JVC LVT1504-005B manual

L VT1504-005B [US, UG, UX] TH-C90 Consists of XV -THC90, SP-PWC90, SP-THC90F , SP-THC90C and SP- THC90S TH-C20 Consists of XV -THC20, SP-PWC20, SP-THC20F , SP-THC20C and SP- THC20S TH-C60 Consists of XV -THC60, SP-PWC60, SP-THC60F , SP-THC60C and SP- THC60S D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS EN_TH-C906020[USUGUX].b ook Page 1 Thur sday, July [...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT FOR LAS ER PRODUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PR ODUCT 2. CA UTION : Do not open the top cover . There are no user serviceable parts insid e the unit; le a ve all servicing t o qualif ied service personnel. 3. CA UTION : V isible and/or in visible class 1M lase r radiation when op en. Do not vi ew directly with o[...]

Warnings, Cautions and Others G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o avoid risk of el ectri c shock and fire and to pr otect from dam age, pla ce the appar atu s on a level surface. The mi nimal cleara nces are shown belo w: 8 cm Wall or obstructions XV-THC90/XV -THC60/ XV-THC20 3 cm 3 cm 15 cm XV-THC90/XV -THC60/ XV-THC20 10 c m Front No obstruction[...]

1 Introduction .................................................... 2 Notes on ha ndling ..................................................................... 2 Supplied accessor ies .................................................................. 2 About discs ...................................................... 3 Playable disc types .........[...]

2 7 Important cautio ns Inst allatio n of th e syst em • S ele ct a pl ac e wh ich i s l eve l, d r y a nd ne it her to o hot nor t oo cold ; between 5°C and 35°C. • Leav e sufficient dis tance between the s ystem a nd the TV . • Do not u s e the system in a place sub ject to vibra tion. Power cor d • Do no t han dle the power co rd with [...]

3 This system has been designed to play back the following d iscs: The √ in the list belo w shows a vailab le disc types a nd reco rding formats. * 1 This system can play finalized discs only . * 2 Re corde d wit h UDF Br id ge f ormat . * 3 This system may no t b e able to pla y back a file if the file size is too large. • I t is possible to p[...]

4 For all playabl e files • The s ystem ca n only recognize and p lay files with one o f the follo wing extension s, which can be in an y comb ination o f upper and lowe r cas e; MP3: “ .MP3” , “ .mp3” WMA: “. W M A” , “. w m a ” JPEG: “. J P G ” , “. J P E G ” , “. j p g ” , “. j p e g ” ASF: “. A S F ” , “.[...]

5 Front panel (center unit) The n umbers in the figur es indicate the pages wher e the details of the parts ar e described. Rear panel (center un it) Display window 27 40 22 27 20 31 25 22 40 35, 36 Disc tray (inside): 21 22 22 23 21 21 21 23, 39 19 19 19 21 18 18 39 35 34 39 33 Remote sensor: 7 15 24 41 41 14 14 14 8 15 13 14 13 Only for TH-C90: 1[...]

6 Powe r ed s u bwo o fe r Fron t Rear NOTE • For safety re asons, always en sure that there is sufficient sp ace behind the powered subwo ofer. * Do not block the v entilation o p enings to allo w pr oper air circulatio n by the cooling fan. Setting the VOL T AGE SELEC TOR Before pl ugging, set the corr ect voltag e for you r area wi th the vol [...]

7 Remote contr ol Putting batteries in the remote control If the ran ge or effectivenes s of the re mote co ntrol decr eases, rep lace both batt eries. CAUTIO N • Do not exp ose batteries to heat or flame. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remo te contr ol directly to the fro n t panel of the center unit. • Do not b lo ck the[...]

8 7 AM loop ante nna Settin g up supplied AM l oop ante nna Connecting AM loop antenna • T urn the loop antenna until you have th e b est receptio n during AM br o adcast p rogra m receptio n. NOTE • Make sure the antenna conductor s do not touch any other termina ls, connecting cords or power cords. This could cause poo r reception. If recepti[...]

9 7 Assembling the front speakers — TH-C90 Before asse mbling — • Prepare a Phi ll ips s cre wdri ver (n ot sup plied ). T ake car e not t o drop an y compo nen t part while assem bling; other wise, it may cause damage to the f loor or injury . CAUTIO N • NEVER inser t your finger in between the spe aker and the base plate, as it may get h [...]

10 7 Assembling the front and surround speakers — TH- C60 • C heck the model name o f each speaker fro m the label o n the rear to lo cate e ach spe aker corre ctl y . Before asse mbling — • Prepare a Phi ll ips s cre wdri ver (n ot sup plied ). • T a ke ca re not to drop an y co mponen t part while assemblin g; other wis e, it may ca use[...]

11 7 Conn ecting the s atell ite sp eakers to the su bwoof er — TH- C90 CAUTIO N • If you connect speakers other than the supplied ones, use spe akers of the same spea ker impedance (SPEAKER IMPEDANCE) indicated near the spea ker terminals on the rear of the powered subw oofer . • DO N OT conn ect more th an one speaker to one speaker t ermin[...]

12 7 Conn ecting the s atell ite s peaker s to the s ubw oofer — TH- C60 /TH -C2 0 No te that the illustra tion belo w is for SP-PWC 60. CAUTIO N • If you connect speakers other than the supplied ones, use spe akers of the same spea ker impedance (SPEAKER IMPEDANCE) indicated near the spea ker terminals on the rear of the powered subwoof er . ?[...]

13 T o obtain the best poss ible sound fro m this system, you need t o place all the speakers ex cept the subw oofer a t the same distan ce from the liste ning position. If your spe akers c annot b e place d at the s ame distance from the listeni ng po sition Y ou can ad just the d elay time o f the speakers. See “Delay menu (DELA Y)” on page 3[...]

14 Y ou can en j oy the so und of an analog co mponen t. NOTE • The signals input to the VIDEO jack of t he VCR IN jacks will be output only from the VI DEO jack of the VI DEO OUT jacks, not from the S-VI DEO jack of the VIDE O OUT jacks. Y ou can en joy pla ying tape and also r ecordin g tracks/files from this syst em. NOTE • The surround mode[...]

15 Y ou can conn ect a USB mass st orag e class device suc h as a USB flash memor y device, har d disc drive, m ult imedia card reader , digital camera , etc. to this s ystem. • After co nnecting a USB mass storag e cl ass device to this sys tem and s ele ct ing USB M EMORY as t he s ource, t he f ile cont rol disp lay a ppears on the TV screen. [...]

16 NOTE • Manufacturers’ codes ar e subject to chan ge without notice. • Set the codes again af ter replacing t he batteries of the remote control. 7 To set the ma nufac turer ’s code 1 Slide the remote control mode selec tor to T V. 2 Press and hold F TV . Keep the b utton p ressed until st ep 4 is finished . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press number [...]

17 7 To set t he manu facturer’ s code 1 Slide the remot e contro l mode selec tor to VCR/ DBS. 2 Press DBS. 3 Press and hol d F VCR/D BS. Keep t he button presse d u ntil st ep 5 is f ini shed. 4 Pr ess ENTER. 5 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) t o enter the manufact urer’ s code (2 digits). Exam ples : For a G I Je r ro ld pro du c t: Pr es s 0 [...]

18 IMPORTANT Before using t he remote contr ol for the following operation; • S et t he re mote c ontrol m od e s ele c tor to AU D I O . On the re mote co ntrol: Press F AU D I O. On t he ce nter un it: Press F . When D VD or USB MEMOR Y is selected as the sour ce (see page 19), the following m essag es will appear on the TV screen. NOTE • The[...]

19 On the remo te co ntrol: Press one of the sourc e selec ting buttons (DVD , US B MEMORY , FM/AM, VCR, DBS or TA P E * ) . DVD : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VIDE O , VCD etc.). (See page 21.) USB MEM ORY : T o pl ay ba ck a f i le i n a U SB ma ss stor age class dev ic e. ( Se e “ T o pl ay a fi le in a USB mass storage cl ass dev ice ” on pag[...]

20 The syst em turns off au to matically when the s pecified perio d of time ha s pa ssed. Pr ess SLEEP. Each time yo u pr ess the b utto n, the shu t-off time ch anges as follows: Exam ple: To chec k the re maini ng time Press SLEEP once. To chang e the rema ining time Press SLEEP rep e at ed l y . To cancel Press SLEEP r epeat edly un til “S LE[...]

21 • The ic on such a s sho ws the disc f orma ts or file types the opera tion is av ailable fo r . IMPORTANT Before using t he remote con trol for the following operation ; 1 Set the rem ote co n trol mode selecto r to AUD I O . 2 Press DVD or USB MEM ORY . 7 To play a dis c 1 Pr ess the desired DISC (1-5) 0 on the cen ter unit. The syst em turn[...]

22 7 On-screen guide icons During DVD VIDEO p layback, the follo w ing guide ico ns may appear fo r a while on the TV screen; • : app e ars at t he b eg in ning of a sce ne c ontain ing multi -s ubt itle language s . • : appears at the beginning o f a scene con taining m ulti-a ud io language s . • : appears at the beginning o f a scene con t[...]

23 ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX f ile Exam ple: When a n ASF fi le is pla yed DVD VR disc Exam ple: During pla yback on the Original program * Exam ple: During playback on the Pla ylist * * Pressing TOP MENU /PG or MENU /PL , you can c hang e the pla y mode. (See page 25.) NOTE • You can change the time inform ation mode (excep t for MP3/WMA / ASF/MPEG[...]

24 7 Using x / 4 butt ons 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD VR (chapter): During playback 7 For VCD/ SVCD (track): Dur ing p layback without PBC function 7 For DVD AUDIO/CD/MP 3/WMA/JPEG / ASF/MPEG -2/MPEG-1/DivX (track /file): During playback or while stop ped Press x or 4 repe ated ly . NOTE • When p laying back an MP3/WMA/JPE G/ASF/MPE G -2/MPEG -1/ DivX fi[...]

25 S ome DVD A UDIOs have a sp ec ia l g roup ca lle d “b onus group ” w hose con ten ts are no t open to the pub lic. The bonus gr oup is al ways assigned to the las t grou p of a disc. T o play back a bonus gr oup , you hav e to en ter the specific “key numb er” (a pass word). T he way of gett ing the ke y numb er de pe nds on the disc . [...]

26 • The ic on such a s sho ws the disc f orma ts or file types the opera tion is av ailable fo r . IMPORTANT Before using t he remote contr ol for the following operation; • S et t he re mote c ontrol m od e s ele c tor to AU D I O . • Ther e are exceptio ns in the operation me ntio ned above. In such a cas e, foll ow ea ch inst ru cti on. Y[...]

27 7 DSP • ST ADI UM ST ADIUM m ode add s cl arity and sp read s t he so und, l ike in an outdo or st adiu m. • All Ch annel St ereo All Channel Ster eo (ALL ST) m ode can rep roduce a larg er ster eo sound field us ing all the connected (and activa ted) speakers. All Channel Ster eo can be used while repr oducin g 2 chan nel ster eo sourc e. 7[...]

28 7 Contents of the on-screen bar during playback DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO VCD SVCD CD DVD VR disc ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1 /DivX 1 Shows dis c typ e. 2 Sho ws audio informa t ion. 3 Shows dis c number . 4 Fo r DVD VIDE O: Sho ws current title n umber . Fo r DVD A UDIO: Sho ws cur r ent gro up number . Fo r DVD VR: Sho ws curren t play mode (PG: for Original [...]

29 Y ou can sta rt playing a ti t le, cha pt er or track y ou specify . Y ou ca n also play a di sc from specified time. Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu DVD VIDE Os and DV D A UDIO s gen er al ly h ave t he ir own me nus which s how di sc con tent s and y ou ca n disp lay them on the T V screen. Y ou can locate a des ired scene b y using[...]

30 Locating a desired position by specifying the time 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO/DVD VR: During playback 7 For VCD/ SVCD: While st opped or during playback without PBC function 7 For CD: During playback or while stopped 7 When specifying the elapsed playing ti me from the beginning of t he disc P erform the fo l lowin g procedur e while sto pped. 7 [...]

31 When Resum e Playback is set t o “ ON” (see page 39) and you stop play b ack by th e fol low ing opera tions, the posi tion where p l ayback ha s been stop ped is stored . (The RESU ME indicato r lights on t he di spl ay wi ndow .) • T urning off the power (See page 18.) • Pressing 7 once • Chan g ing the source (See page 19.) To star [...]

32 7 During playback of a disc/file containing audio in several language s When using the AUD IO button: 1 Pr ess A UDIO. Exam ple (DVD VID EO): “EN GLISH ” is selected ou t of 3 a udio langu ages recorded . 2 Press A UDIO repeatedly or press C ursor Y / 5 to select the desire d audio . When using the on- screen ba r: 1 Pr ess ON SCREEN twice .[...]

33 Selec tin g browsable still pictu re recorded on DVD AUD IO Mo st DVD A UDIOs in clude bro w sable s till pictur es (B.S.P .), which usually a p pear by t urns auto matically during playback acco rding to the playbac k sequence. Y ou can chan ge the p icture (t urn the page) man ually when the curren t grou p/track ha s selectab le pi cture s (p[...]

34 7 While stopped 1 Pr ess PLA Y MODE repeatedly unt i l program window appears on the T V screen. The PRG ind ica tor ligh ts on the dis pla y window . 2 F ollow the instructions that appear on the T V screen to progr am the desired chapters/tr acks. • For d etails on u si ng the num ber but tons, see “ Ho w to use the numb er butt ons” . ([...]

35 Y ou can pla y titles or trac ks on a disc in random orde r . 7 While stopped 1 Pr ess PLA Y MO DE repeat e dly unti l appears on the T V screen. The RND in dica tor ligh ts on the disp lay windo w . 2 Press 3 (pla y button). • When mo re than o ne discs ar e loaded, the syst em starts Random Pla yback of the next disc after co mpleting curren[...]

36 Repeating a desired part [A-B Repeat] Y ou can repeat pla y back of a desir ed part by specifying the beg inning (poin t A) and ending (point B). 7 During playback 1 Pr ess ON SCREEN twice . The on-scr een bar appears on the TV s creen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to hi ghlight . 3 Pr ess ENTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repeatedly t o select “A - B ”[...]

37 • Y ou can chan ge the langua ge used in the setu p menu s. S ee “M enu desc ription ” b elow . Basic operation on the setup menus IMPORTANT Before using t he remote con trol for the following operation ; 1 Set the rem ote co n trol mode selecto r to AUD I O . 2 Press DVD or USB MEMO RY . 7 While stopped 1 Press SET UP. 2 F ollow the instr[...]

38 : Pic ture m enu (PIC TURE) 7 MONITOR TYPE Y ou can select the m onit or type to ma tch your TV when yo u pla y DVD s record ed in the pict ure ’ s height/width ra t io of 16:9. • 16:9/ 16: 9 MUL TI ( Wide televis ion co nversion) Select this when the aspect ratio o f your T V is fixed o n 16:9 (w ide TV) . Wh en you p l ay DVD s recor ded i[...]

39 7 Subwoofer me nu (SUBWOOFER) LEVE L Y ou can set the ou tp ut level o f the subwoofe r in t he –6 dB to +6 d B ran ge. CROSS OVER The signals be low the p reset frequen cy level will be sent to a nd be rep roduced b y the subw oofer . Select one of the crosso ver freq uency levels acco rding to the size of the small speaker con nected. : Othe[...]

40 Once a sta tion is assigned t o a chan nel num b er , the statio n can be quickly tuned in. Y ou can pr eset 30 FM and 15 AM sta t ions. 7 To preset the st ations 1 T une in the station you want t o preset. • If you wa nt to stor e the FM r eception mode fo r an FM statio n, select the reception mode y ou wan t. S ee “Selecting the FM recep [...]

41 • The ic on such a s sho ws the disc f orma ts or file types the opera tion is av ailable fo r . IMPORTANT Before using the remote contr ol for the following operation; • S et t he re mote c ontrol m od e s ele c tor to AU D I O . 1 Connect a mi crophone to MIC 1 or MIC 2 on the c ente r unit. 2 Press KARAOKE to activate Kar aoke function. T[...]

42 Y ou can r eser ve yo ur desir ed son gs (grou ps/titles and tra cks/cha pters) t o play in the or der o f you r choice. U p to 12 so ngs can be reserved with this function. 7 While stopped w ith Karaoke function is turne d on 1 Press RESERV E. The re se r vati on li st app e ars on th e T V s cre en. 2 Press number buttons (0-10, h 10) to selec[...]

43 Masking the vocal recorded on a normal disc [V O CA L M A S K ] Y ou can en joy K araok e with a norm al disc (con taining no m ultiplex audio or m ultisound Kara oke a udio , etc.) by a ttenua t ing the freque ncies aro und a human vo ice with this function. 7 During playback with Karaoke function turned on Press V OCAL. Eac h time you press VO[...]

44 7 Handling Discs • Rem ove t he di sc f rom its ca se by hol di ng it at the edge while pr essing the cen ter hole lightly . • Do not t ouch the shin y surface of the disc o r bend the disc. • Put the disc bac k in i ts case after use to preven t war ping. • Be car eful not t o scra tch the s urface of th e disc when placing i t back in [...]

45 7 Center unit (XV-THC90/XV-THC60/XV-THC20) Audio section Digital inp ut * 1 : DIGI T A L IN (DBS): –21 dBm to –15 dBm (OPTICAL) (660 nm E 30 nm) * 1 Correspond ing to Linear PCM, Dolb y Digital, and D TS Digital Surr ound (with samp ling f requen c y — 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz) Analog in put: A UX IN (V CR) T APE IN (Only for X V -THC90) A[...]

46 7 Satellite Speakers — SP -XTHC90 Front s peakers (S P-THC 90F) T ype: 2-way 3-sp ea ker Bass refle x typ e (Ma g netically shielded T y pe) Speaker: 1 3.5 cm con e M 2 6.0 cm co ne M 1 P owe r Handling Ca pacity: 140 W Imp ed an c e: 4 Ω Fr equency Range: 60 Hz to 20 000 Hz Sound P res sur e Level: 8 9 dB/ W·m Dim ens ions (W M H M D): 270[...]

EN 0706R Y MMDWJSC © 2006 Victor Company of J apan, Limited TH-C90/TH-C60/ TH-C20 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM Mains (A C) Line In struction CA UTION for mains (A C) line BEFORE PLUGGING IN, do check that your mains (A C) line vo ltage correspon ds with th e positio n of the v oltage selector switch provide d on the outsid e of this e quipment and [...]