JVC KD-G617: ~

Sound adjustments

Selecting preset sound modes (C-EQ: custom equalizer)

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You can select a preset sound mode suitable to

Preset values

the music genre.

Indication For:

1

2

3

BAS

*

TRE

*

LOUD

*

USER (Flat sound) 00 00 OFF

~

ROCK Rock or

+03 +01 ON

disco music

CLASSIC Classical

+01 –02 OFF

Ÿ

music

POPS Light music +04 +01 OFF

HIP HOP Funk or rap

+02 00 ON

music

JAZZ Jazz music +02 +03 OFF

1

*

BAS: Bass

2

*

TRE: Treble

3

*

LOUD: Loudness

Ex.: When “ROCK” is selected

Indication pattern for each sound mode:

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Indication To do: Range

Adjusting the sound

1

BAS*

Adjust the bass. –06 (min.)

You can adjust the sound characteristics to your

(bass)

to

preference.

+06 (max.)

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1

TRE*

Adjust the treble. –06 (min.)

1

(treble)

to

+06 (max.)

2

FAD*

Adjust the front

R06

(fader)

and rear speaker

(Rear only)

balance.

to

F06

(Front only)

Ex.: When “TRE” is selected

BAL

Adjust the left

L06

(balance)

and right speaker

(Left only)

2

balance.

to

R06

(Right only)

1

LOUD*

Boost low and

LOUD ON

(loudness)

high frequencies

J

Indication pattern changes as

to produce a

LOUD OFF

you adjust the level.

well-balanced

sound at low

volume level.

3

SUB. W*

Adjust the

00 (min.)

(subwoofer)

subwoofer output

to

level.

08 (max.)

4

VOL*

Adjust the

00 (min.)

(volume)

volume.

to

30 or 50

5

(max.)*

1

*

When you adjust the bass, treble, or

loudness, the adjustment you have made is

stored for the currently selected sound mode

(C-EQ) including “USER.”

2

*

If you are using a two-speaker system, set

the fader level to “00.”

3

*

This takes effect only when a subwoofer is

connected.

4

*

Normally the control dial works as the

volume control. So you do not have to select

“VOL” to adjust the volume level.

5

*

Depending on the amplifier gain control

setting. (See page 24 for details.)

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General settings — PSM

3 Adjust the PSM item selected.

Basic procedure

You can change PSM (Preferred Setting Mode)

items listed in the table that follows.

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1

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust the

other PSM items if necessary.

2 Select a PSM item.

5 Finish the procedure.

Ex.: When you select “DIMMER”

Indications Selectable settings, [reference page]

DEMO

DEMO ON : [Initial]; Display demonstration will be activated

Display demonstration

automatically if no operation is done for about

20 seconds, [8].

DEMO OFF : Cancels.

CLOCK H

0 – 23 (1 – 12), [8]

Hour adjustment

[Initial: 0 (0:00)]

CLOCK M

00 – 59, [8]

Minute adjustment

[Initial: 00 (0:00)]

24H/12H

12H O 24H, [8]

24 hours or 12 hours time

[Initial: 24H]

display

CLK ADJ

AUTO : [Initial]; The built-in clock is automatically

Clock adjustment

adjusted using the CT (clock time) data in the

RDS signal.

OFF : Cancels.

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Indications Selectable settings, [reference page]

AF-REG

When the received signals from the current station become weak...

Alternative frequency/

AF : [Initial]; Switches to another station (the

regionalization reception

programme may differ from the one currently

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received), [13].

• The AF indicator lights up.

AF REG : Switches to another station broadcasting the

same programme.

• The AF and REG indicators light up.

OFF : Cancels (not selectable when “DAB AF” is set to

“AF ON”).

PTY-STBY

Activates PTY Standby Reception with one of the 29 PTY codes,

PTY standby

[13].

OFF [Initial]

=

29 PTY codes, [11]

=

(back to the beginning)

1

TA VOL

[Initial: VOL 20]; VOL 00 — VOL 30 or 50*

, [12]

Traffic announcement

volume

P-SEARCH

ON : Using the AF data, the receiver tunes in to

Programme search

another frequency broadcasting the same

programme as the original preset RDS station is

if the preset station signals are not sufficient.

OFF : [Initial]; Cancels.

2

DAB AF*

AF ON : [Initial]; Traces the programme among DAB

Alternative frequency

services and FM RDS stations, [29].

reception

AF OFF : Cancels.

2

DAB VOL*

You can adjust the volume level (VOL –12 — VOL +12) of DAB

DAB volume adjustment

tuner to match the FM sound level and store it in memory.

[Initial: VOL 00]

LEVEL

ON : [Initial]; Activates the audio level indicator.

Audio level meter

OFF : Cancels; sound mode indicator is shown, [20].

DIMMER

AUTO : [Initial]; Dims the display when you turn on the

Dimmer

headlights.

ON : Activates dimmer.

OFF : Cancels.

1

*

Depends on the amplifier gain control.

2

*

Displayed only when DAB tuner is connected.

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Indications Selectable settings, [reference page]

TEL

MUTING 1/MUTING 2: Select either one which mutes the sounds

Telephone muting

while using the cellular phone.

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OFF : [Initial]; Cancels.

1

SCROLL*

ONCE : [Initial]; Scrolls the disc information once.

Scroll

AUTO :

Repeats scrolling (5-second intervals in between).

OFF : Cancels.

• Pressing D DISP for more than one second can scroll the display

regardless of the setting.

WOOFER

LOW : Frequencies lower than 55 Hz are send to the

Subwoofer cutoff

subwoofer.

frequency

MID : [Initial]; Frequencies lower than 85 Hz are send to

the subwoofer.

HIGH : Frequencies lower than 115 Hz are send to the

subwoofer.

2

EXT IN*

CHANGER :

[Initial]; To use a JVC CD changer, [15] or DAB

External input

tuner, [28].

EXT IN : To use another external component, [27].

AUX ADJ

A.ADJ 00 – A.ADJ 05: Adjust the auxiliary input level

Auxiliary input level

accordingly, to avoid the sudden increase of

adjustment

the output level when changing the source from

external component connected to the AUX input

jack on the control panel.

[Initial: A.ADJ 00]

TAG D IS P

TAG O N : [Initial]; Shows the ID3 tag while playing MP3/

Tag display

WMA tracks, [18].

TAG OF F : Cancels.

AMP GAIN

You can change the maximum volume level of this receiver.

Amplifier gain control

LOW PWR : VOL 00 – VOL 30 (Select this if the maximum

power of the speaker is less than 50 W to prevent

them from damaging the speaker.)

HIGH PWR : [Initial]; VOL 00 – VOL 50

1

*

Some characters or symbols will not be shown (and will be blanked) on the display

(Ex. “AБBЁ б ! ” ]“AБBE Б ”).

2

*

Displayed only when one of the following sources is selected—FM, AM, CD, or AUX IN.

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Other main functions

3 Assign a title.

Assigning titles to the sources

1 Select a character.

You can assign titles to CDs (both in this

receiver and in the CD changer).

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Maximum number of

Sources

characters

CDs/CD-CH Up to 32 characters (up to

30 discs)

*

You cannot assign a title to a CD Text or an

MP3/WMA disc.

1 Select the sources.

• For a CD in this receiver: Insert a CD.

2 Move to the next (or previous)

• For CDs in the CD changer: Select

character position.

“CD-CH,” then select a disc number.

2 Enter the title assignment mode.

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you

finish entering the title.

4 Finish the procedure.

Ex.: When you select CD as the source

To erase the entire title

In step 2 on the left...

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