How to reset your unit. JVC KD-AR8500, KD-AR8500J, AR8500 - Radio / CD

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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.

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.

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: Visible and invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated.

Avoid direct exposure to beam.

Warning:

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

How to reset your unit

Cautions:

• Do not insert 8 cm (3-3/16") discs (single

CDs) into the loading slot. (Such discs cannot be ejected.)

• Do not insert any disc of unusual shape— like a heart or flower; otherwise, it will cause a malfunction.

• Do not expose discs to direct sunlight or any heat source or place them in a place subject to high temperature and humidity.

Do not leave them in a car.

This will reset the microcomputer. Your preset adjustments will also be erased.

Notice:

The display window built in this receiver has been produced with high precision, but it may have some ineffective dots. This is inevitable and is not malfunction.

Contents

How to reset your unit ........................... 2

How to read this manual ........................ 4

How to forcibly eject a disc ................... 4

How to change the display pattern ........ 5

How to enter the various menus ............ 5

Control panel —

KD-AR8500/KD-SHX850

............. 6

Parts identification ................................. 6

Remote controller —

RM-RK300

............................. 7

Main elements and features ................... 7

Getting started ....................... 8

Basic operations ..................................... 8

Canceling the display demonstration ..... 9

Setting the clock .................................... 9

Radio operations ................... 10

Listening to the radio ............................. 10

Storing stations in memory .................... 11

Listening to a preset station ................... 12

Disc/SD card operations ......... 13

Playing a disc in the receiver ................ 13

Playing discs in the CD changer ........... 14

Playing an SD card ............................... 15

Other main functions ............................. 17

Selecting the playback modes ................ 19

Sound adjustments — Daily use ... 21

Selecting the DSP modes—DSP ........... 21

Making sound natural ............................ 23

Using equalizer—EQ ............................. 24

Selecting preset sound modes

—Graphic EQ .................................... 25

Storing your own sound modes ............. 26

Adjusting Parametric EQ ....................... 27

Sound adjustments —

Preference settings

..................... 28

Setting the basic sound selection menu

—SEL ................................................ 29

Graphic displays .................... 32

Basic procedure ..................................... 32

Downloading the files ............................ 33

Deleting the files .................................... 34

Activating the downloaded files ............ 36

General settings — PSM ......... 37

Basic procedure ..................................... 37

Selecting the dimmer mode ................... 40

Other main functions ............. 41

Assigning titles to the sources ............... 41

Changing the control panel angle .......... 42

Detaching the control panel ................... 42

External component operations ... 43

Playing an external component .............. 43

SIRIUS ® radio operations ........ 44

Listening to the SIRIUS ® radio .............. 45

Storing user channels in memory .......... 46

Listening to a user preset channel .......... 46

Selecting a category/channel on the list .... 46

Maintenance .......................... 49

More about this receiver ........ 50

Troubleshooting ..................... 54

Specifications ......................... 58

This receiver is equipped with digital amplifier.

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.

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.

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