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JVC XV-M556TN User's Manual

1. 3 Use CURSOR A v to select MASK Pressing CURSOR A cycles the vocal mode as shown below Pressing CURSOR Y cycles the mode in reverse order NORMAL MASK REPLACE To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME If IKARAOKE SOUND is set to L or R the vocal mask function does not work correctly With some materials such as those recorded in monaural and sung by multiple voices the voice may not be satisfactorily masked LL x e lt cc lt x operation we lt o oS co qa Oo KARAOKE operation Playing back the guide vocal only when you stop singing VOCAL REPLACE Audio fil Video fim Super You may have experiences where you could not sing in the middle of a Karaoke song because you forgot the melody etc In such cases by using the vocal replace function the guide vocal automatically replaces your voice when you stop singing It may be useful for practicing Karaoke 2 3 E During playback when the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT If the disc is recorded with the multiplex audio set KARAOKE SOUNDI to L or R for playing back the guide vocal If the disc is not recorded for Karaoke set KARAOKE SOUND to L R See page 37 2 Use CURS
2. S 30 Changing the language and sound To select the subtitle language SUBTITLE 30 To change the audio language or sound AUDIO 31 Selecting the picture character To select the picture character THEATER POSITION 31 Enjoying virtual surround sound To simulate surround sound 3D PHONIC 32 Checking the status To check the disc time information 33 To check the DVD function status 34 KARAOKE function Page 35 Preparation Turning on the KARAOKE function esee 35 Connecting microphones esee 35 Reserving songs sss 36 Selecting audio Selecting audio track s AUDIO Selecting Karaoke sound KARAOKE SOUND Masking the vocal recorded on a disc VOCAL MASK 38 Playing back the guide vocal only when you stop singing VOCAL REPLACE sirsiran 39 Adding an effect to your voice Adding an echo effect ECHO 39 Adding various effects to the vocal VOCAL EFFECT 40 Shifting the musical key Operating the front panel 40 Operating the front remote control unit 41 Initial settings Page 42 Selecting preferences How to set preferences eese 42 LANGUAGE page 42 AUDIO page DISPLAY pa
3. 3 Use the numeric buttons 0 9 to enter the desired chapter number Example Press 8 ENTER To select chapter number 37 Press 3 gt 7 gt ENTER To select chapter number 8 4 Press ENTER The unit starts playback from the selected chapter The 10 and 10 buttons are not used in this function When the chapter number is incorrect in step 3 Overwrite the incorrect number with the correct number When S is displayed in the TV screen in step 4 The chapter you have selected is not contained in the disc or chapter search does not work on the disc With some discs the unit automatically starts searching for the chapter after entering the chapter number in step 3 To turn off the play mode menu Press PLAY MODE To locate a desired position in the current title or track TIME SEARCH mE E ES You can play a disc from the desired position by specifying the elapsed time from the beginning of the current title or track using the TIME SEARCH function Note that some DVD discs do not contain time information and the TIME SEARCH function cannot be used B For DVD For Audio CD During playback During playback For Video CD SVCD During playback without PBC function 1 Press PLAY MODE The play mode menu appears on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to TIME SEARCH then press ENTER GO TO appears
4. a o 2 5 Introduction Notes on handling Important cautions Installation of the unit Select a place which is level dry and neither too hot nor too cold between 5 C and 35 C 41 F and 95 F Leave sufficient distance between the unit and the TV Do not use the player in a place subject to vibrations Power cord Do not handle the power cord with wet hands Asmall amount of power 3 8 watts is always consumed while the power cord is connected to the wall outlet When unplugging the player from the wall outlet always pull the plug not the power cord To prevent malfunction of the unit There are no user serviceable parts inside If anything goes wrong unplug the power cord and consult your dealer Do not insert any metallic object into the unit Do not use any non standard shape disc available on the market because it may damage the unit Do not use a disc with tape seals or paste on it because damage to the unit may result Note about copyright laws Please check the copyright laws in your country before recording from DVD VIDEO Audio CD and Video CD discs Recording of copyrighted material may infringe copyright laws Note about the copyguard system The DVD VIDEO disc is protected by the copyguard system When you connect the unit to your VCR directly the copyguard system activates and the picture may not be played back correctly Safety precautio
5. Care and handling of discs How to handle discs When handling a disc do not touch the surface of the disc Since discs are made of plastic they are easily damaged If a disc gets dirty dusty scratched or warped the images and sound will not be picked up correctly and such a disc may cause the player to malfunction Label side Do not damage the label side stick paper to or use any adhesive on its surface Storage Make sure that discs are kept in their cases If discs are piled on top of one another without their protective cases they can be damaged Do not put discs in a location where they may be exposed to direct sunlight or in a place where the humidity or temperature is high Avoid leaving discs in your car Maintenance of discs If there are fingerprints or other dirt adhering to a disc wipe with a soft dry cloth moving from the center outwards If a disc is difficult to clean wipe with a cloth moistened with water Never use record cleaners petrol alcohol or any anti static agents CAUTION Sometimes during play noise or images may be garbled This is sometimes due to the disc It may not be up to industry standards These symptoms are caused by the discs not by the malfunction of the unit Additional information Troubleshooting What appears to be a malfunction may not always be serious Please go through the following list before requesting service Symptom Possible case Remed
6. Croatian Maori Sanskrit Tonga Bengali Bangla Hungarian Macedonian Sindhi Turkish Tibetan Armenian Malayalam Sangho Tsonga Breton Interlingua Mongolian Serbo Croatian Tatar Catalan Interlingue Moldavian Singhalese Twi Corsican Inupiak Marathi Slovak Ukrainian Czech Indonesian Malay MAY Slovenian Urdu Welsh Icelandic Maltese Samoan Uzbek Danish Hebrew Burmese Shona Vietnamese Bhutani Yiddish Nauru Somali Volapuk Greek Javanese Nepali Albanian Wolof Esperanto Georgian Dutch Serbian Xhosa Estonian Kazakh Norwegian Siswati Yoruba Basque Greenlandic Occitan Sesotho Zulu Appendix B Country code list for parental lock Andorra Spain United Arab Emirates Ethiopia This list is used for the Parental Lock operation For details see page 46 Lebanon Saudi Arabia Afghanistan Finland Saint Lucia Solomon Islands Antigua and Barbuda Fiji Liechtenstein Seychelles Anguilla Albania Falkland Islands Malvinas Sri Lanka Sudan Liberia Sweden Armenia Netherlands Antilles Micronesia Federated States of Lesotho Sing
7. E When the KARAOKE function is on 1 Use the Key control buttons tt a and b to shift the musical key Pressing raises the key Pressing b drops the key Pressing 4 returns to the original key The key shift status appears in the front panel display window as well as on the TV screen Display window KEY Selected key number TV screen bdquigunp The key returns to the normal key after the current song ends While an Audio CD disc is selected not only during playback but also while stopped the key control function does not affect the output signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack uu x e lt cc lt x operation 40 KARAOKE operation Operating from the remote control unit pur MT Super E When the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to KEY CONTROL AUDIO FU VOCAL ECHO EFFECT So A A A A A A 1 L R NORMAL 2 OFF V V V V V 0 V W 3 Use CURSOR A v to shift the musical key Pressing CURSOR A raises the key Pressing CURSOR Y drops the key The key shift status appears in the front panel display window and on the TV screen in the same way as it appears when
8. Television is not correctly set Set the television correctly Operation is not possible Microcomputer malfunction due to Turn off the power and unplug the power lightning or static electricity cord then connect the power cord again Moisture condensation caused by a Turn off the power then turn it on a few hours sudden change of temperature or later humidity _ amp So ST i SS lt tc 50 o 5 lt S z d amp amp 51 Additional information Specifications General Readable discs Video format Other Power requirements Power consumption Mass Dimensions W x H x D Video output COMPONENT pin jack VIDEO OUT pin jack S VIDEO OUT S jack Horizontal resolution Signal to noise ratio Audio output ANALOG OUT pin jack DIGITAL OUT optical Audio intput MIC1 MIC2 Audio characteristics Frequency response Dynamic range Wow and flutter Total harmonic distortion DVD VIDEO Audio CD Video CD SVCD NTSC color PAL selectable AC 110 240 V 50 60 Hz 20 W POWER ON 3 8 W STANDBY mode 5 1 kg 11 3 Ibs 435 x 126 5 x 324 6 mm 17 3 16 x 5 x 12 13 16 inch Y Output PB PR Output 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms 0 7 Vp p 75 ohms Y Output 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms C Output 286 mVp p 75 ohms 500 Lines 65 dB ATTENUATOR OFF 2 0 Vrms 10 k ohms ATTENUATOR ON 1 0 Vrms 1
9. To change the settings PARENTAL LOCK To temporarily release the Parental BUD lock PARENTAL LOCK E While a DVD disc is stopped or no disc is inserted 1 Press ENTER while holding down SHIFT When you set the parental level strictly some discs may not be played back at all When you insert such a The Parental Lock disc and try to play it the Parental Lock on screen on screen display Amm PET display appears on the TV screen and the unit will ask appears on the TV ss RO GA you whether you want the parental lock to be screen temporarily released or not lt PSE 1 Use the CURSOR A v to move lt to YES or NO then press ENTER A If you select YES and press ENTER moves 2 Enter your current 4 digit password using the to the PASSWORD numeric buttons 0 to 9 and press ENTER field If you enter the wrong password WRONG When selecting s SU ey no RETRY appears on the TV screen and you NO press the Lovel Change NO cannot go to next step corresponding amp to PUE EENE remove the disc 3 Use CURSOR A v to move to Set Level and use CURSOR lt gt to select the 2 Enter your 4 digit password using the N parental lock level then press ENTER numeric buttons 0 to 9 If you enter the wrong password
10. You can change the current selected track by pressing lt lt or gt gt To turn off the disc time display Press DISPLAY TIME Advanced operations To check the DVD function status DVD Bl During DVD playback 2 Press DISPLAY TIME The DVD function status display appears on the TV screen Pave Q12 G 02 ENGLISH ENGLISH The current selections of the camera angle audio language and subtitle language are displayed To turn off the DVD function status display Press DISPLAY TIME twice ge 9 St 20 Sea 6 34 KARAOKE operation Preparation Connecting microphones Turning on the KARAOKE function Audio fil Video fim Super From the remote control unit 1 Connect microphone s to the MIC 1 2 jack s on the front panel While an Audio CD disc is selected not only during playback but also while stopped the input signals from the MIC 1 2 jacks are not output from the DIGITAL OUT jack To adjust the microphone volume use MIC 1 2 LEVEL OOO OWO CC Turning it clockwise raises the level while turing it counter clockwise lowers the levels From the front panel
11. 1 Disc number indicator Knowledge gt D x a 3D PHONIC TITLE CHAP KEY TRACK HH FIL EACH j HH OILI III iI REMAIN f P fff HH O Disc number Time display indicator Title chapter track key indicator Rear panel CD VIDEO OUT jack 2 S VIDEO OUT jack Shows the disc number being selected 2 Title chapter track key indicator Usually displays the title chapter or track number When you shift the musical key the status is displayed For example if you lower the key two level the display shows g 3 Time display Shows the cumulative or remaining time of the track or disc or the total disc time 5 Disc indicator Indicates the type of the disc set in the selected tray When a DVD disc is set DVD is indicated When a Video CD or SVCD is set VCD is indicated When an Audio CD is set there is no indication Function indicator Activated function indicators light up 3 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks Y PB PR DIGITAL OUT WERT PCM STREAM OPTICAL sey PAL s AC IN DIGITAL OUT jack OPTICAL AUDIO OUT jacks L R 5 ATTENUATOR ON OFF switch VIDEO OUT SELECT NTSC PAL switch AV COMPU LINK jacks CD VIDEO OUT jack 12 Outputs a composite video signal 2 S VIDEO OUT jack 12 Outputs an S video signal 3 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks Y PB PR 13 Outputs component video signals
12. WRONG p m PARENTALLOCK RETRY appears on the TV screen and you County Codo gm gt cannot go to next step The Parental lock is released and the unit starts lt playback PRESS lt gt KEY ENTER NM When you enter the wrong password more than 3 times 4 Enter your new 4 digit password using the in step 2 above moves to NO automatically and numeric buttons 0 to 9 and press ENTER CURSOR a v do not work The new setting is effective When you enter the wrong password more than 3 times in step 2 above moves to EXIT automatically and CURSOR A Y does not work If you forget your password in step 2 Enter 8888 47 Additional information AV COMPU LINK remote control system When you buy a separate TV VCR DVD player receiver or other component and connect them to each other you have to operate each component individually JVC s AV COBMDIU TIBI AV COMPU LINK remote control system meets the demands of a system made up of single components and has the ease of operation of a single unit Connection and setup Using the AV COMPU LINK cable connect the AV COMPU LINK terminals of each component to one another To AV COMPU LINK II or EX DVD player f you connect a DVD player to a television via AV COMPU LINK set the DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting as follows When connecting to VIDEO 1 input terminal of the tele
13. 1 Press PLAY MODE The play mode menu appears on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move 5 to PROGRAM and press ENTER REPEAT RANDOM a The program table appears under the menu bar as shown above The PROGRAM indicator appears in the display window on the front panel 3 Specify the disc by a DISC 1 3 button and then the title or track by the numeric buttons Up to 18 titles or tracks can be programmed by repeating this procedure The programmed disc number and title track number are shown under each program number When you specify a wrong selection Press CANCEL The last selection programmed is erased To clear the program Press B 4 Press gt to start program play When all of the programmed titles tracks have finished playback the unit stops but the program remains Some DVD discs may not be played back correctly in program mode During program playback you can use i and pP to skip to the previous next selection of the program By pressing PLAY MODE during program playback the program table is displayed on the TV screen and the current program number is indicated in yellow In program mode the DISC buttons are invalid To quit program playback Press Bi twice The PROGRAM indicator in the display window turns off Note that the program remains While stopped and the play mode menu is di
14. Bhutan Hong Kong Malaysia Tonga Bouvet Island Botswana Heard Island and McDonald Islands Mozambique East Timor Namibia Turkey Belarus Honduras New Caledonia Trinidad and Tobago Belize Croatia Niger Tuvalu Canada Haiti Norfolk Island Cocos Keeling Islands Hungary Nigeria Taiwan Province of China Central African Republic Indonesia Nicaragua Congo Ireland Netherlands Tanzania United Republic of Switzerland Israel Norway Ukraine C te d Ivoire India Nepal Uganda Cook Islands Chile British Indian Ocean Territory Nauru Niue United States Minor Outlying Islands Cameroon Iraq New Zealand United States China Iran Islamic Republic of Oman Uruguay Colombia Iceland Panama Uzbekistan Costa Rica Italy Peru Cuba Jamaica French Polynesia Vatican City State Holy See Cape Verde Jordan Papua New Guinea Christmas Island Japan Philippines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cyprus enya Pakistan Venezuela Czech Republic yrgyzstan Poland Virgin Islands British Germany Cambodia Djibouti
15. To activate the PBC function when a PBC compatible Video CD or SVCD disc is being played back without the PBC function press IB then press gt Youcan also activate the PBC function using the play mode menu display as follows 1 Press PLAY MODE 2 Use the lt gt buttons to move to PBC CALL then press ENTER If you want to playback a PBC compatible Video CD or SVCD disc without activating the PBC function start playback by using the numeric buttons instead of the gt button See the next paragraph To locate a desired title or track directly Audio ff Video jj Super OOOO DODD 1 ooo You can play a desired title for DVDs or track for Audio CD Video CD SVCD B For DVD While stopped For Audio CD Whenever an Audio CD disc is loaded For Video CD SVCD During playback without PBC function or while stopped 1 Use the numeric buttons to select the desired title or track number See page 10 for details about how to use the numeric buttons The selected title or track number appears in the display window on the front panel Display window TITLE Selected track number for Audio CD Video CD SVCD Selected title number for DVD The unit starts playback from the selected title or track 21 When S appears on the TV screen The title or track you have selected is not contained in the disc This function does not work during Video CD SVCD playback with PBC function
16. AV COMPU LINK jacks 48 Connects with other JVC equipment supporting the AV Compulink function to facilitate integrated operations ATTENUATOR ON OFF switch 12 Attenuates the output level when it is set to ON 9 AC IN connector VIDEO OUT SELECT NTSC PAL switch 12 Selects NTSC or PAL according to the color system of your TV AUDIO OUT jacks L R 12 Outputs stereo analog audio signals 8 DIGITAL OUT jack OPTICAL 14 Outputs digital audio signals Only an optical connector is provided 9 AC IN connector 14 Connects to the wall outlet using the suppplied AC power cord Preliminary knowledge Operational Principles On screen displays The unit provides several on screen displays With some displays you can set or select preferences or functions while the others are display only Opening displays The Opening display appears automatically in some conditions At the bottom the following information are indicated depending on the unit s status NOW READING The unit is now reading the disc information TOC REGION CODE ERROR The DVD disc loaded cannot be played because the region code of the disc does not match the unit e CHANGE gt DISC 1 The unit is now changing the disc tray to DISC 1 OPEN The selected tray is now opening CLOSE The selected tray is now closing Preference displays When the unit is stopped pressing the RETURN CHOICE button while h
17. Accompaniment only Total number of audio tracks Selected sound or channel To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME When S appears on the TV screen The disc does not contain multi audio tracks or the disc inhibits the audio selection Selecting Karaoke sound KARAOKE SOUND Dane Among Karaoke DVD discs there are Multi sound Karaoke discs With such a disc for example you can sing along with the other vocal part recorded in a disc E During playback when the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT When playing back a Multi sound Karaoke disc AUDIO should be set to 1 See the left column 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move lt to KARAOKE SOUND AUDIO VE VOCAL ECHO EFFECT bao A A A A A A NORMAL 2 OFF 0 V V V 11 LR V V WS 3 Use CURSOR A Y to select the desired sound to be played back Example 1 A multi sound Karaoke DVD Pressing CURSOR A button cycles the sound as follows Pressing CURSOR Y cycles the sound in reverse order KARAOKE operation 1 With guide vocal 1 2 With guide vocal 2 1 2 With guide vocal 1 2 PRO Only accompaniment OFF With guide melody 2 and 1 2 above
18. Angle selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the angle for 10 seconds To turn off the Angle selection display manually press ENTER When S appears on the TV screen The current scene is not recorded from multiple angles 29 Advanced operations To select a scene angle from the angle Changing the language and list display ANGLE sound pvp For DVD and SVCD discs you can select the subtitle language as well as the audio language sound included on a disc For Video CD and SVCD discs you can select the audio channel s To select the subtitle language SUBTITLE 2 1 OOQ Bl During DVD playback E During playback 1 Press and hold ANGLE for more than 1 1 Press SUBTITLE second The Subtitle selection display appears on the TV 7 screen For DVD pressing SUBTITLE while the subtitle selection display is shown on the TV screen turns the subtitle on or off Up to nine camera angles recorded on a disc appear on the TV screen CJ OFF 41 3b 35 The selected camera angle um 2 To select the subtitle language press s e 2 Use CURSOR W lt gt to select the desired CURSOR lt gt angle e For DVD Example Pressing CURSOR lt gt 1 3 aes 3 Press ENTER cycles among the subtitles 2 3 FRENCH recorded on the disc 3 3 SPANISH I The select
19. RANDOM indicator in the display window turns off Some DVD discs may not be played back correctly in random mode Repeat playback You can repeat playback of the current title or chapter for DVD or current track for Audio CD Video CD SVCD or all discs inserted You can also repeat playback of a desired part To repeat a current title chapter or track or all discs REPEAT mr ES B in any condition except Video CD SVCD playback with PBC 1 Press PLAY MODE The play mode menu appears on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to REPEAT then press ENTER Each time you press ENTER the repeat mode changes as follows During DVD playback DVD CONTROL REPI A BREPEAT TIMESEARCH CHAP SEARCH The selected repeat mode appears on the TV screen REPEAT ALL all disc repeat v T REPEAT current title repeat C REPEAT current chapter repeat No indication off Advanced operations During Audio Vi D SVCD pl k PERA AN erate rare ye ane To repeat a desired part A B REPEAT for Audio CD for Video CD SVCD AL A BREPEAT TIME SEARCH AT A BREPEAT TIMESEARCH PBCCALL Selected repeat mode Selected repeat mode REPEAT ALL all disc repeat REPEAT 1 current track repeat 4 E During playback No indication off 1 Pres
20. RESERVE CANCEL button d STROBE KARAOKE MENU button ZOOM RESERVE button for DVD Video CD SVCD for DVD Video CD SVCD 42 Numeric buttons 3 3D PHONIC button j THEATER POSITION button 3p PHONIC SHEATER rw x j 5 SHIFT button SHIFT TV VIDEO TV VOL buttons 6 TV VIDEO button TV ch buttons JVC RM SXVM557U REMOTE CONTROL Preliminary knowledge CD DISC 1 through DISC 3 buttons 18 Used to start playback of the disc in the corresponding tray Function the same as the 1 through 3 buttons on the front panel 2 t SLOW SLOW buttons 19 25 Perform rapid advance reverse playback operations Also used for slow motion playback of a picture for DVD Video CD SVCD 3 m STOP button 18 Stops playback Also used to erase all the programmed tracks for program play e 1 PREVIOUS NEXT buttons 19 Performs skipping a chapter title or track Also used for the page selection of a menu screen for DVD Video CD SVCD TITLE button for DVD 20 Displays a DVD title menu on the TV screen or monitor A Y CURSOR buttons Used to select an item from a menu or on screen display orto change the setting of an item in the on screen display RETURN CHOICE button 20 42 Returns to the previous menu for DVD Video CD SVCD When pressed while holding down the SHIFT button the Preference on screen display appears on t
21. RETURN CHOICE while holding down SHIFT Pressing CURSOR lt changes the language setting in the reverse order of the above One of the preference pages appears on the TV screen f the selected language is not recorded the disc s There are four preference pages LANGUAGE default display language is displayed AUDIO DISPLAY and SYSTEM To turn the page move KS to the desired tab using CURSOR lt gt AUDIO LANGUAGE You can select the default audio language to be played LANGUAGE AUDIO if it is contained on the disc A DI werd UAGE m re dis a REURCM TP Each time you press AUDIO LANGUAGE DOWN MIX d om P CURSOR the language SUBTITLE COMPRESSION E oO P ON SCREEN LANGUAGE setting changes in the CET following order MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE PRESS lt gt KEY PRESS lt gt KEY PRESS lt gt KEY DISPLAY SYSTEM e D E o ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH CHINESE gt GERMAN gt ITALIAN JAPANESE gt language code ME LU from AA to ZU AoE See Table of languages and their abbreviations at the end of this manual SCREEN SAVER d MODE ONSCREEN GUIDE q ON CENT PRESS lt gt K
22. SHIFT button turns the TV on or off I PAUSE button 18 Pauses playback Q0 gt SELECT button 18 Starts playback Also used as a SELECT button for PBC of Video CDs SVCDs Functions the same as the gt PLAY button on the front panel MENU button for DVD 20 Displays a DVD menu on the TV screen or monitor 2 ENTER button Executes the selected item in a menu or on screen display when pressing the button 63 DISPLAY TIME button 33 Displays the status information only for DVD or the time information for all types of discs when the karaoke function is off When the time information is displayed pressing this button while holding down the SHIFT button changes the time mode When the karaoke function is on pressing this button displays the karaoke menu ANGLE button for DVD 29 Changes camera angles during playback of a DVD containing multiple camera angles AUDIO button 31 Selects the audio for DVD Video CD SVCD CANCEL button 26 Cancels the previous settings ZOOM RESERVE button for DVD Video CD SVCD 25 36 Zoom in for a close up view of the scene Pressing this button while holding down the SHIFT button displays the karaoke reservation table on the TV screen TV VOL buttons 16 Adjust the TV volume 9 TV ch buttons 16 Changes the TV channels 2 E D x a Knowledge Preliminary knowledge Display window Disc indicator Function indicator
23. c audio bitstream linear PCM EE Chinese 85 JC EHE Video CD 44 1 kHz SVCD 16 bit linear p PCM Audio CD 44 1 kHz 16 bit linear PCM Audio CD with DTS DTS bitstream Theunit does not provide the DTS decoding function When playing a DVD or Audio CD disc with DTS use a DTS decoder to get the correct signals for your speakers Never use the unit s analog output jacks which output incorrect signals that may damage your speakers If you connect the analog outputs and digital outputs simultaneously be sure to select the source of the amplifier correctly or set the level control of the amplifier connected to the analog outputs to minimum Initial settings DOWN MIX By setting DOWN MIX correctly you can get the DISPLAY page DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT Q EL PCM P MONITOR TYPE optimum stereo mix for DOWN MIX i om PK your audio system from m ee You can select the monitor type to match your TV when DVD discs recorded with CER you playback DVD discs recorded for wide screen televisions PRESS lt gt KEY Dolby Digital surround multichannel audio 4 3 LB 5 Letter Box Conversion When you connect a normal TV to the unit When you play a wide picture recorded on a DVD disc the picture is displayed with bands across the upper and lower portions of the screen Lt Rt Dolby Digital disc only For monitoring the unit s 2 ch
24. compatible Video CD SVCD disc the unit plays the disc without PBC function Repeat playback function cannot be used during Video CD SVCD playback with PBC function To turn off the play mode menu display Press PLAY MODE 28 Advanced operations To quit A B repeat playback Press B The unit stops playback and quits A B repeat Viewing from multiple angles mode You can enjoy a variety of scene angles if the DVD disc contains multi angle parts where multiple cameras udis were used to shoot the same scene from different During playback pressing ENTER when LS is pointed at A angles B REPEAT quits A B repeat mode and continues playback You can also quit A B repeat mode by pressing a lt or P ints At the beginning of multi angle parts E appears on the NOTES TV screen To turn off the play mode menu Press PLAY MODE T I t I th If S appears when pressing ENTER in step 2 during 0 select a scene ang e trom e DVD playback normal screen ANGLE You cannot repeat the selected portion because of the disc contents DVD E During DVD playback 1 Press ANGLE The Angle selection display appears on the TV screen Ph a130 o BE oo c a fe so lt o6 2 Press ANGLE or CURSOR lt to select the desired angle Each time you press ANGLE or CURSOR lt gt the angle changes Example 1 3 The
25. controls aiaenieemre 4 Remote Controli u uuu ul uu u reci teer etin 5 Display Wil COW ics u iai eoa nn a esent cea een eia pP eek 7 Rear panelsziu u ie e LIRE EN 7 Operational Principles On sscreetn displays c stica tee cet enar c ettet 8 To prevent the monitor from burning out SCREEN SAVER rnt eren inneren rna nrbi 10 On screen guide icons soiis 10 How to use numeric buttons eeeeeeeeeeeee 10 About discs Playable disc types erint tremere 11 Disc Structures ri iode deseo teet Heer pesetas a riai 11 Getting started Page 12 Connections Before making any connections 12 To connect toa Mu u aus su us un isu PR eR ERE 12 To connect to a TV with the component video jacks 13 To connect to an audio amplifier or receiver d To connect to audio equipment with a digital input 14 To connect the power cord usss aaa asas 14 Using the remote control unit To install batteries in the remote control unit To use the remote control unit for TV operation Turning on off the unit Inserting and removing discs Basic playback To stan playback ertet EE To stop playback completely To stop playback temporarily To advance or reverse play rapidly while monitoring 19 To locate the beginning of a s
26. for connection If you connect a DVD player to a receiver via AV COMPU LINK in a system including a Dolby digital decoder some functions may not be performed automatically The AV COMPU LINK terminal on some televisions indicates II Do not connect a terminal indicating Il with the AV COMPU LINK terminal on a receiver If connected the system will not work correctly Connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of the DVD player to the audio input jacks of a receiver that indicates DVD Otherwise the system will not work correctly There may be no description about connections to a DVD player in the instruction manual of a television or VCR However a television or VCR with AV COMPU LINK terminals indicating II or EX can be connected to a DVD player Operation You can enjoy pictures and or sound by just putting a source component which plays back the pictures and or sound such as a DVD player or VCR into play mode You do not have to operate the TV and receiver including not having to perform power switching 1 Turn on the main power of the television 2 Insert a disc into the source component 3 Press of the source component The following actions are performed automatically Turning on the power for the television Setting the source of the television to the external input VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 Turning on the power for the receiver Setting the source of the receiver to the component which has started playback
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28. is not selected press the corresponding DISC button to start playback and then press m Playing from a specific position on a disc You can play a disc from the selected track title or chapter or from the specified time To locate a desired scene from the DVD menu DVD DVD discs generally have their own menus which show the disc contents These menus contain various items such as titles of a movie names of songs or artist information and display them on the TV screen You can locate a desired scene by using the menu E Whenever a DVD disc is loaded 1 Press MENU or TITLE The menu appears on the TV screen About menu Normally a DVD disc which contains more than one title may have a title menu which lists the titles In this case the menu appears on the TV screen by pressing 2 the TITLE button Some DVD discs may also have a different menu which appears by pressing the MENU button See the instructions of each DVD disc for its particular menu Example 2 Use CURSOR A Y to select a desired item then press ENTER The unit starts playback of the selected item With some discs you can also select items by entering the corresponding number using the numeric buttons which may cause the unit to automatically start playback When S appears on the TV screen by pressing TITLE in step 1 The disc does not have a menu listing the titles When S
29. is turned on the STANDBY indicator goes off Key control buttons 40 Used to shift the musical key of a song being played to match with your voice raises the key and b lowersthe key H returns to the origi nal normal key DVD 1 to DVD 3 trays 17 Used to load discs To insert remove discs press the amp OPEN CLOSE button located on the right of the tray corresponding to disc number 5 amp OPEN CLOSE buttons 17 Used to open and close disc trays 1 to 3 respectively When after opening the DVD1 tray another 4 OPEN CLOSE button is pressed the DVD1 tray is first closed then the other DVD tray selected is opened 1 through 3 DISC buttons with indicators 18 Used to start playback of the disc in the tray corresponding with the number indicated on the button these function the same as the DISC 1 through 3 buttons on the remote control unit While playing the corresponding indicator blinks In this manual they are sometimes called DISC buttons SHUTTLE knob 19 25 Performs rapid advance reverse playback operations Also used for slow motion playback of a picture for DVD Video CD SVCD bm STOP button Numeric buttons Mainly used to select title track numbers when reserving songs for karaoke or starting from a desired title track gt PLAY button 18 Starts playback Also used as a SELECT button for the PBC of Video CDs SVCDs Functions the same as the gt SELECT button o
30. 0 k ohms 21 to 15 dBm Peak 2 mVrms 8 2 k ohms CD sampling frequency 44 1 kHz 2 Hz to 20 kHz DVD sampling frequency 48 kHz 2 Hz to 22 kHz DVD sampling frequency 96 kHz 2 Hz to 44 kHz 16 bit More than 98 dB 20 bit More than 106 dB 24 bit More than 106 dB Unmeasurable less than 0 00296 Less than 0 00296 Specifications and appearance subject to change without prior notice Appendix A Table of languages and their abbreviations When you select the subtitle language or sound the languages shown below are displayed as abbreviations To select the desired language select the abbreviation corresponding the language you want to Afar Persian Cambodian Afan Oromo Abkhazian Finnish Kannada Oriya Sundanese Afrikaans Fiji Korean KOR Panjabi Swedish Ameharic Faroese Kashmiri Polish Swahili Arabic Frisian Kurdish Pashto Pushto Tamil Assamese Irish Kirghiz Portuguese Telugu Aymara Scots Gaelic Latin Quechua Tajik Azerbaijani Galician Lingala Bashkir Guarani Laothian Rhaeto Romance Kirundi Thai Tigrinya Byelorussian Gujarati Lithuanian Rumanian Turkmen Bulgarian Hausa Latvian Lettish Russian Tagalog Bihari Hindi Malagasy Kinyarwanda Setswana Bislama
31. ASS 1 NICHT IN DEN STRAHL BLICKEN ADVARSEL LASERSTRALING VED BNING KKE IND STR LEN SERSTRALING NAR DEKSEL APNES IRR IKKE INN STRALEN GERSTR LNING NAR DENNA DEL AR PPNAD RRA EJ IN STRALEN VATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA LASERSATEILYLLE LA TUIJOTA SATEESEEN BE SPA RSAM BE WRB BD ER CC B lt ebooks L V 3JXEOCEAEBWOC EEN LASER PRODUCT ADVARSEL VARNING 1 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Caution Proper Ventilation 2 DANGER Visible laser radiation when open and interlock To avoide risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage failed or defeated Avoid direct exposure to beam Locate the apparatus as follows 3 CAUTION Do not open the top cover There are no user Front No obstructions open spacing serviceable parts inside the Unit leave all servicing to quali Sides No obstructions in 3 cm from the sides fied service personnel Top No obstructions in 5 cm from the top Back No obstructions in 15 cm from the back Bottom No obstructions place on the level surface Introduction Table of contents Introduction Page 1 Features cdi imc needed ed Ces NSS dq ver es 1 Supplied accessories 1 About this instruction manual 2 Notes on handling eese 3 Names of parts and
32. EY PRESS lt gt KEY Pressing CURSOR 4 changes the language setting in the reverse order of the above 2 Move a to select the item you want to set If the selected language is not recorded the disc s by using CURSOR a v default audio language will be played ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE PRESS lt gt KEY 42 Initial settings SUBTITLE You can select the default subtitle language to be displayed when it is contained on a playback disc AUDIO page DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT To connect the unit s digital output to an external device equipped with a digital input this item must be set correctly Each time you press CURSOR Pe the language setting changes in the following order MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT DOWN MIX COMPRESSION PRESS 4 KEY PRESS lt gt KEY ENGLISH SPANISH gt FRENCH gt CHINESE gt PCM ONLY GERMAN gt ITALIAN JAPANESE gt language code When you connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the unit to from AA to ZU the linear PCM digital input of other audio equipment See Table of languages and their abbreviations at the en
33. JVC MM DVD PLAYER XV M557GD XV M556TN DVD SI e asic aise Dr DOLBY lt IDEO ypgo cp Cervo piGiALAUDIO GITAL sp PhoNic BICHALOUT L INSTRUCTIONS Introduction Preliminary knowledge Getting started Basic operations Advanced operations Karaoke operation N Initial settings Additional information For Customer Use Enter below the Model No and Serial No which are located on the rear bottom or side of the cabinet Retain this informa tion for future reference Model No Serial No LVT0391 016A UX 3U 4U US UT UB Warnings Cautions and Others CAUTION Caution 5 button To reduce the risk of electrical shocks fire etc Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely The 5 button 1 Do not remove screws covers or cabinet in any position does not disconnectthe mains line The power can be remote 2 Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture controlled IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS REPRODUCTION OF LABELS D CLASSIFICATION LABEL PLACED ON REAR ENCLOSURE WARNING LABEL PLACED INSIDE THE UNIT CAUTION LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN O NOT STARE INTO BEAM ATTENTION RAYONNEMENT LASER EN CAS D OUVERTURE NE PAS REGARDER DANS LE FAISCEAU VORSICHT LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEDFFENET CL
34. O page of the preference display correctly according to the connected audio equipment If the DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT is not set correctly loud noise may be generated from speakers causing damage to your speakers See DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT on page 43 With the digital connection the unit s settings for COMPRESSION and DOWN MIX in the AUDIO page of the preference display are invalid Settings for these items must be made from the decoder To connect the power cord When all the audio video connections have been made insert the smaller plug of the supplied AC power cord to the unit s AC IN connector then insert the other end to the wall outlet Make sure that plugs are inserted firmly The STANDBY indicator lights and setup is completed A Warning Disconnect the power cord if you are not going to use the unit for a long time Disconnect the power cord before cleaning the unit Disconnect the power cord before moving the unit Do not connect or disconnect the power cord with wet hands Do not pull the power cord when disconnecting it as this may damage the cord and cause fire electric shock or other accidents A Caution Do not damage alter twist or pull the power cord as this may cause fire electric shock or other accidents To prevent any accidents or damages caused by an unsuitable AC power cord only use the supplied power cord If the cord is damaged contact a dealer and get a new power cord Do not
35. OR lt gt to move S to VOCAL AUDIO Gi VOCAL ECHO EFFECT C NrRoL A A A A A A 1n LR NORMAL 2 OFF 0 v v v v V Vv WS 3 Use CURSOR a v to select REPLACE Pressing CURSOR A cycles the mode as shown below Pressing CURSOR Y cycles the mode in reverse order NORMAL MASK REPLACE II The recorded voice guide vocal is played back only when no sound is fed to the microphone s To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME When playing back a disc with the multiplex audio or with multi sound Karaoke the guide vocal is not played back at all With other discs the voice may not be satisfactorily masked Adding an effect to your voice You can add various effects to your voice using the Echo and Vocal Effect functions Adding an echo effect ECHO Audio ii Video fim Super Bi When the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move lt to ECHO AUDIO WO VOCAL ECHO EFFECT Koiro A A A A A A 1n L R hona 2 OFF 30 V V V V V Vv WS 3 Use CURSOR a v to adjust the echo level Each time you press CURSOR 4 the echo level increases Pre
36. RENCH 3 3 SPANISH For Video CD SVCD Each time you press AUDIO or CURSOR lt gt the playback audio changes Example Example For Video CD For SVCD STEREO 1 STEREO T G sa 1 L R 1 R 2 L The Audio selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the audio for 10 seconds To turn off the Audio selection display manually press ENTER When S appears on the TV screen You cannot select the audio 31 Selecting the picture character You can select the quality of the image from among four options OFF 1 2 and 3 according to the type of programming picture tone or personal preferences To select the picture character THEATER POSITION E During playback 1 Press THEATER POSITION to select the desired picture character Each time you press the button the picture character changes as follows THEATER 1 Selected effect mode THEATER 1 OFF is the normal THEATER 2 position Selecting a ie higher number tones THEATER 3 down the picture 4 character THEATER OFF Advanced operations Enjoying virtual surround sound Using the 3D Phonic function you can get a simulated surround effect from your stereo system To simulate surround sound 3D PHONIC Audio ij Video fj Super 9090 OW 7 1 2 E During playback 1 Press 3D PHONIC 2 Select the desired
37. RSOR lt GOTO2 3 __ J Press 4 GOTO 2 34 When S appears on the TV screen in step 2 The time you have selected is not contained on the disc or the time search function does not work on the disc Also note that the time search function does not work during Video CD SVCD playback with the PBC function To turn off the play mode menu Press PLAY MODE To locate a desired scene from the opening scene digest display DIGEST Vid Super The unit can display the opening scene of each title or chapter on a DVD or each track of a Video CD SVCD You can select a desired scene from those displayed on the TV screen B For DVD While stopped or during playback For Video CD SVCD While stopped or during playback without PBC function If you use the Digest function while stopped make sure that the disc number indicator on the front panel display shows the desired number If it does not select the disc before operating the following procedure by pressing the corresponding DISC 1 3 button to start playback then press m 1 Press DIGEST KARAOKE Up to nine opening scenes are displayed While a DVD disc is stopped The opening scene of each title appears on the TV screen During DVD disc playback The opening scene of each chapter in the current title appears on the TV screen When a Video CD or SVCD disc is loaded The opening scene of each t
38. Switches input mode either TV or VIDEO 3 Try to operate your TV by pressing DVD 5 TV while holding SHIFT If your TV turns on or off you have successfully set the control signal The remote control unit is initially set for operating a JVC TV If there is more than one code listed for the manufacturer of your TV try them one by one until you succeed 16 Basic operations In the following description the buttons on the remote control unit are used however you may use the corresponding buttons on the front panel of the unit if available Turning on off the unit Press on the front panel or press DVD D TV on the remote control unit DVD QI TV CEECEE You can turn on the unit by pressing the gt PLAY button or any one of 1 through 3 buttons on the front panel or the gt button or any one of DISC 1 through 3 buttons on the remote control unit In this operation the unit starts playback if the disc is set in the selected tray 8262020 OOO SENT You can also turn on the unit by pressing any one of the 4 OPEN CLOSE buttons on the front panel Even if you press the 5 or DVD TV D button to turn off the unit the unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet This state is call
39. To locate a desired chapter or track using gt Or dd Audio MI Super E For DVD During playback For Audio CD During playback For Video CD SVCD During playback without PBC function 1 Press 10r maa The selected chapter or track number appears in the display window on the front panel Display window Selected chapter or track number To skip to a succeeding track press gt gt once or repeatedly until the desired track appears in the display To skip to beginning of the current track press lt lt once To skip to a preceding track press l repeatedly until the desired track appears in the display This function may not work with some DVD discs This function does not work during Video CD SVCD playback with PBC function Advanced operations To locate a desired scene by specifying the chapter number CHAP SEARCH DVD Ifthe current title of a DVD disc being played is divided into chapters you can skip to a desired chapter by specifying the chapter number using the on screen display E During DVD playback 1 Press PLAY MODE The DVD play mode menu is superimposed on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to CHAP SEARCH then press ENTER Message area DVD CONTROL REPEAT A BREPEAT TIMESEARCH EE S GO TO CHAPTER appears under the menu GO TO CHAPTER
40. annel audio output signals via a Dolby Pro Logic decoder Lo Ro For monitoring the unit s 2 channel audio output signals via a TV or an amplifier without built in Dolby Pro Logic decoder This is also for recording DVD audio to a cassette tape MD etc 4 3 PS Pan scan Conversion When you connect a normal TV to the unit When you play a wide picture recorded on a DVD disc a portion of the picture is automatically cut off from the left and right sides of the image Depending on the disc it may not be possible to playback in this mode In that case the picture is played back as in 4 3 LB mode The Down mix function does not work when the 3D PHONIC function is activated COMPRESSION You can compress the dynamic range of the sound if needed Using this function you can listen to sound at low DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT Ba PCM P DOWN MIX l LolRo DP COMPRESSION Ei ON P 16 9 WIDE Wide Television screen When you connect a CENT volumes easily PRESS 4 KEY wide screen TV to the N unit EUN ikasqa CC MEE ON c Audio is played back with the dynamic range AAN wa compressed LA OFF SCREEN SAVER A television monitor screen may be burned out if a static picture is displayed for a long time To prevent this the unit automatically activates the screen saver Audio is pla
41. apore Lithuania Saint Helena Angola Faroe Islands Luxembourg Slovenia Antarctica France Latvia Svalbard and Jan Mayen Argentina France Metropolitan Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Slovakia American Samoa Gabon Morocco Sierra Leone Austria United Kingdom Monaco San Marino Australia Grenada Moldova Republic of Senegal Aruba Georgia Madagascar Somalia Azerbaijan French Guiana Marshall Islands Suriname Bosnia and Herzegovina Ghana Mali Sao Tome and Principe Barbados Gibraltar Myanmar EI Salvador Bangladesh Greenland Mongolia Syrian Arab Republic Belgium Gambia Macau Swaziland Burkina Faso Guinea Bulgaria Guadeloupe Northern Mariana Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Chad Bahrain Equatorial Guinea Martinique Burundi Greece Mauritania French Southern Territories Benin Bermuda South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Montserrat Togo Malta Thailand Brunei Darussalam Guatemala Mauritius Tajikistan Bolivia Guam Maldives Tokelau Brazil Guinea Bissau Malawi Turkmenistan Bahamas Guyana Mexico Tunisia
42. appear only with materials for vocal duet Example 2 A Video CD SVCD or Audio CD with Karaoke Pressing CURSOR A button cycles the sound as follows Pressing CURSOR Y cycles the sound in reverse order L R Stereo audio bd L Left channel audio Right channel audio To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME For Video CD and SVCD the selection of KARAOKE SOUND matches the audio selection using the AUDIO button With a DVD disc which does not contain Multi sound Karaoke KARAOKE SOUND cannot be changed Masking the vocal recorded on a disc VOCAL MASK m E ELE Using the Voice cancel function you can mask a vocal recorded on normal non Karaoke discs When playing back a Karaoke disc such as a disc with multiplex audio and multi sound Karaoke eliminate the vocal by selecting KARAOKE SOUND instead of VOCAL MASK See page 37 DiGEST ici i x Ct Bi During playback when the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT If KARAOKE SOUNDI is set to L or R the voice cancel function does not work correctly Change the setting to L R See page 37 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to VOCAL AUDIO Gu VOCAL ECHO EFFECT S rao A A A A A A Lu L R NORMAL 2 OFF V V Yz Vv V V
43. appears on the TV screen by pressing MENU in step 1 The disc does not have a menu The MENU button does not work while stopped To locate a desired scene from the menu of the Video CD with PBC Some Video CD discs are compatible with the PBC function PBC is an abbreviation of PlayBack Control A Video CD disc recorded with PBC has its own menus such as a list of the songs of the disc and items recorded on the disc You can also locate a specific scene by using the menu E When a Video CD disc with PBC is stopped 1 Press gt or the corresponding DISC 1 3 button A disc menu appears on the TV screen The PBC function is activated Example 2 Pbc is indicated in the display window on the front panel 2 Use the numeric buttons to select the desired number of the item See page 10 for details about how to use the numeric buttons Playback starts from the selected item You can return to the menu by pressing RETURN o o eo s gt o lt N c 5 d o 2 7 BE of S a fe so lt o6 Advanced operations When NEXT or PREVIOUS appears on the TV screen the unit generally works as follows Pressing gt gt advances to the next page Pressing lt lt returns to the previous page The method of the operation is different depending on the disc
44. ay in which you can reserve songs to be played AUDIO IE VOCAL ECHO EFFECT bwo A A A A A A 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 b Preliminary knowledge To prevent the monitor from burning out SCREEN SAVER A television monitor screen may be burned out if a static picture is displayed O for a long time To prevent this the unit automatically activates the screen O O O saver function if a static picture such as an on screen display or menu is O O C2 displayed for over 5 minutes JVC uus EB Pressing any button on the unit or the remote control unit will release the O O O O screen saver function and return to the previous display C C Youcan select one of several screen saver modes available see page 44 The screen saver function is not activated during Audio CD playback or after stopping Audio CD playback On screen guide icons gt 0 o During DVD playback you may see icons displayed over the picture These E have the following meanings E r amp x Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded from multiple angles See page 29 QD Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple audio languages See page 31 CJ Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple subtitle languages See page 30 You can set the unit not to display on screen icons above via the preference settings d
45. c is stopped or no disc is inserted in the selected disc tray 1 Press ENTER while holding down SHIFT The Parental Lock on screen display appears on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR a v to move to Country Code then use CURSOR lt gt to select the country code and press ENTER The country code whose standards were applied to rate the DVD video disc should be selected See Appendix B Country code list for parental lock i PARENTAL LOCK Country Code El CN p K Set Level Ej 8 P PASSWORD PRESS lt gt KEY ENTER 3 Use CURSOR A v to move to Set Level then use CURSOR lt gt to select the parental lock level n PARENTAL LOCK Country Coce lt CN 3 Set Level l 1 PI PASS WORD EXIT PRESS lt gt KEY ENTER Each time you press CURSOR lt gt the parental level changes between 1 and 8 1 isthe strictest level 8 means no restriction Discs rated higher than the level you selected are restricted 4 Press ENTER 5 Enter your 4 digit password using the numeric buttons 0 to 9 and press ENTER The parental level and password are set m PARENTAL LOCK Country Code K TN 3 Set Level K 8 3 PASS WORD m a NEW PASSWORD PRESS 0 9 KEY Initial 46 e D E o Initial settings
46. cene or song 19 To resume playback 19 Playing from a specific position on a disc To locate a desired scene from the DVD menu 20 To locate a desired scene from the menu of the Video CD with PBC uu u retirer eere 20 To locate a desired title or track directly 21 To locate a desired chapter or track using P or ld 21 To locate a desired scene by specifying the chapter number CHAP SEARCH eerie rnnt ene 22 To locate a desired position in the current title or track TIME SEARCH uuu uuu ais enit ie irren 22 To locate a desired scene from the opening scene digest display DIGEST nsina 23 Special picture playback To advance a still picture frame by frame 24 To display still pictures ISTROBE 24 To playback in slow motion SLOW To zoom a scene ZOOM sarriena 25 Changing the playback order To playback titles tracks in the desired order PROGRAM e 26 To playback titles or tracks in random order RANDONI u ua m esa saissuaas 27 Repeat playback To repeat a current title chapter or track or all discs REPEAT To repeat a desired part A B REPEAT Viewing from multiple angles To select a scene angle from the normal screen PAINGLE J PE sasha 29 To select a scene angle from the angle list display ANGIEE
47. d of this manual STREAM PCM When you connect to the digital input of an amplifier with a built in DTS Dolby Digital or MPEG audio decoder Pressing CURSOR lt changes the language setting in the reverse order of the above f the selected language is not recorded the disc s default subtitle language will be displayed DOLBY DIGITAL PCM When you connect to the digital input of a Dolby Digital decoder or an amplifier with a built in Dolby ON SCREEN LANGUAGE Digital decoder You can select the on screen display language to be displayed The following chart shows the relationship between types of playback discs and output signals MENU LANGUAGE Each time you press 43 CURSOR lt gt the SEDE S Playback discs Output language setting changes MICE STREAM PCM DOLBY DIGITAL PCM PCM ONLY iL DVD with 48 kHz 48 kHz E m 16 bit linear PCM 16 bit linear PCM ENGLISH DVD with 48 kHz 48 kHz 4 20 24 bit linear 20 bit linear PCM ESPANOL Spanish PCM 4 DVD with 96 kHz No output linear PCM i amp Chinese TEE DVD with DTS DTS No output bitstream English ON SCREEN LANGUAGE lt ENGLISH D DVD with Dolby Dolby Digital 48 kHz 16 bit Digital bitstream linear PCM Spanish IDIOMA EN PANTALLA ESPA OL DVD with MPEG MPEG 48 kHz 16 bit
48. e The guide display is turned on gt 60 OFF Time is set to 60 minutes The guide display is turned off 30 Examples of on screen guide icons or characters Time is set to 30 minutes 3 op C3 p The auto standby function is off RESUME You can select the resume function to be on or off See page 19 gt ON Pressing gt while stopped starts playback from the resume point if it is memorized AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE PRESS lt gt KEY OFF Pressing gt while stopped starts playback from the beginning of the disc AV COMPULINK MODE If you use the AV Compulink system you must set this item correctly Select from the three options DVD1 DVD2 and DVD3 according to the equipment to be connected See page 48 AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE PRESS lt gt KEY N D E o 7 45 Initial settings Limiting playback by children This function restricts playback of DVD discs which contain violent and other scenes according to the level set by the user For example if a movie which includes violent scenes supports the parental lock feature such scenes which you do not want to let children view can be cut or replaced with other scenes To set Parental Lock for the first time PARENTAL LOCK E While a DVD dis
49. e title or chapter or track To resume playback When RESUME on the SYSTEM page of the preference display is set to ON the unit memories the position on a disc where you interrupt playback and resumes playback from that position next time you press gt See Page 45 When the unit memorizes the resume position RESUME is displayed in the display window Bi When the disc you interrupted playback last time remains selected and stopped Press gt The unit starts playback form the position where you interrupted playback last time To clear the memory of the resume position Take out the disc from the unit or press m while stopped Pressing a DISC button 1 3 does not activate the resume function It always starts playback from the beginning The resume function does not work with Audio CD discs The resume function does not work if RESUME on the SYSTEM page of the preference display is set to OFF You can store the position where you interrupt playing by pressing lili as well as by turning the unit off In the case of a Video CD SVCD disc with PBC function the unit may resume playback from a point slightly earlier than the resume point you stored The resume function does not work in the program or random mode 19 Advanced operations When you operate the functions described below while stopped make sure that the desired disc number is selected by checking the the disc indicator in the display window If it
50. ed angle appears on the TV screen 3 off NOTES NOTES EEUU When S appears on the TV screen in step i Pressing CURSOR lt cycles OFF 4 The current scene is not recorded from multiple angles among the four subtitle Ro During the operation above audio is muted channels as follows regardless i of whether the subtitles are 2 4 recorded or not You can also select the subtitle s by pressing SUBTITLE aa The Subtitle selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the subtitle for 10 seconds To turn off the Subtitle selection display manually press ENTER For DVD the selected language may abbreviated on the TV screen See Appendix A Table of languages and their abbreviations at the end of this manual When S appears on the TV screen You cannot select the subtitle E s gt s lt 7 e 5 d c 2 Advanced operations To change the audio language or sound AUDIO By AUDIO selection you can choose the audio language of movies or choose to enjoy karaoke with or without the guide vocal E During playback 1 Press AUDIO The Audio selection display appears on the TV screen QD 413p ENGLISH 2 Press AUDIO or CURSOR lt gt to select the desired audio For DVD Each time you press AUDIO or CURSOR lt gt the audio language or sound changes 1 3 ENGLISH 2 3 F
51. ed the standby mode In this state the unit is designed to consume a very small quantity of power N i 5 z c 2 G Inserting and removing discs Up to three discs can be set in the unit You may insert a disc into any of disc trays 1 through 3 1 Press 4 OPEN CLOSE located on the right of the tray corresponding to disc number The corresponding disc tray opens 2 Place the disc in the tray With the label side up To insert an 8 cm disc place it in the inner recess 3 Press amp OPEN CLOSE to close the disc tray If you press amp OPEN CLOSE for the disc being played the unit stops and then opens the tray e You can change insert or remove the disc by pressing amp OPEN CLOSE for a disc tray which is not in use for playback while the disc in aother tray is being played without stopping play The unit can playback DVD Audio CD Video CD and SVCD discs only Do not load other disc types For details about playable disc types see page 11 When loading a disc in the tray be sure to position the disc inside the recess Otherwise the disc may be damaged when the tray is closed and the disc may not be removed from the unit 17 Basic operations Basic playback Now you can play a disc First let s enjoy simple playback according to following procedure To start playback Press gt Or press one of the DISC buttons 1 through 3 on the front panel or DISC 1 thro
52. effect mode by pressing 3D PHONIC Each time you press 3D PHONIC the effect mode changes as follows 3D PHONIC DRAMA Selected effect mode 3D PHONIC ACTION 3D PHONIC DRAMA 3D PHONIC THEATER 3D PHONIC OFF When you play a DVD disc recorded in Dolby Digital which contains more than 3 channels ACTION does not appear The 3D phonic function works correctly when playing back discs recorded in the Dolby Surround or Dolby Digital 5 1 CH format It also works when playing back discs other than those above but does not provide the correct effect The 3D Phonic function does not affect the DTS or Dolby Digital bitstream signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack The sound effect will not be set or operate even if 3D PHONIC is pressed for the sound of DVD discs recorded in Linear PCM When you set the 3D PHONIC function to on the DOWN MIX and COMPRESSION settings in the AUDIO page of the preference display are disabled o o eo s gt o lt 32 N c 5 d o 2 o s gt o lt 7 2 5 d o 2 33 Advanced operations Checking the status You can check the disc time information as well as the DVD functions of the current disc To check the disc time information Audio MICI Super E During playback 1 Press DISPLAY TIME once for an Audio CD Video CD or SVCD disc or
53. erator Never touch liquid that has leaked out of a battery Do not mix new and old batteries or batteries of different types when replacing them Getting started To use the remote control unit for TV operation You can operate your TV from the remote control unit Setting the remote control signal for operating your TV 1 Holding down TV VIDEO enter the manufacturer code of your TV listed below by using the numeric buttons 0 9 Do not release TV VIDEO Keep holding it until the next step is completed Manufacturer code list Manufacturer JVC PANASONIC SONY SHARP TOSHIBA BEIJING CHANGHONG MITSUBISHI CHANGHONG HITACHI SANYO FUNAI AIWA DAEWOO SAMSUNG LG GOLDSTAR THOMSON Example FERGUSON To enter the manufacturer code 01 PHILIPS TCL CHANGHONG Press 0 then 1 GRUNDIG Manufacturer ITT MIVER FINLUX NOKIA NEC JINXING PEONY PEONY PEONY CHANGHONG KONKA PEIJIN NOBLEX TCL 2 Press m while holding down TV VIDEO The following buttons can be used for operating the TV Turns the TV on or off Changes the TV channels X zt Adjusts the TV volume VOL CO Selects the TV channels For some TVs pressing 10 while holding down SHIFT functions as the RETURN button and pressing 10 while holding down SHIFT functions as the button C
54. escribed on page 44 About invalid operation icon When you press a button if the unit does not accept its operation S appears on your television screen Operations are occasionally unacceptable even if Qis not displayed Note that some operations may not be accepted For example some discs may not allow rapid advance reverse or slow motion playback How to use numeric buttons To select a track title number To select a number between 1 and 10 Press the corresponding button for the number To select a number higher than 10 Use the 10 button Examples To select 13 10 gt 3 To select 34 x10 10 gt 10 4 To select 40 10 gt 10 gt 10 gt 10 To enter a time or chapter number The method for entering a time for Time search or chapter number for Chapter search is different from above See the corresponding sections in this manual for the details To select a TV channel Press the corresponding numeric buttons between 0 and 9 while holding down the SHIFT button 10 Knowledge gt E D x a 11 Preliminary knowledge About discs Playable disc types Playable and non playable disc types are as follows Playable discs DVD VIDEO Video CD SVCD Audio CD COMPACT VIDEO ISE COMPACT pp lt epo uis The DVD Logo is a trademark DVD players and DVD discs have their own Region Code numbers This unit only can play back DVD discs whose Region Code numbers include
55. from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential Unpublished Works 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc All rights reserved Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 and other world wide patents issued and pending DTS DTS Digital Surround are trademarks of Digital Theater System Inc 1996 Digital Theater Systems Inc All Rights Reserved Preliminary knowledge Names of parts and controls Refer to the corresponding pages indicated in for details Front panel D button STANDBY indicator Key control buttons 4 DVD 1 to DVD 3 trays 4 OPEN CLOSE buttons 8 1 through 3 DISC buttons amp 0 b with indicators SHUTTLE knob vc DVD PLAYER 7 UTTLE on z t3 O PSE soto NC ratioanna E 2 I e 2 CJ Ea 232V c1 Em MERE mn 1 2 3 4 5 capac T d Lo 1 Ei 3ll 6 7 8 9 10 10 men Oa iuuenes gt X D MIC 1 2 jacks 3 KARAOKE ON OFF Numeric buttons MIC 1 2 level controls Display window gt PLAY button RESERVE button ii PAUSE button Oj button 17 Turns the unit on or off standby STANDBY indicator Lights when the power cord is connected and the unit is on standby When the unit
56. ge SYSTEM Page 2 esoccicscestetetecvecssivies ces evcdzsavesnesceeles a EXE shka 45 Limiting playback by children To set Parental Lock for the first time PARENTAL hoo jM EE 46 To change the settings PARENTAL LOCK 47 To temporarily release the Parental lock PARENTAL LOCK Is rore ayer ERE eue 47 AV COMPU LINK remote control system Connection and setup essent 48 Operation anasu asus 49 Care and handling of discs 49 Troubleshooting sess 50 Specifications aisi treasure rena ra enn saepe aua 51 Table of languages and their abbreviations sess Appendix A Country code list for parental lock Appendix B c I mo 2 Introduction Features Picture functions Strobe function The unit can display nine continuous still pictures on the TV screen Digest function You can select the desired title from the opening scenes displayed on the TV screen Angle function You can select a desired angle from multiple camera angles recorded on the DVD disc Zoom function You can view scenes close up Parental lock You can restrict the playback of DVD discs with scenes which you do not want children to see such as adult or violent films Theater position You can select the picture character according to the lighting of your room Audio functions Hi
57. gh quality digital sound You can enjoy high quality sound with Dolby Digital or Linear PCM Surround function The unit is compatible with Dolby Digital surround DTS surround and MPEG Multichannel DTS surround and MPEG Multichannel are available for digital output only 3D Phonic function You can enjoy surround sound with your 2 channel system Other functions Triple disc trays You can insert up to three discs in the unit and can play them continuously Multi language subtitles and sound You can select a subtitle or sound language from those recorded on the DVD disc Multi disc playback You can enjoy Audio CD discs and Video CD discs as well as DVD discs Operation from the on screen display User friendly on screen displays allow you to operate the unit easily Functions with mark only work on a DVD disc that is compatible with each function Supplied accessories Audio video cable x 1 Remote Control Unit x 1 ReP SUM 3 AA 15F batteries x 2 C Q gt Instruction manual x 1 AC power cord x 1 AC plug adaptor x 1 except Hong Kong Introduction About this instruction manual This instruction manual basically explains operations as follows Advanced operations To playback titles or tracks in random order RANDOM ZEE You can play titles or tracks on the discs inserted in random order by using the Random function W While stopped The n
58. he TV screen PLAY MODE button Displays an on screen display for controlling the advanced playback functions 9 SUBTITLE button for DVD SVCD 30 Used to display the Subtitle selection display on the TV screen as well as used to turn the subtitle on or off for DVD or select the subtitle for SVCD DIGEST KARAOKE button for DVD Video CD SVCD 23 35 Displays beginning scenes of each title chapter or track on the TV screen Pressing this button while holding down the SHIFT button turns the karaoke function on or off STROBE KARAOKE MENU button for DVD Video CD SVCD 24 37 Displays nine continuous still pictures Pressing this button while holding down the SHIFT button displays the karaoke menu on the TV screen 12 Numeric buttons 10 Mainly used to select a title track number or a TV channel Also used to enter a time for the Time search and a chapter number for the Chapter search 43 3D PHONIC button 32 Produces a simulated surround effect THEATER POSITION button 31 Selects a picture character from 4 settings 5 SHIFT button 16 33 35 42 45 Used together with other keys for activating their second functions TV VIDEO button 16 Switches the TV input mode 2 Infrared signal emitting window Pointthis window toward the remote sensor on the front panel when pressing buttons DVD 5 TV button 16 17 Turns the unit on or off standby Pressing this button while holding down the
59. he numeric buttons 41 2 3 4 5 6b Ge Ge Wu aq B Example To reserve track 13 of the disc loaded in tray 2 Press DISC 2 gt 10 gt 3 The specified song is reserved and the moves to the next position Repeat this operation until all desired songs up to 12 songs are reserved 3 Press The unit starts playback of songs in the reserved order A song which has finished playback is deleted from the reservation table After playing back all reserved songs the unit stops and the PROGRAM indicator in the display window turns off To check the reserved songs Press ZOOM RESERVE while holding down SHIFT or press RESERVE on the front panel to display the reservation table To cancel display of the reservation table Press ZOOM RESERVE while holding down SHIFT or press RESERVE on the front panel To reserve additional songs Make sure that points the next to the last song in the reservation table on the TV screen and use the DISC and numeric buttons to select the song s you want to reserve To insert a song to be reserved Move KS to the position where you want to insert a song using CURSOR lt gt then press the DISC and numeric button to select the song you want to reserve e To cancel the reserved song Move LS to the song you want to cancel using CURSOR lt gt then press CANCEL To cancel all songs While the unit is stopped and the reservation table i
60. i 5 Q 1 Press DIGEST KARAOKE while holding down SHIFT to turn on the KARAOKE function or press KARAOKE on the front panel Each time you perform the operation above the karaoke function switches on and off When on KARAOKE appears in the display on the front panel Wu x lt cc lt x Display window DISC I l KARAOKE function indicator When playing back a DVD recorded with linear PCM audio you cannot turn on the KARAOKE function During program or random playback you cannot turn on the KARAOKE function 35 KARAOKE operation Reserving songs You can reserve songs to play in the desired order while the disc is stopped Up to 12 songs can be reserved Of course it is possible to enjoy karaoke without reserving songs From the remote control unit 2 B While stopped when the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press ZOOM RESERVE while holding down SHIFT or press RESERVE on the front panel The reservation table appears on the TV screen If any song s is are reserved The PROGRAM indicator appears in the display window on the front panel TV screen Reservation table Display window DISC KARAOKE l PROGRAM indicator 2 Specify the disc by a DISC 1 3 button and then the title or track by t
61. it starts playback automatically after inserting the disc To stop playback completely Press m The unit stops playback To stop playback temporarily Press M The unit pauses playback To continue playback press gt 18 Basic operations To advance or reverse play rapidly while monitoring Bl During playback From the remote control unit Press m or lt lt Pressing gt advances playback rapidly while pressing lt lt reverses playback rapidly Each time you press the button advance or reverse playback speed increases To return to normal playback press gt From the front panel Use the SHUTTLE knob To advance playback rapidly turn the shuttle knob to the right and hold and to reverse play rapidly turn the shuttle knob to the left and hold When you release the shuttle knob the unit returns to normal playback The playback speed changes according to the amount you turn the shuttle knob SHUTTLE knob G IR rr ros Gia CEEL To locate the beginning of the scene or song E During playback N io 5 pend o 2 G Press gt or a Press lt lt to locate the beginning of the current chapter title or track and press to locate the beginning of the next chapter title or track When you play a Video CD SVCD disc with the PBC function or a DVD disc the unit may locate a different place but it will generally locate the beginning of th
62. ituted with monitor or projector Before using the unit you have to connect the unit to a TV and or amplifier Before making any connections Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made Since different components often have different terminal names carefully read the instructions supplied with the component you are going to connect To connect to a TV You can enjoy using the unit by simply connecting it to a TV To improve audio sound quality connect the audio outputs to your separate audio equipment See the following pages If the TV has an AV COMPU LINK terminal see AV COMPU LINK remote control system on page 48 The unit S video cable supplied Yellow Yellow Audio video cable supplied Connect the unit to a TV equipped with stereo audio input and video input jacks using the supplied audio video cables If your TV has a monaural audio input instead of stereo you need to use an optional audio cable which converts stereo audio output to monaural f your TV has an S video input you should connect it with the S VIDEO output of the unit using the supplied S video cable in addition to the standard video connection to get better picture quality The ATTENUATOR switch should be normally set to OFF If you hear distorted audio because the sensitivity of the TV s audio input is too high set this swi
63. l picture advances to the next frame Pressing gt returns to the normal playback mode To display still pictures STROBE Video Bi Super Bl During playback 1 Atthe point you want to view as continuous photographs press IM The unit pauses playback 2 Press STROBE KARAOKE MENU Nine continuous still pictures appear on the TV screen t t h X A AA o o eo s gt s lt 24 N c 5 d o 2 o i s gt o lt lt 2 5 d o 2 25 Advanced operations Pressing II when the nine still pictures appear will advance to the next nine still pictures To cancel strobe play Press STROBE Pressing and holding II for more than 1 second also activates the Strobe function If you press STROBE during playback nine still pictures also appear but they advance in realtime To playback in slow motion SLOW Video fj Super Bl During playback From the remote control unit 1 Press mn then press gt or lt lt To play forward slow motion press gt and to play reverse slow motion for DVD discs only press lt lt First the unit plays the slowest speed and each time you press these buttons the playback speed increases From the front panel 1 Press n PAUSE then use the SHUTTLE knob T
64. n the remote control unit II PAUSE button 18 Pauses playback bm STOP button 18 Stops playback 2 4 5 1 SKIP button 19 Used to skip chapter title or track Also used for the page selection of a menu screen for Video CD SVCD 13 KARAOKE ON OFF button 35 Turns the karaoke function on or off Display window Indicates the current status of the unit 5 RESERVE button 36 Used to reserve songs to be played back for karaoke CANCEL button 36 Cancels reserved songs MIC 1 2 jacks 35 Used to connect microphones 8 MIC 1 2 level controls 35 Used to control the input level of microphones connected to the MIC 1 2 jacks gt E D Se A Knowledge Preliminary knowledge Remote control unit Infrared signal emitting window D DISC 1 through DISC 3 buttons DVD 5 TV button DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 ER lt lt gt SLOW SLOW 4 D D D buttons BLOM 20 s m STOP button II PAUSE button E PREVIOUS NEXT SELECT button i amp x buttons TITLE button For DVD MENU button for DVD A Y 5 4 Cursor buttons RETURN CHOICE button PLAY MODE button SUBTITLE button for DVD PLAYMODE SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE DIGEST STROBE ZOOM CANCEL ENTER button DISPLAY TIME button ANGLE button for DVD AUDIO button DIGEST KARAOKE button for DVD Video CD SVCD KARAOKE KARAOKE MENU
65. ns Avoid moisture water and dust Do not place the unit in moist or dusty places Avoid high temperatures Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight or place it near a heating device When you re away When away on travel or otherwise for an extended period of time remove the plug from the wall outlet Do not insert foreign objects into the unit Do not insert wires hairpins coins etc into the unit Do not block the vents Blocking the vents may damage the unit Care of the cabinet When cleaning the unit use a soft cloth and follow the relevant instructions on the use of chemically coated cloths Do not use benzene thinner or other organic solvents and disinfectants These may cause deformation or discoloring If water gets inside the unit Turn off the power switch and remove the plug from the wall outlet then call the store where you made your purchase Using the unit in this state may cause a fire or electrical shock This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Manufactured under license
66. o play forward slow motion turn the SHUTTLE knob to the right To play reverse slow motion for DVD discs only turn it to the left The more you turn the knob the more the slow motion speed increases To return to normal playback Press p gt To pause slow motion playback Press M The sound is muted during slow motion playback Reverse slow motion playback is not possible for a Video CD SVCD To zoom a scene Z00M Video ff Super nsci osca osoa Or COCOCOCG Som ss GO CCDD E eS CE aw lenevious eect eT J NEU Bl During playback or while paused 1 Press Z00M RESERVE ZOOM appears on the TV screen The unit zooms in to the center part of the scene to produce a double sized image 2 Use CURSOR A Y to move the zoomed in scene To pause zoom play Press M To resume zoom play press To return to normal playback Press ZOOM RESERVE NOTE During Zoom play the picture may be garbled or noisy Advanced operations Changing the playback order You can play titles and tracks on the discs inserted in the desired order or in random order To playback titles tracks in the desired order PROGRAM E EE You can play titles or tracks on the discs inserted in the desired order by using the Program function 3 a ngps aebe angs On C CD CS B While stopped
67. olding the SHIFT button accesses the preference display for setting the preferences There are four pages LANGUAGE AUDIO DISPLAY and SYSTEM as shown in the right See page 42 for detailed information PARENTAL LOCK displays When no disc is inserted or a DVD disc is stopped in the selected disc tray pressing the ENTER button while holding down the SHIFT button accesses the PARENTAL LOCK display in which you can set the level for limiting playback See page 46 for detailed information Opening display JVC DVD Super VCD Video CD CD PLAYER NOW READING LANGUAGE i ENGLISH D DIGITAL no lt i peu D AUDIO LANGUAGE d ENGUSH P DOWN MIX T lomo Pb SUBTITLE i ENGUSH p COMPRESSION d ON 3 ONSCREENLANGUAGE d ENGLISH p CENT PRESS lt gt KEY PRESS 4 KEY DISPLAY SYSTEM MONITOR TYPE SCREEN SAVER ONSCREEN GUIDE PRESS lt gt KEY AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE PRESS 4 KEY PARENTAL LOCK in PARENTAL LOCK Country Code 4 CN D Set Level d 8 b PASSWORD lt PRESS lt gt KEY ENTER Knowledge gt E E D x a Preliminary knowledge Play mode displays While stopped Du
68. put anything heavy or the unit on the power cord as this may cause fire electric shock or other accidents 14 15 Getting started Using the remote control unit Using the remote control you can operate not only all the functions of the unit but also basic functions of your TV To install batteries in the remote control unit The battery compartment is located on the back of the remote control unit 1 Press down on the point shown by the arrow at the top of the compartment cover and pull up the cover to open the compartment 2 Place the two accessory R6P SUM 3 AA 15F batteries in the remote control according to the polarity markings and inside the compartment and on the batteries 3 Place the cover over the compartment and press down lightly The batteries will last about six months with normal use If the functions of the remote control become erratic replace the batteries See below for more information Precautions for the safe use of batteries Observe the following precautions for the safe use of batteries If they are used improperly their life will be shortened they may burst or their contents may leak Precaution Remove the batteries from the remote control if it is not going to be used for a long period of time Remove dead batteries and dispose of them properly Never leave dead batteries lying around take them apart mix them with other refuse or throw them into an incin
69. rack appears on the TV screen Advanced operations 2 Use CURSOR lt gt A Or aa gt to select the desired scene The selected scene is indicated by RS If there are more than 9 scenes the digest screen will have more than one page In this case pressing CURSOR or gt i when selecting the lower right scene advances to the next page while pressing CURSOR lt or I when selecting the upper left scene returns to the previous page A f ole dE eet w A fe A j N Selected scene When there is more than one digest page after pressing DIGEST pressing 1 before all 9 scenes of the first page appear on the TV screen will advance to the next page Similarly pressing before all the scenes of the second or latter page appear on the TV screen will return to the previous page 3 Press ENTER The unit starts playback from the selected title or track With some discs depending on the contents it may take some time until all the scenes appear on the screen Special picture playback The unit provides special picture playback functions including Frame by frame Strobe Slow motion and Zoom To advance a still picture frame by frame ISTE Super B While paused still 1 Press n Each time you press II the stil
70. ring DVD playback Pressing the PLAY MODE button accesses the play DVD CONTROL mode display in which you can control playback REPEAT ES mE S one functions Different displays appear depending on the disc type and the unit s status During Audio CD playback During Video CD SVCD playback C SD GONTROL_ F ES Es oe EEJE Status displays Pressing the DISPLAY TIME button during playback DVD function status Disc time DVD accesses the status display For a DVD disc pressing the DISPLAY TIME button Phi NA pes wel yr 25 ma 222525 nmaq toggles between the DVD function status display and the disc time display and off For a Video CD or Audio CD disc pressing the DISPLAY TIME button switches the disc time display on and off Disc time Audio CD Video CD Disc time SVCD without PBC Video CD SVCD with PBC nisc Strack 1 nve 00 08 REMAN Disc 3 rack 1 mme 25 25 PBC Karaoke setting displays When karaoke mode is on pressing the DISPLAY TIME Karaoke function display Karaoke reservation button or pressing the STROBE KARAOKE MENU button while holding down the SHIFT button accesses A Akaa rA the karaoke menu display in which you can set several VOM VON y UN karaoke functions Pressing ZOOM KARAOKE RESERVE button while holding down the SHIFT button accesses the karaoke reservation displ
71. s displayed on the TV screen press STOP m For Audio CDs the A B repeat function cannot be operated while playing back a reserved song uu x e lt cc lt x 36 operation Ww x lt cc lt x i 5 Q 37 KARAOKE operation Selecting audio Most Karaoke discs have the capability of adding a Guide vocal or Guide melody to the Karaoke accompaniment Selecting audio track s AUDIO S With most DVD or SVCD Karaoke discs you can choose audio track s some options such as with guide vocal with guide melody and accompaniment only You can choose AUDIO only for DVD and SVCD discs Bi During playback when the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move S to AUDIO AUDIO iE VOCAL ECHO EFFECT no A A A A A A 11 LR Nona 2 OFF 40 x V V V V V 3 Use CURSOR a v to select the desired audio track s to be played back Example For DVD AUDIO 1 3 Multi audio AN i karaoke 2 3 With guide NZ 1 vocal z Total number 3 3 Accompaniment of audio tracks only Selected sound or channel For SVCD 1 2 With guide 4 vocal AUDIO 2 2
72. s PLAY MODE The play mode menu appears on the TV screen While stopped 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move S to A B ep ns Tm REPEAT then press ENTER at the beginning sur et of the part you want to repeat point A Make sure that REPEAT mode is off If any one of REPEAT ALL the REPEAT modes is selected you cannot move 4 to A B REPEAT No indication off 3 Press ENTER at the end of the part you want To stop repeat playback to repeat point B Press m The unit locates A and starts repeat playback between A and B x V f If you press m in REPEAT ALL mode the unit stops 3 a 2 playback but remains in the mode for DVD for Audio CD If you press g in REPEAT1 TITLE REPEAT or CHAPTER REPEAT mode the unit stops playback and quits the UMS on cee eee PEREAT S mode 09046 gt Ecore To quit repeat playback With RS pointed to REPEAT press ENTER repeatedly until the mode is set to off PointA Point B Point A Point B for Video CD Some DVD discs do not allow the title repeat or and VCDCONTROL chapter repeat REPEAT Se PBCCALL Some DVD discs automatically stops playback in the middle of the disc If you execute REPEAT ALL with such a DVD disc inserted when it automatically stops playback in the middle of the disc the unit starts playback of the next disc In the REPEAT ALL mode if the next disc is a PBC Point A Point B
73. splayed on the TV screen by moving LS to PROGRAM and pressing ENTER the program mode quits and the program is cleared o o eo s gt o lt 26 N c 5 d o 2 o i s gt o lt z 2 5 d o 2 27 Advanced operations To playback titles or tracks in random order RANDOM DU Video KUSA You can play titles or tracks on the discs inserted in random order by using the Random function E While stopped 1 Press PLAY MODE The play mode menu appears on the TV screen 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move S to RANDOM REPEAT PROGRAM oN The RANDOM indicator appears in the display window on the front panel 3 Press ENTER The unit starts random playback of the selected disc When all titles tracks of the disc have been played once the unit starts random playback of the next disc if inserted After playing all titles tracks of the second disc the unit starts random playback of the third disc if inserted After playing all titles tracks of all the discs random playback ends The same title or track will not be played back more than once during random play To stop quit random playback in the middle Press m to stop playback The unit is still in random playback mode so pressing gt starts random playback again To quit random playback press I again while stopped The
74. ssing CURSOR v changes the echo level decreases The higher the number the stronger the echo 3 2 1 OFF To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME KARAOKE operation Adding various effects to the vocal VOCAL EFFECT TEBE E When the KARAOKE function is on 1 Press DISPLAY TIME The Karaoke menu appears on the TV screen The Karaoke menu also appears by pressing STROBE KARAOKE MENU while holding down SHIFT 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move to EFFECT AUDIO Ai VOCAL ECHO EFFECT Cokro A A A A A A 11 L R NORMAL 2 OFF 0 V V V V Y V WS 3 Use CURSOR A v to select the effect Pressing CURSOR A button cycles the effect as follows Pressing CURSOR Y cycles the effect in reverse order CHORUS FLANGER HARMONY CHORUS Produces a doubling effect on your vocal as if another person is singing in unison FLANGER Adds a wet metallic sweeping sound to your voice similar to some electric guitar sounds HARMONY Adds a harmony vocal to your voice To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME Shifting the musical key You can shift the musical key of a song recorded on a disc to fit to your voice Operating from the front panel Audio lI Video ll Super
75. tch to ON The unit is compatible with the PAL and NTSC color systems Set the VIDEO OUT SELECT switch on the rear panel to match the color system of your TV Make sure that the color system of the DVD Video CD SVCD disc labeled on the package matches your TV If you use a multi system TV you can play discs recorded on both PAL and NTSC systems Connect VIDEO OUT of the unit directly to the video input of your TV Connecting VIDEO OUT of the unit to a TV via a VCR may cause a monitor problem when playing back a copy protected disc 12 Getting started To connect to a TV with the component video input jacks You can enjoy high picture quality by connecting the unit s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to the COMPONENT VIDEO IN jacks of your TV with the video cables Green Blue Component video cable not supplied TIT e The unit S video cable Blue supplied Green Red Red Audio cable not supplied Connect Y to Y PB to PB and PR to PR correctly When the component video input jacks of the TV are of the BNC type use an adapter to convert the pin jacks to BNC jacks optional If you do not connect the unit with the S video cable some functions of your TV may not work To connect to an audio amplifier or receiver You can enjoy high quality audio by connecting the unit s a
76. the unit s Region Code which is indicated on the region code symbol on the rear panel Examples of playable DVD discs if the unit s Region Code is 2 amp 8 Non playable discs DVD ROM DVD RAM DVD Audio DVD R DVD RW CD R CD ROM PHOTO CD CD RW CD EXTRA CD G CD TEXT Playing back discs listed as Non playable discs in the table above may generate noise and damage speakers This unit can play back audio recorded in CD G CD EXTRA and CD TEXT discs With some DVD Video CD and SVCD discs you may not be able to control them according to the instructions described in this manual because of the contents of the disc Disc structure A DVD disc is comprised of titles while an Audio CD Video CD or SVCD is comprised of tracks Each title may be divided into some chapters For example if a DVD disc contains some movies each movie may have its own title number and each movie may be divided into some chapters In a DVD karaoke disc each song usually has its own title number and does not have chapters In general each title has independent content while each chapter in the same title has continuity Example DVD disc Title 1 Title 2 e lt Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 M o S Example Audio CD Video CD SVCD Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Getting started Connections In the following description TV may be subst
77. twice for a DVD disc The disc time display appears on the TV screen for DVD pisc 3 TrLE 1 cHAP 25 TIME 2 25 25 BITRATE 3 3 Mbps Time Transmission rate Current chapter number Current title number Disc number for Audio CD or Video CD SVCD playing without PBC pisc STRACK 1 mme 00 08 Each Time Time mode Current track number Disc number for Video CD SVCD playing with PBC nsc STRACK 1 Te 25 25 PBC Time PBC on Current track number Disc number 2 To change the time display mode only for Audio CD or Video CD SVCD without PBC press DISPLAY TIME while holding down SHIFT The time display mode cycles as below for Audio CD EACH current track elapsed time EACH REMAIN current track remaining time TOTAL disc elapsed time TOTAL REMAIN disc remaining time for Video CD SVCD without PBC EACH current track elapsed time EACH REMAIN current track remaining time The selected time information is displayed on the TV screen as well as in the front panel display window E While stopped You can check the total disc time and current selected track time of an Audio CD Video CD SVCD only from the front panel display window 1 Press DISPLAY TIME while holding down SHIFT When EACH and REMAIN are indicated the current selected track time appears When only REMAIN is indicated the total disc time appears
78. udio output to your amplifier or receiver The unit Amplifier or receiver Red White Audio cable not supplied Connect the unit s AUDIO OUT to any line level inputs such as AUX DVD CD etc of an audio amplifier or receiver 13 Getting started To connect to audio equipment with a digital input You can enhance the sound quality by connecting the unit s DIGITAL OUT optical to the digital input of an amplifier DAT or MD by using an optional digital cable The digital stereo audio signal from a disc is directly transferred If you connect the unit to a Dolby Digital DTS or MPEG Multichannel decoder or an amplifier with a built in decoder by using an optional digital cable you can enjoy high quality surround sound When you make the digital connection also make the analog connection because depending on the disc type no audio may be reproduced from the DIGITAL OUT The unit 4l lm jJ Optical digital cable not supplied xn n Digital equipment Red White DIGITAL OPTICAL Audio cable not supplied For digital connection connect the unit s DIGITAL OUT optical to the digital input of audio equipment using an optional digital cable When you connect the unit s DIGITAL OUT to digital audio equipment before using make the DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT setting in the AUDI
79. ugh 3 on the remote control unit The unit starts playback from Basic control buttons the selected disc indicated in the display window when pressing gt or the corresponding disc when pressing a DISC button 2 Seed indi i x i OLW The indicator on the DISC button 1 3 on the front panel corresponding to the OOOO disc being played flashes In both cases above the unit basically plays back all discs in the trays continuously in the following sequence and then stops DISC1 DISC2 DISC3 e With a DVD disc or a Video CD SVCD disc with PBC function or when the Karaoke function is activated the unit does not automatically playback the next disc To playback the next disc in such a case press the corresponding disc button c 5 L o 2 The 1 through 3 buttons on the front panel function the same as the respective DISC 1 through 3 buttons on the remote control unit During playback the display window shows the disc number and the title chapter or track number being played When the resume point is memorized the unit starts playback from that point instead of the beginning See page 19 With Video CD or SVCD discs with PBC control or some DVD discs the menu display may appear on the TV screen after starting playback In such a case select an item to be played back from the menu For operation using a menu see page 20 With some DVD discs the un
80. umber Press PLAY MODE indicates the The play mode menu appears on the TV screen procedural step 2 Use CURSOR lt gt to move L to RANDOM US 3 Press NTER The unit starts random playback of the selected disc When all titles tracks of the disc have been played once the unit starts random playback of the next disc if inserted After playing all titles tracks of the second disc the unit starts random playback of the third disc if inserted After playing all titles tracks of all the discs random playback ends Other convenient The same title or track will not be played back more than procedures etc once during random play To stop quit random playback in the middle Press m to stop playback The unit is still in random playback mode so pressing gt starts random playback again To quit random playback press m again while stopped Additional Some DVD discs may not be played back correctly in random mode supplemental remarks These symbols indicate the types of discs which the operation can be used for The number indicates the following procedural step s in which the button s is are used You may also use the corresponding buttons on the front panel of the unit if available The names of buttons on the remote control unit or on the front panel of the unit are all given in uppercase letters lt E 3 ot E amp lt io P
81. under the menu 3 Use the numeric buttons 0 9 to enter the time You can specify the elapsed time of the current title or track to set the location which you want to playback from o o eo s gt s lt 22 N c 5 d o 2 o s gt o lt 7 2 5 S o 2 23 Advanced operations 4 Press ENTER The unit starts playback from the specified time for DVD for Audio CD REPEAT A BREPEAT TIMESEARCH REPEAT A BREPEAT TB SEARCH Message area Message Selected time area Selected time 10 and 10 buttons are not used in this function for Video CD SVCD REPEAT A BREPEAT TIMESEARCH PBCCALL You can specify the time in hour minute second format for DVD discs and in minute second format for Audio CD Video CD and SVCD discs Message area Selected time Example for DVD To playback from 2 H 34 M 00 S GO TO J Press 2 GO TO 2 J Press 3 GOTO 2 3 J Press 4 2 34 GO TO v Press ENTER You do not have to press 0 to enter the trailing zeros for the last two digits in the example above Of course it is possible to enter them When you make a mistake Move the cursor to the incorrect value then press the correct button to re select the value GOTO 2 35 __ J Press CU
82. using the key control buttons on the front panel we lt o oS co qa Oo To cancel display of the Karaoke menu Press DISPLAY TIME The key returns to the normal key after the current song ends While an Audio CD disc is selected not only during playback but also while stopped the key control function does not affect the output signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack 41 Initial settings 3 Press CURSOR lt gt to select the setting you Selecting preferences wan You can set various preferences for playback via four To cancel display of the preference display dedicated displays press RETURN CHOICE while holding down SHIFT or move to EXIT and press ENTER For details about each setting see the How to set preferences paragraphs below LANGUAGE page MENU LANGUAGE You can select a default display language to be displayed if it is contained on the disc Each time you press CURSOR the language setting changes in the following order MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE PRESS lt gt KEY ENGLISH SPANISH gt FRENCH CHINESE gt GERMAN gt ITALIAN gt JAPANESE gt language code from AA to ZU See Table of languages and their abbreviations at 1 When a DVD or Video CD disc is stopped or the end of this manual no disc is inserted press
83. vision DVD2 When connecting to VIDEO 2 input terminal of the television DVD3 To AV COMPU LINK II or EX To AV COMPU LINK DVD player VCR Video Cassette Recorder f you connect a DVD player to a television and VCR via AV COMPU LINK set the VCR s Remote Control Code and DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting as follows When connecting to VIDEO 1 input terminal of the television DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting DVD2 VCR s Remote Control Code B When connecting to VIDEO 2 input terminal of the television DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting DVD3 VCR s Remote Control Code A To AV COMPU LINK II or EX Receiver DVD player amp FE R i SS lt f you connect a DVD player to a television and receiver via AV COMPU LINK set the DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting to DVD1 The DVD player s AV COMPU LINK setting is operated in the SYSTEM page of the preference display See page 45 for operation For information on the connection between the TV and the Receiver refer to the Receiver s Instructions IMPORTANT If you connect the component video output to your TV Set the DVD player s AV COMPULINK setting to DVD1 Make the video audio connection between the DVD player and your receiver using the supplied audio video cable and do not make the S VIDEO connection lt S 2 E d amp amp 49 Additional information Notes
84. y Power does not come on Power plug is not inserted securely Plug in securely Remote control does not work Too far from the unit More closer to the unit The tip of the remote unit is not Point the infrared light emitting window pointed in the right direction toward the remote sensor on the front panel Batteries are exhausted Replace the batteries with new ones Battery polarity is incorrect Take out the batteries and insert them again in the correct direction No picture is displayed on the Connection of video cable is Connect the cable correctly monitor incorrect Input selection of TV is incorrect Select correctly Disc is not playable Use a playable disc See page 11 Picture is noisy The unit is connected to a VCR Connect the unit so that the picture signal directly and the copyguard function flows directly to the TV is activated No audio is reproduced Connection is incorrect Check the connections Input selection of amplifier is Select correctly incorrect No audio is reproduced when The audio signal is derived from the Use the AUDIO OUT when playing back such playing back a DVD disc recorded unit s DIGITAL OUT discs with 96 kHz linear PCM audio Sound is distorted or noise is Disc is dirty Wipe the disc surface generated Picture does not fit the television MONITOR TYPE is not correctly set Select monitor type correctly See page 44 screen
85. yed back as it was recorded The Compression function works only when playing back a disc recorded with DOLBY DIGITAL 1CH or 2CH The SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE setting is not effective for other discs The Compression function does not work when the 3D function if a static picture such as an on screen N PHONIC function is activated display or menu is PRESS lt p KEY displayed for over 5 minutes MODE 1 The current picture gets dark MODE2 The screen saver picture appears and its brightness changes OFF The screen saver function is off The monitor screen of a projector or projection TV is easily burned out if the screen saver mode is set to OFF and a static picture is displayed for a long time The screen saver function is not activated when the selected disc is an Audio CD 44 Initial settings ON SCREEN GUIDE SYSTEM page The unit can display on screen guide icons or characters on the picture MONITOR TYPE i 431BC2O D SCREEN SAVER lt MODE 1 P AUTO STANDBY which show what is When the unit is stopped happening to the disc or for more than 30 minutes or AUTOSTANDBY 1 the unit PRESS lt gt KEY 60 minutes the unit enters pores S standby mode ON automatically c

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