JVC XV-N44SL manual

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    XV -N44SL/GN T0 032-0 0 1A/English DVD VIDEO PLA YER XV -N44SL GNT0032-001A [UJ] Before operation 2 Preparations 3 Basic operations 8 Advanced operations 13 MP3 disc playback 21 JPEG disc playback 23 Changing the initial settings 26 Additional information 31 INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located o[...]

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    XV -N44SL/GN T0 032-0 0 1A/English Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION • Do not block the ventilation openings or holes. (If the ventilation openings or hol es are blocked by a newspaper or cloth, etc., the heat may not be able to get out). • Do not place any naked flame so ur ces, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus. • When discardin[...]

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    1 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Supplied accessories Check that y ou have all the f ollowing accessories su pplied to you. If anything is missing, consult your dealer immediately . • Audio/video cab le (Y ellow/White/Red) ( × 1) • Remote control unit ( × 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batter y ( × 2) • AC po wer plug adaptor ( × 1) About t[...]

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    2 B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Bef ore operation About discs Playable disc types Discs with the follo wing mar ks can be play ed back on the unit. The D VD Logo is a trademark. The unit can also play back the f ollowing discs: • D VD-R, D VD-RW and +R W discs written in the D VD VIDEO format and finalized • CD[...]

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    3 Preparations XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Preparations Connections Before using the unit, connect the unit to a TV and/or amplifier . Before making connections • Do not connect th e A C power cord until all other connections have been made . • Connect VIDEO OUT of the unit directly to the video input of your TV . Connecting VIDEO OUT of [...]

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    Preparations 4 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English P reparations C Connecting to a TV with component jacks Y ou can enjoy picture of high-f idelity color reproduction by connecting the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT ja cks on the unit to your TV . NO TE S • Connect “Y” to “Y , ” “P B ” to “P B ” (C B ), “P R ” to “P R ” (C R ) correctl[...]

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    Preparations 5 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Preparations NO TE S • T he Progressiv e scanning mode works only when you connect the unit’ s COMPON ENT VIDEO OUT jacks to y o ur TV . • There are some progressive TV and High-Definition TV sets that are not fully compatible with the unit, resulting in the unnatural picture when playing bac k[...]

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    Preparations 6 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English P reparations Connecting the power cord When all the audio/video connections hav e been made, connect the AC po wer plug to the wall outlet. Make sure that the plugs are inser ted firmly . The ST ANDBY ind icator lights in red. Wa rn i n g • Disconnect the power cord: - if you are not going to use [...]

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    Preparations 7 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Preparations Using the remote control unit T o install batteries Open the compar tment cov er, and place the two supplied R6P (SUM-3)/AA(15F) batteries in the remote control unit according to the polarity mar kings (“+” and “–”) inside the compar tment. Then replace the cov er. The batterie[...]

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    8 Basic operati ons XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Basic operations T urning on/off the unit Press ST ANDBY/ON on the remote contr ol unit or press ST A NDBY/ON on the front panel. The ST ANDBY indicator on the front panel, which lights in red during standby , goes off. The opening display appears on the TV screen, and the f ollowing messages ma[...]

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    Basic operations 9 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Basic operations 6 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect a desired d i gital out put signal type. Set this item correctly when you connect the unit to an external surround decoder or D/A conv er ter. (If y ou d o not connect the unit to such a device , you do not hav e to set this item.) • When connecting t[...]

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    Basic operations 10 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Basic operati ons T o check the pla yback status Y ou can see the current select ion number (the title/chapter number f or D VD VIDEO or trac k number for SVCD/Video CD/ Audio CD), time inf or mation (the track or chapter time while stopped, or elapsed track or chapter time during playbac k) and[...]

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    Basic operations 11 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Basic operations T o resume playback When the resume mode is “ON” While the di sc you interrupted playbac k is still on the di sc tra y , press 3 . The unit resumes playbac k from the position where playbac k was interrupted. The TV screen shows “RESUME PLA Y . ” T o play back from the b[...]

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    Basic operations 12 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Basic operati ons Replaying the previous scenes (One touch replay function) During D VD VIDEO playbac k, press . The playbac k position moves back 10 seconds bef ore the current position. NO TE S • This function works only within t he same title, though it works between chapters. • This func[...]

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    13 Advanced operations XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Ad v anced operations Playing from a specific position Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu D VD VIDEO discs generally hav e th eir own menus which sho w the disc contents. These menus contain v arious items such as titles of movies , names of songs, or artist information, and displa y [...]

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    Advanced operations 14 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advan ced ope rations Locating a desired position in the current title or track (T ime search) Y ou can play a disc from the desired position by specifying the time from the beginning of the current title (for D VD VIDEO) or the disc (for SVCD/Video CD/A udio CD). F or D VD VIDEO/Audio CD: Du[...]

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    Advanced operations 15 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advanced operations 4 Press the numeri c butt ons to specify track s in the desired or der . T o select 5: press 5. T o select 23: press +10, +10, then 3. T o select 40: press +10, +10, +10, then 10. T o co rrect the program Press 5 / ∞ to mov e to the track to be corrected, then press CANC[...]

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    Advanced operations 16 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advan ced ope rations Repeat playback T o repeat the current selection or all trac ks F or D VD VIDEO: During playback F or SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition e xcept SVCD/ Video CD playbac k w ith PBC Press REPEA T . If you press REPEA T in stop mode, press 3 to start play ba c k. Each[...]

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    Advanced operations 17 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advanced operations Changing the language, sound and scene angle T o select the subt itle language (SUBTITLE) Some D VD VIDEO and SVCD discs contain more than one subtitle language. Y ou can choose a d esired one from them. Hint At the beginning of the par t where the subtitles are recorded, [...]

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    Advanced operations 18 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advan ced ope rations Special picture/sound effect T o zoom in pictures 1 During playbac k or while paused, press ZOOM. Pressing ZOOM causes the unit to zoom in on the image. At the top left of the screen, the information for the current magnification appears for about 5 seconds . Each time y[...]

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    Advanced operations 19 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advanced operations T o dismiss the VFP mode selection window Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE S C AN. NO TE S • T he window f or VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. • While zoomed, the VFP function cannot be used. T o simulate surround [...]

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    Advanced operations 20 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Advan ced ope rations Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO Time mode selection During playback, selects the time mode shown in the displa y window and in the status bar . Press ENTER to select the time mode from the following. • TO T AL: Current title elapsed time • T .REM: Current title rema[...]

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    21 MP3 disc playba ck XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English MP3 disc pla ybac k Operations The unit can play bac k MP3 files o n a personally recorded CD-R/ RW disc or commercially a vailab le CD . We ref er to a disc that contains MP3 files as an “MP3 disc” in this manual. Note that if a disc contains both of MP3 and JPEG files, you can only play [...]

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    MP3 disc playback 22 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English M P3 disc playback Hint Y ou can also select a desired track b y pressing 3 to move the blac k b ar to the right (track) column then using 5 / ∞ . NO TE S • If an MP3 file name includes any 2-byte character , the unit cannot show the file name correctly . • Only MP3 files are shown on the[...]

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    23 JPEG disc playback XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English JPEG disc pla ybac k The unit can play bac k JPEG fi les on a personally recorded CD- R/RW disc. W e refer to a disc that contains JPEG files as a “JPEG disc” in this manual. Note that if a disc contains both of MP3 and JPEG files, you can only play back files of the type selected b y the [...]

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    JPEG disc playback 24 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English JPEG dis c playb ack NO TE S • The unit suppor ts the baseline JPEG format. • The unit does not suppor t “pack et writing (UDF f or mat)” discs. • The unit suppor ts discs recorded with multiple sessions. • T he unit ma y not be able to read some discs, or may take a long time to d[...]

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    JPEG disc playback 25 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English JPEG disc playback Repeat function In the slide show mode, y ou can repeat p la yback of JPEG files in a group or on the disc. 1 While the JPEG CONTROL display is shown, press REPEA T . Pressing REPEA T switches the repeat mode. When the repeat mode is tur ned on, the “ ” indicator lights [...]

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    26 Chang ing the init ial settings XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Changing the initial settings Selecting preferences This section refers to the settings which are already made when you purchase the unit. Read this section when you w ant to connect this unit to a wide-visi on TV set, or when you want to otherwise change the settings according to[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 27 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Changing the initial settings LANGUAGE menu MENU LANGUAGE Y ou can select the default menu language to be displa yed if it is contained on a D VD VIDEO disc. Set ting op tions ENGLISH, SP ANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, IT ALIAN, JAP ANESE, language code from AA to ZU • If the dis[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 28 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Chang ing the init ial settings MP3/JPEG The unit can play MP3 and JPEG files recorded on a CD-R/CD- RW disc. Ho wev er, if a disc contains both MP3 and JPEG files , you can only pla y files of the type selected in this menu item. Set ting op tions MP3, JPEG [MP3]: when selected, on[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 29 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Changing the initial settings P ARENT AL LOCK When this option is selected, pressing ENTER on the remote control unit brings u p the P ARENT AL LOCK display shown below . This allows you to restrict children from playing D VD VIDEO discs. • See this page for details about the pare[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 30 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Chang ing the init ial settings T o change the settings Y ou can change the parental lock settings later . 1 Bring up the O THERS menu. 2 Press 5 / ∞ to mo ve to select [P ARENT AL LOCK] and press ENTER. The parental lock on-scr een display appears on the TV screen. 3 While is poi[...]

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    31 Additional information XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Ad ditional inf ormation Names of parts and controls Front panel 1 ST ANDBY indicator (8) 2 PROGRESSIVE indi cator (4) 3 0 button (9) 4 7 button (9, 10) 5 3 button (9, 11) 6 8 button (10, 11) 7 4 button (11, 12) 8 ¢ button (11, 12) 9 ST ANDBY/ON button (8) 0 Remote sensor (7) - Display wi[...]

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    Additional information 32 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English A dditional informat ion Remote control unit 1 DISPLA Y button (10) 2 OPEN/CLOSE button (9) 3 Numeric buttons 4 RETURN button (13) 5 T OP MENU button (13) 6 Cursor selection ( 5 Up , ∞ D own) b uttons 7 Cursor selection ( 2 Left, 3 Right) buttons 8 CHOICE button (9, 26) 9 4 /PREVIOUS but[...]

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    Additional information 33 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Additional information A V COMPU LINK remote control system The JVC A V COMPU LINK system allows you to enjo y video or audio with the simplest operation. If your video/audio pla yer (such as a D VD play er, CD pla yer and VCR) and tele vision or/and amplifier/receiver support the JVC A V [...]

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    Additional information 34 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English A dditional informat ion T roubleshooting Power P ower does not come on. P ower plug is not inser ted securely . Plug in securely . Operation “REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown on the TV screen. Region code of the inser ted disc does not match the unit. Check the region code of the disc[...]

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    Additional information 35 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Additional information Appendix A: Countr y/Area code list for Parental Lock (for page 29) AD Andorra AE United Arab Emi rates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Ar menia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ A n ta rc t ic a AR Argentina AS American Samoa A T A[...]

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    Additional information 36 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English A dditional informat ion Appendix B: T able of languages and their abbreviations Appendix C: Digital output signal chart AA Afar F A P ersian KM Cambodian OM (Afan) Oromo SU Sundanese AB Abkhazian FI Finnish KN Kannada OR Oriya SV Swedish AF Afrikaans FJ Fiji K O Korean (K OR) P A P anjabi[...]

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    Additional information 37 XV -N44SL/G NT0032-0 0 1A/English Additional information Appendix D: Glossary 480i/480p Indicates the number of scanni ng lines and scanning format of an image signal. 480i indicates 480 scanning lines with inter lace format, and 480p indicates 480 scanning lines with progressive for ma t . Aspect ratio A ratio which defin[...]

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    XV -N44SL/GN T0 032-0 0 1A/English VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN. J V C 0303KTYBICJSC © 2003 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED XV-N44SLL(UJ).book Page 38 Monday, M arch 3, 2003 6:03 PM[...]