numbers Notes A previously preset station is erased when a new station is stored in the same preset number Preset stations are erased when the power supply to the memory circuit is interrupted for example during battery replacement If this occurs preset the stations again TUNER BAN...

Page 9: ...er 1 6 for the preset station you want TUNER BAND 2 1 FM1 FM2 FM3 AM Tuning into a preset station You can easily tune into a preset station Remember that you must store stations first If you have not stored them yet see pages 7 and 8 EN06 10 KW XC550 J f 98 12 22 4 01 PM 9 ...

Page 10: ...SCAN appears on the display Each time a broadcast is tuned in scanning stops for about 5 seconds tuned frequency number flashes on the display and you can check what program is now being broadcasted If you want to listen to that program press the same button again to stop scanning Selecting FM reception sound When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive Press MO RPT Monaural Repeat while listeni...

Page 11: ...track number of the inserted disc Elapsed playing time Current track To stop play and eject the CD Press 0 CD play stops and the CD automatically ejects from the loading slot CD EJECT appears on the display The source changes to the last selected source If you change the source the CD play also stops without ejecting the CD this time If the ejected disc is not removed for about 15 seconds the disc...

Page 12: ...played back Press 4 briefly while playing a CD to go back to the beginning of the current track Each time you press the button consecutively the beginning of the previous track is located and played back To go to a particular track directly Press the number button corresponding to the track number to start its playback To select a track number from 1 6 Press 1 7 6 12 briefly To select a track numb...

Page 13: ...l Repeat while playing a CD CD repeat play mode turns on and off alternatively When the repeat mode is turned on the RPT indicator lights up on the display B SKIP RND CD CD CH To prohibit CD ejection You can prohibit the CD ejection and can lock a CD in the loading slot Press and hold CD and 0 for more than 2 seconds EJECT flashes on the display for about 5 seconds and the CD is locked To cancel t...

Page 14: ...ct the tape direction Each time you press the button the tape direction changes alternatively 7 8 9 10 11 Note on One Touch Operation When a cassette is already in the cassette compartment pressing TAPE PROG turns on the unit and starts tape play automatically SCAN Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation Dolby and the double D symbol Ÿ are tra...

Page 15: ...st forward and rewind at any position on the tape press TAPE PROG Tape play starts from that position on the tape About Automatic Tape Type Detection With the Automatic Tape Type Detection mechanism provided for this unit you can listen to type I II and IV tapes without changing any settings To prohibit tape ejection You can prohibit the tape ejection and can lock a tape in the cassette compartmen...

Page 16: ...following cases Multi Music Scan may not operate correctly Tapes with tunes having long pianissimo passages very quiet parts or non recorded portions during tunes Tapes with short non recorded sections Tapes with high level noise or humming between tunes The Dolby NR setting does not match For example if the tape is recorded with the Dolby C NR 1 Finding the beginning of a tune Multi Music Scan al...

Page 17: ...direction will be changed automatically Playing the current tune repeatedly You can play the current tune repeatedly Repeat Play Each time you press MO RPT Mono Repeat while playing a tape Repeat Play turns on and off alternatively When this fonction is on the RPT indicator lights up on the display B SKIP RND MO RPT Note In the following cases Blank Skip and Repeat Play may not operate correctly T...

Page 18: ...On BEAT Rock or disco music 02 00 On SOFT Quiet background music 01 03 Off POP Light music 04 01 Off Notes You can adjust the preset sound mode to your preference and store it in memory If you want to adjust and store your original sound mode see Storing your own sound adjustments on page 20 To adjust the bass and treble reinforcement levels or to turn on off the loudness function temporarily see ...

Page 19: ... right only Balance balance LOUD Turn on or off the loudness function ON OFF Loudness VOL Adjust the volume 00 min 50 max Volume Notes If you are using a two speaker system set the fader level to 00 center The loudness function can boost low and high frequencies to produce a well balanced sound at low volume levels When the loudness function is ON the LOUD indicator lights up 2 Adjust the level No...

Page 20: ...red in memory 5 Repeat the same procedure to store other settings To reset to the factory settings Repeat the same procedure and reassign the preset values listed in the table on page 18 Within 5 seconds Within 5 seconds Within 5 seconds SOUND SEL SOUND Storing your own sound adjustments You can adjust the sound modes BEAT SOFT POP see page 18 to your preference and store your own adjustments in m...

Page 21: ...the peak for about 2 seconds dipslayed from the top 3 STANDARD 1 Standard spectrum analyser displayed from the top 4 PEAK HOLD 2 Same as PEAK HOLD 1 but displayed from the bottom 5 STANDARD 2 Same as STANDARD 1 but displayed from the bottom 6 PEAK Display only the peak and the two segments below it from the top 7 TALKING MOUTH Display the upper and lower peaks together 8 MIRROR Symetrical display ...

Page 22: ...mples 2 PEAK HOLD 1 3 STANDARD 1 6 PEAK 7 TALKING MOUTH 8 MIRROR 9 SIDE WINDER The lower freguencies are shown on the top and the higher ones at the bottom From 60 Hz 150 Hz 400 Hz 1 kHz 12 kHz EN21 22 KW XC550 J f 98 12 22 4 40 PM 22 ...

Page 23: ... correctly 1 Press SEL for more than 2 seconds One of the PSM items appears on the display 2 If PSM CLOCK H does not appear press or 4 repeatedly until it appears 3 Press or to adjust the hour 4 Press or 4 until PSM CLOCK M appears on the display 5 Press or to adjust the minute 6 Press DISP to start clock To check the current clock time changing the display mode Press DISP repeatedly Each time you...

Page 24: ...to use Each time you press the button the name changes as follows Turning on or off the key touch tone function When shipped from the factory the key touch tone function is on so that you can hear a beep each time you press a button If you want to turn off this function follow the procedure below 1 Press SEL for more than 2 seconds One of the PSM items appears on the display 2 If PSM BEEP does not...

Page 25: ... North or South America When this unit is shipped from the factory the channel intervals are set to 10 kHz for AM and 200 kHz for FM You can change the channel intervals by following the procedure below 1 Press SEL for more than 2 seconds One of the PSM items appears on the display 2 If PSM AREA does not appear press or 4 reapeatedly until it appears 3 Press AREA EU appears and the channel interva...

Page 26: ...eases and selected disc starts playing 5 Functions as the station searching button while listening to the radio Functions as the fast forward or rewind button or Multi Music Scan button while listening to a tape Functions as the fast forward or reverse button or track selecting button while listening to a CD 6 Turns on or off the power When the controllable range or effectiveness of the remote con...

Page 27: ...scs correctly If RESET 1 RESET 8 appears on the display something is wrong with the connection between this unit and the CD changer If this happens check the connection connect the connecting cord s firmly if necessary then press the reset button of the CD changer Note on One Touch Operation When you press CD CD CH the power automatically comes on You do not have to press ATT to turn on the power ...

Page 28: ...back Press 4 briefly while playing a CD to go back to the beginning of the current track Each time you press the button consecutively the beginning of the previous track is located and played back To go to a particular disc directly Press the number button corresponding to the disc number to start its playback while CD changer is playing To select a disc number from 1 6 Press 1 7 6 12 briefly To s...

Page 29: ...the next disc and so on RND2 Flashes All tracks of all discs inserted in the magazine To play back tracks repeatedly Repeat Play Each time you press MO RPT Monaural Repeat while playing a CD CD repeat play mode changes as follows Mode RPT indicator Plays repeatedly RPT1 Lights The current track or specified track RPT2 Flashes All tracks of the current disc or specified disc RND1 RND2 Canceled Rand...

Page 30: ...al device connection see the separate manual See also Selecting the name of the auxiliary source on page 24 if you want to match the name shown on the display with the name of the connected device AUX 1 3 Note on One Touch Operation When you press AUX the power automatically comes on You do not have to press ATT to turn on the power To turn up the volume To turn down the volume Listening to the au...

Page 31: ...o their storage cases after use Do not store tapes in the following places Subject to direct sunlight With high humidity At extremely hot temperatures CAUTIONS Do not play the tapes with peeling labels otherwise they can damage the unit Tighten tapes to remove slack since loose tape may become entangled with the mechanism Do not leave a cassette in the cassette compartment after use as the tape ma...

Page 32: ...e lens inside the CD player in the following cases After starting the heater in the car If it becomes very humid inside the car Should this occur the CD player may malfunction In this case eject the CD and leave the unit turned on for a few hours until the moisture evaporates CAUTIONS Do not insert any CD of unusual shape like a heart or flower otherwise it will malfunction Do not expose CDs to di...

Page 33: ...nd connections Insert CD Insert it correctly Insert the cassette with the exposed tape facing right Clean it with a head cleaning tape Check the cords and connections Adjust it to the optimum level Check the cords and connections Store stations manually Connect the antenna firmly Insert the magazine Causes CD is inserted upside down You are driving on rough roads CD is scratched Connections are in...

Page 34: ... Press the reset button of the CD changer While holding SEL press CD CD CH for more than 2 seconds Be careful not to drop CD when it is ejected While holding SEL press ATT for more than 2 seconds to reset the unit The clock setting and preset stations stored in memory are erased See page 32 Causes This unit is not connected to a CD changer correctly The CD player may function incorrectly The built...

Page 35: ... channel Rear 40 watts per channel Continuous Power Output RMS Front 16 watts per channel into 4 Ω 40 to 20 000 Hz at no more than 0 8 total harmonic distortion Rear 16 watts per channel into 4 Ω 40 to 20 000 Hz at no more than 0 8 total harmonic distortion Load Impedance 4 Ω 4 to 8 Ω allowance Tone Control Range Bass 10 dB at 100 Hz Treble 10 dB at 10 kHz Frequency Response 40 to 20 000 Hz Signal...

Page 36: ...peration Please reset your unit Refer to page of How to Reset Still having trouble USA ONLY Call 1 800 252 5722 http www jvcservice com We can help you VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED 1298MNMMDWJES 00 COVER KW XC550 J 98 12 22 3 49 PM 2 ...

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