JVC 1203SKMMODJSC manual

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    COMP A CT COMPONENT SYSTEM EX-A1 Consists of CA-EXA1 and SP-EXA1 L VT1095-004A [B] INSTR UCTIO NS EXA1[B]-00Cov1.fm Page 1 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 3:39 PM[...]

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    G-1 IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS CAUTION T o red uce the risk of elec trical sh ock s, fire , etc. : 1. Do no t remo v e scre ws , co v ers or cabin et. 2. Do no t e xpose this applia nce to rain or mo isture . CAUTION — F button! Disconne ct th e mai ns plug to s hut th e pow er off com pletel y (the ST ANDBY lamp goes off). The F bu tton in an [...]

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    G-2 CAUTION — Proper Ventilation T o av oid risk of el ectric sh ock and fi re and t o protec t from damage , loc ate the appar atus as f ollows: T op/F ront/Bac k/Sides: No obs tructions s hould be placed in the areas sh ow n b y the d imensio ns bel ow . Bottom: Place on th e le vel surf ace. Maintai n adequa te air path f or ventil ation b y p[...]

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    G-3 Warnings, cautions and others (continued) SAFETY INSTRUCTIO NS “SOME DOS AND DON'TS ON TH E SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This e quipm ent h as be en desi gned and man uf actu red to mee t inte rnational s af ety standards b ut, l ik e an y electrical equip ment, care must be tak en if you are to o btain t he bes t resul ts and s af ety is to[...]

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    1 Introduction Warnings, cautions and others .................... G-1 Special cautions .............................................. 2 About discs ...................................................... 3 Description of parts ......................................... 5 Getting st arted Using the remote control ................................. 6 Pu[...]

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    2 7 Importa nt caution s Installation of the system • Select a place which is lev el, dr y and neither too hot nor too cold; between 5°C and 35°C . • Leav e suf ficient distance betw een the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vibration. Power cord • Do not handle the power cord with w et hands! • A small a[...]

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    3 Introd uction About discs This system has been designed to play back the f ollowing discs: D VD VIDEO , D VD A UDIO , VCD , SVCD , CD This system can also play back the f ollowing discs: • Finalized D VD-R/RW discs recorded in the D VD VIDEO form at. • CD-R/RW discs recorded in t he f ollowing f or mats - Music CD s (finalized discs) - VCDs -[...]

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    4 DVD VIDEO A D VD VIDEO con sists of “ti tles” a nd each title ma y be divided into “chap ters”. DVD AUDIO A D VD A UDIO c onsists of “gr oups” a nd eac h gro up ma y be divided into “tr ac ks”. Some dis cs incl ude a “bonus group ” that re quires a pass word for pla ying ( A page 27). VCD/SVCD/CD VCD , SVCD and CD co nsis t of[...]

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    5 Introd uction The nu mbers repr esent the pa ge numbe rs. * Connect a pair o f headp hones (co mmercia lly a vailab le) with a stere o min i plug. If the hea dphone s are connec ted, the spea kers and su bwoo f er will not pro duce a ny s ound. Fr ont panel Display window Rear pane l PHONES Play/Pause:1 2, 14 Look a t “Displ a y win do w” bel[...]

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    6 The nu mbers repr esent the pa ge numbe rs. If th e ran ge or ef f ectiv eness of the remot e cont rol decreas es , replace the ba tteries . Use tw o R6P (SUM-3) /AA(15F) type dry-cell batteries . CAUTION • Do not use a used ba ttery and a ne w battery toget he r . • Do not use different type s of batteries at the same tim e. • Take out the[...]

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    7 Introd uction This pag e is f or when ope ratin g yo ur TV us ing the remote c ontrol o f this pro duct. Setting the manufacturer's code 1 Slide the remote c ontrol mode selector t o the TV side. 2 Keep pressing down F TV. NOTE Keep pre ssing down F TV unt il Step 4 is comp let e. 3 Press E NTER and r eleas e. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0)[...]

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    8 Connection When p osi tioni ng t he an tenna, listen to an a ctual rad io prog ram (ref er to “L iste ni ng to a radio br oadc ast” on p age 3 2). Connecting ant ennas Connecting AM loop antenna (supplied) 1 Set up the AM loop antenna. 2 Connec t antenna c ords. 3 Tur n the A M loop ante nna to the di rect ion of the best radio recept ion. Lo[...]

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    9 Connecting up Connection There i s no diff erence be tween the le ft and right spea ke rs . CAUTION • DO NO T connect m ore than on e speaker to one speak er termi nal. • The speake rs of this pro duct are mag netically shield ed, but color irre gularities ma y occur on the TV depen ding on how the speake rs are installed. Keep in mind the fo[...]

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    10 Connecting up Connection This pag e is f or when con necting t he ma in unit with othe r devices. Connecting subwoofer Connecting with other audio devi ce When you want to h ear so und from the s ubwoofer , press S.WFR OU T on the rem ote control to display “SUB WFR ON ” (Sub Woof er ON) on the display window on the main unit. Each ti me you[...]

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    11 Connecting up Connection • In standb y mode , set the RGB-Y/ C selec tor corr ectly accord ing to y our TV . • Whe n the T V acco mmoda tes the RGB vi deo signal , set the RG B-Y/C select or to RGB so that y ou c an enjo y better-qua lity pic tures . • When the TV acc ommodat es the S-video signal , set the RG B-Y/C select or to Y/C . • [...]

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    12 (Ref er to page 1 6 f or pla ying MP3 and JPEG.) • T he power will be tur ned on whe n any of , , o r on the ma in uni t and , , or on the rem ote co ntrol is pressed while t he po wer is off . If any b utton othe r than or is pressed , the sourc e will also b e change d (if there is a disc load ed, pla yback will s tart). NOTE • A menu scre[...]

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    13 Basic operations Display window during disc playback Example: When a D VD VID EO or D VD A UDI O is play ed If “BONUS ” or “B .S.P . ” is disp la y ed during a D VD A UDIO pla ybac k, refer to page 27. Exampl e: When a SVCD or VCD is pla ye d • PBC (Play Back Control): A s ignal rec orded in a VCD (v ersion 2.0) f or c ontroll ing pla [...]

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    14 Playing discs (continued) NOTE • S et the remote cont rol mode select or to AUDIO befor e usi ng th e numbe r bu tt ons. • For a VCD or SVCD , this operation ca n be carried out when t he disc is stop ped, or during playback withou t the PBC function . • For a DVD AUD IO, CD, MP3 or JPEG, this operation can also be c arried out when the d [...]

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    15 Basic operations Press during playback . NOTE • This op erat ion may n ot be c arr ied ou t f or so me discs. • It is not possible to go back to the i mmediate ly previous title. Press SLOW or SLOW during pause. • Each time y ou press th e b utton , the spee d increas es . • P ress 8 to pa use p la ybac k, and press 3 (pla y) to resume n[...]

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    16 Playing discs (continued) Press DI MMER re peatedly. • The modifie d brightnes s will be s tored e ven after the po wer i s turned off . The it ems belo w can be carried o ut f or all sourc es . Pres s AUDIO V OL +/–. NOTE The volu me can be ad justed by tur ning the VOLU ME control on the main uni t. Bass: Pres s BASS +/–. Treble: Press T[...]

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    17 Advanced operations Displa y of an MP3 disc is desc ribed here a s an e xampl e. Fo r a JPEG disc , read “trac k” as “fi le”. NOTE When pl aying a disc con taining bo th MP3 and JPE G files, set o ne of th em to be play ed ( A page 29) . 1 Load a disc. 2 Press cursor 5 / / to select a group. 3 Press cursor 3 to move to the trac k list . [...]

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    18 When pla ybac k is st opped in the mi ddle , pla ybac k can be started from the stopp ed sc ene . This is calle d Resum e func tion. How to suspend playback P erf orm any of the follo wing oper ations d uring playback. * Even if the po wer is turned off b y pressing F A UD IO a fter thi s, the posit ion wh ere playback has been stoppe d will be [...]

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    19 Advanced operations NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO befo re us in g the numbe r butt ons . 1 Press ME NU or TOP MENU while the disc is stopped or during playback *1 . The disc men u screen will be displ a y ed. 2 Press cursor 5 / / / 2 / 3 (only for a DVD VIDEO or DVD AUDIO) or the number buttons to select the scene to be pl[...]

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    20 NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO be fore using the number b uttons. It is pos sib le to progr am a m aximu m of 99 c hapte rs or tr ack s . The sam e chapter or tra c k can be prog ram med more than onc e. 1 While the disc is stopped, press PLAY MODE re peatedly to display “PRGM” on the display window on the main unit. ?[...]

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    21 Advanced operations To progra m on t he display w indo w on the main unit, operate as follows. (1) Select a title /grou p using t he number butto ns . Displa y ex ample of the upper d ispla y window: T 2 C-- (2) Designate a chapter/t rac k number using the number b uttons . Displa y ex ample of the upper d ispla y window: T 2 C3 • R efer to ?[...]

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    22 Ref er to page 17 f or Repeat Pla yback o f MP3 an d JPEG file s. 1 Press REPEAT during playback. Each time y ou pres s the b utton, the Repea t type will b e alternated. Exam ple: For D V D VI DE O Fo r D VD A UDIO For CD /VCD /SVCD NOTE • For a DVD AUD IO and CD, thi s operation ca n always be carried out , while, for a VCD and SVCD, the ope[...]

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    23 Advanced operations 1 Press ON SCREEN twice during play back . The menu ba r ( A page 28) wi ll be di splayed. 2 Press cursor 2 / 3 to select . 3 Press EN TER. 4 Press cursor 5 / / to display . Other Re peat mode s can be se lecte d here . For other R epeat mo des , ref er to “Pla ying the title/chap ter/g roup/tr ac k/al l tra c ks repea tedl[...]

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    24 1 Press SUBTITLE during playba ck of a disc cont aining subtitles in s everal languages. • Each time y ou pre ss the b u tt on, the s ubtitle will be alternated be tween ON/OF F . 2 Press cursor 5 / / to select a subtitle language. • For a l anguag e code s uch as “AA”, ref er to “Language codes ” ( A pag e 41). • The manner of dis[...]

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    25 Advanced operations 1 Press ZOOM during playback or while paused. • Each time y ou press the b utton, the p icture magnific ation will be chang ed ( M 1.5 only for a VCD a nd SVCD). 2 Select the portion you want to see by using cursor 5 / / / 2 / 3 . • This oper atio n cannot b e carried o ut when the magni ficati on is M 1. • T o resum e [...]

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    26 Other convenient functions (continued) NOTE Virtual Surrou nd can be set onl y for multi-cha nnel sound (AC3, LPCM, PPCM and DTS). Vir tual Surround cannot be set for 2 channel aud io such as PCM stereo o r Dolby Surround . 1 Press VIRTUAL SURROUND during playback. • Each time y ou press the button, the Surround mode will be alternated between[...]

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    27 Advanced operations NOTE Set the r emote control mode selecto r to AUDIO befor e using the num ber button s. There are so me D VD A UDIO discs with a specia l gr oup , ca lled “Bo nus Group”, re corded . NOTE This operat ion can be c arried ou t when “BON US” is lit on the displ ay window on the main unit. 1 Press GROUP /TITLE repeatedly[...]

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    28 NOTE • S et the remote cont rol mode select or to AUDIO before us ing the number buttons. • This op erat ion can be c arr ied out when the re is a disc load ed. There a re som e functions that may not work whi le the di sc is st opp ed. 1 Press ON SCREEN twi ce. “ON SCREEN” will ap pear on the displ ay windo w on th e main un it. The sta[...]

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    29 Advanced operations The initi al se ttings of the s yste m can be chang ed accordi ng to th e en viro nment the syst em is used in. NOTE • S et the remote cont rol mode select or to AUDIO before using th e number buttons. • The top and bott om of the pref erence scre en may not be displ ayed on a wide TV. Adjust th e picture size on the TV .[...]

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    30 Preferences (continued) PICTURE AUDIO Items Conte nts ( : initial setting) DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT Select an outpu t signal type from the following in accordance w ith the device conne cted to the di gita l aud io outpu t termin al (A V amplifier, etc.). (S ee the list below for th e preferen ce item s and out put signal.) PCM ONL Y : Device corr[...]

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    31 Advanced operations AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa A T Austria AU Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH[...]

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    32 Y ou can tu ne in to FM o r AM. 1 Press FM /AM. Each time y ou pres s the b u tton, th e band w ill be alternated b etween FM an d AM. Example: 2 Press TUNING or TUNING to selec t the st ation (f requency). A utoma tic tuning : Hold down TUNING or TUNING until the system starts searching, and then rel ease the butt on. When a s tation of suff ic[...]

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    33 Presetting stati ons in the sys tem al lo ws yo u to easily tune in to a s tation . NOTE Set the remote cont rol mode sele ctor to AUDIO before using t he numb er butt ons. The sys tem store s up to 30 FM sta tions and up to 15 AM sta tions . 1 Select a station you want to store ( A page 32 for how to select) . 2 Press ME MORY. Figu res (m emor [...]

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    34 RDS (Radio Data System) allows FM stations to send a n addi tional si gnal a long wi th thei r regula r prog ram signal s. F or exampl e, th e statio ns send their stati on name s, as w ell as inf or mation about wh at typ e of pro gra m the y broa dcast, s uch as s por ts o r mu sic , etc. When tu ned to a n FM s tation which provid es the RDS [...]

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    35 Y ou can se e RDS i nf ormation o n the d ispla y wind ow on the main un it wh ile li steni ng to an FM stati on. Press RDS DISP LAY repeated ly while list ening to an FM stat ion. PS (Pro gram Se rv ice) : While se archin g, “W AIT PS” appe ars and then the st atio n name s will be dis play ed. “NO PS” ap pears i f no sign al is sent. P[...]

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    36 Topical program expanding or enlarging Classification of the PTY codes for some FM stations may be different from the above list. News : News. Affairs : upon the news _ debate, or analysis. Info : Programs the pur pose of which is to impart advice in the widest sense. Sport : Programs concerned with any aspect of sports. Educate : Educational pr[...]

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    37 The En hanc ed O ther N etwo rks func tion a llo ws th e syst em to s witch temp ora rily to a broa dcas t prog ram of y o ur c hoice (T A, Ne ws, or Inf o) fr om a dif f eren t stati on wh en y ou are lis tening to a R DS st ation . • Enhanced Other N etw orks func tion is ap plica ble only to the preset sta tions . 1 Press TA/News/ Info whil[...]

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    38 Connec t the ot her aud io de vice to t his sys tem in advanc e ( A page 10) . 1 Press AUX . The sourc e chan ges to A UX. 2 Play the other audio device. For detail s, ref er to the man ual o f the de vice co nnect ed. 3 Adju st the vo lume and the sound quality of the system ( A pag e 1 6). Y ou can adj ust th e sound i nput l e v el of a nothe[...]

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    39 When t he time y ou specify elapses , the syste m will be turned off by i tself . Press SLEE P. Each tim e y ou press the b utton, the ti me in dicat ed on the displ a y wind ow on the main un it chang es (in minute s). Example: When Sleep Time r is se t to 60 minute s Sleep Time r will b e automat icall y set in a f e w seconds , and the ind ic[...]

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    40 When y ou enco unter a prob lem that seems to be a f ault , chec k th e f oll owin g poin ts bef ore contac ting you r JVC se r vice c ent er: Power source 7 Power do es not come o n. • The po wer c ord is not conne cted to the ma in unit or an A C o utlet. → Conne ct the power c ord corr ectly. ( A page 11) Operation 7 You canno t op erate [...]

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    41 Others 7 It is not p ossible t o switch au dio or subt itles between langua ges. • The disc do es no t conta in 2 o r more language s. → If on ly a si ngle l anguag e is recorde d on t he disc, swit ching to another language is impo ssibl e. ( A page 24 ) 7 No subtitle is displayed. • The disc do es no t conta in an y subt itles . → A DV[...]

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    42 General P ower source: AC 230 V , 50 Hz P owe r con sumpt ion: 24 W (i n oper ation) 1.1 W (on st andby) Wei gh t: 3. 0 kg Exter nal dime nsions (W M H M D): 232 mm M 100 mm M 269 mm DVD player Pla yab le discs: D VD VIDEO, D VD A UDIO , VCD , Super VCD , CD , CD-R/RW (CD , VCD , MP3, JPEG format), D V D-R/ R W (v ideo f or mat ) Video output Co[...]

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    2003 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN EX-A1 COMPACT T COMPONENT SYSTEM c 1203SKMMODJSC EXA1[B]-BackCov.fm Pag e 42 Tuesday, December 2 3, 2003 2:23 PM[...]