JVC AV-25VS21 manual

GGT0012-001C-H 0403-NIC-JMT © 2003 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. To make sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. S series: AV -21VS21 AV -21WS21 AV -25VS21 AV -29VS21 AV -29WS21 X series: AV -21VX71 AV -21W[...]

2 Safety pr ecautions W ARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION TO ENSURE PERSONAL S AFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLO WING RULES REG ARDING THE USE OF THIS TV . • Oper ate only from the pow er source specified on the TV . •A v oid damaging the pow er cord and main plug. When you unplug the TV [...]

3 Prepar ation 2 Connecting the aerial and VCR •R ead the manuals pro vided with the devices. Depending on the device , the connection method may be differ ent from the diagrams . Also the device settings may need to change depending on the connection method. •T urn off all the devices including the TV . • Connecting cables are not supplied. [...]

4 Prepar ation 3 Connecting other devices If you ar e not connecting any other devices , skip step 3 and perform step 4. • Use the headphones with a stereo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When y ou connect the headphones, the TV speak ers go off. • The OUTPUT terminal outputs the video and sound signals which you ar e viewing on the TV . Y ou c[...]

5 Prepar ation 5 SETUP TOUR When the TV is first turned on it enter s the SETUP T OUR mode , and the JVC logo is display ed. F ollow the instructions on the on-scr een display to perform the SETUP T OUR. • In case of resetting that the r eason for such as remov al, you can set the A UT O CH PRESET function on the “MENU 3” menu. F or details, [...]

6 Basic oper ation Y our remote control ma y not look e xactly lik e the illustration. MUTING BASS OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCAN SYSTEM COLOUR SOUND MENU CHANNEL RETURN + POWER DISPLA Y PIP TV/TEXT Ι / ΙΙ TV/VIDEO VOLUME 123 456 789 0 - / -- CINEMA SURROUND PICTURE BOOSTER TV ? 5 5 5 5 i 1 Press the POWER button to turn your TV [...]

7 Remote contr ol buttons and functions Cross R eference table for TV set and R emote Control AV - 2 1V S2 1 TV set AV -2 1WS2 1 A V -2 1VX7 1 AV -25V S2 1 A V -25VX71 AV -2 1WX1 1 A V -2 1YX1 1 R efer to AV -29V S2 1 A V -29VX71 AV -29WX1 1 page no. AV -29W S2 1 REMO TE CONTR OL RM-C130 1 RM-C1302 RM-C1306 RM-C13 1 0 MUTING ‡‡‡‡ 8 PICTURE [...]

8 Remote control buttons and functions MUTING button Y ou can turn the sound off instantly . Press this button. To turn the sound on, press this button again. PICTURE BOOSTER button <A V -2 1YX1 1 only> When the picture is unclear because the r eception le vel of the TV signal is low , activating the Pictur e Booster improv es the picture cla[...]

9 DISPLA Y button Y ou can continuously display the current channel number or VIDEO mode on the screen. Press this button. To turn the display off, pr ess this button again. • When selecting a VIDEO mode with no signal, indication of the VIDEO mode becomes fixed on the scr een. ECO SENSOR button Y ou can adjust this TV so that the screen automati[...]

10 PICTURE MODE button Y ou can select one of three picture adjustment settings as you lik e . Press this button to select a mode. BRIGHT : Heightens contrast and sharpness . ST ANDARD: Standardizes pictur e adjustments. SOFT : Softens contrast and sharpness . •P r essing this button returns all the picture settings in “ MENU 4 ” to their def[...]

11 Remote control buttons and functions SWAP ( ) button Y ou can swap the input source of main and sub-pictures b y this button while sub-piture is displa yed. Press this button to swap the input source of main and sub-pictures so that the image of sub-picture is displayed on main-picture and vice-versa. INPUT ( ) button Y ou can select the input s[...]

12 Remote control buttons and functions C.SYS button If the sub-picture is not clear or no colour appears , change the current colour s ystem to another colour sy stem. •P r ess this button to select the colour system. • About each selected mode , see “COLOUR S YSTEM button” on page 8. • When the input of sub-picture is changed to VIDEO m[...]

13 V iewing teletext pr ogrammes ■ Basic operation 1 Select a TV channel with a teletext programme. 2 Press the TV/TEXT button to change the TV mode to the teletext mode. The mode cy cles as follows: 3 Select a teletext page by pressing the CHANNEL –/+ button, Number buttons or coloured buttons. T o return to the TV mode , press the TV/ VIDEO b[...]

14 REVEAL ( ? ) Some teletext pages include hidden te xt (such as answer s to a quiz). Y ou can display the hidden text. Each time you press the REVEAL button, text is hidden or revealed. HOLD ( 5 5 ) Y ou can hold a teletext page on the screen for as long as you w ant, even while sev eral other teletext pages ar e being r eceiv ed. Press the HOLD [...]

15 Using the TV’ s menus This TV has a number of functions you can oper ate using the menus. T o use all your TV’s functions fully , you need to understand ho w to use the menus. ■ Basic operation 1 Press the MENU T buttons. One of the 6 menus is display ed. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON PICTURE TILT 00 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY[...]

16 Using the TV’ s menus INPUT Y ou can view images from VCRs or other devices connected to y our TV . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 1” menu, then select “INPUT”. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON PICTURE TILT 00 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I SPLAY 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or MENU / to select “VIDEO-1”, “VIDEO-2” o[...]

17 Using the TV’ s menus AUTO SHUTOFF Y ou can set your TV to turn off if no signals are r eceived for about 15 minutes or longer after the end of a broadcast. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 2” menu, then select “AUTO SHUTOFF”. MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMPONENT SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I[...]

18 VIDEO-2 SET Set the VIDEO-2 SET correctly accor ding to the video signal input from the e xternal device connected to the VIDEO-2 terminal. If this setting is incorrect, images will not be display ed. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 2” menu, then select “VIDEO-2 SET”. MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMP[...]

19 Using the TV’ s menus AI VOLUME Y ou can prevent the sudden incr ease or decrease of v olume that occurs when changing channels or switching VIDEO modes. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 5” menu, then select “AI VOLUME”. MENU 5 BASS TREBLE BALANCE AI VOLUME ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I SPLAY 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or MENU /[...]

20 MANUAL CH PRESET Y ou can manually preset desired TV channels to desired channels . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “MANUAL CH PRESET”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE ENGLISH TEXT LANGUAGE GROUP-1 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I SPLAY 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or MENU / . The sub-menu [...]

21 TEXT LANGUAGE Y ou can select one of 5 groups for X7 1 series or 3 groups for S2 1 series from the teletext language gr oups. Set the teletext language group that corr esponds to the language of the teletext pr ogramme that y ou w ant to watch. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “TEXT LANGUAGE”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESE[...]

22 FA VORITE CH SETTING Y ou can set PICTURE MODE, VNR and PICTURE EFFECT functions for the fav orite channels using F A V ORITE CH SETTING menu. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “F A VORITE CH SETTING”. MENU 6 FAVORITE CH SETTING VIDEO SETTING AI ECO SENSOR 1 AI ECO DISPLAY ON PIP SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I[...]

23 AI ECO SENSOR Y ou can enable this function so that the brightness of TV screen is automatically adjusted according to the brightness of y our r oom. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “AI ECO SENSOR”. MENU 6 FAVORITE CH SETTING VIDEO SETTING AI ECO SENSOR 1 AI ECO DISPLAY ON PIP SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I [...]

24 TV buttons and parts 4 5 3 1 2 7 8 9 0 8 7 9 0 1 3 6 45 2 12 3 4 5 9 0 7 8 - 1 Headphone jack 2 VIDEO-3 terminal 3 MENU button 4 CHANNEL m buttons 5 VOLUME m buttons 6 TV/VIDEO button 7 ECO sensor 8 Remote control sensor 9 POWER lamp 0 Main power button - SUB POWER lamp <A V -2 1YX1 1 only> When the main pow er is switched on, the PO WER l[...]

25 Basic operation Check to make sur e the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ OFF ”. When the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ ON ”, the TV cannot be operated using the fr ont control buttons. F or details, see “CHILD LOCK” on page 17. 1 Press CHANNEL –/+ to turn the TV on from standby mode. 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ to select a channel. 3 Pr[...]

26 Tr oubleshooting If there is no pictur e or the TV does not operate normally , make sure the pr oblem isn’t due to the reasons indicated belo w . If the problem per sists even after taking the measur es indicated, please contact a service technician. Cannot turn the TV on •P r ess the Main power button on the TV . • Connect the pow er cord[...]

27 Specifications TV RF systems B, G, I, D, K, M Colour systems P AL, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 MHz, NTSC 4.43 MHz Receiving channels VHF low channel (VL), VHF high channel (VH), UHF channel (U) Receives cable channels in mid band, super band and hyper band. External input / output VIDEO-1: S-video input, VIDEO input, AUDIO L/R input VIDEO-2/COMPONENT : VID[...]

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GGT0013-001A-H 0403-NIC-JMT © 2003 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. T o ma ke sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. A V -2137V1 A V -2132W1 A V -2132Y1 A V -2537V1 A V -2937V1 A V -2932W1 Contents Safety pre[...]

2 Safety pr ecautions WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION T O ENSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLO WING R ULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS TV . • Oper ate only from the pow er source specified on the TV . • A void damaging the po wer cord and main plug. When you unplug the TV ,[...]

3 Prepar ation 2 Connecting the aerial and VCR • R ead the manuals provided with the de vices. Depending on the device , the connection method may be differ ent from the diagrams . Also the device settings may need to change depending on the connection method. • T urn off all the devices including the TV . • Connecting cables are not supplied[...]

4 Prepar ation 3 Connecting other devices If you ar e not connecting any other devices , skip step 3 and perform step 4. • Use the headphones with a stereo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When y ou connect the headphones, the TV speak ers go off. • The OUTPUT terminal outputs the video and sound signals which you ar e viewing on the TV . Y ou c[...]

5 Prepar ation 5 SETUP TOUR When the TV is first turned on it enter s the SETUP T OUR mode , and the JVC logo is display ed. F ollow the instructions on the on-scr een display to perform the SETUP T OUR. • In case of resetting that the r eason for such as remov al, you can set the A UT O CH PRESET function on the “MENU 3” menu. F or details, [...]

6 Y our remote control ma y not look exactly lik e the illustration. MUTING BASS OFF TIMER ECO SENSOR PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCAN SYSTEM COLOUR SOUND MENU CHANNEL RETURN + POWER DISPLA Y PIP TV/TEXT Ι / ΙΙ TV/VIDEO VOLUME 123 456 789 0 - / -- CINEMA SURROUND PICTURE BOOSTER TV ? 5 5 5 5 i 1 Press the POWER button to turn your TV on. • If your TV[...]

7 Remote contr ol buttons and functions Cross R eference table for TV set and R emote Control A V -2 137V1 A V -2 132W1 Refer to TV SET A V -2537V1 A V -2932W1 A V -2 132Y1 page no. A V -2937V1 REMO TE CONTROL RM-C1302 RM-C1309 RM-C13 1 1 MUTING ‡‡ ‡ 8 PICTURE BOOSTER –– ‡ 8 COLOUR SYSTEM ‡‡ ‡ 8 SOUND SYSTEM ‡‡ ‡ 8 CINEMA SU[...]

8 MUTING button Y ou can turn the sound off instantly . Press this button. T o turn the sound on, press this button again. PICTURE BOOSTER button When the picture is unclear because the reception le vel of the TV signal is low , activating the Pictur e Booster improv es the picture clarity in some situations . R epeatedly press the PICTURE BOOSTER [...]

9 DISPLA Y button Y ou can continuously display the current channel number or VIDEO mode on the screen. Press this button. T o turn the displa y off, press this button again. • When selecting a VIDEO mode with no signal, indication of the VIDEO mode becomes fixed on the scr een. ECO SENSOR button Y ou can adjust this TV so that the screen automat[...]

10 CHANNEL SCAN button Y ou can quickly view all TV channels progr ammes that you can view on y our TV , and search for the pr ogramme you want to vie w . 1 Press this button to start scanning TV channels. The TV channel progr ammes are each display ed for sever al seconds. • The progr ammes of TV channels for which the SKIP function is set to ?[...]

11 PIP button Y ou can display sub-picture on top of main-picture . Press this button to display sub- picture. • When PIP button is pressed while sub-pictur e is display ed, sub-picture is closed. • When TV/TEXT button is pressed while sub-picture is displa yed, sub-picture is closed and TEXT screen is displa yed. • Only the sound for main-pi[...]

12 Remote control buttons and functions C.SYS button If the sub-picture is not clear or no colour appears , change the current colour sy stem to another colour sy stem. • Press this button to select the colour s ystem. SUB AUTO SUB PAL SUB SECAM SUB NTSC3.58 SUB NTSC4.43 • About each selected mode , see “COLOUR SYSTEM button” on page 8. •[...]

13 Viewing teletext pr ogrammes ■ Basic operation 1 Select a TV channel with a teletext programme. 2 Press the TV/TEXT button to change the TV mode to the teletext mode. The mode cy cles as follows: 3 Select a teletext page by pressing the CHANNEL –/+ button, Number buttons or coloured buttons. T o return to the TV mode , press the TV/ VIDEO bu[...]

14 REVEAL ( ? ) Some teletext pages include hidden te xt (such as answer s to a quiz). Y ou can display the hidden text. Each time you press the REVEAL button, text is hidden or revealed. HOLD ( 5 5 ) Y ou can hold a teletext page on the screen for as long as you w ant, even while sev eral other teletext pages ar e being receiv ed. Press the HOLD b[...]

15 ■ Basic operation 1 Press the MENU T buttons. One of the 6 menus is display ed. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON PICTURE TILT 00 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y 2 Repeatedly press the MENU T buttons to display a desired menu. • If you hold do wn the y button, the next menu is display ed. • If the selected function is on t[...]

16 Using the TV’ s menus INPUT Y ou can view images from VCRs or other devices connected to y our TV . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 1” menu, then select “INPUT”. MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON PICTURE TILT 00 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or MENU / to select “VIDEO-1”, “VIDEO-2” o[...]

17 Using the TV’ s menus AUTO SHUTOFF Y ou can set your TV to turn off if no signals are r eceived for about 15 minutes or longer after the end of a broadcast. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 2” menu, then select “AUTO SHUTOFF”. MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMPONENT SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D I[...]

18 VIDEO-2 SET Set the VIDEO-2 SET correctly accor ding to the video signal input from the e xternal device connected to the VIDEO-2 terminal. If this setting is incorrect, images will not be display ed. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 2” menu, then select “VIDEO-2 SET”. MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMP[...]

19 AUTO CH PRESET Y ou can automatically preset all TV channels that can be receiv ed by your TV to channels. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “AUTO CH PRESET”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE ENGLISH TEXT LANGUAGE GROUP-3 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y 2 Press CHANNEL –/+ or M[...]

20 MANUAL CH PRESET Y ou can manually preset desired TV channels to desired channels . 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “MANUAL CH PRESET”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE ENGLISH TEXT LANGUAGE GROUP-1 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLA Y 2 Press MENU / . The sub-menu is display ed. MA[...]

21 TEXT LANGUAGE Y ou can select one of 5 teletext language groups . Set the teletext language gr oup that corresponds to the language of the telete xt progr amme that you want to w atch. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 3” menu, then select “TEXT LANGUAGE”. MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET SETUP TOUR LANGUAGE ENGLISH TEXT LANGUAGE[...]

22 F A VORITE CH SETTING Y ou can set PICTURE MODE, VNR and PICTURE EFFECT functions for the fav orite channels using F A V ORITE CH SETTING menu. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “F A VORITE CH SETTING”. MENU 6 FAVORITE CH SETTING VIDEO SETTING AI ECO SENSOR 1 AI ECO DISPLAY ON PIP SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D [...]

23 AI ECO SENSOR Y ou can enable this function so that the brightness of TV screen is automatically adjusted according to the brightness of your r oom. 1 Press MENU T to display the “MENU 6” menu, then select “AI ECO SENSOR”. MENU 6 FAVORITE CH SETTING VIDEO SETTING AI ECO SENSOR 1 AI ECO DISPLAY ON PIP SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISP[...]

24 TV buttons and parts 4 5 3 1 2 7 8 9 0 IN ( VIDEO-3 ) V L /MONO R MENU – CHANNEL + – VOLUME + EXIT POWER 8 7 9 0 1 3 6 45 2 IN ( VIDEO-3 ) V L /MONO R MENU EXIT TV/VIDEO – CHANNEL + – VOLUME + POWER 12 3 4 5 9 0 7 8- SUB <A V -2937V1/A V -2932W1> <A V -2 132Y1> <A V -2 137V1/A V -2537V1> 4 5 3 7 8 9 0 MENU – CHANNEL +[...]

25 Basic operation Check to make sur e the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ OFF ” . When the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ ON ”, the TV cannot be operated using the fr ont control buttons. F or details, see “CHILD LOCK” on page 17. 1 Press CHANNEL – /+ to turn the TV on from standby mode. 2 Press CHANNEL – /+ to select a channel. 3[...]

26 T roubleshooting If there is no pictur e or the TV does not operate normally , make sur e the problem isn’t due to the reasons indicated belo w . If the problem per sists even after taking the measur es indicated, please contact a service technician. Cannot turn the TV on • Press the Main po wer button on the TV . • Connect the pow er cord[...]

27 Specifications TV RF systems B, G, I, D, K, M Colour systems P AL, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 MHz, NTSC 4.43 MHz Receiving channels VHF low channel (VL), VHF high channel (VH), UHF channel (U) Receives cable channels in mid band, super band and hyper band. External input / output VIDEO-1: S-video input, VIDEO input, AUDIO L/R input VIDEO-2/COMPONENT : VID[...]

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