Genius TH-P3 Bedienungsanleitung

L VT1523-008A [US, UN, UG, UX, UW , UB , A] D V D DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS TH-P7 Consists of XV -THP7, SP-WP7, SP-THP7F , SP-THP7C and SP-THP7S TH-P3 Consists of XV -THP3, SP-WP5, SP-THP3F , SP-THP3C and SP-THP3S EN_THP7-P3[U]4.book Pa ge i Tuesday, April 4, 2 006 5:08 PM[...]

G-1 CAUTION T o reduce the risk of electrica l shocks, fire, etc.: 1. Do not re move scre ws , covers or cabine t. 2. Do not ex pose this appliance to rain o r moisture. CAUTION— button! Discon nect the mains pl ug to shut the power off completely (the ST ANDBY la mp goes off) . When installin g the apparatus, ensu re that the plug is easi ly acc[...]

G-2 IMPORTAN T FOR LASER PROD UCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2. CA UTION : Do not open the top cover . There are no user serviceab le parts inside th e unit; lea ve all servicing to qualif ied serv ice per sonne l. 3. CA UTION : V isible and/or in visible class 1M lase r radiation when open. Do not vie w directly with optical in struments. Caution: [...]

1 Introduction ........................................... 2 Notes on h andling ......................................................... 2 Supplied accessories ...................................................... 2 About discs ............................................. 3 Playable disc types ....................................................[...]

2 Introduc ti on 7 Important caut ions Inst alla tion of the syst em • Select a place which is leve l, dry and neither too h ot nor too cold; between 5°C a nd 35°C. • Leave sufficien t dis tance between the syste m and the TV . • Do not use the sy stem in a pla ce subject to vib ration. Power co rd • Do not ha ndle the power cor d w ith w[...]

3 About discs This syst em has been designed to play bac k the follo wing disc s: The √ in the list below sh ows a vailable disc types and rec ording fo rmats . * 1 This system ca n pla y finalize d discs o nly . * 2 Recor ded with UDF Bridg e format. * 3 This system ma y not be able to p lay back a file if the file size is to o lar ge. • I t i[...]

4 About discs For al l playab le files • The system ca n only r ecognize and play files with one of the follo wing extensio ns, w hich ca n be in any com binatio n of upper and low er case; MP3: “ .MP3” , “ .mp3” WMA: “ .WMA ” , “ .w ma ” JPEG: “. J P G ” , “ . J P E G ” , “. j p g ” , “. j p e g ” ASF: “. A S F [...]

5 Index of par ts and controls The n u m bers in the figures indicat e the p age s where the d etails o f the parts a re described. Front pane l (center unit ) Rear panel (center unit) Display window 21 36 18 22 18 36 37 17 17 17 15 Dis c tray (i ns ide ): 17 Remote sensor: 6 17 15 15 14 18 30 18 14 27 31 30 16 12 37 20 9, 10 7 12 11 11 12 EN_THP7-[...]

6 Index of par ts and controls Remo te co ntrol Putting batteries in the remote control If th e ran ge o r effective ness of the rem ote c on trol decr eases, repl ace b oth batter ies. CAUTIO N • D o not expose bat teries to heat or flame. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remo te contr ol directly to the fron t panel o f the [...]

7 Conn ec tions 7 AM loop antenna Settin g up su pplied AM loop an tenna Connecting AM loop antenn a • T urn the loop an tenna un til you hav e the best recep tion during AM broadcas t pr ogram r eception. NOTE • Make sure the ante nna conductors d o not touch any ot her terminals, connecting cords or power cords. This could cause poor receptio[...]

8 Connec tions 7 Assembling the front and surround speakers for TH-P7 • Check th e model nam e o f each s peaker fro m the label on t he rear to locat e each speaker co rrectly . Before as sembling — • Prepar e a Phillips screwdriver (not supplied). • T ake car e not to d rop an y compo nen t part while assembling; other wise, it may cause [...]

9 Connec tions 7 Connecting speakers fo r TH-P 7 CAUTIO N • If yo u connect s p eakers o ther than th e supplie d ones , use spea ke rs of the sa me speak er im peda nc e (S PEAKER IMPEDANCE) indicated on the rear of the center unit. • D O NOT connect mo re than one speaker t o one speaker term ina l. • W hen installing the satellite speak er[...]

10 Connec tions 7 Connecting speakers fo r TH-P 3 CAUTIO N • If yo u connect s p eakers o ther than th e supplie d ones , use spea ke rs of the sa me speak er im peda nc e (S PEAKER IMPEDANCE) indicated on the rear of the center unit. • D O NOT connect mo re than one speaker t o one speaker term ina l. • When in stalling the satellit e speake[...]

11 Connec tions T o obtain the be st possi ble soun d from this system, you need to place all the speakers except the sub woofer a t the same dist ance f rom the list ening p osition. If your speakers cannot be placed at the s ame distance from the listening p osition Y ou can ad jus t the dela y time of the s peakers. See “Delay men u (DELA Y) ?[...]

12 Connec tions Y ou can en joy the sound o f an analog co mponen t. NOTE • If you conn ect a sound-enhancing device such as a graphic equalizer between the sour ce components and this system, the sound outpu t through this sy stem may be dis torted. • When play ing a video component such as a VCR; – To listen to the sound, select AUX as the [...]

13 Opera ting the T V 7 To ope rate a J VC’s TV Y ou can perform the fo llowing opera tions on the T V . Y ou can use the rem ot e cont rol t o operat e not only t his unit b ut also JV C T Vs. • Refer also to the man u als su pplied fo r the T V . • T o opera te the T V , aim the r emote con trol directly a t the r emote sen sor on the TV . [...]

14 Basi c operations On the re mote co ntro l: Press A UDIO . On the center unit: Press . When D VD or USB MEMO R Y is selected as the source (see page 15), the follo w ing m essages will ap pear on the TV screen. NOTE • T he STANDBY lamp goes off when the po wer is turned on, and the lamp lights when the power is t urned off. • A small amount [...]

15 Basic operations On the remot e control: Press one of the sourc e selecting buttons (DVD 3 , USB MEMORY 3 , FM /A M or AUX ). DVD 3 : T o pl ay ba c k a d is c (DV D V ID EO, VC D et c. ) . ( S e e page 17.) USB MEMO RY 3 : T o play back a f ile in a USB mass storag e class d evice. (See page 17.) FM/ AM : T o tun e in an FM o r AM station. (See[...]

16 Basic operations The sys tem turn s off au tomatically when the specified period of time has pas s ed. Press SLEEP wit h SHIFT pressed. Each time y ou repea t the pr ocedure , the sh ut-o f f time change s. Example : To chec k the re mainin g time Press SLEEP once with SHIFT pressed. To chan ge the remaini ng ti me Press SLEEP repeatedly w ith S[...]

17 Playback • The i con such as shows the dis c formats or f ile t ypes the opera tion is a vailable for . 7 To play a disc 1 Press 0 on the cen te r un i t. The s ystem turn s on and the disc tra y come s ou t. 2 Place a disc. 3 Press D V D 3 (play button). 7 To play a file in a USB mass storage class device Pr ess USB MEMOR Y 3 (play button). T[...]

18 Playback 7 Playback information on the dis play wind ow DVD VIDEO Exam ple: When a DV D VIDEO encoded with Dolb y Digital 5.1ch is pla yed DVD VR disc Exam ple: During pla yback on the Original progra m * 1 Exam ple: During pla yback on the Playlis t * 1 * 1 Pressing T OP MENU/PG or MENU/PL , you can cha nge the play m ode. (See page 20.) VCD/SV[...]

19 Playback JPEG file NOTE • Y ou can change the time informa tion mode (except for MP3/ WMA/ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/D ivX). (S ee page 24.) • You can also check the playback informat ion on the TV screen. (See page 23.) 7 Screen save r An image ma y bur n in on a TV screen if a static p ic ture is displa yed for a lon g t ime. T o preven t this, the[...]

20 Playback While p laying back a l ong file, you ca n skip within the file at a bout 5-mi nu te intervals. 7 During pla yback Press C ursor 3 / 2 . Each time yo u pre ss the butt on, the pla y back posi tion skips to the beginning of the p revious or next in ter val. NOTE • Inter vals are automatically assigned from th e beginning of a file. •[...]

21 • The i con such as shows the dis c formats or f ile t ypes the opera tion is a vailable for . Y ou can en joy mo re r e alistic sound fiel d than a stereo soun d by us ing the surr ound mode. 7 Auto Surround (AUTO SUR) This function a utoma tically selects the appr opriate surro u nd mode acc or ding to the in put signals. F or exam ple, a mu[...]

22 7 DSP • ST ADIU M ST ADIU M mode adds c larity and sp read s the so und, like in an out door stad ium. • All Channe l Stereo All Channel S ter eo (ALL ST) m ode can r epr oduce a larg er ster eo sound field u s ing all the co nnected (and activat ed) spea kers. All Channel S tereo ca n b e used while repr oducin g 2 channe l stereo sourc e. [...]

23 Advanced opera t ions Y ou can ch e ck disc inf ormatio n and you can u se some functions us ing the on-scr een b ar . Showing the on-screen bar 7 Whenev er a disc is loaded Pr ess ON SCREEN. Ea ch ti me you press the button, t he on- scr een bar ch an ges as follows on the TV scr een. Example: During DVD VIDEO playback • The curr entl y selec[...]

24 Advanced opera t ions Changing the time inform ation Y ou can cha nge the time informa t ion in the on-scr e en ba r on the TV screen a nd the displa y windo w of the cent er unit. 7 During pla yback 1 Press O N SCREEN twice . The on- screen bar a ppears on the T V scr een. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to hi ghlight . 3 Press E N TER repea tedly t o se[...]

25 Advanced opera t ions Locating a d esired scene using a VCD/SVCD menu with PBC A V CD or SV CD r ecorded wi t h PBC has its own m enus suc h as a list o f con tained songs. Y ou can loca te a specific scene by usin g these men us. 7 During pla yback with PBC f unction 1 Pr ess RETURN repeat edly with SHIFT p ressed, until the menu appears on the[...]

26 Advanced opera t ions Locating a desired position by specifying the time Y ou can loca te a desir ed posi tion by s pecifying the time from th e beginning the disc (while sto pped) or the curr ent title/track (d uring pla yback). 7 Fo r DVD VIDEO/DVD VR: During pl ayb ack 7 Fo r VCD/SV CD: While stopped or during pla y back witho ut PBC f unctio[...]

27 Advanced opera t ions 7 Fo r MP3/WMA: During playback o r while stopped 7 Fo r JPEG/AS F/MPEG -2/MPEG- 1/DivX: W hile sto pped 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to selec t the desired gr oup/track/ file. • Fo r MP3/WMA, pla y back s tarts from the sel e cted track. • Fo r JPEG, proceed to perform the following ope rat ion . 2 Pr ess play button [...]

28 Advanced opera t ions 7 During pla yback of a disc/file contai ning subtit les in s eve ral lan guages When us ing th e SUBTI TLE butto n: 1 Press SUB TITLE. Exam ple (DVD VIDEO): “EN GLIS H” is selected ou t of 3 subt itl e l angua ges recorde d. 2 Press C ursor Y / 5 to select the desired sub title . For DVD VR • Pre ssing SUBTITLE activ[...]

29 Advanced opera t ions Frame-by-frame pl a yback 7 During pla yback Press 8 repe atedl y . Ea ch ti me you press the button, t he s til l pict ure adv ances b y one frame. To retu rn to normal pl ayback Press pl ay button for corres pond ing s ource ( DVD 3 or USB MEMORY 3 ). Playing back in slow-motio n 7 During pla yback 1 Press 8 a t the point[...]

30 Advanced opera t ions 6 Press E NTER. The curr ent VFP settings a p pear ag ain. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other para meters. 8 Press V F P . NOTE • Although the setting display disappears in the middle of the procedure, the settin g at that time will be stored. 7 Wh ile st opped 1 Pr ess PLA Y MODE repeatedly until program window appe a[...]

31 Advanced opera t ions Repeating the current selec tion 7 For DVD V IDE O/DV D VR : During pla yback 7 Fo r VCD/SV CD: During playback withou t PBC function or while stopped 7 Fo r CD/MP3/WMA/JPE G/ASF / MPEG-2/MPEG-1/Di vX: During pla yback or while stopped When using t he RE PEAT bu tton: Pr ess REPEA T with SHIFT pressed . Each t ime you pres [...]

32 When using t he on -screen bar: 1 Press O N SCREEN twice . The on- screen bar a ppears on the T V scr een. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to hi ghlight . 3 Press E NTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repeatedly to select “ A-B”. 5 Press E NTER at the beginning of the par t you want to repe at (p oint A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the par t you w ant to rep[...]

33 • Y ou can ch ange the langua ge used in the setu p menus. See “M enu descri ption ” below . Bas ic op era tion on the se tup m enu s 7 Wh ile st opped 1 Press SET UP with SHIFT pr essed. 2 F ollow the instructions tha t appear on the T V screen. : Langu age menu (L ANGUA GE) 7 MENU LANGUAGE Some D VDs ha ve their own m enus in m ultiple l[...]

34 Setting DVD pref erences 7 PICTURE SOURCE Y ou can o btain o ptimal p ictur e quality by selecting wh ether the con tent o n the disc/file is pr o cessed b y field (vid eo sour ce) or b y fra me (film sour ce). Nor ma l ly se t t o “ A U TO”. •A U T O U sed to play a disc/file con taining both video and film sour ce ma terials. This syst e[...]

35 7 Subwoofer menu (SUBWOOFER) LEVEL Y ou can set the o utpu t level of the sub woofer in the -6 dB t o +6 dB range. CROSS OV ER The signals belo w the pr eset frequency level will be sent to and be re produced b y the sub woofer . Select one o f t he cr ossover fr e quen c y levels a ccording t o the size o f the small speaker con nec ted. • 12[...]

36 Some c ountries sp ace AM stations 9 kHz apar t, and s ome countries u se 10 kHz spacing. Y ou can o nly chan ge the AM t uner in ter val spacing while selecting AM as the band. On th e center unit ON L Y : 7 T o chan ge the in terval spacing int o 10 kHz Press 8 wh ile holding down 7 . 7 T o chan ge the in terval spacing int o 9 kHz Press 3 whi[...]

37 Once a sta tion is as signed to a channe l number , the station can be quickly t uned in. Y ou can p reset 30 FM a nd 15 AM stations. 7 To preset the st ations 1 T une in the station yo u want to preset. • If yo u wan t to stor e t he FM recep tion mode for a n FM station, select the recep tion mo de yo u want. See “Selecting the F M recepti[...]

38 7 Handling Di scs • Remo ve the disc fro m its case b y holdin g it a t the edge while pr essin g the cent er hole ligh tly . • Do not to uch the shin y surface of the disc o r bend the disc. • Put the disc back in it s case after u se to pr e ven t warping. • Be care ful not to scratch the s urface of the di sc when placing it back in i[...]

39 Referen ces 7 Center unit (XV-THP 7/XV-THP 3) Audio sectio n Front/ Sur roun d: 40 W per c ha nne l, RMS a t 3 Ω at 1 kHz, with 10 % to tal harmonic dis to rtio n. Center: 100 W, R M S a t 4 Ω at 1 k H z , w it h 10 % total harmon ic disto rtion. Subw oofer: 100 W, R M S a t 4 Ω a t 30 Hz, with 10 % total harmon ic disto rtion. Video se ct[...]

40 7 Satell ite speakers (For TH- P7) Front sp eakers (SP -THP7F ) Ty p e : 1 - W a y B a s s - R e f l e x Ty p e (Magnetically-shielded T ype) Speaker: 5.5 cm cone M 1 P ower Handli ng Capac ity : 40 W Impe da nce : 3 Ω Freq u ency Range: 100 Hz to 20 000 Hz Sound P ressure Le vel: 74 d B/W·m Dim ensions ( W M H M D): 280 mm M 1106 mm M 280 mm[...]

EN 0406R YMM D W JEM © 2006 Victor Company of J apan, Limited TH-P7/TH-P3 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM EN_THP7-P3[U]4.book Pa ge xliv Tuesday, April 4 , 2006 5:08 PM[...]