JVC AV-36D303 manual

COLOR TELEVISION USER'S GUIDE For models: AV -36D503 AV -36D303 AV -36D203 AV -32D503 AV -32D303 AV -32D203 AV -27D503 Illustration of A V -32D503 and RM-C251 IMPORT ANT NO TE TO THE CUST OMER In the spaces below , enter the model and serial number of your tele vision (located at the rear of the television cabinet). Staple your sales receipt o[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS TV SET TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CA UTION: TO INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSER VE THE FOLLOWING R ULES 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 Improp[...]

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 saf ety . But improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire hazards . In order not to def eat the safeguards incorporated 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 dur ing a lightning stor m or when the TV set is to be left unattended for an e xtended per iod 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 moved with care . Qu[...]

Ta b le of Contents UNP A CKING 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 Pla yer . .......1 6 Connecting to an External Amplifier . ...1 7 Connecting to a Camcorder . .......1 7 Connecting to JVC A V Compu Link . ...1[...]

MENU OPERATE MENU POWER ON TIMER — CHANNEL + — VOLUME + Tw o AA Batteries 1 T ele vision 1 Remote Control Thank you f or your purchase of a JVC Color T elevision. Before y ou begin setting up your ne w television, please chec k to make sure you hav e all of the following items . In addition to this guide, y our television bo x should include: O[...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide NO TE: Before y ou connect your televison to another de vice, please refer to the proper dia- gr ams for y our TV and remote , depending on the model that you ha ve 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 y our televis[...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide Remote Control RM-C251 MODELS: AV -36D503, A V -32D503, and A V -27D503 Remote Control RM-C252 MODELS: AV -36D303, A V -36D203, AV -32D303, and A V -32D203 9 GE D-Series English 3/12/02 2:52 PM Page 9[...]

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

11 WAL L CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR VCR IN 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 basic antenna/cable connection is sho wn below . For more detailed connections , such as ones where a cable bo x is required, see pages 14 to 15. Y[...]

12 Press the " # b uttons to mo ve to A UT O TUNER SETUP Press the $% b uttons to begin 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) " # ! To m o v e to ST ART $% !! To start Auto T uner Setup The A uto T uner will now memorize all of the clear , active channels y our t[...]

Connections VCR IN WAL L CABLE or ANTENNA OUT OR OR TWO-WA Y SPLITTER 1) Connect the antenna or cab le TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the two-wa y splitter . 2) Connect an RF cable from the one of the RF Outputs on the splitter , in to the RF Input on the back of the VCR. 3) Connect an RF cable from the other the RF Output on t[...]

VCR IN OR OR WAL L CABLE or ANTENNA OUT Connections 14 1) Connect the antenna or cab le TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the cable box. 2) Connect an RF cable from the RF Output of the cable bo x, in to the RF Input on the back of the VCR. 3) Connect an RF cable from the RF Output of the VCR, in to the RF Input on the back of the[...]

Connections 15 The connection diagrams are intended to show some basic general connections. Some cable companies may require special connections to pr operly use your televi- sion or 2-tuner PIP function. If you f ollow these diagrams and either the tele vision or PIP does not work properly , contact y our local cable operator for more connection i[...]

DVD Player Y P B P R AUDIO OUT R L Green Blue Red Connections 16 1) Connect Green cable out from D VD pla yer “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 Outp[...]

Connections 17 1) Connect the yellow video cab le out from the Camcorder’ s Video Output, in to the TV’ s Video Input jack. 2) Connect the white audio cab le out from the Camcorder’ s Left A udio Output, in to the TV’ s Left Audio Input J ack. 3) Connect the red audio cable out from the Camcorder’ s Right Audio Output, in to the TV’ s R[...]

Connections 18 VCR or DVD player To Connect: Plug one end of the A V Compu Link cable into the A V Compu Link input on y our 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 feature makes pla [...]

Remote Contr ol • Bef ore you can operate the remote control, y ou must first install the batteries (included). See “Changing the Batteries” at the bottom of this page for instructions. (For an illustr ation, please see page 10.) • Press the P O WER b utton to turn 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 DVD Codes Y ou can program y our remote to operate y our cable bo x, 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[...]

Remote Pr ogramming Admiral Aiwa Akai Audio Dynamic Bell & Howell Broksonic Canon CCE Citizen Craig Curtis Mathes Daewoo DBX Dimensia Emerson Fisher Funai G.E. Go Video Goldstar Hitachi Gradiente Instant Replay Jensen 035 027, 032, 095 029, 072, 073, 074 003, 005 063, 071 020, 026, 094 023, 025 043 064 063, 029, 064 045, 024, 027, 093 043, 059,[...]

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 c h nics To shiba Wa v e Ya m aha Zenith 033 021, 026 034 030 028 038 024, 045, 046, 047 02[...]

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 tele vision comes with JVC’ s Onscreen Menu System. The Onscreen Menus let you mak e adjustments to your tele vision’s operation simply and quic kly . Examples of the Onscreen Menus are shown below and on the ne xt page. Detailed e xplanations on using each menu f ollow 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 y our preferences f or : • 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 [...]

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 Pub lic 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 cloc k before operat- ing any timer functions. To set your 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 operate $% To MANUAL &qu[...]

Channel Summary Channel Summary Channel Summary allows you to customize the line-up of channels receiv ed by y our 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 operate The Channel Summary screen (above) wi[...]

29 V -Chip Y our TV is equipped with V -Chip technology which enab les 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 receive , programs based on content according to the guidelines. Programs which e xceed the ratings limits you se[...]

30 V -Chip US V -Chip Ratings U .S. P ARENT AL RA TING SYSTEMS Programs with the f ollowing ratings are appr opriate for children. ❒ TV Y is Appropriate f or All Children. Programs are created f or ver y young vie wers and should be suitable f or all ages, including children ages 2 - 6. ❒ TV Y7 is for Older Children. Most parents would find suc[...]

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 shows, mov e th[...]

V -Chip 32 Setting ratings with the V -Chip button Example 2: If you w ant 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 displayed All Programming abo ve TV -PG - V (with Violence) will be bloc ked. To access Rating information about a cer tain program[...]

V -Chip ❒ NR - Not Rated. This is a film which has no rating. In many cases these films were impor ted from countries 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 ma y contain all types of programming inc luding chil- dr[...]

V -Chip ❒ E - Exempt. Exempt prog ramming includes: news, 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 rating 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 four-digit Loc k 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 Loc k Code, f ollow the steps belo w . Press the M ENU bu tton " # To SET LOCK CODE $% To operate (Lock i[...]

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 lev els of green $ To increase the lev els of red " # To move to the ne xt 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 tur n Noise Muting ON or OFF • Noise Muting will not work during Auto T uner Setup or when you operate Channel Summary . With COLOR TE[...]

39 Sound Settings Y ou can increase or decrease the le vel of lo w-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 move to the ne xt setting Use T reble to adjust the le vel of high-frequency sound in your TV’ s audio . Press the M EN[...]

40 General Items The On/Off timer lets you progr am your tele vision to tur n itself on or off. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up , to help you remember important programs, or as a deco y when you're not home. Press the M ENU b utton " # To ON/OFF TIMER $% To operate (begins with ON TIME) $% To set the hour (AM/PM) you w ant the TV t[...]

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 orm. Y our tele vision can access and display this inf or mation using the Closed Caption feature. T o activate the Closed Caption feature , f ollow the steps below . Press t[...]

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 f or component input (for D VD) or to NO f or composite video input (for a regular VCR). Press the M ENU bu tton " # To V2 COMPONENT -IN $% To tur n the input ON (YES) or OFF (NO) E XIT when finished • [...]

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 information on using menus. Press the E XIT b utton to lea ve a men u screen. On the RM-C251 this button is also labeled “PIP O FF ”. Press E[...]

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. For e xample to move to channel 124, press100+, 2 (two), 4 (f our). 100+ Button Return+ Input Selects the signal input source for the tele vision: TV (for Antenna or Cab le) or Video-1, 2 or 3 f or video de vices like VCR’s , D VD play ers, or camcorders. I NPU[...]

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 tur n 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 y our D VD pla yer . These functions[...]

Button Functions - PIP 47 PIP displays tw o separate pictures on screen. Y our television has 2-T uner PIP , meaning you 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 feature is avai[...]

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 window . • If PIP is on when F REEZE is pressed, the image in the window when the button w as pressed [...]

Tr oub leshooting 49 There is no power There is no picture or sound Yo u c a nnot 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% blac[...]

50 W arranty JVC COMP ANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all par ts thereof , except as set f or th below ONL Y T O THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER A T RET AIL to be FREE FR OM DEFECTIVE MA TERIALS AND W ORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period shown below (the “Warranty P eriod”) (PICTURE TUBE is covered f or T wo (2) y[...]

51 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 TO THE DURA TION OF THE EXPRESS W ARRANTY HEREIN. JVC SHA[...]

52 A uthorized Ser vice Center s QU ALITY SER VICE T OLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www .jvc.com HO W TO 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 e vent that repairs are neces- sar y , please call 1 (800) [...]

53 Sear ch Codes Cable/Satellite Sear ch Codes Function: 1) Slide the first 2-W ay Mode Selector s witch 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 bo x responds. 4) If there was a response, press R ETURN +. The operating codes are no w s[...]

Specifications 54 MODEL AV- 27D503 AV- 32D203 AV- 32D303 AV- 32D503 A V -36D503 AV- 36D203 AV- 36D303 Reception Format Reception Range Power Consumption Screen Size Audio Output Speakers Antenna T erminal External Input Jacks Audio Output Jacks (FIX) Dimensions (In) WxHxD (cm) Weig ht ( l bs / kg) Accessories NTSC, BTSC System (Multi-Channel Sound)[...]

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