JVC TH-L1 Bedienungsanleitung

GVT0206-006B [US, U N, U G, U J, UB, UH , A] DIGIT AL MEDIA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS TH-L1 Consists of AX-THL1, SP-THL1W , SP-THL1F , SP-THL1C and SP-THL1S TH-L1[U].book Page i Friday, July 13, 2007 2:22 PM[...]

G-1 CAUT IO N— b utto n! Discon nect the m ains plug t o shut the power off completely (the ST ANDBY lamp goes o f f). When installi ng the app aratus, ensure that the plug is ea sily accessible. The bu tton in an y position do es not discon nect the mains line. • When the system is on standby , th e ST ANDBY lamp lights red. • When the syste[...]

1 Introduction ........................................... 2 Notes on h andling ......................................................... 2 Supplied accessories ...................................................... 2 About files .............................................. 3 Playable file types for the USB MEMORY ................ 3 Index of part[...]

2 Introduc t ion 7 Important caut ions Inst allation of the system • S elect a place which is leve l, dr y and neithe r too hot no r too cold; between 5°C a nd 35°C. • L eave sufficient di stance between t he sys tem and the TV . • Do not use the system in a pla ce subject to vibra t ion. Power co rd • Do not ha ndle the power cor d with [...]

3 About file s For al l playable fil es • The system ca n only recognize and play files with one of the follo wing extensio ns, regardles s of the let ter case— uppe r/l ower : MP3: <.MP3>, <.mp3> WMA: < .WMA>, <.w m a> WA V : <.W A V>, <.W A VE>, < .wav>, <.wave > JPEG: <.J PG>, <.JPEG &[...]

4 Index of par ts and controls The n umbers in the figures indica te the pages wh ere the details o f t he parts a re described. Front panel ( center unit ) Display window 28 17 22 28 18 13 12 12 26 20 12 12 Remo te se nsor : 6 13 17 16 16 16 17 16, 20, 22, 25 20, 23 22 20, 23 16 TH-L1[U].book Page 4 Friday, July 13, 2007 2:22 PM[...]

5 Index of par ts and controls Rear pane l (c enter unit ) 11 7 13 9, 10, 11 9, 10, 11 10, 11 10 9, 10, 11 TH-L1[U].book Page 5 Friday, July 13, 2007 2:22 PM[...]

6 Index of par ts and controls 7 Putting ba tteries in the remote control If th e ran ge or eff ectiveness of the re mote con trol decr eases, repl ace b ot h batte ri es. CAUTIO N • D o not expose batteries to heat or f lame. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remo te contr ol directly to the r emot e sensor of the cent er uni [...]

7 Conn ec tions CAUTIO N • If you connect speakers other than the supplied ones, use sp eakers of the same spea ker impedance (SPEAKER IMPEDANCE) indi c ate d on th e rear of the center un it. • D O NOT con nect more tha n one speaker to on e speaker termin al. • When in stalling the satellite speakers on the wall; – Be sure to have them in[...]

8 Connec tions T o obta i n the best possib le sound from this sys t em, yo u need to place all the speakers excep t the su bwoof er at the same dist ance from t he list ening p osition . If your speakers cannot be place d at the same distanc e from the listening position Y ou can ad just the d elay time o f the speakers. See “Delay men u (DELA Y[...]

9 Connec tions • Y ou can get better picture quality in the or d er — HDMI > Componen t video > S-video > Composite video. • Distortion of p icture may occur when c onnecting the TV via a V CR, or to a TV with a built-in V CR. • Y ou need t o s et “ MONITOR TYPE” in the PI CTURE men u correctly acco rding to the aspect ra tio o[...]

10 Connec tions 7 To co nnect the video co mpone nts f or the so urce of VIDEO 1 • Y ou can get better picture quality in the or d er — HDMI > Componen t video > S-video > Composite video. NOTE • Un ify the way of TV connection and that o f video component’s (for example, connect a video component through S-VIDEO jack when TV is co[...]

11 Connec tions 7 To co nnect the video co mpone nts f or the so urce of VIDEO 2 • Y ou can get better picture quality in the or d er — HDMI > Componen t video > S-video > Composite video. NOTE • Un ify the way of TV connection and that o f video component’s (for example, connect a video component through S-VIDEO jack when TV is co[...]

12 Connec tions 7 To co nnect the video co mpone nts f or the so urce of VIDEO 3 • Y ou can get better pictur e quality in the order — S-video > Composite video . NOTE • Un ify the way of TV connection and that o f video component’s (for example, connect a video component through S-VIDEO jack when TV is connect ed through S- VIDEO jack).[...]

13 Connec tions Y ou can co nnect a USB mass sto rage class device such a s a USB flash memory device, hard dis k drive, m u ltimedia card reader , digital camera, etc . to this system. • After connecting a US B mass st orag e class device to this system a nd s electing USB MEM ORY as t he sour c e, the file con t ro l display appears on the T V [...]

14 Operating the TV and DVD play er NOTE • Man ufacturers’ codes are subject to change without notice. 7 To set th e manu factu rer’s co de 1 Press and hold T V . Press a nd hold the butto n until step 3 is finished. 2 Press E N TER. 3 Press n um ber bu tto ns (1 - 9, 0) to enter the manufac turer’ s code (2 digits). Exa mp les : For a n AK[...]

15 Operating the TV and DVD player 7 To set th e manu factu rer’s co de 1 Press and hold DVD . Press a nd hold the butto n until step 3 is finished. 2 Press E N TER. 3 Press number butt on s (1 - 9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’ s co d e (2 digits). Examp les: Fo r a MAGN A V OX D VD play er : Pr ess 0 , then 5 . Fo r a P ANAS ONIC D VD play er[...]

16 Basi c operations • The icon suc h as shows the file types the oper ation is av ai l ab le f or. On the re mote contro l: Press A UDIO . On the center unit: Press . NOTE • A sm all amount of power is consumed even when the power is turned off. This is called st andby mode and the STAN DBY lamp lights in th is mode. Unplug the power cord from[...]

17 Basic operations CAUTIO N • Alw ays s e t t he vo lume to mi nimu m l ev el b efo re s tar ti ng any source . If the vo lume i s set a t a high level, the sudden b l ast of sound may d amag e your hea rin g and/ or blow o ut the sp ea ke rs. On the remot e control: Pr ess A UDIO VOL UME +/–. On the center unit : Pr ess VOL UME +/–. CAUTIO [...]

18 Basic operations 1 Press SPK LEVEL to sho w the target speaker indication on the display w indow . Each time yo u press the butto n, t he indica tion of the spea kers changes a s follows: 2 Press +/– to adjust the output level f rom – 6 to +6 w hil e s pea ker indic ation is di splayed. NOTE • You can also make adjustments by using the set[...]

19 Opera tions fo r iP od CAUTIO N • B efore selecting the vide o source to pla y , m ake the appr opriat e setting for video out p ut o n the iPod. Compati ble iPod ty pes: * 2 Only fo r still pictu re. • I f the iPod does not play correctly, update your iPod Software to the late st version. For detail s about updating y our iPod, check on the[...]

20 Operations for iP od T o turn ON/OFF the char ge mode 7 Whil e “ iP od ” is selected as a source 1 Display t h e current c harge mode. On the remote con trol: Press and hold 7 fo r 2 se conds. On th e cen ter u nit: P ress and hol d iPod/US B MEMORY CO N T RO L 7 for 2 s e co nd s . The curr ent char ge mode appears on the displa y window . [...]

21 Operati ons for USB ME MORY • The icon suc h as shows the file types the oper ation is av ai l ab le f or. When “U SB MEMOR Y ” is selected a s the sourc e, the following messa ges will appear on the TV screen. CAUTIO N • Alw ays set volu me to t he m ini mum le vel w h en c onne c tin g or disconnecting th e other equipmen t . • You c[...]

22 Operations for USB MEMORY Basic playback for USB MEMORY 7 To play a file in a USB mass storage cl ass device 1 C on nect a USB mass storage class devic e (see pa ge 13) while the sy stem is turned off. 2 T urn on the sy stem . (See page 16.) 3 Selec t “USB MEMORY” as the source . (S ee page 16.) 4 Start playback. On the remote con trol: P re[...]

23 Operations for USB MEMORY F a st-for ward/fast-reverse search Press 1 or y du ring pla yback. Ea ch t ime you p ress t he button , th e s earch speed chan ges (x2, x5, x10, x20, x60). To re turn t o norma l speed play back Press USB ME MOR Y 6 on the remo te con trol. NOTE • When a M P3/WMA /WAV file is played back, so und is intermitt ent and[...]

24 Operations for USB MEMORY Using the on-screen bar Y ou can ch e ck file informa tion through the on - scr een bar . 7 Showing the on-sc reen bar Pr ess ON SCREEN. Each time y ou pres s the butt on, the on- screen bar ch anges as fo llows o n t he TV screen. Example: During ASF p layback 7 Contents of the on-screen bar during pla yback 1 Sh ow s [...]

25 Operations for USB MEMORY Resuming playback Wh en Resume P l a yback is set t o “O N” (see page 31) and yo u stop playback b y the follo wing opera tions, the positio n w here playback has be en stopp ed is stored. ( “ RESUME ” appear s on the displa y window .) • T ur ni ng of f t he pow er (s e e p age 16) • Pressing 7 once • Cha[...]

26 Operations for USB MEMORY Repeating play b ack When using the R EPEAT but ton: Pr ess REPEA T . Exa mp le: Each t ime you press REPEA T , th e Rep e at mod e ch anges. Disp lay window TV s cr ee n M ean in gs 1 Repeats the curr ent tra ck/file s. REPEA T TRACK Repeats the curr ent grou p. REPEA T GROUP ALL Rep eats al l tr acks/ f ile s. REPEA T[...]

27 Operations for surround mode Y ou can enjo y more r ealistic sound field than a st ereo soun d by us ing the surrou nd mode. • Th e sur round mo des are al so av ail able for ex ter na l component s. 7 Auto Surround (AUTO SURROUND) This function a utom atically selects the app ropria te surro und mode accord ing to the incoming sign a ls. Fo r[...]

28 Oper ati ons f or surr ound mo de 7 DSP • ST ADIU M ST ADIU M mode adds cla r ity a nd spr eads the sound , like in an out door st adiu m. • All Ch annel Ster eo All Channel S tereo (ALL CH ST EREO) mode can rep roduce a larg er stereo so und field using all the co nnected (and activa ted) speakers. All Channel S tereo can be used while repr[...]

29 Setting preferences • Y ou ca n change the la nguage used in the setup menus. See “M enu descri ption ” below . NOTE • Y ou can use SET UP menu only when the sour ce is USB MEMORY. Bas ic op erat ion on the s etup me nus 7 Wh ile st opped 1 Press SET UP. 2 F ollow the instructions tha t appear on the T V screen. : Langu age menu (L ANGUA[...]

30 Setting preferences 7 FILE TYPE Wh en se ve ral types of fi les a re rec ord ed on a device , you can sel ect which files to p lay . •A U D I O Select this to pla y MP3/WMA/W A V files. • STILL P ICTURE Select this to play JP EG files. •V I D E O Select this to pla y MPEG-1/MP EG-2/ASF files. : Audi o menu (A UDIO ) 7 D. RANGE COMPRESSION [...]

31 Setting preferences : Other sett ing menu (O THERS) 7 RESUME (See page 25.) Y ou can activa te or deactiva te Resume Pla y back function. 7 ON SCREEN GUIDE Y ou can activa te or deactiva te the on-screen gu ide icons. (See page 23.) Y ou can set the analog or digital a udio inp ut terminal to use with the sour ce of VIDEO 1-3. NOTE • B efore y[...]

32 References T roubleshoot ing PRO BLEM POS SIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION POW ER P owe r d oes not co me on. The power cord is not co nnected. Connect the power co rd correctly . (See p age 13.) The sy stem sudde nly turns o f f. The pla yback level of the curren t sour ce is too high. Play back the so urce with lo wer volum e le vel. REMOTE CO N T R O L T[...]

33 Refer ences 7 Center unit Output po wer Front/ Sur roun d: 4 0 W per cha nnel , RMS a t 3 Ω at 1 kHz, with 10% to tal harmonic dis tortio n. Center: 100 W, R M S a t 4 Ω at 1 k Hz , w i t h 10% total harmo nic distortion . Subw oofer: 100 W, R M S a t 4 Ω at 30 Hz , with 10% total harmo nic distortion . Audio sectio n Analog In put VIDEO 1[...]

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