JVC FS-P550 manual

COMPACT COMPONENT SYSTEM SYSTEME DE COMPOSANTS COMPACT FS-P550 —Consists of CA-FSP550 and SP-UXP550 —Composé CA-FSP550 et SP-UXP550 INSTRUCTIONS MANUEL D’INSTRUCTIONS GVT0130-001A [C] SUPER VIDEO g English Fran çais[...]

G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Others Mises en garde, pr écautions et indications diverses 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. ATTENTION Afin d ’éviter tout risque d’électrocution, d’incendie, etc.: 1 Ne pas enlever les vis n[...]

G-2 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 limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not[...]

G-3 1 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2 CAUTION : Do not open the top cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside the Unit; leave all servicing to qualified service personnel. 3 CAUTION : Visible and invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated. Avoid direct exposure to beam. 4 REPRODUCTION OF LABEL: CAUTION LABEL, PLACED INSIDE[...]

1 English Contents Introduction .......................................................................... 2 Precautions ............................................................................. 2 How to Read This Manual ...................................................... 2 Getting Started ....................................................[...]

2 English Introduction Precautions Installation • Install in a place which is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold—between 5°C and 35°C (41°F and 95°F). • Install the System in a location with adequate ventilation to prevent internal heat buildup inside the System. • Leave sufficient distance between the System and the TV. • Ke[...]

3 English Getting Started Step 1 : Unpack After unpacking, check to be sure that you have all the following items. The number in parentheses indicates the quantity of each piece supplied. • FM antenna (1) • AM loop antenna (1) • Composite video cord (1) • Remote control (1) • Batteries (2) If any item is missing, consult your dealer immed[...]

4 English Step 3 : Hook Up If you need more detailed information, see page 6. TV AUX DECODER LEFT RIGHT AUDIO OUT OPTICAL DIGITAL IN AV COMPU LINK VIDEO INPUT VIDEO INPUT VIDEO INPUT Y P B P R Illustrations of the input/output terminals below ar e typical examples. When you connect other components, r efer also to their manuals since the terminal n[...]

5 English LOW HIGH Y P B P R S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO OUT FM antenna (supplied) Extend it so that you can obtain the best reception. AM loop antenna (supplied) T urn it until the best reception is obtained. AM loop antenna K eep it connected. Vinyl-co vered wire (not supplied) Extend it horizontally . Disconnect the supplied FM antenna, and connect to a[...]

6 English T o connect the AM loop antenna • If the AM loop antenna wire or speaker cords are covered with vinyl, remo ve the vin yl to expose the tip of the antenna by twisting the vinyl. • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cord. Also, keep the antennas away from metallic parts of the [...]

7 English Before Operating the System Playable Disc T ypes This unit has been designed to play back the following discs: In addition to the above discs, this System can play back audio data recorded on CD T ext, CD-G (CD Graphics), and CD-Extra. • The follo wing discs cannot be played back: D VD-R OM, DVD-RAM, D VD+R, DVD+R W , CD-I (CD-I Ready),[...]

8 English Display Indicators The indications on the display teach you a lot of things while y ou are operating the System. Befor e operating the System, be familiar with when and how the indicator illuminates on the display . 1 Rhythm Ax indicator • Lights when Rhythm Ax is acti v ated. 2 Daily Timer indicators • : lights when Daily T imer stan[...]

9 English Indications on the main display while operating a disc • If Resume is turned “ON” (see page 33), “RESUME” appears when you stop playback. While playing back a disc: While disc play is stopped: • D VD V ideo: • By pressing DISPLA Y , you can show the current title and chapter numbers for a few seconds. • D VD V ideo: • D [...]

10 English Daily Operations —Playback 1 Turn on the power. The STANDBY/ON lamp on the main unit lights in green. • Without pressing STANDBY/ON , the System turns on by pressing one of the source selecting buttons in the next step. 2 Select the source. Playback automatically starts if the selected source is ready to start. • If you press AUX, [...]

11 English Listening to the Radio To select the band (FM or AM) To tune in to a station While FM or AM is selected... Frequency starts changing on the display. When a station (frequency) with sufficient signal strength is tuned in, the frequency stops changing. • When you repeatedly press the button, the frequency changes step by step. To stop se[...]

12 English Playing Back a Disc Before operating a disc, be familiar how a disc is recorded. • DVD Video comprises of “ Titles ” which includes “ Chapters ,” DVD Audio/MP3/WMA/JPEG comprise of “ Groups ” which includes “ Tracks ,” and CD/SVCD/VCD comprise of only “ Tracks .” • For JPEG playback, see “Operations on the CONTR[...]

13 English To locate an item directly You can select a title/chapter/track directly and start playback. • For DVD Video, you can select a title before starting playback , while you can select a chapter after starting playback . To use 3D Phonic While playing... • The selected mode can only be shown on the TV. To play back using the disc menu 7 [...]

14 English Daily Operations —Sound & Other Adjustments Adjusting the Volume You can adjust the volume level from level 0 (VOL MIN) to level 50 (VOL MAX). To drop the volume in a moment Adjusting the Sound To emphasize rhythm feeling—RHYTHM AX This function emphasizes bass attack feeling, and also changes the subwoofer level. To adjust the t[...]

15 English Presetting Automatic DVD Video Sound Increase Level The DVD Video sound is sometimes recorded at a lower level than for other discs and sources. You can set the increase level for the currently loaded DVD Video, so you do not have to adjust the volume every time you change the source. • Once the current DVD is ejected, this setting is [...]

16 English 3 Adjust the parameter. 4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 to adjust other parameters. To erase the screen, press VFP again while holding SHIFT. Setting the Clock Without setting the built-in clock, you cannot use Daily Timers (see page 28) and Sleep Timer. • To correct a misentry during the process, press CANCEL or CLOCK/TIMER. You can return to t[...]

17 English Unique DVD/VCD Operations Selecting the View Angle While playing back a chapter (of DVD Video) containing multi-view angles, you can view the same scene from different angles. • You can also select the multi-view angles using the on- screen bar (see page 23). While playing... Selecting the Subtitle Language For DVD Video: While playing[...]

18 English 2 Select the subtitle language. While playing an SVCD video... Selecting the Audio Track For DVD Video: While playing back a chapter containing audio languages, you can select the language to listen to. For DVD Audio: While playing back a track containing audio channels, you can select the audio channel to listen to. For Karaoke SVCD/VCD[...]

19 English 2 Enter the key number. 3 Follow the interactive instructions shown on the screen. To cancel the key number entry, press 7 . Special Effect Playback Still picture playback Frame-by-frame playback 1 While playing... 2 Advance the still picture frame by frame. To resume normal playback, press DVD/CD 3 . Slow-motion playback 1 While playing[...]

20 English Advanced Disc Operations Programming the Playing Order— Program Play You can arrange the playing order of the chapters or tracks (up to 99) before you start playback. 1 Before starting playback, activate Program Play. 2 Select chapters or tracks you want for Program Play. • For DVD/MP3/WMA: 1 Select a title or group number. 2 Select [...]

21 English 3 Start playback. To check the programmed contents Before or after playback... • You can also use 4 or ¢ to check the programmed contents. To modify the program Before or after playback... To exit from Program Play Before or after playback... Playing at Random—Random Play You can play all chapters or tracks at random. • Random Pla[...]

22 English Playing Repeatedly • You can also select the repeat mode using the on-screen bar (see page 24). Repeat Play You can repeat playback. • For DVD Video: While playing... • For DVD Audio: While playing or before playback... • For MP3/WMA: While playing or before playback... • For CD/SVCD/VCD: While playing (without PBC for SVCD/VCD[...]

23 English On-Screen Disc Operations On-screen Bar Information You can check the disc information (except for MP3/WMA/ JPEG disc) and use some functions through the on-screen bar. 2 OFF 1/3 1/3 1/3 TIME 4 TITLE 14 TOT AL 1:25:58 CHAP 23 D VD-VIDEO TITLE 2 TIME OFF CHAP . 1 / 31 / 3 1 / 1 TIME 0:00:58 CHAP 3 8.5Mbps 1 3 ENTER CANCEL 10 keys REPEAT ?[...]

24 English Operations Using the On-screen Bar Ex.: Selecting a subtitle (French) for DVD Video While a disc is selected as the source... 1 Display the on-screen bar with the pull-down menu. 2 Select (highlight) the item you want. 3 Display the pop-up window. 4 Select the desired option in the pop-up window. 5 Finish the setting. To erase the on-scr[...]

25 English 4 Select the repeat mode you want. * During Program Play and Random Play, “STEP” appears. 5 Finish the setting. A-B Repeat • See also page 22. 1 While playing, display the on-screen bar with the pull- down menu. 2 Select . 3 Display the pop-up window. 4 Select “A-B.” 5 Select the start point (A). 6 Select the end point (B). To [...]

26 English 4 Enter the desired chapter/track number. • To correct a misentry, press the 10 keys until the desired number shown in the pop-up window. 5 Finish the setting. Selecting Browsable Still Pictures While playing back a track (of DVD Audio) linked to browsable still pictures (BSP), you can select the still picture (turn the page) to be sho[...]

27 English To move the highlight (green) bar between group list and track list: To select a group/track in the list: To start playback • Once you start playing back a JPEG track, the CONTROL screen goes off. • To cancel slide-show, and display the current still picture, press 8 . To repeat slide-show for JPEG While playing or before starting pl[...]

28 English Timer Operations Setting the Timer Using Daily Timer, you can wake up with your favorite music. You can store three Daily Timer settings; however, you can activate only one of the timers at a time. • To exit from the timer setting, press CLOCK/TIMER as required. • To correct a misentry during process, press CANCEL. You can go back to[...]

29 English 2 Set the hour then the minute for off-time. 3 Select the playback source—“TUNER FM,” “TUNER AM,” “DISC,” or “AUX.” 4 For “TUNER FM” and “TUNER AM”: Select a preset channel. For “DISC”: Select the title/group number, then the chapter/track number. 5 Select the volume level. • You can select the volume leve[...]

30 English Setup Menu Operations . Operating Procedure You can use the Setup Menus only when a disc is selected as the source and its playback is not yet started. Ex.: Selecting “STILL PICTURE” for “FILE TYPE”: 1 Display the Setup Menu. 2 Select one of the Setup Menus. 3 Select the item you want to adjust. 4 Display the pop-up window. 5 Sel[...]

31 English 6 Finish the setting. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 4 to set other items on the same Setup Menu. Repeat steps 2 to 4 to set other items on another Setup Menu. To exit from the Setup Menu LANGUAGE Setup Menu You can select the initial languages for disc playback. You can also select the language shown on the TV screen while operating this System. M[...]

32 English PICTURE SOURCE You can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting an appropriate option—picture source type (either video source or film source). Select one of the following: SCREEN SAVER You can activate or deactivate screen saver while operating the built-in disc player. Select one of the following: FILE TYPE If both audio tracks (M[...]

33 English D. RANGE COMPRESSION You can compress the dynamic range (the difference between the loudest sound and the softest sound) to enjoy a powerful sound even at a low volume level when listening to Dolby Digital software. This is useful at night. • The effectiveness varies depends on a software. Select one of the following: OTHERS Setup Menu[...]

34 English Restricting the Review —Parental Lock You can restrict playback of DVD Video containing violent scenes and those unsuitable for your family members. Once you have set the rating level, such violent scenes (for which a higher level than you set is assigned) may be skipped or changed to another scene (depending on how the disc is program[...]

35 English To change the setting 1 Display the PARENTAL LOCK submenu. • Follow steps 1 to 4 of “To set Parental Lock.” “PASSWORD” is automatically selected. • You cannot select any item other than “EXIT” until you enter the correct password. 2 Enter your password. • If you enter a wrong password, “– – – –” appears agai[...]

36 English Language Code List AA Afar AB Abkhazian AF Afrikaans AM Ameharic AR Arabic AS Assamese AY Aymara AZ Azerbaijani BA Bashkir BE Byelorussian BG Bulgarian BH Bihari BI Bislama BN Bengali, Bangla BO Tibetan BR Breton CA Catalan CO Corsican CS Czech CY Welsh DA Danish DZ Bhutani EL Greek EO Esperanto ET Estonian EU Basque FA Persian FI Finnis[...]

37 English Country/Area Codes List √ AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa AT Austria AU Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso[...]

38 English NP Nepal NR Nauru NU Niue NZ New Zealand OM Oman PA Panama PE Peru PF French Polynesia PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PK Pakistan PL Poland PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon PN Pitcairn PR Puerto Rico PT Portugal PW Palau PY Paraguay QA Qatar RE Réunion RO Romania RU Russian Federation RW Rwanda SA Saudi Arabia SB Solomon Islands SC Seyc[...]

39 English Additional Information Learning More about This System Daily Operations—Playback (see pages 10 to 13) Listening to the Radio: • If you store a new station into an occupied preset number, the previously stored station in that number will be erased. • When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure occurs, the preset stations[...]

40 English Timer Operations (see pages 28 to 29) • When you unplug the AC power cord or if a power failure occurs, the timer will be canceled. You need to set the clock first, then the timer again. • If you set the Sleep Timer after Daily Timer starts playing the selected source, Daily Timer is canceled. Setup Menu Operations (see pages 30 to 3[...]

41 English Troubleshooting If you are having a problem with your System, check this list for a possible solution before calling for service. General: Adjustments or settings are suddenly canceled before you finish. ] There is a time limit. Repeat the procedure again. Operations are disabled. ] The built-in microprocessor may malfunction due to exte[...]

42 English Specifications Amplifier section Output Power: 80 W HIGH: 40 W (20 W + 20 W) at 4 Ω (10% THD) LOW: 40 W (20 W + 20 W) at 4 Ω (10% THD) Audio Input AUX: 400 mV/50 k Ω Digital output: DVD OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT: –21 dBm to –15 dBm (660 nm ±30 nm) Video output: Color system: NTSC (interlaced/progressive) VIDEO (composite): 1 V(p-p)/[...]

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