JVC TH-A9 manual

For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No . and Serial No . which are located either on the rear , bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information f or future reference . Model No . Serial No. INSTR UCT IONS L VT0562-002A [J] D VD DIGIT AL THEA TER SYSTEM TH-A9 RM-STHA9J DVD THEA TER SYSTEM DVD MENU TUNING UP DOWN REC /REW FF PAUSE STROBE M[...]

G-1 English English Eng lish English English English English Warnings, Ca utions and O ther For U.S.A. This e quipment has b een teste d and fou nd to comply with the limi ts for a Cla ss B digital dev ice, pursuan t to Part 15 of the F CC Ru les. Thes e li mits ar e d esi gned to pr ovi de re aso n- able pr otecti on agains t harmful interfere nce[...]

1 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Table of Contents Gett in g Sta rte d ............... ...... ... ... ...... ... .... ...... ... ... .. 2 Important cautions .......... ........ ........... .......... ........... .............. 2 Safety precautions ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ......[...]

2 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Getting Started Important caution s Installa tion of the unit • Select a place which i s le vel, dry and n eithe r too ho t no r too cold between 5°C and 35°C (41°F and 95°F). • Leave sufficien t distance between the un it and the TV. • Do no t use th e unit in a place s[...]

3 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ System outline This syste m consists of the u nit contain ing a DVD play er, a radio, a nd a p re-am p, as well as the p owered sub- woofer, the cen ter spe aker, and four satellit e speaker unit s. It provides a fully functional DVD theater system by simply conne cting to a TV se[...]

4 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Installation The followi ng shows an exa mple of the s yst em i nstalla tio n. System setti ng example CAUTIONS: • For sa fety reas ons, always e nsure that the re is suf- ficient pla ce behind th e powered sub-woofer. • If the front and rear speakers are pla ced on the fur- n[...]

5 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ About discs Play able disc types Playabl e and non-p layable di sc t ypes are as follo ws: Playable discs Non-playable discs * Audio formatt ed CD-R and CD-RW can be pl ayed. • Play i ng ba c k d i s c s l is t a s “ N o n-p layable dis c s ” a b ov e m a y g en- erat e no i[...]

6 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Connections CAUTION: • Mak e all connection befo re plugging the sys tem in an AC outlet. Connect ing the F M and AM anten - nas FM antenna connections A.Using the supplied FM antenna The FM ant enna prov ided can be con nected to t he FM 7 5 Ω CO- AXIAL terminal as temp orary[...]

7 Connections English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Connecti ng the T V with the c omponen t video inp ut jack s Connect th e TV with the compon ent vide o input ja cks to vie w high q uality pic ture. Not e: • When the compon ent vide o input jacks of the TV are of the BNC ty pe, use an adap ter to co nvert the pin ja cks to[...]

8 Connections English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Connect ing s peake rs Connect the satellite speakers and ce nter speaker to the termina ls on the p owered sub-woo fer using the speaker c ords supplied. Labels ar e attached t o t he sp eaker cords to in di cate the spea ker and termi na l to which ea ch is to be conn ected.[...]

9 Connections English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Connecti ng an au dio comp onent You can con nect an an al og audio comp onent, such as VCR, TV and MD rec order to this sy st em. Refer also to the manuals supplied with y our compon ents. Use th e cab le with RCA pin plug s (not su pplied ) . Connect th e white pl ug to th e[...]

10 Connections English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Connect ing the p ower cord Befor e pluggin g the cen ter un it and po wered su b-woofer into an AC outle ts, mak e sur e that all conn ection s have bee n made. Plug the power cord into an AC outlet. The red STANDBY lamp on the center un it lights when the power cord i s plu[...]

11 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Parts Identification Become familiar wi th the butt on s and con trol s on the cen ter un it a n d p owered sub -woo f er be fo re use . Re fer to th e pag es in p ar en theses for details. Center unit Front panel (top view) Front panel (front view) Rear panel 1 Disc cover (22) 2[...]

12 Parts Identification English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Display window Powered sub-woofer (Front) (Rea r) 1 Decode mode i nd icator 2 Radio indi cator (4 0, 41) 3 Multi-in form a tio n wi nd ow Displays time, status information, etc. 4 Audi o chan nel in dicator (19) 5 Radio recept ion mo de in dica tor (40, 41 ) 6 RESUME[...]

13 Part s Iden tifica tion English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Remote contr ols RM-STHA9J DVD THEA TER SYSTEM TUNING UP DOWN REC /REW FF/ P AUSE STROBE MEMORY F .SEARCH B.SEARCH PLA Y CHANNEL TV V OL V OLUME ST OP DVD AUDIO TV/CA TV/DBS ST ANDBY/ON VCR DECODE SUBTITLE TITLE AUDIO TIME DIGEST ZOOM VCR TV TV RETURN FM MODE 100+[...]

14 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Principles of operation The system may be operated v ia the re mote contro l or the bu ttons on the cente r unit, o r via the m enu on the screen. Oper ation wi th the rem ote control Select the ap propriate mo de for the remote co ntrol when t he rem ote control is used for oper[...]

15 Principl es of oper ation English English English Eng lish En glis h English English On-s creen di splays The center unit pro vides several o n-screen display s. With som e displa ys, you can set or sel ect prefe rences or f unctions, whi le the ot hers are di splay-onl y. Opening screens The Open i ng screen appe ars automat i cally in some co [...]

16 Principles of operati on English English Eng lish English En glis h English English On-screen menus for settin g preferences LANGUAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM On-screen menus for settin g parental lock PARENTAL LOCK On-screen menus for using discs The disc status and items are d isplayed as follows on the on-screen menu s f or us in g the di s c . Prevent[...]

17 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Basic operations The basic o pera tions for this sy ste m are as fol l ows. IMPORTANT Check t hat remote control mode selector is set to the approp riate position: Set to “AU DIO/TV/VCR” t o operate a n audio sy stem, TV, o r VCR. Set to “CATV/DBS” to operate a CATV conv [...]

18 Basic operations English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Sub-wo ofer volu me cont rol and phase setting Use the VOLUME knob and PHASE bu tton at the rear of the pow- ered sub-woo fer. Volume control Turn the V OLUME knob. Adjust t o a vol ume appropriate for balan ce with the other sp eak- er(s). The mark indicates th e volum [...]

19 Basic o perations English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Changin g the de code mo de [DECODE] You can cha nge the de code mod e for digital audio p layback . From the remote control on ly: 1 Press DVD to select DVD as the source. 2 Press DECODE to select the decode mode. The disp lay chan ges as sho wn below each ti me the bu[...]

20 Basic operations English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Using the Sleep Timer [SLEEP] Using the S l eep Timer, y ou can fall a s l eep to music and know t he system will tu rn off by itself rather than play al l night. From the remo te control: Press SLEEP repe atedly. The shut-off time ch anges as follow s (in minutes): = = [...]

21 Basic o perations English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Not es: • The DSP mode s have n o effect o n monaura l sources. • The DOLBY DIGI TAL indic ator lights up w hen the signal s encoded with Dolby Di gital com e into th e system . • The PRO L OGIC in dicator l ights up when the signals en- coded w ith D olby Pro Log[...]

22 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Using the DVD player and represent disc typ es. To turn on t he syste m and TV From the remo te control: 1 Press AUDIO to turn power on. • Pressi ng on the cen ter uni t also tu rns on powe r. 2 Press TV/CATV/DBS to turn TV on. • On the TV, se lect the TV input source to VIDE[...]

23 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Display when a disc i s inserted Opening on -screen: When a DVD is inserted Display w indow: Not e: • Playba ck begi ns imme diatel y with s ome DVD discs . When a Vide o CD is inserte d: Display w indow: When an Audi o CD is inserted Display w indow: To p lay a d[...]

24 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Pausing From the remo te control: Press PAUSE. On the ce nter unit: Press 8 8 8 8 . Playback is paused. When usin g a DVD or Vi deo CD di sc, pr essing PAUSE or 8 while paused m oves to th e next still picture . To resume playback From rem ote control: Press PLAY. On[...]

25 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Resum ing play back The ce nter unit st ores the position on a d isc where you want t o in- terrupt p layback at, and resumes playback fro m that pos ition later. To let work the resuming playback, the item RESUME in the SYS- TEM menu must be set to ON beforehand. O[...]

26 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Selecting t he locat ion to vi ew from the Vi deo CD m enu When playing back Video CDs record ed with PBC (playback con- trol), a list of the reco rded cont ents m ay appear on the TV as a menu. Th e location to view ma y be conve niently call ed up from this menu sc[...]

27 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English To play f rom the beg inning of a t i- tle, ch apter, or t rack The beginnin g of previous or late r titles, chapters, or tracks may be skipped. From the remote control on ly: 1 Press ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ or 4 4 4 4 . • Press ¢ the require d number of ti mes to move to a [...]

28 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English To specif y the time for playba ck [TIME SEARCH] You can play a di sc from th e desired position b y specify ing the elapsed time from the begi nning of the d isc use the TIME SEARCH function. Note that some DVD d iscs do not contain tim e information, and the TIME S[...]

29 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English To select the scr een for p layback from the di gest screen [DIGEST] The center u nit can disp lay the ope ning scene o f each title or ch ap- ter on a DVD or each track of a Video CD. You can sele ct a desired t itle, chapter o r track from th e opening scenes disp[...]

30 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Slow-Motion Playba ck [SLOW] ❏ During pl ay back From the remo te control only : 1 Press PAUSE at the section you wish to view in slow motion. The image will pa use. 2 Press ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ or 1 1 1 1 . Pressing ¡ will playbac k your selection in slow motio n, startin[...]

31 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Zoomin g a scene [ ZOOM] ❏ Duri ng play back or while paus e d . From the remote control on ly: 1 Press ZOOM. “ZOOM” appears on the TV. The unit z ooms in to the center p art of the scene to p roduce a doubl e-sized im age . 2 Press the 2 2 2 2 / 3 3 3 3 / 5 5[...]

32 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Changing the aud io language or sound [ AUDIO] Some DVD discs c ontain multiple audio tracks. With such discs, you ca n cho ose whi ch audio track t o l isten t o during p layb ack. At the begi nning of “multi-audio langua ge” parts, appears on the TV. ❏ During[...]

33 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Viewing from M ultiple Angles [ANGLE] You can enjoy a variety of sc ene an gles if the DVD d isc co ntains “multi-angle ” parts, where multiple ca meras were used to shoot the same scene from differen t angl es. Yo u ca n sele ct one of thes e viewin g angl es f[...]

34 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Selecting th e Picture Characte r [THEATER POSITION] You can select the quality of the image from among f our option s (OFF, 1 , 2, and 3) accordi ng to the ty pe of progra mming , pictu re tone or pers ona l preferences. ❏ During pl ay back From the remo te contro[...]

35 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English To stop repeat playback Press STOP. • When a DVD disc is set, the center u nit stops playback and quit s repe at mode . • When an Audio or Vid eo CD is set , the center unit stop s play- back but rema ins in repeat mode. To quit repeat playback without stopping [...]

36 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Programm ing the Pla ying Order [PROGRAM ] You can p lay titles or tracks on a d isc in the d esired order using the Progra m func tion. ❏ While stop ped From the remo te control only : 1 Press PLAY MODE. The on- screen di spla y appea rs on the TV. 2 Press the 2 2[...]

37 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Random Play [ RANDOM] You can pla y titles or trac ks in random order. ❏ While st op ped From the remote control on ly: 1 Press PLAY MODE. The on - s cr een displ a y a pp ears on the T V . 2 Press the 2 2 2 2 / 3 3 3 3 cursors to move the pointer to [RANDOM] and [...]

38 Using the DVD player English English Eng lish English En glis h English English To check th e disc infor mation You can chec k the disc informat ion of the d isc. ❏ During pl ay back From the remo te control only : 1 Press DISPLAY once for a Audio CD or Video CD, or twice for a DVD disc. The disc info rmat ion disp lay appears on the TV. (for [...]

39 Using the DVD pla yer English English English Eng lish En glis h English English To check time on the display window You can ch eck the ti me information on the disp lay window , rather than us ing t he on-s cree n me nu. ❏ Duri ng playba c k or w hile st oppe d From the remote control on ly: 1 Press TIME repeatedly. Each time yo u press the b[...]

40 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Receiving radio broadcasts You can browse throu gh all the stations or u se the pr eset func tion to go immedia tely to a particu lar station. IMPORTANT When using the remote c ontrol, check to see if its remote control m ode selecto r is set to the correct pos ition: To operate [...]

41 Receiving r adio broadcas ts English English English Eng lish En glis h English English 5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 until you store all the sta- tions you want. To erase a stored preset s tation Stori ng a ne w station o n a used number e rases the prev iously store d one . Not e: • The preset stations will be e rased in a f ew days , if the sy s- t[...]

42 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Preference settings You can set various preference s f or play back via three dedicated on-scr ee n disp lays. Using the prefe rence s etting menus The proce dure how to set the p references is exp lained here . From the remo te control only : 1 Press DVD. If no disc is inserted,[...]

43 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ LANGUAGE MENU settings Choosi ng menu lang uage Some DVD di scs feature menu display in mu ltiple languages. With these discs, it is possible to set the defaul t language for menu displa y. 1 Open the LANGUAGE menu. See “Using the prefe rence settin g menus” o n page 42. 2 Mo[...]

44 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ DISPLAY MENU settings Select monit or type Most movie D VD discs are record ed for wide-screen T Vs with a heig ht/wi dth ra tio of 16:9 . It is po ssible t o opti mize play back o f these wide-screen TV images for view ing on a regul ar TV with a height/wid th rat io of 4:3 . 1 [...]

45 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ SYSTEM MENU setting AUTO STANDBY When the system is st oppe d for more t han 30 min utes or 60 min- utes in the source DVD, the system ente rs standby mode automat- ically. 1 Open the SYSTEM menu. See “Using the prefe rence settin g menus” o n page 42. 2 Move the pointer to A[...]

46 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Limiting playback by children This function restricts playb ack of DVD discs which contain vio- lent (and oth er) scenes acco rdi ng to the leve l set by the u ser. For example , if a movie whi ch includ es violent sce nes supp orts the parental l ock feat ure, such scenes which [...]

47 Limiti ng playback by chi ldren English English English Eng lish En glis h English English To tem porarily release the Parental lock When you set the parenta l level strictly, some discs may not be playe d back at all. Wh en you i nsert suc h a disc a nd try to play i t, the P arental Lo ck on-scr een displa y appe ars on the TV , and th e unit [...]

48 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Amplifier settings Perform a mplifier se ttings (balanc e, tone, speaker size and dela y time, cross over fr eque ncy, L FE (L ow F requen cy Eff ect) level and dynami c range) f or the pow ered sub- woofer u nit to ob tain opt i- mum listening performance. Note: • Before start[...]

49 Ampli fie r sett ings English English English Eng lish En glis h English English Setting to ne Adjust the tone (bas s and treb l e) for the fron t speak ers. 1 Press SETTING. 2 Press the 5 5 5 5 / ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ cursors until “BASS” or “TRE- BLE” appears on the display. • After a while, th e cu rrent sett i ng value appea rs. 3 Within[...]

50 Amplifier setti ngs English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Adjusting cr ossov er When us ing a sma ll speake r with weak bass as a fro nt, center , or rear speake r, you can re direct bass a udio t o the su b-wo ofer. Selec t a cros s- over frequen cy to m atch the size o f the smal l speake r being u sed. • When y ou us e [...]

51 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Sound settings You can adj ust the sub-woo fer outp ut level, out put le vel of each speaker u sing a te st tone , and DS P effect, to obtain p referable sound f or you. Note that y ou nee d to adjust them at t he p osition yo u will li sten to . Adjust ing sub-woof er level You [...]

52 Sound settings English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Adjusting D SP effect You can adjust th e strength o f DSP (Digit al Sign al Proces sor) ef- fect for each DAP mod e so that you ca n customi ze so und effec t. About the DAP, see “Using the DSP Modes [DSP MODE]” on page 2 0. 1 Press DSP MODE to select one of DSP modes[...]

53 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ AV COMP U LINK re mote control s ystem The AV COMP U LINK rem ote c ontrol sys tem a llows you to operate JVC video co mpon ents (TV and VCR) throug h the center unit. To use t his remo te cont r ol syst em, you nee d to con nect the video comp onent s y ou want to operate , foll[...]

54 AV COMPU LINK remote control system English English Eng lish English En glis h English English Opera tion You can e njoy pictu res an d/or sou nd by ju st puttin g a sour ce com- ponent (which plays b ack the pi ctures and/or so und such a s the center unit o r a VCR) into pl a y mode. You do not ha ve to oper ate the TV inc luding not havin g t[...]

55 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Oper at in g Oth e r Ma nu fac tu rer s’ Vi deo Eq ui pment This remote con trol supplied with the receive r can transmit co ntrol signals for other manufacturers’ VCRs, TVs, CATV co nverters and DBS t uner s. B y cha nging the t ran smit tabl e sign als f rom pres et ones to[...]

56 Operating Other Manufacturers’ Video Equipment English English Eng lish English En glis h English English To change the transmitta ble signals for oper- ating a CATV co nverter or DB S tuner 1 Slide the remote control mode to “CATV / DBS.” 2 Press and hold TV/CATV/DBS . Keep press until step 4 is finished. 3 Press TV. 4 Enter manufacturer?[...]

57 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Care and handling of discs How to hand le discs When ha ndlin g a disc, do not tou ch the sur face of th e disc. Since di scs are made of pl ast ic, they are ea sily damage d. If a disc gets di rty, dusty, scratched or warped, the image sand sound will not be pick ed up cor rect [...]

58 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Troubleshooting Use this ch art to hel p you sol ve dail y operat i onal pr oble ms. If ther e is any p r oblem you cannot so lve, contact yo ur JVC servi ce center . Note: • Problem may be cau sed by the components connected to the system . So, please read the manuals fo r the[...]

59 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Specifications Center unit (XV-THA9) Powered Sub-wo ofer (SP- PWA9) Satellite Spe akers (SP-X SA9) Center Sp eaker (SP- XCA9) Design s & s peci fi cations are su bject to chang e without not ice. Audio sectio n Total Harmonic Distortion 0.02 % AUX Iuput Level 290 mV/47 k Ω [...]

60 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English ■ ■ Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations When yo u select the sub title language o r sound, the langua ges shown bel ow are display ed as abbre viations. To se lect th e desir ed lan guage, select t he abbrevi ation c orresp onding the la nguage y ou wan t to. AA Af[...]

61 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English ■ ■ Appendix B: Country code list for parental lock This list i s used for the parenta l Lock op eration . For deta ils, see page 46. AD Andorra AE Unit ed Ar ab Em ira t es AF Afghanis tan AG Antigua a nd Barbu da AI Angu ill a AL Alba nia AM Armenia AN Netherl ands Antil les AO Ang[...]

62 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English LI Liecht enstein LK Sri La nka LR Liberia LS Lesot ho LT Lithuan ia LU Luxembou rg LV Latvi a LY Libyan Arab Jama hiriya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldov a, Repu blic of MG Madaga scar MH Marsha ll Isl and s ML Mali MM Myanm ar MN Mongol ia MO Macau MP Northern M ariana Island s MQ Martin[...]

64 English English Eng lish English En glis h English English QUALITY SERVICE HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER Dea r c ustom er: In order to re ceive the most satisf action from your p urchase, read th e instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the event that repai r is neces sary, or for the address neares t your loca tion, please re[...]

65 English English English Eng lish En glis h English English REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CA RRY A SEPARATE W ARRANTY, THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT AP PLY. FOR DETA ILS OF REFURBISHED PR ODUCT WARRANTY, PLEA SE REFER TO THE REFURBISHED PRODUCT W ARRANTY INFORMATION PACKAGED WI TH EACH REFURB ISHED PRODUCT. LIMITED W ARRANTY CONS UME R V IDEO 1-90 JVC COMPAN Y O[...]

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