JVC TH-C20 manuale d’uso

TH-C30 L VT1504-001A [J] TH-C20 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 for future reference. Model No . S er i al N o. INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV -THC30, SP-PWC30, SP-THC40F, SP-THC 40C and SP-THC4 0S Consists of XV -THC20, SP-PWC20, [...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/Mi ses en garde, précautions et indications diverses Note to CATV system install er: This reminder is p rovided to call the CA TV system i nstaller’ s attent ion to Sect ion 820 -40 of the NEC whi ch provides gu idelines for prop er grou nding and, in particular , specifie s that th e cable grou nd sh all b e c[...]

Warnings, Cautions and Others/Mises en gar de, précautions et indications diverses G-2 IMPO RTANT FOR L ASER PRO DUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASE R PR ODUCT 2. CA UTIO N : Do not open the top cover . There are no user serv iceable parts inside the un it; leave all servicing to qualif ied service personne l. 3. CA UTIO N : V i sible and/or i n visib le class [...]

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

2 7 Important c autions Inst allatio n of th e syst em • S elec t a pla ce w hi ch is le vel, dr y and ne it her too hot nor to o c old ; 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 j ect to vib ratio n. Power cor d • Do no t han dle the power co rd with we[...]

3 This system has been designed to play back the following d iscs: The √ in the list belo w shows a v ailab le disc types and r ecor ding formats. * 1 This system can play finalized discs only . * 2 Re corde d wit h U DF Br id ge for mat. • I t is possible to pla y back finalized +R/+R W (DVD V ideo Fo rm at only) disc s. “DVD ” lights on t[...]

4 For all playabl e file s • The s ystem ca n only recognize an d pla y files with o ne of the follo wing extensi ons, which can be in an y combina tion of up per 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 figures indica te the pages whe re the details of the parts ar e described. Display window 23 36 18 23 16 27 21 18 36 31 Disc tray (inside): 17 18 18 19 17 17 17 20, 35 15 15 15 17, 19 14 14 35 31 30 35 29 Remote sensor: 7 11 20 Description of par ts and contr ols TH-C20-30[JC]5.book Pa ge 5 Thursday,[...]

6 Rear panel (center unit) Powe re d su b wo o fe r SP-P WC30/ SP-PW C20 No te that the illustra tion belo w is fo r SP -PW C30. NOTE • For safety re asons, always en sure that there is sufficient space behin d the powered subwoofer. * Do not block the ven t ilatio n openings to allo w pr oper air circulatio n by the cooling fan. 10 37 11 11 8 11[...]

7 Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control If the ran ge or effectivenes s of the re mote co ntrol decr eases, replace both batt eries. CAUTIO N • Do not exp ose batteries to heat o r flame. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remo te con trol dir ect ly to the fro nt panel of the center uni t. • Do not b lo ck th[...]

8 7 AM loop ant enna Settin g up supplied AM l o op an tenna Connecting AM loop antenna • T urn the loop antenna until you hav e the best recep tion durin g 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 recept[...]

9 No te that the illustra tion belo w is fo r SP-PW C30. 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 . • DO N OT conn ect more than one speaker to one speaker term inal. • When insta[...]

10 T o obtain the best poss ible sound fro m this system, you need t o place all the speakers ex cept the sub woofer a t the same dis tance from the liste ning p osition. If your spe akers c annot b e place d at the same distance f rom the listeni ng po sition Y ou can a djus t the delay tim e of the speakers. See “Delay menu (DELA Y)” on page [...]

11 Y ou can e njoy the sound of an a nalog com ponent. NOTE • The signals input to the VIDEO jack of the VCR IN jacks will be output only from the VI DEO jack of the VIDEO OUT jacks, not from the S-VI DEO jack of the VI DEO OUT jacks. Y ou can e njoy the sound of a digi tal com p onen t. * DBS = Direct Br oadcasting Sa tellite NOTE • Only digit[...]

12 NOTE • Manufacturers’ codes ar e subject to chan ge without noti ce. • Set the codes again af ter replacing t he batteries of the remote control. 7 To set t he manu facturer’s code 1 Slide the remote control mode selec tor to T V. 2 Press and hol d F TV . Keep t he button presse d unt il st ep 4 i s fi nish ed. 3 Pr ess ENTER. 4 Press nu[...]

13 5 Press number butt on s (1-9, 0) to enter the manufact urer’ s code (2 digits). Exam ples : For a G I Je r rol d pr o duc t : Press 0 , then 1 . Fo r a S on y product: Press 2 , then 0 . * “01” is the initial setting. 6 Release F VCR/ DBS. If ther e is more than on e co de list ed for yo ur bran d, t ry each one u ntil y ou en ter the co [...]

14 IMPORTANT Before using t he remote contr ol for the following operation; • S et th e re mote c ontrol m od e s elec tor to AU D I O . On the re mote contro l: Press F AU D I O. On t he ce nter unit : Press F . When D VD or USB MEMOR Y is selected as the sour ce (se e page 15), the following m essag es will appear on the TV screen. NOTE • The[...]

15 On the remo te con trol: Press one of the sourc e selec ting buttons (DVD , US B MEMORY , FM/A M, VCR or DBS) . DVD : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VI DEO , VCD et c.). (See page 17.) USB MEM ORY : T o playback a file in a USB mass storag e class device. (See page “ T o play a f ile in a USB mass storage cl ass de v ic e ” on pag e 17 . FM/ A M[...]

16 The syst em turns off au to matically when the s pecified period of time ha s pa ssed. Pr ess SLEEP. Each time yo u pr ess the b utto n, the shu t-off time chang es. Exam ple: To chec k the remaini ng tim e Press SLEEP once. To chang e the rema ining time Press SLEEP rep e ate d l y . To cancel Press SLEEP r epeat edly un til “ S LEEP – –?[...]

17 • 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 ntrol mode selecto r to AUD I O . 2 Press DVD or USB MEMO RY . 7 To play a disc 1 Pr ess the desired DISC (1-5) 0 on the cen ter unit. • The sys tem tu[...]

18 7 On-screen guide icons During DVD VIDEO p l ayback, the follo w ing guide ico ns may appear fo r a while on the TV screen; • : app ear s at t he b eg inn ing of a sc en e contai ni ng mult i- subt itle language s . • : appears at the beginning o f a scene con taining multi-a udio language s . • : appears at the beginning o f a s cene co n[...]

19 ASF/MPEG-2/MPEG-1/DivX f ile Exam ple: When a n ASF fi le is p layed. 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 , yo u can chang e the pla y mode. (See page 21.) NOTE • You can change the time informat ion mode (excep t for MP3/WMA/ ASF/MPEG[...]

20 7 During playback On the remo te con trol: Press y or 1 . Each time you p ress the bu tton, the sear ch speed changes (x2, x5, x10, x20, x60). To ret urn t o nor mal sp eed pl aybac k Press 3 (play b utton). On the cente r unit: Press and hold x or 4 . Cont inuous ly pres sing x or 4 increases the fast- forward/ reverse sear ch speed (x5, x20). [...]

21 S ome DVD A UDIOs have a sp ec ial g roup c al le d “b onus group ” whose conten ts are no t op en to the p ublic. The bonus gr oup is al ways assigned to the las t grou p of a disc. T o play back a bonu s group , you hav e to enter the s pecific “key numb er” (a pass word). Th e way of ge tti ng th e key numbe r dep end s on the disc . [...]

22 • 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 th e re mote c ontrol m od e s elec tor to AU D I O . • Ther e are exceptio ns in the operation me ntioned above. In such a case , foll ow each inst ruc tion. Y ou [...]

23 7 DSP • ST ADI UM ST ADIUM m ode add s clar ity and spre ads t he s ound, li ke in an outdo or st adiu m. • All Ch annel St ereo All Channel Ster eo (ALL ST) m ode can re produce a larger ster eo sound field us ing all the connected (and acti vated) sp eakers. All Channel Ster eo can be used while repr o ducin g 2 channel ster eo sourc e. 7 [...]

24 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 tion. 3 Shows dis c number . 4 Fo r DVD VIDE O: Shows curr ent title n umber . Fo r DVD A UDIO: Sh ows curr ent gro up num ber . Fo r DVD VR: Sho w s curren t play mode (PG: for Original [...]

25 Y ou can sta r t playin g a title, c hap ter o r track yo u specify . Y ou can also play a di sc from specified time. Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu DVD VIDE Os an d DV D A U DIOs gene ra ll y have the ir own me nus which s how di s c con ten ts and you ca n disp lay them on the T V screen. Y ou can loca te a desir ed scene b y using[...]

26 Locating a desired position b y specifying th e 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 pla ying time from the beginning of t he disc P erform the fo l lowin g procedur e whi le sto p ped[...]

27 When Resum e Playback is set t o “ ON” (see page 35) and you stop play b ack by t he foll owing opera t ions, the posi tion w here p l a yback has been stop ped is stored . (RESU ME indica tor lights on the displa y window .) • T urning off the power (See page 14.) • Pressing 7 once • Chan g ing the sour ce (See page 15.) To star t pla[...]

28 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): “ ENGLISH ” is selected ou t of 3 audio langu ages re corded. 2 Pr ess A UDIO repeatedl y 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[...]

29 Selec tin g bro wsable still pic ture recorded on DVD AUD IO Mo st DV D A UDIOs in clude bro wsable still pictur es (B.S .P .), which usually a pp ear by turns a uto matically durin g 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 ctur es [...]

30 4 Pr ess ENTER. Exam ple: 5 Press C ursor Y / 5 to change the setting . 6 Pr ess ENTER. The c ur rent VF P s etti ngs ap pe ar ag ain. 7 Repeat steps 3 t o 6 to adjust other parameters . 8 Pr ess VFP. NOTE • Although the setting display disap pears in the middle of the procedure, the settin g at that time will be stored . 7 While stopped 1 Pr [...]

31 Y ou can p lay titles or tracks on a disc in ra ndom orde r . 7 While stopped 1 Pr ess PLA Y MODE rep eatedl y until appears on the T V screen. RND indica to r lights o n the displa y window . 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 t disc[...]

32 Repeating a desired par t [A-B Repeat] Y ou can r e peat playback o f a desired 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 repea tedly t o select “A - B ?[...]

33 • Y ou can chan ge the language used in the setu p men us. See “M enu desc ription ” b elow . Basic operation on th e setup menus IMPORTANT Before using t he remote con trol for the following operation ; 1 Set the rem ote co ntrol mode selecto r to AUD I O . 2 Press DVD or USB MEMORY . 7 While stopped 1 Press SET UP. 2 F ollow the instruc [...]

34 : Pic ture me nu (PIC TURE) 7 MONITOR TYPE Y ou can se lect the moni to r type to ma tch yo ur T V when you pla y DVD s record ed in the picture ’ s height/width ra t io of 16:9. • 16:9 ( W ide tele vision con versi on) Select this when the aspect ratio o f yo ur TV is fixed on 16:9 (wide TV) . Wh en you p l a y DVD s reco rded in the pict u[...]

35 7 Subwoofer me nu (SUBWOOFER) LEVE L Y ou can set the outp ut level of the su bwoofer in the -6 dB to + 6 dB ran ge. CROSS OVER The signals be low the p reset frequen cy level will be sent to a nd be rep rod uced by the s ubw oof er . Select one of the crosso ver frequency levels acco rding to the size of the small speaker con nected. • 120Hz [...]

36 Once a sta tion is assigned t o a chan nel num b er , the station can be quickly tuned in. Y ou can pr es et 30 FM and 1 5 AM statio ns. 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 e ception mode fo r an FM statio n, select the reception mode y ou wan t. S ee “Selecting the FM recep[...]

37 The A V COMPU LINK remo te control syst em a llow s you to op erate JV C T Vs and V CRs thro ugh the cen ter uni t. This sys tem is equip ped with the A V COMPU LINK-III , which adds a function to opera te JVC’ s video compon ents via the video com ponen ts terminals. T o use this remo te contr ol system, yo u need to co nnect the video com po[...]

38 7 Handling Discs • Rem ove t he d is c f rom its c as e by hold ing 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. • Pu t the disc back in its ca se after use to preven t war ping. • Be car eful not t o scra tch the s urface of the disc when placing i t back in [...]

39 7 Center unit (XV-THC30/XV-THC20) Audio section T ot al Harm oni c D istor t ion : 0. 02 % NOTE: This value is measured a t Sys tem cord CONNECTOR f or refe rence. 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 Dig ital, an d DTS Digital Surr ound (with samp ling [...]

40 7 Satellite Speakers — SP -X THC30 Front s peakers (S P-THC40F) T ype: 2-way 2-sp ea ker Bass reflex t yp e (Ma g netically shielded T yp e) Spe ake r : 8. 0 cm (3- 3/1 6 i nches ) c one M 1 1.5 cm (5/ 8 in ches) dome M 1 P owe r Handling Ca pacity : 170 W Imp ed an ce : 3 Ω Fr equency Range: 80 Hz t o 20 000 Hz Sound P res sure Level: 7 7 d[...]

41 TH-C20-30[JC]5.book Pa ge 41 Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:29 A M[...]

42 TH-C20-30[JC]5.book Pa ge 42 Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:29 A M[...]

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