Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION— (Standby/on) button! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely (the STANDBY lamp goes off). When installing the apparatus, ensure that the plug is easily accessible. The • When the System is on standby, the STANDBY lamp lights red. •...
Microphone Mixing ... 32 Reserving Karaoke Songs—Karaoke Program Play... 33 Timer Operations...34 Setup Menu Operations ...36 Additional Information ...38 Learning More about This System... 38 Troubleshooting ... 41 Operating JVC’s TVs Using the Remote Control... 43 Specifications ... 44 Parts Index ...45...
Playable Disc Types SUPER VIDEO DIGITAL VIDEO • CD-R/-RW: Recorded in the Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD formats. MP3, WMA, JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF and DivX files written in accordance with the “ISO 9660” format can also be played. •...
Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made. • Connect VIDEO OUT directly to the video input of your TV. Connecting VIDEO OUT to a TV via a VCR may interfere with your viewing when playing back a copy- protected disc.
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Powered subwoofer From the powered subwoofer (not supplied) The subwoofer connected can reproduce the bass sounds recorded in front left and right channels, but cannot reproduce the LFE signals in DVD multi-channel discs. • Before plugging the unit to the main supply, make sure that the powered subwoofer is turned off.
Speakers • When connecting the speaker cords, match the polarity of the speaker terminals: red color to (+) and black color to (–). Insert From right CAUTION: Black speaker • DO NOT connect more than one speaker to each terminal. •...
The indications on the display tell you a lot of things while you are operating the System. Before operating the System, be familiar with when and how the indicator illuminates on the display. 1 Disc tray indicators • 1–5: Disc tray number indicators. –...
Daily Operations Remote control Disc tray selecting buttons ENTER/SET TOP MENU/PG RETURN 1,¡ QP LINK SHIFT DVD/CD FM/AM DISC ALL A–B QP Link GROUP RANDOM PRGM TV VOLUME VOLUME In this manual, operations using the remote control are mainly explained; however, you can use the buttons and controls on the main unit if they have the same (or similar) name and marks.
Listening to the Radio INFO To set the AM tuner interval spacing Before operating the tuner, it is required to select the appropriate AM space interval used for your area. • This is possible only while the System is on standby. Select the AM band.
Select a preset number for the station you store. Examples: DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 To select preset number 5, press DISC 4 DISC 5 A.STANDBY To select preset number 10, press SCAN MODE SLEEP To select preset number 15, press LINE OUT LEVEL ANGLE ZOOM...
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Playing Back a Disc INFO Before operating a disc, be familiar how a disc is recorded. • DVD Video/DVD-VR comprises of “Titles” which includes “Chapters,” DVD Audio/MP3/WMA/MPEG-1/ MPEG-2/ASF/DivX comprises of “Groups” which includes “Tracks,” JPEG comprises of “Groups” which includes “Files,” and CD/SVCD/VCD comprises of only “Tracks.”...
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To select a chapter/track • For VCD/SVCD, cancel PBC (see the right column). While playing a disc... • First time you press 4, you GROUP/TITLE SKIP will go back to the beginning of the current chapter/track. To locate a particular portion While playing a disc...
Playing Back a Portable Audio Device By using QP Link (Quick Portable Link), you can easily start playing back a portable audio device connected to the LINE IN jack (see page 5). • Make sure to set the volume of your portable audio device loud enough so that the System can detect the sound signal.
Daily Operations Remote control SCAN MODE LINE OUT LEVEL ENTER/SET DVD LEVEL AHB PRO 3D PHONIC CLOCK/TIMER SHIFT SOUND TURBO Main unit SOUND TURBO Adjusting the Volume You can adjust the volume level from VOL MIN to level 40 (VOL MAX). Remote control: Main unit: TV VOLUME...
Creating 3-dimentional Sound Field Remote —3D Phonic ONLY • This does not function for MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ASF/DivX discs. While playing a disc... 3D PHONIC AUDIO/MPX (while holding...) 3D PHONIC ACTION 3D PHONIC 3D PHONIC 3D PHONIC • The selected mode can only be shown on the TV. ACTION Suitable for action movies and sports programs.
Changing the Display Brightness You can dim the display window. TV/VIDEO DIMMER OFF DIMMER (Canceled) AUTO DIM DIMMER ON Dims the display. AUTO DIM* Removes the display illumination when starting playback a disc with a video source. • The display illuminates when playback stops.
Adjust the parameter. TV CH ENTER/SET TV CH Repeat steps 2 to 3 to adjust other parameters. To erase the screen, press VFP again while holding SHIFT, or wait for more than 5 seconds. Remote Setting the Clock ONLY Without setting the built-in clock, you cannot use Daily Timers (see page 34) and Sleep Timer.
Unique DVD/VCD Operations Remote control Number buttons ANGLE DVD/CD 3 SLOW , AUDIO/MPX SHIFT Selecting the Audio Track 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 For DVD Video/DivX: While playing back a chapter containing subtitles in different languages, you can select the subtitle language to display on the TV. For DVD-VR: While playing, you can turn the subtitles on or off. For SVCD: While playing, you can select the subtitles even if no subtitles are recorded on the disc.
Enter the key number. DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 ENTER/SET A.STANDBY DISC 4 DISC 5 SCAN MODE SLEEP ANGLE Follow the interactive instructions shown on the screen. To cancel the key number entry, press 7. Making Dialogues Clear—Clear Voice When you playback a disc, you can use this function—Clear Voice.
Advanced Disc Operations Remote control Number buttons ZOOM TOP MENU/PG DVD/CD 3 ¡ REPEAT A-B REPEAT SHIFT Main unit DVD/CD 8 DVD/CD # EJECT Programming the Playing Order— Program Play You can arrange the playing order of the chapters or tracks (up to 99) before you start playback.
Start playback. Playback starts in the order you DVD/CD have programmed. To skip a step: To pause: GROUP/TITLE SKIP To release, press DVD/CD 3. To check the programmed contents Before or after playback... TV CH In the reverse order. TV CH In the programmed order.
Playing Repeatedly Remote ONLY • You can also select the repeat mode using the on-screen bar (see pages 24 and 25). • For MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ASF/DivX, see page 28. Repeat Play You can repeat playback. • For DVD Video/Audio: While playing... REPEAT A-B REPEAT Canceled •...
On-screen Disc Operations You can check the disc information and use some functions through the on-screen bar. On-screen bars DVD Video Dolby D DISC 1 TITLE TITLE 2 CHAP CHAP 3 DVD-VIDEO 3/2.1ch TIME CHAP. TIME DVD Audio LPCM DISC 1 GROUP 14 TRACK 23 DVD-AUDIO...
To operate using the On-screen Bar Ex.: Selecting a subtitle (French) for DVD Video While a disc is selected as the source... Display the entire on-screen bar. ON SCREEN Dolby D KARAOKE DISC 1 DVD-VIDEO 3/2.1ch Dolby D DISC 1 TITLE 2 DVD-VIDEO TITLE...
Select the repeat mode you want. Repeats a desired portion (see below). TITLE Repeats the current title. GROUP Repeats the current group. DISC Repeats the current disc. Repeats all discs (except for DVD). CHAPTER* Repeats the current chapter. TRACK* Repeats the current track. Repeats the current title of original program (for DVD-VR only) (see also page 22).
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Enter the desired chapter/track number. Examples: DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 To select chapter/track 5, press 5. DISC 4 DISC 5 A.STANDBY To select chapter/track 10, SCAN MODE SLEEP press 1, then 0. To select chapter/track 15, ANGLE press 1, then 5. To select chapter/track 30, press 3, then 0.
Operations on the Control Screen You can search for and play the desired items through the control screen for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ ASF/DivX discs. Control screen for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-1/ MPEG-2/ASF/DivX discs The control screen automatically appears on the TV screen when you load an MP3, WMA JPEG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF or DivX disc.
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To select a group (for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-1/ MPEG-2/ASF/DivX): GROUP/TITLE SKIP (while holding...) To skip a track: To stop playback: GROUP/TITLE SKIP • You can select a group directly by pressing a number button after pressing GROUP/TITLE (except for DVD-VR disc). To repeat MP3/WMA playback While playing or before playback...
Advanced Tape Operations Remote control FM/AM DVD/CD 3 Main unit PUSH OPEN 0 DVD/CD 8 DVD/CD # FM/AM IMPORTANT It may be unlawful to record or playback copyrighted material without the consent of the copyright owner. Recording on a Tape You can use type I tapes for recording.
Synchronized Disc Recording You can start and stop both disc play and tape recording at the same time. To record the entire disc Load a disc and insert a recordable cassette. • If the current playing source is not the disc player, press DVD/CD 3, then 7.
Remote control RESERVE FM/AM DVD/CD 3 AUDIO/MPX SHIFT Main unit MIC jack MIC VOLUME DVD/CD 8 DVD/CD # FM/AM Enjoying Karaoke IMPORTANT Always set MIC VOLUME to MIN when connecting or disconnecting the microphone. Singing Along (Karaoke) KEY KEY To sing along using the Karaoke discs You can enjoy Karaoke using the Karaoke disc (except ECHO Karaoke CD).
To adjust the Key (disc playback only) Activate Key Control. ON SCREEN KEYCON KARAOKE (while holding...) Adjust the Key (while holding...) • Key Control cannot be activated for DVD Audio/ DVD-VR/MPEG-1/MPEG-2/ASF/DivX. To deactivate Key Control, press KARAOKE (while holding SHIFT) to select “OFF.” To apply echo to your voice MENU/PL ECHO...
Reserving Karaoke Songs —Karaoke Program Play You can determine the playback order of the titles or tracks on the disc player. You can program up to 12 steps. Change the source to “DVD/CD.” DVD/CD Activate Karaoke Program Play. SET UP (while holding...) Disc Gr/Tt...
Remote control CLOCK /TIMER Setting the Timer Remote ONLY Using Daily Timer, you can wake up with your favorite music. On the other hand, with Recording Timer, you can make a tape of a radio broadcast or the sound from LINE IN automatically.
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For “DISC”: Select the disc tray number, the title/ group number, then the chapter/track number. 5 Select the volume level. • You can adjust the volume level (“0” to “40” and “VOL – –”). If you select “VOL – –,” the volume is set to the last level when the unit has been turned off.
Setup Menu Operations Remote Control SET UP LANGUAGE menu Item MENU LANGUAGE You can select the initial menu language of the DVD Video. AUDIO LANGUAGE You can select the initial audio language of the DVD Video. SUBTITLE You can select the initial subtitle language of the DVD Video. ON SCREEN LANGUAGE You can select “ENGLISH,”...
AUDIO menu Item 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 Learning More about This System Connections (see pages 3 to 5) • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords or the power cord. Also, keep the antennas away from metallic parts of the System, connecting cords, and the AC power cord.
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– This System can playback JPEG files with the extension code <.jpg> or <.jpeg> (regardless of the letter case— upper/lower). – This System may not playback JPEG files properly if they are recorded on a device other than a digital still camera.
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Unique DVD/VCD Operations (see pages 17 to 19) Selecting the Audio Track: • On some DVD Video discs, you cannot change audio languages while playing back. Special Effect Playback: • During slow-motion playback, no sound will be reproduced. • While zoomed in, the picture may look coarse. Advanced Disc Operations (see pages 20 to 28) Programming the Playing Order—Program Play:...
Troubleshooting General: Adjustments or settings are suddenly canceled before you finish. ] There is a time limit. Repeat procedure again. Operations are disabled. ] The built-in microprocessor may malfunction due to external electrical interference. Unplug the AC power cord and then plug it back in. Unable to operate the System from the remote control.
Language Code List Persian Afar Finnish Abkhazian Fiji Afrikaans Faroese AM Ameharic Frisian Arabic Irish Assamese Scots Gaelic Aymara Galician Azerbaijani Guarani Bashkir Gujarati Byelorussian Hausa Bulgarian Hindi Bihari Croatian Bislama Hungarian Bengali, Bangla Armenian Tibetan Interlingua Breton Interlingue Catalan Inupiak Corsican Indonesian...
44.1 kHz, 16 bit Linear PCM/48 kHz, 16 bit Linear PCM DTS bitstream 32/44.1/48 kHz, 16 bit Linear PCM 32 kHz, 16 bit Linear PCM You can use the remote control to operate JVC’s TVs. While holding SHIFT, press... TV CH TV/VIDEO...
UP ¢ ¢ , DOWN 4 ¢ ¢ USB AUDIO jack VOLUME + , – Remote control This remote control can also operate JVC’s TVs (see page 43). Main unit 7, 9 8, 9, 11, 21 & 13, 31, 32...