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AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER RX-6030VBK/RX-6032VSL RX-5030VBK/RX-5032VSL AI/fbf'tllll211 I IAIW" _flvlrlkw J_llWJflk _P'tBBnl l I IW _flflr hllVB_k DIGITAL SURROUND °O ° DIGITAL • _llle] _slCll_ INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. end Serial No. which ere located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet.
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For U.S.A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protectio_l against CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. harmful interference in a residential installation.
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AV COMPU LINK Remote Control System ..30 Selecting Different Sources for Picture and Sound ..12 Operating JVC's Audio/Video Adjusting the Volume ............Components .......... Listening with Headphones Only ........Turning Off the Sound Temporarily--Muting ....13 Operating Audio Components ........
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RX-6030VBK is mainly used for illustrations to explain the connections and operations throughout the instructions. See pages in parentheses for details. /f6l FM MODE button (23) /f?l MEMORY button (22, 23) I1_ STANDBY/ON _/I button and STANDBY lamp (11 ) /fS] SETTING button (15) I_ SURROUND/DSP OFF button (26, 27)
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See pages in parentheses for details. _9_TUNED indicator (22) INPUT ATT indicator (18) Q_ ANALOG indicator (17) STEREO indicator (22) _2_ DIGITAL AUTO indicator (17) _2_AUTO MUTING indicator (23) _3_SPK indicator (13) SLEEP indicator (14) _4_Speaker indicators and signal indicators (27) _-_ VOLUME indicator (13) _5_1"3['1 PRO LOGIC II indicator (24, 26) L_ Digital signal format indicators (17)
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Rear PaneI--RX-6030VBK/RX-6032VSL Rear PaneI--RX-5030VBK/RX-5032VSL See pages in parentheses for details. See pages in parentheses for details. II/ DIGITAL IN terminals (10) DIGITAL IN terminals (10) • Coaxial: DIGITAL 1 (DVD) • Coaxial: DIGITAL 1 (DVD) • Optical: DIGITAL 2 (CD) •...
General Precautions • DO NOT insert any metal object into the unit. • DO NOT disassemble the unit or remove screws, covers, or cabinet. • DO NOT expose the unit to rain or moisture. Locations • If FM reception is poor, •...
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• Speaker layout diagram You can connect five speakers--a pair of front speakers, a center speaker, and a pair of surround speakers--and subwoofer. CAUTION: Usespeakers with a SPEAKER IMPEDANCE as indicated by the speaker terminals. • Connection diagram To left front speaker To left surround speaker...
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_--% Turn the power off to all components before making connections. You can connect the following audio/video components to this receiver. Refer also to the manuals supplied with your components. • Audio Components: CD player _ and Cassette deck (or CD recorder s) •...
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Getting Started ® IX] To left/right audio input To left/right audio output To composite video output To composite video input ..x -_/IDE( RX-603OVBKand RX-6032VSL only To S-video input To S-video output To component video output MO_I i_)[0v IX] To audio output To composite video input RX-6030VBK and RX-6032VSL onlV To S-video input...
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RX-6030VBKiRX-6032VSL €81 /A1 To surround left/right audio output To center audio output To subwoofer audio output To front left/right audio output To composite video output To S-video output To component video output • To use software encoded with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround, connect the DVD player using one of the DIGITAL IN terminals (see page 10).
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Digital Connections This receiver is equipped with two DIGITAL IN terminals_ne digital coaxial terminal and one digital optical terminal. Before plugging the power cord into an AC outlet, make sure You can connect any component to one of the digital terminals that all connections have been made.
Remote control STANDBY/ON and STANDBY lamp STANDBY/ON d_/I Q Q'Q_ AUDIO ',Q Q Q,'<_ ® QQO_ ..° L ° =_,. °O ° 5" • @@@@ ,---_ Source selection buttons Source selection oooo buttons TAPE/CDR_: Select the cassette deck (or the CD |t!_l [']11B I_!1 "."?P/F4_ recorder).
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Basic Operations Remotecontrol MASTER VOLUME DIMMER control Audio source selection -_- buttons DIMMER -- MUTING VOLUME +/- PHONES SPEAKERS SOURCE NAME Audio source jack ON/OFF (TAPE/CDR) selection buttons When you have connected a CD recorder to the TAPE/CDR jacks on the rear panel, change the source name to CDR so You can watch the picture from a video component while that "CDR"...
After using the headphones 1 Press SPEAKERS ON/OFF on the front panel to activate the speakers. On the front panel The H.PHONE indicator goes off and the SPK indicator To increase the volume, turn MASTER VOLUME control lights up. clockwise. 2 Disconnect the headphones.
Basic Operations Basic adjustment auto memory This receiver memorizes sound settings for each source when--: • you turn off the power, You can fall asleep while listening to music--Sleep Timer. • you change the source, and • you assign the source name. When you change the source, the memorized settings for ._c_.
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4 Turn MULTI JOG dial to adjust the selected item. Select "SUBWOOFERYES" if a subwoofer is connected. After connecting and placing speakers, you need to make basic settings for the following items according to your listening conditions. []SU]]H00FER • Speaker information (see the next column and page 16) •...
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Basic Settings • Speaker distance---DISTANCE UNIT, FRNT DISTANCE, • Dynamic range compression--D_COMPRESSION CNTR DISTANCE, SURR DISTANCE You can compress the dynamic range (difference between Select the unit to measure the distance between your listening maximum sound and minimum sound) of the reproduced position and speakers--"METER"...
€€1 Remotecontrol INPUT DIGITAL €I €€1 Source selection INPUT ANALOG buttons If the following symptoms occur while playing Dolby Digital or DTS encoded software with "DIGITAL AUTO" selected, change the digital input mode. • Sound does not come out at the beginning of playback. When you have connected digital source components using •...
Remotecontrol INPUT ATT ADJUST BASSBOOST aEMOTECONTaO_ SUBWOOFER OUT ON/OFF MULTI JOG dial Notes: • This button does not work when the subwoofer is set to "NO" (see When the input level of the analog source is too high, the page 15). In this case, "NO SUBWOOFER" will appear on the display for a while.
2 Turn MULTI JOG dial to select an item you want to adjust. € €1 You can adjust the sound using MULTI JOG dial on the front _>= BASS _- TREBLE _- SUBWFR LEVEL + z panel. FRONT L LEVEL FRONT R LEVEL €...
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• Tone--BASS,TREBLE • Panorama control for Pro Logic II Music-- PANORAMA CTRL Adjust the bass and treble sounds as you like (-10 to +10 in 2 step intervals). You can turn on or off the Panorama control for Pro Logic II •...
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I Press SOUND. Press TEST again to stop the test tone. The 10 keys are activated for sound adjustments. € 2 Press TEST. Adjusting Subwoofer Output Level "TEST TONE U'starts flashing on the display and a test € Make sure the subwoofer is set to "YES" (see page 15). tone comes out of the speakers in the following order: I Press SOUND.
Remotecontrol (Z 3 "_c_" iiil 10 keys ---- _®_ FM/AM -- FM/AM FM/AM FM MODE MEMORY @ooo FM MODE -- TUNING PRESET oooo i iTI_TI_j hil [_ I-._ hV_ F tl"_!lffl I _vj Once a station is assigned to a channel number, the station I Select the band (FM or AM).
3 Press FM/AM PRESET to select a From the remote control channel number while the channel number (FM or AM). Press FM/AM to select the band position is flashing. The last received station of the last selected band is tuned ¢D in and the 10 keys now work for the tuner operation.
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You can use the following Surround and DSP modes to Dolby Digital 5.1 channel encoding method (so-called reproduce a realistic sound field: discrete multi-channel digital audio format) records and digitally compresses the left front channel, right front channel, Surl"ound•odes center channel, left surround channel, right surround channel, •...
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DSP•odes • DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) modes DAP modes have been designed to create important acoustic Reflections from behind _ Early surround elements. The sound heard in a live club, dance club, hall or pavilion consists of direct sound and indirect sound---early reflections and reflections from behind.
Creating Realistic Sound Fields Remotecontrol SURROUND --DSP -----SURROUND/DSP SURROUND oooo t________! SURROUND/DSP OFF 2 Press SURROUND, The appropriate Surround mode will be activated according to the incoming signal. Speaker layouts required for Surround modes are as follows: • DOLBY DIGITAL: Activated if you are playing back multi-channel •...
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• Adjustable items and selected Surround/DSP mode • For adjustment operation, see pages 19 to 21. Speaker layouts required for the DSP modes are as follows: Selected Surround/ Adjustable items Adjustable DSP mode range • 5 channels (Front, center, and surround speakers are connected.) DOLBY DIGITAL, FRONT L LEVEL...
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This section is ONLY for RX-6030VBK and RX-6032VSL From the remote control This receiver provides the DVD MULTI playback mode for reproducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player. Before playing a DVD, refer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player.
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€€1 on the receiver. component or on its own remote control, the receiver To use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC's automatically turns on and changes the source to the audio components through the COMPU LINK-4 (SYNCHRO) component.
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RX-6030VBKiRX-6032VSL This receiver is equipped with the AV COMPU LINK-IlL which added a function to operate JVC's video components through the component video terminals. • AV COMPU LINK Connection ..
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Notes: One-Touch D VDPlay • When connecting only the VCR or DVD player to this receiver, Simply by starting playback on the DVD player, you can view connect it directly to the receiver using cables with the monaural the DVD playback without setting other switches manually. mini-plugs.
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Sound Adiustment You can use the remote control to operate other JVC components. You can always use the following buttons: SURROUND Turn on and select the Surround llF_,tr ./t"a tTzrnzm modes. IM PORTANT: Turn on and select the DSP modes.
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Cassette deck After pressing CD, you can use the following buttons for the After pressing TAPE/CDR, you can use the following buttons CD operations: for the cassette deck operations: Start playback. Start playback. 1<41 Return to the beginning of the current Fast wind a tape from left to right.
DOMPU LiNK terminals (see page 30) in addition to the connections using cables with RDA pin ptugs (see pages B end 9). • Some JVC VCRs can accept two types of contrel signals--remote After pressing VCR, you can use the following buttons for the code "A"...
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To change the transmission signals for By changing the transmission signals, you can use the remote control supplied for this unit to operate other manufacturers' operating a CAW converter equipment. ! SetTV/CATV selector to "CATV." • Refer also to the manuals supplied for the other products. ¢1 €=1 2 Press and hold STANDBY/ON...
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To change the transmission signals for To change the transmission signals for operating a VCR operating a DVD player Press and hold STANDBY/ON ®/i VCR. Press and hold STANDBY/ON (b/i DVD. Press VCR. 2 Press DVD. 3 Enter manufacturer's codes using buttons 3 Enter manufacturer's codes using buttons...
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Use this chart to help you solve daily operational problems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC service center. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The power does not come on. The power cord is not plugged in.
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RX-6030VBK/R_6032VSL Amplifier Output Power: At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, rain. RMS, driven into 8 £, 40 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _ at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% totat harmonic distortion.
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RX-5030VBK/RX-5032VSL Amplifier Output Power: At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _, 40 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _ at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion.
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* WHAT YOU MUST DO FOR WARRANTY SERVICE: **Return your product to a JVC authorized service center with a copy of your bill of sale. For your nearest JVC authorized * service center, please call toll free: (800) 537-5722. _ _fservi_eisn_tavai_ab_e___aI_y_b_xthepr_ductcarefu__y_preferab_yi_the_riginaIcart_n_andship_insured_with...
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Authorized Service Centers JVC ° QUALITY SERVICE HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER TOLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www.jvc.com Dear Customer, In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase,please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit.In the event that repairs are necessary, please call 1 (800)537-5722...
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! Warnings, Cautiens, and Others/ Mises en garde, pr6cautions et indications diverses For U.S.A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
AV COMPU LINK Remote Control System ..30 Selecting Different Sources for Picture and Sound ..12 Operating JVC's Audio/Video Adjusting the Volume ............Components .......... Listening with Headphones Only ........Turning Off the Sound Temporarily--Muting ....13 Operating Audio Components ........
Parts |dentification RX-6030VBK is mainly used for illustrations to explain the connections and operations throughout the instructions. See pages in parentheses for details. /f6l FM MODE button (23) /f?l MEMORY button (22, 23) I1_ STANDBY/ON _/I button and STANDBY lamp (11 ) /fS] SETTING button (15) I_ SURROUND/DSP OFF button (26, 27)
See pages in parentheses for details. _9_TUNED indicator (22) INPUT ATT indicator (18) Q_ ANALOG indicator (17) STEREO indicator (22) _2_ DIGITAL AUTO indicator (17) _2_AUTO MUTING indicator (23) _3_SPK indicator (13) SLEEP indicator (14) _4_Speaker indicators and signal indicators (27) _-_ VOLUME indicator (13) _5_1"3['1 PRO LOGIC II indicator (24, 26) L_ Digital signal format indicators (17)
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Rear PaneI--RX-6030VBK/RX-6032VSL Rear PaneI--RX-5030VBK/RX-5032VSL See pages in parentheses for details. See pages in parentheses for details. II/ DIGITAL IN terminals (10) DIGITAL IN terminals (10) • Coaxial: DIGITAL 1 (DVD) • Coaxial: DIGITAL 1 (DVD) • Optical: DIGITAL 2 (CD) •...
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General Precautions • DO NOT insert any metal object into the unit. • DO NOT disassemble the unit or remove screws, covers, or cabinet. • DO NOT expose the unit to rain or moisture. Locations • If FM reception is poor, •...
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| I'l oI i I i [ :.1=,.l _ I i I j Illlll i_m,."l i l :.._.I [( r.l Bt. I i 1 i JJ.."_ i Jld I nI o | i[r.l d • Speaker layout diagram You can connect five speakers--a pair of front speakers, a center speaker, and a pair of surround speakers--and subwoofer.
Turn the power off to all components before making connections. You can connect the following audio/video components to this receiver. Refer also to the manuals supplied with your components. • Audio Components: CD player _ and Cassette deck (or CD recorder s) •...
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Getting Started ® [:i L_ IX] To left/right audio input To left/right audio output To composite video output To composite video input RX-603OVBK and RX-6032VSL only To S-video input To S-video output To component video output IX] To audio output To composite video input RX-6030VBK and RX-6032VSL onlV To S-video input...
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RX-6030VBKiRX-6032VSL /A1 To surround left/right audio output To center audio output To subwoofer audio output To front left/right audio output To composite video output To S-video output To component video output • To use software encoded with Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround, connect the DVD player using one of the DIGITAL IN terminals (see page 10).
Digital Connections [q_J U ".2"JI_Pt_, This receiver is equipped with two DIGITAL IN terminals_one digital coaxial terminal and one digital optical terminal. Before plugging the power cord into an AC outlet, make sure You can connect any component to one of the digital terminals that all connections have been made.
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Remote control STANDBY/ON and STANDBY lamp STANDBY/ON d_/I Q Q'Q_ AUDIO ',Q Q Q,'<_ ® QQO_ ..° L ° °O ° • @@@@ ,---_ Source selection buttons Source selection oooo buttons TAPE/CDR_: Select the cassette deck (or the CD |t!_l [']11B I_!1 "."?P/F4_ recorder).
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ON/OFF (TAPE/CDR) selection buttons ,,JVC When you have connected a CD recorder to the TAPE/CDR jacks on the rear panel, change the source name to CDR so You can watch the picture from a video component while that "CDR" appears on the display when selected as the listening to sound from another component.
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After using the headphones 1 Press SPEAKERS ON/OFF on the front panel to activate the speakers. On the front panel The H.PHONE indicator goes off and the SPK indicator To increase the volume, turn MASTER VOLUME control lights up. clockwise. 2 Disconnect the headphones.
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Basic Operations Basic adjustment auto memory This receiver memorizes sound settings for each source when--: You can fall asleep while listening to music--Sleep Timer. • you turn off the power, • you change the source, and • you assign the source name. When you change the source, the memorized settings for ._c_.
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4 Turn MULTI JOG dial to adjust the selected item. Select "SUBWOOFERYES" if a subwoofer is connected. After connecting and placing speakers, you need to make basic settings for the following items according to your listening conditions. []SU]]H00FER • Speaker information (see the next column and page 16) •...
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Basic Settings • Speaker distance---DISTANCE UNIT, FRNT DISTANCE, • Dynamic range compression--D_COMPRESSION CNTR DISTANCE, SURR DISTANCE You can compress the dynamic range (difference between Select the unit to measure the distance between your listening maximum sound and minimum sound) of the reproduced position and speakers--"METER"...
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Remotecontrol INPUT DIGITAL Source selection INPUT ANALOG buttons If the following symptoms occur while playing Dolby Digital or DTS encoded software with "DIGITAL AUTO" selected, change the digital input mode. • Sound does not come out at the beginning of playback. When you have connected digital source components using •...
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Sound Adjustments Remote control INPUT ATT ADJUST 0000 0000 RX-6030V RX-6032V 0000 ONLY BASSBOOST aEraTE CONTaO_ EXIT SUBWOOFER OUT ON/OFF MULTI JOG dial Notes: • This button does not work when the subwoofer is set to "NO" (see When the input level of the analog source is too high, the page 15).
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2 Turn MULTI JOG dial to select an item you want to adjust. You can adjust the sound using MULTI JOG dial on the front BASS _= TREBLE _= SUBWFR LEVEL • z panel. FRONT L LEVEL FRONT R LEVEL •...
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• Tone--BASS,TREBLE • Panorama control for Pro Logic II Music-- PANORAMA CTRL Adjust the bass and treble sounds as you like (-10 to +10 in 2 step intervals). You can turn on or off the Panorama control for Pro Logic II •...
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I Press SOUND. ,5 PressTEST again to stop the test tone. The 10 keys are activated for sound adjustments. 2 Press TEST. Adjusting Subwoofer Output Level "TEST TONE U'starts flashing on the display and a test Make sure the subwoofer setting is set to "YES" (see page tone comes out of the speakers in the following order: 15).
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Tuner Operations Remote control "_c_'_" 10 keys ---- _®_ FM/AM -- FM/AM FM/AM FM MODE MEMORY FM MODE TUNING PRESET Once a station is assigned to a channel number, the station J Select the band (FM or AM). can be quickly tuned in.You can preset up to 30 FM and RX-6030VBK/RX-6032VSL 15 AM stations.
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3 Press FM/AM PRESET to select a From the remote control channel number while the channel number (FM or AM). Press FM/AM to select the band position is flashing. The last received station of the last selected band is tuned in and the 10 keys now work for the tuner operation.
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Creating Realistic Sound Fields You can use the following Surround and DSP modes to Dolby Digital 5.1 channel encoding method (so-called reproduce a realistic sound field: discrete multi-channel digital audio format) records and digitally compresses the left front channel, right front channel, Surround •odes center channel, left surround channel, right surround channel, •...
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DSP•odes • DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) modes DAP modes have been designed to create important acoustic Reflections from behind _ Early surround elements. The sound heard in a live club, dance club, hall or pavilion consists of direct sound and indirect sound---early reflections and reflections from behind.
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• Adjustable items and selected Surreund/DSP mode • For adjustment operation, see pages 19 to 21. Speaker layouts required for the DSP modes are as follows: Selected Surround/ Adjustable items Adjustable DSP mode range • 5 channels (Front, center, and surround speakers are connected.) DOLBY DIGITAL, FRONT L LEVEL...
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This section is ONLY for RX-6030VBK and RX-6032VSL From the remote control This receiver provides the DVD MULTI playback mode for reproducing the analog discrete output mode of the DVD player. Before playing a DVD, refer also to the manual supplied with the DVD player.
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When you press the play (1,_)button on a connected on the receiver. component or on its own remote control, the receiver To use this remote control system, you need to connect JVC's automatically turns on and changes the source to the audio components through the COMPU LINK-4 (SYNCHRO) component.
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To use this remote control system, you need to connect the video components you want to operate following the diagrams below and the procedure on the next page. RX-603OVBKiRX-6032VSL This receiver is equipped with the AV COMPU LINK-Ill, which added a function to o )erate JVC's video components through the component video terminals.
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Notes: One-Touch D VDPlay • When connecting only the VCR or DVD player to this receiver, Simply by starting playback on the DVD player, you can view connect it directly to the receiver using cables with the monaural the DVD playback without setting other switches manually. mini-plugs.
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Operating JVC's Audio/Video Components Sound Adiustment You can use the remote control to operate other JVC components. You can always use the following buttons: SURROUND Turn on and select the Surround .[._ IF_'Tr_,/t"_ . ,PIITI = TaTtzm _ modes. Turn on and select the DSP modes.
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After pressing CD, you can use the following buttons for the CD changer operations: 1 - 10, +10 Select a track number directly. • For track number 5, press 5. • For track number 15, press +10, then 5. • For track number 20, press +10, then 10. •...
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Tuner You can always use the following buttons: FM/AM Alternate between FM and AM. After pressing FM/AM, you can use the following buttons for the tuner operations: 1 - 10, +10 Select a preset channel number directly. • For channel number 5, press 5. •...
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COMPU LINK terminals (see page 30) in addition to the connections using cables with RCA pin plugs (see pages 8 and 9). • Some JVC VCRs can accept two types of control signals--remote After pressing VCR, you can use the following buttons for the code "A"...
By changing the transmission signals, you can use the remote To change the transmission signals for control supplied for this unit to operate other manufacturers' operating a CATV converter equipment. ! SetTV/CATV selector to "CATV." • Refer also to the manuals supplied for the other products. 2 Press and hold STANDBY/ON _/i TV/CATV.
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To change the transmission signals for To change the transmission signals for operating a VCR operating a DVD player ! Press and hold STANDBY/ON O/i VCR. Press and hold STANDBY/ON (b/i DVD. Press VCR. 2 Press DVD. 3 Enter manufacturer's codes using buttons 3 Enter manufacturer's codes...
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Use this chart to help you solve daily operational problems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC service center. PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION The power does not come on. The power cord is not plugged in.
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RX-6030VBK/RX-6032VSL Amplifier Output Power: At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, rain. RMS, driven into 8 _, 40 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _ at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion.
Specifications RX-5030VBK/R_5032VSL Amplifier Output Power: At Stereo operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _, 40 Hz to 20 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. At Surround operation: Front channels: 100 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 8 _ at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion.