JVC AV-21L81 manual

LCT1009-001A 0501-Ki-NV -VT © 2001 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, LIMITED COLOUR TELEVISION INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for buying this JVC colour television. T o make sure you understand how to use your new TV , please read this manual thoroughly before you begin. A V -21L81 A V -21L81B A V -25L81B A V -29L81B Contents Safety precautions 2 Preparation 3 1[...]

2 Safety pr ecautions W ARNING • T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the TV to rain or moisture. CAUTION • Operate only from the power source indicated on the rear of the TV . • A void damaging the power cord and mains plug. When you unplug the TV , pull it out by the mains plug. Do not pull on the power cord. • Never block or c[...]

3 Prepar ation 1 Confirm which remote control you have Y our TV comes with one of the tw o remote contr ols shown below . Functions you can operate differ depending on the type of r emote control. RM-C357 RM-C356 RM-C357 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT DISPLAY MENU POWER CHANNEL VOLUME SYSTEM COLOUR OFF TIMER TV/VIDEO PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCAN ECO SENSOR SOUND[...]

4 Prepar ation 3 Connecting the aerial and VCR • Read the manuals pro vided with the devices. Depending on the de vice, the connection method may be differ ent from the diagrams . Also the device settings may need to change depending on the connection method. • T urn off all the devices including the TV . • Connecting cables are not supplied.[...]

5 Prepar ation 4 Connecting other devices If you ar e not connecting any other devices , skip step 4 and perform step 5. • Use the headphones with a stereo mini jack (3.5 mm in diameter). When you connect the headphones, the TV speak ers go off. • The OUTPUT terminal outputs the video and sound signals which you ar e viewing on the TV . Y ou ca[...]

6 Prepar ation 6 Initial setting When the TV is fir st turned on, it enters the initial setting mode , and the JVC logo is display ed. F ollow the instructions on the on-scr een display to perform the initial settings. 1 Press the Main power button on the TV . The PO WER lamp lights. After the JVC logo has been display ed, the TV automatically swit[...]

7 Basic operation • The illustration below is for the remote contr ol RM-C357 supplied with A V -2 1L8 1. Y our remote control may not look e xactly like the illustra- tions. RM-C357 REMOTE CONTROL UNIT TEXT DISPLAY MENU POWER CHANNEL VOLUME SYSTEM COLOUR REVEAL HOLD INDEX STORE MODE SIZE SUBPAGE CANCEL OFF TIMER TV/VIDEO PICTURE MODE CHANNEL SCA[...]

8 Remote contr ol buttons and functions ECO SENSOR button Y ou can adjust this TV so that the scr een automatically adjusts to the optimum contrast accor ding to the brightness of your room. This function r educes ey e strain and the pow er consumption of this TV . Press this button to select the desired mode. DIGIT AL ECO SENSOR DISPLA Y : The ECO[...]

9 Remote control buttons and functions SUPER BASS button < A V -2 1L8 1B/A V -25L8 1B only > Y ou can enjo y a powerful bass sound b y using the SUPER B ASS (Super Bass Refle x) function. Press this button to turn the SUPER BASS function on or off. • T o use this function, you must first mount the T win P ort Bass Blaster Unit packaged with[...]

10 Remote control buttons and functions RETURN + button Y ou can set a channel y ou frequently view to the R eturn Channel and you can vie w that channel at any time with one-touch. T o set the channel to the Return Channel: 1 Select the channel you want to set to the Return Channel. 2 Press this button and hold until the message “ RETURN PLUS PR[...]

11 Using the TV’ s menus This TV has a number of functions you can oper ate using the menus. T o use all your TV’s functions fully , y ou need to understand how to use the menus . 4 Press the MENU M buttons to change function settings. Example: MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF OFF CHILD LOCK OFF BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMPONENT SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE B[...]

12 Using the TV’ s menus INPUT Y ou can view images fr om VCRs or other devices connected to y our TV . 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 1 ” menu, then select “ INPUT ” . MENU 1 INPUT TV VNR ON COMPRESS(16:9) ON PICTURE TILT 00 SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLAY 2 Press MENU M to select the VIDEO mode. TV mode changes to VIDEO m[...]

13 Using the TV’ s menus AUTO SHUTOFF Y ou can set your TV to turn off if no signals are receiv ed for about 15 minutes or longer after the end of a broadcast. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 2 ” menu, then select “ AUTO SHUTOFF ” . MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON BLUE BACK ON VIDEO-2 SET COMPONENT SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -[...]

14 Using the TV’ s menus VIDEO-2 SET Set the VIDEO-2 SET correctly accor ding to the video signal input from the e xternal device connected to the VIDEO-2 terminal. If this setting is incorrect, images will not be display ed. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 2 ” menu, then select “ VIDEO-2 SET ” . MENU 2 AUTO SHUTOFF ON CHILD LOCK ON [...]

15 Using the TV’ s menus MONO SURROUND Y ou can enjo y normal monaural sound more by conv erting it into a stereo-like sound. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 5 ” menu, then select “ MONO SURROUND ” . MENU 5 BASS TREBLE BALANCE AI VOLUME ON MONO SURROUND ON SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLAY 2 Press MENU M to select “ ON ” .[...]

16 Using the TV’ s menus MANUAL CH PRESET Y ou can manually pr eset desired TV channels to desired channels . 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 3 ” menu, then select “ MANUAL CH PRESET ” . MENU 3 AUTO CH PRESET MANUAL CH PRESET LANGUAGE ENGLISH SELECT BY EXIT BY OPERATE BY -+ D ISPLAY 2 Press MENU M . The sub-menu is display ed. MANUAL[...]

17 Using the TV’ s menus SKIP Y ou can set undesir ed channels to be skipped. Channels set to be skipped cannot be selected by the CHANNEL m buttons nor the CHANNEL SC AN button. • Channels to which TV channels have not been preset ar e automatically set to be skipped. 1 Press MENU T to display the “ MENU 3 ” menu, then select “ MANUAL CH[...]

18 Attaching the T win Port Bass Blaster Unit <A V -2 1L8 1B and A V -25L8 1B only> The T win P ort Bass Blaster Unit is packaged together with the TV . Before you use the TV , mount the T win P ort Bass Blaster Unit correctly on the TV . Note: • The SUPER BASS functions do not w ork unless the T win Port Bass Blaster Unit is connected corr[...]

19 1 Headphone jack 2 VIDEO-3 terminal 3 MENU button 4 CHANNEL m buttons 1 VIDEO-1 INPUT terminal 2 COMPONENT (VIDEO-2) INPUT terminal 3 OUTPUT terminal 4 Aerial socket TV buttons and parts Front < A V-29L8 1B > < A V-2 1L8 1/A V -2 1L8 1B/A V -25L8 1B > Rear 5 V OLUME m buttons 6 TV/VIDEO button 7 PO WER lamp 8 Main power b utton 78 3 [...]

20 Basic operation • Check to make sure the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ OFF ” . When the CHILD LOCK function is set to “ ON ”, the TV cannot be operated using the front contr ol buttons. F or details, see “CHILD LOCK” on page 13. 1 Press CHANNEL M to turn the TV on from standby mode. 2 Press CHANNEL M to select a channel. 3 Press [...]

21 T r oubleshooting If there is no pictur e or the TV does not operate normally , make sure the pr oblem isn’t due to the reasons indicated belo w . If the problem per sists even after taking the measur es indicated, please contact a service technician. Cannot turn the TV on • Press the Main pow er button on the TV . • Connect the power cord[...]

22 Specifications TV RF systems B, G, D, K, K1, M Colour systems P AL, SECAM, NTSC 3.58 MHz, NTSC 4.43 MHz Channel and frequencies VHF low channel (VL), VHF high channel (VH), UHF channel (U) Receives cable channels in mid band, super band and hyper band. External input / output VIDEO-1: VIDEO input, AUDIO L/R input VIDEO-2/COMPONENT : VIDEO input,[...]