JBL Simply Cinema ESC333 Simple Setup Manual

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ESC333

Simple
setup guide

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Declaration of Conformity

We, JBL Europe A/S

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declare in own responsibility, that the products described
in this owner's manual are in compliance with technical
standards:
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The ESC333 offers two unique
user-convenience features:
Automatic Turn-On/Shut-Down
and Automatic Digital-Input
Selection.

The Automatic Turn-On feature
will turn the ESC333 on as soon
as a source connected to its
digital inputs (such as DVD, CD
player with digital output, or
any other device featuring a
coaxial or optical digital output)
is switched on, or as soon as the
unit connected to its last-used
analog input starts outputting
sound.

When using digital inputs, the
Automatic Turn-On can be
activated by turning on either
one of the connected digital
sources such as a DVD player or
a CD player with digital output.
When using analog inputs (TV or
AUX), Automatic Turn-On is
available only for the device
that was last listened to before
the ESC333 shut down. In order
to listen to the other device, the
ESC333 input needs to be
manually selected by using the
Input button on the product and
on the remote, which, in turn,
disables the Automatic Digital­Input Selector until the ESC333
is shut down.

The Automatic Turn-Off shuts
the unit down five minutes after
all sources connected to its
digital inputs are powered down
and the device connected to its
selected analog input stops
playing.

The Automatic Digital-Input
Selector automatically selects
the source connected to its
digital inputs when that source
is powered on. Upon power
down of this digital unit, if no
other source is on, the ESC333
will switch itself off af ter five
minutes.
If the analog source that was
selected prior to the digital
source turning on is still
playing, the ESC333 will switch
back to that other source. Once
a digital source is powered on
and selected as an input,
turning on a device connected
to the other digital input will
not switch the input until the
selected digital device is first
powered off.
These two features can only be
used if the customer does not
manually turn the ESC333 on or
off, and does not manually
select an input source. Once
either of these selections is
made manually, the automatic
features are disabled as follows:

1. If the ESC333 is turned off
manually, it will not turn back
on automatically until five
minutes after the source
connected to the ESC333 is shut
down. During these five
minutes, it can be turned on
either from the front panel or
via the remote control.

2. Once an input source is
selected manually, the
Automatic Source-Selection
feature will remain disabled
until the ESC333 shuts down.

3. Once any one of the two
devices connected to the ESC333
digital inputs is powered on and
its input is selected by the
ESC333, the device connected to
the other digital input of the
ESC333 cannot be automatically
selected until the already­selected digital device is
powered down.

Important Note

Automatic On/Off and Automatic Digital-Input Selection

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• Complete, self-powered
Dolby* Digital home-cinema
sound system with five
satellite speakers, subwoofer,
remote control, and all
amplification built in. (Just
Add TV!)

• Dolby Digital (AC-3* 5.1
channel), Dolby Pro Logic*,
including Phantom and
3-Stereo, and Stereo listening
modes.

• Automatic Turn-On and Turn­Off.

• Automatic Source Switching
for the digital inputs.

• Two digital (one optical and
one coaxial) inputs and two
analog inputs.

• 2-Way video-shielded micro­satellites with titanium­laminate tweeters and
common voicing for all five
channels, and an 8-inch,
long-throw, floor-firing
subwoofer.

• Late Night compression for
nighttime listening without
unexpected and objectionably
loud passages.

• All amplification and controls
are mounted in the
subwoofer, eliminating the
need for a separate control
unit.

• Remote controllable via
outboard remote eye that can
be mounted with the center
channel or separately, so that
the subwoofer can be hidden
away.

featres

Five satellites for left, right,
center and surrounds.

“Smart” powered
subwoofer/controller.

included

JBL”error free“ speaker cables.
Extension cable XC300 available
in 10-foot lengths in either
white or black.

Foot for horizontal placement of
center speaker. Versatile remote
sensor and double-sided tape
provided.

Remote control.

Bass

Treble

Delay Level

0 dB Test

Adjustment

Late Night

Power

Mute

Surround

Mode

Input

–

+

–

+

–

+

Volume

Digital coax input cable and
analog RCA input cable.

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About Dolby Digital

The ESC333 features Dolby
Digital (also unofficially known
as AC-3) multichannel signal
processing, a system developed
by Dolby Laboratories.

Dolby Digital, unlike “matrixed”
systems (such as Dolby Pro
Logic) that derive and decode
multichannel sound from two
channels of sound, is capable of
delivering information for one
subwoofer and five full-range
channels as discrete and
individual channels in digital
AC-3 data format from sources

such as a DVD player. The result
is clear and accurate digital
sound to each speaker, along
with availability of stereo­surround effects (Dolby Pro
Logic features mono surrounds).

Dolby Digital is capable of
delivering several different
formats of surround sound, the
most robust one being the 5.1­channel mode, which provides
separate signals for five
satellite speakers as well as for
a subwoofer. The ESC333
features a “5.1-Ch” indicator

that illuminates when a Dolby
Digital 5.1-channel encoded
signal is present. Dolby Digital
can also provide other AC-3
digital multichannel signals, as
well as 2-channel signals, which
can be decoded via Dolby Pro
Logic processing into
multichannel surround sound.
In the latter case, both the
Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby
Digital indicators will illuminate
in the ESC333 display.

• Wall-mount brackets and floor
stands available separately
for the satellites.

• Credit-card-type, full­function remote control.

• JBL “error free” speaker
cables simplify connection
and eliminate possibility of
out-of-phase wiring.

• Center foot for horizontal
placement of the center
channel.

• Rotatable JBL logos to allow
for vertical or horizontal
placement of the satellites.