JVC AV-36P902 manuale d’uso

COLOR TELEVISION USER'S GUIDE For model: A V-36P902 Illustration of AV -36P902 and RM-C321G IMPOR T ANT NOTE T O THE CUSTOMER In the spaces belo w , enter the model and serial number of your television (locat- ed at the rear of the television cabinet). Staple your sales receipt or in voice to the inside co v er of this guide . K eep this user&[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS W ARNING: T O PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS TV SET T O RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: T O INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY, OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS UNIT . 1.Operate only from the pow er source specified on the unit. 2. Av oid damaging the A C plug and po w er cord. 3. Av oid Improp[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFEGUARDS CAUTION: Please read and retain for your safety . Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. This TV set has been engi- neered and manufactured to assure your personal safety. But improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire hazards! In order not to defeat the safe- guards incorporated in this TV se[...]

7 An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of ov erhead po wer lines or other electric light or pow er circuits, or where it can fall into such pow er lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such po w er lines or circuits as contact with them might be fa[...]

13 F or 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 prev ent damage to product due to lightning storms or po wer line surges . 14 A TV set and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick s[...]

ONSCREEN MENUS (Cont.) Sound Settings Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 T r e b le . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 MTS(Multi-channel Sound) . . 38 General Items On/Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . 39 T V S p e a k er . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 A udio Out . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Noise Muting . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ti[...]

2 AA Batteries 1 T elevision 1 Remote Control Thank you for your purchase of JVC’s model A V -36P902 Color T elevision. Before you begin setting up your new television, please check to make sure you hav e all of the following items . In addition to this guide, your television box should include: Once you have unpack ed your television, the next s[...]

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

Cable/RFconnector Step T w o - Making Basic Connections Next you will need to connect your television to an antenna, VCR or cable system. The most basic VCR and antenna/cable connection is shown belo w. For more detailed connections, such as ones where a cable box is required, or connecting with a combination of a cable box and VCR, home stereo sys[...]

10 Press the buttons to move to AUT O TUNER SETUP Press the buttons to begin AUTO TUNER SETUP T o choose CABLE (if you are connected to a cable system) or AIR (if you use an antenna) T o mov e to STAR T T o start Auto T uner Setup The Auto T uner will now memorize all of the clear, active channels your television can receive. This will take roughly[...]

Front Panel Diagram NOTE: T o open and close the front panel, gently push it until you hear a click. Rear Panel Diagram 11 Diagrams AV-36P902 English 9/13/01 3:55 PM Page 11[...]

1) Connect an RFCable from the wall outlet into the RF Cable In on the Cable Box. 2) Connect an RFcable from the Cable Out on the cable box into the RFCable In on the bac k of the TV . NOTE: • Please see page 48 for more information on using the PIP feature with a cable box. Connecting to a Cable Bo x Diagram #2 Connections There are three basic [...]

Connections Connecting to a Cable Box and VCR Diagram #3 1) Connect an RF Cable from the wall outlet into the RF Cable Box In. 2) Connect an RF Cable from the Cable Box Out into the VCR In. 3) Connect an RF Cable from the VCR Out into the RF In on the back of the TV . 4) Connect the Red Cable from VCR Right Audio Output into the Red TV Audio In. 5)[...]

Connections 1) Connect Green Cable Out from DVD Pla y er “Y”Component Output into TV “Y”Component Input 2 or 3. 2) Connect Blue Cable Out from DVD Play er “P B ” Component Output into TV “P B ” Component Input 2 or 3. 3) Connect Red Cable Out from DVD Pla y er “P R ” Component Output into TV “P R ” Component Input 2 or 3. 4)[...]

Connections Connecting to a Digital TV Receiver By inputting a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection high-definition picture source to the Digital-In terminal of this television, high-definition pictures can be display ed on the screen in their digital form. ( This terminal is for use in the future when High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection[...]

Connections 1) Connect the Y ellow Video Cable Out from the Camcorder’ s Video Output into the TV’ s Video Input Jack, OR connect an S-Video Cable from the Camcorder’s S-Video Output to the TV’ s S-Video Input. 2) Connect the White Audio Cable Out from the Camcorder’s Left Audio Output into the TV’ s Left Audio Input Jack. 3) Connect th[...]

Connections 1) Plug one end of the A V Compu Link Cable into the AV Compu Link Input on your VCR, D VD , or other Compu Link device . 2) Plug the other end of the AV Compu Link Cable into the A V Compu Link Input at the rear of the TV . NOTE: • In order for the VCR playback to begin automatically, the recording tabs must be remo ve from the VHS t[...]

Getting Started • Before you can operate the remote control, you must first install the batteries (included). See “Changing the Batteries”at the bottom of this page for instructions. (For an illustration, please see page 8.) • Press the P OWER b utton to turn the television on or off . • Make sure the “TV/CATV” s witch is set to “TV[...]

Getting Started Setting the CATV , VCR and DVD Codes Y ou can progr am your remote to operate your cable box, satellite receiver , VCR or DVD play er by using the instructions and codes listed belo w. If the equipment does not respond to any of the codes listed below or to the code search function, use the remote control sup- plied by the manufactu[...]

Getting Started Setting VCR codes The remote control is prog r ammed with VCR codes for po wer on, po wer off, play , stop , f ast-forward, rewind, pause, record, channel up, and channel down operation. 1) Find the VCR brand from the list of codes shown belo w. 2) Slide the first 2-wa y selector switch to “TV”and the other 2-wa y selector switc[...]

Getting Started Setting DVD codes The remote control is prog r ammed with DVD codes for po wer on, po wer off, play , stop , f ast-forward, rewind, previous chapter, next chapter, tr ay open/close, and still/pause operation. 1) Find the DVDPlay er brand from the list of codes shown below. 2) Slide the first 2-wa y selector switch to “TV” and th[...]

T o bring up the onscreen men u , press the M ENU button on the remote control. The item that appears in yellow is the one currently selected. If you press the M ENU b utton again, the onscreen display will skip to the next menu screen. If you use the Menu button on the TV’ s front panel instead of the remote, an additional menu screen showing ch[...]

Onscreen Menus 23 NOTE: • Digital-In will display only when the 480p pic - ture signal in Digital-In is displa yed. AV-36P902 English 9/13/01 3:55 PM Page 23[...]

Plug In Men u Introduction A uto T uner Setup Langua g e Y ou can choose to view your onscreen menus in three languages:English, French, or Spanish. Press the M ENU button T o LANGUA GE T o choose a language I n Auto T uner Setup, the TV automatically scans through all a v ailable channels, memorizing the active ones and skipping o v er blank ones [...]

Plug In Men u 25 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 . To set the clock using the XDS signal: Enter the channel number of your local PBS station Press M ENU T o SETCLOCK T o operate [...]

Plug In Men u 26 Once you hav e the items in the Plug In Menu set to your personal preferences, mov e to the Finish option to sa ve your settings. T o FINISH T o sa ve settings and exit • Y ou can change the preferences you set in the Plug In Menu at any time using the regular JVC onscreen menu system. Manual Clock Set Finish NOTE: Y ou will hav [...]

Channel Summar y Channel Summar y 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 prev ent any unauthorized vie wers from watching any or all 181 channels . Press the M ENU b utton T o CHANNEL SUMMARY T o operate The Channel Summary screen (abov e) will now be[...]

28 V -Chip Y our TV is equipped with V -Chip technology which enables TV Parental Guidelines (for United States and Canada) and Movie (MPAA) Guideline controls. V -Chip technology allows you to program your TV to receive, or not to receiv e, prog r ams based on content according to the guidelines. Progr ams which exceed the ratings limits you set w[...]

29 V -Chip US V -Chip Ratings U .S. P ARENTAL RATING SYSTEMS Progr ams with the following ratings are appropriate for children. ❒ TV Y is A pp r opr ia te f o r Al l C hil d ren . Progr ams are created for very young vie w ers and should be suitable for all ages, including children ages 2 - 6. ❒ TV Y7 is for Older Children. Most parents would f[...]

V -Chip 30 Line up the cursor in the column (TV PG, TV G, etc.) with the content row (V/FV, S, etc.) and press the or to mov e the cursor to the correct location. Press or to turn the locking f eature on or off . An item is loc k ed if the icon appears instead of a “—”. F or example, to block viewing of all TV 14 shows, mo v e the cursor to t[...]

V -Chip 31 Setting ratings with the V -Chip button Example 2: If you want to set your V -Chip settings to block all prog ramming abov e a current setting such as TV PG-V (with violence): Press Z ERO when TV-PG - V is displa yed T o access Rating information about a certain progr am, press the V -C HIP button while viewing that program. A display li[...]

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 MPAA ratings system. Other NR films may be from amateur producers who didn’t intend to ha ve their film widely released. NR (Not Rated) Prog r amming may contain all types of prog ramming including children&a[...]

V -Chip ❒ E - Exempt. Exempt prog r amming includes:news, sports, documentaries and other information progr amming, talk shows, music videos, and variety prog ramming. ❒ C – Programming Intended for Children. Violence Guidelines:There will be no realistic scenes of violence. Depictions of aggressive behavior will be infrequent and limited to [...]

34 V -Chip Unrated Programs Notes About Unrated Prog r ams: Unrated programming refers to any prog r amming which does not contain a rating signal. Progr amming on television stations which do not broadcast rating signals will be placed in the “Unrated Programming" categor y. Examples of Unrated prog rams: Emergency Bulletins Locally Origina[...]

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 T o SETLOCK CODE T o operate The lock icon appears Press Z[...]

Picture Settings 36 Tint Color Picture Bright Detail T int allows you to adjust the lev els of red and green in your TV picture . Press the M ENU button To TINT T o increase the le vels of green T o increase the le vels of red T o mov e to the next setting The color function lets you make all the colors in the TV picture appear either more vivid or[...]

Picture Settings The setting screen will disappear if you do not make any adjustments or mov e to the next set - ting in approximately three seconds . Any changes you ha v e made to picture settings up to that point will be stored. Y ou can exit the Picture Settings menu at any time by pressing the E XIT button on the remote control. When you want [...]

Sound Settings Y ou can increase or decrease the lev el of low-frequency sound in the TV’s audio with the Bass adjustment . Press the M ENU button T o BASS T o increase the bass T o decrease the bass T o move to the next setting Use T reble to adjust the le vel of high-frequency sound in your TV’s audio. Press the M ENU button To TREBLE T o inc[...]

General Items The On/Off timer lets you prog r am your television to turn itself on or off. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up, to help you remember important progr ams, or as a decoy when you're not home. Press the M E N U b u t t o n T o ON/OFF TIMER T o operate (begins with ONTIME) T o set the hour (AM/PM) you want the TV to turn on T o[...]

General Items 40 If your TV is connected to a stereo system, you can turn off the TV speakers and listen to the audio through your stereo. Press the M ENU button To TVSPEAKER T o turn the TV's speakers ONor OFF E XIT /P IP O FF when finished • Before you turn the TV Speaker setting from OFF to ON, make sure that the TV volume level is low! I[...]

General Items 41 Tilt Correction This adjusts the pictures so that it looks ev en on the screen and not lopsided. Press the M ENU button To TIL T CORRECTION T o adjust TIL T CORRECTION Purity This helps clean up the picture so that it may not contain any “snow”. Press the M ENU button T o PURITY T o adjust PURITY Digital-In This is for if you a[...]

General Items Many broadcasts now include an onscreen display of dialog called Closed Captions. Some broadcasts may also include displays of additional information in text form. Y our television can access and display this information using the Closed Caption feature. T o activate the Closed Caption feature, follow the steps below. Press the M ENU [...]

Button Functions The M ENU b utton 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 /P IP O FF button to leave a menu screen. Press Exit/PIPOff to turn off the Picture-in-Picture function[...]

Button Functions Video Status Muting The V IDEO S TA TUS b utton 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 . Dynamic - Choose when you watch the TV in a brightly lit room. Theater - Gives a rich, film-like look to video . Press [...]

Button Functions Use the 100+ button to directly access channels abov e Channel 99. For example to mov e to channel 124, press100+, 2 (two), 4 (four). 100+ Button Return+ Input Selects the signal input source for the television:TV (for Antenna, DIGITAL-IN or Cable) or Video-1, 2, 3, or 4 for video devices like VCR’ s, DVD pla yers, or camcorders.[...]

Button Functions 46 Light Y our remote control includes illuminated buttons for ke y features lik e C HANNEL +/– and V OLUME +/–. Press the L IGHT b utton to turn the illumination on. D VD Buttons VCR Buttons TV/CATV Switc h VCR/DVD Switch Y ou can also use this remote control to operate the basic functions of your DVD pla yer . These functions[...]

This allows you to quickly look at up to 9 channels at a time so that you can decide which one to watch. Inde x 05 06 08 10 12 14 22 23 64 Button Functions 47 AV-36P902 English 9/13/01 3:55 PM Page 47[...]

Button Functions - PIP PIP Introduction PIP displays two separate pictures on screen. Y our television has 2-Tuner PIP, meaning you can view pictures from two different channels simultaneously . A special set of PIP control but- tons are located on the upper part of the remote control. Descriptions of each button appear on this page . On/Move T urn[...]

Button Functions - PIP Freeze Swap Channel +/– for PIP Source Use the F REEZE b utton to lock a single, still image onto the PIP window. • If PIP is off when F REEZE is pressed, a snapshot of the main screen is taken and placed in the PIP window. • If PIP is on when F REEZE is pressed, the image in the window when the button was pressed is he[...]

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51 W arranty F or Canadian model televisions, see the separate sheet for Canadian Warranty information. JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONL Y TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND W ORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period [...]

52 W arranty REFURBIS HED PRODUCTS CARR Y A SEP A R A TE W A R R A N T Y . T HIS W A R R A N T Y DOES NOT APPL Y FOR DET AILS OF REFURBISHE D PROD U CT W A R R A N T Y . PLEASE REFER T O THE REFURBISHED PRODUCT W ARRANTY INFORMATION P A CKAGED WITH EACH REFURBISHED PRODUCT . For customer use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No.which is located[...]

53 A uthorized Service Center s QU ALITY SERVICE T OLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www.jvc.com How to locate your JVC service center Dear Customer, In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase, please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the ev ent that repairs are neces - sar y , or for the address nearest y[...]

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

Specifications 55 Specifications subject to change without notice . AV-36P902 English 9/13/01 3:55 PM Page 55[...]

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