JVC GVT0141-003A manual

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    TH-S1 GVT0141-003A [US/UN/UB] DVD DIGITAL CI NEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV-THS1, SP-WS1, SP-THS1F, and SP-THS1S XV -THS1 ,, SP-WS1 SP-THS1F SP-THS1S TH-S1[USUBUN]CoverSafety.boo k Page 1 Monday, August 2, 2004 2:37 PM[...]

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    G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/ CAUTION T o reduce the risk of el ectrical shocks , fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, cov ers or cabinet. 2. Do not expo se this appliance to rain or moistu re. CAUTION— button! (XV-THS1 ) Disconnect the mains plug to shut the po wer of f completely (the ST ANDBY lamp goes of f). The bu tton in an y position[...]

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    G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oid risk of electr ic shock and fire and to prote ct from dam age, pla ce the appar atu s on a level surface. The mi nimal cleara nces are shown belo w: Front view Side view 8 cm Wall or obstructions XV- THS1 3 cm 3 cm 15 cm XV-THS1 10 cm Front No obstructions Wall or obstructions TH-S1[USUBUN]CoverSafety.boo[...]

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    1 T able of contents Introducti on ...... ........... ....... ........... .. 2 Notes on handlin g ................. ........... ............ ........... ........... ...2 Supplied accesso ries ............ ........... ............ ........... ........... ...2 About dis cs .............. ....... .......... ...... 3 Playable disc types .... ..........[...]

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    2 Introduction 7 Important cauti ons Installation of the sy stem • Select a pl ace which is le v el, dry a nd neither too h ot nor too col d; betw een 5 °C and 35° C. • Leave suf f icient distance betwee n the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject t o vibrat ion. Power cord • Do not h andle th e po we r cord with [...]

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    3 About discs This sy stem has been d esigned t o play back t he foll o wing di scs: D VD VIDEO, V ideo CD (VCD ), Supe r V ideo CD (SVCD), Audio CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This syst em accommo dates the NTSC and P A L system . Note t hat an NTSC vid eo signal o n a disc is converted to the P AL60 sign al and outp ut when the scann ing mode (se[...]

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    About discs 4 Notes on CD-R and CD-RW • User-edited CD-Rs (Recordable) an d CD-R Ws (Rewritable) can be playe d back onl y if they are already “finalize d”. • When m akin g your own dis c, sele ct ISO 9 660 Level 1 or Lev el 2 for the disc format. • This system supp orts “multi-session ” discs (up to 20 sessions). • Th is s yst em c[...]

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    5 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indi cate the pages whe re the deta ils of the parts are descri bed. Front pane l (center un it) Rear panel (cente r unit) Setting t he VOL T AGE SE LECTOR (except fo r Hong Kong) Before pluggi ng, set the correc t voltage for your area with th e vo ltage se lector on the rear pa nel of the c[...]

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    Index of parts and controls 6 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote control If the ra nge or effecti veness of th e remote c ontrol decrea ses, replace both ba tteries. CAUTION • D o not expos e batteri es to he at or flam e. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote control directly to t he front p anel of the center[...]

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    7 Connections 7 AM loop anten na Setting up sup plied AM loop ant enna Connecting AM loop an tenna • T urn the loo p antenn a until yo u have the best recept ion duri ng AM broadcas t program reception. NOTE • M ake su re the an tenna co nducto rs do no t touch any oth er termi nals, connec ting cor ds and pow er cords . This co uld cause po or[...]

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    Connections 8 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. CAUTION • W hen yo u connect speake rs other t han the su pplied ones, use speaker s of the sa me spe aker imped ance (S PEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indic ated on the r ear of the ce nter uni t. • D O NOT connec t more than one s peake r to one sp eake r term [...]

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    Connections 9 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. NOTE • Although the sat ellit e speakers and the subwoofer ar e magneti cally shielded, the TV scr een may app ear mottled. In th is case, k eep enough d istanc e betwee n the spea kers and the TV. • The speakers are magnetic ally shie lded to a void [...]

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    Connections 10 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. Y ou can enjoy the sound of an analog componen t. NOTE • I f you conn ect a so und-enh ancing de vice such as a gr aphic eq ualize r betw een the so urce com ponen ts and th is syst em, the s ound outp ut through th is syst em may be distorte d. • W [...]

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    11 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa ctur ers’ code s ar e su bjec t t o ch ange w itho ut n oti ce. • Set the codes ag ain after r eplacing the batter ies of the r emote cont rol. 7 To set the manuf acture r’s code Y ou can operate a JVC TV with out setting th e manuf acturer ’ s code. 1 Slide the remote[...]

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    Operating external components with the remote control 12 7 To set the manuf acture r’s code 1 Slide the remote cont rol mode selec tor to VCR. 2 Press a nd hold VCR. K eep the bu tton pre ssed until step 4 i s fin ished. 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Panasonic VCR: Pr[...]

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    13 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n, • Set th e remote c ontrol m ode s elector to A UDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUDIO. On the center u nit: Press . When DVD is selected as the so urce (see page 14), the follo wing messages will appear o n the TV scr een. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp go[...]

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    Basic operations 14 On the remote contr ol: Press one of the source selec ting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or AUX DIGITAL). DV D : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 16 .) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM stati on. (S ee page 35.) Each tim e you press the bu tton, the ban d alternat es between FM and AM. AU X : T o selec t the sourc[...]

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    Basic operations 15 The system tu rns of f automati cally when th e specifie d period of time has pass ed. Press SLEE P. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes. Example: To check th e remain ing t ime Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeated ly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeated ly until “S LEEP OFF” [...]

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    16 Playback • The mark sho ws the types o f discs th e operatio n is av ailable for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following opera tion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Pres s OPEN /CL OSE. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. • 0 on the center unit fun ctions same as [...]

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    Playback 17 7 Playback i nformat ion on the displa y window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1ch is played VCD/SVCD/CD Example: When a CD is played back NOTE • “VCD” appears instea d of “CD” when lo ading a VCD or SVCD. • W hen a VCD or SVC D with PBC fu nction is played, the elaps ed playing time does no[...]

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    Playback 18 7 Screen saver A TV screen may b urn out if a static picture is displa yed for a long time. T o pre vent this, the syste m autom atically dims t he screen i f a static p icture is displaye d for ove r 5 minu tes ( the s creen s aver functio n). • Pressing any button will cancel the screen saver fun ction. • If you do not want to us [...]

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    Playback 19 7 During pl ayback or while stop ped. 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “_ _” o r “_” is shown in the ti tle/gr oup disp lay area in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display window shows “_ _ ” or “_”, use number buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desired title or group number. The system sta rts pl[...]

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    20 Advanced operations • The mark sho ws the types o f discs th e operatio n is av ailable for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 Auto Surround (A UTO SURR) This functi on automat ically sele cts the approp riate surround mode according [...]

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    Advanced operations 21 7 All Channel Stere o (DSP) All Chan nel Ste reo (ALL CH ST .) mode can rep roduce a larger stereo sound field using all the con nected (and activated) speakers. All Chan nel Stere o can b e used wh ile reprod ucing 2 chann el ste reo source. 7 Indica tors on t he disp lay win dow Digital signa l format in dicators LPCM: Lig [...]

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    Advanced operations 22 7 Contents o f the o n-scre en bar d uring play back DVD VIDEO VCD SVCD CD A Shows dis c type . B Sho ws current trans fer rate (Megabits p er second ). C Sho ws curren t title nu mber . D Shows current chapter number (for DVD VIDEO) or track number (f or other type of di scs). E Sho ws tim e informa tion. Se e “Changin g t[...]

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    Advanced operations 23 Y ou can star t playing a title, chapter or track you spec ify . Y ou can also play a disc fr om sp ecif ied time. Locati ng a desire d scene from t he DVD menu D VD VIDEOs generally have their o wn menus which show disc con tents and yo u can display them on the TV screen . Y ou can locate a de sired scene by using these me [...]

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    Advanced operations 24 5 Press ENTER. 6 Press ON S CREEN. The on-screen ba r disappears. NOTE • Y ou can se lect up t o the 99t h chap ter. Locati ng a desire d position by specifying the ti me Y ou can locate a de sired position by spec ifying the time from the beg inning the disc (while stop ped) or the current title/tra ck (during play bac k).[...]

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    Advanced operations 25 7 For M P3: During pl ayback or whi le stop ped For J PEG : Whil e stop ped 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to selec t the desired group/trac k/file. • For MP3, playback starts from the select ed track. • F or JPEG, proceed to perform the foll ow ing op eration. 2 Press 3 (play button) or ENTER. • T rack playback/ slide-s[...]

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    Advanced operations 26 7 During play back of a disc contain ing subtitles in severa l lang uages When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SU BTITLE. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ENGLISH” is se lected out o f 3 subti tle langua ges reco rded. 2 Press C ursor Y / 5 to select t he desi red subtitle . Fo r S V CD • An SVCD can conta in up to four sub tit[...]

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    Advanced operations 27 Frame-by-frame pl ayback 7 During pl ayback Pres s 8 repeatedly. Each tim e you p ress the b u tton, th e still picture ad vances b y one fra me. To return to normal playb ack Press 3 (play bu tton). Playing back in slow-moti on 7 During pl ayback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow-motion from. Th[...]

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    Advanced operations 28 4 Press ENTER. Example: 5 Press C ursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTER. The curren t VFP settin gs appea r again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adj ust oth er parameters. 8 Pres s VF P. NOTE • Although the set ting di splay dis appears in the middle of th e procedure, t he sett ing at th at time wil l be store d. 7 W[...]

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    Advanced operations 29 Repeatin g the current sel ection 7 For DVD VIDEO: During pl ayback For VCD/SVCD: During playback withou t PBC functi on For C D/M P3/ JPEG: During pl ayback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press R EPEAT. Each t ime you pr ess REPEA T , t he Re peat m ode c hanges. NOTE • For DVD VIDEO, REPEAT ALL may not be avail[...]

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    Advanced operations 30 When usin g the on-s creen bar: 1 Press ON SCREEN t wice. The on-scree n bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highli ght . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repea tedly t o selec t “A-B”. 5 Press ENTE R at the beginning of the part you want to r epeat (point A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the part yo[...]

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    31 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the lan guage used in the setup m enus. S ee “Men u descr iption”. Basic operatio n on the setu p menus IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stoppe d 1 Press SET UP. 2 Follow the i nstr[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 32 : P icture menu (PICTURE ) 7 MONITOR TYPE Y ou can sele ct the mon itor t ype to ma tch you r TV when yo u play D VDs record ed in the picture’ s height/wid th ratio of 16 :9. • 16:9/16 :9 MUL TI (W ide tel evision c onversi on) Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV). • 4:3 LB/4:3 MULTI LB (L[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 33 7 Distance menu (DIST ANCE) Example: In this case, set the distance of eac h speaker as foll o ws; • Distance of fron t speakers: 3.0 m • Distance of cen ter speaker: 2.7 m • Distan ce of surro und spe akers: 2. 4 m FRONT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND SPEAKER Adjust the d istance fro m the liste ning po sition to [...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 34 Countr y/Area codes list for Parental Lo ck AD Andorra ER Eritrea LA La o Peop le’s Democ ratic Republ ic RW R w a n d a AE U nit ed A rab Emir ates ES Spain SA S aud i Ara bia AF Afghanistan ET Ethiopi a L B Le banon SB Solo mon Islands AG Antigua and Barbuda FI Finlan d LC Saint Lucia SC S eychelles AI Anguilla FJ Fij[...]

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    35 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . Some cou ntries space AM statio ns 9 kHz apart , and some c ountrie s use 1 0 kHz sp acing. Y ou can only change the AM tuner interval spacing whil e select ing AM as the band. • Y ou[...]

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    T uner operations 36 Once a stati on is assigned to a channel numb er , the station can be quickl y tun ed i n. Y ou can pre set 30 FM a nd 1 5 AM s tati ons . 7 To preset the st ations 1 Tune in the station you w ant to preset. • If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM station, select the recepti on mode yo u want. See “Selec ting[...]

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    37 A V COMPU LINK remote control system The J VC A V COMP U LINK s yste m al lo ws you to e njo y vide o or audio with the sim plest oper ation. If your vide o/audi o player ( such as a D VD player , CD player and VCR) and television or/and amplifier/receiver support th e JVC A V COMPU LINK sys tem and are tied with the JVC A V COMPU LINK cable(s),[...]

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    38 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc f rom it s case by hold ing it at the edge wh ile pressing th e center hole lightly . • Do not touc h the shiny su rface of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case af ter use t o prev ent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rface of the disc when placing it ba ck i[...]

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    References 39 7 Center u nit (XV -THS1) Audio se ction Fron t/Cent er/Su rround: 52 W per chann el, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % t otal harmonic distort ion. Subw oofer : 52 W , RM S at 6 C at 100 Hz , with 10 % total harm onic distort ion. Digital inpu t* 1 : OPTICAL DIGIT AL I N: –21 dBm t o –15 dBm (6 60 nm E 30 n m) * 1 Corres pondin g to[...]

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    EN, C S 0804TMMMDWJEM © 2004 Victor Company of J apan, Limited TH-S1[USUBUN]CoverSafety.boo k Page 48 Monday, August 2, 2004 2:37 PM[...]

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    TH-S1 GVT0141-015A [UX/U G] DVD DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV-THS1 , SP-WS1 , SP- THS1F, and SP -THS1S TH-S1[UGUX]SafetyCover-f.book Page 1 F riday, August 2 0, 2004 1: 16 PM[...]

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    G-1 W arnings, Caution s and Others/ / CAUTION T o reduce the risk of el ectrical shocks , fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, cov ers or cabinet. 2. Do not expo se this appliance to rain or moistu re. . CAUTION— button! (XV-THS1 ) Disconnect the mains plug to shut the po wer of f completely (the ST ANDBY lamp goes of f). The bu tton in an y pos[...]

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    G-2 IMPO RTANT FOR LASER PRO DUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LAS ER PR ODUCT 2. CAUTION : Do not open the top cover . There are no user serviceable parts insid e the un it; lea ve all ser vicing to qualified ser vice pers onnel. 3. CAUTION : V isible and in visible laser radi ation when open and inter lock fai led or de feated. A void direct exposure to beam. 4. [...]

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    1 T able of contents Introducti on ...... ........... ....... ........... .. 2 Notes on handlin g ................. ........... ............ ........... ........... ...2 Supplied accesso ries ...... ................. ............ ........... ........... ...2 About dis cs .............. .......... ....... ...... 3 Playable disc types .... ..........[...]

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    2 Introduction 7 Important cauti ons Installation of the sy stem • Select a pl ace which is le v el, dry a nd neither too h ot nor too col d; betw een 5 °C and 35° C. • Leave suf f icient distance betwee n the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject t o vibrat ion. Power cord • Do not h andle th e po we r cord with [...]

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    3 About discs This sy stem has been d esigned t o play back t he foll o wing di scs: D VD VIDEO, V ideo CD (VCD ), Supe r V ideo CD (SVCD), Audio CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This syst em accommo dates the NTSC and P A L system . Note t hat an NTSC vid eo signal o n a disc is converted to the P AL60 sign al and outp ut when the scann ing mode (se[...]

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    About discs 4 Notes on CD-R and CD-RW • User-edited CD-Rs (Recordable) an d CD-R Ws (Rewritable) can be playe d back onl y if they are already “finalize d”. • When m akin g your own dis c, sele ct ISO 9 660 Level 1 or Lev el 2 for the disc format. • This system supp orts “multi-session ” discs (up to 20 sessions). • Th is s yst em c[...]

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    5 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indi cate the pages whe re the deta ils of the parts are descri bed. Front pane l (center un it) Rear panel (cente r unit) Setting t he VOL T AGE SE LECTOR Before pluggi ng, set the correc t voltage for your area with th e vo ltage se lector on the rear pa nel of the center un it. Use a scre [...]

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    Index of parts and controls 6 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote control If the ra nge or effecti veness of th e remote c ontrol decrea ses, replace both ba tteries. CAUTION • D o not expos e batteri es to he at or flam e. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote control directly to t he front p anel of the center[...]

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    7 Connections 7 AM loop anten na Setting up sup plied AM loop ant enna Connecting AM loop an tenna • T urn the loo p antenn a until yo u have the best recept ion duri ng AM broadcas t program reception. NOTE • M ake su re the an tenna co nducto rs do no t touch any oth er termi nals, connec ting cor ds and pow er cords . This co uld cause po or[...]

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    Connections 8 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. CAUTION • W hen yo u connect speake rs other t han the su pplied ones, use speaker s of the sa me spe aker imped ance (S PEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indic ated on the r ear of the ce nter uni t. • D O NOT connec t more than one s peake r to one sp eake r term [...]

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    Connections 9 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. NOTE • Although the sat ellit e speakers and the subwoofer ar e magneti cally shielded, the TV scr een may app ear mottled. In th is case, k eep enough d istanc e betwee n the spea kers and the TV. • The speakers are magnetic ally shie lded to a void [...]

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    Connections 10 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all othe r conn ection s ha ve been m ade. Y ou can enjoy the sound of an analog componen t. NOTE • I f you conn ect a so und-enh ancing de vice such as a gr aphic eq ualize r betw een the so urce com ponen ts and th is syst em, the s ound outp ut through th is syst em may be distorte d. • W [...]

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    11 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa ctur ers’ code s ar e su bjec t t o ch ange w itho ut n oti ce. • Set the codes ag ain after r eplacing the batter ies of the r emote cont rol. 7 To set the manuf acture r’s code Y ou can operate a JVC TV with out setting th e manuf acturer ’ s code. 1 Slide the remote[...]

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    Operating external components with the remote control 12 7 To set the manuf acture r’s code 1 Slide the remote cont rol mode selec tor to VCR. 2 Press a nd hold VCR. K eep the bu tton pre ssed until step 4 i s fin ished. 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Panasonic VCR: Pr[...]

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    13 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n, • Set th e remote c ontrol m ode s elector to A UDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUDIO. On the center u nit: Press . When DVD is selected as the so urce (see page 14), the follo wing messages will appear o n the TV scr een. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp go[...]

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    Basic operations 14 On the remote contr ol: Press one of the source selec ting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or AUX DIGITAL). DV D : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 16 .) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM stati on. (S ee page 35.) Each tim e you press the bu tton, the ban d alternat es between FM and AM. AU X : T o selec t the sourc[...]

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    Basic operations 15 The system tu rns of f automati cally when th e specifie d period of time has pass ed. Press SLEE P. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes. Example: To check th e remain ing t ime Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeated ly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeated ly until “S LEEP OFF” [...]

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    16 Playback • The mark sho ws the types o f discs th e operatio n is av ailable for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following opera tion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Pres s OPEN /CL OSE. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. • 0 on the center unit fun ctions same as [...]

  • Page 63

    Playback 17 7 Playback i nformat ion on the displa y window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1ch is played VCD/SVCD/CD Example: When a CD is played back NOTE • “VCD” appears instea d of “CD” when lo ading a VCD or SVCD. • W hen a VCD or SVC D with PBC fu nction is played, the elaps ed playing time does no[...]

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    Playback 18 7 Screen saver A TV screen may b urn out if a static picture is displa yed for a long time. T o pre vent this, the syste m autom atically dims t he screen i f a static p icture is displaye d for ove r 5 minu tes ( the s creen s aver functio n). • Pressing any button will cancel the screen saver fun ction. • If you do not want to us [...]

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    Playback 19 7 During pl ayback or while stop ped. 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “_ _” o r “_” is shown in the ti tle/gr oup disp lay area in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display window shows “_ _ ” or “_”, use number buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desired title or group number. The system sta rts pl[...]

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    20 Advanced operations • The mark sho ws the types o f discs th e operatio n is av ailable for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 Auto Surround (A UTO SURR) This functi on automat ically sele cts the approp riate surround mode according [...]

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    Advanced operations 21 7 All Channel Stere o (DSP) All Chan nel Ste reo (ALL CH ST .) mode can rep roduce a larger stereo sound field using all the con nected (and activated) speakers. All Chan nel Stere o can b e used wh ile reprod ucing 2 chann el ste reo source. 7 Indica tors on t he disp lay win dow Digital signa l format in dicators LPCM: Lig [...]

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    Advanced operations 22 7 Contents o f the o n-scre en bar d uring play back DVD VIDEO VCD SVCD CD A Shows dis c type . B Sho ws current trans fer rate (Megabits p er second ). C Sho ws curren t title nu mber . D Shows current chapter number (for DVD VIDEO) or track number (f or other type of di scs). E Sho ws tim e informa tion. Se e “Cha nging t[...]

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    Advanced operations 23 Y ou can star t playing a title, chapter or track you spec ify . Y ou can also play a disc fr om sp ecif ied time. Locati ng a desire d scene from t he DVD menu D VD VIDEOs generally have their o wn menus which show disc con tents and yo u can display them on the TV screen . Y ou can locate a de sired scene by using these me [...]

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    Advanced operations 24 5 Press ENTER. 6 Press ON S CREEN. The on-screen ba r disappears. NOTE • Y ou can se lect up t o the 99t h chap ter. Locati ng a desire d position by specifying the ti me Y ou can locate a de sired position by spec ifying the time from the beg inning the disc (while stop ped) or the current title/tra ck (during play bac k).[...]

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    Advanced operations 25 7 For M P3: During pl ayback or whi le stop ped For J PEG : Whil e stop ped 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to selec t the desired group/trac k/file. • For MP3, playback starts from the select ed track. • F or JPEG, proceed to perform the foll ow ing op eration. 2 Press 3 (play button) or ENTER. • T rack playback/ slide-s[...]

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    Advanced operations 26 7 During play back of a disc contain ing subtitles in severa l lang uages When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SU BTITLE. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ENGLISH” is se lected out o f 3 subti tle langua ges reco rded. 2 Press C ursor Y / 5 to select t he desi red subtitle . Fo r S V CD • An SVCD can conta in up to four sub tit[...]

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    Advanced operations 27 Frame-by-frame pl ayback 7 During pl ayback Pres s 8 repeatedly. Each tim e you p ress the b u tton, th e still picture ad vances b y one fra me. To return to normal playb ack Press 3 (play bu tton). Playing back in slow-moti on 7 During pl ayback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow-motion from. Th[...]

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    Advanced operations 28 4 Press ENTER. Example: 5 Press C ursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTER. The curren t VFP settin gs appea r again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adj ust oth er parameters. 8 Pres s VF P. NOTE • Although the set ting di splay dis appears in the middle of th e procedure, t he sett ing at th at time wil l be store d. 7 W[...]

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    Advanced operations 29 Repeatin g the current sel ection 7 For DVD VIDEO: During pl ayback For VCD/SVCD: During playback withou t PBC functi on For C D/M P3/ JPEG: During pl ayback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press R EPEAT. Each t ime you pr ess REPEA T , t he Re peat m ode c hanges. NOTE • For DVD VIDEO, REPEAT ALL may not be avail[...]

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    Advanced operations 30 When usin g the on-s creen bar: 1 Press ON SCREEN t wice. The on-scree n bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highli ght . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repea tedly t o selec t “A-B”. 5 Press ENTE R at the beginning of the part you want to r epeat (point A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the part yo[...]

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    31 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the lan guage used in the setup m enus. S ee “Menu des cripti on”. Basic operatio n on the setu p menus IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stoppe d 1 Press SET UP. 2 Follow the i nstr[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 32 : P icture menu (PICTURE ) 7 MONITOR TYPE Y ou can sele ct the mon itor t ype to ma tch you r TV when yo u play D VDs record ed in the picture’ s height/wid th ratio of 16 :9. • 16:9/16 :9 MUL TI (W ide tel evision c onversi on) Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV). • 4:3 LB/4:3 MULTI LB (L[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 33 7 Distance menu (DIST ANCE) Example: In this case, set the distance of eac h speaker as foll o ws; • Distance of fron t speakers: 3.0 m • Distance of cen ter speaker: 2.7 m • Distan ce of surro und spe akers: 2. 4 m FRONT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND SPEAKER Adjust the d istance fro m the liste ning po sition to [...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 34 Countr y/Area codes list for Parental Lo ck AD Andorra ER Eritrea LA La o Peop le’s Democ ratic Republ ic RW R w a n d a AE U nit ed A rab Emir ates ES Spain SA S aud i Ara bia AF Afghanistan ET Ethiopi a L B Le banon SB Solo mon Islands AG Antigua and Barbuda FI Finlan d LC Saint Lucia SC S eychelles AI Anguilla FJ Fij[...]

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    35 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote contro l mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . Some cou ntries space AM statio ns 9 kHz apart , and some c ountrie s use 1 0 kHz sp acing. Y ou can only change the AM tuner interval spacing whil e select ing AM as the band. • Y ou[...]

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    T uner operations 36 Once a stati on is assigned to a channel numb er , the station can be quickl y tun ed i n. Y ou can pre set 30 FM a nd 1 5 AM s tati ons . 7 To preset the st ations 1 Tune in the station you w ant to preset. • If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM station, select the recepti on mode yo u want. See “Selecting [...]

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    37 A V COMPU LINK remote control system The J VC A V COMP U LINK s yste m al lo ws you to e njo y vide o or audio with the sim plest oper ation. If your vide o/audi o player ( such as a D VD player , CD player and VCR) and television or/and amplifier/receiver support th e JVC A V COMPU LINK sys tem and are tied with the JVC A V COMPU LINK cable(s),[...]

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    38 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc f rom it s case by hold ing it at the edge wh ile pressing th e center hole lightly . • Do not touc h the shiny su rface of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case af ter use t o prev ent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rface of the disc when placing it ba ck i[...]

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    References 39 7 Center u nit (XV -THS1) Audio se ction Fron t/Cent er/Su rround: 52 W per chann el, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % t otal harmonic distort ion. Subw oofer : 52 W , RM S at 6 C at 100 Hz , with 10 % total harm onic distort ion. Digital inpu t* 1 : OPTICAL DIGIT AL I N: –21 dBm t o –15 dBm (6 60 nm E 30 n m) * 1 Corres pondin g to[...]

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