JVC TH-S55 manual

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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 reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety ap proved extension lead or consult yo ur dealer . BE SURE to replace the fuse only [...]

Warnings, Cautions and Others G-2 Caution: Proper V entilation T o avoid risk of electric shock and fi re and to prote ct from damage, place the ap paratus on a level surf ace. The minima l cleara nces 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 system • Select a place wh ich is lev el, dry an d neither too hot nor 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 been designed to play back th e following discs: • D VD Log o is a trademark of D VD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation. • The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does not comp ly with the “Compact Disc Digital Audio” standard. Therefore, the use of Non-DVD side of a DualDisc on this produc t may not be recommend e[...]

About discs 4 For all playa ble files • 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 P3”, “. 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 satellite speakers used in this manual are of TH-S66 unless o therwise 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 PG P L BONUS ST RDS T A NEWS INFO PRG RND MHz kHz MONO MP3[...]

Description of parts and controls 6 Powered subwoo fer SP-PWS66/SP-PWS55 NOTE • For saf ety reasons , always en sure that ther e is sufficien t space behin d the p owered subwoof er. 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 ings[...]

Description of parts and controls 7 Remo te control Putting batteries in the remote cont rol If the ra nge or ef fectiv eness of the remote con trol decreases, replace b oth batteries. CAUTION • Do not expose bat terie s to heat or flam e. Operating the system from the remot e control Aim the remote co ntrol directly to the fron t panel of the ce[...]

8 Connections 7 AM (MW) loop ant enna Setting up sup plied AM (MW) loop antenna Connecting AM (MW) loo p antenna • T urn the loo p antenna un til you have the best reception during AM (MW) broadcast program re ception. NOTE • Mak e sure th e antenn a conduct ors do no t touch any other termi nals, connec ting cor ds and pow er cords . This coul[...]

Connections 9 The following procedure explains the fron t speaker assembly . The assembly of bo th the front and surroun d speakers are done in the same manne r . Before assem bling — • Prepare a Phillips screwdri ver (n ot supplied ). • T ake care n ot to drop any compon ent part while assembling; otherwise, it may cause dam age to the floor[...]

Connections 10 CAUTION • Whe n you conne ct spea kers othe r than th e suppli ed ones, us e speaker s of the same s peaker im pedan ce (SPEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indica ted near th e speake r terminals on th e rear of the po wered subwoofe r . • DO NOT conn ect mo re than o ne speake r to one sp eaker t ermin al. Precautions for d aily use • When m[...]

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 spea kers othe r than th e suppli ed ones, us e speaker s of the same s peaker im pedan ce (SPEAKE R IMPEDANCE) indica ted near th e speake r termi[...]

Connections 12 • Place the satellit e speakers on a flat a nd lev el surface. • The f ront a nd cent er spe akers are ma gneti cally shield ed to a void co lor disto rtion s on TVs. Howeve r, if not i nstall ed prope rly, the y may cause co lor dis torti ons. So, pay at tenti on to the follow ing when instal ling the speake rs. – W hen plac i[...]

Connections 13 Y ou can enjoy the sou nd of an analog componen t. NOTE • If yo u connect a sound-e nhanci ng device such as a gr aphic eq ualize r betwee n the sour ce comp onents and this system , the soun d output throu gh this sy stem may be dis torted. • Whe n playin g a video compone nt such as a VCR; • To list en to the sound, sel ect ?[...]

14 Operating external components with the remote control NOTE • Manufa cturers’ co des are su bject to ch ange witho ut notice. • Set the codes again after rep lacing the batt eries o f the remo te cont rol. 7 To set the m anuf acturer’ s code Y ou can op erate a JVC TV without setting the m anufacturer’ s cod e. 1 Slide the remote contro[...]

Operating external components with the remote control 15 7 To set the m anuf acturer’ s code Y ou can operate a JVC VCR witho ut setting the manufacturer’ s code. 1 Slide the remote control mode selector to VCR. 2 Press a n d hold VCR. Keep the button pressed until step 4 is finished. 3 Press ENTE R . 4 Press number but tons (1-9, 0) to enter t[...]

16 Basic operations IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te control m ode selector 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 s[...]

Basic operations 17 On the remote control : Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or TV SOUND). DV D : T o play back 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 source from [...]

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 time Press SLEEP once. To change the remaining time Press SLEEP repeatedly . To cancel Press SLEEP repeatedly un til “SLE EP – –” appea[...]

Basic operations 19 NOTE • Whe n you chang e the pos ition ing of th e speake rs or lis tener , or repla ce the sup plied s peakers with oth er ones, pe rform Smart Surrou nd Set up aga in. 7 While DVD is selected as the source and stopped 1 Take your pos it ion where you listen to the sound. 2 Press a n d hold SMART S. SETUP. “SETTING” appea[...]

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[...]

Playback 21 NOTE • (For JPEG) The s ystem cannot a ccept op eratio ns even t hough you press any button s before th e entire pi cture app ears o n the T V scr een. • If you do not wa nt the on-s creen gu ide ic ons to appear , see page 38. 7 Playback i nformatio n on the dis play window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO enco ded with Dolby Di[...]

Playback 22 DVD VR disc Example: During playba ck on the Original prog ram* 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 change the time info rmation mode (except for MP3 /WMA/ JPEG/M PEG-4/D ivX). ( A pg . 26) • You c an also ch eck the pla yback info[...]

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 butt ons (0-10, +10) to enter the desire d title or group number. The system starts play[...]

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 control m ode selector to A UDIO . • There are exceptions in th e operation mentioned above. In such a case, follow each instruction. 7 Auto S[...]

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 b e used wh ile reproduc ing 2 ch annel stereo source. 7 Indica tors on t he display window Digital signa l format indicators 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 dis c ty pe . B Shows audio information. C Shows current title (for D VD VIDEO), group (for DVD A UDIO) number or pla y mode (for DVD VR). D Shows current chapter number (for D[...]

Advanced operations 27 Y ou can start playing a title, chap ter or track you specify . Y ou can also play a disc from specified time. Locati ng a desired scene from the D VD menu D VD VIDEOs ge nerally have their o wn menus which show disc contents an d you can display them on the TV screen. Y ou can locate a de sired scene by using these me nus. 7[...]

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 without PBC function For CD: During playback or while stopped 7 When specify ing the elapsed pla y ing ti me from 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 the following operation s, the position where p layback has be en stopped is stored. ( “ RESUME ” appears on the disp lay window .) • T urning off the po wer ( A pg . 16) • Pressing 7 once • Changing the so urce ( A pg. 1 7) To start pla[...]

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

Advanced operations 31 Select ing br owsabl e still picture re corded on DVD AUDIO Most D VD AUDIOs include browsable still pictures (B.S.P .), which usually a ppear by tu rns automatically during playb ack according to the playback seq uence. Y ou can chang e the picture (turn the page ) manually when the cu rrent group /track has selectable pictu[...]

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 displa y disapp ears in the mid dle of the pro cedure , the settin g at th at time w ill be sto red. 7 Wh[...]

Advanced operations 33 Y ou can play titles or tracks on a disc in random orde r . 7 Whi le st opped 1 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until appears on the TV screen. 2 Press 3 (play but ton). 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 Ran dom mode[...]

Advanced operations 34 Repeatin g a desired pa rt [A-B Repeat] Y ou can repeat play back of a desired p art by specifying the b eginning (point A) and end ing (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[...]

Advanced operations 35 IMPORTANT Before using the remo te control for the following operation; • Set the remo te control m ode selector to A UDIO . NOTE Before you start ope ration; • There is a time limit whe n doing the f ollowing steps. If the setting is cancel led bef ore you fi nish, st art fro m step 1 again. 1 Press SE TTING. Example: 2 [...]

36 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the langu age used in the setup menu s. 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 the [...]

Setting DVD preferences 37 : P icture menu (PICTURE) 7 MONIT O R TYPE Y ou can select the mon itor type to match you r TV when you play D VDs rec orded in the picture ’ s he ight/width ratio o f 16:9. • 16:9 ( Wide te levi sion c on vers ion) Select this wh en the a spect ratio o f your TV is fix ed on 16:9 (wide TV). When you p lay D VDs reco [...]

Setting DVD preferences 38 7 Subwoo fer m enu (SUBW OOFER ) LEVEL Y ou can se t the output level of the sub woofer in the -6 d B to +6 dB 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 accordin g to the bass sound qu ality from t[...]

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 se lected as the sour ce, yo u can sel ect All Ch annel Stere o (ALL ST) and SURR OFF mod e. 1 Press FM/AM repeatedly to select the band. Example: When the syst[...]

T uner operations 40 When the stereo FM prog ram currently tuned in is noisy , 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 display window . Each time you press the button, the FM reception mode cha nges. •A U T O : When a program is bro adca[...]

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 Search is only ap plicable to pre[...]

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 choice (T A, NEWS, and/or INFO) from a different station except in the following cases; • When you are listening to[...]

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 case a fter 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-THS 66/XV-THS55 ) Audio section T otal Harmo nic Distortion 0.02 % NOTE : This value is measure d at S ystem co rd CO NNEC TOR for refere nce. Digital input* 1 : DIGIT AL IN: – 21 dBm to – 15 dBm (OPTICAL) (660 nm E 30 nm) * 1 Corres pondin g to Linea r PCM, Dolby Di gital , and DTS Digit al Surrou nd (wi th sa [...]

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 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTE M TH-S66- S55[B].book Pag e 46 F riday, Janu ary 14, 2005 10:40 PM[...]