Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION— (STANDBY) button! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely (all lamps and indications go off). The (STANDBY) button in any position does not disconnect the mains line. • When the unit is on standby, the STANDBY lamp lights in red.
Additional Information .........34 are no user serviceable parts inside. Troubleshooting ..............38 Operating JVC’s TVs Using the Remote Control..... 40 • If you are not going to operate the System for an extended Specifications ..............41 period of time, unplug the AC power cord from the wall Parts Index ............42...
Playable Disc Types INFO IMPORTANT: Before playing a disc, make sure of the following... COMPACT • Turn on the TV and select an appropriate input mode on DIGITAL AUDIO the TV to view the pictures or on-screen displays. • For disc playback, you can change the initial setting to your preference.
Connections Supplied accessories Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made. Check to be sure that you have all the following items. • FM antenna (x1) • AM loop antenna (x1) • Connect VIDEO OUT(COMPONENT/S-VIDEO/VIDEO) •...
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To connect the powered subwoofer • Disconnect the supplied FM antenna, and connect to an Ω outdoor FM antenna using a 75 wire with coaxial type SUB- From the powered connector (IEC or DIN45325). WOOFER subwoofer (not supplied) TV/monitor The subwoofer connected can reproduce the bass sounds Connect the COMPONENT, S-VIDEO, or VIDEO jacks recorded in front left and right channels, but cannot reproduce which you want to use.
(see page 33). If setting is incorrect, loud noise It is recommended to use JVC’s surround speaker system may be generated causing damage to the speakers. SP-XSAD8. The surround speakers connected can reproduce the bass sounds recorded in front left and right ¤...
Display Indicators 8 Timer indicators Before operating the System, be familiar with when and how the indicator illuminates on the display. • : lights when Daily Timer stands by or is being preset. • 1/2/3: lights when a Daily Timer (1, 2, or 3) stands by; flashes while being preset or working.
Daily Operations —Playback In this manual, the operation using the remote control is mainly explained; however, you can use the buttons and controls on the main unit if they have the same (or similar) name and marks. 10 keys RETURN Turn on the power.
To tune in to a station Listening to the Radio INFO While FM or AM is selected... Remote control: Main unit: Main Unit ONLY To set the AM tuner interval spacing sec. sec. Before operating the tuner, it is required to select the GROUP/TITLE SKIP DOWN appropriate AM space interval used for your area.
Select a preset number for the station you store. Playing Back a Tape INFO Examples: DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 To insert a tape To select preset number 5, press A.STANDBY DISC 4 DISC 5 You can play back type I tapes. •...
Playing Back a Disc On-screen guide icons INFO • During DVD Video playback, the following icons may Before operating a disc, be familiar how a disc is recorded. appear on the TV: • DVD Video/DVD-VR comprises of “Titles” which includes “Chapters,” DVD Audio/MP3/WMA comprise At the beginning of a scene containing multi- of “Groups”...
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7 For SVCD/VCD with PBC: Remote ONLY To locate a particular portion While playing a disc with PBC, “PBC” appears on the display. While playing a disc... When disc menu appears on the TV, select an item on the – SLOW menu.
Daily Operations —Sound & Other Adjustments Adjusting the Volume Remote control The volume level can be adjusted in 41 steps (VOLUME MIN, VOLUME 1 – VOLUME 40 (VOLUME MAX)). Remote control: Main unit: VOLUME SLEEP A.STANDBY TV VOLUME DISPLAY DIMMER VOLUME 3D PHONIC Remote...
To adjust the tone Remote Presetting Automatic DVD Video Sound ONLY You can adjust the bass and treble level from –3 to +3. Remote Increase Level INFO ONLY To adjust the bass The DVD Video sound is sometimes recorded at a lower level than for other discs and sources.
To adjust the picture tone Remote Changing the Display Brightness ONLY Select “USER1” or “USER2.” You can dim the display window. • Follow steps explained on the left column. Select a parameter you want to adjust. DIMMER TV CH DIMMER ON ENTER DIMMER OFF AUTO DIM...
To check the current clock time during play Remote Adjusting the Audio Input Level ONLY TV/VIDEO DISPLAY Clock If the sound from the component connected to the “AUX 1” or “AUX 2” jack is too loud or not loud enough Source information when changing from another source to “AUX 1”...
Unique Disc Operations Selecting the Audio Track Remote INFO ONLY Remote control For DVD Video/DivX: While playing back a chapter containing audio languages, you can select the language to listen to. For DVD Audio: While playing back a track containing audio channels, you can select the audio channel to listen to.
Selecting the Subtitle Language Remote Selecting the View Angle Remote ONLY ONLY For DVD Video: While playing back a chapter containing For DVD Video only: While playing back a chapter subtitles in different languages, you can select the subtitle containing multi-view angles, you can view the same scene language to display on the TV.
Slow-motion playback Remote • For how to select the group, see “To select a title/group” ONLY on page 10. • This does not function for DivX/MPEG-4 discs. Enter the key number. While playing... DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 Still picture playback starts. ENTER DISC 5 A.STANDBY...
Advanced Disc Operations Programming the Playing Order— Remote control Program Play Remote INFO ONLY You can arrange the playing order of the chapters or tracks (up to 99) before you start playback. • Program play cannot be used for DVD-VR/MPEG-4/ DivX/JPEG discs.
Start playback. Remote Playing at Random—Random Play ONLY Playback starts in the order you You can play all chapters or tracks at random. DVD/CD have programmed. • Random Play cannot be used for DVD-VR/JPEG/ MPEG-4/DivX and some DVDs. Before starting playback, activate Random Play. To skip a step: To pause: To stop:...
A-B Repeat Playing Repeatedly Remote INFO ONLY You can repeat playback of a desired portion by specifying — Repeat Play the beginning (point A) and the ending (point B). • A-B Repeat cannot be used for MP3/WMA/DivX You can repeat playback. /MPEG-4 and for some DVDs.
On-Screen Disc Operations On-screen Bar Information Remote control You can check the disc information (except for MP3/WMA/ JPEG disc) and use some functions through the on-screen bar. On-screen bars 10 keys DVD Video MENU/PL TOP MENU/PG Dolby D DISC 1 TITLE 2 CHAP 3 TOTAL...
Remote Operations Using the On-screen Bar 1 Disc type INFO ONLY 2 Playback information Ex.: Selecting a subtitle (French) for DVD Video Indication Meanings While a disc is selected as the source... Dolby D/ Audio format PPCM Display the entire on-screen bar. 3/2.1 ch/ Channel number ON SCREEN...
To change the time information TRACK* Repeats the current track. You can change the time information in the on-screen bar Repeats the current title (for DVD-VR and the display window on the main unit. only) (see also page 27). 1 While playing, display the on-screen bar with the pull- Repeats the current playlist (for DVD- down menu.
• Time Search can be used before starting playback, 5 Finish the setting. except for DVD Video/DVD-VR. The System starts playing the ENTER 2 Select searched chapter or track. 3 Display the pop-up window. Dolby D TITLE 2 CHAP 3 TOTAL TOTAL 0:00:58 1:25:58...
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Control screen for DVD-R/-RW in DVD-VR format To move the highlight bar between group list and track list (for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-4/DivX): The control screen is superimposed on the TV screen when you call up Program List (PG) or Play List (PL). Moves the bar to the track To select playback type list.
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To repeat playback for DVD-VR To select a group (for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-4/ While playing an original program... DivX): REPEAT A-B REPEAT DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 Canceled A.STANDBY DISC 4 DISC 5 SCAN MODE GROUP/TITLE DIMMER ANGLE SLEEP While playing a Program List... REPEAT A-B C.
Advanced Tape Operations IMPORTANT Remote control It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted material without the consent of the copyright owner. Recording on a Tape INFO You can use type I tapes for recording. • To play a tape, see page 9. Insert a recordable cassette.
Select and start playing the source—“FM,” “AM,” To record Program Play “DVD/CD,” “AUX 1,”or “AUX 2.” 1 Select Program Play (and make a program), but do not • When recording a disc, you can also use “Synchronized start playback. Disc Recording” (see below). 2 Press REC to start recording.
Timer Operations Setting the Timer Remote INFO ONLY Remote control Using Recording Timer, you can make a tape of a radio broadcast automatically. On the other hand, with Daily Timer, you can wake up with your favorite song. • You can store one Recording Timer setting and three Daily Timer settings.
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3 Select the playback source—“TUNER-FM,” To turn off the Timer after its setting is done “TUNER-AM,” “DISC,” “TAPE,” “AUX 1,” or Since Daily Timer is activated at the same time everyday, “AUX 2.” you may need to cancel it on some particular days. •...
Setup Menu Operations Initial settings Remote INFO ONLY Remote Control Some items in the menus cannot be changed during playback. Press SET UP. LANGUAGE MENU LANGUAGE ENGLISH AUDIO LANGUAGE ENGLISH SUBTITLE ENGLISH ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH ENTER SET UP Press )to select the menu.
AUDIO menu Item Contents DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT Set this item correctly when using the DVD OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT terminal on the rear. PCM ONLY: When connecting to audio equipment which can decode only linear PCM signals. DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: When connecting to a Dolby Digital decoder or an amplifier with a built- in Dolby Digital decoder.
Additional Information Daily Operations—Playback (see pages 7 to 11) Learning More about This System Listening to the Radio: Introduction • If you store a new station into an occupied preset number, (see pages 1 to 2) the previously stored station in that number will be erased. Playable Disc Types: •...
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Daily Operations—Sound & Other Adjustments – This System can play only baseline JPEG files*. Progressive JPEG files* or lossless JPEG files* cannot (see pages 12 to 15) be played. Adjusting the Sound: * Baseline JPEG format: Used for digital cameras, •...
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On-Screen Disc Operations Timer Operations (see pages 22 to 27) (see pages 30 to 31) Operations Using the On-screen Bar: Setting the Timer: • For DVD-RW/RAM in the VR format, “PG” or “PL” • When using an external component—“AUX 1” or “AUX 2”...
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Cleaning the System Maintenance • Stains should be wiped off with a soft cloth. If the System To get the best performance of the System, keep your discs, is heavily stained, wipe it with a cloth soaked in water- tapes, and mechanism clean. diluted neutral detergent and wrung well, then wipe clean with a dry cloth.
MP3/WMA, JPEG, MPEG-4 or DivX files are not played Troubleshooting back. ] The inserted disc may include both type of tracks (ex. General: MP3/WMA files and JPEG files). In this case, you can Adjustments or settings are suddenly canceled before only play back the files selected by the “FILE TYPE”...
Language Code List Javanese Samoan Afar Georgian Shona Abkhazian Kazakh Somali Afrikaans Greenlandic Albanian Ameharic Cambodian Serbian Arabic Kannada Siswati Assamese Korean (KOR) Sesotho Aymara Kashmiri Sundanese Azerbaijani Kurdish Swedish Bashkir Kirghiz Swahili Byelorussian Latin Tamil Bulgarian Lingala Telugu Bihari Laothian Tajik Bislama...
While playing some DVD Audio discs, digital signals may not be emitted through the DVD OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT terminal if the discs are processed with CPPM (Content Protection for Prerecorded Media). Operating JVC’s TVs Using the Remote Control You can use the remote control to operate JVC’s TVs. Remote control Turn on/off TV.
General Specifications Power requirement: Amplifier section AC 240 V , 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption: 95 W (at operation) Output Power: 15 W (on standby) 200 W (100 W + 100 W) at 6 Ω (10% THD) Dimensions (approx.): 175 mm x 250 mm x 420 mm Audio Input AUX 1 and AUX 2: (W/H/D)