JVC XV-N50BK manual

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    XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/L ET023 0-0 02A/English DVD VIDEO PLA YER LECTEUR DVD VIDEO XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL LET0230-002A [C] English Franç ais Before operation Avant le fonctionnement 2 Preparations Préparatifs 3 Basic operations Opérations de base 8 Advanced operations Opérations avancées 13 MP3/WMA disc playback Lecture d’un disque MP3/ WMA 21 JPE[...]

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    XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/L ET023 0-0 02A/English CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the p[...]

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    1 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English Supplied accessories Check that y ou hav e all the f ollowing accessories supplied 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) About this manual • The [...]

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    2 B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Bef ore operation About discs Playable disc types Discs with the follo wing marks can be play ed back on the pla yer . The D VD Logo is a trademark. The play er can also play back the f ollowing discs: • D VD-R, D VD-RW and +RW discs written in the D VD VIDEO format and fin[...]

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    3 Preparations XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English Preparations Connections Before using the pla yer , connect the player to a TV and/or amplifier . Before making connections • Do not connect th e A C p ower cor d until all other connections have been made . • Connect VIDEO OUT of the player directly to the video input of your TV [...]

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    Preparations 4 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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 jacks on the play er to your TV . NO TES • Connect “Y” to “Y , ” “ P B ” to “P B ” (C B ), “P R ” to “P R ” (C R [...]

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    Preparations 5 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Preparations English Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audi o amplifier/receiver Connect the play er’ s A UDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to any line-lev el inputs (such as A UX, D VD , CD , etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver . Connecting to a digital audio devi[...]

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    Preparations 6 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English P reparations Connecting the power cord When all the audio/video connec tions have 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 r n i ng • Disconnect the power cord: - if you are not going[...]

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    Preparations 7 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Preparations English T o use the remote control unit for TV operation Setting the remote control si gnal for operating your TV 1 Set the TV - D VD switch to “TV . ” 2 While holding down TV/VIDEO - CANCEL, enter the man ufacturer code o f y our TV listed below b y using the numer ic b utto[...]

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    8 Basic operati ons XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Basic operations NO TE T urning on/off the player Press D VD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote contr ol unit or press on t he front pane l. The ST ANDBY/ON indicator on the front panel, which lights in red during standby , lights in green. The left and right sides of the display windo w are illu[...]

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    Basic operations 9 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Basic operations English 5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [DIGIT AL AUDIO OUTPUT] is already open. 6 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect a desired d igital output signal type. Set this item correctly when you connect the pla yer to an external surround decod[...]

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    Basic operations 10 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Basic operati ons T o check the playba ck status Y ou can see the current select ion number (the title/chapter number f or D VD VIDEO or track number f or SVCD/Video CD/ Audio CD), time inf or mation (the track or chapter time while stopped, or elapsed track or chapter time during playba[...]

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    Basic operations 11 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Basic operations English 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 play er resumes playback from the position where play back w as interrupted. The TV screen shows [RESUME PLA Y]. T o play ba[...]

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    Basic operations 12 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Basic operati ons T o replay the previous sc enes (One touch replay function) During D VD VIDEO playbac k, press . The playbac k position mov es back 10 seconds bef ore the current position. NO TES • This function works on ly within the same title, though it works between chapters. •[...]

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    13 Advanced operations XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English Ad vanced operations NO TE Playing from a specific position Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu D VD VIDEO discs generally hav e their own menus which show the disc contents. These menus contain v arious items such as titles of movies , names of songs, or ar tist inform[...]

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    Advanced operations 14 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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/Audi[...]

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    Advanced operations 15 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Advanced operations English 4 Press the numeri c butt ons to specify tra cks 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 correc t the program Press 5 / ∞ to mov e to the track to be corrected,[...]

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    Advanced operations 16 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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 with PBC Press REPEA T . If you press REPEA T in stop mode, press 3 to start play back.[...]

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    Advanced operations 17 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Advanced operations English Changing the language, sound and scene angle T o select the subtitle 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[...]

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    Advanced operations 18 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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 play e r to zoom in on the image. At the top left of the screen, the information for the current magnification appears for about 5 seconds .[...]

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    Advanced operations 19 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Advanced operations English T o dismiss the VFP mode selection windo w Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE S CAN. NO TE The window f or VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. T o simulate surround sound (3D PHONIC) Using the 3D PHONIC func[...]

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    Advanced operations 20 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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. • T OT AL: Current title elapsed time • T .REM: Current ti[...]

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    21 MP3/WMA disc playback XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English MP3/WMA disc pla ybac k NO TE Operations The play er can play back MP3 files and WMA files on a personally recorded CD-R/RW disc or commercially av ailable CD . W e refer to a disc that contains MP3 and/or WMA files as an “MP3/WMA disc” in this manual. Note that if a dis[...]

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    MP3/WMA disc playback 22 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English MP 3/WMA d isc playba ck Hint Y ou can also select a desired track b y pressing 3 to move the blac k bar to the right (track) column then using 5 / ∞ . NO TES • If an MP3/WMA file name includes any 2-byte character , the play er cannot show the file name correctly . • Only MP3[...]

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    23 JPEG disc playback XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English JPEG disc pla ybac k NO TE The play er can play back JPEG files 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/WMA files and JPEG files, you can only pla y back fi[...]

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    JPEG disc playback 24 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English JPEG dis c playb ack NO TES • The play er suppor ts the baseline JPEG format. • The play er does not suppor t “pack et wr iting (UDF format)” discs. • The play er suppor ts discs recorded with multiple sessions. • The play er may not be able to read some discs, or ma y take[...]

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    JPEG disc playback 25 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English JPEG disc playback English Repeat function In the slide show mode, y ou can repeat playbac k of JPEG files in a group or on the disc. 1 While the JPEG CONTROL displ ay is shown, press REPEA T . Pressing REPEA T switches the repeat mode. When the repeat mode is turned on, the [ ] indica[...]

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    26 Chang ing the init ial settings XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Changing the initial settings NO TE Selecting preferences This section refers to the settings which are already made when you purchase the pla yer . Read this section when you want to connect this play er to a wide-vision TV set, or when you want to otherwise change the se[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 27 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Changing the initial settings English 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 A LIAN, JAP ANESE, language code from AA to [...]

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    Changing the initial settings 28 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Chang ing the init ial settings MP3&WMA/JPEG The play er can play MP3/WMA and JPEG files recorded on a CD-R/CD-RW disc. Ho we ver , if a disc contains bo th MP3/WMA and JPEG files, you can only pla y fi les of the type selected in this menu item. Set ting op tions MP3&am[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 29 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Changing the initial settings English 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 detail[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 30 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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 Whil[...]

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    31 Additional information XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English English Ad ditional inf ormation Names of parts and controls Front panel 1 b utton (8) 2 ST ANDBY/ON indicator (8) 3 Disc tra y (9) 4 0 button (9) 5 4 button (11, 12) 6 ¢ button (11, 12) 7 7 button (9, 10) 8 3 button (9, 11) 9 8 button (10, 11) 0 Display windo w (see the illustrat[...]

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    Additional information 32 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English A dditional informat ion Remote control unit 1 OPEN/CLOSE button (9) 2 Numeric buttons 3 RETURN button (13) 4 T O P MENU button (13) 5 Cursor selection ( 5 Up , ∞ Down) - CH (+/–) buttons 6 Cursor selection ( 2 Left, 3 Right) - V OL (+/–) buttons 7 CHOICE button (9, 26) 8 4 /[...]

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    Additional information 33 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Additional information English 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 play er and VC R) and television or/and amplifier/receiver sup[...]

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    Additional information 34 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/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 play er. Check the region code[...]

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    Additional information 35 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Additional information English Specifications Specifications and appearance ar e subject to change without prior notice. General Readable discs D VD VIDEO , D VD-R (Video format), D VD- RW (Video f or mat), +RW (Video f orm at), SVCD , Video CD , Audio CD (CD-D A), MP3/ WMA format,[...]

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    Additional information 36 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English A dditional informat ion Appendix A: Countr y/Area code list for Parental Lock (for page 29) AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Ar menia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ A n ta r c t ic a AR Argentina AS American S[...]

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    Additional information 37 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English Additional information English 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 K orean (KO [...]

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    Additional information 38 XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/LET0230-0 02A/English A dditional informat ion 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 m a t . Aspect ratio A ratio [...]

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    XV -N50BK/XV -N55SL/L ET023 0-0 02A/English VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN. FR. © 2003 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED J V C 0103KTYBICJSC LET0230-002A.book Page 39 Frid ay, January 24, 2003 2:40 PM[...]