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    LCT1 196-001A-H 0502-Ki-NIC-JMT © 2002 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. T o make sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. A V -14AMG3 A V -14FMG3 A V -20NMG3 A V -21DMG3 A V -21LMG3 A V -21QMG3 A V -14FMG3B A V[...]

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    2 Safety precautions WARNING • T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the TV to rain or moisture. CAUTION • Operate only fr om the power sour ce indicated on the rear of the TV . • A void damaging the po wer cord and mains plug. When y ou unplug the TV , pull it out by the mains plug. Do not pull on the pow er cord. • Nev er block [...]

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    3 Pr eparation 1 Confirm which remote control you have Y our TV comes with one of the two r emote controls shown below . Functions you can operate differ depending on the type of r emote control. RM-C364GY/RM-C364 RM-C360GY POWER 12 3 45 6 78 9 RETURN + 0 - / -- PICTURE MODE SYSTEM COLOUR TV/VIDEO CHANNEL SCAN OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR DISPLA Y MENU VOL[...]

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    4 Prepar ation 3 Connecting the aerial and external devices • F or further details, refer to the manuals pr ovided with the devices y ou are connecting. • Connecting cables are not supplied. • The front and r ear AUDIO/VIDEO input jacks ar e directly connected so that input to either jack is output through both. Y ou cannot provide input to b[...]

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    5 Prepar ation ■ Connecting other external devices • Use the headphones with a stereo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When you connect the headphones, the TV speakers go of f. • Illustration of A V -21DMG3. VIDEO IN OUT AUDIO VCR (for recording) VCR (for playing) To audio output To video output To audio input To video input • Illustration o[...]

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    6 Prepar ation 4 Connecting the power cord Connect the pow er cord to the A C outlet. Operate only fr om the power sour ce indicated on the rear of the TV . 5 SETUP TOUR When the TV is first turned on it enter s the SETUP T OUR mode, and the JVC logo is display ed. F ollow the instructions on the on-screen displa y to perform the SETUP T OUR. • I[...]

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    7 Basic oper ation POWER 12 3 45 6 78 9 RETURN + 0 - / -- PICTURE MODE SYSTEM COLOUR TV/VIDEO CHANNEL SCAN OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR DISPLA Y MENU CHANNEL REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RM-C364GY VOLUME MUTING SOUND 1 Press the POWER button to turn your TV on. • If your TV does not turn on, pr ess the Main power button on the TV then press the PO WER button agai[...]

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    8 Remote contr ol buttons and functions ECO SENSOR button <A V -14AMG3 does not have this function> Y ou can adjust this TV so that the screen automatically adjusts to the optimum contrast accor ding to the brightness of your r oom. This function reduces ey e strain and the po wer consumption of this TV . Press this button to select the desir[...]

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    9 Remote control buttons and functions DISPLA Y button Y ou can continuously display the curr ent channel number or VIDEO mode on the screen. Press this button. T o turn the display off, pr ess this button again. • When selecting a channel or VIDEO mode with no input signal, indication of selected channel or VIDEO mode becomes fixed on the screen[...]

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    10 Changes the A UT O SHUT OFF setting. MENU number The icon on the left indicates the currently selected function. Using the TV’ s menus This TV has a number of functions you can oper ate using the menus. T o use all your TV ’ s functions fully , you need to under stand how to use the menus. RETURN + 0 - / -- CHANNEL SCAN DISPLA Y MENU VOLUME [...]

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    11 Using the TV ’ s menus When the time set for the ON TIMER function is reached: The TV automatically turns on and the channel set for the ON TIMER function is display ed. • F or safety reasons the TV will automatically turn off if no operations ar e made within appro ximately two hours after the TV is turned on with the ON TIMER function. •[...]

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    12 Using the TV ’ s menus AUTO SHUTOFF Y ou can set your TV to turn off if no signals are r eceived for about 15 minutes or longer after the end of a broadcast. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 2 ” menu, then select “ AUTO SHUTOFF ” . MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON AI ECO DISPLAY ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D[...]

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    13 Using the TV ’ s menus AI ECO DISPLA Y <A V -14AMG3 does not have this function> Y ou can display on the scr een the effect of the AI ECO SENSOR function. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 2 ” menu, then select “ AI ECO DISPLA Y ” . MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF OFF CHILD LOCK OFF BLUE BACK OFF AI ECO DISPLAY ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERAT[...]

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    14 Using the TV ’ s menus MANUAL CH PRESET Y ou can manually preset desir ed TV channels to desired channels . 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 3 ” menu, then select “ MANUAL CH PRESET ” . MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE ENGLISH SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLAY 2 Press MENU M . The sub-menu is displa[...]

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    15 Using the TV ’ s menus SKIP Y ou can set undesired channels to be skipped. Channels set to be skipped cannot be selected by the CHANNEL m buttons nor the CHANNEL SC AN button. • Channels to which TV channels hav e not been preset ar e automatically set to be skipped. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 3 ” menu, then select “ MANUAL C[...]

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    16 Using the buttons on the TV 1 MENU buttons • MENU button • MENU m buttons 2 CHANNEL m buttons 3 VOLUME m buttons 4 AI ECO sensor 5 Remote control sensor 6 ON TIMER lamp The light is switched on while ON TIMER function is operating. <A V -21DMG3/A V -21LMG3> <A V -21QMG3> <A V -14FMG3/A V -14FMG3B/A V -20NMG3/A V -20NMG3B/A V -[...]

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    17 Basic operation • Check to make sur e the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ OFF ” . When the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ ON ” , the TV cannot be operated using the fr ont control buttons. F or details, see “ CHILD LOCK ” on page 12. 1 Press CHANNEL M to turn the TV on from standby mode. 2 Press CHANNEL M to select a channel. 3 Pr[...]

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    18 T roubleshooting If there is no pictur e or the TV does not operate normally , make sur e the problem isn ’ t due to the reasons indicated belo w . If the problem per sists even after taking the measur es indicated, please contact a service technician. Cannot turn the TV on • Press the Main po wer button on the TV . • Connect the pow er co[...]

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    19 Asia, Middle East Specifications TV RF systems B, G, I, D, K, K1, M Colour systems P AL, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 MHz, NTSC 4.43 MHz Receiving channels VHF low channel (VL), VHF high channel (VH), UHF channel (U) Receives cable channels in mid band, super band and hyper band. External input / output INPUT : VIDEO input (RCA), AUDIO input (RCA) OUTPUT : [...]

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    LCT1 196-001A-H 0502-Ki-NIC-JMT © 2002 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. T o make sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. A V -14AMG3 A V -14FMG3 A V -20NMG3 A V -21DMG3 A V -21LMG3 A V -21QMG3 A V -14FMG3B A V[...]