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    PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001 B / All Cover Cover01 PDP COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS PD-Z42DV4 PD-Z35DV4 ENGLISH LCT1665-00 1B LCT1665-001B_Cover.fm Page 1 Wednesday, June 9, 2004 2:50 PM[...]

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    1 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English 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. WARNING Always use the power cords which are supplied with the TV. Some power cords are supplied with this TV. Use the power cord which best[...]

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    2 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH Burn-in A characteristi c of Plasma Display Panels (PDPs) is that displaying the same image for a long time causes a part of the image to stay on th e screen (this is called phosphor burn-in). Avoid burn-in as follows.  Use the PICTURE SHIFT function. To pr event burn-in, the picture d ispla[...]

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    3 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Failure to take the following prec autions may result in dama ge to the TV or remote control. DO NOT block the TV’s vent ilation openings or holes. (If the ventilation openings or holes are blocked by a newspaper or cloth, etc. , the heat may not be able to get out.) DO NOT place anything on [...]

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    4 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH CONTENTS Checking the contents of pack ages ....... 5 Setting up your TV ............. ............ ..........6 Installation ......... .......... ............. .............. .... 6 Connecting the aerial and vide o cassette recorder ( VCR) .............. ............. .......... .. 7 Connecting[...]

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    5 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Checking the contents of packages Check that all components are presen t. Contact your retailer immediatel y if any components are missing. Remote control unit 1 (RM-C1830) AA/R6 batteries 2 (used to check operation) Hooks 2 (to prevent the TV from falling) Mounting screws 2 (to fix the hooks) [...]

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    6 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH Setting up your TV  Be sure to have someone help you wh en you lift up the TV. The TV is too heavy to lift up by yourse lf. I f the TV falls, it will cause inju ries and damage. Installation Fit the separately sold tabletop stand or wall mo unting brackets to the TV.  Only use JVC approve[...]

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    Setting up your TV 7 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Connecting the aerial and video cassette recorder (VCR) Caution • Turn off all the equ ipment including the TV before co nnecting anything. • Aerial cable is not supplied. Use a good quality 75-ohm coaxial cable. • Read the manual that came with the VCR before connectin[...]

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    8 Setting up your TV PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH  Rear Panel 1 Aerial socket (page 7) 2 VIDEO-1 terminal (pages 7, 42) 3 VIDEO-2 terminal (pages 7, 42) 4 VIDEO-3 terminal (page 42) 5 CENTER CHANNEL INPUT terminal (page 43) 6 OUT terminal (page 42) 7 AUDIO OUT terminal (page 43) 8 SUBWOOFER OUT terminal (pa ge 43) 9 AC IN[...]

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    Setting up your TV 9 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Putting the batteries into the remote control Use two AA/R6 dry cell batteries. Insert the batteri es from the - end, making sure the + and - polarities are correct. • Follow the warnings printed on the batteries. • Battery life is abou t six months to one year, depending[...]

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    10 Setting up your TV PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH 2 Press the a button The LANGUAGE menu appears. 3 Press the 6 buttons to choose ENGLISH. Then press the a button The TELETEXT LANGUAGE menu appears. Set the tele text language group that corresponds to the language of the teletext program that you wan t to watch. Fo r d e ta[...]

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    11 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English TV buttons and functions See the pages in brackets for details. 1 A (power) bu tton 2 VOLUME q buttons (page 11) 5 buttons (page 24) 3 CHANNEL p buttons (page 11) 6 buttons (page 24) 4 MENU/OK button (page 42) 5 Power lamp (pages 9, 11) 6 TV/VIDEO button (page 42) 7 VIDEO-4 terminal (page 42) [...]

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    12 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH Remote control buttons and functions 1 Muting button 2 Number butt ons 3 1 button 4 c button 5 2 button 6 4 button 7 7 buttons 8 5 button 9 6 p buttons 0 VCR/DVD/Teletext control buttons - p buttons = d (Favourite) button ~ # (Standby) button ! PIP/TV/DVD switch @ g (Text) button # Colour butt[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 13 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Choose a TV channel and watch images from external devices  Use the number buttons: Enter the programme number (PR) of the channe l using the number buttons. Example: •P R 6 → press 6 • PR 12 → press 1 and 2  Use the 6 p buttons : Press the 6 [...]

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    14 Remote control b uttons and functions PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH Adjust the volume Press the 7 q buttons to adjust the volu me. The volume indicator appears and the volume changes as you press the 7 q buttons.  Muting the sound Press the l (muting) button to turn off the sound. Pressing the l (muting) button again re[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 15 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ZOOM function You can change the screen size according to the picture aspect ratio. Choose the optimum one from the following ZOOM modes. • The ZOOM mode is fixed at FULL when you are using the TV as a PC screen. AUTO: When a WSS (Wide Scree n Signalling)[...]

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    16 Remote control b uttons and functions PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH  Adjustin g the visibl e area of the picture If subtitles or the top (or bottom) of the picture are cut off, you can adjust the visible area of the picture manually. 1 Press the c button The ZOOM menu appears. 2 Press the a button to display the ZOOM mo[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 17 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English To cancel the FREEZE function: Press the f button, the 6 p buttons or the number b uttons. • The FREEZE function does not work while a sub-picture is displayed. • The still picture cannot be output from the TV. • The FREEZE function does not work for [...]

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    18 Remote control b uttons and functions PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH • The BLUE BACK function does not work when the MULTI-PICTURE function is being used. • The ZOOM function does not work when the MULTI-PICTURE function is being used. To return the multi-picture to one screen: Press the X button, press the 5 buttons to[...]

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    Remote control buttons and functions 19 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Favourite channel function You can register your favourite TV ch annels in the number buttons 1 to 4. After registering, the channel can be called by pressing the d (favourite) button and a number button 1 to 4.  Favourite channel reg istration 1 In the [...]

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    20 Remote control b uttons and functions PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH  Showing the favourite channels Press the 5 button to display the PR LIST. You can see the favourite channel that has the registered number button icon ( d ) at the right of the channel number. Operating a JVC brand DVD player These buttons will operate[...]

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    21 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Teletext function Basic operation You can view three types of teletext broadcasts on the TV: FLOF (Fastext), TOP and WST. 1 Choose a TV chan nel with a teletext broadcast 2 Set the PIP/TV/DVD switch to the TV position 3 Press g (Text) button to display the tele text Pressing g (Text) button ch[...]

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    22 Teletext functi on PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH 2 Press a colour butto n to choose a position. Then press the number buttons to enter the page number 3 Press and hold down the A (Store) button The four page numbers blink white to show that they are stored in memory.  To call up a stored page: 1 Press the B button to en[...]

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    Teletext function 23 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Index You can return to the index page instantly. Press the G (Index) button Returns to page 100 or a previously specified page. Cancel You can search for a teletext page while watching TV. 1 Press the number button to enter a page numb er, or press a colour button The TV sea[...]

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    24 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH 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. Buttons used to operate the menus Basic operation 1 Press the H button to display the menu bar 2 Press the 5[...]

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    Using the TV’s menu 25 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Operation with t he buttons on the TV You can also operate the menus using the buttons on the front panel of the TV. The menu will disappear after about one minute if no operation is performed. CHANNEL VOLUME ME N U/ OK TV/VI DEO C HA N N E L V O L U M E M E N U / O K TV/[...]

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    26 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH PICTURE menu • While the PICTURE menu is displayed, pressing the blue button will set the CONTRAST, BRIGHT, SHARP, COLOUR, TINT settings to their default settings. • When watching the picture from VIDEO- 1 to VIDEO-4 or the PC, picture effect settings can be memorised for each external inp[...]

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    PICTURE menu 27 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English WARM: A reddish white. Using this mode when watching films allows you to enjoy colours that are char acteristic of films. FEATURES Choose FEATURES and press the a or 3 button to display the sub-menu.  DIGITAL VNR The DIGITAL VNR function cuts down the amount of ‘noise’ (‘[...]

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    28 PICTURE menu PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH MIN: The level of DigiPure effect is set to the minimum. When you set the Super DigiPure function to AUTO and notice some noise, change the setting from AUTO to MIN. • The MIN setting is not suitable for high- quality pictures which contain very little noise. MAX: The level of D[...]

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    PICTURE menu 29 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English 2 Press the 5 buttons to choose MAIN or SUB MAIN: You can change the colour system of the main-picture. SUB: You can change the colour system of the sub-picture. • Choose MAIN when a sub-picture is not displayed. 3 Press the 6 buttons to choose the appropriate colour system. The[...]

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    30 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH SOUND menu • When the headphones are connected, only “STEREO / I • II” and “SPE AKER” can be used. • When the “SPEAKER” setting (see page 31) is CENTER, BALANCE and CINEMA SURROUND cannot be chosen from the SOUND menu. STEREO / I • II When you are viewing a bilingual broadc[...]

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    SOUND menu 31 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English BBE You can use the BBE function to enjoy easy- to-listen sound that is fa ithful to the original sound recorded. ON: This function is turned on. OFF: This function is turned off. • Licensed by BBE Sound, Inc. BBE is a registered trademark of BBE Sound, Inc. SPEAKER You can set th[...]

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    32 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH FEATURES menu SLEEP TIMER You can set the TV to automatically turn off after a set period of time. 1 Choose SLEEP TIMER. Then press the a or 3 button A Sub-menu of the SLEEP TIMER function appears. 2 Press the 5 buttons to set the period of time. Then pres s the a button You can set the period[...]

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    FEATURES menu 33 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English 3 Press the a button The Sub-menu of CHANNEL GUARD 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 registered in the Programme number (PR) is displayed on the screen. 5 [...]

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    34 FEATURES menu PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English ENGLISH BLUE BACK You can set the TV to automatically cha nge to a blue screen and mute the sound if the signal is weak or absent, or when there is no input from an external device. ON: This function is turned on. OFF: This function is turned off. CHILD LOCK You can disable the front con[...]

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    35 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English SET UP menu AUTO PROGRAM You can again perform the AUTO PROGRAM function TV channel automatic registration which was performed in the “Initial settings (Setup tour)” (page 9). 1 Choose AUTO PROGRAM, then press the a or 3 button The AUTO PROGRAM function starts. The TV channels you receive [...]

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    36 SET UP menu PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH DELETE: This function deletes a TV channel you do not want to list. MANUAL: This function manually stores a new TV channel in a programme number (PR). Caution • Using the MOVE, DELETE or INSERT functions rewrites the current programme numbers (PR ) list. Therefore, the programme [...]

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    SET UP menu 37 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English  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 screen. 2 Press the yellow button to delete the TV channel The TV chann[...]

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    38 SET UP menu PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH  MANUAL 1 Press the 6 buttons to choose a programme number (PR) for a new TV channel 2 Press the blue bu tton to activate the MANUAL function At the right side following the CH/CC number, the SYSTEM (sound system) of the TV channel appears . To cancel the MANUAL function: Press [...]

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    SET UP menu 39 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English LANGUAGE The LANGUAGE setting which was performed in the “In iti al settings (Setup tour)” (page 9) can be changed. 1 Choose LANGUAGE, then press the a or 3 button A sub-menu of the LANGUAGE function appears. 2 Press the 6 buttons to choose a language. Then pres s the a button [...]

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    40 SET UP menu PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH TELETEXT LANGUAGE There are four types of teletext language groups. Set the teletext language group that corresponds to the langua ge of the teletext program that you want to watch. 1 Choose TELETE XT LANGUAGE, then press the a or 3 button 2 Press the 6 buttons to choose a group 3 [...]

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    41 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English Displaying a computer screen This TV can be us ed as a computer screen. Connecting to the computer Use a commercially ava ilable D-SUB cable to connect the TV’s PC IN terminal to the computer’s analogue RGB output terminal. If you want to listen to the sound from the computer, use a co mme[...]

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    42 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH 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 equipment. Depending on the equipment, the connection method may be different fr[...]

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    Additional preparation 43 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English  Connecting headphone s Connect the headphones wi th a stereo mini- jack (3.5 mm diameter) to the headphone socket at the TV rear panel . • No sound comes from the TV speakers when the headphones are connected.  TV output from the OUT termin al The video/sound si[...]

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    44 Additional preparation PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH  Connecting AV COMPU LINK supported devices AV COMPU LINK remote control system is a system in which relat ed devices are automatically controll ed when you operate one device. If you apply this system to the TV, you can have the TV automati cally perform the required[...]

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    Additional preparation 45 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English If a VCR is connected to the VIDEO-1 terminal: Set the VCR’s rem ote control code to A code. If a DVD player is connected to th e VIDEO-1 terminal: Set the DVD player’s AV COMPULINK MODE to DVD2. If a VCR is connected to the VIDEO-2 terminal: Set the VCR’s rem ote [...]

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    46 PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH CH/CC numbers When you want to use the INSERT function on page 37, find the CH/CC number corresponding to the Channel number of the TV channel from this table. US: The US channel numbers ar e the channe l numbers use d in the Unit ed States, Philippines, etc. CCIR: The CCIR chan nel numbers ar[...]

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    47 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English Troubleshooting If a problem arises while you are using the TV, pl ease 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 mains plug is di sconnected from the mains outlet, or the TV aerial has pr[...]

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    48 Troubleshooti ng PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001A / English ENGLISH • When viewing images from commercially available video soft ware products, or videos from videotapes which have been recorded improperly, the top of the image may be distorted. This is due to the condition of the video signal. There is nothing wrong with the TV. • Since t[...]

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    49 ENGLISH PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English 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 for any commercial or demonstration purpose in public plac es (cafes, hotels, etc.) without the consent of the owners of copyright o[...]

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    50 Specifications PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001B / English ENGLISH 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 for any commercial or demonstration purpose in public plac es (cafes, hotels, etc.) without the consent of the owners of copyright o[...]

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    © 2004 Victor Company of Japan, Limited PD-Z42DV4/PD-Z35DV4 / LCT1665-001 B / All Cover Cover04 0604-MK-CR -VP LCT1665-001B_Cover.fm Page 6 Wednesday, June 9, 2004 2:50 PM[...]