JVC TH-C3 manual

TH-C7 GVT0150-001C [J/C] TH-C5 For Cu stomer 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 reference. Model No . S er ia l No. TH-C6 TH-C4/TH-C3 D VD DIGIT AL THEA TER SYSTEM Consists of XV -THC7, SP-PWC7, SP-THC7F, SP-THC7C and SP-THC5S Consis[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others/Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses Note to CATV system install er: This reminder is provided to call the CA TV system installer’ s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grou nding and , in particular , specifies that the cable ground sha ll be connected to [...]

Warnings, Cautions and Others/Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses G-2 IMPO RTANT FOR L ASER PR ODUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2. CA UTI ON : Do not open the top cover . There are no user serv iceable parts inside th e unit; leave all servicing to qu alified service personnel. 3. CA UTI ON : V isi ble and in visible laser radiation[...]

1 T able of contents Introducti on .......... ........... .......... ...... 2 Notes on handlin g ................. ....................... ................ .........2 Supplied accesso ries ............ ....................... ................ .........2 About dis cs .............. .......... ........... .. 3 Playable disc types .... ...............[...]

2 Introduction 7 Important cautions Installation of the system • Select a place wh ich is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold; between 5 °C and 3 5°C. • Leave suf ficient distance betwee n the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vib ration. Power cord • Do not handle the power cord with wet hands! •[...]

3 About discs This system has been designed to play back th e following discs: • D VD Log o is a trademark of D VD F ormat/Log o Licensing Corporation. • The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not comp ly with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” standard. Therefore, the use of Non-DVD side of a DualDisc on this produc t may not be recommend[...]

4 Description of parts and controls Front pane l (center unit ) Rear panel (center unit) DISC 5 DISC 4 DISC 3 DISC 2 DISC 1 SOURCE TUNING // WMA P L PCM SURR CH FM AM PROGRESSIVE B . S . P . CHAP . TRK P G P L BONUS ST PRG RND DISC ALL MHz kHz MONO MP3 RESUME Display wind ow pg. 25 pg. 40 pg. 21 pg. 25 pg. 18 pg. 29 pg. 23 pg. 21 pg. 40 pg. 33 Disc[...]

Description of parts and controls 5 Powered subwoo fer SP-PWC7/SP-PWC5 Note that the illustration b elo w is for SP-PWC5. SP-PWC6/SP-PWC4/SP-PWC3 NOTE • For s afety re asons, al ways ens ure that there i s suffi cient s pace behi nd the po wered sub woofer. * Do not block the ventilation o penings. 3 Ω 16 Ω Fron t Rear PO WER ON lamp: pg. 16 [...]

Description of parts and controls 6 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote cont rol If the ra nge or effecti veness o f the remo te control d ecreases, replace b oth batteries. CAUTION • Do not expose bat terie s to heat or flam e. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote co ntrol directly to th e front panel of th e [...]

7 Connections 7 AM loop anten na Setting up sup plied AM loop antenna Connecting AM loo p antenna • T urn the loo p antenna un til you hav e the best reception during AM broadcast progra m reception. NOTE • Mak e sure th e antenn a conduct ors do no t touch any other termi nals, connec ting cor ds and pow er cords . This coul d cause po or rece[...]

Connections 8 7 The front speaker s — TH- C7 For the surround sp eakers of TH-C7, see “The surround speakers — Except fo r TH-C6” ( A p g. 10) Before assem bling — • Prepare a Phillips screwdri ver (n ot supplied ). • T ake care n ot to drop any compon ent part while assembling; otherwise, it may cause dam age to the floor or injury .[...]

Connections 9 7 The front and surrou nd speakers — TH-C6 The following procedure explains the fron t speaker assembly . The assembly of bo th the front and surroun d speakers are done in the same manne r . Before assem bling — • Prepare a Phillips screwdri ver (n ot supplied ). • T ake care n ot to drop any compon ent part while assembling;[...]

Connections 10 7 The front speaker s — TH-C4 7 The surround speak ers — Except for TH-C6 1 2 7 The cent er speaker The following proced ure explains SP-THC5C assembly . The assembly of o ther center speakers is done in the same manner. Front speak er ( × 2) Black White Black White Blac k Red Surroun d speaker ( × 2) Speaker (bottom) Red White[...]

Connections 11 Note that the illustration b elo w is for SP-PWC6. CAUTION • Whe n you conne ct spea kers othe r than th e suppli ed ones, us e speaker s of the same s peaker im pedan ce (SPEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indica ted near the sp eaker t erminals on the r ear of the powe red subwoofe r . • DO NOT conn ect mo re than o ne speake r to one sp eake[...]

Connections 12 • Place the sate llite sp eakers o n a fla t and lev el surf ace. • The f ront a nd cent er spe akers are ma gneti cally shield ed to a void co lor disto rtion s on TVs. Howeve r, if not i nstall ed prope rly, the y may cause co lor dis torti ons. So, pay at tenti on to the follow ing when instal ling the spea kers . – W hen pl[...]

Connections 13 NOTE • The wa y of connec ting the sy stem cord var ies depe nding on th e type of the po wered sub woofer. Y ou can enjoy the sou nd of an analog componen t. NOTE • The s ignals in put to the VIDE O j ack of the VCR IN ja cks will be output only fro m the VIDE O jack of th e VIDEO OUT jack s, not from the S-VI DEO jack of the VI[...]

14 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa cturers’ codes are subje ct to c hange w ithout notice. • Set the codes ag ain af ter rep lacing the batter ies of the r emote co ntrol. 7 To set the m anuf acturer ’ s code Y ou can op erate a JVC TV without setting the m anufacturer’ s code. 1 Slide the remote contro[...]

Operating external components with the remote control 15 5 Press number but tons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a GI Jerrold product: Pres s 0 , then 1 . For a Sony produ ct: Pres s 2 , then 0 . 6 Release F V CR /DBS. If there is more than one cod e listed for your brand , try each one until you en ter the cor[...]

16 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te control m ode selector to A UDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUDIO. On the center u nit: Press . When DVD is selected as the source ( A pg. 1 7), the following messages will app ear on the TV screen. NOTE • T he STANDBY la mp turn s[...]

Basic operations 17 On the remote control: Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, VCR or DBS). DV D : T o play back a disc (D VD VIDEO, VCD etc.). ( A pg. 20 ) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM station. ( A pg. 39) Each time you press the button , the band alternates between FM and AM. VCR : T o select the source from a com ponent con[...]

Basic operations 18 The system turns off automatically when the specified period of time has passed. Press SLEE P. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes. Example: To check th e remaining time Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeatedly un til “SLE EP – –” appea[...]

Basic operations 19 NOTE • Whe n you chang e the pos ition ing of th e speake rs or lis tener , or repla ce the sup plied s peakers with oth er ones, pe rform Smart Surrou nd Set up aga in. 7 While DVD is selected as the source and stopped 1 Take your pos it ion where you listen to the sound. 2 Press a n d hold SMART S. SETUP. “SETTING” appea[...]

20 Playback • The icon such as sh ows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for . IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mo de selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Press the desire d DISC (1-5) 0 on the center unit. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes ou[...]

Playback 21 NOTE • Up to 5 d iscs can be loade d. • You ca n also st art pla yback by pr essin g 3 (play bu tton) or DVD . • The s ystem play s back availab le disc s sequen tially until you stop playba ck or unt il the di sc load ed on the DI SC 5 tray r eaches t o the end. Howev er, when DVD VIDEO or D VD AUDIO is loaded in t he syste m, pl[...]

Playback 22 Example: During playba ck on the Playlist* * Pressing T O P MENU/PG or MENU/PL , you can ch ange the play mode. ( A pg. 23) NOTE • You c an chan ge the time informa tion mod e (exce pt for MP 3/WMA/ JPEG ). ( A pg. 26) • You c an also check the playb ack in formation on the TV scre en. ( A pg. 25) 7 Disc inf ormation on t he display[...]

Playback 23 7 During playback or while stopped 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “_ _” or “_” is shown in the title/group display area in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display window shows “_ _” or “_”, use numbe r butt ons (0-10, +10) to enter the desire d title or group number. The system starts playbac [...]

24 Advanced operations • The icon such as shows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for . IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te control m ode selector to A UDIO . • There are exceptions in th e operation mentioned above. In such a case, follow each instruction. 7 Auto S[...]

Advanced operations 25 7 All Channel Stereo (DS P) All Channel Stereo (ALL ST) mode can rep roduce a larger stereo sound field using all the connected (and acti vated) speakers. All Channel Stereo can b e used wh ile reproduc ing 2 ch annel stereo source. 7 Indica tors on t he display window Digital signa l format indicators PPCM, SURR: Lights when[...]

Advanced operations 26 7 Contents o f the o n-screen bar d uring play back DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO VCD SVCD CD DVD VR disc A Shows dis c ty pe . B Shows audio information. C Shows disc number . D Shows current title (for D VD VIDEO), group (for D VD A UDIO) number or pla y mode (for D VD VR). E Shows current chapter number (for DVD V IDEO and D VD VR) [...]

Advanced operations 27 Y ou can start playing a title, c hapter or track you sp ecify . Y ou can also play a disc from specified time. Locati ng a desired scene from the D VD menu D VD VIDEOs ge nerally have their o wn menus which show disc contents an d you can display them on the TV screen. Y ou can locate a de sired scene by using these me nus. [...]

Advanced operations 28 Locati ng a desired p osition by specif ying the ti me 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO/DVD VR: During playb ack For VCD/SVCD: While stopped or during play back without PBC function For CD: During playback or while stopped 7 When specify ing the elaps ed playing ti me from the beginning of the dis c Perform the following procedu re [...]

Advanced operations 29 When Resume Playba ck is set to “ ON ” ( A pg. 38) and you stop playback by the following operation s, the position where p layback h as been stopped is stored. ( “ RESUME ” appears on the disp lay window .) • T urning of f the power ( A pg. 16) • Pressing 7 once • Changing the so urce ( A pg. 1 7) To start play[...]

Advanced operations 30 7 During playback of a disc containin g audio in several langu ages When using the AUDIO button: 1 Press AUDIO. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ ENGLISH ” is selected out of 3 audio langua ges recorded. 2 Press AUDIO re peatedly or press Cursor Y / 5 to select the desired audio. When usin g the on-sc reen bar: 1 Press ON S CR EEN t[...]

Advanced operations 31 Select ing brows able st ill pictur e recorded on DVD AUDIO Most D VD A UDIOs include browsable still pictures (B.S.P .), which usually a ppear by tu rns automatically during playb ack according to the playback sequence. Y ou can chang e the picture (turn the page ) manually when the cu rrent group /track has selectable pictu[...]

Advanced operations 32 4 Press ENTE R . Example: 5 Press Cursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTE R . The current VFP settings appear again . 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other parameters. 8 Press VFP. NOTE • Altho ugh the s etting display disap pears in the mid dle of the pro cedure , the s ettin g at th at time wil l be sto red. 7 Wh[...]

Advanced operations 33 Y ou can play titles or tracks on a disc in random orde r . 7 Whi le st oppe d 1 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until appears on the TV screen. 2 Press 3 (play but ton). • When more than on e discs are loaded, the system starts Random Playback of the next disc after completing current disc playback. To quit Random mode While st[...]

Advanced operations 34 Repeatin g a desired pa rt [A-B Repeat] Y ou can repeat play back of a desired p art by specifying the b eginning (point A) and end ing (point B). 7 During playb ack 1 Press ON S CR EEN twic e. The on-screen ba r appears on the TV screen.[...]

Advanced operations 35 IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te control m ode selector to A UDIO . NOTE Before you start ope ration; • There is a time limit w hen do ing the fol lowing steps. I f the setting is cancel led bef ore you fi nish, st art fro m step 1 again. 1 Press SE TTING. Example: [...]

36 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can ch ange the language used in the setup menus. See “ Menu description ” below . Basic operatio n on the setu p menus IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mo de selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stop ped 1 Press SE T UP. 2 Follow the i[...]

Setting DVD preferences 37 : Pictu re menu (PI CTURE) 7 MONIT O R TYPE Y ou can select the mon itor type to match you r TV when you play D VDs rec orded in the picture ’ s height/width ratio of 1 6:9. • 16:9 ( Wide te levisi on co nv ers ion) Select this wh en the a spect ratio o f your TV is fix ed on 16:9 (wide TV). When you p lay D VDs reco [...]

Setting DVD preferences 38 7 Subwoo fer m enu (SUBW OOFER ) LEVEL Y ou can set the output level of the subwoo fer in the -6 d B to +6 dB range. CROSS O VER The signals below the preset frequ ency le vel will be sent to and b e reproduce d by the subwoofer . Select one of the cross over freque ncy le vels accordin g to the bass sound qu ality from t[...]

39 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mo de selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . NOTE • When FM or AM is se lect ed as the so urce, yo u can sel ect All Cha nnel Stere o (ALL ST) and SURR OFF mod e. 1 Press FM/AM r epeatedly to select the band. Example: When the sy[...]

T uner operations 40 Once a station is assigned to a channel numb er , the station can be quickly tu ned in. Y o u can preset 30 FM and 15 AM stations. 7 To preset the stations 1 Tune in the station you w ant to preset. • If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM station, select the reception mo de you want. See “ Selecting the FM re[...]

41 A V COMPU LINK remote control system The A V COMPU LINK remote control system allows you to operate JVC TVs and VCRs throu gh the center unit. This system is equipped with the A V COMPU LINK-III, which adds a fun ction to operate JVC ’ s video compon ents via the video com ponents terminals. T o use this remote control system, yo u need to con[...]

42 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touch the sh iny surface of the disc or bend th e disc. • Put the disc back in its case a fter use to prevent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rface of the disc when placing it back in its ca[...]

References 43 7 Cent er unit (XV-TH C7/XV-TH C6/XV-TH C5/XV-TH C4/XV-TH C3) Audio section T otal Harmo nic Distortion 0.02 % NOTE : This value is measure d at S ystem cord CON NECTO R for refere nce. Digital input* 1 : DIGIT AL IN (DBS): – 21 dBm to – 15 dB m (OPTICAL) (660 nm E 30 nm) * 1 Corres pondin g to Linea r PCM, Dolby Di gital , and DT[...]

References 44 7 Subwoofer ( SP-PWC3) Amplifier sec tion Front: 140W per chann el, RMS at 4 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % total harmonic distortion. Center/Surround: 130 W per channel, RMS at 4 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % total harmonic distortion. Subwoofer: 140 W , RMS at 4 C at 100 Hz, with 10 % total harmonic distortion. Speaker section Speaker unit: 16 cm (6[...]

References 45 7 Satelli te Speakers — SP-XTHC5 Front speake rs (SP-THC5F) Speaker unit: 5.5 cm (2-3/16 inche s) M 2 Bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded Power Handling Capacity: 170 W Impedance : 3 C Frequency Range: 95 Hz to 20 kHz Dimensions (W M H M D): 230 mm M 1 103.5 mm M 28 5 mm (9-1/16 inch es M 43-1/2 inch es M 11-5/16 in ches) Mass: 3.5 k[...]

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