JVC SP-PWC3, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...ure reference Model No Serial No TH C6 TH C4 TH C3 DVD DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEM Consists of XV THC7 SP PWC7 SP THC7F SP THC7C and SP THC5S Consists of XV THC6 SP PWC6 SP THC6F SP THC6C and SP THC6S Consists of XV THC5 SP PWC5 SP THC5F SP THC5C and SP THC5S Consists of XV THC4 SP PWC4 SP THC4F SP THC4C and SP THC4S Consists of XV THC3 SP PWC3 SP THC3F SP THC3C and SP THC3S INSTRUCTIONS ...

Page 2: ...EED THE CLASS B LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGITAL APPARATUS AS SET OUT IN THE INTERFERENCE CAUSING EQUIPMENT STANDARD ENTITLED DIGITAL APPARATUS ICES 003 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Pour le Canada CET APPAREIL NUMERIQUE RESPECTE LES LIMITES DE BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUMIRIQUES DE CLASSE B PRESCRITES DANS LA NORME SUR LE MATERIEL BROUILLEUR APPAREILS N...

Page 3: ...toutrisqued électrocution d incendie etc 1 Ne pas enlever les vis ni les panneaux et ne pas ouvrir le coffret de l appareil 2 Ne pas exposer l appareil à la pluie ni à l humidité CAUTION button XV THC7 XV THC6 XV THC5 XV THC4 XV THC3 Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely the STANDBY lamp goes off The button in any position does not disconnect the mains line When the system is ...

Page 4: ...kers 18 Adjusting the treble sound TREBLE 18 Adjusting the bass sound BASS 18 Changing the scan mode 18 Optimizing the speaker settings Smart Surround Setup 19 Playback 20 Basic playback 20 One Touch Replay 22 Fast forward fast reverse search 22 Skip to the beginning of a desired selection 22 Locating a desired title group using number buttons 23 Playing back a bonus group 23 Selecting the desired...

Page 5: ...t Do not place the system in moist or dusty places Avoid high temperatures Do not expose the system to direct sunlight and do not place it near a heating device When you are away When away on travel or for other reasons for an extended period of time disconnect the power cord plugs from the wall outlet Do not block the vents Blocking the vents may damage the system Care of the cabinet When cleanin...

Page 6: ...s system cannot play packet write discs Some discs may not be played back because of their disc characteristics recording conditions or damage or stain on them Unplayable discs SACD CD I CD I Ready Photo CD etc Playing back these discs will generate noise and damage the speakers For all playable files The system can only recognize and play files with one of the following extensions which can be in...

Page 7: ...ESSIVE B S P CHAP TRK PG PL BONUS ST PRG RND DISC ALL MHz kHz MONO MP3 RESUME Display window pg 25 pg 40 pg 21 pg 25 pg 18 pg 29 pg 23 pg 21 pg 40 pg 33 Disc tray inside pg 20 pg 21 pg 21 pg 21 pg 22 pg 20 pg 22 pg 20 pg 22 pg 17 pg 17 pg 17 pg 20 22 pg 16 pg 16 pg 39 pg 33 pg 32 pg 39 pg 31 Remote sensor pg 6 pg 13 pg 13 pg 41 pg 13 pg 13 pg 7 pg 12 pg 13 pg 12 ...

Page 8: ...SP PWC6 SP PWC4 SP PWC3 NOTE For safety reasons always ensure that there is sufficient space behind the powered subwoofer Do not block the ventilation openings 3Ω 16Ω Front Rear POWER ON lamp pg 16 pg 11 Power cord pg 13 pg 13 CAUTION SPEAKER IMPEDANCE 4Ω 16Ω Front Rear POWER ON lamp pg 16 pg 11 Power cord pg 13 pg 13 ...

Page 9: ...TV TUNING FM MODE MEMORY ENTER TITLE GROUP AUDIO VFP SUBTITLE ANGLE PAGE SET UP SURROUND FRONT L FRONT R LEVEL S WFR TV RETURN REPEAT SETTING SMART S SETUP CENTER PLAY MODE ZOOM FL DISPLAY DIMMER SLEEP RETURN 100 CANCEL SCAN MODE TREBLE BASS SURR R SURR L SLOW SLOW DISC 1 DISC 3 DISC 2 DISC 4 DISC 5 NOTE To use the buttons under the cover slide down the cover pg 14 pg 14 pg 20 40 pg 18 36 pg 23 pg...

Page 10: ...you use coaxial cable for the FM antenna as it is well shielded against interference Connecting the FM and AM antennas If the antenna cord is covered with the insulation coat twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove 1 Center unit 2 3 Antenna cord Outdoor single vinyl covered wire antenna not supplied AM loop antenna Center unit Extend the supplied FM antenna horizontally Center unit FM an...

Page 11: ...und speakers Except for TH C6 A pg 10 Before assembling Prepare a Phillips screwdriver not supplied Take care not to drop any component part while assembling otherwise it may cause damage to the floor or injury 1 CAUTION NEVER insert your finger in between the speaker and the base plate as it may get hurt 2 Connecting the satellite front center surround speakers Front speaker x2 Base plate x2 FRON...

Page 12: ...onnel DO NOT install the satellite speakers on the wall by yourself to avoid unexpected damage from their falling off the wall due to incorrect installation or weakness in wall structure Care must be taken in selecting a location for speaker installation on a wall Injury to personnel or damage to equipment may result if the speakers installed interfere with daily activities If attaching the stand ...

Page 13: ...aker 2 Black White Black White Black Red Surround speaker 2 Speaker bottom Red White Black Black For TH C3 the front surround and center speakers are equipped with their speaker cords attached directly to their speaker unit instead of having speaker terminals on their cabinet Center speaker 1 Red White Black Black Center speaker Surround speaker Front speaker Do not connect the power cord until al...

Page 14: ...ers could fall down or break possibly causing an injury Especially be careful that children do not lean against them CAUTION SPEAKER IMPEDANCE 4Ω 16Ω Connect the black cords to the black r terminals Connect the white cords to the q terminals referring to the table below Speaker cord FRONT SPEAKERS LEFT White FRONT SPEAKERS RIGHT Red CENTER SPEAKER Green SURROUND SPEAKERS LEFT Blue SURROUND SPEAKER...

Page 15: ...You can get better picture quality in the order Component video S video Composite video Distortion of picture may occur when connecting to the TV via a VCR or to a TV with a built in VCR You need to set MONITOR TYPE in the PICTURE menu correctly according to the aspect ratio of your TV A pg 37 7 To connect a TV equipped with the component video input jacks NOTE If your TV supports progressive vide...

Page 16: ...onnect the power cord before cleaning or moving the system Do not pull on the power cord to unplug the cord When unplugging the cord always grasp and pull the plug so as not to damage the cord Connecting the powered subwoofer Connecting to an analog component Powered subwoofer System cord supplied Center unit Align the 5 marks Align the 5 marks or RCA pin plug cord not supplied A To composite vide...

Page 17: ...g the remote control to operate a TV Set the remote control mode selector to TV The following buttons are available TV Turns TV on and off TV VOL Adjusts the volume TV VIDEO Selects the input mode either TV or VIDEO CHANNEL Changes the channels 1 10 0 10 100 Selects the channel TV RETURN Alternates between the previously selected channel and the current channel 7 To set the manufacturer s code 1 S...

Page 18: ...nd try each one until you enter the correct one 7 Operation Aim the remote control at the VCR IMPORTANT Before using the remote control to operate a VCR 1 Set the remote control mode selector to VCR DBS 2 Press VCR The following buttons are available F VCR DBS Turns VCR on and off 3 play button Starts playback 7 Stops operation 8 Pauses playback y Fast forwards video tape 1 Rewinds video tape REC ...

Page 19: ... center unit One of the source selecting buttons on the remote control One of the DISC 1 5 3 buttons or 3 on the center unit You can use the same buttons on the remote control The buttons on the remote control are used to explain most of the operations in this manual You can use the buttons on the center unit same as on the remote control for operations unless otherwise noted The buttons described...

Page 20: ...hones and your hearing Before disconnecting headphones as high volume may be suddenly output from the speakers While connecting a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the center unit the system automatically cancels the surround mode A pg 24 currently selected deactivates the speakers turns the subwoofer s power off and activates the headphone mode H PHONE appears on the display window Headpho...

Page 21: ...While DVD is selected as the source and stopped 1 Press and hold SCAN MODE for 2 seconds INT LACE or PROGRESS appears on the display window 2 Press Cursor 3 2 to select the desired mode INT LACE Select this when your TV supports the interlaced video input only PROGRESS Select this when your TV equipped with component jacks supports the progressive video input You can get better picture quality in ...

Page 22: ...s the best settings for each speaker COMPLETED appears on the TV screen when Smart Surround Setup completes When FAILED appears on the TV screen The system could not detect the clapping sound correctly In such a case follow the instructions that appear on the TV screen When the system detects the clapping sound as FAILED three times set the delay time DELAY and the output level LEVEL manually A pg...

Page 23: ...Press 8 To return to playback press 3 play button 7 To stop Press 7 7 On screen guide icons During DVD VIDEO playback the following guide icons may appear for a while on the TV screen appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi subtitle languages appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi audio languages appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi angle views Play Pause...

Page 24: ...n MP3 is played back JPEG file DVD VR disc Example During playback on the Original program 1 1 1 SURR C 2 2 3 3 SURR T 2 4 4 5 Signal and speaker indicators A pg 25 Chapter number Elapsed playing time hour minute second Surround mode and digital signal format A pg 25 Title number Pressing FL DISPLAY Chapter number P LPCM 1 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 P LPCM T 1 G 3 Track number Elapsed playing time hour minute ...

Page 25: ...EO DVD VR VCD and SVCD is played back no sound comes out during fast forward reverse search When a DVD AUDIO or CD is played back sound is intermittent and low during fast forward reverse search This feature may not work for some discs 7 Using x 4 buttons 7 For DVD VIDEO DVD VR chapter During playback For VCD SVCD track During playback without PBC function For DVD AUDIO CD MP3 WMA JPEG track file ...

Page 26: ...ck 7 During playback or while stopped 1 Press TOP MENU PG or MENU PL The control display is shown on the TV screen and the system starts playback of the first title playlist The PLAY LIST is shown only when the playlist is on the DVD VR disc TOP MENU PG shows the ORIGINAL PROGRAM Example 1 Title number 2 Recording date 3 Recording source TV station the input terminal of the recording equipment etc...

Page 27: ...are encoded with Dolby Digital 7 DTS Digital Surround 2 Used to reproduce multichannel soundtracks of the software encoded with DTS Digital Surround DTS Digital Surround DTS is another discrete multichannel digital audio format available on CD and DVD software The buttons described below are used on pages 24 to 35 DVD VIDEO SURROUND AUDIO SLOW SLOW SLOW TOP MENU PG MENU PL PL PG Cursor 3 2 Y 5 ENT...

Page 28: ...emote control mode selector to AUDIO 7 When playing back digital multichannel software except during SURR OFF mode The appropriate multichannel surround mode Dolby D DTS Digital Surround or Linear Packed PCM is automatically selected 7 When playing back 2 channel source You can select either mode of Dolby Pro Logic II MOVIE MUSIC or the DSP ALL ST mode Press SURROUND repeatedly to select the desir...

Page 29: ...ure A pg 29 N Select this to change view angle A pg 29 O Select this to change the page A pg 31 P Shows Playback Mode status PROGRAM appears during Program Playback A pg 32 RANDOM appears during Random Playback A pg 33 Changing the time information You can change the time information in the on screen bar on the TV screen and the display window of the center unit 7 During playback 1 Press ON SCREEN...

Page 30: ...on using the number buttons see How to use the number buttons A pg 22 To return to the menu Press RETURN When NEXT or PREVIOUS is shown on the TV screen To go to the next page press x To return to the previous page press 4 NOTE If you want to play a PBC compatible VCD SVCD without using the PBC function perform any of the following Start playback by pressing number buttons while stopped Press x re...

Page 31: ...le control display appears automatically during playback MP3 WMA or while stopped 7 For MP3 WMA During playback or while stopped For JPEG While stopped 1 Press Cursor 3 2 Y 5 to select the desired group track file For MP3 WMA playback starts from the selected track 2 Press 3 play button or ENTER Track playback slide show starts from the selected track file When you press ENTER for JPEG only the se...

Page 32: ...tton 1 Press SUBTITLE Example DVD VIDEO ENGLISH is selected out of 3 subtitle languages recorded 2 Press Cursor Y 5 to select the desired subtitle For DVD VR Pressing SUBTITLE activates the subtitles subpictures regardless of whether the subtitles are recorded or not subpictures will not change if no subpictures is recorded For SVCD An SVCD can contain up to four subtitles Pressing SUBTITLE change...

Page 33: ...eo left sound and right sound Frame by frame playback 7 During playback Press 8 repeatedly Each time you press the button the still picture advances by one frame To return to normal playback Press 3 play button Playing back in slow motion 7 During playback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow motion from The system pauses playback 2 Press SLOW 9 Playback in forward slow ...

Page 34: ...ase press 8 to pause slide show playback then zoom in During DVD AUDIO playback this feature is available only for the video part During playback there may be a case where Cursor 3 2 Y 5 does not work in step 2 above Changing the VFP setting The VFP Video Fine Processor function enables you to adjust the picture character according to the type of programming picture tone or personal preference 7 D...

Page 35: ... that the group or title number can be entered even for discs that contain no groups or titles In such a case press ENTER to proceed to the Track Chapter column When you press ENTER instead of the number buttons in the Track Chapter column ALL appears and all the tracks or chapters on the selected group or title are programmed as a step To clear the programs one by one from the last entered number...

Page 36: ...n the display window is shown For DVD VIDEO and DVD AUDIO REPEAT ALL and REPEAT DISC may not be available depending on the disc When using the on screen bar except for MP3 WMA JPEG 1 Press ON SCREEN twice The on screen bar appears on the TV screen 2 Press Cursor 3 2 to highlight 3 Press ENTER 4 Press Cursor Y 5 repeatedly to select the Repeat mode 5 Press ENTER 6 Press ON SCREEN The on screen bar ...

Page 37: ...screen bar disappears To cancel Select OFF in step 4 then press ENTER NOTE When playing back a DVD VIDEO DVD VR A B Repeat Playback is possible only within the same title A B cannot be selected during Program and Random Playback You can lock the tray and prohibit the unwanted disc ejection On the center unit ONLY While the system is turned off The system turns on and LOCKED appears on the display ...

Page 38: ...DD Select this if the symptoms above occur when playing a disc or software encoded with Dolby D DTS Select this if the symptoms above occur when playing a disc or software encoded with DTS Digital Surround MON Monitor Out Select the video output jack type by which you watch DVD playback after connecting your TV A pg 12 Set the video output to use AV COMPU LINK remote control system A pg 41 VIDEO T...

Page 39: ...eharic IW Hebrew RW Kinyarwanda AR Arabic JI Yiddish SA Sanskrit AS Assamese JW Javanese SD Sindhi AY Aymara KA Georgian SG Sangho AZ Azerbaijani KK Kazakh SH Serbo Croatian BA Bashkir KL Greenlandic SI Singhalese BE Byelorussian KM Cambodian SK Slovak BG Bulgarian KN Kannada SL Slovenian BH Bihari KO Korean KOR SM Samoan BI Bislama KS Kashmiri SN Shona BN Bengali Bangla KU Kurdish SO Somali BO Ti...

Page 40: ...VER A pg 22 You can activate or deactivate Screen Saver function 7 FILE TYPE When several types of files are recorded on a disc you can select which files to play AUDIO Select this to play MP3 WMA files STILL PICTURE Select this to play JPEG files Audio menu AUDIO 7 D RANGE COMPRESSION Dynamic range compression You can enjoy low level recorded sound clearly at night even at a low volume when liste...

Page 41: ...t frequency level will be sent to and be reproduced by the subwoofer Select one of the cross over frequency levels according to the bass sound quality from the front center surround speakers Other setting menu OTHERS 7 RESUME You can activate or deactivate Resume Playback function A pg 29 7 ON SCREEN GUIDE You can activate or deactivate the on screen guide icons A pg 20 ...

Page 42: ... in to 810 kHz 2 Press TUNING 9 repeatedly until you find the frequency you want When you hold down the button until the system starts searching for stations and then release it the system stops searching automatically when a station of sufficient signal strength is tuned in to NOTE When an FM stereo program is received the ST indicator lights on the display window The buttons described below are ...

Page 43: ...ls on using the number buttons see How to use the number buttons A pg 22 NOTE You can also select a preset number by pressing y 1 When the stereo FM program 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 appears on the display window Each time you press the button the FM reception mode...

Page 44: ...rol system allows you to use the functions listed following One touch video play Simply by inserting a video cassette without its safety tab into the VCR you can enjoy video playback without manually setting other switches This system automatically turns on and changes the source to VCR The TV automatically turns on and changes the input mode to the appropriate position so that you can view the pl...

Page 45: ... connected Connect the power cord and system cord correctly A pg 13 The remote control does not work The batteries are exhausted Replace the batteries A pg 6 Sunlight is falling directly on the remote sensor Hide the remote sensor from direct sunlight No sound The system cord and or speaker cord is not connected Check the connection The audio cord is not connected to AUDIO IN VCR and or DIGITAL IN...

Page 46: ... inches M 18 1 8 inches Mass 16 5 kg 37 lbs 7 Subwoofer SP PWC6 Amplifier section Front Center Surround 167 W per channel RMS at 3 C at 1 kHz with 10 total harmonic distortion Subwoofer 167 W RMS at 3 C at 100 Hz with 10 total harmonic distortion Speaker section Speaker unit 16 cm 6 5 16 inches Bass reflex Power Handling Capacity 170 W Impedance 3 C Frequency Range 30 Hz to 200 Hz General Power Re...

Page 47: ...ity 170 W Impedance 3 C Frequency Range 65 Hz to 20 kHz Dimensions W M H M D 380 mm M 141 mm M 163 mm 15 inches M 4 9 16 inches M 6 7 16 inches Mass 3 4 kg 7 5 lbs Surround speakers SP THC5S Speaker unit 8 0 cm 3 3 16 inches Bass reflex Power Handling Capacity 170 W Impedance 3 C Frequency Range 80 Hz to 20 kHz Dimensions W M H M D 111 5 mm M 148 mm M 106 5 mm 4 7 16 inches M 5 7 8 inches M 4 1 4 ...

Page 48: ...es 1 5 cm 5 8 inches Bass reflex Magnetically Shielded Power Handling Capacity 170 W Impedance 3 C Frequency Range 80 Hz to 20 kHz Dimensions W M H M D 137 mm M 105 mm M 104 5 mm 5 7 16 inches M 4 3 16 inches M 4 1 8 inches Mass 0 57 kg 1 3 lbs Surround speakers SP THC4S Speaker unit 8 0 cm 3 3 16 inches Bass reflex Power Handling Capacity 170 W Impedance 3 C Frequency Range 80 Hz to 20 kHz Dimens...

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