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    © 2004 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED  Colour Television INSTRUCTIONS LCT1582-00 1A-U 0204-MK-CR-JMUK AV-32X4SK AV-28X4SK AV-32X4SR AV-28X4SR AV-32X4SK/AV-28X4SK/AV-32X4SR/AV-2 8X4SR LCT1582-001A-U_Cover.fm Pag e 1 Wednes[...]

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    2  Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. To make sure you understand how to use your new TV, please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. Avoid improper installation and never position the unit where good [...]

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    3   Warning DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety appro[...]

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    4  • Never obstruct the ventilation of this equipment. Doing so may cause overheating and result in a malfunction or damage. • Never use makeshift stands or attempt to affix legs with wood screws. When using a manufactur[...]

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    5  CONTENTS Setting up your TV ............. .............. ........6 Connecting the aerial and video cassette recorder ( VCR) .............. .......... ............. .. 6 Connecting the power cord to the AC outlet... .........[...]

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    6  Setting up your TV Caution • Turn off all the equipment includi ng the TV before connecting anything. Connecting the aerial and video cassette recorder (VCR) • The connecting cables are not provided. • For further d[...]

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    Setting up your TV 7  Connecting the power cord to the AC outlet Caution • Operate only from the power source specified (AC 220 – 240 V, 50 Hz) on the unit. Putting the batteries into the remote control Use two AAA/R03 d[...]

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    8 Setting up your TV  2 Press the a button The LANGUAGE menu appears. 3 Press the 6 buttons to choose ENGLISH The on-screen display wi ll then be in English. To receive SKY 1 you need a satellite tuner. You must have the sat[...]

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    Setting up your TV 9  Now, the initial settings are complete, and you can watch the TV • For UK model (AV-32X4SK/AV-28X4SK): BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are autom atically set to the programme numbers PR1 to P[...]

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    10 Setting up your TV   Direct Rec “What You See Is What You Record” You can easily record to VCR the images that you are watching on the TV. For details, read the manual for your VCR. Use your VCR controls. “VCR IS[...]

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    11  TV buttons and functions Refer to the pages in brackets for details. 1 Main power button (7, 11) 2 Power lamp (7, 11) 3 Remote control sensor 4 r (Volume) button (11) 5 P p buttons/ q buttons (12) 6 Headphone jack (mini [...]

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    12  Remote control buttons and functions 1 Muting button 2 Number butt ons 3 c button 4 3D CINEMA SOUND button 5 Information button 6 TV button 7 5 buttons 8 Standby button 9 Colour buttons 0 a button - 6 buttons = VCR/DVD/T[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 13   Use the PR LIST: 1 Press the h (Information) button to display the PR LIST Pressing the h (information) button changes the display as follows: 2 Press the 5 and 6 buttons to choos[...]

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    14 Remote control b uttons and functions  To return to a TV channel: Press the b button, the 6 buttons or the number buttons. To use the program me number PR 0 (AV): When the TV and VCR are connected only by the aerial cable[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 15  FULL: This uniformly stretches the left and right sides of a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to fill the wide TV screen. • For 16:9 aspect ratio pictures that have been squeezed i[...]

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    16 Remote control b uttons and functions  Displaying the current time You can display the current time on the screen. Press the h (Information) button to display th e current tim e Pressing the h (Information) button changes[...]

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    17  Teletext function Basic operation You can view two types of teletext broadcasts on the TV: FLOF (Fastext) and WST. 1 Choose a TV chan nel with a teletext broadcast 2 Set the VCR P DVD switch to the P P P P (Text) positio[...]

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    18 Teletext functi on  Hold You can hold a teletext page on the scr een for as long as you want, even while several other teletext pages are being rece ived. Press the C C C C (Hold) button To cancel the Hold function: Press[...]

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    19  Using the TV’s menu This TV has a number of functions you can operate using menus. To use all your TV’ s functions, you need to understan d the basic menu operating techniques fully. Basic operation 1 Press the a but[...]

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    20  PICTURE SETTING See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. PICTURE MODE You can choose one of three PICTURE MODEs to adjust the picture settings automatically. BRIGHT: Heightens contra[...]

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    21  PICTURE FEATURES See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. DIGITAL VNR The DIGITAL VNR function cuts down the amount of ‘noise’ (‘snow’ or interference) in the original pict u[...]

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    22 PICTURE FEATURES  MAX: The level of DigiPure effect is set to the maximum. If you set the DigiPure Pro function to AUTO but feel that the original picture quality has not been reproduced fully, change the setting from AUT[...]

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    PICTURE FEATURES 23  4:3 AUTO ASPECT You can choose one of three ZOOM modes, REGULAR, PANORAMIC or 14:9 ZOOM, as the ZOOM mode for the normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio). 1 Choose 4:3 AUTO ASPECT then press the a button 2 Pre[...]

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    24  SOUND SETTING See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. STEREO / I • II When you are viewing a bilingual broadcast programme, you can choose the sound from Bilingual I (Sub I) or Bi[...]

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    25  3D CINEMA SOUND See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. Adjust the 3D CINEMA SOUND effect. For details on how to turn 3D CINEMA SOUND on and off, read “3D CINEMA SOUND function”[...]

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    26  EXT SETTING See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. S-IN (S-VIDEO input) You can connect a device (such as an S-VHS VCR) to enjoy the high-quality picture of the S-VIDEO sig nal (Y/[...]

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    EXT SETTING 27  To erase a name assigne d to the EXT terminal: Choose a blank space. 4 Press the a button to complete the setting DUBBING You can choose a signal source to be output from the EXT-2 terminal. You can do this w[...]

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    28  FEATURES See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. SLEEP TIMER You can set the TV to automatically turn off after a specified period of time. 1 Choose SLEEP TIMER, then press the a bu[...]

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    FEATURES 29  3 Press the a button The Sub-menu of CHILD LOCK appears. 4 Press the 6 buttons to choose a TV channel Every time you press the 6 buttons, the Programme number (PR) changes, and the picture of the TV channel regi[...]

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    30  INSTALL See “Using th e TV’s menu” (page 19) for details of displaying the menu. LANGUAGE You can choose the language you want to use for the on-screen display from the language list in a menu. 1 Choose LANGUAGE, t[...]

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    INSTALL 31  3 Press the a button to display the T-V LINK menu 4 If you do no t have a T-V L INK compatible VCR connected: Press the b button to le ave the T-V LINK menu. The T-V LINK menu disappears and all the settings are [...]

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    32 INSTALL  2 Follow the descriptio n for a function you want to use MOVE: This function changes a programme number (PR) of a TV channel. ID: This function registers a channel name (ID) to a TV channel. INSERT: This function[...]

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    INSTALL 33  3 Press the 6 buttons to choose the first character of a channel name (ID) you want to give the TV channel 4 Press the blue button to display the ID LIST (channel name list) 5 Press the 6 buttons to choose the ch[...]

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    34 INSTALL   DELETE 1 Press the 6 buttons to choose a TV channel Every time you press the 6 buttons, the programme number (PR) changes and the picture of the TV channel stored in the programme number (PR) appears on the s[...]

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    35  Additional menu operations Using the ACI function This TV has an ACI function which decodes the ACI (Automatic Channel Installation) data. Using the ACI function allows all TV channels transmitt ed from the cable TV stat[...]

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    36 Additional menu operations  Downloading data to a VCR You can send the latest programme numbers (PR) data to a VCR with the T-V LINK function. • You can only do this when a T-V LINK compatible VCR is connected to the EX[...]

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    Additional menu operations 37  7 Follow “Downloa ding data to a VCR” on page 36 to transmit the programme number (PR) data to the VCR 8 If you have another TV channel yo u want to unscramble using a decoder, repe at step[...]

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    38  Additional preparation Connecting external equipment Connect the equipment to the TV, making the correct rear panel and front panel connections. Before connectin g anything: • Read the manuals that came with the equipm[...]

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    Additional preparation 39   Equipment which can output the S-VIDEO signal (Y/C signal) such as an S-V HS VCR Connect the equipment to an EXT terminal (but not the EXT-1 terminal). You can choose between an S-VIDEO signal [...]

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    40  Troubleshooting If a problem arises while you are using the TV, please read this troubleshooting guide carefully before you ask to have the TV repaired. You may be able to fix it easily by yourself. For example, if the m[...]

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    Troubleshooting 41   Poor sound • Have you adjusted BASS or TREBLE properly? If not, follow the description “Sound adjustment” on page 24. • When TV channel reception is poor, it can be hard to hear stereo or bili[...]

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    42  Specifications We may change the design and specific ations without notice. Pictures displayed on the screen using this TV’s ZOOM functions should not be shown fo r any commercial or demonstration purpose in public pla[...]

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    Specifications 43  We may change the design and specific ations without notice. Pictures displayed on the screen using this TV’s ZOOM functions should not be shown fo r any commercial or demonstration purpose in public pla[...]