JVC AV-21VT31 manual

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    GGT0018-001A-H 0503-NIC-JMT © 2003 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC color television. To make sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. AV -21VT1 1 AV -21VT31 AV -21W A1 1 AV -25VT1 1 AV -25VT31 AV -29VT1 1 AV -29VT31 Contents Safe[...]

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    2 Safety pr ecautions W ARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION T O ENSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLO WING RULES REG ARDING THE USE OF THIS TV . • Operate only from the po w er source specified on the TV . • A void damaging the po wer cor d and mains plug. When you unplug the T[...]

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    3 Prepar ation 1 Confirm which remote control you have Y our TV comes with one of the two remote contr ols shown belo w . Functions y ou can operate differ depending on the type of r emote control. <RM-C1330> <RM-C1331> MUTING OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCAN MENU CHANNEL RETURN+ POWER DISPLA Y TV/VIDEO VOLUME 123 456 789 [...]

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    4 Prepar ation 3 Connecting the antenna and VCR • R ead the manuals provided with the de vices. Depending on the de vice , the connection method may be differ ent from the diagr ams. Also the device settings may need to change depending on the connection method. • T urn off all the devices including the TV . • Connecting cables ar e not suppl[...]

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    5 Prepar ation 4 Connecting other devices If you ar e not connecting any other de vices, skip step 4 and perform step 5. • Use the headphones with a ster eo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When you connect the headphones, the TV speak ers go off. • The OUTPUT terminal outputs the video and sound signals which y ou are viewing on the TV . Y ou c[...]

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    6 Prepar ation 6 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-scr een display to perform the SETUP T OUR. • In case of r esetting that the r eason for such as remo val, y ou can set the A UT O CH PRESET function on the “MENU 3” menu. F or details[...]

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    7 Basic operation • The illustr ation below is for the remote control RM-C1330 supplied with VT3 1 series models. Y our r emote control ma y not look exactly lik e the illustrations . 1 Press the POWER button to turn your TV on. • If y our TV does not turn on, press the Main pow er button on the TV then press the PO WER button again. • Y ou c[...]

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    8 Remote contr ol buttons and functions MUTING button Y ou can turn the sound off instantly . Press this button. T o turn the sound on, press this button again. COLOR SYSTEM button If the picture is not clear or no color appears , change the current color s ystem to another color sy stem. Press this button to select the color system. In TV mode: NT[...]

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    9 Remote control buttons and functions ECO SENSOR button Y ou can adjust this TV so that the screen automatically adjusts to the optimum contrast accor ding to the brightness of y our room. This function r educes ey e strain and the pow er consumption of this TV . Press this button to select the desired mode. AI ECO SENSOR 1: The AI ECO SENSOR func[...]

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    10 Remote control buttons and functions CHANNEL SCAN button Y ou can quickly view all TV channels progr ams that y ou can view on y our TV , and search for the pr ogr am you w ant to view . 1 Press this button to start scanning TV channels. The TV channel progr ams are each display ed for sev er al seconds. • The pr ograms of TV channels for whic[...]

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    11 OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR CINEMA SURROUND MENU DISPLA Y TV/VIDEO 12 3 DISPLAY button MENU t buttons MENU buttons CHANNEL –/+ buttons PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCAN CHANNEL RETURN+ 100+ VOLUME 456 789 0 / CLOSED CAPTION COLOR SYSTEM BASS Using the TV’ s menus This TV has a number of functions you can oper ate using the menus . T o use all y our TV’s [...]

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    12 Using the TV’ s menus INPUT Y ou can view images from VCRs or other devices connected to y our TV . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 1” menu, then select “INPUT”. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I SPLAY PICTURE TILT 00 CLOSED CAPTION 2 Press CHANNEL M or MENU / to select the “VIDEO-1”, [...]

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    13 Using the TV’ s menus CLOSED CAPTION Y ou can view closed captions or text information. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 1” menu, then select “CLOSED CAPTION”. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y PICTURE TILT 00 CLOSED CAPTION 2 Press CHANNEL M or MENU / . The sub-menu is display ed. CA[...]

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    14 Using the TV’ s menus VIDEO-2 SET Set the VIDEO-2 SET correctly accor ding to the video signal input from the e xternal device connected to the VIDEO-2 terminal. If this setting is incorrect, images will not be display ed. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 2” menu, then select “VIDEO-2 SET”. MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE [...]

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    15 Using the TV’ s menus CHANNEL SKIP Y ou can set undesired channels to be skipped. Channels set to be skipped cannot be selected by the CHANNEL m buttons or the CHANNEL SC AN button. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “CHANNEL SKIP”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y MTS STEREO SAP MON[...]

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    16 Using the TV’ s menus Picture Adjustments Y ou can adjust the picture as you lik e . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 4” menu. MENU 4 TINT COLOR BRIGHT PICTURE DETAIL SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y 2 Press MENU T to select an item and press CHANNEL M or MENU / to adjust it. TINT* - : R eddish + : Greenish COLOR - : Lighter + [...]

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    17 Using the TV’ s menus F A VORITE CH SETTING Y ou can set PICTURE MODE, VNR and PICTURE EFFECT functions for the fav orite channels using F A VORITE CH SETTING menu. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “F A VORITE CH SETTING”. MENU 6 FAVORITE CH SETTING VIDEO SETTING AI ECO SENSOR 1 AI ECO DISPLAY ON SELECT BY EXIT [...]

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    18 Using the TV’ s menus AI ECO SENSOR Y ou can enable this function so that the brightness of TV screen is automatically adjusted according to the brightness of y our room. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “AI ECO SENSOR”. 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or MENU / to select “OFF”, “1” or “2”. • F or detailed d[...]

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    19 Attaching the T win P ort Bass Blaster Unit < A V -2 1VT3 1/A V -25VT3 1/A V -29VT3 1 only > The T win Port Bass Blaster Unit is packaged together with the TV . Before you use the TV , mount the unit correctly on the TV . Note: • The SUPER B ASS functions do not work unless the T win P ort Bass Blaster Unit is connected correctly to the [...]

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    20 1 VIDEO-1 INPUT terminal 2 COMPONENT (VIDEO-2) INPUT terminal 3 OUTPUT terminal 4 Antenna socket VIDEO -1 INPUT OUTPUT COMPONENT ( VIDEO-2 ) INPUT 4 3 2 1 V MONO L / V Y / V L MONO L / C B RR R C R S OVER TV buttons and parts Front <A V -29VT1 1/A V -29VT3 1> <A V -2 1VT1 1/A V -2 1VT3 1/A V -25VT1 1/A V -25VT3 1> <A V -2 1W A1 1&[...]

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    21 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 contr ol buttons. F or details, see “CHILD LOCK” on page 13. 1 Press CHANNEL M to turn the TV on from standby mode. 2 Press CHANNEL M to select a channel. 3 Press VO[...]

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    22 Cannot turn the TV on • Pr ess the Main power button on the TV . • Connect the po w er cord to the A C outlet. The screen turns blue • Is the BLUE B A CK function on? (see page 13.) Remote control inoperable • R eplace the batteries. (see page 3.) Buttons on front of the TV do not work • S witch the CHILD LOCK function off. (see page 1[...]

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    23 Specifications TV RF systems M Color systems NTSC 3.58 (in TV mode only) NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, P AL (in VIDEO mode only) 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 VIDEO-1: S-video input, VIDEO input, AUDIO L/R input VIDEO-2/COMPONE[...]

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