JVC SP-THS11BC, SP-THS11BS manual

TH-S11B GVT0155-018A [J] D VD DIGIT AL THEA TER SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV -THS11B, SP-THS11BW, SP-THS11BF, SP-THS11 BC and SP-THS11BS 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 ref erence . Model No . Se r i a l N o. T[...]

G-1 Warnings, Cauti ons and Others /Mises en garde, précautio ns et indicat ions diverses CAUTION— button! Disconnect the ma ins plug to shut the power off comp letely (the ST ANDBY lamp goes of f). When inst alling the appara tus, ensure that the plug is easily ac cessible. The button in an y position does not disconnect the mains line. • Whe[...]

G-2 IMPORTANT FO R LASER PRODUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PR ODUCT 2. CA U TION : Do not open the top cover or cabinet. There are no user serviceable parts inside the unit; lea ve all se rvicing to qualified service personnel. 3. CA U TION : V isible and/or in visible class II laser radiation when open. Do not stare into beam. 4. REPR ODUCTION OF LABE L: [...]

1 T able of contents Introduction ............. .............. .......... 2 Notes on handling ............. ............... .............. .............. .........2 Supplied accessories ........ ........................................... .........2 About discs .... ........... ............ .......... 3 Playable disc types ...... ..................[...]

2 Introduction 7 Important cautions Installation of the system • Select a plac e which is le vel, dr y and neither to o hot nor too cold; between 5°C (41°F) and 35°C (95°F). • Leav e suff icient distance be tween the system and t he TV . • Do not use the system in a place su bject to vibration. Power cord • Do not handle the po wer cord[...]

3 About discs This system has been designed to play back the following d iscs: D VD VIDEO, V ideo CD (VCD), Super V ideo CD (SVCD), Audio CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This system ac commodates the NTS C system, and also can play discs recorded with P AL system. • This system can also play fina lized D VD-R/-R Ws recorded in D VD VIDEO format. H[...]

4 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indicate the pages where the details of th e parts are described. Front panel (center unit) Rear panel (center unit) WMA P L PCM SURR CH FM AM PROGRESSIVE B.S.P . CHAP . TRK P G P L BONUS ST RDS TA NEWS INFO PRG RND MHz kHz MONO MP3 AAC RESUME 0 73 / TUNING / SOURCE ST ANDBY PHONES VOLUME Dis[...]

Index of parts and controls 5 Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control If the range or effecti veness of the remote control decreases, replace both batteries. CAUTION • Battery shall not be exposed to ex cessi ve heat such as sunshin e and fir e . Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remote contro l directly to the f[...]

6 Connections 7 AM loop antenna Setting up sup plied AM loop antenn a Connecting AM l oop antenna • T urn the loop antenna until you ha ve the best reception during AM broadcast program reception. NOTE • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cords. This could cause poor reception. If recep[...]

Connections 7 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha v e been made. CAUTION • When you connect speakers other than the supplied ones, use speakers of the same speaker impedance (SPEAKER IMPED ANCE) indicated on the rear of the center unit. • DO NO T connect more than one speaker to one speaker terminal. • When installi[...]

Connections 8 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha v e been made. NOTE • Place the satellite speakers on a flat and level surface. • The front and center speakers are magnetically shielded to avoid color distortions on TVs. However, if not installed properly, they may cause color distortions. So, pay at tention to the [...]

9 Operating the TV 7 To operate a JVC’s TV Y ou can perform the follo w ing operations on the TV . Y ou can use the remote control to op erate not only this unit b u t also JVC’ s TV . • Refer also to the manuals supplied for the TV . • T o operate the TV , aim the rem ote control directly at the remote sensor on the TV . ST ANDBY/ON REPEA [...]

10 Basic operations On the remote control: Press STANDBY/ON . On the center unit: Press . When DVD is selected as the sour ce (see page 11), the following messages will appear on the TV scre en. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp goes off when the power is turned on, and the lamp lights when the power is turned off. • A small amount of the power is co nsu[...]

Basic operations 11 On the remote contro l: Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD/CD 3 , FM/AM or AUX). D VD/CD 3 : T o play back a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 13.) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM station. (See page 31.) Each time you press the butto n, the band alternates between FM and AM. AU X : T o select the external co mpon[...]

Basic operations 12 The system turns off automatica ll y when the specified period of time has passed. Press SLEEP, with SHIFT pressed. Each time you repeat th e procedure, the s hut-off time changes. Example: To check the remaining time Press SLEEP , w ith SHIFT pressed once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP r epeatedly , with SHIFT presse[...]

13 Playback • The mark shows the types of discs the operation is available for . 1 Press 0 on the center unit. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. 2 Place a disc. 3 Press DVD/CD 3 (play button). For MP3 The file control display (see page 21) appears on the TV screen. For JPEG Each file (still pictures) is sh own on the TV screen [...]

Playback 14 7 Playback information on the display window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Do lby Digital 5.1ch is played DVD VR disc Example: During playback on the Original program* Example: During playback on the Playlist* * Pressing T OP MENU/PG or MENU /PL , you can change the play mode. (See page 16.) VCD/SVCD/CD Example: When [...]

Playback 15 7 Screen saver A TV screen may burn out if a sta tic picture is displayed for a long time. T o prevent this, the system automatically dims the screen if a static picture is displayed for ov er 5 minutes (the screen saver function). • Pressing any button will cancel the screen saver function. • If you do not want to use the scre en s[...]

Playback 16 7 During playback or while stopped. 1 Press TITLE/GROUP. “_ _” or “_” is shown in the title/group display area in the display window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display windo w shows “_ _” or “_”, use number bu ttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desir ed title or group number. The syst em starts p laybac[...]

17 Advanced operations • The mark shows the types of discs the operation is available for . 7 Auto Surround (AUTO SURR) This function automatically sele cts the appropriate surround mode according to the input signals. Fo r example, a multich annel source is automatically reproduc ed in multichannel audio. 7 Dolby Surround Dolby Pro Logic II * 1 [...]

Advanced operations 18 7 All Channel Stere o All Channel S tereo (ALL ST) m ode can reprodu ce a lar ger stereo sound fi eld using all the connect ed (and acti vated) speakers. All Channel Stereo can be used while reproducing 2 channel stereo source. 7 Indicators on the display window Digital signal format indicators LPCM, SURR: Lights when Linear [...]

Advanced operations 19 7 Contents of the on-scree n bar during playback DVD VIDEO DVD VR VCD SVCD CD A Shows disc type. B Show s audio information. C Shows current title number . D Shows current chapter number (for D VD VIDEO and DVD VR) or track number (for other type of discs). E Shows time information. See “C hanging the time information”. F[...]

Advanced operations 20 Y ou can start playing a title, chapter or track you specify . Y ou can also play a disc from specif ied time. Locating a desired sc ene from the DVD menu D VD VIDEOs generally hav e their o wn menus which show disc contents and you can di splay them on the TV screen. Y ou can locate a desired sc ene by using these menus. 7 W[...]

Advanced operations 21 Locating a desired po sition by specifying the time Y ou can locate a desi red position by specif ying the time from the beginning the disc (while stopped) or the current title/track (during playback). 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD VR: During playback For VCD/SVCD: While stopped or during playback without PBC function For CD: During pl[...]

Advanced operations 22 7 For MP3: During playback or while stopped For JPEG: While stopped 1 Press Cursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to select the desired group/track/file. • For MP3, playback starts from the selected track. • For JPEG, proceed to perfo rm the follow ing operation. 2 Press DVD/CD 3 or ENTER. • T rack playback/slide-sho w st arts from the [...]

Advanced operations 23 7 During playback of a disc containing subtitles in several languages When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SUBTITLE. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ENGLISH” is selected out of 3 subtitle languages recorded. 2 Press Cursor Y / 5 to select the desired subtitle. For DVD VR •P r e s s i n g SUBTITLE activ ates the subtitles (subp[...]

Advanced operations 24 Frame-by-frame playback 7 During playback Press 8 repeatedly. Each time you press th e button, the still picture advances b y one frame. To return to normal playback Press D VD/CD 3 . Playing back in slow-motion 7 During playback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow-motion form. The system paus es p[...]

Advanced operations 25 4 Press ENTER. Example: 5 Press Cursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTER. The current VFP settings appe ar again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other parameters. 8 Press VFP. NOTE • Although the setting display di sappears in the middle o f the procedure, the setting at that time will be stored. 7 While stopped 1[...]

Advanced operations 26 Repeating the cu rrent selection 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD VR: During playback For VCD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function or stopped For CD/MP3/JPEG: During playback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press REPEAT, wit h SHIFT pressed. Each time you press REPEA T , the Repeat mode changes. NOTE • For DVD VIDEO, REP[...]

Advanced operations 27 When using the on-screen bar: 1 Press ON SCREEN twice. The on-screen bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press Cursor 3 / 2 to highlight . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press Cursor Y / 5 repeatedly to select “A-B”. 5 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to repeat (point A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the part you want to re[...]

28 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the language us ed in the setup menus. See “Menu description”. Basic operation on the setup menus 7 While stopped 1 Press SET UP, with SHIFT pressed. 2 Follow the instructions that appear on the TV screen. : Language menu (LANGUAGE) 7 MENU LANGU A GE Some D VDs hav e their own menus in multiple lan[...]

Setting DVD preferences 29 : Picture menu (PICTURE) 7 MONIT OR TYPE Y ou can select the monitor type to match your TV when yo u play D VDs recorded in the picture’ s height/width ratio of 16:9. • 16:9 (Wide television con version) Select this when th e aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV). • 4:3 LB (Letter Box con version) Select this wh[...]

Setting DVD preferences 30 : Speaker setting menu (SPK. SETTING) 7 Level menu (LEVEL) FRONT LEFT SPEAKER/FR ONT RIGHT SPEAKER/ CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/ SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER While monitoring the test tone, adj ust the output le vel of the speaker s. Y ou can adjust the output le vel in the -6 dB to +6 dB range. TEST T O NE * Outputs t[...]

31 T uner operations 1 Press FM/AM repeated ly to select the band. Example: When the system is tuned in to 810 kHz. 2 Press TUNING 9 / ( repeatedly until you find the frequency you want. When you hold do wn the button until the system starts searching for stations and then release it, the syste m stops searching automatica lly when a station of suf[...]

T uner operations 32 Once a station i s assigned to a ch annel number , the station can be quickly tuned in. Y ou can pres et 30 FM and 15 AM stations. 7 To preset the stations 1 Tune in the station you want to preset. • If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM station, select the reception mode you want. See “Selecting the FM recep[...]

33 References 7 Handling Discs • Remov e the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touch the shiny surface o f the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case after use to prev ent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the surface of the disc when placing it back in its case[...]

References 34 7 Center unit (XV-THS11B) Audio section Front/Center/Surround: 33 W per channel, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10% total harmonic distortion. Subwoofer: 40 W , RMS at 4 C at 100 Hz, with 10% total harmonic distortion. Video section V ideo System: NTSC Horizontal Resolution: 500 lines Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 64 dB V ideo output lev el Compo[...]

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