JVC TH-S3 manual

TH-S3 GVT0133-002A [C] TH-S2 D VD DIGIT AL THEA TER SYSTEM SYSTÈME CINÉMA NUMÉRIQUE D VD INSTRUCTIONS MANUEL D’INSTRU CTIONS Consists of XV -THS3, SP- WS3, SP-THS3 F, and SP-THS3S Consists of XV -THS2, SP- WS3, and, SP-THS3F THS3[C]-01cov1.fm Page 1 Monday, April 12, 2004 4:24 PM[...]

G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Ot hers/Mise s en g rade, précaut ion et ind ications diverses CAUTION T o reduce the risk of el ectrical shocks , fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, co vers or cabinet. 2. Do not expo se this appliance to rain or moisture. CAUTION— button! (XV-THS3 /XV- THS2) Disconnect the mains plug to shut the po wer off comple t[...]

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

2 Introduction 7 Important cautions Installation of the system • Select a pla ce which is le vel, dry and neither to o hot nor too col d; between 5 ° C a nd 3 5 ° C. • Leave suf ficient distance between the sy stem and the TV . • Do not use the system in a pl ace subject t o vibratio n. Power cord • Do not ha ndle the po wer cord with wet[...]

3 About discs This sy stem has been d esigned to pl ay back the following discs: D VD VIDEO, D VD A UDIO, V ideo CD (VCD), Super V ideo CD (SVCD), Audio CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This syste m accommoda tes the NTSC sys tem, and also can play discs recorded with P AL system. • This system can also play finalized DVD-R/-R Ws recorded in D VD V[...]

About discs 4 Notes on CD-R and CD-RW • User-edited CD-Rs (Recordable) and CD-R Ws (Rewritable) can be playe d back on ly if th ey are already “ fina lized ” . • When m akin g your own dis c, sele ct IS O 9660 Level 1 or Level 2 for the disc format. • This system suppo rts “ multi-session ” discs (up to 20 sessio ns). • Thi s sy ste[...]

5 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indi cate the pag es where the deta ils of the parts are de scribed. Front pane l (center un it) Rear panel (cente r unit) Display wi ndow 21 35 17 21 15 17 19 27 35 35 36 29 16 16 16 14 Disc tra y (inside): 16 Remote sensor: 6 16 14 14 13 17 17 18 18 17 17 13 8 9 10 7 10 9 10 37 TH-S3[C].boo[...]

Index of parts and controls 6 Remo te control Putting batteries in the rem ote control If the ra nge o r effectiv eness of t he remo te control decreases, replace both ba tteries. CAUTION • Do not expose bat teries t o heat or f lame. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote control dire ctly to the fro nt panel o f the center[...]

7 Connections 7 AM loop anten na Setting up sup plied AM loop antenna Connecting AM loop antenna • T urn the loop a ntenna unt il you ha v e the best re ception during AM broadcas t program receptio n. NOTE • Make su re t he ant enna condu ctors do n ot to uch an y ot her ter minal s, connec ting cor ds and pow er cor ds. This co uld caus e poo[...]

Connections 8 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all other c onnecti ons ha ve b een ma de. CAUTION • Whe n you co nnect sp eakers other t han the su pplied ones, use speaker s of the sa me spe aker imped ance (SPEAKE R IM PED ANC E) indic ated on the r ear of th e center unit. • DO NO T conn ect mo re th an one spe aker t o one sp eake r te[...]

Connections 9 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all other c onnecti ons ha ve b een ma de. NOTE • Although th e satellit e speakers an d the subwo ofer are magneti cally shielded, the TV scree n may appear mott led. In this case, k eep enough d istanc e betw een the s peake rs and th e TV. • The speakers are magnetical ly shield ed to avoid[...]

Connections 10 Do not c onnect the po wer cord until all other c onnecti ons ha ve b een ma de. Y ou can enj oy the sound of an an alog comp onent. NOTE • If you con nect a so und-e nhanc ing devi ce such as a graph ic equal izer betw een the so urce com pon ents and this sy stem, th e soun d output through th is syst em may be dis torted. • Wh[...]

11 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa ctur ers ’ co des ar e su bjec t to c hange witho ut n otice . • Set the cod es again after r eplacing th e batteries o f the remote co ntrol. 7 To set the manufactur er’s code Y ou can oper ate a JVC TV withou t setting the m anufacturer ’ s cod e. 1 Slide the remote [...]

Operating external components with the remote control 12 7 To set the manufact urer’s c ode 1 Slide the remote control mode selec tor to VCR. 2 Press and hold VCR. K eep the b utton p ressed u ntil step 4 i s fin ished. 3 Press EN TER. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufact urer ’ s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Panasonic VCR:[...]

13 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n, • Set t he remo te con trol mode select or to AUDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUD IO. 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 screen. NOTE • T he STANDBY lamp go[...]

Basic operations 14 On the remote contr ol: Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or AUX DIGITAL). DV D : T o play bac k a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 16 .) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM st ation. (S ee page 35.) Each tim e you press th e button, th e band altern ates between FM and AM. AU X : T o selec t the sourc [...]

Basic operations 15 The system tu rns off automatically when the spec ified period of time has pass ed. Press SLEE P. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time chang es. Example: To check th e remain ing time Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeatedl y until “SLEEP OFF” appea[...]

16 Playback • The mark shows th e type s of disc s the o peration is avail able for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation ; 1 Set the remote control m ode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Pres s OP EN/ CLOSE. • The system turn s on and the disc tray com es out. • 0 on the cent er unit functio ns same [...]

Playback 17 7 Playback i nformatio n on the dis play wi ndow DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1ch is played DVD AUDIO VCD/SVCD/CD Example: When a CD is played back NOTE • “V CD” appears in stead of “CD” when loading a VCD or SVCD. • When a V CD or SVC D with P BC func tion is pl ayed, the el apsed playing[...]

Playback 18 7 Screen saver A TV screen may burn out if a static pictu re is displa yed for a long time. T o prevent this, the system a utomatically dims the screen if a static p icture i s disp layed f or over 5 minu tes (the screen saver functio n). • Pressing any button will cancel the scre en saver function . • If you do not want to use th e[...]

Playback 19 During pl ayba ck or while stoppe d. 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “_ _” o r “_” is sho wn in the title/gr oup disp lay area in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the displa y window sho ws “ _ _ ” or “ _ ” , use number buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desired title or group number. The system sta r[...]

20 Advanced operations • The mark shows th e type s of disc s the o peration is avail able for . IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operatio n; 1 Set the remote control m ode 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 surro und mode according[...]

Advanced operations 21 7 All Channel Stereo (DS P) All Chan nel Ste reo (ALL CH ST .) mode can re prod uce a larger stereo sound field using all the con nected (an d activ ated) speakers. All Chan nel Stere o can b e used while re produc ing 2 channel s tereo source. 7 Indica tors on t he display window Digital signa l format indica tors PPCM: Ligh[...]

Advanced operations 22 7 Contents o f the on-s creen ba r during p layback DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO VCD SVCD CD MPEG4* * 7 — r are not a vailable. A Shows dis c ty pe. B Sho ws cu rrent trans fer rat e (Megabits per seco nd). C Sho ws current title (fo r D VD VIDEO) or group (fo r DVD A UDIO) n umber . D Shows current chapter number (for DVD VIDEO) or[...]

Advanced operations 23 Y ou can start playin g a title, chapter or t rack you specify . Y ou can also play a disc f rom sp ecif ied time. Locati ng a desi red scene from t he DVD menu D VD VIDEOs generally have their o wn menus which sh o w disc con tents and yo u can display them on the T V screen. Y ou can lo cate a desired scen e by using these [...]

Advanced operations 24 5 Press EN TER. 6 Press ON S CREEN. The on-screen ba r disappears. NOTE • You can selec t up to the 99th chapter/tr ack. Locati ng a desi red position by specifying the ti me Y ou can locat e a desired po sition by specify ing the time from the beg inning the disc (while stopped) or the curre nt title/track (duri ng play ba[...]

Advanced operations 25 7 For M P3/W MA: During pl ayback or while stop ped For J PEG /MP EG4: Whil e stoppe d 1 Press C ursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to sel ect the desired group/track/file. • For MP3/WMA, playbac k starts from the sele cted track. 2 Press 3 (play button) or ENTER. • T rack playback /slide-sh o w starts from the selected trac k/ f ile. ?[...]

Advanced operations 26 When usin g the on-sc reen bar: 1 Press ON S CREEN twice. The on-scree n bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highli ght . 3 Press EN TER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repea tedly to sel ect the desir ed subtit le. 5 Press EN TER. 6 Press ON S CREEN. The on-screen ba r disappears. NOTE • Some subtit le or audio l[...]

Advanced operations 27 Select ing br owsab le sti ll pi cture r ecord ed on DVD AUDIO Most D VD A UDIOs i nclude browsable still pictu res (B.S. P), whi ch u sually appe ar by tu rns aut omati cally during playback ac cordi ng to the playb ack sequen ce. Y ou ca n chang e the pi cture (turn the page) ma nually when the cu rrent group/tra ck has sel[...]

Advanced operations 28 4 Press EN TER. Example: 5 Press C ursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press EN TER. The curren t VFP settings a ppear ag ain. 7 Repeat st eps 3 to 6 to adj ust other parameters. 8 Pres s VF P. NOTE • Although th e setting di splay disapp ears in the middle of the procedure, t he settin g at that time will be sto red. 7 Wh[...]

Advanced operations 29 Repeatin g the curren t selection 7 For DVD VIDEO: During pl ayback For VCD/SVCD: During playb ack without PBC funct ion For DVD AUDIO/CD/MP3/ JPEG/MPEG4: During pl ayback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press REPEAT. Each t ime yo u pres s REPEA T , the Repeat mode chan ges. NOTE • When the Progr am mode is activ[...]

Advanced operations 30 When usin g the on-sc reen bar: 1 Press ON S CREEN twice. The on-scree n bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press C ursor 3 / 2 to highli ght . 3 Press EN TER. 4 Press C ursor Y / 5 repea tedly to sel ect “ A-B ” . 5 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to repeat (point A). 6 Press ENTER at the end of the part y[...]

31 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou c an chan ge the langu age us ed in the setup me nus. See “ Menu des cript ion ” . Basic operatio n on the setup men us IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operation ; 1 Set the remote control m ode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stoppe d 1 Press SET UP. 2 Follow the i[...]

Setting DVD preferences 32 : Picture menu (PI CTURE) 7 MONIT O R TYPE Y ou can select the moni tor type to mat ch you r TV when yo u play D VDs re cord ed in the pictu re ’ s height/wid th ratio of 16:9. • 16:9 (Wid e te le visi on c on vers ion) Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV). • 4:3 LB (L ette r Bo x con versi[...]

Setting DVD preferences 33 7 Distance menu (DIST A NCE) Example: In this case, set the distan ce of each speaker as fol lows; • Distance of fron t speakers: 3.0 m • Distance of cen ter speaker: 2.7 m • Distance of surroun d speakers: 2.4 m FR ONT SPEAKER/CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND SPEAKER Adjust the d istance from the listening position to the s[...]

Setting DVD preferences 34 Countr y/Area codes l ist for Parenta l Lock AD Andorra ER Eritrea LA Lao Pe ople ’ s Democratic Republ ic RW R w a n d a AE Un ited A rab E mir ates ES Sp ain SA S aud i Ar abi a AF Af ghanistan ET Ethio pia LB Le banon SB Solom on Islands AG An tigua an d Barbuda FI Finlan d LC Sa int Lucia SC Seychell es AI Anguilla [...]

35 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the follo wing operation ; 1 Set the remote control m ode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . 1 Press FM/AM repe atedly to select the band. Example: When the system is tuned in to 81 0 kHz. 2 Press TUNING 9 / ( repeatedly until you find the frequen cy you want. When yo u hold do[...]

T uner operations 36 When the ste reo FM pro gram currently tu ned in is n oisy , you can change th e FM recep tion mode to impro ve the recep tion. 7 While listening to an FM station Press FM M ODE. The FM rece ption m ode app ear s on th e disp lay w indo w . Each time you press the button, the FM rece ption mod e change s. • AU TO M U T I N G [...]

37 A V COMPU LINK remote control system The J VC A V COMP U LINK s yste m allo ws y ou to e njoy video or audio with the sim plest op eration . If your vi deo/au dio pla yer (suc h as a D VD player , CD player and VCR) and television or/and amplifier/receiver support th e JVC A V COMPU L INK sys tem and are tied with the JVC A V COMPU LINK cable(s)[...]

38 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge wh ile pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touc h the shiny surface o f the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc b ack in its case af ter use to prev ent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rface of the disc when placing it ba ck in it[...]

References 39 TH-S3 7 Center u nit (XV -THS3) Audio se ction Fron t/Cen ter/Su rrou nd: 52 W per ch annel, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % t otal harm onic distort ion. Subw oofer : 52 W , RMS at 6 C at 100 Hz, w ith10 % total h armonic disto rtion. Digital inpu t*: OPTICAL DIGIT AL IN: – 21 dBm to – 15 dBm ( 660 nm E 30 n m) * Correspondin g to[...]

References 40 TH-S2 7 Center u nit (XV -THS2) Audio se ction Fron t/Cen ter/Su rrou nd: 45 W per ch annel, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % t otal harm onic distort ion. Subw oofer : 45 W , RMS at 6 C at 100 Hz, w ith10 % total h armonic disto rtion. Digital inpu t*: OPTICAL DIGIT AL IN: – 21 dBm to – 15 dBm ( 660 nm E 30 n m) * Correspondin g to[...]

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