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    TH-S1 GVT0141-008A [B] DVD DIGITAL CI NEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV-THS1, SP-WS1 , SP-THS1F, and SP-THS1S TH-S1[B]-2.book Page i Monday, May 31, 2004 10:45 AM[...]

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    G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut of f the mains pl ug fro m this equipme nt. If the plug f itt ed is no t suitab le for th e po wer poi nts in your h ome or the cable is too short to reach a po wer point, then ob tain an approp riate saf ety approved extens ion lead or cons ult your dealer. BE SURE to replac e th[...]

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    G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o avoid risk of el ectri c shock and fire and to prote ct from dam age, pl ace the ap paratu s on a level surface. Th e minima l clear a nc es are shown belo w: SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE O F EQUIPMENT” This equi pment has been des igned and manufact ured to meet internat ional [...]

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

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    2 Introduction 7 Important cauti ons Installation of the system • Select a pl ace which is le vel, dry and neither too hot n or too cold; betw een 5 °C a nd 35° C. • Leave suf f icient distance betwee n the system and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vibrat ion. Power cord • Do not h andle th e po wer cord with wet h[...]

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    3 About discs This sy stem has been d esigned t o pl ay back the following discs: D VD VIDEO, V i deo C D (VCD ), S uper V ideo CD (SVC D), Audi o CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This sys tem accommoda tes the P A L system, and also can play discs recorded with NTSC system. Note that an NTSC video signal on a disc is con verted to t he P AL6 0 signa[...]

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    About discs 4 Notes on CD-R and CD-RW • User-edited CD-Rs (Recordable) an d CD-R Ws (Rewritable) can be playe d back onl y if they are already “finali zed”. • When m akin g yo ur own dis c, sele ct IS O 966 0 Level 1 or Level 2 for the disc format. • This system supp orts “multi-se ssion” discs (up to 20 sessions). • Th is s yst em [...]

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    5 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indi cate the pag es where the deta ils of the parts are descri bed. Front pane l (center un it) Rear panel (cente r unit) Display wi ndow 21 35 17 21 17 35 35 36 29 16 16 16 14 Disc tra y (inside): 16 Remote sensor: 6 16 14 14 13 17 17 36, 38 18 18 17 17 13 8 9 10 7 For future use 10 10 TH-S[...]

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    Index of parts and controls 6 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote control If the ra nge o r effectiv e ness of t he remo te control d ecreases, replace both ba tteries. CAUTION • D o not expos e batte ries to he at or flam e. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote control directly to t h e front pa nel of the cen[...]

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    7 Connections 7 AM (MW) loop ant enna Setting up sup plied AM (MW) loop an tenna Connecting AM (MW) loop an tenna • T u rn the loo p antenn a until you have the best rece ption during AM (MW) bro adcast prog ram rece p tion . NOTE • M ake s ure the an tenna co nduct ors d o not tou ch any other te rmina ls, connec ting cor ds and pow er cor ds.[...]

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    Connections 8 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until al l other c onne ctions ha ve be en made . CAUTION • W hen yo u connect spea kers othe r than th e supp lied one s, use speaker s of the sa me spe aker imped ance (S PEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indic ated on the r ear of th e center unit. • D O NOT connec t more than o ne spe aker to on e spea ker ter[...]

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    Connections 9 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until al l other c onne ctions ha ve be en made . NOTE • Although the sat ellit e speakers and the subwoofer ar e magneti cally shielded, th e TV scree n may appea r mottled. In this case, ke ep enough d istanc e betw een the s peakers and the TV . • The speakers are magnetic ally shie lded to a voi[...]

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    Connections 10 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until al l other c onne ctions ha ve be en made . Y ou can enjoy the sou nd of an analog componen t. NOTE • I f you con nect a so und-e nhanci ng device such as a graphi c equali zer betw een the so urce com pon ents and this sy stem, th e sound ou tput through th is syst e m may be d istorte d. • [...]

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    11 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa ctur e rs’ code s ar e su bjec t to c hange wit hout noti ce. • Set the codes ag ain after r eplacing the batter ies of the r emote cont rol. 7 To set the m anufact urer’s code Y ou c an operate a JVC TV with out setting th e manuf acturer ’ s code. 1 Slide the remote [...]

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    Operating external components with the remote control 12 7 To set the m anufact urer’s code 1 Slide the remote cont rol mode selec tor to VCR. 2 Press a nd hold VCR. K eep the bu tton pre ssed until step 4 i s fin ished. 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Panasonic VCR: Pr[...]

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    13 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n, • Set th e remote control m ode s elector t o A UDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUDIO. On the center u nit: Press . When DVD is selected as the so urce (see page 14), the follo wing messages will appear o n the TV scr een. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp go[...]

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    Basic operations 14 On the remote control: Press one of the source selec ting buttons (DVD, FM/AM , AUX or TV SOUND). DV D : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 16 .) FM/AM : T o tu ne in a n FM or AM ( MW) station. (S ee page 35.) Each tim e you press th e button, the ban d alternat es between FM and AM (MW). AU X : T o sel ect [...]

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    Basic operations 15 The system tu rns of f automati c ally when th e specified period of time has pass ed. 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 repeated ly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeated ly until “S LEEP OFF” ap[...]

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    16 Playback • The mark shows th e type s of disc s the opera tion is avail able for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following opera tion; 1 Se t the remote c ontrol mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Pres s OPEN /CL OSE. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. • 0 on the center unit fun ctions same as[...]

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    Playback 17 7 Playback i nformat ion on the display window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1ch is played VCD/SVCD/CD Example: When a CD is played back NOTE • “VCD” appears instea d of “CD” when lo ading a VCD or SVCD. • W hen a VCD or SVC D with PBC fu nction is playe d, the ela psed playing time does no[...]

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    Playback 18 7 Screen saver A TV screen may b urn out if a static picture is displayed for a long time. T o prevent this, the system aut omatically dims the screen if a static p icture is disp layed for ov er 5 m inute s (the scree n save r functio n). • Pressing any button will cancel the screen saver fun ction. • If you do not want t o use the[...]

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    Playback 19 7 During pl ayback or while stop ped. 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “_ _” o r “_” is shown in the ti tle/group display a rea in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display window shows “_ _ ” or “_”, use number buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desired title or group number. The system sta rts pla[...]

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    20 Advanced operations • The mark shows th e type s of disc s the opera tion is avail able for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n; 1 Se t the remote c ontrol mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 Auto Surround (A UTO SURR) This functi on auto matically se lects the approp riate surround mode according[...]

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    Advanced operations 21 7 All Channel Stere o (DSP) All Chan nel Ste reo (ALL CH ST .) mode can rep roduce a larger stereo sound field using all the con nected (an d activ at ed) speakers. All Chan nel Stere o can b e used while re producin g 2 ch annel s tereo source. 7 Indica tors on t he display win dow Digital signa l format in dicators LPCM: Li[...]

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    Advanced operations 22 7 Contents o f the o n-scre en bar d uring play back DVD VIDEO VCD SVCD CD A Shows dis c ty pe. B Sho ws current trans fer rate (Megabits p er second ). C Sho ws current title num ber . D Shows current chapter number (for DVD VIDEO) or track number (f or other type of discs). E Sho ws time informatio n. See “Changing the t [...]

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    Advanced operations 23 Y ou c an star t playing a title, chapter or track you spec ify . Y ou can also play a disc fr om sp ecif ied time. Locati ng a desi red scene from t he DVD menu D VD VIDEOs ge nerally have their o wn menus which show disc con tents and yo u can display them on the T V screen. Y ou can locate a de sired scene by using these m[...]

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    Advanced operations 24 5 Press ENTER. 6 Press ON S CREEN. The on-screen ba r disappears. NOTE • Y ou can se lect up t o the 99th chap ter. Locati ng a desi red position by specifying the ti me Y ou can locate a de sired posit ion by specifying the time from the beg inning the disc (while stop ped) or the current title/tra ck (during play bac k). [...]

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    Advanced operations 25 7 For M P3: During pl ayback or while stop ped For J PEG : Whil e stop ped 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to selec t the desired group/trac k/file. • For MP3, playback starts from the select ed track. • F or JPEG, proceed to perform the foll ow ing op eration. 2 Press 3 (play button) or ENTER. • T rack playback/ slide-sh[...]

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    Advanced operations 26 7 During play back of a disc contain ing subtitles in severa l lang uages When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SU BTITLE. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ENGLISH” is se lected out o f 3 subti tle langua ges reco rded. 2 Press C ursor Y / 5 to select t he desi red subtitle . Fo r S V C D • An SVCD can conta in up to four sub ti[...]

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    Advanced operations 27 Frame-by-frame pl ayback 7 During pl ayback Pres s 8 repeatedly. Each tim e you p ress the b utton, the still picture ad vances by one frame. To return to normal playb ack Press 3 (play bu tton). Playing back in slow-moti on 7 During pl ayback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow-motion from. The sy[...]

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    Advanced operations 28 4 Press ENTER. Example: 5 Press C ursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTER. The curren t VFP settin gs appea r again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adj ust ot her parameters. 8 Pres s VF P. NOTE • Although the set ting di splay dis appears in the middle of th e procedure, t h e settin g at that time will b e store d. 7 W[...]

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    Advanced operations 29 Repeatin g the current sel ection 7 For DVD VIDEO: During pl ayback For VCD/SVCD: During playback withou t PBC functi on For C D/M P3/ JPEG: During pl ayback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press R EPEAT. Each t ime you pr ess REPEA T , th e Repea t mode chan ges. NOTE • For DVD VIDEO, REPEAT ALL may not be avail [...]

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    Advanced operations 30 When usin g the on-s creen bar: 1 Press ON SCRE EN twice. The on-scree n bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highli ght . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repea tedly t o selec t “A-B”. 5 Press ENTE R at the beginning of the part you want to r epeat (point A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the part yo[...]

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    31 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the l anguage used in th e setup menu s. See “Men u descr iption”. Basic operatio n on the setup men us IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote con trol mode se lector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stoppe d 1 Press SET UP. 2 Follow the i nst[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 32 : Pictu re menu (PICTURE ) 7 MONITOR TYPE Y ou can sele ct th e monitor type to match y our TV whe n you play D VDs recorded in the pi cture’ s height/width ratio of 16 :9. • 16:9 (Wide televisi on conversion ) Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV). • 4:3 LB ( Letter B ox conv ersi on) Selec[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 33 7 Distance menu (DIST ANCE) Example: In this case, set the distan ce of each speaker as foll o ws; • Distance of fron t speakers: 3.0 m • Distance of cen ter speaker: 2.7 m • Distan ce of surro und spe akers: 2.4 m FRONT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND SPEAKER Adjust the d istance fro m the liste ning po sition to t[...]

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    Setting DVD preferences 34 Countr y/Area codes list for Parental Lo ck AD Andorra ER Eritrea LA La o Peo ple’s Democ ratic Republ ic RW R w a n d a AE Un ited Arab Em irat es ES Spain SA Saud i A rabi a AF Afgha nistan ET E thiopia LB Leba non SB Solom on Islands AG Antigua an d Barbuda FI Finlan d LC Sai nt Lucia SC Seyche lles AI Anguilla FJ Fi[...]

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    35 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operat ion; 1 Set the remote con trol mode se lector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . 1 Press FM /AM repeatedly to se lect t he band. Example: When the system is tuned in to 81 0 kHz. 2 Press TUNING 9 / ( repeatedly until you find the frequency you want. When yo u hold [...]

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    T uner operations 36 When the ste reo FM program curren tly tune d in is noisy , you can change th e FM re ception m ode to impro ve the re ception. 7 While listening to an F M stati on Pres s FM MODE . The FM reception m ode appe ars on th e di splay window . Each time you press the button, the FM rece ption mod e changes. • AUTO MUT ING: When a[...]

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    T uner operations 37 Searching for a program by PTY codes One of the advantage s of the RDS service is t hat you ca n locate a part icular kind of progr am fro m the pre set chan nels (see pag e 35) by specifying the PTY codes. 7 To search f or a progr am using the PTY codes NOTE Befo re you star t opera tion; • The P TY Se arch is o nly appl ica[...]

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    T uner operations 38 Switch ing to broad cast pro gram of your choice temporari ly Anothe r con venie nt RDS service i s called “Enhan ced Other Network” . This allo ws the system to switch tem porarily to a broadcast progra m of you r choi ce (T A, NE WS, and/ or IN FO) fro m a different station except in th e following cases: • When you are[...]

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    39 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc f rom it s case by hold ing it at the edge wh ile pressing th e center hole lightly . • Do not touc h the shiny su rface of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back i n its case a fter use to prev ent warping. • Be careful not to scratch t he surface of the disc when placing it ba ck i[...]

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    References 40 7 Center u nit (XV -THS1) Audio se ction Fron t/Cen ter/ Surro uond: 52 W pe r chan nel, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % total h armonic d istortion. Subw oofe r: 52 W , RMS at 6 C at 10 0 Hz, with 10% total harmon ic distortion . Digital inpu t*: OPTICAL DIGIT AL IN: –21 dBm to –15 dBm (660 nm E 30 nm) * Corres pondin g to Linea r[...]

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    EN 0604TMMMDWJEM © 2004 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED TH-S1 DVD DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEM TH-S1[B]-2.book Page xliv Monday, May 31, 2004 10:45 AM[...]