JVC KDS23 user service Information For U.S.A, For safety, Temperature inside the car, General

KD-S23/KD-S13

CD RECEIVER: INSTRUCTIONS

GET0400-001A

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INFORMATION (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 harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

–Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

–Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

–Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

–Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Caution

Changes or modifications not approved by JVC could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

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: (For U.S.A.)	Visible and/or invisible class II laser radiation when open. Do not stare into beam.
	(For Canada)	Visible and/or invisible class 1M laser radiation when open. Do not view directly with optical
		instruments.
4.	REPRODUCTION OF LABEL: CAUTION LABEL, PLACED OUTSIDE THE UNIT.

[European Union only]

MORE ABOUT THIS UNIT

Thank you for purchasing a JVC product.

Please read all instructions carefully before operation, to ensure your complete understanding and to obtain the best possible performance from the unit.

Installation/connection are explained at the last section of this manual (reverse page, indicated with symbol).

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.	0706DTSMDTJEIN
Serial No.	EN
	© 2006 Victor Company of Japan, Limited

For safety...	Warning
• Do not raise the volume level too much, as this will block	If you need to operate the unit while driving, be sure to
outside sounds, making driving dangerous.	look ahead carefully or you may be involved in a traffic
• Stop the car before performing any complicated	accident.
operations.
Temperature inside the car...	Caution on volume setting
	Discs produce very little noise compared with other sources.
If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold	Lower the volume before playing a disc to avoid damaging
weather, wait until the temperature in the car becomes	the speakers by the sudden increase of the output level.
normal before operating the unit.

MAINTENANCE

How to clean the connectors	To keep discs clean
Wipe the connectors with	Wipe in a straight line from center of disc to
a cotton swab or cloth	edge. Do not use liquid cleaners, thinners, or
moistened with alcohol.	benzene.
	Connector

Moisture condensation	To play new discs
Moisture may condense on the lens inside the unit. Eject	Remove any rough areas from the inner and
the disc and leave the unit turned on for a few hours until	outer edges of the disc.
the moisture evaporates.

Do not use the following discs:

Warped disc	Sticker	Sticker residue	Stick-on label
	Unusual shape		Single CD (8 cm disc)

PREPARATIONS

Basic operations

•By pressing SOURCE on the unit, you can also turn on the power. If the source is ready, playback also starts.

•If you turn off the power while listening to a disc, disc play will start from where playback has been stopped previously, next time you turn on the power.

•When no disc is loaded in the unit, you cannot select “DISC” as the playback source.

Tuner operations

•During SSM search...

–All previously stored stations are erased and stations are stored newly.

–Received stations are preset in No. 1 (lowest frequency) to No. 6 (highest frequency).

–When SSM is over, the station stored in No. 1 will be automatically tuned in.

Disc operations

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.

General

•KD-S13: This unit has been designed to reproduce CDs and CD-Rs (Recordable)/CD-RWs (Rewritable) in audio CD (CD-DA) formats. KD-S23 can also play back CD Texts and CD-Rs/CD-RWs in MP3/WMA formats.

Playing a CD-R or CD-RW

• Use only “finalized” CD-Rs or CD-RWs.
•	This unit can play back multi-session discs; however,
	unclosed sessions will be skipped while playing.
•	Some CD-Rs or CD-RWs may not play back on this unit:

•CD-RWs may require a longer readout time since the reflectance of CD-RWs is lower than that of regular CDs.

Playing an MP3/WMA disc (for KD-S23)

• This unit can play back MP3/WMA files with the

extension code <.mp3> or <.wma> (regardless of the

letter case—upper/lower).

• This unit can show the names of albums, artists

(performer), and tag (Version 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4) for

MP3 files and for WMA files.

• This unit can display only one-byte characters. No other

characters can be correctly displayed.

• This unit can play back MP3/WMA files meeting the

conditions below:

– Bit rate: 8 kbps — 320 kbps

– Sampling frequency:

48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz (for MPEG-1)

24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16 kHz (for MPEG-2)

– Disc format: ISO 9660 Level 1/ Level 2, Romeo, Joliet,

Windows long file name

• The maximum number of characters for file/folder names

vary among the disc format used (includes 4 extension

characters—<.mp3> or <.wma>).

– ISO 9660 Level 1: up to 12 characters; ISO 9660 Level

2: up to 31 characters; Romeo: up to 128 characters;

Joliet: up to 64 characters; Windows long file name: up

to 128 characters

• This unit can play back files recorded in VBR (variable bit

rate).

Files recorded in VBR have a discrepancy in elapsed

time display, and do not show the actual elapsed time.

Especially, after performing the search function, this

difference becomes noticeable.

• This unit can recognize a total of 512 files, of 200 folders,

and of 8 hierarchies.

• This unit cannot play back the following files:

– MP3 files encoded with: MP3i and MP3 PRO format, in

an inappropriate format, layer 1/2.

How to reset your unit

Reset the unit after installation is complete.

KD-S23:

KD-S13:

•Your preset adjustments will also be erased.

•KD-S23: If a disc is loaded, it will eject. Be careful not to drop the disc.

Basic settings

Enter PSM menu.	Cancel the display
	demonstration

Select an item.

Set/adjust.

How to forcibly eject a disc

• If this does not work, reset your unit.

• Be careful not to drop the disc when it ejects.

Detaching the control panel

Attaching the control panel

Set the clock

– Discs are dirty or scratched.

– Moisture condensation occurs on the lens inside the

unit.

– The pickup lens inside the unit is dirty.

– CD-R/CD-RW on which the files are written with

“Packet Write” method.

– There are improper recording conditions (missing data,

etc.) or media conditions (stain, scratch, warp, etc.).

– WMA files: encoded with lossless, professional, and

voice format; not based upon Windows Media® Audio;

copy-protected with DRM.

– Files which have the data such as WAVE, ATRAC3, etc.

• The search function works but search speed is not

constant.

Deactivate the display	Adjust the hour.	Adjust the minute.
demonstration.

Finish

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