JVC AV 20320 manual

COLOR TELEVISION USER'S GUIDE For models: AV -20320 AV -20321 C-20310 C-13310 C-13311 Illustration of A V -20320 and RM-C205 IMPOR T ANT NO TE T O THE CUST OMER In the space below , enter the model number and serial number of your television (located at the rear of the television cabinet). Staple your sales receipt or invoice to the inside cov[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS TV SET TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CA UTION: TO INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS UNIT . 1. Operate only from the power source specified on the unit. 2. Avoid damaging the AC plug and power cord. 3. Avoid Improper ins[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS CA UTION: Please read and retain for y our safety . Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. This TV set has been engineered and manufactured to assure your personal safety . But improper use can result in potential elec- trical shock or fire hazar ds. In order not to defeat the safeguards incorporated in this TV[...]

7 An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal. 8[...]

13 For added protection of the TV set during a lightning storm or when the TV set is to be left unattended for an extended period of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna. This will prevent damage to product due to lightning storms or power line surges. 14 AT V set and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stop[...]

UNP A CKING Y OUR TV .....7 TV MODELS and REMO TES GUIDE .............8 Q UICK SETUP GUIDE .....1 0 CONNECTIONS ........1 3 Cable and VCR Connections .......1 3 Stereo VCR/DVD Connections ......1 5 Connecting to an External Amplifier ...1 5 Connecting to a Camcorder .......1 6 Headphone or Earphone Connection . . . 16 REMO TE CONTROL ......1 7 Remo[...]

ON TIMER MENU OPERATE CHANNEL VOLUME POWER VIDEO L / MONO INPUT—2 AUDIO R T wo AA Batteries 1 T elevision 1 Remote Control Thank you for your purchase of a JVC Color T elevision. Before you begin setting up your new television, please check to make sure you have all of the following items. In addition to this guide, your television box should inc[...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide NO TE: Before you connect your televison to another device, please refer to the proper dia- grams for your TV and remote, depending on the model that you have purchased. These will help assist you in understanding how to connect your television to another device, as well as use the remote to set up your televison. Rear P[...]

TV Models and Remotes Guide Remote Control RM-C205W MODEL: A V -20321, C-13311 POWER DISPLAY INPUT 1 7 4 100+ 3 9 6 RETURN+ MUTING MENU V—CHIP EXIT 2 8 0 5 + CH VOL VOL + CH CHANNEL VCR CONTROL POWER TV/VCR REC STOP PAUSE PLAY FF REW SLEEP TIMER VIDEO STATUS RM-C205W 9 POWER DISPLAY INPUT 1 7 4 100+ 3 9 6 RETURN+ MUTING MENU V CHIP EXIT 2 8 0 5 +[...]

10 Getting Started These quick setup pages will provide you, in three easy steps, with the basic information you need to begin using your new television right away . This information includes basic instructions on operating your remote control, making a simple cable/antenna and optional VCR connection and, finally , information on programming your [...]

11 (VHF/UHF) 75‰ (VHF/UHF) INPUT L/ MONO l AUDIO I R OUTPUT VIDEO— L R (VHF/UHF) 75Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT L/ MONO l AUDIO I R OUTPUT VIDEO– L R AUDIO OUT L L IN OUT Cable/RF connector AV Cables/Plugs Step T wo - Making Basic Connections Next you will need to connect your television to an antenna or cable system. The most basic antenna/cable conn[...]

12 Press the M ENU button on the remote control. Press the   buttons to move to AUTO TUNER SETUP Press the ¥ buttons to begin AUTO TUNER SETUP ¥ To choose CABLE (if you are connected to a cable system) or AIR (if you use an antenna)   To move to ST ART ¥ To start Auto T uner Setup The Auto T uner will now memorize all of the[...]

Connections 13 (VHF/UHF) 75‰ (VHF/UHF) INPUT L/ MONO l AUDIO I R OUTPUT VIDEO— L R IN OUT 1) Connect the antenna or cable TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the VCR. 2) Connect an RF cable from the RF Output of the VCR, in to the RF Input on the back of the TV . • Please consult your VCR’s owner’s manual for more informat[...]

(VHF/UHF) 75‰ (VHF/UHF) INPUT L/ MONO l AUDIO I R OUTPUT VIDEO— L R IN OUT IN OUT VCR (Y ellow) (White) (Red) CABLE BOX Connections 14 1) Connect the antenna or cable TV wire from the wall outlet, in to the RF Input of the cable box. 2) Connect an RF cable from the RF Output on the cable box, in to the RF Input on the back of the VCR. 3) Connec[...]

Connections 15 Stereo VCR/D VD Connections (VHF/UHF) 75Ω (VHF/UHF) INPUT L/ MONO l AUDIO I R OUTPUT VIDEO– L R L R Connecting to an External Amplifier 1) Connect the white audio cable from the TV’s Left Audio Output jack to the Amplifier ’s Left Audio Input jack. 2) Connect the red audio cable from the TV’s Right Audio Output jack to the [...]

Headphone or Earphone Connection Y ou can connect a pair of headphones or earphone to the television using the headphone jack on the front panel. Models A V -20320 and A V -20321 have a headphone jack. Models C-13310, C-1331 1 and C-20310 have an earphone jack. 1) Plug a headphone/earphone jack into the headphone jack on the television’s front pa[...]

Changing the Batteries Raise the latch on the remote’s back cover to remove it. Insert two AA batteries (supplied), carefully noting the "+" and "–" markings on the batteries and on the remote control. T o avoid a potential short circuit, insert the "–" end first. Be sure to use only size AA batteries. When batte[...]

Onscreen Menus 18 Using the Guide The Onscreen Menus Certain symbols are used throughout this guide to help you learn about the features of your new television. The ones you will see most frequently are:   Up and Down arrows mean press the C HANNEL U P or C HANNEL D OWN buttons. Pressing the U P or D OWN buttons let you: • Move vertically i[...]

Initial Setup 19 A uto T uner Setup In Auto T uner Setup, the TV automatically scans through all available channels, memorizing the active ones and skipping over blank ones or channels with weak signals. This means when you scan (using the C HANNEL +/– buttons) you will receive only clear , active channels. Press the M ENU button   To AUTO [...]

Initial Setup 20 Channel Summary Channel Summary allows you to customize the line-up of channels received by your TV . Y ou can add or delete channels from the line-up or prevent any unauthorized viewers from watch- ing any or all 181 channels. Press the M ENU button   To CHANNEL SUMMARY ¥ To operate The Channel Summary screen (above) wil[...]

21 V -Chip Y our TV is equipped with V -Chip technology which enables TV Parental Guidelines (for United States and Canada) and Movie (MP AA) Guideline controls. V -Chip technology allows you to program your TV to receive, or not to receive, programs based on content according to the guidelines. Programs which exceed the ratings limits you set will[...]

22 V -Chip Viewing Guidelines US V -Chip Ratings U .S. P ARENT AL RA TING SYSTEMS Programs with the f ollowing ratings are appropriate f or children. ❒ TV Y is Appropriate f or All Children. Programs are created for very young viewers and should be suitable for all ages, including children ages 2 - 6. ❒ TV Y7 is for Older Children. Most parents[...]

23 V -Chip Line up the cursor in the column (TV PG, TV G, etc.) with the content row (V/FV , S, etc.) and press the  or  to move the cursor to the correct location. Press ¥ or  to turn the locking feature on or off. An item is locked if the icon appears instead of a “—”. For example. To block viewing of all TV 14 shows, move the [...]

24 V -Chip Setting ratings with the V -Chip button Example 2: If you want to set your V -Chip settings to block all programming above a current setting such as TV PG-V (with violence): Press Z ERO when TV -PG - V is displayed All Programming above TV PG - V (with V iolence) will be blocked. To access Rating information about a certain program, pres[...]

V -Chip ❒ NR - Not Rated. This is a film which has no rating. In many cases these films were imported from countries which do not use the MP AA ratings system. Other NR films may be from amateur producers who didn’t intend to have their film widely released. NR (Not Rated) Pr ogramming may contain all types of pr ogramming including chil- dren&[...]

26 V -Chip ❒ E - Exempt. Exempt programming includes: news, sports, documentaries and other information programming, talk shows, music videos, and variety programming. ❒ C – Pr ogramming Intended for Children. V iolence Guidelines: There will be no realistic scenes of violence. Depictions of aggressive behavior will be infrequent and limited [...]

27 V -Chip Unrated Programs Notes About Unrated Programs: Unrated programming refers to any programming which does not contain a rating signal. Programming on television stations which do not broadcast rating signals will be placed in the “Unrated Programming" category . Examples of Unrated programs: Emergency Bulletins Locally Originated Pr[...]

28 V -Chip Set Lock Code Channel Guard and V -Chip settings are protected by a four-digit Lock Code. Y our TV comes pre-set with a Lock Code of "0000". Y ou may change the code to any four-digit number you wish. T o change the Lock Code, follow the steps below . Press the M ENU button   To SET LOCK CODE ¥ To operate (Lock icon a[...]

Picture Settings Tint Color Picture Bright Detail Ti nt allows you to adjust the levels of red and green in your TV picture. Press the M ENU button   To TINT  To increase the levels of green ¥ To increase the levels of red   To move to the next setting The color function lets you make all the colors in the TV picture appear either m[...]

Picture Settings 30 Noise Muting Set Video Status This feature inserts a blank blue screen over channels which are not broadcasting or are too weak to be received clearly . Press the M ENU button   To NOISE MUTING ¥ To turn Noise Muting ON or OFF • Noise Muting will not work during Auto T uner Setup or when you operate Channel Summary .[...]

Sound Settings 31 Y ou can increase or decrease the level of low-frequency sound in the TV’s audio with the Bass adjustment. Press the M ENU button   To BASS  To increase the bass ¥ To decrease the bass   To move to the next setting Use T reble to adjust the level of high-frequency sound in your TV’s audio. Press the M ENU butto[...]

Sound Settings 32 MTS technology allows several audio signals to be broadcast at once, giving you a choice in what you wish to hear with a TV program. In addition to mono or stereo sound, an MTS broad- cast may also include a Second Audio Program (SAP) . Press the M ENU button   To MTS ¥ Select the mode (The ON AIR arrow tells you if a br[...]

General Items 33 A uto Clock Set Before you use any of your TV’ s timer functions, you must first set the clock. Y ou may precisely set your clock using the XDS time signal broadcast by most Public Broadcasting stations. T o set the clock using the XDS signal: Enter the channel number of your local PBS station Press M ENU   To SET CLOCK ¥?[...]

General Items 34 To set your clock manually (without using the XDS signal), choose MANUAL from the Set Clock menu and follow the steps below .   To SET CLOCK ¥ To operate ¥ To MANUAL   To move to the hour ¥ To set the hour   To move to minutes ¥ To set the minutes   To move to ST ART CLOCK ¥ To start cloc[...]

General Items 35 Language Y ou can choose to view your onscreen menus in three languages: English, French, or Spanish. Press the M ENU button   To LANGUAGE ¥ To choose a language E XIT when finished ENGLISH FRENCH SP ANISH The On/Off timer lets you program your television to turn itself on or of f. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up, [...]

General Items 36 Use this function to display the Closed Captioning text onscreen (when included in a broad- cast). Press the M ENU button   To CLOSED CAPTION ¥ To operate ¥ To select CAPTION, TEXT , or OFF   To move to CAPTION or TEXT ¥ To select a caption (CC1 to CC4) or text channel (T1 to T4)   To accept that selec[...]

Button Functions 37 The Display screen shows the current status of timers and inputs. Press the D ISPLA Y button • The channel or A V input (Channel 07) • The current time (12:20 pm) • Sleep T imer status/minutes remaining (The Sleep T imer is off) • On/Off Timer status (Set to turn on everyday at 7:00 PM, of f at 10:00 PM) • Each Press o[...]

Button Functions 38 Video Status Sleep Timer Muting The V IDEO S TA TUS button gives you a choice of three TV picture display settings, including a display of your own preferences. Standard - Resets the picture display to the factory settings. Choice - Displays the setting levels you specified on the "Set V ideo Status" Menu (see page 30)[...]

Button Functions The R ETURN + button has two functions: Return - Returns to the channel viewed just before the channel currently onscreen. Return+ - Lets you program a specific channel to return to while scanning through the channels. R ETURN + and hold for three seconds Scan using the C HANNEL +/– buttons R ETURN + Y ou will return to your prog[...]

Tr oubleshooting 40 There is no power There is no picture or sound Yo u c a nnot select a certain channel The power turns off by itself The clock is wrong The color quality is poor The On T imer is blinking There are lines across the picture The picture is spotted There are double pictures (ghosts) Picture is snowy (image noise) Screen is 80% black[...]

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A uthoriz ed Ser vice Center s 43 QUALITY SERVICE T OLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www .jvc.com HOW T O LOCA TE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER Dear Customer , In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase, please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the event that repairs are neces- sary , or for the address nearest[...]

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