CD PORTABLE SYSTEM
RC-EX16B/RC-EX16A
INSTRUCTIONS
ENGLISH
Thank you for purchasing this JVC product.
Please read these instructions carefully before starting operation to be sure to
obtain optimum performance and a longer service life from the unit.
LVT1374-007A [EN]
0205NSMBICORI
EN ©2005 Victor Company of Japan, Limited
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Caution ––
OFF switch!
Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The switch in any position does not disconnect
the mains line. The power cannot be remote controlled.
CAUTION
To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.:
1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet.
2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS
1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT
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 invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or
defeated. Avoid direct exposure to beam.
4. REPRODUCTION OF LABEL: CAUTION LABEL, PLACED INSIDE THE UNIT.
CAUTION -
INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AND INTERLOCKS
DEFEATED. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM.
VORSICHT !
UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG TRITT AUS, WENN DECKEL
GEÖFFNET UND WENN SICHERHEITSVERRIEGELUNG
ÜBERBRÜCKT IST. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN!
VARNING -
OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD OCH
SPÄRR ÄR URKOPPLAD STRÅLEN ÄR FARLIG.
ADVARSEL -
USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING NÅR
SIKKERHEDSAFBRYDERE ER UDE AF FUNKTION. UNDGÅ
UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING.
Caution: Proper Ventilation
To avoid risk of electric shock and fire, and to prevent damage, locate the apparatus as follows:
1 Front:
No obstructions and open spacing.
2 Sides/ Top/ Back:
No obstructions should be placed in the areas shown by the dimensions below.
3 Bottom:
Place on the level surface. Maintain an adequate air path for ventilation by placing on a stand with a
height of 10 cm or more.
GETTING STARTED
POWERING UP
This CD portable system operates on battery or AC power.
BATTERY POWER
Insert six batteries R20 (SUM-1)/D (13D) (not supplied) and you
can take your system just about anywhere. Open the battery
compartment door on the back of the unit by pressing down the
two tabs and pulling out the cover. Insert batteries as marked on
the back.
Important Battery Information
• If you are not going to use your system for a month or more, be
sure to remove batteries because they can leak and cause
damage.
• Dispose of batteries in the proper manner, according to federal,
state, and local regulations.
• Discard leaky batteries immediately. Leaking batteries can
cause skin burns or other personal injury.
AC POWER
Plug the power supply cord into the
Ó
AC IN jack on the back of the unit, and into an AC power outlet.
CAUTIONS:
1. ONLY USE JVC POWER CORD PROVIDED WITH THIS UNIT TO AVOID MALFUNCTION OR DAMAGE
TO THE UNIT. REMOVE BATTERIES WHEN USING THE POWER CORD.
2. BE SURE TO UNPLUG THE POWER CORD FROM THE OUTLET WHEN GOING OUT OR WHEN THE
UNIT IS NOT IN USE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
USING HEADPHONES
Connect commercially available headphones to the PHONES jack on the rear of the main unit. While the head-
phones are connected, the speakers do not produce any sound. Before connecting the headphones, make sure
to turn down the sound volume.
ANTENNAS
The AM antenna is built in, so adjusting the position of the unit may help AM reception. The FM telescopic
antenna on the back of the unit can be extended and rotated for better FM reception.
GENERAL CONTROLS
FUNCTION switch
– Move the switch to select which part of this system you want to select – TUNER, TAPE or
CD.
VOLUME
– Turn the volume knob to increase or decrease the volume to desired level.
HBS
– Press so that the HBS indicator lights. You can enjoy powerful bass sound with the Hyper-Bass Sound
effect.
POWER OFF
– Move FUNCTION to
OFF/TAPE with no cassette button pressed, to turn the unit off.
USING THE RADIO
TUNING IN RADIO STATIONS
Move FUNCTION to TUNER to turn the radio on.
• Set BAND to AM or FM.
• Tune in desired station by turning the TUNING knob.
• To turn off the radio, move FUNCTION to
OFF/TAPE.
BEAT CUT/FM MODE SWITCH
•
When recording an AM broadcast
When recording an AM broadcast, beats may occur. If this happens, set the switch
to “1” or “2.”
•
Changing the FM reception mode
When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy, set the switch to
“MONO.”
Reception improves.
To restore the stereo effect, switch to “STEREO.”
USING THE TAPE
PAUSE
– Press to interrupt tape play or record mode. Press a second time to resume tape play or tape record
mode.
STOP/EJECT
– Press to stop the current tape activity, or to open the cassette compartment door when no
buttons are active.
FF
– In stop mode, press to advance the tape toward the end. (When the tape reaches the end, press
STOP/EJECT
to release the depressed button.)
REW
– In stop mode, press to rewind the tape toward the beginning. (When the tape reaches the end, press
STOP/EJECT
to release the depressed button.)
PLAY
– Press to play cassettes.
REC
– Press to record from the radio or CD player.
PLAYING A CASSETTE TAPE
1. Move FUNCTION to
OFF/TAPE.
2. Press STOP/EJECT
to open the cassette compartment door.
3. Insert a cassette tape into the compartment with the exposed part of the tape facing up and the side you want
to play facing toward you.
4. Close the door securely.
5. Press REW
or FF
to move the tape to the desired starting point.
6. Press PLAY
to begin playing the tape. The cassette tape plays until it reaches the end of the side, then it
automatically stops.
RECORDING ON CASSETTE TAPES
You can record from the radio or the CD player.
For best recording, use normal bias tape.
• It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted material without the consent of the copyright
owner.
ERASE PROTECTION
When you record new material, the cassette deck records over what-
ever is on a tape. To protect a tape from accidental erasure, break
off one or both plastic tabs (one for each tape side) on the top of the
cassette tape. If you decide later to record on the tape, seal the
hole with a piece of cellophane tape.
WARNING
A little bit of slack in your tape can cause scratches on the tape, or worse yet, the tape
could break. If you notice some slack in the tape, use a pencil to tighten it up before you
insert it in the tape deck.
TIP
The use of tapes longer than 120 minutes is not recommended, since characteristic deterioration may occur and
these tapes easily jam in the pinch-roller and the capstan.
FM telescopic antenna
BEAT CUT/FM MODE switch
AC IN jack
Battery compartment
PHONES jack
BEAT CUT
FM MODE
1
2
STEREO
MONO
15 cm
15 cm
15 cm
10 cm
15 cm
15 cm
15 cm
10 cm
Front view
Side view
RECORDING FROM THE RADIO
1. Insert a cassette tape into the tape deck and close the door.
2. Move FUNCTION to TUNER and select a radio station.
3. Press REC
to begin recording. REC
and PLAY
lock down.
4. Press STOP/EJECT
to end recording.
5. To turn off the radio, slide FUNCTION to
OFF/TAPE.
RADIO RECORDING TIPS
• To temporarily pause the recording, press PAUSE on the cassette deck. Press PAUSE again to resume
recording.
SYNCHRONIZED RECORDING FROM A CD
1. Insert a cassette tape into the tape deck and close the door.
2. Move FUNCTION to CD.
3. Insert the CD you want to record into CD compartment.
4. Select the track you want to record by pressing
(skip/search) or
(skip/search).
5. Press REC
to start recording.
Note that the tape continues to run when the CD finishes playing, or the CD continues to play when the tape
reaches the end.
TIP
Using the PAUSE button on the cassette deck instead of the STOP/EJECT
button to momentarily
interrupt recording gives you a much cleaner sound recording.
U
USING THE CD
PUSH
PLA
Y/P
AUSE
ST
OP
HBS
HBS
REPEA
T
RANDOM
PR
OGRAM
CD
PL
AY M
OD
E
REMOTE
SENSOR
LOADING A CD
1. Move FUNCTION to CD; “– –” flashes, then “no” appears in the display if no CD is loaded.
2. Press
)
PUSH to open the CD door.
3. Place a CD into the tray with the label facing up.
4. Close the CD door. Then the total number of tracks appears.
5. To remove the CD, press
)
PUSH, grasp the CD by its edges, and carefully pull it out.
PLAYING A CD
Press PLAY/PAUSE
to play all the tracks in order starting with track 1. The current track number appears
in the display.
Note: Press PLAY/PAUSE
to temporarily stop the CD. The
indicator and the track number flash in the
display. Press PLAY/PAUSE
again to resume playing the CD.
• Adjust VOLUME to a comfortable level.
• Press STOP
7
to stop playing the CD. Wait a few seconds for the CD to stop turning, then press
)
PUSH to
open the CD compartment door and remove the CD.
AUTOMATIC SEARCH
Automatic search lets you quickly locate the beginning of any track on the CD, including the track currently
playing. If the CD is playing:
• Press
(skip/search) once to return to the beginning of the current track, press twice to return to the
beginning of the previous track.
• Press
(skip/search) to skip to the beginning of the next track.
If the CD is stopped, repeatedly press
(skip/search) or
(skip/search) until the display shows the number
of the track you want to play, then press PLAY/PAUSE
. The CD player starts playing the selected track.
TRACK SEARCH
• In play mode, press and hold
(skip/search) to move forward through a track at high speed.
• In play mode, press and hold
(skip/search) to move backward through a track at high speed.
REPEAT
The REPEAT button allows you to repeat one track (REP 1) or all tracks (REP ALL). To scroll through the
choices, continuously press and release REPEAT and check the display to see which choice you have selected.
The following chart illustrates how REPEAT works in various modes.
NORMAL
REP 1
REP ALL
RANDOM
Press RANDOM so that “RAND” appears in the display. Start play by pressing PLAY/PAUSE
, and the tracks
are played in random order.
To quit random play, press RANDOM again.
PROGRAMMING
Press PROGRAM to enter program edit mode.
“00” and “PROG” will flash in the display. Press
(skip/search) or
(skip/search) to select the track
number and press PROGRAM to store the number in program place. You can repeat these steps to program up
to 20 tracks. Note that programming more than 20 tracks will overwrite the tracks already programmed.
During program play, “PROG” lights steadily. To confirm the program order, press PROGRAM in stop mode. Each
time you press PROGRAM, the program number appears, then the corresponding track number flashes in order
from the first programmed track.
To clear the entire program in the memory, turn the unit off, or open the CD door.
This unit has been designed only to play back the following CDs.
• Digital audio CD
• Recordable digital audio CD (CD-R)
• Rewritable digital audio CD (CD-RW)
When playing a CD-R or CD-RW
You can play back finalized CD-R or CD-RW recorded in music CD format. (If a CD-RW has been recorded in a
different format, erase all the data on the CD-RW completely before recording on it.)
• You can play back CD-R or CD-RW like an audio CD.
• Some CD-R or CD-RW may not be played back on this unit because of their disc characteristics, damage or
stain on them, or if the player lens is dirty.
• The reflection factor of CD-RW is lower than that of other CDs, possibly causing CD-RW to take longer time
to read.
• CD-R and CD-RW of MP3 format cannot be played back.
Caution for DualDisc playback
The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not comply with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” standard. Therefore,
the use of Non-DVD side of a DualDisc on this product may not be recommended.
CD door
)
PUSH
REPEAT
RANDOM
skip/search
backward
PLAY/PAUSE
STOP
7
PROGRAM
skip/search
forward
FUNCTION
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
CLEANING THE EXTERIOR
• Disconnect the system from AC power before cleaning the exterior of the unit with a soft dust cloth.
HANDLING CDS
• Do not touch the signal surfaces. Hold by the edges, or by one edge and the hole.
• Do not affix labels or adhesive tape to the label surfaces. Also, do not scratch or damage the label.
• Discs rotate at high speed inside the player. Do not use damaged (cracked or warped) discs.
CLEANING CDS
• Dirty discs can cause poor sound quality. Always keep discs clean by wiping them gently with a soft cloth from
the inner edge toward the outer perimeter.
• If a disc becomes dirty, wet a soft cloth in water, wring it out well, wipe the dirt away gently, and then remove
any water drops with a dry cloth.
• Do not use record cleaning sprays or antistatic agents on discs. Also, never clean discs with benzene, thin-
ner, or other volatile solvents which may cause damage to the disc surface.
TAPE CARE
• Do not expose tapes to sunlight or store in hot places. High temperatures may warp the shell or damage the
tape itself.
• Keep cassettes in their boxes when not in use.
• Cassette tapes can be erased by magnetic fields produced by magnets, electric motors, electrical transform-
ers, and other devices. Keep tapes away from magnets and magnetic fields.
CLEANING THE TAPE HEADS
Iron oxide particles from the magnetic tape can build up on the parts that come in contact with the tape. These
deposits can cause incomplete erasure, muffled playback sound, and might prevent automatic stop.
To clean a cassette deck, open the compartment door, press PLAY
and gently clean the heads, capstan, and
pinch wheel with a head cleaner.
Always unplug the power cord before cleaning, and allow 30 minutes drying time after using a liquid cleaner.
Clean heads after every 25 hours of use.
• Demagnetize the head occasionally with a head demagnetizing cassette (available from many audio equip-
ment stores).
• Never use any metal objects on or near the tape heads.
• Do not allow any cleaning material to fall into the tape assembly.
REMOTE FUNCTIONS (FOR CD OPERATION ONLY)
STOP
PROGRAM
REPEAT
SEA
RCH-UP
SEARCH-DO
WN
PA
USE
P
LA
Y
SKIP
SKIP
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS
SPECIFICATION
Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
SKIP/SEARCH-DOWN
(backward)
PROGRAM
STOP
SKIP/SEARCH-UP
(forward)
REPEAT
PLAY/PAUSE
Problem
Solution
• Make sure power cord is securely plugged into the AC power outlet (or that
the batteries are fresh).
• Unplug the unit for a moment, and then plug it back in again.
• Check the outlet by plugging in another device.
• Adjust volume setting.
• Make sure you have selected the correct function: CD, TAPE, or TUNER
and the headphones are disconnected.
• Adjust the FM telescopic antenna for better FM reception.
• Rotate the unit to achieve better AM reception.
• Try turning off electrical appliances near the unit, such as TV, hair dryers,
vacuum cleaners, or fluorrescent lights.
• Make sure the tray contains a CD.
• Make sure the CD’s label is facing up.
• Make sure that pause mode is not activated.
• Make sure CD function is selected.
• Clean the CD (as explained in “CARE AND MAINTENANCE”).
• Check CD for warping, scratches, or other damage.
• Check for vibration or shock that may affect the unit; move system if
necessary.
• Inspect the recording head and clean it if necessary.
• Demagnetize recording head (as explained in “CARE AND
MAINTENANCE”).
System doesn’t turn on.
No sound
Poor radio reception
CD doesn’t play.
CD sound skips.
Distorted or noisy
recordings
When inserting batteries R03 (UM-4) / AAA (24F)
Match the polarity (+ and –) on the batteries with the +
and – markings in the battery compartment on the back
of the unit.
CD player
CD capacity
: 1 CD
Dynamic range
: 60 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio
: 75 dB
Tuner
Frequency ranges
: FM 88 - 108 MHz
: AM 540 - 1 600 kHz
Antenna
: Telescopic antenna for FM
Ferrite core antenna for AM
Cassette deck section
Frequency response : 60 Hz - 10 000 Hz
Wow and flutter
: 0.15% (WRMS)
General
Speaker
: 9 cm cone
×
2 (4
Ω
)
Power output
: 4 W (2 W + 2 W) at 4
Ω
(10% THD) (IEC268-3)
Output terminals
: PHONES
×
1 (
∅
3.5 mm,
stereo)
Power supply
: AC 230 V
Ó
, 50 Hz
DC 9 V (“R20 (SUM-1)/D
(13D)”
×
6)
Power consumption
: 12 W (at operation), 3 W (on
standby)
Dimensions
: 420 mm (W)
×
178 mm (H)
×
249 mm (D)
Mass
: Approx. 3.2
kg
(without
batteries)
Accessories provided : AC power cord
×
1
Remote control unit
×
1
Batteries for the remote
control unit R03 (UM-4)/AAA
(24F)
×
2
