JVC TH-S55 manual

TH-S66 GVT0152-001A [B] TH-S55 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV -THS66, SP-PWS66, SP-THS66F, SP-THS66C an d SP-THS66S Consists of XV -THS55, SP-PWS55, SP-THS55F, SP-THS55C an d SP-THS55S TH-S66- S55[B].book Pag e 1 F riday, Jan uary 14, 2005 10: 40 PM[...]

G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NO T cut off the mains plug from this equipmen t. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your ho me or the cable is too sho rt to re ach a p o wer p oint, then o btain an appropriate safety ap proved extension lead or con sult your dealer . BE SURE to replace the fuse [...]

Warnings, Cautions and Others G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o av oid risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from dam age, place the appara tus on a lev el surface. The minimal cleara n ces are shown below: SAFETY INSTRUC TIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has bee n designed and manufactured to[...]

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

2 Introduction 7 Important cautions Installation of the sy stem • Select a place wh ich is level, dry and neithe r too hot no r too cold; between 5 °C and 3 5°C. • Leave suf ficient distance between the sy stem and the TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vib ration. Power cord • Do not handle the power cord with wet hands! [...]

3 About discs This system has b een desig ned to p lay back the following discs: • D VD Logo is a trademark of DVD F ormat/Logo Licensin g Corporation. • The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not comp ly with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” stand ard. Therefore, th e use o f Non-DVD side of a DualDisc on this produc t may not be recomm[...]

About discs 4 For all playa ble file s • The system can on ly recognize and play files with one of the following extensions, which can b e in any combination of up per and lower case; MP 3: “.M P 3”, “. mp3” WMA: “.WMA” , “.wma” JPEG: “.JPG”, “.JPEG”, “.jpg”, “.jpeg” MPEG-4: “.ASF”, “.asf” DivX: “.DIVX”[...]

5 Description of parts and controls The illustrations of the center un it, the subwoofer and sate llite speakers used in this manual are of TH-S66 u nless otherwise n oted. Front pane l (center unit ) Rear panel (center unit) PHONES WMA P L PCM SURR CH FM AM PROGRESSIVE B . S. P . CHAP . TRK P G P L BONUS ST RDS T A NEWS INFO PRG RND MHz kHz MONO M[...]

Description of parts and controls 6 Powered subwoo fer SP-PWS66/SP-PWS55 NOTE • For saf ety re asons , alwa ys ensu re that th ere is su fficien t space b ehind the p owere d subwo ofer. 4 Ω 16 Ω FROM XV-THC3 XV-THS55 XV-THS58 XV-THS66 Fron t Rear POWER ON la mp: pg. 16 pg. 10 Pow e r c o r d : pg. 13 pg. 13 Do not block the ventilation open [...]

Description of parts and controls 7 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote cont rol If the ra nge or effecti veness of the remote c ontrol decrea ses, replace b oth b atteries. CAUTION • Do not expose bat teri es to he at or fla me. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote co ntrol directly to the front panel of th e [...]

8 Connections 7 AM (MW) loop ant enna Setting up sup plied AM (MW) loo p antenna Connecting AM (MW) loo p antenna • T u rn the loop an tenna until you have the best reception during AM (MW) broadcast program reception. NOTE • Mak e sure th e antenn a cond uctors do not tou ch any oth er term inal s, connec ting cor ds and power cords . This co [...]

Connections 9 The following procedure explains the fron t speaker assembly . The assembly of bo th the front and su rround speakers are d one in the same ma nner . Before assem bling — • Prepare a Phillips screwdri ver (not sup plied). • T ake care not to drop any component pa rt while assembling; otherwise, it may cause dam age to the floor [...]

Connections 10 CAUTION • Whe n you conne ct sp eakers ot her than the supp lied one s, use speaker s of the same s peaker im ped ance (S PEAKER IM PED ANCE) indica ted near th e spea ker t erminals on th e rear of the po were d subwoofe r . • DO NOT conn ect m ore th an one spe aker to on e speake r term inal. Precautions for d aily use • Whe[...]

Connections 11 The satellite speakers are equipped with their speaker cords attach ed directly to their speaker unit instead of having speaker terminals o n their cabinet. CAUTION • Whe n you conne ct sp eakers ot her than the supp lied one s, use speaker s of the same s peaker im ped ance (S PEAKER IM PED ANCE) indica ted near th e spea ker t er[...]

Connections 12 • Place the sa tellit e spea kers o n a fla t and l evel su rface. • The f ront and ce nter s peaker s are m agnet icall y shie lded t o avoid color disto rti ons on TVs. Howe ver, if no t insta lled pr operly , they may cause co lor dis tor tions. So , pay atten tion to the foll owing whe n instal ling th e speake rs. – W hen [...]

Connections 13 Y ou can enjoy the sound of an an alog compon ent. NOTE • If yo u conne ct a sound -enhanc ing devi ce such as a graphi c equali zer betwee n the sour ce com ponen ts and th is syst em, the s ound outp ut throu gh th is syst em may be distor ted. • Whe n play ing a vid eo comp onent su ch as a VCR; • To list en to the sound , s[...]

14 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa cture rs’ co des ar e subje ct to c hange witho ut noti ce. • Set the code s again after r eplacin g the b atterie s of the r emote contro l. 7 To set the manufact urer’s c ode Y ou can operate a JVC TV without setting the manufacturer’ s code. 1 Slide the remote contr[...]

Operating external components with the remote control 15 7 To set the manufact urer’s c ode Y ou can opera te a JVC VCR without setting the manu facturer’ s code. 1 Slide the remote control mode se lector to VCR. 2 Press a nd hold VCR. Keep the button pressed until step 4 is finished. 3 Press ENTE R. 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the[...]

16 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te con trol mode s elector to A UDIO . On the remote co ntrol: Press AUDIO. On the center u nit: Press . When DVD is selected as the source ( A pg. 1 7), the following messages will app ear on the TV screen. NOTE • T he STANDBY la mp turn [...]

Basic operations 17 On the remote control : Press one of the source se lecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or TV SOUND). DV D : T o play ba ck a disc (D VD VIDEO, VCD etc.). ( A pg. 20) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM (MW) station. ( A pg . 39) Each time you pres s the button, the band alternates between FM and AM (MW). AU X : T o select the sou rce f[...]

Basic operations 18 The system turns off automatically when the specified period of time has passed. Press SLEE P. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes. Example: To check th e remaining t ime Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeatedly un til “SLE EP – –” appe[...]

Basic operations 19 NOTE • Whe n you chang e the positi oning of the spea kers or l isten er, or repla ce the suppli ed speake rs with other one s, perfor m Sma rt Surrou nd Set up a gain. 7 While DVD is selected as the source and stopped 1 Take your pos ition where y ou listen to the sound. 2 Press a nd hold SMART S. SETUP. “SETTING” appears[...]

20 Playback • The icon such as shows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for . IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote co ntrol mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 1 Press OPE N/CLOSE. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. • 0 on the center un it can a[...]

Playback 21 NOTE • (For JPEG) The s yste m canno t accept operat ions eve n though you press any button s befo re the entire picture appe ars on the TV scr een. • If you do not wa nt the on-scr een gu ide ic ons to appear , see pag e 38. 7 Playback i nformatio n on the dis play window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO enco ded with Dolby Digi[...]

Playback 22 DVD VR disc Example: During playba ck on the Original p rogram* Example: During playba ck on the Playlist* * Pressing T OP MENU/PG or MENU/PL , you ca n change the play mode. ( A pg. 23) NOTE • You c an c hange the time informa tion mod e (exc ept fo r MP3/WMA / JPEG/M PEG-4/D ivX). ( A pg . 26) • You c an a lso ch eck th e playb ac[...]

Playback 23 7 During playback or while stopped 1 Press TITLE/ GROUP. “ _ _ ” or “ _ ” is shown in the title/group display area in the displa y window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display window shows “_ _” or “_”, use numbe r buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desire d title or group number. The system starts playb[...]

24 Advanced operations • The icon such as shows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for . IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te con trol mode s elector to A UDIO . • There are exceptions in th e op eration mention ed above. In such a case, follow each instruction. 7 Aut[...]

Advanced operations 25 7 All Channel Stereo (DS P) All Channel Stereo (ALL ST) mode can rep roduce a larger stereo sound field using all the connected (and acti vated) speakers. All Channel Stereo can be used while reprod ucing 2 channel s tereo source. 7 Indica tors on t he display window Digital signa l format in dicators PPCM, SURR: Lights when [...]

Advanced operations 26 7 Contents o f the on-s creen bar d uring play back DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO VCD SVCD CD MPEG-4/DivX * * 7 – N are not av ailabl e. DVD VR disc * A Shows d isc typ e. B Shows audio information. C Shows current title (for D VD VIDEO), group (for DVD A UDIO) num ber or play mode (for DVD VR). D Shows current chapter number (for DV[...]

Advanced operations 27 Y ou can start playing a title, chapter or track you sp ecify . Y ou can also play a disc from specified time. Locati ng a desired scene from the D VD menu D VD VIDEOs generally have their own menus which show disc contents an d you can display them on the TV screen . Y ou can locate a desired scene by using these menus. 7 Wh[...]

Advanced operations 28 Locati ng a desired p osition by specif ying the ti me 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO/DVD VR: During playb ack For VCD/SVCD: While stopped or during play back withou t PBC function For CD: During playback or while stopped 7 When specify ing the elapsed pla ying time fr om the beginning of the dis c Perform the following procedu re[...]

Advanced operations 29 When Resume Playba ck is set to “ ON ” ( A pg . 38) and you stop playback by t he following operation s, the position where p layback has been stoppe d is stored. ( “ RESUME ” appears on the disp lay window .) • T u rning off the power ( A pg. 16) • Pressing 7 once • Changing the so urce ( A pg . 17) To start pl[...]

Advanced operations 30 7 During playback of a disc contain ing audio in several langu ages When using the AUDIO button: 1 Press AUDIO. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ ENGLISH ” is selected out of 3 audio langua ges recorde d. 2 Press AUDIO re peatedly or press Cursor Y / 5 to select the desired audio. When usin g the on-scr een bar: 1 Press ON S CREEN t[...]

Advanced operations 31 Select ing br owsabl e still pict ure reco rded on DVD AUDIO Most D VD A UDIOs inclu de browsable still pictures (B.S.P .), which usually a ppear by turns auto matically during playb ack acco rding to the playbac k sequence. Y ou can chang e the picture (turn the page ) manually when the current group /track has selectable pi[...]

Advanced operations 32 4 Press ENTE R. Example: 5 Press Cursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTE R. The current VFP settings appear again . 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other parameters. 8 Press VFP. NOTE • Altho ugh the set ting di splay disapp ears in the mid dle o f the pro cedure , the settin g at th at time w ill b e store d. 7 Wh[...]

Advanced operations 33 Y ou can play titles or tracks on a disc in rando m orde r . 7 Whi l e stop ped 1 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until appears on the TV scree n. 2 Press 3 (play button). To quit Random mode While stopped, p ress PLA Y MODE repeated ly until both program window and disap pear from the TV screen. Y ou can also clear the Random mod[...]

Advanced operations 34 Repeatin g a desired pa rt [A-B Repeat] Y ou can repeat playback of a d esired part by specifying the b eginning (point A) and ending (point B). 7 During playb ack When using the A-B RPT button: 1 Press A-B RPT at the beginning of the part you want to repea t (point A). The repeat mode ind icator “” appears on the disp la[...]

Advanced operations 35 IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te con trol mode s elector to A UDIO . NOTE Before you start ope ration; • There is a ti me limit whe n doing the fol lowing steps. If the setting is cancel led b efore you fi nis h, start f rom st ep 1 again . 1 Press SE TTING. Example[...]

36 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou c an chan ge the lan guage u sed in th e setup m enus. See “ Menu description ” below . Basic operatio n on the setu p menus IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote co ntrol mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s DV D . 7 While stop ped 1 Press SE T UP. 2 Follow [...]

Setting DVD preferences 37 : Pictu re menu (PI CTURE) 7 MONIT OR TYPE Y ou can select the monitor type to match y our TV when you play D VDs recorded in the p icture ’ s height/width ratio of 1 6:9. • 16:9 ( Wide te levi sion c on ver sio n) Select this wh en the a spect ratio o f you r TV is fixed on 1 6:9 (wide TV). When you p lay D VDs recor[...]

Setting DVD preferences 38 7 Subwoo fer m enu (SUBW OOFE R) LEVEL Y ou ca n set the outp ut le vel of the s ubwoofer in the -6 dB to +6 d B range. CROSS O VER The signals below the preset frequ ency le vel will be sent to and be reproduce d by the subwoofer . Select one of the cross over freque ncy le vels according to the b ass sound qu ality from[...]

39 T uner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote co ntrol mode selector to A UDIO . 2P r e s s FM/AM . NOTE • When FM or AM is sele cted as th e source , you can selec t All Cha nnel Stere o (ALL ST) and SURR OFF m ode. 1 Press FM/AM repeatedly to selec t the band. Example: When the sys[...]

T uner operations 40 When the stereo FM prog ram currently tuned in is no isy , you can change the FM reception mode to improve the reception . 7 While listening to an FM station Press FM MODE. The FM reception mode ap pears on the d isplay window . Each time you press the button, the FM reception mode cha nges. •A U T O : When a program is bro a[...]

T uner operations 41 Searching for a program by PTY codes One of the advantages of the RDS service is that yo u can locate a particular kind of pro gram from the preset chan nels ( A pg. 39) by specifying the PTY code s. 7 To search f or a program usi ng the PTY co des NOTE Before you start ope ration; • The P TY Se arch is onl y appl icable to p[...]

T uner operations 42 Switch ing to broad cast program of your choice temporari ly Another convenient RDS service is called “ Enhanced Other Network ” . This allows the system to switch temporarily to a broadc ast program of your ch oice (T A, NEWS, and/or INFO) from a dif ferent station except in the following cases; • When you are listening [...]

43 References 7 Handling Di scs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touch the sh iny surface of the disc or bend th e disc. • Put the disc back in its cas e after use to prevent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the su rface of the disc when placing it back in its ca[...]

References 44 7 Center u nit (XV- THS66/XV-THS55 ) Audio section T otal Harmonic Distortion 0.02 % NOTE : This valu e is mea sured at Sys tem cord CON NECT OR fo r refere nce. Digital input* 1 : DIGIT AL IN: – 21 dBm to – 15 dBm (OPTICAL) (660 nm E 30 nm) * 1 Corres pondin g to Lin ear PCM , Dolby Digita l, and DTS Dig ital Surrou nd (wi th sam[...]

References 45 7 Satelli te Speakers Front speake rs (SP-THS55F) Speaker unit: 8.0 cm Bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded Power Handling Capacity: 140 W Impedance : 4 C Frequency Range: 80 Hz to 20 kHz Dimensions (W M H M D): 106 mm M 119 .5 mm M 102 mm Mass: 0.51 kg Center speak er (SP-THS55C) Speaker unit: 5.5 cm M 2 Bass-reflex, Magnetically Shiel[...]

EN 0105TMMMDWJEM © 2005 Victor Company of J apan, Limited TH-S66/TH-S55 DVD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM TH-S66- S55[B].book Pag e 46 Friday, Janu ary 14, 2005 10:40 PM[...]