JVC XV-S45GD manual

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       OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEAR STROBE SLOW + SLOW – T IT L E M E N U C H O IC E ENTER RM-SXVB40A REMOTE CONT[...]

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    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 presence of uninsulated "dangerous volta[...]

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    T able of Contents Introduction Preliminary kn owledge Getting started Basic operations Advanced opera tions Initial settings Additional information[...]

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    Intr oduction F eat ur es Supplied accessor i es Pictur e fu nction s A udi o func tions Other functio ns OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUB TITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEAR STROBE SLOW + SLOW TITLE MENU CHOICE ENTER RM-SXVB40A REMOTE CONTROL SELECT DISPLAY ZOOM RETURN 4 ¢ [...]

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    About this instr uction manual Y o u can play titles or trac ks on dis cs inser ted in random order by usin g the R andom functi on. 7 While stopp ed 1 Press PLA Y MODE. The play m ode menu app ears on the TV screen. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to move to [RANDOM]. 3 Press ENTER. The unit starts random playbac k. The “RANDOM” i ndicator appe ars in the [...]

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    Notes on handling Important cautions Saf ety pr ecauti ons[...]

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    5 Preliminary knowl edge Pr eliminar y knowledge Names of par ts and contr o ls Refer to the cor respon ding page s indicated in () for detai ls. Front pane l 1 ST ANDB Y indicator Lights when t he power cord i s connected and t he unit is on s tan dby . W h en th e un it is tu rn ed on , th e S T AND BY indicator goe s off . 2 S T ANDB Y/ON but to[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 6 Preliminary knowle dge Remote contro l unit OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEAR STROBE SLOW + SLOW – TITLE M ENU CHOICE ENTER RM-SXVB40A REMOTE CONTROL SELECT DISPLAY ZOOM RETURN 4 ¢ 1 ¡ 5 5 5 ∞ 7 8 3 1 OPEN/CLOSE but[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 7 Preliminary knowl edge 1 OPEN /CLOSE button ( 17) Opens and clo ses t he di sc tr ay . 2 PLA Y MODE butt on (22 , 26, 27, 28 ) Displ ay s an on-s cr een dis pl ay for c ont rol l ing t he advanc ed play bac k f unct io ns. 3 3D PHONI C butt on (3 2) Produces a si mulat ed su rround eff ect . 4 Numer ic but to ns (1 1) U se d[...]

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    Preliminary knowledge 8 Preliminary knowle dge Displa y wind ow 1 Disc indicat or Ind ic ate s th e ty pe of th e disc se t in th e se lec ted tra y . W hen se tti ng a DVD VIDEO, Vide o CD or Audi o CD di sc i s set, “DVD” , “V CD” or “C D” illum inates, respectively . 2 Title/chapt er/trac k indicators Disp lays title/c hap ter , or t[...]

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    Oper ational Pr incipl es Opening displays Pr ef er ence displa ys P ARENT AL L OCK display On-scr een disp lay s AUTO STANDBY OFF OFF EXIT RESUME AUDIO DISPLAY SYSTEM LANGUAGE DVD 1 AV COMPULINK MODE PRESS KEY SYSTEM Country Cod e US — - - - - EXIT Set Level PASSWORD PRESS KEY ENTER PARENTAL LOCK PARENTAL LOCK MONITOR TYPE 4:3 LB MODE 2 ON EXIT [...]

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    Play mode displ ays Status displa ys REPEAT PROGRAM RANDOM While stopped DVD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH During DVD VIDEO playbac k CD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH During Audio CD playbac k VCD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL During Video CD playbac k ENGLISH ENGLISH 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 DVD VIDEO functio[...]

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    On-scr een gu ide ic ons About in v alid oper ation icon How to u se num eric bu ttons T o select a tra ck/title number T o ent er a time or c hapt er number /CLOSE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4[...]

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    About discs Play able discs Non-play able discs Play able d isc ty pes Disc st ructu re ALL 1 5 1 4 2 3 1 3 2 1 6 5 4 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Title 1 Title 2 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4[...]

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    Getti ng star ted Connection s Befo re maki ng any co nnec tions T o connect to a TV DIGITAL OUT PCM / STREAM COAXIAL VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT COMPONENT S-VIDEO VIDEO RIGHT LEFT YP B P R AV COMPU LINK OPTICAL VIDEO AUDIO RIGHT LEFT S-VIDEO IN If the TV has an A V COMPU LINK terminal, you can use the A V COMPU LINK function (except XV -S30BK). See “ A [...]

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    Ho w to mak e the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jac ks activ e T o conn ect t o a TV w ith the co mpon ent vi deo in put jacks VIDEO IN IN S-VIDEO YP B P R AUDIO RIGHT LEFT DIGITAL OUT PCM / STREAM COAXIAL VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT COMPONENT S-VIDEO VIDEO RIGHT LEFT YP B P R AV COMPU LINK OPTICAL TV Audio cable (not supplied) White Red : except XV -S30BK The unit [...]

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    T o conn ect to an audi o amp lifi er o r rece iver T o connect to au dio equip ment wi th a digital inp ut DIGITAL OUT PCM / STREAM COAXIAL VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT COMPONENT S-VIDEO VIDEO RIGHT LEFT YP B P R AV COMPU LINK OPTICAL AUDIO RIGHT LEFT IN Amplifier or receiver Audio cable (not supplied) White Red : except XV -S30BK The unit White Red AUDIO [...]

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    T o insta ll ba t t er ies in the r emot e contr ol unit Pr ecautions f or the saf e use of bat t er ies T o conn ect the power cord[...]

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    17 Basi c operati ons Basic operations In the fo llowing descrip tion, the but tons on the remote c ontrol unit are m ainly used, however , you may u se the cor respondin g butto ns on th e front panel o f the unit if available. T ur ning on/of f the unit Pr ess S T ANDBY/ON on the rem ote control uni t or press on the front pan el. • Y ou can tu[...]

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    Basic operations 18 Basi c operatio ns Basic pla ybac k Now you can play a disc. First, let’ s enjoy simp le playbac k acco rding to follow ing procedure. Press 3 . The unit sta r ts playbac k from the begining. . Press 7 . The unit sto ps play bac k. Press 8 . The unit pau ses playb ac k. T o resume p laybac k, press 3 . . 7 During playba c k Fr[...]

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    Basic operations 19 Basi c operati ons 7 During playba c k Press 4 or ¢ . Pre s s 4 to locate the beginning of the cur r ent c hapter , title, or trac k, and press ¢ to l ocate the be ginning of the next c hapter , title, or trac k. Resuming pl a ybac k The unit can me morize the p osition on a disc where you inter r upt playba c k, and resume pl[...]

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    Advanced operations Pla yin g fr om a specif ic position on a disc 1 Press TITLE or MENU. 2 Use CURSOR 5 / ° / 2 / 3 to selec t a desired item, then press ENTER. 1 Press 3 . 2 Use the nume ric buttons to select the desired item. T o locate a de sire d scene f rom the D VD menu OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANC[...]

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    1 Use the numer ic buttons to speci fy the number . 1 Press 4 or ¢ . T o l ocate a desired sele ction u sing the numeric butt ons OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEAR STROBE SLOW + SLOW – TITLE MENU CHOICE ENTER RM-SXVB40A REMOTE CONTROL SELECT [...]

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    1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to move to [CHAP . SEARCH], then press ENTER. 3 Use the numeric buttons (0 to 9) to enter the desired chapter number . 4 Press ENTER. 1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to mo ve to [TIM E SEARCH], then press ENTER. T o l ocate a desir ed scene by specif ying the cha pter n umbe r [CHAP .SERCH ] OPEN /CLOSE[...]

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    3 Use the numeric buttons (0 to 9) to enter the time. 4 Press ENTER. 1 Press DIGEST . GO TO 2 : 3 4 : 0 0 DVD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH Selected time (for DVD VIDEO) CD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH GO TO 0 2 : 3 4 Selected time (for Audio CD) VCD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL GO TO 0 2 : 3 4 Select[...]

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    2 Use CURSOR 5 / ° / 2 / 3 to select the desired scene. 3 Press ENTER. Special pict ur e pla ybac k 1 Press 8 . 1 At the point you want to view as continuous photographs, press 8 . 2 Press and hold 8 for more than 1 second. Selected scene T o advance a still pi cture fram e-by-fr ame T o display co ntinu ous still pictures [STROBE] SUBTITLE ANGLE [...]

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    Advanced operations 25 Adva nced opera tions • Pressing 8 when th e nin e stil l pict ures is sh own wil l advance to the next nine s till pictures. • Pressing 3 when the nin e stil l pictures is show n will advance pictures in normal playbac k speed. • T o canc el str obe pla y P ress and hold 8 for more t han 1 s econd. 7 During playba c k [...]

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    Changing th e pla yback or der 1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to move to [PROGRAM] and press ENTER. 3 Specify the title s or tracks i n the desine d order using the numeric buttons. 4 Press 3 to start program play . T o playback in the des ired o rder [PROGRAM] OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTIT[...]

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    1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to move to [RANDOM]. 3 Press ENTER. Repeat pla ybac k 1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to move to [REPEA T], then press ENTER. T o playback in rand om orde r [RAN DOM] OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEA[...]

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    1 Press PLA Y MODE. 2 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 to mov e to [A-B REPEA T], then press ENTER at the beginni ng of the part you want to repeat (point A). 3 Press ENTER at the end of the part yo u want to repeat (point B ). REPEAT ALL VCD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL Selected repeat mode (for Video CD) REPEAT ALL CD CONTROL REPEAT A-B REPEAT [...]

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    Advanced operations 29 Adva nced opera tions • T o qu it A-B repea t playb ack Pre s s 7 . The unit stops playb ac k and quits A-B repeat mode. • During playbac k, press ing ENT ER when is pointed at [A- B REPE A T] quits A-B repeat mode an d continu es playbac k. • Y ou can als o quit A -B repeat mod e by pressing 4 or ¢ . Selectin g a scen[...]

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    Advanced operations 30 Adva nced oper ations 7 During DVD V IDEO playbac k 1 Press and hold ANGLE for more than 1 second. Up to nine camera angles r ecorded on a disc app ear on the TV screen. 2 Use CURSOR 5 / ∞ / 2 / 3 to select the des ired angle. 3 Press ENTER. The unit sta r ts playb ac k by the selec ted angle on the full-siz ed screen. Chan[...]

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    Advanced operations 31 Adva nced opera tions By A UDIO selec tion, you can c hoose th e audio la nguage of mov ies or c hoose to en joy karaoke with or withou t the vo cal. 7 During playba c k 1 Press AUDIO. The Audio se lection dis play appea rs on the TV scree n. 2 Use AUDIO or CURSOR 2 / 3 to select the desired audio. • Fo r D VD VIDEO Eac h t[...]

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    Selecting the pict ur e ch a ra c te r 1 Press THEA TER POSITION. 2 Select the desired theater pos ition by using THEA TER POSITION. Enjo ying vir tual sur r ound sound 1 Press 3D PHONIC. 2 Select the desired mode by usi ng 3D PHONIC. T o select the p ictur e cha racter [THEA TER POSI TION] OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3[...]

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    Advanced operations 33 Adva nced opera tions • THEA TER Y ou can enjoy s ound ef fects like in a major theater in Hollywood . * When you play a D VD VIDEO di sc recorded in Dolby Digital wh ic h contains more tha n 3 c hannels, A CTION does not appear . Chec king the status Y ou can view the disc/tim e informati on, as wel l as the DVD fu nctions[...]

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    1 Press DISP LA Y . T o dim the br ightness of the displa y windo w 1 Press CURSOR ° while holding down ANGLE. T o check the DVD func tion statu s OPEN /CLOSE STANDBY/ON PLAY MODE 123 56 89 0 + 10 10 7 4 3D PHONIC CANCEL SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO THEATER POSITION DIGEST PREVIOUS NEXT CLEAR STROBE SLOW + SLOW – TITLE MENU CHOICE ENTER RM-SXVB40A REMOT[...]

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    35 Initial s ettings Initial settings Selecting pr ef er ences Y ou can set various pre ferences for p laybac k via four dedica ted displays. Note that y ou cannot brin g up a pre ference dis play during playba c k or w hen an Audio C D is load ed in the tray . 7 When no dis c is inser ted in the tray , or when a D VD VIDEO or V ideo CD is inser te[...]

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    Initia l set tings 36 Initial set tings Pressing CURSOR 2 c hanges the langua ge set ting in the reverse order of the abo ve. * If the se lected langu age is not r ecorded, the disc ’ s default au dio lang uage will be play ed. SUBTITLE Y ou can select th e defaul t subtitle lan guage to be disp layed i f it is co nta ined on the d isc. Eac h tim[...]

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    Initia l settin gs 37 Initial s ettings DOWN MIX T o playbac k a DVD VID EO disc recorded wit h sur round multic hannel audio corre ctly , the DO WN MIX set ting mus t be properly made accordin g to your audi o syst em. Note that this setti ng af fects the ou tput signal from the AUDIO (bo th DIGIT AL and ANAL OG) output jac ks when playing bac k a[...]

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    Initia l set tings 38 Initial set tings ON SCREEN GUIDE The unit ca n displ ay “ on- screen gui de ” icons or c har acters on the pict ure, whic h show what is happen ing to the disc or the unit. •O N The on -screen guide w ill be displaye d. •O F F The on -screen guide w ill not be display ed. Examples of “ on-screen guide ” ic ons or [...]

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    Initia l settin gs 39 Initial s ettings Limiting pla ybac k b y ch i l d ren This functi on restricts p laybac k of DVD VIDE O discs whic h contain viol ent (and other) s cenes acc ording to the level set by the user . F or ex ample, if a m ovi e whic h includes violent sce nes suppo rts the parental loc k feature, suc h scenes whic h you do not w [...]

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    Initia l set tings 40 Initial set tings Y ou can c hange the P arental loc k settin gs later . 7 While a D VD VIDE O disc is st opped or no disc is inser ted 1 Press ENTER while holding down 7 on the remote control unit. The P arental L oc k on- screen dis play appea rs on the TV screen. points [P ASSW OR D]. 2 Enter your current 4-di git password [...]

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    Initia l settin gs 41 Initial s ettings When you s et the parental level stric tly , some discs may not be pl ayed bac k at all. When y ou inser t suc h a disc and try to pla y it, the follow ing P arental L oc k on-screen display a ppears on the T V screen, as king you w hether you w ant the par ental loc k to be tempor arily re leased or not. 1 U[...]

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    42 Additio nal informatio n Additional information A V COMPU LINK r emot e contr ol syst em (not a v ailable with XV -S30BK) The JV C A V COMPU LINK s ystem allow s you to en joy video or a udio with the simplest operation. If y our vid eo/a udi o p layer (such as a DVD p layer , CD pla yer a nd VCR) an d te lev isi on or /a nd amplifier /receiver [...]

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    Addi ti onal inf orma tio n 43 Additio nal information Y ou can enjoy pictures and /or sound by just put ting a source com ponent (whic h plays bac k the pictures a nd/or sound suc h as a DVD playe r or VCR ) into play mode. Y ou do not hav e to operate th e TV and receiver including not ha ving to perform power s witc hing. 1 T urn on the main pow[...]

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    Car e and handling of discs Ho w to handle discs Label side St ora g e Maintenance of discs CA UTION[...]

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    Addi ti onal inf orma tio n 45 Additio nal information T r oub lesho otin g What appears t o be a malfun ction may no t alw ays be se rious. Pleas e go through th e following l ist befo re requesting servic e. Symptom P oss ible case Reme dy Pow er does not come on. Pow er plug is not inser ted securely . Plug in securely . Remote control does not [...]

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    Additional inf ormation 46 Additio nal informatio n Specifications Gener al Reada ble discs: DVD VI DEO, Audio CD, V ideo CD V ideo format: NT SC Other P owe r re qui reme nts: AC 1 20 V , 60 Hz Power c onsu mpt ion: 16 W (P O WER O N), 2.2 W (ST AN DBY mo de) Mass: 2.6 kg (5.8 lbs ) Dimensi ons (W x H x D ): 435 mm x 68 mm x 267 .5 mm (17 -3/16 in[...]

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    Appendix B:Country cod e list f o r par ental loc k[...]

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    Sophisticated electronic products may require occasional service. Just as quality is a keyword in the engineering and productio n of the wide array of JVC products, service is the key to maintaining the high level of performance for which JVC is world famous. The JVC service and engineering organization stands behind our products. NATIONAL HEADQUAR[...]

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    LIMITED W ARRANTY CONSUMER VIDEO 1-90 JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONL Y T O THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER A T RET AIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MA TERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period as shown below . (“The Warranty Period.”) THIS LIMITED W AR[...]

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    VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN. J V C 0301AOMUBNJSC  [...]