JVC RX-888VBK manual Selecting Your Favorite SEA Mode, Creating Your Own SEA Mode

The SEA (Sound Effect Amplifier) modes give you control of the way your music sounds.

IMPORTANT:

When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct

AUDIO/

position:TV/VCR

To operate this receiver, set it to “AUDIO/TV/

CATV/DBS

VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the source).

Selecting Your Favorite SEA Mode

On the front panel:	SEA MODE
Press SEA MODE repeatedly until the SEA

mode you want appears on the display.

•Each time you press the button, the SEA mode changes as follows:

SEA ROCKSEA MUSICALSEA MOVIE

SEA COUNTRY

SEA OFF SEA USERMODE SEA JAZZ

SEA ROCK:Gives a heavy sound. Both high and low frequencies are boosted.

SEA MUSICAL: Enhances the mid-frequency range, which the human voice is mostly made up of.

SEA MOVIE: Adds breadth to sounds so you feel like you are in a movie theater.

SEA COUNTRY: Enhances the high-frequency range so that instruments such the violin and banjo are emphasized.

SEA JAZZ:Gives a feeling of a live atmosphere. Good for acoustic music.

SEA USERMODE: Your original SEA adjustment (see the right).

SEA OFF:No SEA mode is applied (see below).

Notes:

•The SEA modes cannot be used for recording.

•When the SEA mode is turned on, the SEA indicator lights up on the display.

•When the SEA mode is used with the DAP mode (see page 23), sounds may be distorted. If this happens, turn off the DAP mode or decrease the effect level of the DAP mode.

To cancel the SEA mode

Press SEA MODE repeatedly until “SEA OFF” appears. The SEA indicator goes off from the display.

Creating Your Own SEA Mode

You can adjust and store your own SEA adjustment into memory (SEA USERMODE).

Before you start, remember...

•There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

On the front panel ONLY:

If you do not want to store your adjustment, but rather want to adjust the SEA temporarily, skip step 4 below.

1. Press SEA ADJUST repeatedly			SEA ADJUST
until the frequency range (100Hz,
1kHz or 10kHz) you want appears
on the display.
S E A FR
			VOLUME
100	1k	10k

S E A FR

VOLUME

100 1k 10k

MULTI JOG

2.Turn MULTI JOG to adjust the SEA level of the selected frequency range.

•Turning it clockwise increases the level.

•Turning it counterclockwise decreases the level.

This FR means this adjustment can be applied to the front speakers only.

S E A FR

100 1k 10k

3.Repeat step 1 and 2 to adjust other frequency ranges if necessary.

4. Press TUNER/SEA MEMORY. TUNER/SEA MEMORY

Your adjustment is stored into the SEA

USERMODE.

From the remote control:

1. Press SOUND.

SOUND

To recall your own SEA adjustment

Press SEA MODE repeatedly until “SEA USERMODE” appears.

The 10 keys are activated for sound adjustments.

2. Press SEA MODE repeatedly until	SEA MODE
the SEA mode you want appears	10
on the display.	RETURN

To cancel the SEA mode

Press SEA MODE repeatedly until “SEA OFF” appears in step 2

To erase a stored adjustment

Storing a new adjustment into SEA USERMODE erases the previously stored one.

above. The SEA indicator goes off from the display.