JVC AV 27230 manual

COLOR TELEVISION USER'S GUIDE For models: A V -27D302 A V -27D202 A V -20D202 A V -27230 Illustration of A V -27D302 and RM-C303G IMPORT ANT NO TE T O THE CUSTOMER In the spaces below , enter the model and serial number of your television (located at the rear of the television cabinet). Staple your sales r eceipt or invoice to the inside cover[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS TV SET TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CA UTION: TO INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLOWING RULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS UNIT . 1 . Operate only from the power sour ce specified on the unit. 2. A void damaging the AC plug and power cord. 3. Avoid Impr ope[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS CA UTION: Please read and retain for y our safety . Electrical energy can perfor m many useful functions. This TV set has been engineered and manufactured to assur e your personal safety . But improper use can result in poten- tial electrical shock or fire hazar ds. In order not to defeat the safeguar ds incorporated in this[...]

7 An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or wher e it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extr eme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or cir cuits as contact with them might be fatal[...]

13 For added protection of the TV set during a lightning storm or when the TV set is to be left unattended for an extended period of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna. This will prevent damage to pr oduct due to lightning stor ms or power line surges. 14 A TV set and car t combination should be moved with care. Quick s[...]

MENU POWER ON TIMER – CHANNEL + – VOLUME + OPERATE POWER DISPLAY SLEEP TIMER LIGHT BBE VIDEO STATUS INPUT 1 7 4 100+ 3 9 6 RETURN+ MUTING MENU V CHIP EXIT 2 8 0 5 + CH VOL VOL + CH REC STOP PAUSE PLAY FF REW TV CATV DVD VCR VCR CHANNEL TV/VCR VCR/ DVD POWER PREV NEXT OPEN/CLOSE STILL/PAUSE RM-C303G HYPER SURROUND TV T wo AA Batteries 1 T elevis[...]

7 Slide the cover on the back of the remote down towards the bottom of the remote control. Insert two batteries (included) carefully noting the “+” and “–” markings, placing the “–” end in the unit first. Slide the cover back into place. Getting Started These quick setup pages will provide you, in three easy steps, with the basic in[...]

8 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 1 INPUT 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO OVER AUDIO OUT L R R R AUDIO 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 2 VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT L R R INPUT 1 S-VIDEO VIDEO OVER R AUDIO WA LL CABLE or ANTENNA OUT 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 1 INPUT 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO OVER AUDIO OUT L R R R AUDIO 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPU[...]

9 ST OP The Quick Setup is complete Quic k Setup 3 Press the M ENU button on the remote control. Press the  ❷ buttons to move to AUTO TUNER SETUP Press the ➛❿ buttons to begin AUTO TUNER SETUP ➛❿ T o choose CABLE (if you are connected to a cable system) or AIR (if you use an antenna)  ❷ T o move to ST ART ➛❿ T o start Auto T u[...]

T able of Contents Quick Setup Guide ....7 CONNECTIONS Cable and VCR Connections .......1 1 Connecting to a DVD Player .......1 3 Headphone Connection .........1 3 Connecting to an External Amplifier . . . 14 Connecting to a Camcorder .......1 4 GETTING ST ARTED Remote Control Remote Control Basics .....1 5 Changing the Batteries .....1 5 Remote Pr[...]

Connections Cable and VCR Connections 11 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 1 INPUT 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO OVER AUDIO OUT L R R R AUDIO 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 2 VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO AUDIO OUT L R R INPUT 1 S-VIDEO VIDEO OVER R AUDIO VCR IN W ALL CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR 1) Connect the antenna or cable TV wire from the wall outlet, to the [...]

Connections 12 The connection diagrams are intended to show some basic general connections. Some cable companies may require special connections to pr operly use your tele vision. If you follo w these diagrams and the television does not work pr operly , contact your local cab le operator for more connection inf ormation. Cable and VCR Connections [...]

Connections 13 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 1 INPUT 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO OVER AUDIO OUT L R R R AUDIO 75 Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT 1 S-VIDEO VIDEO OVER AUDIO OUT L R R INPUT 2 VIDEO/Y COMPONENT VIDEO R AUDIO D VD Player Y P B P R AUDIO OUT R L Green Blue Red 1) Connect Green cable out from DVD player “Y” Component Output, in to TV “Y?[...]

Connections 14 1) Connect the yellow video cable out from the Camcorder’s Video Output, in to the TV’s Video Input jack. 2) Connect the white audio cable out from the Camcorder ’s Left Audio Output, in to the TV’ s Left Audio Input Jack. 3) Connect the red audio cable out from the Camcorder ’s Right Audio Output, in to the TV’ s Right A[...]

POWER DISPLAY SLEEP TIMER LIGHT BBE VIDEO STATUS INPUT 1 7 4 100+ 3 9 6 RETURN+ MUTING MENU V CHIP EXIT 2 8 0 5 + CH VOL VOL + CH REC STOP PAUSE PLAY FF REW TV CATV DVD VCR VCR CHANNEL TV/VCR VCR/ DVD POWER PREV NEXT OPEN/CLOSE STILL/PAUSE RM-C303G HYPER SURROUND TV Remote Control 15 Before you can operate the remote control, you must first install[...]

Remote Programming 16 Setting the CA TV , VCR and D VD Codes Y ou can program your remote to operate your cable box, satellite receiver , VCR or DVD player by using the instructions and codes listed below . If the equipment does not respond to any of the codes listed below or to the code search function, use the remote control supplied by the manuf[...]

Remote Programming 17 Admiral Aiwa Akai Audio Dynamic Bell & Howell Broksonic Canon CCE Citizen Craig Curtis Mathes Daewoo DBX Dimensia Emerson Fisher Funai G.E. Go Video Goldstar Hitachi Gradiente Instant Replay Jensen 035 027, 032, 095 029, 072, 073, 074 003, 005 063, 071 020, 026, 094 023, 025 043 064 063, 029, 064 045, 024, 027, 093 043, 05[...]

Remote Programming 18 D VD codes Aiwa Ape x Denon Hitachi JVC K enwood K onka Mitsubishi Onkyo Oritron P anasonic Philips Pioneer 043 040 020, 037 030, 031 000 035 039 025 041 044 020 023, 036 022 D VD Player CODES Raite RCA Sampo Samsung Shar p Silvania Sony T echnics T oshiba Wav e Y amaha Zenith 033 021, 026 034 030 028 038 024, 045, 046, 047 02[...]

T o bring up the onscreen menu , press the M ENU button on the remote control. The item that appears in yellow is the one currently selected. I f you use the Menu button on the TV’s front panel instead of the remote, an additional menu screen showing channel number and input will appear . Notes: Menus shown in this book are illustrations, not exa[...]

20 Initial Setup A uto T uner Setup In Auto T uner Setup, the TV automatically scans through all available channels, memorizing the active ones and skipping over blank ones or channels with weak signals. This means when you scan (using the C HANNEL +/- buttons) you will receive only clear , active channels. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o AUTO T[...]

21 Initial Setup Channel Summary Channel Summary allows you to customize the line-up of channels received by your TV . Y ou can add or delete channels from the line-up or prevent any unauthorized viewers from watching any or all 181 channels. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o CHANNEL SUMMARY ➛❿ T o operate The Channel Summary screen (below) wi[...]

22 V -Chip Y our TV is equipped with V -Chip technology which enables TV Parental Guidelines (for United States and Canada) and Movie (MP AA) Guideline controls. V -Chip technology allows you to pro- gram your TV to receive, or not to receive, programs based on content according to the guidelines. Programs which exceed the ratings limits you set wi[...]

23 V -Chip • V/FV is for VIOLENCE/F ANT ASY VIOLENCE • S stands for SEXUAL CONTENT • L stands for strong LANGUAGE • D stands for suggestive DIALOG Viewing Guidelines US V -Chip Ratings U.S. P ARENT AL RA TING SYSTEMS Programs with the following ratings ar e appropriate for childr en. ❒ TV Y is Appropriate for All Children. Programs are cr[...]

V -Chip 24 Line up the cursor in the column (TV PG, TV G, etc.) with the content row (V/FV , S, etc.) and press the  or ❷ to move the cursor to the correct location. Press ➛ or ❿ to turn the locking feature on or off. An item is locked if the icon appears instead of a “—” . For example. T o block viewing of all TV 14 shows, move t[...]

V -Chip 25 Setting ratings with the V -Chip button Example 2: If you want to set your V -Chip settings to block all programming above a current setting such as TV PG-V (with violence): Press Z ERO when TV -PG - V is displayed All Programming above TV PG - V (with Violence) will be blocked. T o access Rating information about a certain program, pres[...]

26 V -Chip ❒ NR - Not Rated. This is a film which has no rating. In many cases these films were imported from countries which do not use the MP AA ratings system. Other NR films may be from amateur producers who didn’t intend to have their film widely released. NR (Not Rated) Programming ma y contain all types of programming including children&[...]

27 V -Chip ❒ E - Exempt. Exempt programming includes: news, sports, documentaries and other information programming, talk shows, music videos, and variety programming. ❒ C – Pr ogramming Intended for Children. Violence Guidelines: There will be no realistic scenes of violence. Depictions of aggressive behavior will be infrequent and limited t[...]

28 V -Chip Unrated Programs Notes About Unrated Programs: Unrated programming refers to any programming which does not contain a rating signal. Programming on television stations which do not broadcast rating signals will be placed in the “Unrated Programming" category . Examples of Unrated programs: Emergency Bulletins Locally Originated Pr[...]

29 V -Chip Set Lock Code Channel Guard and V -Chip settings are protected by a four-digit Lock Code. Y our TV comes pre-set with a Lock Code of "0000". Y ou may change the code to any four-digit number you wish. T o change the Lock Code, follow the steps below . Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o SET LOCK CODE ➛❿ T o operate The lock [...]

Picture Settings 30 Tint Color Picture Bright Detail T int allows you to adjust the levels of red and green in your TV picture.  ❷ T o TINT ❿ T o increase the levels of green ➛ T o increase the levels of red  ❷ T o move to the next setting The color function lets you make all the colors in the TV picture appear either more vivid or su[...]

Picture Settings 31 Noise Muting Set Video Status With Set Video Status, you can save your own set of picture quality adjustments as “Choice” and have access to them at the touch of a button. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o SET VIDEO ST A TUS ➛❿ T o operate ➛❿ T o set the TINT levels  ❷ T o move to the next option Repeat these s[...]

32 Sound Settings Y ou can increase or decrease the level of low-frequency sound in the TV’s audio with the Bass adjustment. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o BASS ❿ T o increase the bass ➛ T o decrease the bass  ❷ T o move to the next setting Use Treble to adjust the level of high-frequency sound in your TV’ s audio. Press the M ENU [...]

33 General Items MTS technology allows several audio signals to be broadcast at once, giving you a choice in what you wish to hear with a TV program. In addition to mono or stereo sound, an MTS broadcast may also include a Second Audio Program (SAP) . Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o MTS ➛❿ Select the mode (The ON AIR arrow tells you if a bro[...]

General Items 34 A uto Clock Set Before you use any of your TV’s timer functions, you must first set the clock. Y ou may precisely set your clock using the XDS time signal broadcast by most Public Broadcasting stations. T o set the clock using the XDS signal: Enter the channel number of your local PBS station Press M ENU  ❷ T o SET CLOCK ➛[...]

General Items 35 T o set your clock manually (without using the XDS signal), choose MANUAL from the Set Clock menu and follow the steps below .  ❷ T o SET CLOCK ➛❿ T o operate ➛❿ T o MANUAL  ❷ T o move to the hour ➛❿ T o set the hour  ❷ T o move to minutes ➛❿ T o set the minutes  ❷ T o move to ST ART CLOCK ➛❿[...]

General Items The On/Off timer lets you program your television to turn itself on or of f. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up, to help you remember important programs, or as a decoy when you're not home. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o ON/OFF TIMER ➛❿ T o operate (begins with ON TIME) ➛❿ T o set the hour (AM/PM) you want the TV [...]

General Items Use this function to display the Closed Captioning text onscreen (when included in a broadcast). Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o CLOSED CAPTION ➛❿ T o operate ➛❿ T o select CAPTION, TEXT , or OFF  ❷ T o move to CAPTION or TEXT ➛❿ T o select a caption (CC1 to CC4) or text channel (T1 to T4)  ❷ T o accept that s[...]

General Items 38 Backgr ound This feature inserts either a black or clear background behind the onscreen menu displays. Press the M ENU button  ❷ T o BACKGROUND ➛❿ T o turn Background to BLACK or CLEAR E XIT when finished BA CKGROUND BLACK CLEAR Get the best quality video from your DVD player by using this setting and the DVD inputs at the[...]

The M ENU button allows you to access JVC’ s onscreen menu system. Press M ENU to activate the onscreen menu system. • See individual topics (like “Sound Settings) for specific information on using menus. Press the E XIT button to leave a menu screen. Menu Exit Display • Please note that if the Clock, Sleep Timer or On/Of f T imer are not s[...]

Button Functions 40 Video Status Sleep Timer Hyper Surround Muting The V IDEO S TA TUS button gives you a choice of three TV picture display settings, including a display of your own preferences. Standard - Resets the picture display to the factory settings. Choice - Displays the setting levels you specified on the "Set Video Status" Menu[...]

Use the 100+ button to directly access channels above Channel 99. For example to move to channel 124, press 100+, 2 ( tw o), 4 ( fou r) . 100+ Button Return+ Input Selects the signal input source for the television: TV (for Antenna or Cable) or Video1, 2, or 3 for video devices like VCR’s, DVD players, or camcorders. I NPUT TV VIDEO-1 VIDEO-2 VID[...]

42 Button Functions Light (A vailable on RM-C303G and RM-C304) Y our remote control includes illuminated buttons for key features like C HANNEL +/- and V OLUME +/-. Press the L IGHT button to turn the illumination on. D VD Buttons VCR Buttons TV/CA TV Switch VCR/D VD Switch Y ou can also use this remote control to operate the basic functions of you[...]

T roubleshooting There is no power There is no pictur e or sound Y ou cannot select a certain channel The power turns off by itself The clock is wrong The color quality is poor The On Timer is blinking There ar e lines across the pictur e The picture is spotted There ar e double pictures (ghosts) Picture is snowy (image noise) Screen is 80% black S[...]

44 W arranty JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONL Y TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER A T RET AIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MA TERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period shown below (the “W arranty Period”) (PICTURE TUBE is covered for T wo (2) years.) T[...]

7) Accessories; 8) Batteries (except that Rec hargeable Batteries are co vered for 90 days from date of pur- chase.) There are no express warranties except as listed abo ve . THE DURA TION OF ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED W ARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABIL TY , IS LIMITED T O THE DURA TION OF THE EXPRESS W ARRANTY HEREIN. JVC SHALL NO T BE[...]

46 Authorized Service Centers QUALITY SERVICE T OLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www .jvc.com HO W T O LOCA TE Y OUR JVC SER VICE CENTER Dear Customer , In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase, please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the event that repairs are necessary , please call 1 (800) 537-5722 [...]

Search Codes Cable/Satellite Sear ch Codes Function: 1) Slide the first 2-Way Mode Selector switch to CA TV . 2) Press the TV P OWER and R ETURN + buttons. Hold for at least three seconds and release. 3) Press TV P OWER , see if the CA TV or Satellite box responds. 4) If there was a response, press R ETURN +. The operating codes are now set. If the[...]

JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA Division of JVC Americas Corp. 1700 V alley Road W ayne, New Jersey , 07470 JVC CANADA, INC. 21 Finchdene Square Scarborough, Ontario Canada, M1X 1A7 Specifications MODEL A V -20D202 A V -27230 A V -27D202 A V -27D302 Reception Format Reception Range Power Consumption Screen Size Audio Output Speakers Antenna T erminal Exter[...]