JVC XV-N512S manual

XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English DVD AUDIO/VIDEO PLA YER XV -N512S GNT0055-003A [B] Before operation 15 2 Preparations 4 Basic playback 11 V arious kinds of playback 15 VR format disc playback 27 MP3/WMA and JPEG discs playback 30 Changing the initial settings 33 Additional information 41 INSTRUCTIONS Region code of DVD VIDEO This play er can pla [...]

XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English G-1 Warnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION • Do not block the ventilation openings or holes. (If the ventilation openings or holes are blocked by a newspaper or cloth, etc., the heat may not be able to get out). • Do not place any naked flame sour ces, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus. • When discardi[...]

1 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English Supplied accessories Check that y ou hav e all the following accessories supplied to you. If anything is missing, consult your dealer immediately . • Audio/video cab le (Y ellow/White/Red) ( × 1) • Audio cab le (White/Red) ( × 2) • Remote control unit ( × 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batter y ( × 2) About [...]

2 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n About discs Playable disc types Discs with the follo wing marks can be played bac k on the pla yer . The D VD Logo is a trademark. The play er can also pla y back the f ollowing discs: • 9.4GB/4.7GB D VD-RAM with no cartr idge, recorded with the video recording standard version 1.1[...]

3 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B e f o r e o p e r a t i o n Names of parts and controls Front panel 1 ST ANDBY/ON button (11) 2 ST ANDBY/ON indicator (11) 3 Disc tray (12) 4 0 button (12) 5 4 button (15, 16, 31) 6 ¢ button (15, 16, 31) 7 7 button (13,14) 8 3 button (12,14,15) 9 8 button (13, 15) 0 Display windo w (See the illustration below [...]

4 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connections Before using the pla y er , connect the player to a TV and/or amplifier . Before making conn ections • Do not connect the AC power cor d until all other connections have been made . • Connect VIDEO OUT of the player directl y to the video input of your TV . Connect ing VIDE[...]

5 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s B Connecting to a TV h aving composite video input jack NO TES • Be sure to connect the red an d white plugs of the audio cable to the FRONT RIGHT/LEFT jacks on the rear of the pla yer , as shown in the illustration. • Do not connect cables to SCART connector . If you do so, y ou will [...]

6 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s D Connecting to a TV with component jacks Y ou can enjo y picture of high-f idelity color reproduction by connecting the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on the pla yer to your TV . NO TES • Be sure to connect the red an d white plugs of the audio cable to the FRONT RIGHT/LEFT jacks on the rear[...]

7 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audi o amplifier/receiver Connect the play er’ s A UDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to any line-lev el inputs (such as A UX, D V D , CD , etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver . NO TES • Be sure to connect the red and white plu[...]

8 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connecting to a digital audio device Y ou can enjo y sound of enhanced quality by connecting the play er’ s DIGIT AL OUT (either OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jack to a digital input of an amplifier , etc., using an optical or coaxial digital cable. The digital audio signal on a disc will be trans[...]

9 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s Connecting the power cord When all the audio/video connec tions have been made, connect the AC po wer plug to the wall outlet. Mak e sure that the plugs are inser ted firmly . The ST ANDBY/ON ind icator lights in red. Wa rn i ng • Disconnect the power cord: - if you are not going to use [...]

10 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English P r e p a r a t i o n s T o use the remote control unit for TV operation Setting the remote control si gnal for operating your TV 1 Set the TV - D VD switch to “TV . ” 2 While holding down TV/VIDEO - CANCEL, enter the man ufacturer code o f your T V listed below b y using t he numeric b uttons (0 to 9), and [...]

11 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B a s i c p l a y b a c k NO TE T urning the player on and off Press D VD ST ANDBY/ON on the remote contr ol unit or press ST ANDBY/ON on the fron t panel. The ST ANDBY/ON indicator on the front panel, which lights in red during standby , lights in green. The blue illumination around the disc tra y turns on. The[...]

12 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B a s i c p l a y b a c k 3 Press ENTER. The second page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [MONIT OR TYPE] is already open. 4 Press 5 / ∞ to se lect the de sired monitor ty pe . F or a nor mal (conv entional) TV , select [4:3 LB] or [4:3 PS]. F or a wide-screen TV , select [16:9 NORMAL] or [16:9 AUT[...]

13 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B a s i c p l a y b a c k 3 Press 0 (or OPEN/CLOSE on the re mote contr ol unit) to c lose the disc t ray . 4 Press 3 on the pla yer or 3 (SELECT) on the remote contr ol unit. The play er star ts play bac k from the beginning. • Depending on the disc, pla yback starts when you close the disc tra y . If a menu [...]

14 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English B a s i c p l a y b a c k Restarting playback after stopping (Resuming playback) The play er can memorize the position on a disc where you interrupt playback, and resume pla yback from that position later . There are three resume modes; ON, OF F and DISC RESUME. The mode is initially set to ON when you purchased[...]

15 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k NO TE Playback at various speeds T o advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring During playba ck, press ¡ or 1 on the remote contr ol unit. Y ou can select from 1.5 times, 5 times, 20 times and 60 times normal speed . Pressing 3 (SELECT) returns the player t[...]

16 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Locating the beginning of a scene or song F or D VD A UDIO: During pla yback or while in stop mode, y ou can skip a group or trac k. F or D VD VIDEO: During playback, y ou can skip a chapter or title, depending on the disc configuration. F or SVCD/Video CD: Dur ing pla[...]

17 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k T o specify a desired title/group 1 During playba ck, press TIT LE/GROUP . [--] is shown in the title displa y area of the display windo w . 2 Press the nu meric but tons to specify a titl e or group to be play ed. T o select 5: press 5. T o select 23: press +10, +10, [...]

18 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Playing back a bonus group of a DVD AUDIO disc Some D VD A UD IO discs contain a special group called “Bonus group” whose contents are not opened to the public. The bonus group is assigned to the last group of a disc. T o play back a bonus g roup, y ou hav e to ent[...]

19 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k 5 Press 3 (SELECT) to start pr ogram playbac k. With an Audio CD disc, the prog ram table remains on the TV screen during program play back. (Pressing ON SCREEN brings up the status bar .) When all of the programmed trac ks ha ve finished pla yback, the play er stops a[...]

20 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Repeat playback T o repeat the current selection or all tracks F or D VD A UDIO/D VD VIDEO: Dur ing pla yback F or SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition e xcept SVCD/ Video CD playbac k with PBC Press REPEA T . If you press REPEA T in stop mode, press 3 (SELECT) to [...]

21 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Changing the language, sound and scene angle T o select the subtitle language (SUBTITLE) Some D VD VIDEO and SVCD discs contain more than one subtitle language. Y o u can choose a desired one from th em. Hint At the beginning of a D VD VIDEO disc where subtitles are re[...]

22 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Special picture and sound effects T o zoom in pictures 1 During playbac k or while paused, press ZOOM. Pressing ZOOM causes the play er to zoom in on the image. At the top left of the screen, the information for the current magnification appears for about 5 seconds . E[...]

23 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k T o dismiss the VFP mode selection window Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE S CAN. NO TES • The window f or VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. • Simply press the VFP - PROGRESSIV E SCAN button, and do not hold it [...]

24 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Menu bar functions T o bring up the menu bar 1 When a disc is inserted, press ON SCREEN. A status bar for the type of disc inser ted will appear on the TV screen. See page 13 for details about the status bar . 2 Press ON SCREEN again. A menu bar f or the type of disc i[...]

25 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Menu bar functions for DVD AUDIO Time mode selection During playback, selects the time mode shown in the displa y window and in the status bar . Press ENTER to select the time mode from the following. • TIME: Current track elapsed time • REM: Current trac k remaini[...]

26 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V a r i o u s k i n d s o f p l a y b a c k Menu bar functions for SVCD/Video CD/ Audio CD Time mode selection Selects the time mode shown in the displa y window and in the status bar . Press ENTER to select the time mode from the following. • TIME: Current track elapsed time • REM: Current trac k remaining [...]

27 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V R f o r m a t d i s c p l a y b a c k NO TE About VR format discs The play er can play bac k D VD-RAM and D VD-RW discs written in the VR format. We ref er to such discs as a “VR f or mat disc” in this manual. What you cannot do with VR format discs Note that the follo wing operations cannot be made with V[...]

28 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V R f o r m a t d i s c p l a y b a c k T o start playback of the desired title Press one of the numeric buttons to specify number of the desired title. T o call up the ORIGINAL P ROGRAM display During playba ck, press T OP MENU . The ORIGINAL PROGRAM display appears on the TV screen. While the ORIGINAL PROGRAM [...]

29 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English V R f o r m a t d i s c p l a y b a c k T o select the next or previous chapter/play list during playback Press ¢ to skip to the next chapter (i f a pla y list is divided into chapters) or to the next pla y list. Press 4 to return to the b eginning of the current chapter/play list. Press 4 repeatedly to skip ba[...]

30 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English M P 3 / W M A a n d J P E G d i s c s p l a y b a c k NO TE Outline The play er can pla y back MP3/WMA/JPEG files on either a personally recorded CD- R/RW disc , or a commercially availab le CD . Y ou can select and p la y back files using the Control display on the TV screen. • Some discs may not be pla y abl[...]

31 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English M P 3 / W M A a n d J P E G d i s c s p l a y b a c k Basic operations When you inser t a disc with groups and files, the Control displa y that shows the contents of the disc automatically appears on the TV screen. Y ou can specify and play back the desired group/file from the Control display using the f ollowin[...]

32 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English M P 3 / W M A a n d J P E G d i s c s p l a y b a c k Repeat playback F or MP3/WMA files: during playback or while stopped F or JPEG files: while the Control display is sho wn Press REPEA T . Each time you press REPEA T , the repeat mode changes in the follo wing order : REPEA T TRACK: Repeats the current trac k[...]

33 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s NO TE Selecting preferences This section refers to the settings which are already made when you purchase the pla yer . Read this section when y ou want to connect this play er to a wide-vision TV set, or wh en you w ant to otherwise change the settings accordin[...]

34 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s NO TES • While an MP3/WMA or JPEG disc is inser ted, you cannot br ing up any pref erence display . • When a preference displa y is shown on a wide TV screen, the upper and lower parts of the preference display sometimes ma y be cut off. If this happens , a[...]

35 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s PICTURE SOURCE This mode selects whether the content on the disc is processed by field (video source) or by fr ame (film source). Y ou can obtain optimal picture quality according to the source type to be pla yed back b y selecting an appropr iate option. This [...]

36 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s SPK.SETTING menu This menu can be selected only when [ANALOG OUT] in the [A UDIO] pref erence display is set to [MUL TI CHANNEL]. MODE Y ou can select the speaker configuration type a ccording to y our speaker systems. Set ting options 5.1 CH., EXPERT [5.1 CH.][...]

37 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s Making fine tuning for your speakers Y ou can make fine tuning to match your speaker system. Preparation Set [ANALOG OUT] in the [A UDIO] preference display to [MUL TI CHANNEL ] and [MODE] in the [SPK.SETTING] preference display to [EXPER T]. T o set the speake[...]

38 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s T o retu rn to the [SPK.SETTING] page Press 5 / ∞ to mov e to [RETURN] and press ENTER. Hint If there is no difference between the distance from the front speakers to the listener , and the distance from the center spe ak er and/or the surround speakers to th[...]

39 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s Limiting playback by children This function restricts playbac k of D VD VIDEO discs which contain violent (and other) scenes accord ing to the lev el set by the user . F or example , if a mo vie which includes violent scenes suppor ts the parental lock f eatur [...]

40 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English C h a n g i n g t h e i n i t i a l s e t t i n g s T o change the settings Y ou can change the p arental loc k settings later . 1 In stop mode, bring up the O THERS men u. 2 Press 5 / ∞ to mo ve to select [P AR ENT AL LOCK] and press ENTER. The parental lock on-scr een display appears on the TV screen. 3 Whil[...]

41 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n T roubleshooting Power P ower does not come on. P ower plug is not inserted securely . Plug in securely . Operation “REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown on the TV screen. Region code of the inser ted disc does not match the pla yer . Check the region code of the disc pr[...]

42 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Specifications Specifications and appearance ar e subject to change without prior notice. General Readable discs D VD A UD IO , D VD VIDEO, D VD-R (Video format), D VD-R W (Video f ormat/VR format), D VD-RAM (VR f ormat), SVCD , Video CD , Audio CD (CD-D A), CD-R/RW (CD-[...]

43 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Appendix B: Countr y/Area code list for Parental Lock Appendix C: T able of languages and their abbreviations (for page 39) AD Andorra AE United Arab Emir ates AF Afghanistan AG A ntigua and Barbud a AI Anguilla AL Albani a AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO A ngo la [...]

44 XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n Appendix D: Glossary Aspect ratio A ratio which defines the shape of the rectangular picture in a TV . It is the width of the picture rela tive to the height. A conv entional TV picture is 4:3 in aspect ratio . Bit rate Shows the number of digital inf ormation nee ded to[...]

XV -N512S/GN T0 055-0 03A/English SAFETY INS TRUCTIONS “SOME DOS AND DON’TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT” This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be tak en if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Do read the operating inst[...]