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    XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03B/English DVD VIDEO PLA YER XV -MK5GSL LET0236-003B [A/US/UX/UW] Before operation 2 Preparations 3 Basic operations 8 Advanced operations 14 MP3/WMA disc playback 22 JPEG disc playback 24 KARAOKE operation 26 Changing the initial settings 31 Additional information 36 INSTRUCTIONS VIDEO XV-M5GSL(AUSUXUW).book Page i Thursday, [...]

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    XV -MK5GS L/LET0236- 0 03A/En glish G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION • Do not block the ventilation openings or holes. (If the ventilation openings or hol es are blocked by a newspaper or cloth, etc., the heat may not be able to get out). • Do not place any naked flame so ur ces, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus. • When disc[...]

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    1 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Supplied accessories Check that y ou hav e all the f ollowing accessories supplied to you. If anything is missing, consult your dealer immediately . • Audio/video cab le (Y ellow/White/Red) ( × 1) • Remote control unit ( × 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batter y ( × 2) • AC po wer plug ( × 1) (except f or A u[...]

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    2 B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Bef ore operation About discs Playable disc types Discs with the follo wing marks can be play ed back on the unit. The D VD Logo is a trademark. The unit can also play back the f ollowing discs: • D VD-R and D VD-RW discs written in the D VD VIDEO format and finalized • CD-R and C[...]

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    3 Preparations XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Preparations Connections Before using the unit, connect the unit to a TV and/or amplifier . Before making connections • Do not connect th e A C power cord until all other connections have been made . • Connect VIDEO OUT of the unit directly to the video input of your TV . Connecting VIDEO OUT of t[...]

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    Preparations 4 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English P reparations C Connecting to a TV with component jacks Y ou can enjoy picture of high-f idelity color reproduction by connecting the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT ja ck s on the unit to your TV . NO TES • Connect “Y” to “Y , ” “P B ” to “P B ” (C B ), “P R ” to “P R ” (C R ) correctly[...]

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    Preparations 5 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Preparations Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audi o amplifier/receiver Connect the unit’ s A UDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to an y line- lev el inputs (such as AUX, D VD , CD , etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver . Connecting to a digital audio de vice Y ou can enjoy [...]

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    Preparations 6 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English P reparations Selecting P AL or NTSC Set the NTSC/P AL selector on the rear panel to “P AL ” or “NTSC” to match the color system of your TV . Make sure that the color system of a D VD VIDEO/SVCD/Video CD disc labeled on the package matches your TV . If you use a multi-color system TV , you can[...]

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    Preparations 7 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Preparations T o use the remote control unit for TV operation Setting the remote control si gnal for operating your TV 1 Set the TV - KARAOKE - D VD switch to “TV . ” 2 While holding down TV/VIDEO - CANCEL, enter the man ufacturer code of y our TV listed below b y using the n umeric b uttons (0 to[...]

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    8 Basic operati ons XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Basic operations NO TE T urning on/off the unit Press D VD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote contr ol unit or press ST ANDBY/ON on the fron t panel. The ST ANDBY indicator on the front panel, which lights in red during standby , goes off. Each disc indicator shows the current status of whether a disc is [...]

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    Basic operations 9 XV -MK5GS L/LET0236-003B/English Basic operations 5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [DIGIT AL AUDIO OUTPUT] is already open. 6 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect a desire d digital output signal type. Set this item correctly when you connect the unit to an external surround decoder or D/A conv er te[...]

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    Basic operations 10 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Basic operati ons Starting playback Method 1 Press 3 . The unit star ts playbac k from the disc which was pla yed back for the last time . Method 2 Press an y of the disc but tons (1 thr ough 5) on the fr ont panel. The unit star ts playbac k of the disc corre sponding to the disc button y ou pre[...]

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    Basic operations 11 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Basic operations T o check the playba ck status Y ou can see the current disc number , the current selection number (the title/chapter number f or D VD VIDEO or track n umber for SVCD/Video CD/A udio CD), time inf or mation (the track or chapter time while stopped, or elapsed track or chapter tim[...]

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    Basic operations 12 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Basic operati ons T o resume playback When the resume mode is “ON” While the di sc y ou interrupted playback is still on the di sc tra y , press 3 . The unit resumes playbac k from the position where playbac k was interrupted. The TV screen shows [RESUME PLA Y]. T o play back from the beginni[...]

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    Basic operations 13 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Basic operations T o play bac k in slow motion Y ou can select from 1/32 times, 1/16 times, 1/4 times and 1/2 times normal spe ed. During playba ck, pr ess 8 , then pre ss ¡ (to play f orward slow moti on), or 1 (to play rever se slow motion, f or DVD VIDEO di sc only) . Pressing 3 returns to no[...]

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    14 Advan ced ope rations XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Ad v anced operations NO TE Playing from a specific position Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu D VD VIDEO discs generally hav e their own menus which sho w the disc contents. These menus contain v arious items such as titles of movies , names of songs, or ar tist inf or mation, and [...]

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    Advanced operations 15 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advanced operations 2 Press 2 / 3 to mo ve to , then press ENTER. The pull-down menu f or e ntering time appears. Screen example for D VD VIDEO Screen example for A udio CD 3 Press the numeri c butt ons (0 to 9) to enter the desired time. The specified time is displayed in the pull-do wn menu.[...]

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    Advanced operations 16 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advan ced ope rations T o check the program contents During playback, press 7 . Pla yback stops and the program table is shown. When the unit is playing back an A udio CD and t he progr am table is not shown, y ou can bring up the table by carr ying out steps 1 to 3. During SVCD/Video CD playb[...]

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    Advanced operations 17 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advanced operations Repeat playback T o repeat the current selection or all trac ks F or D VD VIDEO: During playback F or SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition e xcept SVCD/ Video CD playbac k w ith PBC Press REPEA T - KEY–. If you press REPEA T - KEY– in stop mode, press 3 to start pla[...]

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    Advanced operations 18 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advan ced ope rations Changing the language, sound and scene angle T o select the subt itle language (SUBTITLE) Some D VD VIDEO and SVCD discs contain more than one subtitle language. Y ou can choo se a desired one from them. Hint At the beginning of the par t where the subtitles are recorded,[...]

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    Advanced operations 19 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advanced operations 2 Press 5 / ∞ or ANGLE - KEY+ to select the desired angle. Each time you press 5 / ∞ or ANGLE - KEY+, the angle changes. 3 Press ENTER. Y ou can see the picture from the selected angle. The angle selection window is dismissed. NO TE The angle selection window will autom[...]

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    Advanced operations 20 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advan ced ope rations T o dismiss the VFP mode selection window Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE S CAN. NO TE The window f or VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. T o simulate surround sound (3D PHONIC) Using the 3D PHONIC function, you can ge[...]

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    Advanced operations 21 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Advanced operations Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO Time mode selection During playback, selects the time mode shown in the displa y window and in the status bar . Press ENTER to select the time mode from the following. • T OT AL: Current title elapsed time • T .REM: Current title remaini[...]

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    22 MP 3/WMA d isc playba ck XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English MP3/WMA disc pla ybac k NO TE Operations The unit can play bac k MP3 files a nd WMA files on a home recorded CD-R/RW disc or commercially a vailab le CD . We ref er to a disc that contains MP3 and/or WMA files as an “MP3/WMA disc” in this manual. Note that if a disc contains both of M[...]

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    MP3/WMA disc playback 23 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English MP3/WMA disc playback Hint Y ou can also select a desired track b y pressing 3 to move the blac k b ar to the right (track) column then using 5 / ∞ . NO TES • If an MP3/WMA file name includes any 2-byte character , the unit cannot show the file name correctly . • Only MP3/WMA files are[...]

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    24 JPEG dis c playb ack XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English JPEG disc pla ybac k NO TE The unit can play bac k JPEG files on a home recorded CD-R/RW disc. W e refer to a disc that cont ains JPEG files as a “JPEG disc” in this manual. Note that if a disc contains both of MP3/WMA files and JPEG files, you can only pla y back files of the type select[...]

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    JPEG disc playback 25 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English JPEG disc playback NO TES • The unit suppor ts the baseline JPEG format. • The unit does not suppor t “pack et w riting (UDF format)” discs. • The unit suppor ts discs recorded with multiple sessions. • The unit may not be able to read some discs, or ma y take a long time to display[...]

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    26 KARA OKE o peration XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English KARA OKE operation NO TE Preparation T urning on the KARAOKE function Press - KARA OK E. The KARAOKE function turns on, the [KARAOK] indicator lights up on the display window , and the KARAOKE menu appears on the TV screen. TV screen T o turn on and off the KARAOKE menu Press ON SCREEN. Each t[...]

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    KARAOKE operation 27 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English KARAOKE operation 3 Press 3 (SELECT). The unit star ts playbac k of the first reser ved song. The [PRGM] indicator ligh ts up in the display windo w. A song which has star ted playbac k is deleted from the reservation table. After playing bac k a ll reserved songs, the unit stops. T o turn off a[...]

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    KARAOKE operation 28 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English KARA OKE o peration Selecting KARAOKE sound (KARAOKE SOUND) Among KARAO KE D VD VIDEO discs, there are “multi-sound KARAOKE” discs . With such a disc, f o r e xample, you can sing along with the other vocal part recorded on a disc. Using the KARAOKE menu See page 26 for ho w t o turn on the [...]

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    KARAOKE operation 29 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English KARAOKE operation Using the 3D PHONIC - VOCAL button Y ou can select a desired function without activating the KARA OKE menu. 1 Press 3D PHONIC - V OCAL. The [V OCAL] selection window appears on the TV screen. 2 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect the desired func tion. 3 Press ENTER, or wait until the [V [...]

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    KARAOKE operation 30 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English KARA OKE o peration Shifting the musical key Y ou can shift the musical ke y of a song recorded on a disc to fit to your v o ice . Using the KARAOKE menu See page 26 for ho w t o turn on the KARAOKE menu. 1 Press 2 / 3 to mo ve to [KEY CONT]. 2 Press 5 to raise up the ke y , and ∞ to drop down[...]

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    31 Changing the initial settings XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Changing the initial settings NO TE Selecting preferences This section refers to the settings which are already made when you purchase the unit. Read this section when you w ant to connect this unit to a wide-visi on TV set, or when you want to otherwise change the settings according[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 32 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Ch anging the initial sett ings LANGUAGE menu MENU LANGUAGE Y ou can select the default menu language to be displa yed if it is contained on a D VD VIDEO disc. Set ting op tions ENGLISH, SP ANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, IT ALIAN, JAP ANESE, language code from AA to ZU • If the di[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 33 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Changing the initial settings MP3&WMA/JPEG The unit can play MP3/WMA and JPEG files recorded on a CD- R/CD-RW disc. Ho wev e r , if a disc contains both MP3/WMA and JPEG files, y ou can only play files of the type selected in this menu item. Set ting op tions MP3&WMA, JPEG [M[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 34 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Ch anging the initial sett ings P ARENT AL LOCK When this option is selected, pressing ENTER on the remote control unit brings u p the P ARENT AL LOCK display shown below . This allows you to restrict children from playing D VD VIDEO discs. • See this page for details about the par[...]

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    Changing the initial settings 35 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Changing the initial settings T o change the settings Y ou can change the parental lock settings later . 1 Bring up the O THERS menu. 2 Press 5 / ∞ to mo ve to select [P ARENT AL LOCK] and press ENTER. The parental lock on-scr een display appears on the TV screen. 3 While is pointi[...]

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    36 Additio nal infor mation XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Ad ditional inf ormation Names of parts and controls Front panel 1 ST ANDBY indicator (8) 2 ST ANDBY/ON button (8) 3 Disc tra ys (1 - 5) (9) 4 0 buttons (1 - 5) (9) 5 Disc buttons (1 - 5) (10) 6 Disc indicators (1 - 5) (10) 7 MIC 1/2 jacks (26) 8 MIC 1/2 lev el controls (26) 9 Remote sens[...]

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    Additional information 37 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additional information Remote control unit 1 DISC SELECT button (10) 2 OPEN/CLOSE button (9) 3 Numeric buttons 4 RETURN button (14) 5 T O P MENU b utton (14) 6 Cursor selection ( 5 Up , ∞ Down) - CH (+/–) buttons 7 Cursor selection ( 2 Left, 3 Right) - V OL (+/–) buttons 8 CHOICE butt[...]

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    Additional information 38 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additio nal infor mation A V COMPU LINK remote control system The JVC A V COMPU LINK system allows you to enjo y video or audio with the simplest operation. If your video/audio unit (such as a D VD unit, CD unit and VCR) and TV or/and amplifier/ receiver support the JVC A V COMPU LINK syste[...]

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    Additional information 39 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additional information T roubleshooting Power P ower does not come on. P ower plug is not inser ted securely . Plug in securely . Operation “REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown on the TV screen. Region code of the inser ted disc does not match the unit. Check the region code of the disc pr[...]

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    Additional information 40 XV -MK5GS L/LET0236-003B/English Additio nal infor mation Specifications Specifications and appearance ar e subject to change without prior notice. General Readable discs D VD VIDEO, D VD-R (Video format), D VD- RW (Video f or mat), SVCD , Video CD , Audio CD (CD-D A), MP3/WMA format, JPEG, CD- R/RW (CD-D A, SVCD , Video C[...]

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    Additional information 41 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additional information Appendix A: Countr y/Area code list for Parental Lock (for page 34) AD Andorra AE United Arab Emi rates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Ar menia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ A nt ar c ti ca AR Argentina AS American Samoa A T Aus[...]

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    Additional information 42 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additio nal infor mation Appendix B: T able of languages and their abbreviations Appendix C: Digital output signal chart AA Afa r F A Persian KM Cambodian OM (Af an) Oromo SU Sundanese AB Abkhazian FI Finnish KN Kannada OR Oriya SV Swedish AF Afrikaans FJ Fi ji K O K orean (K OR) P A Panjab[...]

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    Additional information 43 XV -MK5GSL/LET0236-0 03A/English Additional information Appendix D: Glossary 525i/525p Indicates the number of scanni ng lines and scanning format of an image signal. 525i indicates 525 scanning lines with inter lace format, and 525p indicates 525 scanning lines with progressive for m at . Aspect ratio A ratio which define[...]

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    XV -MK5GS L/LET0236- 0 03A/En glish VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN. © 2003 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED J V C 0603STYBICJEM XV-M5GSL(AUSUXUW).book Page 44 Monday, June 23, 2003 3:43 PM[...]