JVC KD-R303 KD-R304/KD-R204, Maintenance, More About This Unit, Preparations, Basic operations

KD-R304/KD-R204

CD RECEIVER: INSTRUCTIONS/INSTALLATION

GET0566-001A

[UI]

ENGLISH

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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).

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MAINTENANCE

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/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]

How to clean the connectors

Wipe the connectors with a cotton swab or cloth moistened with alcohol.

Connectors

Moisture condensation

Moisture may condense on the lens inside the unit. Eject the disc and leave the unit turned on for a few hours until the moisture has evaporated.

To keep discs clean

Wipe in a straight line from center of disc to edge. Do not use liquid cleaners, thinners, or benzene.

To play new discs

Remove any rough areas from the inner and outer edges of the disc.

Do not use the following discs:

For safety...

•Do not raise the volume level too much, as this will block outside sounds, making driving dangerous.

•Stop the car before performing any complicated operations.

Warning

If you need to operate the unit while driving, be sure to look around carefully or you may be involved in a traffic accident.

Caution on volume setting

Single CD (8 cm disc) Warped disc Sticker and sticker residue Stick-on label

		Transparent or semi-transparent
Unusual shape	C-thru Disc (semi-transparent disc)	parts on its recording area

Temperature inside the car...

If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold weather, wait until the temperature in the car becomes normal before operating the unit.

Discs produce very little noise compared with other sources. Lower the volume before playing a disc to avoid damaging the speakers by the sudden increase of the output level.

MORE ABOUT THIS UNIT PREPARATIONS

Basic operations

•By pressing SRC 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 track, playback will start from where it had been stopped previously next time you turn on the power.

•If no operation is done for about 30 seconds after pressing MENU button, the operation will be canceled.

Tuner operations

•During SSM search...

–All previously stored stations are erased and the stations are stored anew.

–When SSM is over, the station stored in the lowest preset number 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

Playing an MP3/WMA disc (for KD-R304)

• 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 depending on 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

Detaching the control panel

Attaching the control panel

Basic settings

How to reset your unit

Reset the unit after installation is complete.

• Your preset adjustments will also be erased.

How to forcibly eject a disc

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

•If this does not work, reset your unit.

may not be recommended.

General

•This unit has been designed to reproduce CDs/CD Texts, and CD-Rs (Recordable)/CD-RWs (Rewritable) in audio CD (CD-DA) and MP3/WMA (for KD-R304) 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 be played back on this

unit:

– Discs are dirty or scratched.

– Moisture condensation has occurred on the lens inside

the unit.

– The pickup lens inside the unit is dirty.

– The files on the CD-R/CD-RW are written using the

“Packet Write” method.

to 128 characters

• This unit can recognize a total of 512 files, 255 folders,

and 8 hierarchical levels.

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

rate).

Files recorded in VBR have a discrepancy in the elapsed

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

In particular, this difference becomes noticeable after

performing the search function.

• This unit cannot play back the following files:

– MP3 files: encoded in MP3i and MP3 PRO format; an

inappropriate format; layer 1/2.

– WMA files: encoded in lossless, professional, and voice

format; not based upon Windows Media® Audio; copy-

protected with DRM.

– Files which have data such as AIFF, ATRAC3, etc.

• The search function works but search speed is not

constant.

Enter Menu operation.	Select an item.	1 Cancel the display demonstrations
		Select “DEMO,” then “DEMO OFF.”

2 Set the clock

Select “CLOCK” = “CLOCK SET.” Adjust the hour, then press control dial once to proceed to adjust the minute.

• To return to the previous menu, press BACK.

– There are improper recording conditions (missing data,

etc.) or media conditions (stained, scratched, warped,

etc.).

• CD-RWs may require a longer readout time since the

reflectance of CD-RWs is lower than that of regular CDs.

Title assignment

•If you try to assign titles to more than 30 station frequencies, “NAME FULL” appears. Delete unwanted titles before assignment.

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