JVC AV2106, AV-2108, AV-1406 User Manual

COLOUR TELEVISION

INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. To make sure you understand how to use your new TV, please read this manual thoroughly before you begin.

AV-1406AE AV-1406FE AV-2106BE AV-2106CE AV-2106TE AV-2106YE AV-2106WE AV-2108CE AV-2108TE AV-2108WE

Safety precautions 2 Preparation 3

1 Confirm which remote control you have 2 Inserting the batteries 3

Connecting the aerial and external devices 4 Connecting the power cord 5 SETUP TOUR

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Basic operation 7 Remote control buttons and functions 8

PICTURE MODE button COLOUR SYSTEM button SOUND SYSTEM button DISPLAY button RETURN + button CHANNEL SCAN button MUTING button OFF TIMER button

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Using the TV’s menus 10

Basic operation ON TIMER

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INPUT

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VNR AUTO SHUTOFF CHILD LOCK BLUE BACK SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET

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SKIP Picture Adjustments

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Using the buttons on the TV 17 Troubleshooting 19 Specifications 20

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Safety precautions

WARNING

•To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the TV to rain or moisture.

CAUTION

• Operate only from the power source indicated on the rear of the TV.

•Avoid damaging the power cord and mains plug. When you unplug the TV, pull it out by the mains plug. Do not pull on the power cord.

•Never block or cover the cabinet openings for ventilation. Never install the TV where good ventilation is unattainable. When installing this TV, leave spaces for ventilation around the TV more than the minimum distances shown in the diagram.

• Do not allow objects or liquid into the cabinet openings.

• In the event of a fault, unplug the TV and call a service technician. Do not attempt to repair it by yourself or remove the rear cover.

• The surface of the TV screen is easily damaged. Be very careful with it when handling the TV. Should the TV screen become soiled, wipe it with a soft dry cloth. Never rub it forcefully. Never use any cleaner or detergent on it.

• This TV can be turned on/ off power by connecting/ disconnecting the AC Plug into AC outlet. While this TV is being installed, enough space should be reserved for connecting/ disconnecting the AC Plug into AC outlet by hand.

10 cm 15 cm

10 cm

15 cm

Preparation

1 Confirm which remote control you have

RM-C360GY

POWER

COLOUR

TV/VIDEO

OFF

TIMER

CHANNEL

SCAN

DISPLAY

SYSTEM

SOUND

RETURN+

PICTURE

MODE

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0-/

MUTING

CHANNEL

REMOTE CONRTOL UNIT RM-C360GY

2 Inserting the batteries

Correctly insert two batteries, observing the , and . polarities and inserting the . end first.

CAUTION:

Follow the cautions printed on the batteries.

Notes:

• Use AA/R6/UM-3 dry cell batteries.

• If the remote control does not work properly, fit new batteries. The supplied batteries are for testing, not regular use.

VOLUME

Preparation

3 Connecting the aerial and external devices

•For further details, refer to the manuals provided with the devices you are connecting.

• Connecting cables are not supplied.

• The front and rear AUDIO/VIDEO input jacks are directly connected so that input to either jack is output through both. You cannot provide input to both the front and rear jacks at the same time. Disconnect one input, or use one of the jacks as an output jack only (for monitoring or recording).

■ Connecting the aerial and VCR

Connecting the aerial

VHF/UHF outdoor aerial

VIDEO

AUDIO

OUT

• Illustration of AV-2106TE.

Connecting the aerial and VCR

VHF/UHF outdoor aerial

To RF output

To aerial input

To video output

VIDEO

AUDIO

OUT

To audio output

VCR

• Illustration of AV-2106TE.

Preparation

■ Connecting other external devices

VIDEO

AUDIO

• Illustration of AV-2106TE.

OUT

To audio output

VCR (for playing)

VCR (for recording)

To audio input

To video output

To audio output

To video output

To video input

Camcorder

TV game

VIDEO AUDIOIN

Headphones

• Illustration of AV-2106TE.

• Use the headphones with a stereo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When you connect the headphones, the TV speakers go off.

Preparation

4 Connecting the power cord

Connect the power cord to the AC outlet. Operate only from the power source indicated on the rear of the TV.

5 SETUP TOUR

When the TV is first turned on it enters the SETUP TOUR mode, and the JVC logo is displayed. Follow the instructions on the on-screen display to perform the SETUP TOUR.

• In case of resetting that the reason for such as removal, you can set the SETUP TOUR function on the “MENU 3” menu. For details, see page 14.

1 Press the Main power button

on the TV.

The POWER lamp or POWER/ON TIMER lamp lights. After the JVC logo has been displayed, the TV automatically switches to the language setting mode.

SETUP TOUR

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

DISPLAY

2 Press the MENU M buttons to

select the on-screen language.

3 Press the MENU y button.

The AUTO PROGRAMMING function will start and the indicator blinks.

SETUP TOUR

• Illustration of AV-2106YE

ON TIMER POWER

POWER lamp Main power button

POWER

DISPLAY

button

MENU –/+

buttons

COLOUR

TV/VIDEO

OFF

TIMER

CHANNEL

SCAN

DISPLAY

CHANNEL

SYSTEM

SOUND

RETURN+

PICTURE

123

456

789

0-/

MUTING

VOLUME

REMOTE CONRTOL UNIT RM-C360GY

MODE

MENU /

buttons

NOW PROGRAMMING

STOP BY -+

•To stop the AUTO PROGRAMMING function, press the MENU m buttons.

When you press stop, it will display “SETUP TOUR THANK YOU!”.

When all the TV channels that can be received on your TV have been preset, the display goes out and the AUTO PROGRAMMING function operation is completed.

• If a TV channel you want to view is not set to the channel, set it with the MANUAL CH PRESET function. For details, see page 15.

Basic operation

POWER

COLOUR

TV/VIDEO

OFF

TIMER

CHANNEL

SCAN

DISPLAY

CHANNEL

SYSTEM

SOUND

RETURN+

REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RM-C360GY

PICTURE

MODE

123

456

789

0-/

MUTING

VOLUME

1 Press the POWER button to turn

your TV on.

• If your TV does not turn on, press the Main power button on the TV then press the POWER button again.

•You can also turn on your TV by pressing any of the following buttons;

- the CHANNEL m button

- the Number buttons

- the TV/VIDEO button

2 Select a channel.

■ Press the CHANNEL m button.

• Up/down selection cannot be selected for channels to which the SKIP has been set to “YES”. See page 16.

■ Press the Number buttons to enter the channel number.

• If you want to enter a two-digit number,

press the -/-- button to select the two digit mode “--”, then enter the channel number.

3 Press the VOLUME M button to

adjust the sound.

4To turn your TV off, press the

POWER button.

•We recommend that you press the Main

power button on the TV to turn the main power off if you do not plan to use your TV for a long time or if you wish to save energy.

If the picture is not clear:

Press the COLOUR SYSTEM button to select another colour system, see page 8.

If the sound is not clear:

Press the SOUND SYSTEM button to select another sound system, see page 8.

Viewing Images from an External Device:

Press the TV/VIDEO button to select the VIDEO mode.

•You can also use the INPUT function to select the VIDEO mode. For details, refer to page 11.

Remote control buttons and functions

PICTURE MODE button

You can select one of three picture adjustment settings as you like.

Press this button to select a mode.

BRIGHT:

Heightens contrast and sharpness.

STANDARD:

Standardizes picture adjustments.

SOFT:

Softens contrast and sharpness.

•Pressing this button returns all the picture

settings in the “MENU 4” to their default settings.

COLOUR SYSTEM button

If the picture is not clear or no colour appears, change the current colour system to another colour system.

Press this button to select the colour system.

In TV mode (channel 1 to 99 and AV):

AUTO PAL

SECAM

In VIDEO mode:

AUTO PAL

NTSC4.43

SECAM

NTSC3.58

AUTO:

Automatic colour system selection.

•For the colour systems in each country or region, see the table“Broadcasting systems” on page 20.

• If the picture is not normal in the AUTO mode, change the AUTO mode to another colour system.

SOUND SYSTEM button

If the sound is not clear even when the picture appears normal, change the current sound system to another sound system.

Press this button to select the sound system.

B/G I D/K

•For the sound systems in each country or region, see the table “Broadcasting systems” on page 20.

•You cannot select any sound system when in a VIDEO mode.

Remote control buttons and functions

DISPLAY button

You can continuously display the current channel number or VIDEO mode on the screen.

Press this button.

To turn the display off, press this button again.

• When selecting a channel or VIDEO mode with no input signal, indication of selected channel or VIDEO mode becomes fixed on the screen.

RETURN + button

You can set a channel you frequently view to the Return Channel and you can view that channel at any time with one-touch.

To set the channel to the Return Channel:

1 Select the channel you want to set

to the Return Channel.

2 Press this button and hold until the

message “RETURN PLUS PROGRAMMED!” appears.

• When you turn off the TV, the Return Channel setting is cancelled.

To view the Return Channel:

Press this button.

•You can view two channels (current channel and Return Channel) alternately by pressing this button.

To cancel the Return Channel setting:

Press this button and hold until the message“RETURN PLUS CANCELLED!” appears.

If no channel is set to the Return Channel:

You can view the channel selected right before the current channel by pressing this button.

CHANNEL SCAN button

You can quickly view all TV channels programmes that you can view on your TV, and search for the programme you want to view.

1 Press this button to start scanning

TV channels.

The TV channel programmes are each displayed for several seconds.

• The programmes of TV channels for which

the SKIP function is set to “YES” are not displayed. (See page 16.)

2 When you find the programme you

want to view, press this button again to stop scanning.

MUTING button

You can turn the sound off instantly.

Press this button.

To turn the sound on, press this button again.

OFF TIMER button

You can set the TV to automatically turn off after a set time.

Press this button to select the period of time.

•You can set the period of time to a maximum of 120 minutes in 10 minute increments.

•1 minute before the OFF TIMER function turns off the TV, “GOOD NIGHT!” appears.

To display the remaining time, press this button once.

To cancel the OFF TIMER function, press this button to set the period of time to 0.

• The OFF TIMER function will not turn off the TV’s main power.

Using the TV’s menus

This TV has a number of functions you can operate using the menus. To use all your TV’s functions fully, you need to understand how to use the menus.

2 Repeatedly press the MENU T

buttons to display a desired

POWER

SOUND

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RETURN

0-/

VOLUME

REMOTE CONRTOL UNIT RM-C360GY

PICTURE

MODE

MUTING

MENU /

buttons

DISPLAY

button

MENU –/+

buttons

COLOUR

TV/VIDEO

OFF

TIMER

CHANNEL

SCAN

DISPLAY

CHANNEL

SYSTEM

■ Basic operation

1 Press the MENU T buttons.

One of the 4 menus is displayed.

MENU number

MENU 1

The icon on the left indicates the currently selected function.

INPUT TV ON TIMER PR 1 0:00 VNR OFF

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

DISPLAY

menu.

• If you hold down the y button, the next

menu is displayed.

• If the selected function is on the first line,

pressing the r button displays the preceding menu.

3 Repeatedly press the MENU T

buttons to select a desired function.

4 Press the MENU M buttons to

change function settings.

Example:

MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF OFF CHILD LOCK OFF BLUE BACK ON

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

• With some functions, the operation method may differ.

DISPLAY

Changes the AUTO SHUTOFF setting.

MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK OFF BLUE BACK ON

⇔

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

DISPLAY

5 Press the DISPLAY button to turn

the display off.

•To operate a menu using the buttons on the front panel of the TV, refer to “Operating menus” on page 18.

Using the TV’s menus

ON TIMER

Your TV will automatically turn on and tune into the channel you set after the period of time you set.

1 Press MENU T to display the

“MENU 1” menu, then select “ON TIMER”.

MENU 1 INPUT TV ON TIMER PR 1 0:00 VNR OFF

OPERATE BY VOL-+ SELECT BY EXIT BY PROGRAM BY -+

2 Press MENU M to select a channel

you want to view when the TV turns on.

3 Press VOLUME M to select the

period of time after which you want to turn on the TV.

The ON TIMER function starts.

• Each time you press the button, the period of time changes in 15 minute intervals (up to 12 hours).

To cancel the ON TIMER function, press the VOLUME m button to set the period of time to “0:00”.

4 Press DISPLAY to turn the display

off.

• If you turn off the TV’s main power by pressing the Main power button, the ON TIMER function is canceled.

• If you do not turn off the TV after starting the ON TIMER function, the channel will automatically switch to the channel set for the ON TIMER function.

Channel No.

DISPLAY

When the time set for the ON TIMER function is reached:

The TV automatically turns on and the channel set for the ON TIMER function is displayed.

•For safety reasons the TV will automatically turn off if no operations are made within approximately two hours after the TV is turned on with the ON TIMER function.

• The OFF TIMER function and AUTO SHUTOFF function have priority over the ON TIMER function.

INPUT

You can view images from VCRs or other devices connected to your TV.

1 Press MENU T to display the

“MENU 1” menu, then select “INPUT”.

MENU 1 INPUT TV ON TIMER PR 1 0:00 VNR OFF

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

2 Press MENU M to select the VIDEO

mode.

While you press MENU –/+, it will switch to TV mode and VIDEO mode alternately.

DISPLAY

Using the TV’s menus

VNR (Video Noise Reduction)

You can reduce the picture noise.

1 Press MENU T to display the

“MENU 1” menu, then select “VNR”.

MENU 1 INPUT TV ON TIMER PR 1 0:00 VNR ON

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

DISPLAY

2 Press MENU M to select “ON”.

To cancel the VNR function, select “OFF”.

AUTO SHUTOFF

You can set your TV to turn off if no signals are received for about 15 minutes or longer after the end of a broadcast.

1 Press MENU T to display the

“MENU 2” menu, then select “AUTO SHUTOFF”.

MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

DISPLAY

CHILD LOCK

You can disable the front control buttons of the TV. When this function is set to “ON”, the TV can be operated using only the remote control. Use this function to prevent children from operating the TV without parental consent.

1 Press MENU T to display the

“MENU 2” menu, then select “CHILD LOCK”.

MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON

SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+

2 Press MENU M to select “ON”.

To cancel the CHILD LOCK function, select “OFF”.

• The CHILD LOCK function is canceled when you turn the power off.

DISPLAY

2 Press MENU M to select “ON”.

To cancel the AUTO SHUTOFF function, select “OFF”.

• The AUTO SHUTOFF function does not turn off the TV’s main power.

• The AUTO SHUTOFF will not work for a VIDEO mode.

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JVC AV2106, AV-2108, AV-1406 User Manual

COLOUR TELEVISION

Contents

Safety precautions

Preparation

Basic operation

Remote control buttons and functions

Using the TV’s menus