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    L VT1523-001D [B] D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS (Only for TH-P7/TH-P5/TH-G10) TH-P5 Consists of XV -THP5, SP-WP5, SP-THP5F , SP-THP5C and SP-THP5S TH-P3 Consists of XV -THP3, SP-WP5, SP-THP3F , SP-THP3C and SP-THP3S TH-P7 Consists of XV -THP7, SP-WP7, SP-THP7F , SP-THP7C and SP-THP7S TH-G10 Consists of XV -THG10, SP-THG10W , SP-THG10F , [...]

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    G-1 Dear Customer, This apparatus is in conforma n ce with the v alid European directiv es and standards re garding elec tromagnetic compatibility and el ectrical safety . European representati ve of V ictor Company of Japan, Limited is: JVC T echnical Services Europ e GmbH Postfach 10 05 04 61145 Friedberg Germany IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS 1. C[...]

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    G-2 Caution: Proper Ventilation T o avoid risk of electric sho ck and fire and to protect from damage , place the apparatu s on a le vel surf ace. The min imal clearances are sho wn below: 15 cm Wall or obstructions XV-THP7/ XV-THP5/ XV-THP3/ XV-THG10 15 cm 15 cm 15 cm XV-THP7/ XV-THP5/ XV-THP3/ XV-THG10 15 cm Front No obstructions Wall or obstruct[...]

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    1 Introduction ........................................... 2 Notes on handling ......................................................... 2 Supplied accessories ...................................................... 2 About discs ............................................. 3 Playable disc types .....................................................[...]

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    2 Introduc tion 7 Important cautions Installation of the system • Select a place which is le vel, dr y and neither too hot n or too cold; between 5°C and 35°C. • Leave s ufficient distance betw een the system a nd the TV . • Do not use the syst em in a place sub ject to vibra tion. Power cord • Do not han dle the power co rd with w et han[...]

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    3 About discs This system has been designed to play back the following discs: The √ in the list below sho ws availa ble disc types and recordin g forma ts. * 1 This system can pla y finalized discs only . * 2 Reco r ded w ith UDF Bri dge fo rmat. * 3 This system ma y not be able to pla y back a file if the file size is too large. • It i s p o s[...]

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    4 About discs For all playable files • The system ca n only r ecognize and pla y files with one o f the followin g extension s, which can be in any comb ination o f upper and lo wer case; MP3: “ .MP3” , “ .mp3” WMA: “. W M A” , “. w m a” JPEG: “ .JPG ” , “ .JPEG” , “ .jp g” , “ .j peg” ASF: “. A S F ”, “ . a [...]

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    5 Index of parts and controls The nu mbers in the figures in dicate the pages wher e the details o f the parts ar e described. Front panel (cen ter unit) Rear panel (center unit) Display window 22 36 19 23 19 36 37 39 18 18 18 16 Disc tray (inside): 18 Remote sensor: 6 18 16 16 15 19 30 19 15 27 31 30 Only for TH-P7/TH-P5/TH-G10: 17 13 36 21 9-11 1[...]

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    6 Index of parts and controls Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control Insert the b att eries into the remote control b y matching the pola ri ty (+ an d –) co rrec tly . If the rang e or effectiv eness o f the r emot e con t rol decreases, replace both batteries. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the rem ote co n tro[...]

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    7 Connec tions 7 AM (MW) loop antenna Setting up supplied AM (MW) loop antenna Connecting AM (MW) loop antenna • T urn the loop ant enna until yo u ha ve the best recep tion during A M (MW) br oadcast p rogra m recep tion. NOTE • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords or power cords. This could cause[...]

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    8 Connections 7 Assembling the front and surround speakers for TH-P7 • Check the model name of each spe aker from the label on th e re ar to l o cate eac h sp ea ke r cor rec tl y . Before assembling — • Pre p are a Ph i ll ip s s c re wdr iv er (n ot s uppl i ed ). • T ake car e not t o dro p an y com p onen t part while assembling; ot her[...]

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    9 Connections 7 Connecting speakers for TH-P7 CAUTION • If yo u conn ect speaker s other than th e sup pli ed ones, use spe akers of the s ame sp eake r impe dance (SPE AKER IMPEDAN CE) indicated on the rear of the cent er unit. • DO NOT co nnect more than one speaker to one sp eaker terminal. • When inst alling the satellite speakers on the [...]

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    10 Connections 7 Connecting speakers for TH-P5 CAUTION • If yo u conn ect speaker s other than th e sup pli ed ones, use spe akers of the s ame sp eake r impe dance (SPE AKER IMPEDAN CE) indicated on the rear of the cent er unit. • DO NOT co nnect more than one speaker to one sp eaker terminal. • When insta lling the satellite speakers on the[...]

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    11 Connections 7 Connecting speakers for TH-P3/TH-G10 CAUTION • If yo u conn ect speaker s other than th e sup pli ed ones, use spe akers of the s ame sp eake r impe dance (SPE AKER IMPEDAN CE) indicated on the rear of the cent er unit. • DO NOT co nnect more than one speaker to one sp eaker terminal. • When insta lling the satellite speakers[...]

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    12 Connections T o obtain the best possible so und from this system, yo u need to place all the speakers ex cept the subw oofer a t the same distance fro m the listening position. If your speakers cannot be plac ed at the same distance from the listening position Y o u can ad jus t the delay tim e of the s peakers. See “Delay menu (DELA Y)” on [...]

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    13 Connections Y o u can co nnect a USB mass st orag e class device such a s a USB flash memor y device, har d disc drive, multimedia car d reader , digital camera, etc. to this system. • After connecting a USB ma ss storag e class device to this system a nd selecting USB M EMOR Y as the source , the file contro l displa y appears o n the TV s cr[...]

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    14 Operating the TV 7 To operate a JVC’s TV Y o u can perfo rm the follo wing opera tion s on the TV . Y ou can use the remote con trol to operate not only this unit but also JV C TVs. • Refer also to th e man uals sup plied fo r the T V . • T o operat e the TV , a im the rem ote co n trol dir ectly at the r emote sensor o n the TV . TV: T u [...]

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    15 Basic operations On the remote control: Press A UDIO . On the center unit: Press . Wh e n DV D o r US B M EM ORY is s e l e c t e d as t h e s ou rc e ( s e e page 16), the fo llowin g messag es will ap pear on the TV scree n. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp goes off whe n the power is turne d on, and the lamp lights when the po wer is turned off. •[...]

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    16 Basic operations On the remote control: Pres s one of the sourc e selecting buttons (DVD 3 , USB MEMORY 3 , FM/AM or T V SOUND). DVD 3 : T o play back a disc (DVD VIDEO, V CD etc.). (See page 18.) USB MEMORY 3 : T o play back a file in a USB mass storag e class device . (See page 18.) FM/ AM : T o tune in an FM o r AM (MW) station. (See page 36.[...]

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    17 Basic operations The system t urns off a uto ma tically when the specified period of time has passed. Pres s SLEEP with SHIFT pressed. Each time you repeat the p rocedur e, the shu t-off time changes . Example: To check the remaining time Press SLEEP once w ith SHIFT pre ss e d. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly wi th SHIFT pre[...]

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    18 Playback • The icon such a s shows the disc fo rmats or file types the opera tion is av ailable f or . 7 To play a disc 1 Press 0 on the cente r un it. The syst em turn s on and the disc tray co mes ou t. 2 Place a disc. 3 Press D VD 3 (play butt on). 7 To play a file in a USB mass storage class device Press USB MEMOR Y 3 (play button). The op[...]

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    19 Playback 7 Playback information on the display window DVD VIDEO Exam ple: Wh en a D VD VIDEO en coded with Dolb y Digital 5.1ch is played DVD VR disc Examp le: During playback o n the Original program * 1 Example: Dur ing pl ayba ck on th e Play list * 1 * 1 Pressing TO P M E NU / PG or MENU/PL , you can ch ange the pla y mode. (See page 21.) VC[...]

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    20 Playback JPEG file NOTE • You can change t he time information mode (except fo r MP3/ WMA/ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX). (See page 24.) • You can also check t he playback information on the TV screen. (See page 23.) 7 Screen saver An image ma y burn in on a TV screen if a static pict ure is displa yed fo r a long time. T o prevent this, the sy ste[...]

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    21 Playback While pla ying back a lon g file, you can skip within the file at abo ut 5-min ute in tervals. 7 During p la yback Press Curs or 3 / 2 . Each time you press the b utt on, the playback positio n skips to the beginning of the previous o r next interval. NOTE • Interv als are automatically assigned from the beginn ing of a file. • This[...]

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    22 • The icon such a s shows the disc fo rmats or file types the opera tion is av ailable f or . Y ou can enjoy more realistic sound fiel d than a stereo s ound by us ing the surr ound m ode. 7 Auto Surround (AUTO SUR) This func tion automa tical ly sele cts the appropriate surroun d mode accordin g to the inpu t signals. Fo r exam ple, a mul tic[...]

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    23 7 DSP • ST ADIUM ST ADIUM mode adds clarity and s preads the soun d, like in an ou tdoo r stadium. • All Channel Stereo All Channel S ter eo (ALL ST) m ode can rep rodu ce a larg er ster eo sound field using all the connected (and activated) spe akers . All Ch ann el S ter eo can be used wh ile r ep rod ucin g 2 channel ster eo source. 7 Ind[...]

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    24 Adva nced oper atio ns Example: During DVD VIDEO playback • The curren t ly selected i tem sho ws gr een. 7 Contents of the on-screen bar during playback DVD VIDEO DVD VR disc VCD SVCD CD ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX A Sho ws disc type. B Show s aud io i nfo rm at io n. C For D VD VIDEO: Shows current title number . Fo r DV D VR: Sho ws curren t pla[...]

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    25 Adva nced oper atio ns Y ou can s tart playing a ti tle, cha pte r or track y ou specify . Y ou can also pla y a disc from specified time. Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu DVD VIDEO s generally hav e their own men us which show disc con tents and yo u can displa y them on the TV screen. Y ou can locate a desired scene by using these me[...]

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    26 Adva nced oper atio ns 5 Press ENTER. 6 Press ON SCREEN. The on -screen bar disa ppear s. NOTE • You can select u p to the 99th chapter. Locating a desired position by specifying the time Y ou can loca te a desired positio n by specifying the time from the beginning the disc (while stopped) or the curren t title/track (durin g playback). 7 For[...]

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    27 Adva nced oper atio ns 7 For MP3/WMA: During playback or w hile stopped 7 For JPEG/AS F/MPEG-2/MP EG-1/DivX: W hile sto pped 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to selec t the desired group/tr ack/file . • For MP3/WMA, pla yback starts fro m the selected track. • For JP EG, proceed to perform the follo wing operati on. 2 Press pla y button f or co[...]

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    28 Adva nced oper atio ns 7 During playback of a disc/file con taining sub titles in several langua ges When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SUB TITLE. Exam ple (D VD VID EO): “ ENGLIS H” is select ed ou t of 3 subtit le l anguage s recorde d. 2 Press C ursor Y / 5 to s elec t th e desired subtitle . For DV D VR •P r e s s i n g SUBTITLE a[...]

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    29 Adva nced oper atio ns Frame-by-frame pla yback 7 During p la yback Press 8 re p eate dl y . Each time you press the bu tto n, the still picture advances by one frame. To return to normal playback Press p lay bu tton f or correspo nding source ( DVD 3 or USB MEMORY 3 ). Playing back in slo w-motion 7 During p la yback 1 Press 8 at the point wher[...]

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    30 Adva nced oper atio ns 6 Press ENTER. The curren t VFP set tings ap pear again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other paramet ers . 8 Press VFP . NOTE • Alt hough the setting displa y disappears in the middle of the procedure, the setting at t hat time will be stored. 7 Whi l e s topp e d 1 Press PLA Y MODE repeatedly until progr am window app[...]

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    31 Adva nced oper atio ns Repeating the current selection 7 For DV D V IDEO /DV D V R: Durin g pla yback 7 For VCD /S VCD : D u ri n g pl ay b a ck with ou t PBC functio n o r whil e stopped 7 For CD/MP3/WMA/JPEG/ ASF/ MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX: During playb ack or while stopped When using the REPEAT button: Pr ess REPEA T with SHIFT pressed. Each time yo[...]

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    32 Adva nced oper atio ns When using the on-screen bar: 1 Press ON SCREEN twice . The on -screen bar a ppears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highlight . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repe atedly to select “ A-B”. 5 Press ENTER a t the beginning of the par t you w ant to r epeat (poin t A). 6 Press ENTER a t the end of the par[...]

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    33 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can chan ge the language used in the setup menus. See “M enu description ”. Basic operation on the setup menus 7 Whi l e s topp e d 1 Press SET UP, with SHIFT pressed . 2 F ollow the instructions that appear on the T V screen. : Language m enu (LAN GUAGE) 7 MENU LANGUAGE Some DVD s have their o wn men us in m[...]

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    34 Setting DVD preferences 7 PICTURE SOURCE Y ou can ob tain op timal pict ure q uality b y selecting whether the cont ent o n the disc/file is processed by field (video source) o r by fra me (film sour ce). Nor ma l l y s e t to “ AUTO”. •A U T O U se d to pla y a disc/file containin g both video and film source materials. This system recogn[...]

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    35 Setting DVD preferences 7 Subwoofer menu (SUBWOOFER) LEVEL Y ou can set t he output level of the subwoofer in the -6 dB to +6 dB range. CROSS OVER The signals bel ow the preset frequenc y level w ill b e sent to and be re pr oduced b y th e su bw oofer . Select one of the cros sov er frequen cy levels accor din g to the size of the small speaker[...]

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    36 Tu n e r o p e r a t i o n s 1 Press F M/AM repea tedly to select the band. Example: W hen the system is tuned in to 810 kH z. 2 Press TUNING 9 / ( repeatedly until y ou find the frequency you want. When yo u hold down the bu tto n un til the system sta rts searching for s tations and then re lease it, t he system stops sear ching au tom aticall[...]

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    37 T uner operations When the s tereo FM p rogr am curren tly tun ed in is noisy , you ca n chan ge the FM recep tion mode to im pr ove the rece ption . 7 While listening to a n FM station Pr ess FM MODE . The FM reception m ode appears o n the display windo w . Each time you press the b utt on, the FM reception mode changes . •A U T O : When a p[...]

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    38 T uner operations 1 Press PTY SEARCH with SHIFT pressed, whil e listening to a n FM station. “PT Y” and “SELECT” flash alterna tely on the displa y windo w . While “PTY” and “SELECT” is fl ashing alterna tely: 2 Press PTY 9 or PTY ( repeated ly with SHIFT pressed , until the PTY code y ou want appears on the display windo w . •[...]

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    39 T uner operations Switching t o broadcast program of your choice temporarily Another con venien t Radio Data System ser vice is called “Enh anced Other N etw ork ” . This allows the system to swi tch tem pora rily to a broadcas t program of your choice ( T A, News, and/or Info) f rom a different s tation except in the following cases: • Wh[...]

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    40 References 7 Handling Discs • Remo ve the disc fr om i ts case by holdin g it a t the edge while pr essin g the cen ter hole ligh t ly . • Do not touch t he shiny sur face of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case after use to p reven t warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rfac e of the disc when placing it bac[...]

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    41 References 7 Center unit (XV-THP7/XV-THP5/XV-THP3/XV-THG10) Audio section Front/Surroun d: 40 W per channel, RMS at 3 Ω at 1 kHz, with 10 % to tal harmonic distor tion. Center: 100 W , RM S at 4 Ω at 1 kHz, wi th 10 % tot al har monic distor tion. Sub woofer: 100 W , RM S at 4 Ω at 30 H z, with 10 % tot al har monic distor tion. Video section[...]

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    42 References 7 Satellite speakers (For TH-P5) Front speakers (SP-THP5F) Ty p e : 3 - Wa y B a s s - R e f l e x Ty p e (Magnetically-shielded T ype) Speaker: 11.5 cm cone M 1 4 cm cone M 1 1.5 cm dome M 1 P ower H andling C apaci ty: 40 W Imp ed an ce : 3 Ω Fr equency R ange: 60 Hz to 20 000 Hz Sound Pressur e Level: 82 dB/W·m Dime nsions ( W M [...]

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    EN 0508Y OMMDWJMM © 2008 Victor Company of Japan, Limited TH-P7/TH-P5/TH-P3/TH-G10 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been designed a nd manufactured to meet internationa l safety standards b ut, like any electrical equi pment, care must be ta k en if you are [...]