JVC XV-NA77SL manual

XV -NA77SL/GN T0 036-0 02B/English DVD AUDIO/VIDEO PLA YER XV -NA77SL GNT0036-002B [B] Before operation 2 Preparations 4 Basic operations 12 Advanced operations 18 VR format disc playback 29 MP3/WMA disc playback 33 JPEG disc playback 35 Changing the initial settings 37 Additional information 45 INSTRUCTIONS XV-XV-NA77SL[B].book Page i Thursday, J [...]

XV -NA77SL/GN T0 036-0 02B/English 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 source s, such as lighted candle s, on the apparatus. • When disca[...]

1 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/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) • Audio cab le (White/Red) ( × 2) • Remote control unit ( × 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batter y ( × 2) About [...]

2 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n 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: • 9.4GB/4.7GB D VD-RAM with no car tridge, recorded with the video recording standard ve[...]

Before operation 3 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Befo re operation Care and handling of discs If a disc gets dir ty , dusty , scra tched or warped, playbac k sound and picture may be deteriorated. T ake proper precautions when handling discs. Handling • Do not touch the surface of the disc. • Do not damage, stick paper to , or use any adhesi[...]

4 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English P r e p a r a t i o n s 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 VID[...]

Preparations 5 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Preparations B Connecting to a T V with an S-video jack If your TV has an S-VIDEO input, you can get better picture quality by connecting it with the S- VIDEO output of the unit using an S-video cable instead of connecting the video input of the TV to the VIDEO jack of the unit. NO TES • Be sure to [...]

Preparations 6 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English P r e p a r a t i o n s 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 cks on the unit to your TV . NO TES • Be sure to connect the red and white plugs of the audio cable to the FRONT RIGHT/LEFT jacks on [...]

Preparations 7 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Preparations NO TES • If you set the P AL - NTSC - REMOTE selector on the rear panel to “P AL, ” component signals cannot be output correctly from the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jac ks. • There are some progressive TV and High-Definition TV sets that are not fully compatible with the unit, resulting [...]

Preparations 8 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audi o amplifier/receiver Connect the unit’ s A UDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to any line- lev el inputs (such as A UX, D VD , CD , etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver . NO TES • Be sure to connect the red and [...]

Preparations 9 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Preparations Connecting to a digital audio device Y ou can enjoy sound of enhanced quality by connecting the unit’ s DIGIT AL OUT (either OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jack to a digital input of an amplifier , etc., using an optical or coaxial digital cable . The digital audio signal on a disc will be transfe[...]

Preparations 10 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connecting the power cord When all the audio/video connec tions have been made, connect the AC po wer plug to the wall outlet. Make sure that the plugs are inser ted firmly . The ST ANDBY ind icator lights in red. Wa rn i n g • Disconnect the power cord: - if you are not goi[...]

Preparations 11 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/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 - D VD switch to “T V . ” 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 9), and[...]

12 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English B a s i c o p e r a t i o n s Basic operations NO TE T urning on/off the unit Press D VD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote contr ol unit or press on the front pane l. The ST ANDBY/ON indicator on the front panel, which lights in red during standby , lights in green. The opening display appears on the TV screen, and the f[...]

Basic operations 13 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Basic operatio ns 5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [ANALOG OUT] is already open. 6 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect a desired analog output signal type. Set this item correctly when y ou pla y back a D V D VIDEO disc recorded with surround multichannel audio. •[...]

Basic operations 14 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English B a s i c o p e r a t i o n s T o check the playba ck status Y ou can see the current selection number (the group/trac k number f or D VD A UDIO, the title/chapter number f or D VD VIDEO or track n umber for SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD), time inf or mation (the track or chapter time while stopped, or [...]

Basic operations 15 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Basic operatio ns Resuming playback The unit can memor ize the position on a disc where you interrupt playbac k, and resume playback from that position later . There are three resume modes; ON, OF F and DISC RESUME. The mode is initially set to ON when you purchased the unit. • Y ou can select [...]

Basic operations 16 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English B a s i c o p e r a t i o n s V arious speed playback To advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring During playba ck, pr ess ¡ or 1 on the remote contr ol unit. Y ou can select from 1.5 times, 5 times, 20 times and 60 times normal speed . Pressing 3 returns the unit to nor mal play bac[...]

Basic operations 17 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Basic operatio ns Locating the beginning of a scene or song F or D V D A UDIO: Dur ing pla yback or while in stop mode, you can skip a group or trac k. F or D VD VIDEO: During playback, y ou can skip a chapter or title, depending on the disc configuration. F or SVCD/Video CD: During playback with[...]

18 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Ad v anced operations NO TE Playing from a specific position Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu D VD A UDIO/D VD VIDEO discs generally hav e their own menus which show the disc contents. These menus contain v ar ious items such as titles of movi es, names of songs, or a[...]

Advanced operations 19 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Advanced operations Locating a desired position in the current title, group or track (T ime search) Y ou can play a disc from the desired position b y specifying the time from the beginning of the current group (for D VD AUDIO), the current title (for D VD VIDEO) or the disc (for SVCD/Video CD[...]

Advanced operations 20 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Playing back a bonus group of a DVD AUDIO disc Some D VD A UDIO discs contain a special group called “bonus group” whose contents are not opened to the public. The bonus group is assigned to the last group of a disc. T o play back a bonus group , you hav[...]

Advanced operations 21 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Advanced operations 5 Press 3 to start prog ram playbac k. With an Audio CD disc, the prog ram table remains on the TV screen during program play back. (Pressing ON SCREEN brings up the status bar .) When all of the programmed trac ks ha ve finished playbac k, the unit stops and the program ta[...]

Advanced operations 22 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Repeat playback T o repeat the current selection or all trac ks F or D VD A UDIO/D VD VIDEO: Dur ing pla yback F or SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition e xcept SVCD/ Video CD playbac k w ith PBC Press REPEA T . If you press REPEA T in stop mode, press 3[...]

Advanced operations 23 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Advanced operations 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 choose a d esired one from them. Hint At the beginning of the par t where the subtitles are recorded, a[...]

Advanced operations 24 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Special picture/sound effect T o zoom in pictures 1 During playbac k or while paused, press ZOOM. Pressing ZOOM causes the unit to zoom in on the image. At the top left of the screen, the information for the current magnification appears for about 5 seconds [...]

Advanced operations 25 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Advanced operations T o dismiss the VFP mode selection window Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE S CAN. NO TES • The window f or VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. • S imply press the VFP - PR OGRESSIVE SCAN button, and do not hold it down[...]

Advanced operations 26 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Menu bar functions T o bring up the menu bar 1 When a disc is inserted, press ON SCREEN. A status bar for the type of disc inser ted will appear on the TV screen. See page 14 for details about the status bar . 2 Press ON SCREEN again. A menu bar f or the typ[...]

Advanced operations 27 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Advanced operations Menu bar functions for DVD AUDIO 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. • TIME: Current track elapsed time • REM: Currect track remaining tim[...]

Advanced operations 28 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d v a n c e d o p e r a t i o n s Menu bar functions for SVCD/Video CD/ Audio CD Time mode selection 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. • TIME: Current track elapsed time • REM: Current trac k[...]

29 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English VR format disc playback VR f ormat disc pla ybac k NO TE About VR format discs The unit can play bac k D V D-RA M and D VD-R W discs writ ten in the VR format. We ref er to such discs as a “VR format disc” in this manual. What you cannot do with VR format discs Note that the follo wing ope rations cannot be m[...]

VR format disc playback 30 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English V R f o r m a t d i s c p l a y b a c k T o call up the ORIGINAL P ROGRAM display During playba ck, pr ess T OP MENU. The ORIGINAL PROGRAM display appears on the TV screen. While the ORIGINAL PROGRAM displa y is shown, you can perform the f ollowing operations. • Star t play back of a de[...]

VR format disc playback 31 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English VR format disc playback Repeat playback T o repeat title During playbac k, press REPEA T . Each time you press REPEA T , one of the following repeat mode is selected. PG: Repeats the current title. ALL: Repeats all titles on the disc. OFF: Deactivates the repeat mode. A window which indica[...]

VR format disc playback 32 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English V R f o r m a t d i s c p l a y b a c k Changing the sound The audio selection setting allows you to change the audio track(s) to be pla yed back from among stereo , L (left channel) and R (right channel). 1 During playba ck, pr ess A UDIO - fs/Rate. The audio selection window appears on t[...]

33 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English MP3/WMA disc playback 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 refer 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 MP3/W[...]

MP3/WMA disc playback 34 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English M P 3 / W M A d i s c p l a y b a c k (Continued) 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 [...]

35 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English JPEG disc playback 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 selected[...]

JPEG disc playback 36 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English J P E G d i s c p l a y b a c k NO TES • The unit suppor ts the baseline JPEG format. • The unit does not suppor t “pack et writing (UDF f or mat)” 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 t[...]

37 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Changing th e initial settings 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 accordin[...]

Changing the initial settings 38 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s LANGUAGE menu MENU LANGUAGE Y ou can select the default menu language to be displa yed if it is contained on a D VD AUDIO/D VD VIDEO disc. Set ting op tions ENGLISH, SP ANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, IT ALIAN, JAP ANESE, language c[...]

Changing the initial settings 39 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Changing th e 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 [[...]

Changing the initial settings 40 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s OTHERS menu RESUME Y ou can select the resume playbac k mode. See page 15 for details about the resume pla yback function. Set ting op tions ON, OFF , DISC R ESUME [ON]: when selected, the unit can resume playback of the disc from t[...]

Changing the initial settings 41 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Changing th e initial settings Making fine tuning for your speakers Y ou can make fine tuning to match y our speaker system. Preparation Set [ANALOG OUT] in the [A UD IO] preference displa y to [MUL TI CHANNEL ] and [MODE] in the [SPK.SETTING] preference display to [EXPER T]. Setting[...]

Changing the initial settings 42 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s T o retu rn to the [SPK.SETTING] page Press 5 / ∞ to mov e to [RETURN] and press ENTER. Hint If there is no difference between the distance from the front speakers to the listener , and the distance from the center speaker and/or [...]

Changing the initial settings 43 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Changing th e initial settings Limiting playback by children This function restricts playbac k of D VD VIDEO discs which contain violent (and other) scenes accord ing to the lev el set by the user . For e xample, if a mo vie which includes violent scenes suppor ts the parental lock f[...]

Changing the initial settings 44 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s 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 scr[...]

45 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Additiona l information Ad ditional inf ormation Names of parts and controls Front panel 1 button (12) 2 ST ANDBY/ON indicator (12) 3 Disc tra y (13) 4 0 button (13) 5 4 button (16, 17) 6 ¢ button (16, 17) 7 7 button (14, 15) 8 3 button (13, 15) 9 8 button (14, 16) 0 Display windo w (see the illustration below) [...]

Additional information 46 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Remote control unit 1 OPEN/CLOSE button (13) 2 Numeric buttons 3 P AGE button (19) 4 RETURN button (18) 5 T O P MENU button (18, 30) 6 Cursor selection ( 5 Up , ∞ Down) - CH (+/–) buttons 7 Cursor selection ( 2 Left, 3 Right) - V OL (+/–) butt[...]

Additional information 47 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Additiona l 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 p[...]

Additional information 48 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Specifications Specifications and appearance ar e subject to change without prior notice. General Readable discs D VD A UD IO , D VD VIDEO, D VD-R (Video format), D VD-R W (Video format/VR format), D VD-RAM (VR format), SVCD , Video CD , Audio CD (C[...]

Additional information 49 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Additiona l information Appendix A: Countr y/Area code list for Parental Lock (for page 43) 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 n ta rc t ic a AR Argentina AS American Samoa A T A[...]

Additional information 50 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Appendix B: T able of languages and their abbreviations Appendix C: Digital output signal chart AA Afar F A Persian KM Cambodian OM (Afan) Oromo SU Sundanese AB Abkhazian FI Finnish KN Kannada OR Oriya SV Swedish AF Afrikaans FJ F iji K O K orean (K[...]

Additional information 51 XV -NA77SL/GNT0036-0 02B/English Additiona l information Appendix D: Glossary Aspect ratio A ratio which defines the shape of the rectangular picture in a TV . It is the width of the picture rela tive to the height. A conv entional TV picture is 4:3 in aspect ratio . Bit rate Shows the number of digital inf or mation neede[...]

XV -NA77SL/GN T0 036-0 02B/English SAFETY INS TRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be tak en if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Do read the operating ins[...]