JVC KS-FX945R: TROUBLESHOOTING

TROUBLESHOOTING

What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service

center.

Symptoms

Causes

Remedies

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• Sound cannot be heard

The volume level is set to the

Adjust it to the optimum level.

from the speakers.

minimum level.

Connections are incorrect.

Check the cords and

connections.

• This unit does not work at

The built-in microcomputer

Press the reset button on the

all.

may have functioned

panel holder after detaching the

General

incorrectly due to noise, etc.

control panel. (The clock setting

and preset stations stored in

memory are erased.)

(See page 2.)

• SSM (Strong-station

Signals are too weak.

Store stations manually.

Sequential Memory)

automatic preset does not

work.

FM/AM

• Static noise while listening

The aerial is not connected

Connect the aerial firmly.

to the radio.

firmly.

• A cassette tape cannot be

Cassette is locked.

Unlock the cassette.

ejected.

(See page 22.)

• A cassette tape cannot be

You have tried to insert a

Insert the cassette with the

inserted.

cassette in the wrong way.

exposed tape facing right.

• Cassette tapes become

This is not a malfunction.

hot.

Tape Playback

• Tape sound is at very low

The tape head is dirty.

Clean it with a head cleaning

level and sound quality is

tape.

degraded.

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Symptoms

Causes

Remedies

• “NO DISC” appears on the

No disc is in the magazine.

Insert discs into the

display.

magazine.

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Discs are inserted upside down.

Insert discs correctly.

Discs are unplayable.

Insert playable discs.

• “NO MAG” appears on the

No magazine is loaded in the

Insert the magazine.

display.

CD changer.

• “NO FILES” appears on the

The current disc does not

Insert a disc that contains

display.

contain any MP3 files.

MP3 files.

• MP3 disc is skipped or

MP3 files do not have the

Add the extension code

cannot be played back.

extension code—mp3 in their

—mp3 to their file names.

file names.

MP3 files are not recorded in

Change the disc.

the format compliant with ISO

(Record MP3 files using a

9660 Level 1, Level 2, or Joliet.

compliant application.)

• Noise is generated while

The file played back is not an

Skip to another file or change

playing an MP3 disc.

MP3 file (although it has the

the disc. (Do not add the

extension code—mp3).

extension code—mp3 to non-

MP3 files.)

• A longer readout time is

Readout time varies due to the

Do not use too many

required for an MP3 disc

complexity of the folder/file

hierarchies and folders. Also,

(“CHECK” keeps flashing on

configuration.

do not record any other types

CD Changer

the display).

of audio tracks together with

MP3 files.

• MP3 files cannot be played

Playback order is determined

back as you have intended

when the files are recorded.

them to play.

• Elapsed playing time is not

This sometimes occurs during

correct for an MP3 disc.

play. This is caused by how the

files are recorded on the disc.

• “RESET 8” appears on the

This unit is not connected to the

Connect this unit and the

display.

CD changer correctly.

CD changer correctly and

press the reset button of the

CD changer.

• “RESET 1” – “RESET 7”

Press the reset button of the

appears on the display.

CD changer.

• The CD changer does not

The built-in microcomputer may

Press the reset button on the

work at all.

have function incorrectly due to

panel holder after detaching

noise, etc.

the control panel. (The clock

setting and preset stations

stored in memory are

erased.) (See page 2.)

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