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AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER RX-D701S / RX-D702B INSTRUCTIONS LVT1437-001A...
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European Union. legislation. (Business users) If you wish to dispose of this product, please visit our web page www.jvc-europe.com to obtain information about the take-back of the product. [Other Countries outside the European Union] If you wish to dispose of this product, please do so in accordance with applicable national legislation or other rules in your country for the treatment of old electrical and electronic equipment.
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WARNING for country restriction of use USB wireless transmitter Italy: If used outside of own premises, general authorization is required. General Caution Changes or modifications not approved by JVC could void user’s authority to operate the equipment. CAUTION: for USB wireless transmitter, To maintain compliance with R&TTE directive’s RF exposure guidelines, this...
“SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Do read the operating instructions before you attempt to use the equipment.
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Introduction We would like to thank you for purchasing one of our JVC products. Before operating this unit, read this manual carefully and thoroughly to obtain the best possible performance from your unit, and retain this manual for future reference.
MIDNIGHT button (31) k SMART S (surround). SETUP button (23) l TEST button (37) * These buttons can be used for operating a JVC DVD recorder or DVD player with the mode selector set to “DVR” or “DVD” (see page 52).
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See pages in parentheses for details. Front panel A U D I O / V I D E O C O N T R O L R E C E I V E R STANDBY/ON CC CONVERTER SETTING ADJUST SURROUND S-VIDEO PHONES DIGITAL...
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Display window ANALOG DUAL MONO AUTO SURR DIGITAL AUTO HEADPHONE LINEAR PCM S.WFR DIGITAL NEO : 6 DSP 3D-PHONIC 96 / 24 VIRTUAL SB 1 ANALOG indicator (20) 2 DIGITAL and DIGITAL AUTO indicator (20, 21) 3 DUAL MONO indicator (30) 4 AUTO SURR (surround) indicator (50) 5 HEADPHONE indicator (21, 48) 6 RDS operations indicators (42, 45)
Getting started Before Installation General precautions • Be sure your hands are dry. • Turn the power off to all components. • Read the manuals supplied with the components you are going to connect. Locations • Install the receiver in a location that is level and protected from moisture and dust.
Connecting the FM and AM (MW) antennas Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. AM (MW) loop antenna (supplied) Snap the tabs on the loop into the slots of the base to assemble the AM (MW) loop antenna.
Connecting the speakers Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. Speaker Layout Diagram (*SB) CAUTIONS: • Use speakers with the SPEAKER IMPEDANCE indicated by the speaker terminals (6 Ω – 16 Ω). •...
For details on T-V LINK, refer also to the manuals supplied with the TV and the VCR. • Connect a SCART cable to EXT-2 terminal on the JVC’s T-V LINK compatible TV for the T-V LINK function. • Some video components support the data communication like T-V LINK. For complete details, refer also to the manuals supplied with these components.
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. 7 Connecting a TV: COMPONENT VIDEO Green Blue VIDEO(VCR) DVR/DVD MONITOR OUT AV IN/OUT Select the appropriate VIDEO OUTPUT (see page 33) according to the terminal used for TV connection referring to the table below.
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. 7 Connecting a DVD recorder or DVD player: Component video cable (not supplied) COMPONENT VIDEO Green Blue VIDEO(VCR) DVR/DVD MONITOR OUT DVR/DVD Select the appropriate VIDEO INPUT (see page 20) according to the connection you have made.
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. When you connect a DVD recorder or DVD player with its analogue discrete output jacks (DVD MULTI IN): If your DVD recorder or DVD player has analogue 5.1 channel output jacks, use the connection below. When a DVD Audio disc is played back, the original high-quality sounds can be reproduced by using this connection.
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. 7 Connecting a VCR: Component video cable (not supplied) Green COMPONENT VIDEO Blue VIDEO(VCR) DVR/DVD MONITOR OUT Select the appropriate VIDEO INPUT (see page 20) according to the connection you have made.
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. 7 Connecting another video component to the VIDEO IN jacks: Component video cable (not supplied) Green COMPONENT VIDEO Blue VIDEO(VCR) DVR/DVD MONITOR OUT VIDEO AUDIO VIDEO DVR/DVD...
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Do not connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet until all connections are completed. 7 Connecting a video component to the AUX input jacks: The AUX input jacks on the front panel (inside the front door) are convenient when connecting and disconnecting the component frequently.
Digital audio connection This receiver is equipped with three DIGITAL IN terminals—one digital coaxial terminal and two digital optical terminals—and one DIGITAL OUT terminal on the rear of the receiver. To reproduce the digital sound, use the digital audio connection in addition to the analogue audio connection methods described on pages 10 to 15.
USB connection This receiver is equipped with a USB terminal on the front panel and a USB WIRELESS ANTENNA terminal on the rear. You can enjoy the sound reproduced through your PC with either of the following methods: 1 connecting a USB wireless antenna (supplied) to the USB WIRELESS ANTENNA terminal and a USB wireless transmitter (supplied) to your PC.
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How to install the USB drivers The following procedure is described using the English version of Windows XP. If your PC is running on a different version of operation system in a different language, the screens shown on your PC’s monitor will differ from the ones used in the following procedure.
Basic operations Source lamps Turn on the power Press STANDBY/ON (or AUDIO on the remote control). The standby lamp goes off and the source lamp of the current source lights in red. Current source name appears. ANALOG AUTO SURR TUNED STEREO AUTO MUTING S.WFR To turn off the power (into standby) Press...
Selecting the video input setting Select the proper video input setting according to the connection method on pages 10 to 15. From the remote control ONLY: Press VIDEO INPUT to select the video input setting. • Each time you press the button, the input setting changes as follows.
Listening with headphones You can enjoy not only stereo software but also multi-channel software through the headphones. (Sounds are down-mixed to the front channels while playing multi-channel software.) Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel to activate the HEADPHONE mode. The HEADPHONE indicator lights up on the display.
• The Sleep Timer is also canceled when you turn off the receiver. Making sounds natural JVC’s CC (Compression Compensative) Converter eliminates jitter and ripples, achieving a drastic reduction in digital distortion by processing the digital music data in 24 bit-quantization and by expanding the sampling frequency to 176.4 kHz (for fs 44.1 kHz...
Basic settings To obtain the best possible sound effect from Surround/DSP modes (see pages 46 to 50), you need to set up the speaker and subwoofer information after all the connections are completed. From pages 23 to 33, how to set speakers and other basic items of the receiver are explained.
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When your clapping sound is detected successfully • On the TV screen, “SUCCESSFUL,” “RESULT,” and the setting values appear. The setting values are shown for about 10 seconds. Ex.: SMART SURROUND SETUP FL+2 +0.3m +0.3m SUCCESSFUL +0.5m RESULT +0.6m +0.6m •...
Basic setting items You can adjust the following items. See pages in parentheses for details. • You cannot select the items which is not available with the current setting. For example, when “S BACK SPK” is set to “S BACK SPK: NO,” you cannot select the following items: S BACK OUT, SB SPK DIST., SBL SPK DIST., SBR SPK DIST.
Setup menu configuration • Items on the menus shown below are all set to the initial values when shipped from the factory. • Some of the menus or some items on the menu cannot be shown or cannot be adjusted depending on the current settings and the connections.
Menu operating procedure When operating, the on-screen display appears on the TV screen regardless of the SUPERIMPOSE setting (see page 33). 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. In this section, the operation of the remote control is used for explaining.
Press SET. To select the appropriate setting, press 2 or 3 repeatedly, then press SET. The on-screen display returns to the previous SETTING MENU. In this example, “SETTING MENU (4)” appears on the TV screen and “DIGITAL IN 1” appears on the display. •...
7 Setting the surround back speaker(s) —S BACK OUT Register the number of the surround back speaker(s). S BACK OUT: 1SPK Select when you use 1 surround back speaker. S BACK OUT: 2SPK Select when you use 2 surround back speakers.
Activating the EX/ES/PLIIx setting—EX/ES/ PLIIx Depending on this setting, available Surround modes for digital multi-channel software vary—EX/ES/PLIIx reproduction or 5.1- channel reproduction. Select an appropriate setting for your enjoyment. • For details about relation between EX/ES/PLIIx setting and available Surround mode, see page 49. •...
7 Setting the crossover frequency—CROSSOVER Small speakers cannot reproduce the bass sounds efficiently. If you use a small speaker in any position, this receiver automatically reallocates the bass sound elements assigned to the small speaker to the large speakers. To use this function properly, set this crossover frequency level according to the size of the small speaker connected.
Setting the Audio delay level —AUDIO DELAY Synchronization between audio and video reproduction can be possibly disturbed because video signal decoding is time- consuming compared to the audio signal decoding. On this setting, you can correct synchronization between video and audio signals by delaying the audio signal timing. Adjustable range: OFF and 10 ms to 100 ms (in 10 ms intervals) Initial setting: AUDIO DELAY: OFF Memorizing the volume level for each...
Selecting the output video signals —VIDEO OUTPUT To use the video conversion function (see page 9), you need to select this setting according to the connection method for a TV. VIDEO OUTPUT: HDMI Select this when connecting a TV with the HDMI cable. VIDEO OUTPUT: CMPNT Select this when connecting a TV with the component video cable.
Sound adjustments You can make sound adjustment to your preference after completing basic setting. Basic adjustment items You can adjust the following items. See pages in parentheses for details. • You cannot select the items which is not available with the current setting.
Setup menu configuration • Items on the menus shown below are all set to the initial values when shipped from the factory. • Some of the menus or some items on the menu cannot be shown or cannot be adjusted depending on the current settings and the connections.
Menu operating procedure When operating, the on-screen display appears on the TV screen regardless of the SUPERIMPOSE setting (see page 33). 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. In this section, the operation of the remote control is used for explaining.
Button indications on the screen The buttons for operating the menu are shown on the TV screen. You can operate the menu with these buttons. ADJUST MENU (1) SUBWOOFER LEVEL : FRONT LEVEL : FRONT LEVEL : CENTER LEVEL : SURR LEVEL : SURR...
Adjusting the equalization patterns— DIGITAL EQ 63Hz/250Hz/1kHz/4kHz/16kHz You can adjust equalization patterns in five frequency bands (center frequency: 63 Hz, 250 Hz, 1 kHz, 4 kHz, 16 kHz) for the front speakers. • Once you have made an adjustment, it is memorized for each source.
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7 Adjusting the liveness effect for DSP modes —LIVENESS This setting is available only when one of the DSP modes (except ALL CH STEREO) is in use. To activate DSP mode, see page 50. • If “SURROUND SPK” is set to “NO” (see page 28), this item is not adjustable.
Tuner operations Tuner operations are mainly done from the remote control. FM/AM TUNING/REW FF/TUNING FM MODE MEMORY NOTE When you have selected “FM” or “AM” by using SOURCE SELECTOR on the front panel, the remote control may not work for tuner operations. To use the remote control for tuner operations, select “FM”...
Press the numeric buttons (1 – 10, +10) to select a channel number while the channel number position is flashing. • For channel number 5, press 5. • For channel number 15, press +10, then 5. • For channel number 30, press +10, +10, then 10. ANALOG TUNED STEREO AUTO MUTING S.WFR...
Using the Radio Data System (RDS) to receive FM stations Only the buttons on the remote control are used for RDS operations. FM/AM TA/NEWS/INFO PTY SEARCH – PTY – DISPLAY RDS allows FM stations to send an additional signal along with their regular program signals.
Searching for a program by PTY codes One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels (see pages 40 and 41) by specifying the PTY codes. To search for a program using the PTY codes Before you start, remember...
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Description of the PTY codes: News: News. Affairs: Topical program expanding or enlarging upon the news—debate or analysis. Info (Information): Programs the purpose of which is to impart advice in the widest sense. Sport: Programs concerned with any aspect of sports. Educate (Education): Educational programs.
Switching to broadcast program of your choice temporarily Another convenient RDS service is called “Enhanced Other Networks.” This allows the receiver to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your choice (TA, NEWS, and/or INFO) from a different station except in the following case: •...
Creating realistic sound fields Reproducing theatre ambience In a movie theatre, many speakers are located on the walls to reproduce impressive multi-channel sound, reaching you from all directions. With these many speakers, sound localization and sound movement can be expressed. Surround/DSP modes built in this receiver can create almost the same Surround sound as you can feel in a real movie theatre.
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• If both “SURROUND SPK” and “CENTER SPK” are set to “NO” in the speaker setting (see page 28), JVC’s original 3D- PHONIC processing (which has been developed to create the surround effect through the front speakers only) is used. The 3D-PHONIC indicator lights up on the display.
When using the DAP mode, the sounds come out of all the connected and activated speakers. • If “SURROUND SPK” is set to “NO” in the speaker setting (see page 28), JVC’s original 3D-PHONIC processing (which has been developed to create the surround effect through the front speakers only) is used.
Using the Surround/DSP modes Available Surround/DSP modes vary depending on the speaker settings and the incoming signals. See the table below. • The numbers inside the parentheses following the incoming signal type indicate the number of the front channels and that of the surround channels.
Activating the Surround/DSP modes Available Surround/DSP modes vary depending on the speaker settings and the incoming signals. For details, see page 49. Activating one of the Surround/DSP modes automatically recalls the memorized settings and adjustments. • To adjust the speaker output level, see page 37. •...
“A” and “B.” This remote control can operate a VCR whose remote control code is set to “A.” – Some JVC DVD recorders can accept four types of the control signals. This remote control can operate a DVD recorder whose remote control code is set to the initial code.
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7 Changing the remote control code for DVD recorder Some JVC DVD recorders can accept four types of the control signals. You can assign one of four codes to the remote control supplied with this receiver for operating your DVD recorder.
Operating other manufacturers’ products By changing the transmittable signals, you can use the supplied remote control to operate other manufacturers’ products. • Refer also to the manuals supplied with the other products. • To operate those components with the remote control, first you need to set the manufacturers’...
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❏ Changing the transmittable signals for operating a VCR Press and hold VCR Press VCR. Enter the manufacturer’s code using buttons 1 – 9, and 0. See “Manufacturers’ codes for VCR” on the right. Release VCR Now, you can perform the following operation on the VCR. Turn on or off the VCR.
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❏ Changing the transmittable signals for operating a STB Press and hold STB Press STB CONT. Enter the manufacturer’s code using buttons 1 – 9, and 0. See “Manufacturers’ codes for STB” below. Release STB Now, you can perform the following operation on the STB. Turn on or off the STB.
TV screen. HDMI signals do not come on. Use this chart to help you solve daily operational problems. If there are any problems you cannot solve, contact your JVC’s service center. POSSIBLE CAUSE The power cord is not plugged in.
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PROBLEM Remote control does not operate as The remote control is not ready for your you intend. intended operation. Remote control does not work. There is an obstruction hiding the remote sensor on the receiver. Batteries are weak. The mode selector is set to the incorrect position.
Specifications Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice. Amplifier Output Power At stereo operation: Front channels: 130 W per channel, min. RMS, driven into 6 Ω at 1 kHz with no more than 0.8% total harmonic distortion. (IEC268-3/DIN) At surround operation: Front channels: 130 W per channel, min.