JVC HV-29JH24, HV-29JH54, HV-29JH74, HV-29VH14, HV-29JH54 manual

INSTRUCTIONS COLOUR TELEVISION Contents HV-29JH24 HV-29JH54 HV-29JH74 HV-29VH14 HV-29VH54 GGT0056-001A-H Introduction of the functions Setting up your TV TV buttons and functions Remote control buttons and functions Using the TV's menu Basic operation PICTURE SETTING menu PICTURE FEATURES menu SOUND SETTING menu FEATURES menu INSTALL menu Addi[...]

2 ENGLI SH HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Thank y ou for b uying thi s JVC c olour tele visio n. To make su re you und erstand how to use your ne w TV, please read this manual thoro ughly before yo u begi n. 1 Operate on ly from th e power source in dicat ed on the re ar of th e TV. 2 Avoid d amaging the powe r c[...]

3 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Setting up your TV CAUTION • Turn o ff all the equipm ent in cluding the TV bef ore connec ting any thing. 1 Connecting the aeri al and VCR • Aeria l cable is not suppl ied. Us e a good qual ity 75 -ohm coa xial cab le. • Read the manu al that came with the VCR before conne [...]

4 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Settin g up your T V 2 Connecting the power cord Connect th e mains plug t o the AC o utlet. 3 Putting the batter ies into the remote control Use two AA/R6 b atteries. Insert the batteries from the - end, making sure the + an d - polarities are correct. • Follow the wa rnings pr[...]

5 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Setting up y our TV 3 Press the 6 butt ons to ch oose ENGLISH. The n press th e MENU/ OK button. The A UTO PROGRAM fun ction sta rts. The T V channel s you receive are automa tically stored in the PR (program me numbers) LIST. • To stop the AUTO PR OGRAM functio n , press the ME[...]

6 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English TV buttons and fu nctions Turn the main power on Press th e main pow er button 1 . The POWE R lamp 2 lig hts red a nd yo ur TV is in th e stan dby mode . To turn the m ain power off: Press the main powe r button again . The POWER lamp 2 goes off. Turn the TV on from standby mode P[...]

7 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English TV buttons and fu nctions VIDEO-1 ter minal 0 • See pag es 3 a nd 35. VIDEO-2 ter minal - • See pag e 35. VIDEO-3/COMP ONENT terminal = • See pages 28 and 35. OUTPUT terminal ~ • See pag e 35. Aerial s ocket ! Conn ect the ae ri al ca ble . • See pag e 3. S VIDEO VIDEO-1[...]

8 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote control butto ns and functio ns Turn the TV on from standby mode Press th e POWER button. The POWER l a mp ligh ts red to g reen and your TV wil l be turned on. • You can turn o n the TV from the standb y mode b y pressi ng the TV/ VIDEO button, the CHANNEL-/+ buttons o r[...]

9 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote co ntrol buttons and functions MUTING button Press the MUTING button to tu rn off the volume. Pressing the MUTIN G button a gain resu mes th e pr eviou s vol ume l evel. ZOOM button You c an ch ange t he s cre en size acco rd ing to the pictur e aspect ratio. Choos e the op[...]

10 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote c ontrol b uttons an d function s RETURN+ button The RETURN+ button has two fun ctions; the RETURN+ function a nd the RETURN function . If a channel ha s been registere d as the “Return Chan nel”, the RETURN+ function operates. If t here is no setting for the “Retu r[...]

11 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote co ntrol buttons and functions DISPLAY button You can d isplay the PR LIST, program me number or VIDEO terminal number on the scree n. Press the DISPLAY b utton. Press the DISPLAY button change s the display as follo ws: Choose a TV channe l or a VIDEO terminal 1 Press the[...]

12 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote c ontrol b uttons an d function s BROADCASTING SYSTEMS For sound and colour sy stems in your country or regio n, refer to th e table below: COLOUR SYSTEM SOUND SYSTEM  Favorite cha nnel registration You can r egister your f avorite TV c hannels with the colour buttons ([...]

13 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote co ntrol buttons and functions • The pic ture effect dedic ated f or the colour button applies. For details, see “Setting the pictur e effect ” below: Setting t he picture effect Each colour butt on has a dedicated picture effect . When you ch oose a favorite channel[...]

14 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote c ontrol b uttons an d function s (Hold) but ton You can h old a teletext p age on the scree n for as lo ng as you want, even whi le severa l other teletext p ages are bein g receiv ed. Press the ( Hold) but ton. The (hold) are disp layed at the top left of th e scr een . [...]

15 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote co ntrol buttons and functions Using the Li st mode You can s tore the numbers of your favor ite teletext pages in memo ry and call t hem up quickly using th e colour buttons . To store the page numbers: 1 Press the M ODE button to e ngage the List mode . The sto red page [...]

16 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote c ontrol b uttons an d function s • When y ou exit th e Twin or PIP mod e, the su b picture lastly disp layed w ill b e saved, and it w ill appe ar next time. • The following tabl e shows what will happen if the same input source s are chosen for bo th main and sub p i[...]

17 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote co ntrol buttons and functions  Multi-display function [Except HV-29 JH24/HV-2 9VH14] You c an w atc h nin e di ffer ent TV programm es at a ti me. As you c an displa y nine T V program mes su ccessi vely, this function is conv enient to locate the TV programm e you wan[...]

18 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Remote c ontrol b uttons an d function s  Freeze function [Except HV-29JH24/HV-29VH14] While w atching a picture, you can c apture a still pi cture you wan t. The capt ured still pictur e and the moving pict ure are display ed at a time. (Th ey are the pictu res of the same so[...]

19 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Using th e TV’s me nu This TV h as a number o f function s you can ope rate using me nus. To fully utilize all your TV’s functions , you nee d to un derstand the basic menu operati ng techniq ues fully. • The foll owing remote c ontrol is for HV- 29JH74. However, the button[...]

20 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu 4 Press the 5 buttons to choose the setting of that function. • If you wa nt to operate a fun ction which appear s only w ith it s name, f ollow the descripti ons of that fu nction on the followi ng pag es. • The dis play appearing at th e bottom of a[...]

21 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu COLOUR You can a djust the pict ure colo ur. 2 : lig hter 3 : deeper TINT You can a djust the pict ure tint. 2 : reddis h 3 : greenish • You ca n change the TINT settin g (picture t i nt) only w hen the colour system is NTSC 3 .58 or NTSC 4.43. • You ca[...]

22 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu  Dig iP ure The D igi pur e fu nct ion us es the lat est in digital tec hnology to give you a natural looking picture. The Digi pure funct ion include s the followin g two funct ions. Digipure functi on: This fun ction hel ps to create a na tural looki[...]

23 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu  COLOUR SYSTEM The colo ur system is cho sen autom atica lly. However, if the pic ture is not clea r or no colou r appe ars, ch oose the colour syst em manu ally. 1 Choose COLOUR SYSTEM , then pres s th e 5 buttons to c hoose the approp riate colour syst[...]

24 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu  FAVORITE CH SETTING You can s et a dedi cated picture ef fect for the favo rite channels re gistered to the colour b uttons (R ed, Green , Yellow and Blue). For f avorite channel registrati on, see “Favorite channel registr ation” on page 12. 1 Ch[...]

25 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu 3 Set the p ict ure effe ct. Press the 6 button to cho ose an it em listed in t he follo wing table a nd press the 5 button to ch oose one of opti ons. • As ex pla ine d in t he t abl e, t he PICTU RE EFFECT for the v ideo in puts is se t to OFF whe n shi[...]

26 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu BALANCE You can a djust the vo lume bal ance betwee n the left a nd right speake rs. 2 : turn th e left speaker’s volume level up. 3 : turn the ri ght speaker’s vol ume level up.  AI VO LU ME You can p revent the sudde n increase or decreas e of so[...]

27 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu  BLUE BACK You can set th e TV to automat ically change to a blue screen and mut e the soun d if the signal i s weak or absent , or when there is no input from an external device. ON: This functi on is turned on. OFF: This functi on is turned off.  CH[...]

28 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu 2 Press the DISPLAY button to dis play “ID NO.” (ID number input screen). 3 Press the number b u ttons to enter the ID number. The lock is tempo rarily rele ased so you can view the T V chan nel. If you have forgotten t he ID number: Perfor m step 1 o[...]

29 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu INSTALL menu  LANGUAGE You can c hoose the langu age you want t o use for th e on-screen dis play f rom the language list in a menu . 1 Choose LANGUAGE, then press the MENU/OK butto n. 2 Press the 6 butt ons to ch oose a language . 3 Press the M ENU/OK b[...]

30 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu  EDIT/MANUAL The EDIT /MANUAL functions are divi ded into tw o types: e diting of the current programm e numbers (EDIT fun ctions) a nd manual registration of a TV chan nel yo u want to vi ew to the programme n u mber (MANUAL fu nction). CAUTION • Us[...]

31 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu ID 1 Press th e 6 buttons to choo se a TV chann el . 2 Press the red but ton to start the ID function. 3 Enter a channel name (ID) . Press the 6 buttons to choose a character. Press the 5 buttons to move the curs or. To cance l the ID fun ction: Press the D[...]

32 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu INSERT Pr epar atio n: • Find th e CH/CC number correspon ding to the chan nel nu mber of the T V chan nel from p age 33. 1 Press the 6 buttons to choose a programme num ber for whic h you wil l register a new TV chan nel. • When y ou atte mpt to ins [...]

33 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g the TV’s menu CH/CC number When you want to use the INSERT func tion on p age 32, find the C H/CC num ber correspo nding t o the Ch annel num ber of the TV chan nel fro m this tab le. US: The US channe l numbers are the channe l numbers used in the United St ates, Philip[...]

34 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Usin g th e TV’ s menu  TELETEXT LANGUAGE [Except HV-29JH54/HV-29VH14/ HV-2 9VH54] There are five types of te letext language groups. Set the telet ext langua ge group that correspo nds to the langu age of the teletext program t hat you want to watch. 1 Choose TELETEXT L AN [...]

35 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Additi onal pr epara tion  Connecting the exte rnal devices Connec t the dev i ces to t he TV, paying attent ion to the followi ng connecti on diagr am. Before co nnecting any thing: • Read the manu als provi ded with the devices . Depend ing on the de vices, the conne ction[...]

36 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Additiona l prepa ration Connecting methods 1 Connect the TV’s VIDEO jack and the device’s VID EO OUT (v ideo outp ut) jack with a video cabl e. If connectin g a device to the TV w ith an S-VIDEO cable: Connect the VCR’s S-VIDEO OUT (S- VIDE O outp ut) conne cto r and t he [...]

37 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Troubles hootin g If a pr oblem ari ses whi le you a re usin g the T V, please read this “Trouble shooting” well before yo u request havin g the TV repaired. Yo u may be able to fix it e asily by yoursel f. For exampl e, if the AC plug is discon nected from the AC o utlet, or[...]

38 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Troubles hootin g • Whe n a whit e and b right s till ima ge (such as a whit e dress) is display ed on the s cre en, the whit e pa rt m ay lo ok as if it were coloured . It is a phenomenon unavoidable d ue to the nature of the picture tube its elf, an d not due to a TV failure.[...]

39 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Troub leshooti ng phenom ena, use the ma gnetic- shiel ded speaker ins tead. • A pictu re may be tilted due to the influen ce of the earth’s magnetism. In this cas e, use the “PICTURE TILT” on page 23 to complete the tilt. • It takes a short period o f time from the tim[...]

40 HV-29JH24/29JH54/29JH74/29 VH14/29VH54 / GGT0056-001A- H / English Specifications Design and s pecification s subject to change without notic e . Picture s displayed on the screen usi ng this TV’s ZOOM functions should not be shown for any commercia l or demonst ration purpos e in public place s (cafes, hotels, etc .) without t he consent of t[...]