JVC TH-A9 User Manual

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DVD DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEM

TH-A9

Consists of XV-THA9, SP-PWA9, SP-XCA9, and SP-XSA9

SP-XSA9

SP-XCA9

SP-XSA9

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

/REW

REC

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

FM/AM

DECODE

SUBTITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

REAR-R

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CAT/DBS

ENTER

DSP

MODE

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF

PLAY

UPDOWN

TUNING

PAUSE

STOP

STROBEMEMORY

DVD MENU

SP-PWA9

XV-THA9

INSTRUCTIONS

RM-STHA9J

DVD THEATER SYSTEM

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information for future reference.

Model No. Serial No.

LVT0562-002A

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Warnings, Cautions and Other

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC

SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning flas h w ith arro whead symbol, within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

For U.S.A.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are desi gned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This e qui pm en t ge nera tes , us es , a nd c an rad iate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with th e in st ruc tions, may cause harmful in terfe r ence to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off a nd on , the user is enco ura ged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

Caution — POWER switch!

Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The POWER switch in any position does not disconnect the mains line. The power can be remote controlled.

IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS

1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

DANGER:

lock failed or defeated. Avoid direct exposure to beam.

CAUTION:

serviceable parts inside the unit; leave all servicing to qualitied service personnel.

CAUTION

To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.:

1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet.

2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.

Invisible laser radiation when open and inter-

Do not open the top cover. There are no user

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Getting Started.. ... ... .... .......................................... 2

Important cautions................................................................2

Safety precautions.................................................................2

Checking the supplied accessories........................................ 2

System outline ...................................................... 3

Installation............................................................. 4

To hang satellite speakers from the wall ..............................4

About discs ........................................................... 5

Playable disc types................................................................5

Disc structure........................................................................5

Video CDs with Playback Control function .........................5

Connections..........................................................6

Connecting the FM and AM antennas........................ .... ... ...6

Connecting the powered sub-woofer....................................6

Connecting the TV................................................................6

Connecting the TV with the component video input jacks... 7

Connecting speakers............................................................. 8

Connecting an audio component...........................................9

Connecting the power cord....................... ......................... .10

Putting batteries in the remote control................................10

Parts Identification ..............................................11

Principles of operation ........................................14

Operation with the remote control................... ...................14

On-screen displays..............................................................15

Preventing screen burn-out with the screen saver [SCREEN

SAVER]..............................................................................16

Basic operat io ns ............... ...................... ... .........17

To turn the system power supply ON and OFF (standby).. 17

To turn TV power ON and OFF.........................................17

Adjusting volume [VOLUME]....................................... ... .17

Sub-woofer volume control and phase setting.................... 18

Muting the sound [MUTING]............... .... ... .... .... ... ............18

Selecting the source to play ................................................18

Changing the decode mode [DECODE]............................. 19

Audio channel display indicator.........................................19

Using the Sleep Timer [SLEEP].........................................20

Using the DSP Modes [DSP MODE] .................................20

Using the DVD player .........................................22

To turn on the system and TV ............................................ 22

To insert a disc.................................................................... 22

To play a disc...................................................................... 23

Pausing................................................................................24

Fast forward and backward.................................. ... ............24

Locating the beginning .......................................................24

Resuming playback.............................................................25

Selecting playback from the DVD menu............................25

Selecting the location to view from the Video CD menu... 26 To specify the title, chapter, or track number for playback 26

To play from the beginning of a title, chapter, or track...... 27

To specify the chapter number for playback

[CHAP. SEARCH] ............................................................. 27

To specify the time for playback [TIME SEARCH]..........28

To select the screen for playback from the digest screen

[DIGEST]............................................................................ 29

To advance the picture one frame at a time........................ 29

Slow-Motion Playback [SLOW]......................... ... ............30

To display Continuous Photos

[STROBE] ..........................................................................30

Zooming a scene [ZOOM]........................ ... .... .... ...............31

Changing the Subtitle Language [SUBTITLE]..................31

Changing the audio language or sound [AUDIO].............. 32

Changing the audio channel [AUDIO]...............................32

Viewing from Multiple Angles [ANGLE].......................... 33

Selecting the Picture Character [THEATER POSITION].. 34 Repeating a current title, chapter or track, or all tracks

[REPEAT].................... .... ... .......................... ... .... .... ...........34

Repeating a desired part [A-B REPEAT]............................35

Programming the Playing Order [PROGRAM]..................36

Random Play [RANDOM] ..................................................37

To check the DVD function status......................................3 7

To check the disc information.............................................38

To check the time information ............................................38

Receiving radio broadcasts.................................40

Tuning in stations manually ................................................40

Using preset tuning............................. ......................... .... ... .40

Selecting the FM reception mode..................... ...................41

Beat cut................................................................................41

Preference settings.............................................42

Using the preference setting menus.....................................42

LANGUAGE MENU settings...............................43

Choosing menu language...................... .......................... ... .43

Choosing audio language......................................... ...........43

Choosing subtitle language .................................................43

Choosing on-screen language................ .... .... ......................43

DISPLAY MENU settings... ... ... ... ........................4 4

Select monitor type......................... .... ......................... .... ... .44

Screen saver settings ...........................................................44

On-screen guide settings .....................................................44

SYSTEM MENU setting......................................45

AUTO STANDBY.................................... ......................... .45

RESUME........................................ .... ... .......................... ... .45

AV COMPULINK MODE....................................... ... ........45

Limiting playbac k by chi ldr en ................ ... ... ........46

To set Parental Lock for the first time

[PARENTAL LOCK]................................ .... ......................46

To temporarily release the Parental lock.............................47

Amplifier settings.................................................48

Basic operation for setting amplif ier...................................48

Setting balance ....................................................................48

Setting tone..........................................................................49

Setting speaker size.............................................................49

Adjusting delay time...........................................................49

Adjusting crossover.............................................................50

Adjusting LFE attenuator....................................................50

Adjusting dynamic range.....................................................50

Sound settings ....................................................51

Adjusting sub-woofer level .................................................51

Adjusting speaker level .......................................................51

Adjusting DSP effect...........................................................52

AV COMPU LINK remote control system............53

Connection and setup..........................................................53

Operation.............................................................................54

Operating Other Manufacturers’ Video

Equipment...........................................................55

Care and handling of discs..................................57

How to handle discs ............................................................57

Troubleshooting ..................................................58

Specifications......................................................59

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Getting Started

Important cautions

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Installation of the unit

• Select a place whic h is level, dry and ne ither too hot nor t oo 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 unit in a place subject to vibrations.

Power cord

• Do not handle the power cord with wet hands!

• A small amount of power 1.3 W is al ways cons umed whil e the power cord is connected to the wall outlet. (center unit only)

• When unplugging the unit 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 o n it, becau se dam age to the unit may result.

Note about the copyguard system

• The DVD disc is protected by the copyguard system. When you connect the unit to your VCR directly, the copyg uard system activates and the pictu re may not be played back correctly.

Checking the supplied accessories

Check to be sure you have all of the following items, which are supplied with the unit. The number in the parentheses indicates quantity of the pieces supplied.

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

AUX

FM/AM

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CONTROL

VCR

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

SLEEP

REAR-R

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/

TV/VCR PLAY MODE

CATV/DBS

ENTER

THEATER

DSP

POSITION

MODE

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

/REW

FF/

PLAY

UPDOWN

TUNING

PAUSE

REC

STOP

STROBEMEMORY

DVD MENU

RM-STHA9J

DVD THEATER SYSTEM

Remote cont rol (1) Batteries (2)

AM Loop Antenna

(1)

FM Antenna (1) AC Power Cord (1)

Safety precautions

Avoid moisture, water and dust

Do not place your unit in moist or dusty places.

Avoid high temperatures

Do not expose the unit to dir ec t sunl igh t or plac e it nea r a heati ng 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 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 clo ths. Do not use benzene, thinner or other organ ic 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 st ore where you ma de your purcha se. Using the unit in this state may cause a fire or electrical shock.

Video Cable (1) Compulink Cord (1) System Cable (1)

Speaker Cord 5 m

(16.4 ft) (3)

Satellite speaker wall

Speaker Cord 10m

(32.8 ft) (2)

Screws (2)*

bracket (2)*

* Speaker wall brackets and screws are packed

together with the satellite speakers.

Avoid getting your hand caught in the disc cover

Getting caught may injure your hand.

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System outline

This system consists of the unit contain ing a DVD play er, a radio, a nd a p re-am p, as well as the p owered sub -woofer, the cen ter speaker, and four satellite speaker units. It provides a fully functional DVD theater system by simply connecting to a TV set.

Center speaker (SP-XCA9)

Front left speaker

Satellite speaker (SP-XSA9)

Rear left speaker

Satellite speaker (SP-XSA9)

The center speaker and the satellite speakers are connected to the powered subwoofer.

Powered sub-woofer (SP-PWA9)

The center unit and powered sub-woofer are connected with the system cable.

Front right speaker

Satellite speaker (SP-XSA9)

Rear right speaker

Satellite speaker (SP-XSA9)

The TV is connected to the center unit.

Center unit (XV-THA9)

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY MODE

THEATER POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

/REW

REC

DVD THEATER SYSTEM

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

FM/AM

DECODE

SUBTITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

REAR-R

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

ENTER

DSP

MODE

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

PLAY

UPDOWN

TUNING

PAUSE

STOP

STROBEMEMORY

DVD MENU

RM-STHA9J

Contains a DVD player, radio, and preamp (volume control, tone control), tog e the r with a Dolby digital decode r and DTS digital surround decoder for Dolby Surround and DTS Digital Sur round effects. For some music software, the DAP mode offers the expanded sound field.

This system is capable of most operations. It may also be used to operate JVC TVs and VCRs, as well as TVs and VCRs from other m a nu f a cturers. Note that the remote control unit must be programmed with the correct

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settings when using products from other manufacturers.

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Bracket

Screw

Normal position

Tilting the speaker

Installation

The following shows an example of the system installation.

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System setting example

Satellite speaker

Center unit

Powered sub-woofer

Satellite speaker (rear left speake r)

(front left speaker)

Satellite speake r (front right speak er)

Satellite speaker (rear right speaker )

The rear speakers are placed behind the listening posi tio n.

Center speaker

To hang satellite speakers from the wall

Use the supplied bracket to fix satellite speakers to the wall.

CAUTION: ATTACHING THE BRACKETS ON THE WALL

When attaching the brackets on the wall, have them attached to the wall by a qualified person. DO NOT attach the brackets on the wall by yourself to avoid an unexpected damage of their falling from the wall, caused by incorrect attachment or weakness in the wall.

Location of attachment to wall:

Care is required in selecting a location for attaching satellite speakers to the wall. Injury to personnel, or damage to equipment, may result if the speakers are attached in a location which interfe res with daily activities.

Attaching speakers to the bracket

Use the screw supplied to attach the speaker to the bracket.

CAUTIONS:

• For safety reasons, always ensure that there is sufficient place behind the powered sub-woofer.

• If the front and rear speakers are placed on the furniture etc., always ensure that they are level.

Adjusting the angle of the satellite speakers

The angle of the speaker may be adjusted along the channel in the bracket. When adjusting the angle, loosen the scre w slightly, make the adjustment, and then tighten the screw firmly.

CAUTION:

If the screw is not tightened firm ly, it may c ause injury to personnel or damage to equipment.

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About discs

Playable disc types

Playable and non-playable disc types are as follows:

Playable discs

DVD Video CD

The DVD Logo is a trademark.

Non-playable discs

• DVD-ROM • DVD-RAM • DVD-R • DVD-RW

• CD-R*• CD-ROM • PHOTO CD • CD-RW*

* Audio formatted CD-R and CD-RW can be played.

• Playing back discs list as “No n- p la ya ble discs” abov e m a y g e nerate noise and damage speakers.

• Only audio can be played for CD-G, CD-EXTRA and CD TEXT.

Notes on DVD discs

• DVD players and DVD discs have their own Region Code numbers. This unit only can play back DVD discs whose Region Code numbers include “1”.

Audio CD

Examples of playable DVD discs:

• This unit is designed to use the NTSC system. The unit cannot play back the disc recorded on the PAL system.

Disc structure

A DVD disc is comprised of “titles”, while an Audio CD or Video CD 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 m ovie may be divided into some chapters. In a DVD karaoke disc, each song usually has its own title number and does not hav e chapters. In gen eral, each title has independent content, while each chapter in the same title has continuity.

Example: DVD disc

Example: Audio CD/Video CD

Video CDs with Playback Control function

What is Playback Control function?

The Playback Control function, allows you to enjoy menu-driven operation and high-resolution still images which have a resolution four times greater than moving pi ctures.

• Menu-driven playback

You can interact with the screen us ing a menu display to select and play an entry.

• High-resolution still image display

You can display high-quality images four times clearer than moving pictures.

A selection menu is displayed when you start playing a Video CD with the Playback Control feature. The selection menu shows a list of numbers for selectio n. Some discs may show moving pictures or a divided screen.

1. When a list of numbers is displayed, selecting a number shows its contents.

2. When “3333” or “SELECT” is displayed on the television screen, pressing this button jumps to the specific picture.

3. When the selection menu is re-displayed after you have played your selection, selecting a number again replays its contents.

(Some discs may show the menu screen several times.) When ¢ and 4 are shown, pressing “NEXT” or “PREV” can change the selection menu.

4. After playback, press RETURN to go back to the previous screen.

To stop playback, press STOP.

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Note:

• When a menu is displayed for a long time (about ten minutes), the screen background automatically gets dark to prevent screen burn-in while the setting is suspended.

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CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

MAX

MIN

REVERSR NOMAL

PHASE

SUB WOOFER

CONNECTOR

FROM XV - THA9

FRONT SPEAKERS

CENTER SPEAKER

REAR SPEAKERS

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

LEFT

RIGHT

VOLUME

COMPU LINK

AUX IN

ANTENNA

LOOP

AM EXT

COMPONENTS-VIDEOVIDEO

VIDEO OUT

Y PB PR

CONNECTOR TO SP-PWA9

CONNECTOR

FROM XV - THA9

Center unit (XV-THA9)

Ensure that the £ mark on the plug faces down.

System cable (supplied)

Ensure that the £ mark on the plug faces to the right.

Powered sub-woofer (SP-PWA9)

S-video cable (not supplied)

Connect to the TV if it has an S-video input (for higher image quality). Connect the cables with the ∞ mark facing up.

Center unit (XV-THA9)

Video cable (supplied)

To composite video input

To S-video input

Connections

CAUTION:

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• Make all connection before plugging the system in an AC outlet.

Connecting the FM and AM antennas

FM antenna connections

Extend the supplled FM ant enna horizontally.

ANTENNA

A.Using the supplied FM antenna

The FM antenna provided can be connected to the FM 75 Ω COAXIAL terminal as temporary measure.

FM Antenna

LOOP

AM EXT

Outdoor FM Antenna Cable

Connecting the powered sub-woofer

Use the supplied system cable to connect the powered sub-woofer (SP-PWA9).

CAUTUON:

Use the system cable provided for attaching the center unit and the sub-woofer.

B.Using the standard type connector (Not sup-

plied)

A standard type connector should be connected to the FM 75 Ω COAXIAL terminal.

Note:

• If reception is poor, connect the outdoor antenna. Before attaching the 75 Ω coaxial cabl e (the kind with a round wire going to an outdoor antenna), disconnect the supplied FM antenna.

AM antenna connections

Turn the loop until you have the best reception.

ANTENNA

Notes:

• Make sure the antenn a cond uctors do no t touch any o ther terminals, connecting cords and power cord. This could cause poor reception.

• If reception is poor, connect an outdoor single vinyl-covered wire to the AM EXT terminal. (Keep the AM loop antenna connected.)

AM Loop Antenna

LOOP

AM EXT

Outdoor single vinyl-covered wire

Connecting the TV

Connect the TV to view video images from the unit.

Connecting the TV with the component video input jacks

Connect the TV with the component video input jacks to view high quality picture.

S-video cable (not supp lie d)

Connections

To S-video input

Green

Blue

• Connect “Y” to “Y”, “PB” to “PB”, and “PR” to “PR” correctly.

Red

Component video cab le (not supplied)

To component video input

Note:

• 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 (not supplied).

• Connect the S-video cable (not supplied). Otherwise, some functions of the TV may not work.

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Connections

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

MAX

MIN

REVERSR NOMAL

PHASE

SUB WOOFER

CONNECTOR

FROM XV - THA9

FRONT SPEAKERS

CENTER SPEAKER

REAR SPEAKERS

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

LEFT

RIGHT

VOLUME

Connecting speakers

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Connect the satellite speakers and center speaker to the terminals on the powered sub-woofer using the speaker cords supplied. Labels are attached to the speaker cords to indicate the speaker and termi nal to which each is to be connected.

• The four satellite speakers may be used at either front or rear.

• Ensure that the left a nd ri ght speak ers a re co nnect ed t o l eft a nd ri ght respect ive ly, an d that t hey are conne ct ed wi th the corre ct polarity (+ve, –ve). The white speaker cord connects to the + terminal, and the black speaker cord connects to the – terminal.

Twist and remove the insulation at the end of each speaker cord.

FRONT SPEAKERS

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

LEFT

RIGHT

CENTER SPEAKER

CAUTION : SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

Connecting the front speakers

Connect the right speaker to the FRONT SPEAKERS RIGHT t erminal. Connect the left speaker to the FRONT SPEAKERS LEFT terminal.

CAUTION :

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

REAR SPEAKERS

Connecting the rear and center speakers

Connect the right rear speaker to the REAR SPEAKERS RIGHT terminals. Connect the left rear speaker to the REAR SPEAKERS LEF T terminals. Connect the center speaker to the CENTER SPEAKER terminals.

Front right speaker

Front left speaker

Speaker cord (5 m) (16.4 ft)

FRONT RIGHT

FRONT SPEAKERS

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CAUTION :

FRONT LEFT

Fold the end of the cord to avoid short-circuit . Then,

Black

LEFT

RIGHT

while pushing the lever of the speaker terminal, insert the fold ed end of the cord into the term inal.

CENTER SPEAKER

CAUTION :

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

White

Black

Rear right speaker

CAUTION : SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

REAR SPEAKERS

Note:

• Mixing up the polarity of the speaker cords can reduce the stereo effect and sound quality.

Center speaker

FRONT SPEAKERS

CENTER

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

CENTER

SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

SPEAKER

REAR RIGHT

CAUTION : SPEAKER IMPEDANCE

REAR SPEAKERS

Speaker cord (10 m) (32.8 ft)

CAUTION :

LEFT

RIGHT

CAUTION :

REAR LEFT

Rear left speaker

Speaker cord (5 m) (16.4 ft)

White

Connecting an audio component

You can connect an analog au dio component, such as VCR, TV and MD recorder to this system. Refer also to the manuals supplied with your components.

Use the cable with RCA pin plugs (not supplied). Connect the white plug to the left jack, and the red plug to the right jack.

Connections

VCR

MD Recorder

Audio output

CAUTION:

If you connect a sound-enhancing device suc h as a graphic equalizer between the sourc e components and the center unit, the sound output through this system may be distorted.

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Connections

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Connecting the power cord

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Before plugging th e center unit and powered sub-woofer into an AC outlets, make sure that all connections have been made.

Plug the power cord into an AC outlet.

The red STANDBY lamp on the center unit lights when the power cord is plugged in.

Keep the power cord away from the connecting cables and the antenna cable. The po wer cord may cause no ise or screen interfe rence. We recommend that you use a coaxial cable to connect the FM outdoor antenna, since it is well-shielded against interference.

Center unit

AC power cord

CAUTIONS:

• Do not touch the power cord with wet hands.

• Do not pull on the power cord to unplug the cord.

When unplugging the cord, always grasp the plug so as not to damage the cord.

Powered sub-w oo f er

Putting batteries in the remote control

Before using the remote control, put two supplied batteries first. When using the remote control, aim the remote control directly at the remote senso r on the center unit.

On the back of the remote control, remove the battery cover.

Insert batteries. Make sure to match the polarity: (+) to (–).

Replace the cover.

• If the range or effectiveness of the remot e control decreases, replace the batteries. Use two R6P (SUM-3)/AA (15F) type dry-cell batteries.

CAUTIONS:

Follow these precautions to avoid leaking or cracking cells:

• Place batteries in the remote control so they match

the polarity: (+) to (–).

• Use the correct typ e o f batteries. Batteries that loo k

similar may differ in voltage.

• Always replace both batteries at the same time.

• Do not expose batteries to heat or flame.

Notes:

• The preset settings such as preset ch annel and sound adjustment may be erased in a few days in the following cases:

– When you unplug the power cord. – When a power failure occurs.

• The speakers will not produce any sound if the powered sub-woofer power cord is removed from the AC outlet while the c enter unit is turned on. In this case power will not come on even when the powered sub-woofer power cord is plugged in the AC outlet. Press on the center unit, or AUDIO on the remote control to turn power on. This will turn the powered sub-woofer on and sound will be emitted from the speakers.

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Become familiar with the button s and con trol s on th e cen ter un it an d p owere d sub -woo fe r befo re use. Re fe r to th e pa ges in p arenth eses for details.

Center unit

Front panel (top view)

Parts Identification

1 Disc cover (22) 2 SOURCE button (18) 3 SURROUND button (21) 4 DSP mode button (21) 5 DVD control buttons (23, 24,

25)

6 VOLUME +/– button (17)

Front panel (front view)

Rear panel

1 AC IN socket (10) 2 Antenna terminals (6) 3 AUX IN terminals (9) 4 Connector for powered sub-woo fer (6) 5 AV COMPU LINK terminals (53) 6 Video output terminals (6, 7) 7 Region code number (5)

1 STANDBY/ON button

and STANDBY lamp (17)

2 Display window 3 OPEN/CLOSE button (22) 4 Remote sensor

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Parts Identification

Display window

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Powered sub-woofer (Front)

1 Decode mode indicator 2 Radio indicator (40, 41) 3 Multi-information window

Displays time, status information, etc.

4 Audio channel indicator (19) 5 Radio reception mode indicator

(40, 41)

6 RESUME indicator (25) 7 REMAIN indicator (Timer

indicator) (39)

8 PROGRAM indicator (36) 9 EACH indicator (Timer

indicator) (39)

p DSP indicator (21) q SURROUND indicator (21)

1 Speaker 2 POWER ON lamp (17)

(Rear)

1 VOLUME knob (18) 2 PHASE button (18) 3 Connector for center unit (6) 4 FRONT SPEAKERS

terminals (8)

5 CENTER SPEAKER

terminals (8)

6 REAR SPEAKERS

terminals (8)

7 Power cord (10)

Remote controls

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

CONTROL

POSITION

SUBWOOFER

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

PLA Y

TUNING

REC

STOP

DVD MENU

RM-STHA9J

DVD THEA TER SYSTEM

STANDBY/ON

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

MUTING

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

UPDOWN

PA USE

STROBEMEMORY

Parts Identification

1 Source selecting buttons (14, 18, 41)

AUX, FM/AM, DVD

2 DVD operating buttons

TITLE (25) SUBTITLE (31) DECODE (19) AUDIO (32) ZOOM (31) DIGEST (29) TIME (38, 39) DISPLAY (37, 38) RETURN (26) ANGLE (33) CHOICE (42)

3 Control buttons VCR/ TV (55, 56) 4 SLEEP button (20) 5 SETTING button (48) 6 PLAY MODE button (34 , 35, 36, 37) 7 Cursor and ENTER buttons (25) 8 THEATER POSITION button (34) 9 TV VOL +, – button (55) p TV/VIDEO button (55) q DV D MENU button (25) w STANDBY/ON buttons

AUDIO (17, 22) TV/CATV/DBS (17, 22, 55, 56) VCR (56)

e SOUND button (51, 52) r Number buttons t Remote control mode selector (55)

AUDIO/TV/VCR, CATV/DBS

y DSP MODE button (21) u CHANNEL +, – button (55, 56) i VOLUME +, – button (17) o MUTING button (18) ; Operating buttons (23, 24, 40, 41)

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Principles of operation

The system may be operated via the remote control or the buttons on the center unit, or via the menu on the screen.

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Operation with the remote control

Select the appropriate mode for the remote control when the remote control i s used for operation. The remote control mode is selected by pressing the source selecting buttons .

Press DVD:

Press FM/AM: Press AUX:

Source selecting buttons

DVD operating buttons

The DVD operation buttons, numb er button s, PLAY MODE b utt on , THEATER POSITION button and operating bu tto ns operate in DVD mode, enabling operation of the DVD, Audio CD, and Video CD discs.

The number bu ttons and o pera ting bu ttons o pera te in the radio mo de. In Ra dio mode , no thing will be d isp laye d on the TV. Press to listen to sound inputted to the AUX jacks. In AUX mode, only the VOLUME + and – buttons are operable. Also, nothing will be displayed on the TV.

DVD button

STANDBY/ON

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

Number buttons

The remote control mode selector should be normally set to AUDIO/TV/VCR position.

FM/AM button

AUX button

PLAY MODE

THEATER POSITION

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

MUTING

TV/VIDEO

/REW

PLA Y

TUNING

REC

STOP

DVD MENU

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DVD THEA TER SYSTEM

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

PA USE

STROBEMEMORY

UPDOWN

Operating buttons

Note:

• The remote control mo de is affected by th e source selec ting buttons as w ell as the SOUND, VC R, TV buttons, and the re mote control mode selector. See pages 51 and 55 for details.

Principles of operation

On-screen displays

The center unit provides several on-screen displays. With some displays, you can set or select preferences or functions, while the others are display-only.

Opening screens

The Opening screen appears aut omatically in some conditions. At the bottom, the following information are indicated depending on the center unit’s status.

• NOW READING: The center 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 center unit.

• OPEN: The disc cover is no w opening.

• CLOSE: The disc cover is now closing.

Opening display

NOW READING

Play mode displays

While stopped

REPEAT PROGRAM RANDOM

During DVD playback

DVD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH

During Audio CD playback

CD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH

Status displays

DVD function status

1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2

ENGLISH ENGLISH

Disc/time (DVD)

TITLE CHAP. TIME BITRATE

1 25 2:25:25 3.3

Disc/time (Audio CD/Video CD without PBC)

1 0:08

TRACK TIME

EACH REMAIN

Mbps

During Video CD playback

VCD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL

Disc/time (Video CD with PBC)

TRACK TIME

1 25:25 PBC

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Principles of operation

On-screen menus for setting preferences

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LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

PRESS KEY

DISPLAY

LANGUAGE MONITOR TYPE

SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE

PRESS KEY

SYSTEM

LANGUAGE

AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE

DISPLAY SYSTEM

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

4:3 LB

MODE 2

OFF OFF

DVD 2

SYSTEM

DISPLAY

EXIT

Preventing screen burn-out with the screen saver [SCREEN SAVER]

A television monitor screen may be burned out if a static picture is displayed for a long time. To preve nt this, the cente r unit a utoma tically activates the screen saver function if a static picture, such as an on-screen display or menu, is display ed for over 5 minutes.

• Pressing any button on the cente r unit or the remote contro l unit will release the screen saver function and return to the previous display.

• You can select one of several screen saver modes available (see page 44).

DVD/Video CD/CD PLAYER

Note:

• The screen saver does not work during playing back an Audio CD or whil e stopped a fter played back an Aud io CD.

EXIT

PRESS KEY

On-screen menus for setting parental lock

PARENTAL LOCK

Country Code Set Level PASSWORD

PRESS KEY ENTER

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EXIT

On-screen menus for using discs

The disc status and items are displayed as follows on the on-screen menus for using the dis c .

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DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

TV/CATV/DBS

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

/REW

FF/

PAUSE

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

ENTER

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

VOLUME + / –

Basic operations

The basic operations for this system are as follows.

IMPORTANT

Check that remote con trol mode selector is set to the approp riate position: Set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR” to operate an audio system, TV, or VCR. Set to “CATV/DBS” to operate a CATV converter or DBS tuner. The system will not operate normally while in CATV/DBS mode .

To turn the system power supply ON and OFF (standby)

From the remote control:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

Press AUDIO to turn power on.

The STANDBY lamp goes off, and the current source name (DVD, AM or FM station frequency, or AUX) appears on the display window. At this time, the disc cover slides backwards and the top buttons on the center unit appears.

Press AUDIO again to turn power off (standby).

The STANDBY lamp is lit. The disc cover slides forward to cover the top buttons on the center unit and the center unit turns off.

On the center unit:

AUDIO

To turn TV power ON and OFF

JVC TVs may be used as is with the remote co ntrol. TVs from other manufacturers require changes to the transmittable signals before they can be used with the remo te control. See page 5 5 for details of changing th e transmittable signals.

From the remote control:

Press TV/CATV/DBS to turn power on.

Press TV/CATV/DBS again to turn power off.

Adjusting volume [VOLUME]

The volume level can be adjusted within the range of “0” (minimum) to “80” (maximum).

Common: From the remote control

STANDBY lamp

Press to turn power on.

Press again to turn power off (standby).

The STANDBY lamp is lit. The disc cover slides forward to cover the top buttons on the center unit and the center unit turns off.

Notes:

• The powered sub-woofer power supply is linked to the center unit. The green POWER ON lamp on the powered sub-woofer lights when power is turned on, and goes off when power is turned off.

• A small amount of power is consumed in the standby mode (center unit only). Remove the AC power cord from the AC outlet to turn the center unit off completely.

On the center unit

Press VOLUME + or –.

Press VOLUME + to increase volume. Press VOLUME – to decrease volume.

CAUTION:

Always set the volume to the minimum before starting any source. If the volume is set at its high level, the sudden blast of sound energy can permanently damage your hearing and/or ruin your speakers.

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Basic operations

ENTER

Selected source name appears

DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

Source selecting butt ons

SOURCE

Sub-woofer volume control and

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phase setting

Use the VOLUME knob and PHASE button at the rear of the powered sub-woofer.

VOLUME knob

Mark

PHASE button

VOLUME

PHASE

REVERSR NOMAL

SUB WOOFER

CONNECTOR

FROM XV - THA9

MAX

MIN

Volume control

Turn the VOLUME knob.

Adjust to a volume appropriate for balance with the other speak er(s). The mark indicates the volume position in normal use.

• Adjust when the volume from the sub-woofer is too high or too low in relation to the volume from the front speaker.

Phase setting

Play sound through the sub-woofer an d adjust the PHASE button to a position (_ REVERSE or — NORMAL) at which the lowest frequency is heard best.

Note:

• Phase is closely related to the distance from the listening position to the front speaker and sub-woo fer. While listening, adjust until the lowest frequency is heard best.

Muting the sound [MUTING]

Selecting the source to play

From the remote control:

Press one of the source selecting buttons.

DVD FM/AM

AUX

Notes:

• When you press one o f the source selecting butt ons on the remote control, the system automatically turns on.

• The cooling fan in the center unit turns on as long as the DVD is selected as the playback source. It stops when other playback source (FM/AM or AUX) is selected.

On the center unit:

Select the DV D pla yer. Select an FM or AM broadcast.

Each time you pres s the button, th e band alternates between FM and AM. Select a component connected to the AUX jacks.

From the remote control only:

Press MUTING to mute the sound through all speakers connected.

“MUTING” appears on the display window and volume turns off. To restore the sound, press MUTING again so that “OFF” appears on the display.

• Pressing VOLUME +/– also restores the sound.

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

/REW

PLAY

TUNING

REC

STOP

DVD MENU

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

DSP

MODE

UPDOWN

MUTING

Press SOURCE until the source name you want appears on the display.

The source changes as shown below each time the button is pressed.

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DVD

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= (back to the beginning)

AUX

Note:

• When AM or FM is selected, the receiving frequency appears on the display w in dow. At the s am e t im e, th e AM or FM indicator lights up on the display window.

Basic operations

Changing the decode mode [DECODE]

You can change the decode mode for digital audio pla yback.

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

FM/AM

Press DVD to select DVD as the source.

Press DECODE to select the decode mode.

AUX DVD

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

CENTER

The display changes as shown b elow each time th e button i s pressed.

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AUTO/PCM

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= (back to the beginning)

DTS

Optimized for all discs playable on this system. (Default)

DTS

Select this mode when playing a DVD di sc recorded in DTS Surround. The DTS decoder will be selected as the internal decoder.

Audio channel display indicator

The audio channel indic ator shows the audio channe l configuration for the disc currently playing.

The indicators refer to the speaker channel as fol lows.

Left front speaker channel

Right front speaker channel

Center speaker channel

Right surround speak er channel

RS:

Left surround speaker channel

LS:

Rear speaker channel (monaural)

Sub-woofer channel

LFE:

The audio channel indicator i ndicates the type of disc currently playing as follows.

With Dolby digital 5.1 ch or DTS digital 5.1 surround

When to try changing the decode mode

When the decode mode is set to the default AUTO/PCM setting and a DVD recorded in Dolby Digital Surround or DTS Digital Surround is played, the internal decoder will be automatically selected before audio playback begins. Depe nding on the disc recorded in DTS Digital Surround, this may result in a brief loss of audio after playback starts. This is due to lost audio signals that were inputted during internal decoder selection. In these instances, lost audio can be prevented by manually selecting “DTS” beforehand.

However, please note that when the decode m ode is s et to DTS, you will be unable to playb ack audio from discs recorded in a mode othe r than the DTS Digital Surround.

After changing the dec ode mode and playing back a dis c, return the decode mode to “AUTO/PCM”.

Note:

• Changing the playback s ourc e (e .g. AM /FM) w ill aut om atically return the decode mode to “AUTO/PCM”.

When a decode mode which differs from the type of disc being played is selected

Insert a DVD disc in the center unit to display the type of audio being played in the D ecode mode indicator on the display window. Audio cannot be play ed if a dec ode mode wh ich diffe rs from the displayed mode is selected. The selected decode mode flashes to indicate that the selected decode mode does not allow audio playback.

Example:

Flashes

When DTS is selected as the decode mode for Dolby digital audio.

With Dolby digital (Lt/Rt*)

With stereo sound (e.g. Audio CD)

* Lt/Rt refers to the downmix output when connected

to a device that uses Dolby Pro Logic.

Note:

• The audio channel indicator does not show the actual speaker channel that is producing sound.

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Basic operations

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

Refrections from behind

Early reflections

Direct sounds

Using the Sleep Timer [SLEEP]

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Using the Sleep Timer, you can fall asleep to music and know the system will turn off by itself rather than play all night.

From the remote control:

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

Press SLEEP repeatedly.

The shut-off time changes as follows (in minutes):

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OFF

(Canceled)

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(back to the beginning)

When the shut-off time comes

The system turns off automatically.

To check or change the time remaining until the shut-off time

Press SLEEP once.

The remaining time until the shut-off time appears in minutes.

• To change the shut-off time, press SLEEP repeatedly.

To cancel the Sleep Timer

Press SLEEP repeatedly until “SLEEP OFF” appears on the display window.

• Turning off the power also cancels the S leep Timer.

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

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CHOICEANGLERETURN

120

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

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150

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Using the DSP Modes [DSP MODE]

The built-in Surround Processor provides two types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — Surround mode and DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) mode.

Surround modes

With this system, you can use two types of the Surround mode.

Dolby Surround (Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic)*

Used to watch the soundtracks of software e ncoded with Dolby Digital (bearing the mark ) or with Dolby Surround (bearing the mark ). Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic can be selected automatically according to software played back.

DTS Digital Surround**

DTS Digital Surro und is a discre te 5.1 chann el digital audi o format available on CD and DVD software. To watch the soundtracks of video software bearing the mark , the system can provid e you with DTS Digital Surrou nd decoder. DTS Digital Surround is automatically selec ted according to software played back.

Note:

• Change the decode mode from “AUTO /PCM” to “DTS” before playing an Audio CD recorded with DTS Digital Surround. For details, see page 19.

* Manufactured under license from Dolby Laborato-

** Manufactured under license from Digital Theater

Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other world-wide patents issues and pending. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. c1996 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

DAP modes

The sound he ard in a c onc ert h all or club c on sists o f dire ct so und and indirect sound — early reflections and reflections from behind. Direct sounds reach the listener directly without any reflection. On the other hand, indirect sounds are delayed by the distances of the ceiling and walls. These direct sounds and indirect sounds are the most important el ements of the acoustic surroun d effects. The DAP mode can create these imp ortant element s, and gives you a real “being there” feeling.

Basic operations

THEATER: LIVE CLUB:

Gives the feeling of a large theater. Gives the feeling of a live m usic clu b wit h

a low ceiling.

DANCE CLUB: HALL:

Gives a throbbing bass beat. Gives clear vocal an d t he f eeli ng of a co ncert hall.

PAVILION:

Give the spacious feeling of a pavilion with a high ceiling.

Notes:

• The DSP modes have no effect on monaural sources.

• The DOLBY DIGITAL indicator lights up when the signals encoded with Dolby Digital come into the system.

• The PRO LOGIC indicator lights up when the signals encoded with Dolby Pro Logic decoder built in this system is activated.

• The dts indicator lights up when the signals encoded with DTS Digital Surround come into the system.

• The effects can be adjusted when the D AP mode is selected (see page 52).

To select the DSP mode

From the remote control:

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

DSP MODE

From the unit, SURROUND ON/OFF and DAP mode can be selected independently.

When playing a DVD disc with audio recorded in Dolby surround, Dolby digital, or DTS digital surround audio:

Press SURROUND.

The current status (e.g. “SURROUND OFF”) appea rs on the display when the button is pressed, and changes between “SURROUND ON” and “SURROUND OFF” each time the button is pressed subsequently.

• “PRO LOGIC”, rather than “SURROUND ON”, is displayed when a source other than DVD is selected.

When selecting DAP:

Press DSP MODE.

The currently selected DAP mode appears on the display when the button is pressed, and changes as foll ows each time the button is pressed subsequently.

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THEATER

====

PAVILION

====

LIVE CLUB

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DSP OFF

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DANCE CLUB

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(back to the beginning)

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HALL

Notes:

• The DSP mode indicator lights up when DAP mode is selected.

• The SURROUND indicator lights up when SURROUND mode is selected.

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

Press DSP MODE.

The currently selected DSP mode appears on the display when the button is pressed, and chan ges as follo ws each time the but ton is pressed subsequently.

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SURROUND ON

DANCE CLUB

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HALL

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THEATER

====

PAVILION

====

LIVE CLUB

====

DSP OFF

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(back to the beginning)

• “PRO LOGIC”, rather than “SURROUND ON”, is displayed when a source other than DVD is selected.

• Select “SURROUND ON” when playing a video with audio recorded in Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby digital, or DTS digital surround audio. Selecting “OFF” loses any surround effect, and stereo playback takes place.

Notes:

• It is possible to select only “SURROUND ON” and “SURROUND OFF” when playing a Dolby digital audio or DTS digital audio DVD.

• The DSP mode indicator lights up when DSP mode other than SURROUND is selected.

• The SURROUND indicator lights up when SURRO UND mode is selected.

On the center unit:

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SURROUND

DSP MODE

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Using the DVD player

and represent disc types.

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To turn on the system and TV

From the remote control:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

Press AUDIO to turn power on.

• Pressing on the cent er unit also turns on power.

Press TV/CATV/DBS to turn TV on.

• On the TV, select the TV input source to VIDEO (e.g. VIDEO 1).

• To turn on the other manufacturer’s TV with TV/CATV/ DBS , you need to change the transmittable signal codes beforehand. See page 55.

Press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc cover.

• When the current playback source is DVD, “CLOSE” appears on the display window. On the TV, “CLOSE” message appears on the openi ng on-screen.

• After the disc cover is closed, “READING” appears on the display window. Then, the disc infor mation i s read and, if the current playback source is DVD, the information is displayed as described in “Display when a disc is inserted” on page 23. On the TV, while disc information is reading, “NOW READING” message appears on the opening o nscreen.

Remove the disc after playback has finished.

Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc cover. Then, remove the disc as shown below: After that, press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc cover.

CAUTION:

Do not put anything on the disc cover since it slides back and forth, or opens. Doing so may resu lt in damage to the unit.

Notes:

• When you use Audio CDs, since no screen other than opening screen i s displaye d, turni ng on the TV may not be required.

• For detailed power on operation including the STANDBY indicator illumination, see page 17.

To insert a disc

After turning on the system and the TV, insert a disc as follows:

On the center unit:

OPEN/CLOSE

Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc cover.

• When the current playback source is DVD, “OPEN” appears on the display window. On the TV, “OPEN” message appears on the opening on-screen.

Notes:

• The system can pl ay back D VD, Audio CD , Video CD , CDR/CD-RW (audio-formatted) d iscs only. Do no t insert other disc types. For details about playable disc types, see page 5.

• When OPEN/CLOSE is pressed to close the disc cover, playback automatically begins with some discs.

• You can insert a disc while playing other source (FM/AM or AUX).

• When the disc cover is open, y ou can directly play the disc by pressing DVD on the remote control or by selecting “DVD” with SOURCE on the center unit.

• If the Region Code of the disc does not match your system, “REGION CODE ERROR!” appears on the opening on-screen on the T V. This mean s that you canno t play the disc.

• When OPEN/CLOSE is pressed in standby mode, the center unit automa tically tu rns on and the disc c over slides backwards and opens.

Place a disc.

Place a disc with label side up so th at it is securely seated.

Using the DVD player

DVD MENU

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

/REW

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

STOP

ENTER

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

SLEEP

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

DVD

PLAY

STOP

Display when a disc is inserted

Opening on-screen:

NOW READING

When a DVD is inserted

Display window:

“READING”

“DVD”

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Note:

• Playback begins immediately with some DVD discs.

When a Video CD is inserted:

Display window:

“READING”

(total number of tracks and total time disp lay)

“VCD 12 48:12”

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“VCD 1 4:12”

After 4 seconds

To play a disc

From the remote control:

Press PLAY or DVD.

Playback begins from the first track.

On the center unit:

(first track time)

When an Audio CD is inserted

Display window:

“READING”

(total number of tracks and total time display)

“CD 12 48:12”

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After 4 seconds

“CD 1 4:12”

(first track time)

Press 3333.

Playback begins from the first track.

To stop the disc

On the remote control: Press STOP. On the center unit: Press 7.

Note:

• For DVD, or Video CDs recorded with PBC (playback control), pressing PLAY or 3 may display the m enu on the TV. You may select items from the menu screen thus displayed and call up the locations to be viewed (see pages 25 and 26 for details).

On-screen guide icons

During DVD playback, you may see icons displayed over the picture. These have the following meanings.

Displayed at the beginning of a scen e recorded from multiple angles (see page 33).

Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple audio la ng ua ge s (se e pag e32).

Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple subtitle languages (see page 31).

A setting is poss ible to su ppress display of these ic ons. The setting is entered in the on-screen menu under “On-screen guide settings” (see page 44 for details).

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About invalid operation icon

When you press a button, if t he uni t does not acc ept it s oper ati on,

appears on your television screen. Operations are occasiona lly unacceptable even if is not displayed.

Note that some operations may not be accepted. For example, some discs may not allow fast forward, fast backward or slow motion playback.

Using the DVD player

ENTER

4, ¢

RM-STHA9J

DVD MENU

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

STOP

FF/

/REW

/REW, FF/

4, ¢

Pausing

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From the remote control:

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

PLAY

TUNING

REC

DVD MENU

Press PAUSE.

On the center unit:

Press 8888 .

Playback is paused. When using a DVD or Video CD disc, pressing PAUSE or 8 while paused moves to the next still picture.

STOP

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

DSP

MODE

UPDOWN

PAUSE

On the center unit:

Continuously press ¢¢¢¢ or 4444.

Continuously pressing the button increases the fast forward or backward speed as follows:

5× = 20×

To return to the normal speed

Release ¢ or 4.

Locating the beginning

Locates the beginning of the title or chapter with DVDs. Locates the beginn ing of the track with Audio CDs and Video CDs.

❏For DVD: During playback

For Audio CD: During playback or wh e n st opped For Video CD: During playback or when stoppe d

From the remote control:

To resume playback

From remote control: Press PLAY. On the center unit: Press 3.

Fast forward and backward

❏During playbac k

From the remote control:

Press ¡¡¡¡ or 1111.

Each time you press the button, the fast forward or backward speed changes as follows:

2× = 5× = 10× = 20× = 60×

To return to the normal speed

Press PLAY.

ENTER

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

PLAY

TUNING

REC

STOP

DVD MENU

DSP

MODE

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

UPDOWN

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

Press FF/¢¢¢¢ or 4444/REW.

On the center unit:

Press ¢¢¢¢ or 4444.

Press 4 to locate the beginning of the current chapter, title, or track. Press 4 twice quickly to locate the beginning of the previous one. Press ¢ to locate the beginn ing of the next ch apter, title, or trac k.

Note:

• When you play a Video CD with PBC function or a DVD disc, the center unit may locate different place, but it will generally locate the beginning of the title or chapter or track.

Using the DVD player

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

/REW

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

STOP

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

ENTER

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

DVD MENU

DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

TITLE

Resuming playback

The center unit stores the position on a disc where you want to interrupt playback at, and resumes playback from that position later. To let work the resuming playback, the item RESUM E in the SYSTEM menu must be set to ON beforehand. Otherwise, set it to OFF. See page 45.

To store the playback position

During playback, press STOP or AUDIO on the remote control.

During playback, press 7777 or on the center unit.

The center unit stores the positio n a t which STOP or 7 is pressed, and the RESUME indicator on the display window is lit. The last stored memory overrides the previous memory.

Note:

• The interrupted position is stored even when AUDIO on the remote control, or on the center unit, is pressed to switch power OFF (standby).

To resume playback from the stored position

While stopped, press PLAY on the remote control or press 3333 on the center unit.

Playback begins from the stored position.

• When the center unit is in standby mode, you can activate resuming playback by pressing PLAY on the remote control.

• Changing the source during playback also stores the interrupted position. To resume playback from the stored position, press PLAY or DVD on the remote control. Selecting “DVD” by pressing SOURCE or press ing 3 on the center unit will also resume playback.

Selecting playback from the DVD menu

DVD discs generally have their own m enus which show the disc contents. These menu s contain various items such as titles of a movie, names or songs, or artist information, and display them on the TV. You can locate a desired scene by using the menu.

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

Press DVD MENU or TITLE.

The menu appears on the TV screen.

Example

Notes:

• When you perform the resuming operati on for a Video CD with the PBC function, the center unit may resume playback from a point sl ightly earlie r than the resume p oint you stored.

• Resuming playback does not work for Audio CDs.

• Resuming playback does not work for program play and random play.

To clear the stored position

To clear the stored position, perform one of the following operations: The RESUME indicator on the display window will go out.

• Open the disc cover.

• While stopped, pr ess STOP on the remot e control or 7 on the center unit once again .

• In standby mode, press AUDIO on the remote control o r

on the center unit once again to turn on the system.

Press the

2222/3333/5555/∞∞∞∞

cursors to select a

desired item, then press ENTER.

The center unit starts playback of t he sel ected item.

• With some discs, you can also select items by entering the corresponding number using the number buttons, which may cause the unit to automatically start playback.

About menu

Normally, a DVD disc which contains more th an one title may have a “title” menu whic h lists th e titles. In th is case, the me nu ap pears on the TV by pressing TITLE. Some DVD discs may also have a different menu which appears by pressing DVD MENU. See the instructions of each DVD disc for its particular menu.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV by pressing TI TLE in step

The disc does not have a menu listing the titles.

•

When appears on the TV by pressing DVD MENU in step 1:

The disc does not have a menu.

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Using the DVD player

Selecting the location to view from

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the Video CD menu

When playing back Video CDs recorded with PBC (playback control), a list of t he recorded contents may app ear on the TV as a menu. The location to view may be conveniently called up from this menu screen.

❏When the menu appears on the T V during playback with PBC.

From the remote control only:

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

RETURN

Use the number buttons (1~10, +10) to select

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

ANGLERETURN

SUBWOOFER

TV RETURN FM MODE

the desired number of the item.

To select 3 on menu : Press 3. To select 11 on menu : Press +10 = 1. Playback starts from the selected item.

Example

Press RETURN to return to the menu screen.

When “NEXT” or “PREVIOUS” appears on the TV, the center unit generally works as follows:

• Pressing ¢ turns to the next page.

• Pressing 4 returns to the previous page. The method of the operation is different depending on the disc.

Activating the PBC function

To activate the PBC function when a PBC-compatible Video CD is being played back without the PBC function, press STOP then press PLAY. When the PBC function is activated, “PBC” appears on the display window.

You can also activate the PBC fun ction using the on-screen display as follows:

1. Press PLAY MODE.

2. Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [PBC CALL],

then press ENTER.

During Video CD playbac k

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

CHOICE

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

To specify the title, chapter, or track number for playback

Use the number buttons to specify the title (DVDs) or track number (CDs) to begin playback from the desired location.

❏For DVD: While stopped (for title playback)

During playing back a screen other than the

menu screen (for chapter playback) For Audio CD: During playback or while stopped For Video CD: During playback without PBC function or

while stopped

From the remote control only:

CHOICEANGLERETURN

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

Press the number buttons (1~10, +10) to select the desired title, chapter, or track number.

Selecting numbers Selecting 1~10:

Press the relevant button between 1 and 10.

Selecting 11 or higher:

To select 13: Press +10 = 3 . To select 24: Press +10 = +10 = 4. To select 40: Press +10 = +10 = +10 = 10.

The specified title, chapter, or t rack number a ppears on th e display window, and playback begins from that location.

• You can also see the selected title, chapter, or track number on the on-screen display.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV. The title, chapter, or track you have selected is not contained in the disc.

• This function does not work during Video CD playback with PBC function.

VCD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL

Cancelling the PBC function

If you want to play back a PBC-compatible Video CD without activating the PBC function, start playback by using the number buttons instead of the PLAY button.

To play from the beginning of a ti-

GO TO CHAPTER =

DVD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH

tle, chapter, or track

The beginning of previous or la ter titles, chapters, or tracks may be skipped.

❏For DVD: During playback

For Audio CD: During playback or while stopped For Video CD: During playback without PBC function or

while stopped

From the remote control only:

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

DVD MENU

FF/

UPDOWN

STROBEMEMORY

/REW

REC PAUSE

Press ¢

¢ or 4

¢¢

• Press ¢ the required number of times to move to a later title, chapter, or track.

• Press 4 the required number of times to return to the previous title, chapter, or track.

• Press 4 once to return to the beginning of th e title , chapter, or track currently playing.

Using the DVD player

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [CHAP. SEARCH], then press ENTER.

“GO TO CHAPTER = ” appears under the menu.

Press the number buttons (0 ~ 9) to enter the desired chapter number.

The selected chapter number appears in the message area.

Example:

To select chapter number 8: Press 8. To select chapter number 37: Press 3 = 7.

Press ENTER.

The center unit starts playback from the selected chapter.

To return to the regular display

Press PLAY MODE again.

Notes:

• When the chapter number is incorrect in step 3: Overwrite the incorrect number with the correct number.

• When is displayed in the TV screen in step 4: The chapter you hav e selected is not cont ained in the disc, or chapter search does not work on the disc.

• With some discs, the center unit automatically starts searching for the chapter after entering the chapter number in step 3.

Notes:

• Press ¢ or 4 on the center unit for the same operation.

• This function may not work with some DVD discs.

• This function does not work during Video CD playback with PBC function.

To specify the chapter number for playback [CHAP. SEARCH]

If the current title of a DVD disc being played is divided into cha pters, you can skip to a desired chapter by specify ing the chapter number using the on-screen display.

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

2, 4

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

TV RETURN FM MODE

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Press PLAY MODE.

The on-scr ee n di sp l a y a ppears on the TV.

Using the DVD player

To specify the time for playback

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[TIME SEARCH]

You can play a disc from the desired position by specifying the elapsed time from the beginning of the disc use the TIME SEARCH function. Note that some DVD discs do not contain time information , and the TIME SEARCH function cannot be used.

❏For DVD: During playback

For Audio CD: During playback For Video CD: During playback without PBC function

From the remote control only:

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

2, 4

Use the number buttons (0~9) to enter the time.

The specified time appears in the message area.

Example (for DVD):

To playback from 2(H):34(M):00(S) You do not have to press “0 ” to

enter the trailing zeros (for the last two digits in the example). Of course, it is possible to enter them.

• You can specify the time in hour/minute/second format for DVD discs, and in minute/second format for Audio and Video CDs.

When you make a mistake:

Press the 2 cursor to move the cursor to an incorrect number and enter the correct number.

Press ENTER.

The center unit starts playback from the selected time.

Press “2”

Press “3”

Press “4”

Press ENTER

Press PLAY MODE.

The on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [TIME SEARCH], then press ENTER.

“GO TO” appears under the menu.

(for DVD)

DVD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH

GO TO 2 : 3 4 : 0 0

(for Audio CD)

CD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH

GO TO 0 2 : 3 4

(for Video CD)

VCD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL

Selected time

To return to the regular display

Press PLAY MODE again.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV 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.

• During program play or random play, the TIME SEARCH function does not work.

GO TO 0 2 : 3 4

Selected time

To select the screen for playback

DVD

FM/AM

AUX

When the selected title, chapter, or track is in the lower right-hand corner for the screen, press the 3 cursor.

DVD MENU

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

/REW

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

STOP

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

1,2

from the digest screen [DIGEST]

The center unit can display th e openin g scene of eac h title or cha pter on a DVD or each track of a Video CD. You can select a desired title, chapter or track from the opening scenes displayed on the TV.

❏For DVD: While stopped or during playback

For Video CD: While stopped or during playback without

PBC function.

From the remote control only:

DECODE

SUBTITLE

/REW

Press DIGEST.

TITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

CENTER

REAR-L

SLEEP

REAR-R

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

PLAY

TUNING

REC PAUSE

DVD MENU

ENTER

STOP

TIMEZOOM

CHOICEANGLERETURN

MUTING

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP MODE

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

UPDOWN

STROBEMEMORY

2,3

FF/

¢4

Using the DVD player

Press the 2222/3333/5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to select the desired title, chapter, or track.

When the disc contains m ore th an 9 t itle s, ch ap ters, o r tra cks, the digest screen will have more than one page. In this case, display a different page of the digest with the method described below.

To display the next page: Press To display the previous page: Press

¢¢¢¢

4444

Or When the selected title, chapter or track is in the upper lefthand corner of the screen, press the 2 cursor.

Press ENTER.

The center unit starts playback from the selected title, chapter or track.

To return to the regular display before pressing ENTER in step 3:

Press DIGEST again.

Note:

• With some discs, depending on the contents, it may take some time until all the scenes appear on the screen.

To advance the picture one frame at a time

• DVD is stopped

Up to nine first scenes of each title may be displayed.

• DVD is playing

Up to nine first scenes of each chapter in the current title may be displayed.

• Video CD

Up to nine first scenes of each track may be displayed.

Advancing a paused still picture one frame at a time. ❏During playback

From the remote control:

Press PAUSE at the location at which the picture is to be advanced.

The picture is paused.

Press PAUSE again.

Each time you press PAUSE, th e still picture advances to the next frame.

Press PLAY to return to normal playback.

Note:

• You can perform th e above ope ration usi ng 8 button on the center unit.

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Using the DVD player

DVD MENU

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

STOP

FF/

/REW

PAUSE

Slow-Motion Playback [SLOW]

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❏During playbac k

From the remote control only:

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

DVD MENU

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

UPDOWN

/REW

REC

Press PAUSE at the section you wish to view in slow motion.

The image will pause.

Press ¡¡¡¡ or 1

Pressing ¡ will playback your selection in slow motion, starting from the paused frame. Pressing 1 will playback your selection in reverse slow m otion (DVD only). Each time you press either button during slow-motion, the playback speed will increase as follows:

Forward: Reverse:

Pausing slow-motion playback

Press PAUSE to pause slow-motion playback.

Restoring regular playback

Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

Notes:

• Audio is automatically muted during slow-motion playback.

• Video CDs cannot be played in reverse slow-motion.

1/32 = 1/16 = 1/8 = 1/4 = 1/3 = 1/2

1/16 = 1/12 = 1/8 = 1/4 = 1/3

To display Continuous Photos [STROBE]

Nine still pictures may be displayed one after th e other. ❏During playback

From the remote control:

Press PAUSE continuously to display continuous photos.

When the screen appears displaying the nine pictures, release PAUSE. The screen plays back the nine pictures in strobe-like action.

• Press PAUSE during strobe playback to pause.

• Press PAUSE to display the next nine still pictures.

• Press PLAY to resume strobe playback.

To clear the s trobe sc reen,

the normal screen appears.

Notes:

• Audio is not played during strobe playback.

• You can perform the above operation using the center unit.

press PAUSE continuously until

button on

Using the DVD player

DVD

DECODE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

ZOOM

2,3

Zooming a scene [ZOOM]

❏During playback or while pa us e d .

From the remote control only:

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

Press ZOOM.

“ZOOM” appears on the TV. The unit zooms in to the center part of the scene to produce a double-sized image.

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TIME

DIGEST

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

Changing the Subtitle Language [SUBTITLE]

Some DVD discs contain subtitles. With such discs, you can choose which kind of subtitles to display (or turn off subtitles entirely). At the beginning of sub titled pa rts, appears on the TV.

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

Press SUBTITLE.

The on-screen display appears on t he T V .

ZOOM

Press the 2222/3333/5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to move the zoomed-in scene.

To pause zoom play

Press PAUSE. To resume zoom play, press PLAY.

To return to normal playback

Press ZOOM again.

Note:

• During Zoom play, the picture may be garbled or noisy.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the desired subtitle.

Each time you press the 2/3 cursors, the subtitle changes.

Example:

ENGLISH

1/3 ENGLISH

2/3 FRENCH

3/3 SPANISH

–/3 (off)

Press ENTER.

1 / 3ON

The Subtitle selection display disappears on the TV.

Turning subtitles ON/OFF

Press SUBTI TLE. Pressing SUBTITLE toggles subtitle display ON and OFF.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV: You cannot select the subtitle.

• The selected language may abbreviated on the TV. See “Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations” in this manual.

• The Subtitle selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the subtitle for 10 seconds.

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Using the DVD player

DVD

VCR

DECODE

TITLE

TIME

DIGEST

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

ZOOM

AUDIO

2,3

Changing the audio language or

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sound [AUDIO]

Some DVD discs contain multiple audio tracks. With such discs, you can choose which audio track to listen to during playback. At the beginning of “multi-audio language” parts, appears on the TV.

❏During playbac k

From the remote control only:

FM/AM

AUX

TITLE

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

CENTER

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

Press AUDIO.

The on-screen display appears on the TV.

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

2,3

Changing the audio channel [AUDIO]

For in some karaoke Video CDs, on e of the audio channels includes a vocal while the other does not. With such disc s, you can choose to enjoy karaoke without the vocal or with the vocal by selecting the audio channel to be played back.

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

Press AUDIO.

The on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press AUDIO or the 2222/3333 cursors to select the desired audio language or sound.

Each time you pre ss the but ton, the audi o lang uage o r sound changes.

Example:

1 / 3 ENGLISH

Press ENTER.

The Audio selectio n display disappears on th e TV.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV: You cannot select the audio.

• The selected language may abbreviated on the TV. See “Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations” in this manual.

• The Audio selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the subtitle for 10 seconds.

Select the audio channel(s) to be played back using AUDIO or the 2222/3333 cursors.

Each time you press the but ton, the audio channel changes.

Example:

STEREO

STEREO:

You hear normal stereo playb ack. You hear the L (Left) channel sig nal played

back from both the left and right speakers. You hear the R (Right) channel signal pl ayed

back from both the left and right speakers.

Press ENTER.

The Audio selection dis p la y dis a pp e ar s on the TV.

Notes:

• When appears on the TV: You cannot select the audio.

• The Audio selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the subtitle for 10 seconds.

STEREO

Using the DVD player

DECODE

TITLE

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

TIME

DIGEST

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICERETURN

SOUND

ZOOM

ANGLE

2,3

The selected camera angle

Viewing from Multiple Angles [ANGLE]

You can enjoy a variety of sc ene an gles if th e DVD di sc contain s “multi-angle” parts, where multiple cameras were used to shoot the same scene from different angl es . You ca n sele ct one of thes e viewing angles from the normal screen or on-screen display. At the beginning of “multi-angle” parts, appears on the TV.

Using the ANGLE button

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

TIME

2,3

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DIGEST

ANGLE

SUBWOOFER

TV RETURN FM MODE

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

DISPLAY

CHOICERETURN

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

Selecting an angle from the angle list display

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

Hold down ANGLE for more than 1 second.

Up to nine camera angles recorded on a disc appear on the TV.

Press ANGLE.

The on-scr ee n di sp l a y a ppears on the TV.

Press ANGLE or the 2222/3333 cursors to select the desired angle.

Each time you press the bu tton, the angle changes.

Example:

1 / 3

2 / 3

3 / 3

Press ENTER.

The Angle selection display disappears on the TV.

Note:

• When appears on the TV: The current scene is not recorded from multiple angles.

• The Angle selection display will automatically disappear if you do not change the subtitle for 10 seconds.

1 / 3

Press the 2222/3333/5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to select the desired angle.

Press ENTER.

The selected angle appears on the TV.

Note:

• When appears on the TV: The current scene is not recorded from multiple angles.

• During the operation above, audio is muted.

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Using the DVD player

THEATER 1

THEATER 2

THEATER 3

THEATER OFF

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

ENTER

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

PLAY MODE

REPEAT TITLE

DVD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH

REPEAT TITLE (current title repeat)

REPEAT CHAPTER (current chapter repeat)

No indication (off)

The selected re pea t mode appears on the TV.

REPEAT ALL

CD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH

Selected repea t mode

REPEAT ALL

VCD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL

Selected repeat mode

Selecting the Picture Character

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[THEATER POSITION]

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.

❏During playbac k

From the remote control only:

Press THEATER POSITION to select the desired picture character.

Each time you press the button, the picture character changes as follows:

SETTING

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

THEATER 1

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

Repeating a current title, chapter or track, or all tracks [REPEAT]

❏For DVD: During playback

For Audio CD: During playback or while stopped For Video CD: During pla yback without PBC function or

while stopped

From the remote control only:

Press PLAY MODE.

The on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [REPEAT], then press ENTER.

Each time you press ENTER, the repeat mode changes as follows:

For DVD

“THEATER OFF” is the normal position. Selecting a high er number res ults in a d arker pict ure ch aracter.

To turn off the on-screen display

Press ENTER.

• The THEATER POSITION screen will automatically close if left idle for more than 5 seconds.

Selected picture character

The current title or chapter will be repeated.

For Audio CD and Video CD (for Audio CD)

(for Video CD)

REPEAT ALL (all track repeat)

REPEAT 1 (current track repeat)

No indication

(off)

The current track or all tracks is/are played repeatedly.

Using the DVD player

CD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH

A 0:0:16 B 0:1:31

Point A Point B

VCD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH PBC CALL

A 0:0:16 B 0:1:31

Point A Point B

To stop repeat playback

Press STOP.

• When a DVD disc is set, the center unit stops p layback and quits repeat m ode.

• When an Audio or Vid eo CD is set , the center u nit stops pl ayback but remains in repeat mode.

To quit repeat playback without stopping playback

Move the pointer to [REPEAT] and press ENTER re peatedl y until the [REPEAT] display turns off.

Tu turn off the on-screen display

Press PLAY MODE.

Notes:

• If appears when pressing ENTER in step 2 during DVD playback.

You cannot repeat the title or chapter because of the disc contents.

• With some DVD discs, repeat function does not work.

• Repeat play function cannot be used during Video CD playback with PBC function.

Repeating a desired part [A-B REPEAT]

❏During playback

From the remote control only:

Press PLAY MODE.

The on-scr ee n di sp l a y a ppears on the TV.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [A-B REPEAT], then press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to repeat (point A).

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

THEATER POSITION

ENTER

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

2,3

(for Audio CD)

(for Video CD)

To quit A-B repeat playback

Press STOP. The center un it stops pl ayback and quits A-B repeat mode.

Quitting A-B repeat mode without stopping playback

Move the pointer to [A-B REPEAT] and press ENTER. Pressing the 4 or ¢ will also quit A-B repeat mode.

To turn off the on-screen display

Press PLAY MODE.

Notes:

• If appears when pressing ENTER in step 2 during

DVD playback.

You cannot repeat the selected portion because of the disc conten ts.

• The A-B REPEAT function cannot be us ed during program or random playback.

• With DVD discs, A-B repeat playbac k is possible only with in a single title.

Press ENTER at the end of the part you want to repeat (point B).

The unit locates “A” and starts repeat playback between “A” and “B”.

(for DVD)

DVD CONTROL

REPEAT A-B REPEAT TIME SEARCH CHAP. SEARCH

A 0:00:16 B 0:01:16

Point A Point B

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Using the DVD player

REPEAT PROGRAM RANDOM

Programming the Playing Order

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[PROGRAM]

You can play titles or tra cks on a disc in the desired o rder using th e Program funct ion.

❏While stopped

From the remote control only:

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

MUTING

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

UPDOWN

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

Press PLAY MODE.

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

REC

The on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [PROGRAM] and press ENTER.

REPEAT PROGRAM RANDOM

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The program table appears under the menu bar (as shown above). The PROGRAM indicator appears on the display window.

Select the titles or tracks in the desired order using the number buttons (1~10, +10).

Up to 18 titles or tracks can be progra mmed . You may sel ec t the same titles or track more than once.

1 3

Selecting numbers Selecting 1~10:

Press the relevant button between 1 and 10.

Selecting 11 or higher:

To select 13: Press +10 = 3 . To select 24: Press +10 = +10 = 4. To select 40: Press +10 = + 10 = +10 = 10.

If you mistakenly select the wrong t itle o r t rack n umb er pr ess STOP to delete the entered program. Then re-select the titles or tracks you wish.

Press PLAY to start program play.

When all of the programmed titles or tracks have finished playback, the center unit stops. Sinc e the program remains, program playback can be used again.

• You can use repeat playback toget her with pro gram playback for DVDs, Audio CDs and Video CDs. Select REPEAT ALL to repeatedly play back the all programmed tracks. For details, see page 34.

To turn off the on-screen display

Press PLAY MODE.

To quit program playback and clear the program

Press STOP and then PLAY MODE to d isplay the on-screen on the TV. Then, press STOP once again. Now, the program is cleared. Then, press ENTER. The PROGRAM indicator on the display window goes off. Turning off the po wer, s witching sourc e, or op ening th e disc c over will also clear the program.

To temporarily exit program playback and clear the program

There are two ways to do this operation:

• While stopped a nd the on-screen play mo de menu is not displayed on TV, press STOP.

• While stopped, press PLAY MOD E to display the on-screen on the TV. Then, move the pointer to [PROGRAM] and press ENTER to exit the program playback. Since the program remains, program playback can be used again.

Notes:

• With some DVD discs, program playback does not work.

• During program playback, you can skip to the next title or track by p res sing ginning of the current title or track by pressing 4. (You cannot skip back to the previous title or track.)

• During program playback, you can see the current title or track by pressing the PLAY MODE. The current title or track illuminates in yellow on the on-screen display. (To turn off the on-screen display, press PLAY MODE again.)

. Also, you can s kip back t o th e be-

The programmed ti tle/tr ack number is shown under each program number.

Using the DVD player

SETTING

DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

ENGLISH ENGLISH

1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2

Random Play [RANDOM]

You can play titles or tracks in random order. ❏While stopped

From the remote control only:

Press PLAY MODE.

The on-scr ee n di sp l a y a ppears on the TV.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to move the pointer to [RANDOM] and press ENTER.

“RANDOM” appears on the display window, and random playback begins.

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

REPEAT PROGRAM RANDOM

ENTER

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

To check the DVD function status

You can check the DVD function status of the DVD disc. ❏During DVD playback

From the remote control only:

Press DISPLAY once.

The on-screen display appears on the TV, and the current selections of the camera angle , aud io la n guag e an d sub titl e lan guage are displayed.

• When all tracks have been played once, random play ends.

• You can use repeat play back together with random playback. Select REPEAT ALL to repea tedly play bac k th e all tracks on the disc. For details, see page 34.

To quit random playback

Press STOP.

Note:

• The same track will not be played back more than once during random play.

To turn off the DVD function status display

Press DISPLAY twice.

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Using the DVD player

DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

SOUND

FM/AM

AUX

To check the disc information

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You can check the disc information of the disc. ❏During playbac k

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

Time

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

Press DISPLAY once for a Audio CD or Video CD, or twice for a DVD disc.

The disc information display appears on the TV.

(for DVD)

TITLE CHAP. TIME BITRATE

1 25 2:25:25 3.3

Current chapt e r number

Current title number

Mbps

Transmission rate

To check the time information

You can check the time information of the disc. ❏For Audio CD: During playback

For Video CD: During playback without PBC function.

From the remote control only:

Press DISPLAY once.

The time information display appears on the TV.

Press TIME.

Each time you press the button , the time indicatio n changes as follows:

For Audio CD

EACH

(current track elapsed time)

EACH REMAIN

(current track remaining time)

(for Audio CD or Video CD playing without PBC)

1 0:08

TRACK TIME

EACH

Time mode

Time

Current track number

(for Video CD playing with PBC)

TRACK TIME

1 25:25 PBC

PBC on status

Time

Current track number

To turn off the on-screen display

Press DISPLAY again.

Note:

• With DVD discs, you can directly enter the disc information on-screen by pressing TIME during playback.

TOTAL

(disc elapsed time)

TOTAL REMAIN

(disc remaining time)

For Video CD playing without PBC

EACH

(current track elapsed time)

EACH REMAIN

(current track remaining time)

The selected time information is displaye d on the TV, as well as on the display window.

To turn off the on-screen display

Press DISPLAY again .

To check time on the display window

You can check the time information on the display window, rather than using the on-screen menu.

❏During playback or w hile stopped

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

1 Press TIME repeatedly.

Each time you press the button , the time indicatio n changes as follows:

= EACH = EACH REMAIN = No indication (TOTAL) = REMAIN = (back to the beginning)

The time indicator (REMAIN/EACH) lights up on the disp lay window.

During playback

REMAIN: Disc remaining time TOTAL: Disc elapsed time EACH: Current track elapsed time EACH REMAIN: Current track remaining time

While stopped

REMAIN: Total play ba c k tim e of the disc EACH/TOTAL: 0:00 EACH REMAIN: Playback time of the current track

By pressing ¢ or 4, playback time for other tracks can be check.

Using the DVD player

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Receiving radio broadcasts

You can browse through all the stations or use the preset function to go immediately to a particular station.

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IMPORTANT

When using the remote control, check to see if its remote control mode selector is set to the correct position: To operate this unit, set it to “AUDIO/TV/VCR” (except when selecting the DBS tuner as the source).

Tuning in stations manually

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

MUTING

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

UPDOWN

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

FM/AM

AUX

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

/REW

REC

Using preset tuning

Once a station is assigned to a chan nel number, the station can be quickly tuned. You can preset up to 30 FM and 15 AM stations.

To store the preset stations

Before you start, remember...

• There is a time limit in doing the following steps. If the setting is canceled before you finish, start from step 1 again.

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

ENTER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY

MODE

THEATER POSITION

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

Press FM/AM to select the band.

Each time you press the butt on, the band alternat es between FM and AM.

Press TUNING UP (FF/¢ DOWN (4

4/REW) repeatedly until you find

¢) or TUNING

¢¢

the frequency you want.

• When you hold down the button, the frequency keeps changing. When you rel eases th e butto n, tuning autom atically stops at the next station of sufficient signal strength.

You can use the sound effect, if you want . See “Using the DSP Modes [DSP MODE]” on page 20.

Note:

• When a station of sufficie nt signa l streng th is tuned in, the TUNED indicator lights up on the display window.

• When an FM stereo program is receiv ed, the STEREO indicator also lights up.

• On the unit, FM and AM can be selected by repeatedly pressing SOURCE. The frequency last tuned appears on the display window , but you cannot tun e in to the other station using

or 4 on the center unit.

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

UPDOWN

/REW

REC

Tune in the station you want to preset (see “Tuning in stations manually”).

If you want to store the FM recept ion mode for this s tations, select the FM recept ion mode you want. See “Selecting the FM reception mode” on page 41.

Press MEMORY (¶¶¶¶ REC).

“CH - -” flashes and the channel number position starts flashing on the display window for about 10 seconds.

Use the number buttons (1~10, +10) to select a channel number while the channel number position is flashing.

• For channel number 5, press 5.

• For channel number 15, press +10 = 5.

• For channel number 20, press +10 = 10.

• For channel number 30, press +10 = +10 = 10.

Press MEMORY (¶¶¶¶ REC) again while the selected channel number is flashing .

The selected channel number stops flashing. The station is assigned to the selected channel number.

Receiving radio broadcasts

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

PLAY

REAR-L

5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 until you store all the sta-

tions you want.

To erase a stored preset station

Storing a new station on a used number erases the previously stored one.

Note:

• The preset stations will be er ased in a f ew days, if the system is unplugged or power failure occurs.

To tune in a preset station

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

1 Press FM/AM.

Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM.

2 Press the number buttons (1~10, +10) to select

a preset channel number.

• For channel number 5, press 5.

• For channel number 15, press +10 = 5.

• For channel number 20, press +10 = 10.

• For channel number 30, press +10 = +10 = 10.

Selecting the FM reception mode

When an FM stereo broadcast is hard to receive or noisy

You can change the FM rece ption mode while receiving an FM broadcast.

• You can store the FM reception mode for each preset station.

From the remote control only:

1 Press FM MODE.

Each time you press the button, the FM reception mode alternates between “AUTO” and “MONO.”

AUTO:

MONO:

Beat cut

When listening to a n AM broadcast with a lot of noise in terference, you can change the BEAT CUT mode to reduce the noise.

From the remote control only:

“AUTO MUTING” appears on the display window and the AUTO MUTING indicator lights up on the display window. When a program is broadcasted in stereo, you will hear stereo sound; when in mo naural, you will hear monaural sounds. This mode is also useful to suppress static noise between stations. “MONO” appears on the display wind ow and the AUTO MUTING indicator goes off on the display window. Reception will be improved although you will lose the stereo effect. In this mode, you will hear noise while tuning into the stations.

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

FM/AM

AUX

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

CHOICEANGLERETURN

TIME

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

Press FM MODE.

Each time you press the bu tton, operation toggles between “BEAT CUT 1” and “BEAT CUT 2” on the display window. Choose the setting that gives clearer sound.

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Referred to as a “t ab”.

This arrow is referred to as a “pointer”.

Items

Preference settings

You can set various preferences for play back via three dedicat ed on-screen displays.

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Using the preference setting menus

The procedure how to set the preferen ces is explained here.

From the remote control only:

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

ENTER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICE

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

FM/AM

AUX

TITLE

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

ANGLE

RETURN

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY MODE

THEATER POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

3,5

On-screen menu components

LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

PRESS KEY

DISPLAY SYSTEM

LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

PRESS KEY

DISPLAY SYSTEM

DISPLAY

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

EXIT

Press DVD.

If no disc is inserted, proceed to the next step. If a DVD or Video CD disc is inserted, press STOP. If an Audio CD disc is inserted, remove it.

Press CHOICE.

One of the preference menus appears on th e TV. There are three preference menus: LANGUAGE, DISP LAY and SYSTEM.

Move the pointer to the desired tab using the 2222/3333 cursors.

The selected preference menu opens.

Move the pointer to the desired item using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the desired option in the item.

When you select one of options, it is set for the item.

Repeat settings for other items.

• To continue settings in the same menu screen, repeat steps 4 and 5.

• To change the menu screen, press t he 5/∞ cursors until the pointer moves to the tab.

To close the preference menu screen

Press CHOICE again.

Or Move the poin ter to “EXIT” by pres sing the 5/∞ cursors, then press ENTER.

SYSTEM

LANGUAGE

MONITOR TYPE

SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE

PRESS KEY

LANGUAGE

AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE

PRESS KEY

DISPLAY

4:3 LB

MODE 2

OFF OFF

DVD 2

SYSTEM

EXIT

SYSTEM

EXIT

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MENU LANGUAGE

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

EXIT

AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

DISPLAY SYSTEM

PRESS KEY

LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

EXIT

AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

DISPLAY SYSTEM

PRESS KEY

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

FRANCAIS (French)

ESPAÑOL (Spanish)

English

Spanish

French

LANGUAGE MENU settings

Choosing menu language

Some DVD discs feature menu display in multiple languages. With these discs, it is possible to set the default language for menu display.

Open the LANGUAGE menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to MENU LANGUAGE using

the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select a default

menu language.

Pressing the cursors toggles between the following options.

ENGLISH

jjjj

NESE

jjjj

language code (AA ~ ZU)

(See “Appendix A: Ta ble o f lang uages and t heir a bbrev iation s”.)

Note:

• When the selected language is not available on the disc, display will switch to an available language.

jjjj

GERMAN

DISPLAY SYSTEM

PRESS KEY

SPANISH

ITALIAN

jjjj

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

EXIT

FRENCH

jjjj

CHI-

jjjj

JAPANESE

jjjj

Choosing subtitle language

Some DVD discs feature subtitle display in multiple languages. With these discs, it is possible to set the default language for subtitle display.

Open the LANGUAGE menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page 42.

Move the pointer to SUBTITLE LANGUAGE using the 5555/∞

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select a default menu language.

Pressing the cursors toggles between the following options.

ENGLISH

jjjj

NESE

jjjj

language code (AA ~ ZU)

(See “Append ix A: T able of lan guage s and their abbre viatio ns”.)

Note:

• When the selected language is not available on the disc, subtitle display will switch to an available language.

∞ cursors.

∞ ∞

SPANISH

jjjj

GERMAN

ITALIAN

jjjj

FRENCH

jjjj

CHI-

jjjj

JAPANESE

jjjj

Choosing audio language

Some DVD discs feature audio playback in multiple languages. With these discs, it is possible to set the default language for audio playback.

Open the LANGUAGE menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to AUDIO LANGUAGE using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

LANGUAGE

MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select a default menu language.

Pressing the cursors toggles between the following options.

ENGLISH

jjjj

NESE

jjjj

language code (AA ~ ZU)

(See “Appendix A: Ta ble o f lang uages and t heir a bbrev iation s”.)

Note:

• When the selected language is not available on the disc, audio playback will switch to an available language.

jjjj

GERMAN

DISPLAY SYSTEM

PRESS KEY

SPANISH

ITALIAN

jjjj

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

EXIT

FRENCH

jjjj

CHI-

jjjj

JAPANESE

jjjj

Choosing on-screen language

You can select the on-screen display language to be displayed.

Open the LANGUAGE menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page 42.

Move the pointer to ON SCREEN LANGUAGE using the 5555/∞

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the onscreen language you want to display.

∞ cursors.

∞ ∞

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MONITOR TYPE

4:3 LB

MODE 2

EXIT

SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE

PRESS KEY

SYSTEM

LANGUAGE

DISPLAY

MONITOR TYPE

4:3 LB

MODE 2

EXIT

SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE

PRESS KEY

SYSTEM

LANGUAGE

DISPLAY

DISPLAY MENU settings

Select monitor type

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Most movie DVD discs are recorded fo r wide-screen T Vs with a height/width ratio of 16:9. It is possible to opt imize playback of these wide-screen TV images for viewing on a regular TV with a height/width ratio of 4:3.

Open the DISPLAY menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page 42.

Move the pointer to MONITOR TYPE using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

LANGUAGE

MONITOR TYPE SCREEN SAVER ON SCREEN GUIDE

PRESS KEY

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select monitor type.

Pressing the cursors toggles between the following monitor configurations.

4:3 LB (Letter Box Conversion):

SYSTEM

DISPLAY

4:3 LB

MODE 2

EXIT

Select this option for playback on a TV with a height/width ratio of 4:3. The image will be displ aye d with a black bar at the top and bott om of the screen. The left and rig ht edges of the image are preserved.

Screen saver settings

Set the screen saver to prevent screen burn.

Open the DISPLAY menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to SCREEN SAVER using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select a screen saver mode.

Pressing the cursors toggles between the following screen saver modes:

MODE 1: MODE 2:

OFF:

Notes:

• Please be wary of screen burn when the screen saver is turned OFF.

• The screen saver function does not work for Audio CDs.

The picture gets dark. The “screen saver” picture appears an d its brightness changes. The screen saver function is off.

On-screen guide settings

4:3 PS (Pan-scan Conversion):

Select this option for playback on a TV with a height/width ratio of 4:3. The image will be displayed with the right and left edges cropped. No black gap will appear at the top and bottom of the screen.

16:9 WIDE (Wide Television Screen 16:9):

Select this option for playback on a widescreen TV.

Note:

• If the DVD disc is not optimized for Pan-scan, the image will be shown in 4:3 LB (Letter Box Conversion), even if 4:3 PS (Pan-scan Conversion) is selected.

During DVD playback, an on-screen guide displa ying symb ols or letters over the DVD image can be set ON or OFF.

Open the DISPLAY menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to ON SCREEN GUIDE using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select ON or OFF.

Pressing the cursors toggles between ON and OFF.

Icons and letters are displayed.

ON:

Icons and letters are not displayed.

OFF:

Examples of “on-screen guide”

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icons or characters:

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AUTO STANDBY

OFF

EXIT

RESUME

DVD 2

AV COMPULINK MODE

PRESS KEY

DISPLAY

LANGUAGE

SYSTEM

SYSTEM MENU setting

AUTO STANDBY

When the system is stoppe d for mo re than 30 minutes or 60 min utes in the source DVD, the system enters standby mode automatically.

Open the SYSTEM menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to AUTO STANDBY using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

DISPLAY

LANGUAGE

AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE

PRESS KEY

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the time.

Pressing the cursor toggles between the following options:

Time is set to 60 minutes.

60:

Time is set to 30 minutes.

30:

The auto standby function is off.

OFF:

OFF OFF

DVD 2

SYSTEM

EXIT

RESUME

You can select the resume function to be on or off. See page 25.

AV COMPULINK MODE

If you use the AV C o mpul in k syst em , yo u m ust se t t his i tem correctly.

Open the SYSTEM menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page 42.

Move the pointer to AV COMPULINK MODE using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select DVD1, DVD2 or DVD3.

Select “DVD1,” “DVD2” or “DVD3” according to the equipment to be connected. See page53.

Note:

• If you do not use the AV Compulink system, this setting is not necessa ry.

Open the SYSTEM menu.

See “Using the preference setting menus” on page42.

Move the pointer to RESUME using the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors.

DISPLAY

LANGUAGE

AUTO STANDBY RESUME AV COMPULINK MODE

PRESS KEY

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select ON or OFF.

Pressing the cursor toggles between “ON” and “OFF”.

Pressing PLAY while stopped or on standby starts

ON:

playback from the resume point if it is memorized. Pressing PLAY while stopped or on standby starts

OFF:

playback from the beginning of the disc.

OFF OFF

DVD 2

SYSTEM

EXIT

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PLAY

TUNING

UPDOWN

REC

/REW

FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

STOP

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

ENTER

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DSP

MODE

REAR-L

Country Code

—

----

EXIT

Set Level PASSWORD

CURRENT PASSWORD? PRESS 0 9KEY

PARENTAL LOCK

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.

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For example, if a movie which includes violent scenes supports the parental lock feature, su ch 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]

While a DVD disc is stopped or no disc is inserted

❏

From the remote control only:

1,2,3, 4,6

Press ENTER or the ∞∞∞∞ cursor.

Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons (0~9).

If you enter an undesired password, reenter the password.

Press ENTER.

The parental level and password are set. The pointer moves to “EXIT”.

To turn off the PARENTAL LOCK on-screen display

Press ENTER again.

To change the settings

While a DVD disc is stopped or no disc is inserted

❏

Press ENTER while holding down STOP.

The Parental Lock on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press ENTER while holding down STOP.

The PARENTAL LOCK on-screen display appears on the TV.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to move the pointer to “Country Code”, then press the 2222/3333 cursors to select “US” for country code and press ENTER or the ∞∞∞∞ cursor.

(See “Appendix B: Country code list for parental lock”.)

Country code

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to move the pointer to “Set Level”, then press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the parental lock level.

Each time you press the 2/3 cursors, the parental level changes as follows:

“1” ~ “8”

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ginning)

“—” (No restriction)

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Selected level

(back to the be-

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Enter your current 4-digit password using the number buttons (0 to 9) and press ENTER.

If you enter the wrong password, “WRONG! RETRY……” appears on the TV, an d you cannot go to next step.

Use the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to move the pointer to “Set Level”, then use the 2222/3333 cursors to select the parental lock level.

Press ENTER.

Enter your new 4-digit password using the number buttons (0 to 9) and press ENTER.

The new setting is effective.

To turn off the PARENTAL LOCK on-screen display

Press ENTER again.

Notes:

• When you enter the wron g pass word mo re than 3 ti mes i n step 2 above, the pointer moves to “EXIT” automatically and the rental Lock on-screen and repeat from the first step.

• If you forget your password in step 2, enter “8888.”

cursors do not work. Press EXIT to exit Pa-

∞

• “1” is the strictest level. Discs rated higher than the level you selected are

restricted.

To temporarily release the Parental lock

When you set the parental level strictly, some discs may not be played back at all . When yo u ins ert such a disc and try to p lay it, the Parental Lock o n-screen display appears on t he TV, and the unit will ask you whether you want the parental lock to be temporarily released or not.

Use the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to move the pointer to select YES or NO, then press ENTER.

If you select YES, the pointer moves to the PASSWORD field. When selecting NO, remove the disc.

Enter your 4-digit password using the number buttons (0 to 9).

If you enter the wrong password, “WRONG! RETRY…” appears on the TV, and you cannot go to next step.

• The Parental lock is released, and the center unit starts playback.

Limiting playback by children

Note:

• When you enter the wrong p assword mo re than 3 times i n step 2 above, the poi nter moves to “N O” automat ically and the

cursors do not work. Press EXIT to exit Parental

∞

Lock on-screen and remove the disc.

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Amplifier settings

Perform amplifier settings (balance, tone, speaker size and delay time, crossover frequency, LFE (Low Frequency Effect) level and

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dynamic range) for the powered sub-woofer unit to ob tain optimum listening performance.

Note:

• Before starting settin gs, be sure that eac h speaker is properly installed and your listening position is fixed, since some setting items should be changed according to your listening position with respect to the installed speakers.

Basic operation for setting amplifier

The basic operation for setting each item is as follows:

While stopped or during playback

❏

From the remote control only:

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY MODE

THEATER POSITION

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

CROSSOVER*

When using a small speaker with weak bass as a front, center or rear speaker, you can redirect bass audio to the sub-woofer.

LFE ATT. LFE (Low Frequency Effect) attenuator

When bass sound is disto rted w hile playin g bac k the progr am recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS surround, you can lower the sound level us ing LFE attenuator .

D.RANGE COMP.

You can compress the dynamic range. This may be used when you play back surr ound effects a t night. This fu nction work only for the program recorded in Dolby Digital.

* When you use the supplied speakers with this sys-

tem, you do not need to change the initial settings for these items.

Press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the desired option.

When you select one of options, it is set for the item.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

Setting balance

Adjust the balance between the front L/R speakers.

Press SETTING.

The system enters power amplifier setting mode and the setting item you have l astly selected appears on th e d ispla y win dow.

Press SETTING.

The system enters power amplifier setting mode and the setting item you have lastly selected appear s on the display window.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors to select the desired item.

Each time you press the button, the setting item show n on the display window chang es as follows:

L/R BALANCE

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SPK DELAY ATT.

L/R BALANCE

Balance between the right and left front speakers

BASS

Bass (low frequency sound) for the front speakers

TREBLE

Treble (high frequency sound) for the front speakers

FRONT SPK*

Setting the size of the front speakers

CENTER SPK*

Setting the size of the center speaker

REAR SPK*

Setting the size of the rear speakers

CENTER DELAY

Setting the delay time for the center speaker

REAR DELAY

Setting the delay time for the rear speakers

CENTER SPK

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REAR DELAY

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D.RANGE COMP.

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BASS

REAR SPK

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TREBLE

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CROSSOVER

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FRONT

CENTER

LFE

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Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until “L/R BALANCE” appears on the display window.

• After a while, the current setting appears.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to adjust the balance.

Each time you press the b utton, the ba lance level chan ges as follows:

R-21 to R-1

•

• R-21 to R-1:

• CNTR:

• L-1 to L-21:

Holding down the button continuously changes the level.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

CNTR

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The output from the right speaker decreases. (R-21: R channel signal is muted.)

The outputs from both speakers are the same. The output from the left speaker decreases. (L-21: L channel signal is muted.)

L-1 to L-21

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Amplifier settings

Setting tone

Adjust the tone (bass and treble) for the front speakers.

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until “BASS” or “TREBLE” appears on the display.

• After a while, the current setting value appears.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to adjust the bass or treble.

Each time you press the button, the setting value changes 2 steps at a time between –10 and +10. (0: flat level) Holding down th e button continuously changes the value.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

Setting speaker size

Select the speaker size accord in g to the speakers you are using.

• When you use the supplied speakers with this system, set the speaker size as follows: FRONT SPK: SMALL CENTER SPK: SMALL REAR SPK: SMALL

CAUTION:

When using this system’s front, center, o r rear speakers, select “SMALL” for each. Selecting “LARGE” may result in speaker damage.

• CENTER SPK

Pressing the button toggles be twe en th e foll owin g se ttin gs. When the FRONT SPK is selected “SMALL”:

SMALL*

When the FRONT SPK is selected “LARGE”:

LARGE

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• REAR SPK

Pressing the button toggles be twe en th e foll owin g se ttin gs. When the FRONT SPK is selected “SMALL”:

SMALL*

When the FRONT SPK is selected “LARGE”:

LARGE

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* Select when the supplied speakers with this system

are used.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

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NONE

SMALL*

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NONE

SMALL*

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NONE

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Adjusting delay time

The delay time for the center speaker and rear speakers is calculated by comparing the distance between the rear/center speakers and the listening point with the distance betwe en the front speakers and the listening point.

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until the following item appears on the display window.

• CENTER DELAY

For setting the delay time for the center speaker

•REAR DELAY

For setting the delay time for the rear speakers

• After a while, the current setting appears.

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until the following item appears on the display window.

• FRONT SPK

For setting the left and right front speaker size

• CENTER SPK

For setting the center speaker size

• REAR SPK

For setting the left and right rea r sp eaker size

• After a while, the current setting appears.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the speaker size.

Select “LARGE” when the cone speaker imbedded in the speaker being used has a diameter of 12 cm or more. Select “SMALL” when the diamet er is less than 12 cm. Select “NONE” when the speaker is not connected, or is not in use.

• When the speakers supplied with this system are used, select “SMALL” for each speaker.

• FRONT SPK

Pressing the button toggles between th e follo wing set ting s.

SMALL*

LARGE

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Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the delay time.

• CENTER DELAY

Pressing the button cha nges the delay time between 0 ms and 5 ms. When the distance between the listening point and the center speaker is close to the distance to the front speakers, set the delay time to 0 ms. Increase the de lay time when the distance to the center speaker is shorter.

• A 1ms increase/decrea se of delay time is equi valent to a 30 cm change in distance.

•REAR DELAY

Pressing the button cha nges the delay time between 0 ms and 15 ms. When the distance between the listen ing point and the rear speakers is close to the distance to the front speakers, set the delay time to 0ms. Increase the delay time when the distance to the rear speakers is shorter.

• A 1ms increase/decrea se of delay time is equi valent to a 30 cm change in distance.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

Notes:

• When the center speaker s ize is set to “N ONE” (not used), you cannot adjust CENTER DELAY.

• When the rear speaker size is set to “NONE” (not used), you cannot adjust REAR DELAY.

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Amplifier settings

Adjusting crossover

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When using a small speaker with weak bass as a front, center, or rear speaker, you can redir ect ba ss aud io to th e sub- woof er. Se lect a c rossover frequency to match the size of the small speaker being used.

• When you use the supplied speaker s with this syst em, set the crossover frequency as follows: CROSSOVER: 200Hz

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until “CROSSOVER” appears on the display window.

• After a w hile, the curre nt s etting appea rs.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the crossover frequency.

Pressing the button changes the crossover frequency as follows:

200Hz

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Crossover frequency Speaker diameter

100Hz approx. 10 cm (4”) 120Hz approx. 8 cm (3-3/16”) 200Hz* approx. 4 cm (1-5/ 8”)

* Select when the supplied speakers with this system

are used.

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

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120Hz

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100Hz

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Adjusting dynamic range

You can compress the dynamic range. This may be used when you play back surround effects at night. This function work only for the program recorded in Dolby Digital.

• The initial setting of D. RANGE COMP is “MID”.

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until “D. RANGE COMP” appears on the display window.

• After a while, the current setting appears.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to select the setting.

Pressing the button changes t he dynamic range compressio n as follows:

MAX

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MAX: MID:

OFF:

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

Note:

• To enjoy original sou nd, yo u shoul d set to “MID” o r “OFF”.

MID

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The dynamic r a ng e i s fu l ly compressed. The dynamic range is compressed a little. (Initial setting) The dynamic range is not compressed.

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OFF

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Note:

• When “LARGE” is set for the front, center and rear speakers, you cannot adjust CROSSOVER.

Adjusting LFE attenuator

When bass sound is distort ed whi le play ing ba ck th e prog ram recorded in Dolby Digital or DTS surround, you can lower the sound level through the LFE attenuator.

• Normally, LFE ATT should be set to “OFF”.

Press SETTING.

Press the 5555/∞∞∞∞ cursors until “LFE ATT.” appears on the display window.

• After a w hile, the curre nt s etting appea rs.

Within 5 seconds, press the 2222/3333 cursors to select “ON” or “OFF”.

Pressing the button toggles between “ON” and “OFF”.

Select when bass sound is distorted.

ON:

Select to turn off LFE ATT. effect.

OFF:

To exit power amplifier setting mode

Press SETTING again.

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DVD

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

STANDBY/ON

VCR

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

AUDIO

TIME

DIGEST

ZOOM

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

100+

CONTROL

SUBWOOFER

EFFECT

CENTER

TEST

REAR-R

REAR-L

DISPLAY

CHOICEANGLERETURN

FM/AM

AUX

SOUND

2,4

Sound settings

You can adjust the sub-woofer ou tput level, output le vel of each speaker using a test tone, and DSP effect, to obtain preferable sound for you. Note that you need to adjust them at t he p osition yo u will li sten to .

Adjusting sub-woofer level

You can adjust the sub-woofer output level to increase or decrease the sound volume from the sub-woofer.

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

FM/AM

AUX

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

DIGEST

ZOOM

SUBWOOFER

CONTROL

VCR

CENTER

SLEEP

SETTING

TV RETURN FM MODE

PLAY

MODE

THEATER

POSITION

Press SOUND.

The system enters sound setting mode.

Press SUBWOOFER +/– to adjust the level.

You can adjust the sub-woofer output level between +10 dB and –10 dB. (0 dB: R a ted level)

• After 5 seconds, the display returns to the one before entering the sound setting mode.

REAR-L

REAR-R

ENTER

CHOICEANGLERETURN

TIME

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

Adjusting speaker level

While playing a noise-like test tone, you can adjust the output level of each speaker by increasing or decreasing the sound volume from the speaker.

Press SOUND.

The system enters sound setting mode.

Press TEST to play a test tone.

“TEST TONE L” appears on the display window and the test tone is played from the speakers in the following order.

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TEST TONE L

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TEST TONE RS

• The speaker which is set to “OFF” (not used) in “Setting speaker size” will be skipped. See page 49.

While listening, adjust each speaker level.

You can adjust each speaker output level between +10 dB and –10 dB. (0 dB: Rate d level) When you press the following button, the current setting valu e appears on the display wi ndow.

• TEST TONE L (Left front speaker)

Just listen for your reference.

• TEST TONE C (Center speaker)

Press CENTER +/– to adjust the level.

• TEST TONE R (Right front speaker)

Just listen for your reference.

• TEST TONE RS (Right rear speaker)

Press REAR R +/– to adjust the level.

• TEST TONE LS (Left rear speaker)

Press REAR L +/– to adjust the level.

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TEST TONE C

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TEST TONE LS

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TEST TONE

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Press TEST to stop the test tone.

• After 5 seconds, the display retur ns to the on e before en tering the sound setting mode.

Note:

• You can adjust the speaker level without playing a test tone. In this case, perform only steps 1 and 3.

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Sound settings

Adjusting DSP effect

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You can adjust the strength of DSP (Digital Signal Processor) effect for each DAP mode so that you can customize sound effect. About the DAP, see “Using the DSP Modes [DSP MODE]” on page 20.

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

VCR

DVD

FM/AM

AUX

DECODE

SUBTITLE

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

ENTER

CHOICEANGLERETURN

TIME

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

2 3

Press DSP MODE to select one of DSP modes.

The current DSP mode appears on the di spl ay wind ow. E ach time you press the button, DSP mode changes as follows.

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SURROUND ON*

DANCE CLUB

====

HALL

====

THEATER

PAVILION

= =

====

LIVE CLUB

====

DSP OFF

====

(back to the beginning)

* “PRO LOGIC” appears when the current source is

not DVD.

Press SOUND.

The system enters sound setting mode.

Press EFFECT to select the desired effect level.

The current effect level appears on the display window. Each time you press the button, the effect level changes as follows.

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DSP EFFECT 1

FECT 3

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DSP EFFECT 4

• The greater number, the greater effect.

Repeat steps 1-3 for other DSP mode.

• After 5 seconds, the display returns to the one before entering the sound setting mode.

Note:

• If DAP mode is not selected, you cannot adjust the DSP effect.

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DSP EFFECT 2

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DSP EFFECT 5

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DSP EF-

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The AV COMPU LINK remote control sys tem a llows you to operate JVC video components (TV an d VCR) through the center unit.

To use this remote control system, you need to connect the video components you want to opera te, follow the diagrams and procedure explained here.

AV COMPU LINK remote control system

Connection and setup

When connecting to a TV

Connect the center unit to a TV via the AV COMPU LINK terminals. Then, set the AV COMPULINK setting of the center unit as follows.

• When connecting to VIDEO-1 input terminal of the TV: DVD2 (Initial setting)

• When connecting to VIDEO-2 input terminal of the TV: DVD3

To AV COMPU LINK (II or EX)

Center unit

When connecting to a TV and VCR

Connect the center unit to a TV and VCR via AV COMPU LINK terminals. Then, set the AV COMPULINK setting of the center unit and the VCR’s Remote Control Code setting as follows:

• When connecting to VIDEO-1 input terminal of the TV:

Center unit’s AV COMPULINK setting (Initial setting): VCR’s Remote Control Code:

• When connecting to VIDEO-2 input terminal of the TV:

Center unit’s AV COMPULINK setting: VCR’s Remote Control Code:

To AV COMPU LINK (II or EX)

• The AV COMPULINK sett ing is operated in the on-screen SYSTEM menu. See page 45 for operation.

IMPORTANT!

When you connect the component video output to your TV:

• Set the AV COMPULINK setting on the center unit to “DVD1”.

Note:

• There may be no description about conn ectio ns to a DVD player in the instr uction manual of a TV or VCR. However a TV or VCR with AV COMPU LINK terminals indicating “II” or “EX” can be connected to the center unit.

DVD3 A

DVD2 B

To AV COMPU LINK

VCR (Video Cassette R ec order)Center unit

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AV COMPU LINK remote control system

Operation

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You can enjoy pictures an d/or sou nd by ju st puttin g a sour ce component (which pla ys back the pictures and/or so und such as the center unit or a VCR) into play mode. You do not have to operate the TV including not having to perform power switching.

Turn on the main power of the TV.

Insert a disc into the source component.

Press PLAY of the source component.

The following actions are performed automatically:

• Turning on the power for the TV.

• Setting the source of the TV to the external input (VIDEO-1 or VIDEO-2).

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Operating Other Manufacturers’ Video Equipment

This remote control supplied with the receive r can transmit control signals for other manufacturers’ VCRs, TVs, CATV converters and DBS tu ners . By chang ing t he t rans mitta ble signa ls fr om p rese t ones to the other manufacturers’, you can operate the other manufacturer’s components using this remote control.

When operating the other m anufacturers’ components, refer al so to the manuals supplied with them. To operate these components with the remote control, first you need to set the manufacturer’s code each for VCR, TV, CATV converters, and DBS tuner.

STANDBY/ON

AUDIOTV/CATV/DBS

ENTER

DVD

DECODE

TIME

CHOICEANGLERETURN

VCR

AUDIO

DISPLAY

SOUND

EFFECT

TEST

100+

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

DSP

MODE

AUDIO/ TV/VCR

CATV/DBS

Check to see if its remote control

AUX

TITLE

ZOOM

CONTROL

VCR

SLEEP

SETTING

PLAY MODE

THEATER

POSITION

FM/AM

SUBTITLE

DIGEST

SUBWOOFER

CENTER

REAR-L

REAR-R

TV RETURN FM MODE

mode selector is

CHANNELTV VOL VOLUME

set to the correct position. To operate the

TV/VIDEO

MUTING

PLAY

TUNING

STOP

DVD MENU

F.SEARCHB.SEARCH FF/

PAUSE

STROBEMEMORY

UPDOWN

/REW

REC

audio system, TVs, and VCRs , set it to “AUDIO/ TV/VCR.”

To change the transmittable signals for operating another manufacturer’s TV

1 Slide the remote control mode to “AUDIO/TV/

VCR.”

2 Press and hold TV/CATV/DBS .

Keep press until step 4 is finished.

3 Press TV. 4 Enter manufacturer’s code (2 digits) using

buttons 1 - 9, and 0.

See the list below to find the code. Examples: For a JVC product, press 0 , then 1. For a Hitachi product, press 1, then 0.

5 Release TV/CATV/DBS .

The following buttons c an be u sed for ope rating th e TV (with the remote control mode selector set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR”):

TV/CATV/DBS : TV VOL +/–: TV/VIDEO:

After pressing TV (with the remote control mode selector set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR”), you can perform the following operations on a TV:

CHANNEL +/– : 1 - 10, 0, 100+ (+10):

Turns on and off the TV. Adjusts the volume. Sets the input mode (either TV or

VIDEO).

Changes the channels. Selects the channels. 100+ (+10) butto n wi ll f unc ti on as

the ENTER button if your TV requires pressing ENTER after selecting a channel number.

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DVD THEATER SYSTEM

Note:

• Refer to the manual supplied with your TV.

6 Try to operate your TV by pressing TV/CATV/

DBS .

When your TV turns on or off, you have entered the correct code.

If there are more than one code listed for your brand

try each one until the correct one is entered.

of TV,

Manufacturer Code Manufacturer Code

JVC 01 SAMSUNG 12 HITACHI 10 SANYO 13 MAGNAVOX 02 SHARP 06 MITSUBISHI 03 SONY 07 PANASONIC 04, 11 TOSHIBA 08 RCA 05 ZENITH 09

Manufactures’ codes are subject t o change with out noti ce. If they are changed, this remote control cannot operate the equipment.

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Operating Other Manufacturers’ Video Equipment

To change the transmittable signals for operating a CATV converter or DBS tuner

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1 Slide the remote control mode to “CATV/

DBS.”

2 Press and hold TV/CATV/DBS .

Keep press until step 4 is finished.

3 Press TV. 4 Enter manufacturer’s code (2 digits) using

buttons 1 - 9, and 0.

See the list below to find the code.

Examples:

For a JVC product, press 2, then 1. For a Pioneer product, pr ess 1, then 3.

5 Release TV/CATV/DBS .

After setting the remote control mode selector to “CATV/ DBS,” you can perform the following operations on the CATV convertor or on the DBS tuner:

TV/CATV/DBS :

CHANNEL +/–: 1 - 10, 0, 100+ (+10):

Turns on and off the CATV converter or DBS tuner. Changes the channels. Selects the channel. 100+ (+10) button will function as the ENTER button if your equipment requires pressing ENTER after selecting a channel number.

Note:

• Refer to the manual su pplie d wit h your CA TV co nverte r or

DBS tuner.

6 Try to operate your CATV converter or DBS

tuner by pressing TV/CATV/DBS .

When your CATV converter or DBS tuner turns on or off, you have entered the correct code.

If there are more than one code listed for you r brand of CATV converter or DBS tuner,

correct one is entered.

Manufacturer Code

ECHOSTAR 21 GI JERROLD 01, 02, 03, 04,

HAMLIN/REGAL 15, 16, 17, 18 PIONEER 13, 14 RCA 19 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA 09, 10 SONY 20 ZENITH 11, 12

Manufactures’ codes are subj ect to chan ge wi thou t no tice. If they are changed, this remote control cannot operate the equipment.

try each one until the

05, 06, 07, 08

To change the transmittable signals for operating another manufacturer’s VCR

Set the remote control mode to “AUDIO/TV/VCR.”

2 Press and hold VCR .

Keep press until step 4 is finished.

3 Press VCR. 4 Enter manufacturer’s code (2 digits) using

buttons 1 - 9, and 0.

See the list below to find the code.

Examples:

For a JVC product, pr ess 0, then 1. For a Funai product, press 1, then 0.

5 Release VCR .

Following button can be used for operating th e VCR (with the remote control mode selector set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR”):

VCR : Turns on and off the VCR. After pressing VCR (with the remote control mode selector

set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR”), you can perform the following operations on the VCR:

PLAY:

1111

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: STOP: PAUSE:

¶¶¶¶

REC:

CHANNEL +/– : 1 - 10, 0, 100+ (+10):

Starts playback. Rewinds a video tape. Fast winds a video tape. Stops operation. Pauses. Starts recording or enters recording pause. Changes the TV channel s on the VCR. Selects the TV channels. 100+ (+10) button will function as

the ENTER button if your VCR requires pressing ENTER after selecting a channel number.

Note:

• Refer to the manual supplied with your VCR.

6 Try to operate your VCR by pressing VCR .

When your VCR turns on or off, you have entered the correct code.

If there are more than one code listed for your brand of VCR,

Manufactures’ codes are subj ect to chan ge withou t notice . If they are changed, this remote control cannot operate the equipment.

try each one until the co rrect one is entered.

Manufacturer Code Manufacturer Code

JVC 01, 02, 03PHILIPS 09

EMERSON 11, 26 RCA 05, 06 FISHER 29 SAMS UNG 24 FUNAI 10, 14,

15, 16 GOLD STAR 12 SHARP 27, 28 HITACHI 04 SHINTOM 30 MITSUBISHI 13 SONY 18, 19,

NEC 25 ZENITH 08 PANASONIC 07, 17

SANYO 21, 22,

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Care and handling of discs

How to handle discs

When handling a disc, do not touch the surf ace of the disc. Since discs are made of plasti c, they are easily damaged. If a disc gets dirty, dusty, scratched or warped, the image sand 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 locatio n where they may be exposed to di rect sunlight , or in a place whe re the humidity or temperature is high. Av oid 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 .

Cleaning the lens

If the lens in the laser pickup is dirty, video image irregularities, sound dropout, etc., could occur. Open the disc cover and clean the lens as shown below:

• Use a blower (available from a camera store) to blow dust off the lens.

Blower

Lens

• If there are fingerprints, etc. on the lens, gently wipe clean with a cotton swab.

Cotton swab

CAUTIONS:

• Do not use irregular shape discs (heat-shape, octagonal, etc.). Using these discs can damage the center unit.

• Sometimes during playback, 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 center unit.

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Use this chart to help you solve daily operati onal problems. If there is any problem you cannot solve, contact your JVC service center.

PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION

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Power does not come on. The power cord. Insert the plug into the socket. Power is not supplied to the powered sub-

woofer

The remote control does not work. It is too far from the center unit, or is not fac-

The remote control does not work as ex pect ed.

No sound. The syst em cable is not connected. Check the connection.

Sound is emitted from only one speaker. The speaker cord is not connected correctly. Connect the cord properly.

No video. The video cord is not conn ected properly. Connect the cord properly.

Cannot play a disc. A non-NTSC disc has been inserted.

Video and audio are distorted. The disc is dirty. Clean the disc.

The edge is missing on the video image. Initial setup (monitor type) was incorrect. Run through initial setup again correctly.

Continuous stati c during FM broadcasts. The received signal is too weak. Connect an external FM antenna, or contact

Unit does not work correct ly. Lightning or electronic noise inte rferes with

Troubleshooting

The power cord has been pulled out of the AC outlet. The system cable is not connect ed.

ing the center unit. There is something obstructing the remote sensor.

The battery is flat. Replace the battery. The battery has been inserted the wrong way

round (+/–). Sunlight is falling directly on the detector. Shade the remote control from direct sun-

The entered manufacturer’s code nu mber is incorrect.

The remote control mode selector position is incorrect.

The speaker cord is not connected. Check the connection. There is a short in the speaker cord. Reconnect the spea ker cord and p ress on the

The powered sub-woofer power supply is off. Insert the plug firmly into the socket and

The audio cord is not conn ected properly. Connect the cord properly. An incorrect source has been selected. Select the correct source. Muting is on. Press MUTING to cancel mute.

Left-right balance is incorrect. Adjust balance.

TV input selection is incorrect. Select the correct input.

The unit and disc region numbers (local numbers) are incompatible.

A video deck is connected between the center unit and the TV.

The TV has been set up incorrectly. Set up the TV correctly.

The station is too far away. Select another station. The antenna is not connected correctly. Check the connectio n.

operation of the microcomputer. Immediately after beginning to heat the

room, the unit was moved to a cold location causing condensation to form i nsi de.

Press the on the center unit to switch power OFF, and then press it again to switch power ON.

Avoid any obstacles wit hin approximatel y 5 m of the detector on the remote control.

Insert the battery correctly.

light. Enter the correct code number.

Set it to the correct position. Normally, it should be set to “AUDIO/TV/VCR”.

center unit to restart the system.

press on the center unit to switch power off, and then press it again to switch power on.

Replace the disc.

Connect the center unit and TV directly.

your dealer.

Switch power off, and remove and re-insert the power plug in the socket.

Switch power off and leave the unit a few hours before switching power on again.

Note:

• Problem may be caused by the components connected to the sys tem. So, plea se read the manuals fo r the compon ents carefully.

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Center unit (XV-THA9)

Specifications

Audio section

Total Harmonic Distortion 0.02 %

AUX Iuput Level 290 mV/47 kΩ

Video section

Horizontal Resolution 500 lines

Signal-to-Noise Ratio 68 dB

Output Level S-video-Y: 1.0 Vp-p/75 Ω

Tuner section

Tuning Range FM: 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz

S-video-C: 0.286 Vp-p/75 Ω Composite: 1.0 Vp-p/75 Ω Component-Y: 1.0 Vp-p/75 Ω

B/PR

Component-P

AM: 530 kHz to 1 710 kHz

: 0.7 Vp-p/75 Ω

Usable Sensitivity FM: 12.8 dbf (1.2 µV/75 Ω)

AM loop antenna: 63 0 µV/m

Dimensions (W × H × D) 360 mm × 77 mm × 253 mm (14-3/16 inches × 3-1/16 inches × 9-31/32 inches)

Mass 3.0 kg (6.6 lbs)

Power Requirements AC 120 V Ó, 60 Hz

Power Consumption 20 W (at operation)

1.3 W (in standby mode)

Powered Sub-woofer (SP-PWA9)

Amplifier section

Output Power Front/Rear/Center : 20 W × 5, 4 Ω, 1 kHz, 0.7 % THD

Powered sub-woofer: 100 W, 4 Ω, 100 Hz, 0.7 % THD

Speaker section

Speaker 20 cm (7.9 inches), bass-reflex

Frequency Range 25 Hz to 200 Hz

Dimensions (W × H × D) 240 mm × 435 mm × 455 mm (9-1/2 inches × 17-3/16 inches × 17-15/16 inches)

Mass 16.5 kg (36.4 lbs)

Power Requirements AC 120 V Ó, 60 Hz

Power Consumption 125 W (at operation)

0 W (in standby mode)

Satellite Speakers (SP-XSA9)

Speakers 7 cm × 4 cm (2-15/16 inches × 1-5/8 inches) bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded

Power Handling Capacity 30 W

Frequency Range 95 Hz to 20 kHz

Dimensions (W × H × D) 65 mm × 122 mm × 117 mm (2-9/16 inches × 4-13/16 inches × 4-5/8 inches)

Mass 360 g (0.79 lbs)

: 30 W × 5, 4 Ω, 1 kHz, 10 % THD : 140 W, 4 Ω, 100 Hz, 10 % THD

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Center Speaker (SP-XCA9)

Speakers 7 cm × 4 cm (2-3/4 inches × 1-5/8 inches) bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded

Power Handling Capacity 30 W

Frequency Range 95 Hz to 20 kHz

Dimensions (W × H × D) 122 mm × 65 mm × 115 mm (4-13/16 inches × 2-9/16 inches × 4-9/16 inches)

Mass 360 g (0.79 lbs)

Designs & specifications are subject to change without notice.

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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.

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AA AB AF AM AR AS AY AZ BA BE BG BH BI BN BO BR CA CO CS CY DA DZ EL EO ET EU FA FI FJ FO FY GA GD GL GN GU HA HI HR HU HY IA IE

Afar Abkhazian Afrikaans Ameharic Arabic Assamese Aymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelorussian Bulgarian Bihari Bislama Bengali, Bangla Tibetan Breton Catalan Corsican Czech Welsh Danish Bhutani Greek Esperanto Estonian Basque Persian Finnish Fiji Faroese Frisian Irish Scots Gaelic Galician Guarani Gujarati Hausa Hindi Croatian Hungarian Armenian Interlingua Interlingue

IK IN IS IW JI JW KA KK KL KM KN KO KS KU KY LA LN LO LT LV MG MI MK ML MN MO MR MS MT MY NA NE NL NO OC OM OR PA PL PS PT QU RM

Inupiak Indonesian Icelandic Hebrew Yiddish Javanese Georgian Kazakh Greenlandic Cambodian Kannada Korean (KOR) Kashmiri Kurdish Kirghiz Latin Lingala Laothian Lithuanian Latvian, Lettish Malagasy Maori Macedonian Malayalam Mongolian Moldavian Marathi Malay (MAY) Maltese Burmese Nauru Nepali Dutch Norwegian Occitan (Afan) Oromo Oriya Panjabi Polish Pashto, Pushto Portuguese Quechua Rhaeto-Romance

RN RO RU RW SA SD SG SH SI SK SL SM SN SO SQ SR SS ST SU SV SW TA TE TG TH TI TK TL TN TO TR TS TT TW UK UR UZ VI VO WO XH YO ZU

Kirundi Rumanian Russian Kinyarwanda Sanskrit Sindhi Sangho Serbo-Croatian Singhalese Slovak Slovenian Samoan Shona Somali Albanian Serbian Siswati Sesotho Sundanese Swedish Swahili Tamil Telugu Tajik Thai Tigrinya Turkmen Tagalog Setswana Tonga Turkish Tsonga Tatar Twi Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Volapuk Wolof Xhosa Yoruba Zulu

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Appendix B: Country code list for parental lock

This list is used for the parental Lock operation. For details, see page 46.

AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AN AO AQ AR AS AT AU AW AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BM BN BO BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA CC CF CG CH CI CK CL

Andorra United Ara b Emirates Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Anguilla Albania Armenia Netherlands Antilles Angola Antarctica Argentina American Samoa Austria Australia Aruba Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Barbados Bangladesh Belgium Burkina Faso Bulgaria Bahrain Burundi Benin Bermuda Brunei Darussalam Bolivia Brazil Bahamas Bhutan Bouvet Isl and Botswana Belarus Belize Canada Cocos (Keeling) Islands Central African Republic Congo Switzerland Côte d’Ivoire Cook Islands Chile

CM CN CO CR CU CV CX CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DO DZ EC EE EG EH ER ES ET FI FJ FK

FO FR FX GA GB GD GE GF GH GI GL GM GN GP GQ

Cameroon China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Cape Verde Christmas Island Cyprus Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Estonia Egypt Western Sahara Eritrea Spain Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands

(Malvinas) Micronesia

(Fedelated States of) Faroe Islands France France, Metropolitan Gabon United Kingdom Grenada Georgia French Guiana Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Gambia Guinea Guadeloupe Equatorial Guinea

GR GS

GT GU GW GY HK HM

HN HR HT HU ID IE IL IN IO

IQ IR IS IT JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM KN KP

KR KW KY KZ LA

LB LC

Greece South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Guatemala Guam Guinea-Bissau Guyana Hong Kong Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Ireland Israel India British Indian Ocean

Territory Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iceland Italy Jamaica Jordan Japan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Comoros Saint Kitts and Nevis Korea, Democratic

People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Cayman Islands Kazakhstan Lao People’s Democratic

Republic Lebanon Saint Lucia

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LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH ML MM MN MO MP

MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MX MY MZ NA NC NE NF NG NI NL NO NP NR NU NZ OM PA

Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Morocco Monaco Moldova, Republic of Madagascar Marshall Islands Mali Myanmar Mongolia Macau Northern Mariana

Islands Martinique Mauritania Montserrat Malta Mauritius Maldives Malawi Mexico Malaysia Mozambique Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru Niue New Zealand Oman Panama

PE PF PG PH PK PL PM

PN PR PT PW PY QA RE RO RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SG SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR ST SV SY SZ TC TD TF

TG TH

Peru French Polynesia Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan Poland Saint Pierre and

Miquelon Pitcairn Puerto Rico Portugal Palau Paraguay Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Seychelles Sudan Sweden Singapore Saint Helena Slovenia Svalbard and Jan Mayen Slovakia Sierra Leone San Marino Senegal Somalia Suriname Sao Tome an d Principe El Salvador Syrian Arab Republic Swaziland Turks and Caicos Islands Chad French Southern Territories Togo Thailand

TJ TK TM TN TO TP TR TT TV TW

UA UG UM

US UY UZ VA

VE VG VI VN VU WF

WS YE YT YU ZA ZM ZR ZW

Tajikistan Tokelau Turkmenistan Tunisia Tonga East Timor Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Taiwan, Province of

China Tanzania, United

Republic of Ukraine Uganda United States Minor

Outlying Islands United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City State

(Holy See) Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines Venezuela Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Viet Nam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Islands Samoa Yemen Mayotte Yugoslavia South Africa Zambia Zaire Zimbabwe

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Dear customer: In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase, read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the event that repair is necessary, or for the ad dress nearest your loca tion, please refer to the facto ry service center list below or within the Continenta l U nit ed Sta tes , C all 1-800-537-5722 for your authori ze d se rvi ce r. Re me mb er to retain you Bill of Sale for Warranty Service.

QUALITY SERVICE

HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER

TOLL FREE : 1-800-537-5722

http://www.jvcservice.com

–JVC

JVC SERVICE & ENGINEERING

COMPANY OF AMERICA

DIVISION OF JVC AMERICAS CORP.

FACTORY SERVICE CENTER LOCATIONS

10 New Maple Avenue Pine Brook, NJ 07058-9641 (973)396-1000

5665 Corporate Avenue Cypress, CA 90630-0024 (714) 229-8011

13 Cummings Park Woburn, MA 01801 (781)376-9100

Sophisticated electronic products may require occasional service. Just as quality is a keyword in the engineering and production of the wide array of JVC p roducts, serv ice is the ke y to maintai ning the high l evel of perform ance for whic h JVC is world famous. The JVC service and engineering organization stands behind our products.

JVC SERVICE & ENGINEERING COMPANY OF AMERICA

If you ship the product

1500 Lakes Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30243-5857 (770) 339-2582

2969 Mapunapuna Place Honolulu, HI 96819-2040 (808) 833-5828

8192 State Road 84 Davie, FL 33324 (954) 472-1960

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

DIVISION OF JVC AMRICAS CORP.

1700 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470

• • •

705 Enterprise Street Aurora, IL 60504-8149 (630) 851-7855

10700 Hammerly, Suite 110 Houston, TX 77043 (713) 935-9331

890 Dubuque Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080-18 04 (650) 871-2666

Pack your JVC unit in the original carton or one of equivalent size and strength. Enclose, with the unit, a letter stating the problem or symptom that exists and also a copy of the receipt or bill of sale you received when you purchased your JVC unit. Print your home return address on the outside and the inside of the carton. Send to th e appropriate JVC Factory Service Center as listed above.

To prevent electrical shock, do n ot o pen the cabinet. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

Don’t service it yourself.

ACCESSORIES

To purchase accessories for your JVC product, you may contact your local JVC Dealer. Or from the 48 Continental United States call toll free : 800-882-2345

CAUTION

LIMITED WARRANTY

CONSUMER VIDEO 1-90

JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period as shown below. (“The Warranty Period.”)

PARTS

1 YR

LABOR

90 DAYS

THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY(50) UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND IN COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.

WHAT WE WILL DO:

If this product is found to be defective, JVC will repair or replace defective parts at no charge to the original owner. Such repair and replacement services shall be rendered by JVC during normal business hours at JV C authorized service centers. Parts used for replacement are warranted only for the remainder of the Warranty Period. All products an d parts thereof may be brought to a JVC authorized service center on a carry-in basis except for Television sets having a screen size 25 inches and above which are covered on an in-home basis.

WHAT YOU MUST DO FOR WARRANTY SERVICE:

Return your product to a JVC authorized service center with a copy of your bill of sale. For your nearest JVC authorized service center, please call toll free: (800)537-5722. If service is not available locally, box the product carefully, preferably in the original carton, and ship, insured, with a copy of your bill of sale plus and letter of explanation of the problem to the nearest JVC Factory Service Center, the name and location of which will be given to you by the toll-free number. If you have any questions concerning your JVC Product, please contact our Customer Relations Department.

WHAT IS NOT COVERED:

This limited warranty provided by JVC does not cover:

1. Products which have been subject to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty installation,

lack of reasonable care, or if repaired or serviced by anyone other than a service facility authorized by JVC to render such service, or if affixed to any attachment not provided with the products, or if the model number or serial number has been altered, tampered with, defaced or removed;

2. Initial installation and installation and removal for repair;

3. Operational adjustments covered in the Owner’s Manual, normal maintenance, video and audio head cleaning;

4. Damage that occurs in shipment, due to act of God, and cosmetic damage;

5. Signal reception problems and failures due to line power surge;

6. Video Pick-up Tubes/CCD Image Sensor, Cartridge, Stylus(Needle) are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase;

7. Accessories;

8. Batteries (except the Rechargeable Batteries are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase);

There are no express warranties except as listed above.

THE DURATION OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MARCHANTABILITY, IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN.

JVC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF USE THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO TAPES, RECORDS OR DISCS) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages or limitations on how long an implied warranty last, so these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA

DIVISION OF JVC AMERICAS CORP.

REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CARRY A SEPARATE WARRANTY, THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY. FOR DETAILS OF REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY, PLEASE REFER TO THE REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY INFORMATION PACKAGED WITH EACH REFURBISHED PRODUCT.

For customer use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which is located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information for future reference.

Model No.:

Purchase date:

Serial No.:

Name of dealer:

1700 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470

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JVC TH-A9 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Warnings, Cautions and Other

Table of Contents

Getting Started

System outline

Installation

About discs

Connections

Parts Identification

Principles of operation

Basic operations

Using the DVD player

Receiving radio broadcasts

Preference settings

LANGUAGE MENU settings

DISPLAY MENU settings

SYSTEM MENU setting

Limiting playback by children

Amplifier settings

Sound settings

AV COMPU LINK remote control system

Operating Other Manufacturers’ Video Equipment

Care and handling of discs

Troubleshooting

Specifications

Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations

Appendix B: Country code list for parental lock