JVC AV-32F803 manual

COLOR TELEVISION USER'S GUIDE For models: AV -36F803 AV -36F713 AV -36F703 AV -32F803 AV -32F713 AV -32F703 AV -27F803 AV -27F713 AV -27F703 TM Illustration of A V -27F803 and RM-C325G IMPORT ANT NO TE T O THE CUSTOMER In the spaces below , enter the model and serial number of your tele vision (locat- ed at the rear of the tele vision cabinet)[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS TV SET TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CA UTION: TO INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLO WING RULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS UNIT . 1. Operate only from the pow er source specified on the unit. 2. Av oid damaging the AC plug and power cord. 3. Av oid Imprope[...]

IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS CA UTION: Please read and retain for y our safety . Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. This TV set has been engineered and manuf actured to assure your personal safety . But improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire hazards . In order not to defeat the saf eguards incor porated in this TV[...]

7 An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of ov erhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can f all into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be tak en to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be f ata[...]

13 F or added protection of the TV set during a lightning stor m or when the TV set is to be left unattended for an e xtended 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 power line surges. 14 A TV set and car t combination should be mov ed with care. Quic[...]

Ta b le of Contents UNP ACKING Y OUR TV . ....7 TV Models and Remote Controls . .......8 Quick Setup Guide . ......1 0 Connections . .........1 3 Cable and VCR Connections . ......1 3 Connecting to a D VD Play er . .......1 6 Connecting to an External Amplifier . ...1 7 Connecting to a Camcorder . .......1 7 Connecting to JVC A V Compu Link . ...1 [...]

Tw o AA Batteries 1 T elevision 1 Remote Control Thank you f or your purchase of a JVC Color T elevision. Before y ou begin setting up your new television, please chec k to make sure you ha ve all of the follo wing items. In addition to this guide, y our television bo x should include: Once you ha ve unpack ed your tele vision, the next step is to [...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide NO TE: Before you connect y our televison to another device , please refer to the proper dia- gr ams for y our TV and remote , depending on the model that you hav e purchased. These will help assist you in understanding ho w to connect your tele vision to another device , as well as use the remote to set up your tele vis[...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide Remote Control RM-C325G MODELS: AV -36F803, A V -32F803 and AV -27F803 POWER VIDEO STATUS SLEEP TIMER LIGHT BBE CHANNEL DISPLAY SOURCE FREEZE PIP SWAP ON/MOVE EZ SURF 1 7 4 100+ 3 9 6 RETURN+ MUTING MENU V CHIP PIP OFF EXIT 2 8 0 5 + CH VOL VOL + CH REC STOP PAUSE PLAY FF REW TV CATV DVD VCR VCR CHANNEL TV/VCR VCR/ DVD P[...]

10 Getting Started These quick setup pages will pro vide you, in three easy steps , with the basic inf ormation you need to begin using your ne w television right awa y . This information includes basic instructions on operating your remote control, making a simple cab le/antenna and optional VCR connection and, finally , information on programming[...]

INPUT 4 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT 1 R L MONO AUDIO OVER R L MONO R L 75Ω (VHF / UHF) AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO Y P B P R AV COMPULINK AUDIO OUT INPUT 2 WALL CABLE or ANTENNA OUT 11 Cable/RF connector AV Cables/Plugs Step T wo - Making Basic Connections Next y ou will need to connect your television to an antenna or cab le system. The most b[...]

12 Press the  b utton to mo ve to A UT O TUNER SETUP ¥  To choose CABLE (if y ou are connected to a cable system) or AIR (if y ou use an antenna) or SKIP (if you need to)   To m o v e to ST ART The A uto T uner will now memorize all of the clear , active channels y our tele vision can receive . This will take one or two min utes.[...]

INPUT 4 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT 1 R L MONO AUDIO OVER R L MONO R L 75Ω (VHF / UHF) AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO Y P B P R AV COMPULINK AUDIO OUT INPUT 2 CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR TWO-WA Y SPLITTER VCR IN OUT VLR IN OUT OUT Connections 1) Connect the antenna or cab le TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the tw o-wa y splitter[...]

INPUT 4 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT 1 R L MONO AUDIO OVER R L MONO R L 75Ω (VHF / UHF) AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO Y P B P R AV COMPULINK AUDIO OUT INPUT 2 CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR IN OUT VCR VLR Cable Box OUT IN Illustration of A V -27F803 Connections 14 1) Connect the antenna or cab le TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the[...]

INPUT 4 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT 1 R L MONO AUDIO OVER R L MONO R L 75Ω (VHF / UHF) AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO Y P B P R AV COMPULINK AUDIO OUT INPUT 2 WALL CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR TWO-WA Y SPLITTER IN OUT OUT CABLE BOX OUT IN VCR IN OUT VLR Illustration of A V -27F803 Connections 15 The connection diagrams are intended to show some basi[...]

Connections 16 1) Connect Green cable out from D VD player “Y” Component Output, in to TV “Y” Component Input. 2) Connect Blue cab le out from D VD pla yer “P B ” Component Output, in to TV “P B ” Component Input. 3) Connect Red cab le out from D VD Pla yer “P R ” Component Output, in to TV “P R ” Component Input. 4) Connect[...]

INPUT 4 S VIDEO VIDEO INPUT 1 R L MONO AUDIO OVER R L MONO R L 75Ω (VHF / UHF) AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO Y P B P R AV COMPULINK AUDIO OUT INPUT 2 LEFT FRONT SPEAKER RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER AMPLIFIER Illustration of A V -27F803 Connections 17 1) Connect the yello w video cable out from the Camcorder’ s Video Output, in to the TV’ s Vid[...]

Connections 18 To Connect: Plug one end of the A V Compu Link cable into the A V Compu Link input on your VCR, D VD , or other Compu Link de vice. Plug the other end of the A V Compu Link cable into the A V Compu Link input at the rear of the tele vision. Connecting to JVC A V Compu Link JVC’ s A V Compu Link f eature makes pla ying video tapes o[...]

Remote Contr ol • Bef ore you can oper ate the remote control, you must first install the batteries (included). See “Changing the Batteries” at the bottom of this page for instructions. (F or an illustration, please see page 10.) • Press the P O WER b utton to tur n the television on or off . • Make sure the TV/CA TV switch is set to TV .[...]

Remote Pr ogramming Setting the CA TV , VCR and D VD Codes Y ou can program your remote to oper ate your cab le box, satellite receiver , VCR or D VD play er by using the instructions and codes listed below . If the equipment does not respond to any of the codes listed below or to the code search function, use the remote control supplied by the man[...]

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Remote Pr ogramming 22 D VD codes Aiwa Apex Denon Hitachi JVC Kenwood Konka Mitsubishi Onkyo Oritron Panasonic Philips Pioneer 043 040 020, 037 030, 031 000 035 039 025 041 044 020 023, 036 022 D VD Player CODES Raite RCA Sampo Samsung Sharp Silvania Sony Te chnics To shiba Wa v e Ya m aha Zenith 033 021, 026 034 030 028 038 024, 045, 046, 047 020 [...]

To bring up the onscreen menu , press the M ENU b utton on the remote control. The item that appears in yello w is the one currently selected. If you press the M ENU b utton again, the onscreen display will skip to the ne xt menu screen. If you use the Menu b utton on the TV’ s front panel instead of the remote, an additional menu screen sho wing[...]

Onscreen Menus 24 The Onscreen Menu System Y our television comes with JVC’ s Onscreen Menu System. The Onscreen Menus let you mak e adjustments to your tele vision’s oper ation simply and quickly . Examples of the Onscreen Men us are shown below and on the ne xt page. Detailed explanations on using each men u follo w later in this guide. Press[...]

Plug In Menu The Plug In Menu comes up automatically when you first turn on the TV after plugging it in. The Plug In Menu helps you to get y our TV ready to use b y letting you set your pref erences for: • The Language in which you want the onscreen menus to appear , • The Auto T uner Setup of which channels you wish to receiv e, • Setting th[...]

Plug In Menu 26 A uto Clock Set Before y ou use any of your TV’ s timer functions, you must first set the cloc k. Y ou may precisely set your cloc k using the XDS time signal broadcast by most Public Broadcasting stations. T o set the clock using the XDS signal: Enter the channel number of your local PBS station Press M ENU   To SET CLOCK ?[...]

Plug In Menu 27 Manual Cloc k Set NO TE: Y ou will hav e to reset the clock after a po wer interruption. Y ou must set the clock bef ore operat- ing any timer functions. To set y our clock manually (without using the XDS signal), choose MANU AL from the Set Clock menu and f ollow the steps below .   To SET CLOCK ¥ To oper ate ¥ To MAN[...]

Channel Summary Channel Summary Channel Summary allows you to customize the line-up of channels receiv ed by your TV . Y ou can add or delete channels from the line-up or prev ent any unauthorized viewers from w atching any or all 181 channels. Press the M ENU bu tton   To CHANNEL SUMMAR Y ¥ To oper ate The Channel Summary screen (above) [...]

29 V -Chip Y our TV is equipped with V -Chip technology which enables TV P arental Guidelines (for United States and Canada) and Movie (MP AA) Guideline controls. V -Chip technology allows you to program y our TV to receive, or not to receiv e, programs based on content according to the guidelines. Programs which e xceed the ratings limits you set [...]

30 V -Chip US V -Chip Ratings U .S. P ARENT AL RA TING SYSTEMS Programs with the f ollowing ratings are appropriate for c hildren. ❒ TV Y is Appropriate for All Children. Programs are created f or very young viewers and should be suitab le for all ages, including children ages 2 - 6. ❒ TV Y7 is for Older Children. Most parents would find such p[...]

V -Chip 31 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 locked if the icon appears instead of a “—”. For example. To b lock vie wing of all TV 14 sho ws, mo [...]

V -Chip 32 Setting ratings with the V -Chip b utton Example 2: If you w ant to set your V -Chip settings to bloc k all programming abov e a current setting such as TV PG-V (with violence): Press Z ERO when TV -PG - V is displayed All Programming abo ve TV -PG - V (with Violence) will be bloc ked. To access Rating inf or mation about a cer tain prog[...]

V -Chip ❒ NR - Not Rated. This is a film which has no rating. In many cases these films were imported from countr ies which do not use the MP AA ratings system. Other NR films ma y be from amateur producers who didn’t intend to hav e their film widely released. NR (Not Rated) Programming may contain all types of pr ogramming including chil- dre[...]

V -Chip ❒ E - Exempt. Exempt prog ramming includes: ne ws, spor ts, documentaries and other information programming, talk sho ws, music videos , and variety programming. ❒ C – Programming Intended f or Children. Violence Guidelines: There will be no realistic scenes of violence. Depictions of aggressive behavior will be infrequent and limited[...]

35 V -Chip Unrated Programs Notes About Unrated Programs: Unrated programming ref ers to any programming which does not contain a r ating signal. Programming on tele vision stations which do not broadcast rating signals will be placed in the “Unrated Programming" category . Examples of Unrated programs: Emergency Bulletins Locally Originated[...]

36 V -Chip Set Lock Code Channel Guard and V -Chip settings are protected by a f our-digit Lock Code. Y our TV comes pre-set with a Lock Code of "0000". Y ou may change the code to an y four-digit n umber you wish. T o change the Lock Code, f ollow the steps below . Press the M ENU bu tton   To SET LOCK CODE ¥ To oper ate (Lock [...]

37 Picture Settings Tint Color Picture Bright Detail Tint allows y ou to adjust the lev els of red and green in your TV picture. Press the M ENU bu tton   To TINT  To increase the le vels of green ¥ To increase the le vels of red   To mo ve to the next setting The color function lets you mak e all the colors in the TV picture appear[...]

Picture Settings 38 Noise Muting This feature inserts a blank blue screen o ver channels which are not broadcasting or are too w eak to be receiv ed clearly . Press the M ENU bu tton   To NOISE MUTING ¥ To turn Noise Muting ON or OFF • Noise Muting will not work during Auto T uner Setup or when you operate Channel Summary . With COLOR T[...]

39 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 bu tton   To BASS  To increase the bass ¥ To decrease the bass   To mo ve to the next setting Use T reble to adjust the lev el of high-frequency sound in your TV’ s audio . Press the M ENU[...]

40 General Items The On/Off timer lets you progr am your television to turn itself on or off. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up , to help you remember impor tant programs, or as a deco y when you're not home. Press the M ENU b utton   To ON/OFF TIMER ¥ To oper ate (begins with ON TIME) ¥ To set the hour (AM/PM) you want the [...]

General Items Many broadcasts now include an onscreen displa y of dialog called Closed Captions. Some broadcasts may also include displa ys of additional information in text f or m. Y our television can access and display this inf or mation using the Closed Caption feature . T o activate the Closed Caption feature , follow the steps belo w . Press [...]

Get the best quality video from your D VD play er by using this setting and the D VD inputs at the rear of the television. Set either to YES for component input (f or D VD) or to NO for composite video input (for a regular VCR), using V2 COMPONENT -IN. Press the M ENU bu tton   To V2 COMPONENT -IN ¥ To turn the input ON (YES) or OFF (NO) [...]

Button Functions 43 The M ENU b utton allo ws 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 inf or mation on using menus. Press the E XIT b utton to lea ve a menu screen. On the RM-C325G this button is also labeled “PIP O FF ”. Press[...]

Button Functions 44 Video Status Sleep Timer Hyper Surround Muting The V IDEO S TA TUS b utton giv es you a choice of three TV picture display settings, including a display of y our own preferences . Standard - Resets the picture displa y to the factory settings. Dynamic - Heightens contrast Theater - Gives a rich, film-like look to video . Press t[...]

Button Functions 45 Use the 100+ button to directly access channels abo ve Channel 99. F or example to mov e to channel 124, press100+, 2 (two), 4 (f our). 100+ Button Return+ Input Selects the signal input source for the tele vision: TV (f or Antenna or Cable) or Video-1, 2, 3 or 4 for video de vices like VCR’ s, D VD play ers, or camcorders. I [...]

Button Functions 46 Light Y our remote control includes illuminated buttons f or key f eatures like C HANNEL +/- and V OLUME +/-. Press the L IGHT b utton to turn the illumination on. D VD Buttons VCR Buttons TV/CA TV Switch VCR/D VD Switch Y ou can also use this remote control to operate the basic functions of your D VD play er. These functions in[...]

Button Functions - PIP 47 PIP displays tw o separate pictures on screen. Y our television has 2-T uner PIP , meaning y ou can view pictures from two diff erent channels simultaneously . A special set of PIP control but- tons are located on the upper par t of the remote control. Descriptions of each button appear on this page. The PIP f eature is av[...]

Button Functions - PIP 48 Freeze Swap Channel +/- for PIP Source Use the F REEZE b utton to loc k 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 windo w . • If PIP is on when F REEZE is pressed, the image in the window when the b utton was pressed[...]

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

Tr oubleshooting 50 There is no power There is no picture or sound Y ou cannot select a certain channel The power turns off by itself The clock is wrong The color quality is poor The On T imer is blinking There are lines across the picture The picture is spotted There are double pictures (ghosts) Picture is snowy (image noise) Screen is 40% black S[...]

51 W arranty JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all par ts thereof, e xcept as set forth below ONL Y TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER A T RET AIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MA TERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase f or the per iod shown below (the “Warr anty Period”) (PICTURE TUBE is covered f or T wo (2) year[...]

52 W arranty 7) Accessories; 8) Batteries (except that Rechargeable Batteries are co vered for 90 da ys from date of purchase.) There are no express warranties except as listed abo ve . THE DURA TION OF ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED W ARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABIL TY , IS LIMITED T O THE DURA TION OF THE EXPRESS W ARRANTY HEREIN. JVC SH[...]

53 A uthorized Ser vice Center s QU ALITY SER VICE T OLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www .jvc.com HO W T O LOCA TE Y OUR JVC SER VICE CENTER Dear Customer , In order to receive the most satisf action from your purchase, please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the ev ent that repairs are neces- sar y , please call 1 (800)[...]

Specifications 54 Specifications subject to change without notice. Model Reception Format NTSC, BTSC System (Multi-Channel Sound) Reception Range VHF 2 to 13, UHF 14 to 69 Sub Mid, Mid, Super, Hyper and Ultra Bands (181 channel frequency synthesizer system) Power Consumption 140W 160W 160W Power Source AC 120V, 60Hz Screen Size 27 inch / 68 cm meas[...]

Note 55 AV-27,32,36F703/713/803 English 6/14/02 5:07 PM Page 55[...]

JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA Division of JVC Americas Corp. 1700 V alley Road Wa yne, New Jerse y , 07470 JVC CANADA, INC. 21 Finchdene Square Scarborough, Ontario Canada, M1X 1A7 AV-27,32,36F703/713/803 English 6/14/02 5:07 PM Page 56[...]