Yamaha GX-500VCD manual English

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Thank you for purchasing this YAMAHA product. We hope it will give you many years of trouble-free enjoyment.

For the best performance, read this manual carefully. It will guide you in operating your YAMAHA product.

Contents

Page Page

Precautions .................................................	1
Features ......................................................	3
Preparations and connections ..................	4
Installing batteries in the remote control ..................	4
Remote control operation range ..............................	4
Setting the video output format
selector (TV MODE) switch ......................................	4
Connections .............................................................	5
Setting the clock .......................................................	7
Adjusting brightness of the display ..........................	7
CD/Video CD player operation ..................	8
Basic play .................................................................	9
To change the disc play mode ...............................	10
To select another disc ............................................	10
To select the desired track directly .........................	10
To play the desired track (Skip) ..............................	11
To advance or reverse play rapidly
(Search) .................................................................	11
To exchange a disc (or discs) while playing
(PLAYXCHANGE) ..................................................	11
Program play ..........................................................	12
Repeat play ............................................................	13
Random play ..........................................................	14
Switching the time display ......................................	14
To find your desired scene quickly
for Video CDs .................................................................	15
To get a quick overview of a track or a disc
for Video CDs ................................................................	15
Playback Control of Video CD (version 2.0)
for Video CDs ................................................................	16

Tuning operation ......................................	17
Automatic tuning ....................................................	18
Manual tuning ........................................................	18
Manual preset tuning .............................................	19
Automatic preset tuning .........................................	20
Playing back a tape ..................................	21
General information ...............................................	21
Basic operation ......................................................	22
Winding the tape ....................................................	23
Searching for the beginning
of the desired selection ..........................................	23
Recording .................................................	24
Basic recording ......................................................	24
Recording from CDs utilizing the EDIT function .....	26
Operating an external unit connected with
this system ...............................................	28
Various sound control .............................	29
Karaoke operation ....................................	31
Using the built-in timer ............................	33
Timer play ..............................................................	33
Timer recording ......................................................	34
Sleep timer operation .............................................	34
Appendix ...................................................	35
Troubleshooting .....................................................	35
Specifications .........................................................	37

For basic source play, the following illustrations on top of pages will help you to look for the section you need.

......CD/Video CD play ......	Tuning
......Tape playback/recording