JVC SP-THS11C, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV THS33 SP WS33 SP THS33F SP THS33C and SP THS33S Consists of XV THS11 SP WS11 SP THS11F SP THS11C and SP THS11S THS33 11 B 01cov1 fm Page i Monday February 14 2005 2 56 PM ...

Page 2: ... IF IN DOUBT CONSULT A COMPETENT ELECTRICIAN CAUTION To reduce the risk of electrical shocks fire etc 1 Do not remove screws covers or cabinet 2 Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture CAUTION button 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 on standby the STANDBY la...

Page 3: ... it is unattended unless it is specifically stated that it is designed for unattended operation or has a standby mode Switch off using the switch on the equipment and make sure that your family know how to do this Special arrangements may need to be made for infirm or handicapped people DON T use equipment such as personal stereos or radios so that you are distracted from the requirements of traff...

Page 4: ...ayback 16 Basic Playback 16 One Touch Replay 18 Fast forward fast reverse search 18 Skip to the beginning of a desired selection 18 Locating a desired title group using number buttons 19 Selecting the desired title playlist from the control display 19 Advanced operations 20 Using the surround mode 20 Using the on screen bar 21 Playing from a specified position on a disc 23 Using the file control d...

Page 5: ...our VCR directly the copyguard system activates and the picture may not be played back correctly 7 Safety precautions Avoid moisture water and dust 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 dis...

Page 6: ...D Logo is a trademark of DVD Format Logo Licensing Corporation Region code of DVD VIDEO DVD VIDEO players and DVD VIDEO discs have their own Region Code numbers This system can play back DVD VIDEO discs whose Region Code numbers include the system s Region Code which is indicated on the rear panel If a DVD with an improper Region Code number is loaded REGION CODE ERROR appears on the TV screen and...

Page 7: ...d to record a file at 640 x 480 resolution If a file has been recorded at a resolution of more than 640 x 480 it will take a longer time to be displayed This system can only play baseline JPEG files Notes on DivX files The system supports DivX 5 x 4 x and 3 11 The system supports the DivX files whose resolution is 720 x 480 pixels or less 30 fps and 720 x 576 pixels or less 25 fps Audio stream sho...

Page 8: ... WMA P LPCM SURR CH FM AM PROGRESSIVE B S P CHAP TRK PG PL BONUS ST RDS TA NEWS INFO PRG RND MHz kHz MONO MP3 AAC RESUME 0 7 3 TUNING SOURCE STANDBY PHONES VOLUME Display window 21 34 17 21 17 34 35 37 16 16 16 14 Disc tray inside 16 Remote sensor 6 16 14 14 13 17 28 18 18 17 17 13 25 29 28 9 10 11 7 11 THS33 11 B 04start fm Page 5 Wednesday February 16 2005 5 12 PM ...

Page 9: ...OUND TV TV VIDEO 1 4 7 10 0 2 5 8 3 6 9 10 ENTER PTY SEARCH PTY PTY TA NEWS INFO TOP MENU PG MENU PL SET UP SETTING RDS FL DISPLAY ON SCREEN DVD CD MEMORY FM MODE TUNING SLOW RETURN FM AM TV SOUND PLAY MODE CANCEL TV CHANNEL LEVEL AUDIOVOL TVVOL MUTING ANGLE AUDIO TITLE GROUP SCAN MODE VFP SHIFT SPK LEVEL BASS TREBLE ZOOM SUBTITLE Number buttons 18 13 14 19 23 31 17 35 14 16 18 34 16 34 14 34 19 1...

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

Page 11: ...injury When holding a speaker always grasp the lower portion Do not lean against the speakers as the speakers could fall down or break possibly causing an injury Especially be careful that children do not lean against them Do not reproduce sounds at so high a volume that they are distorted otherwise the speakers may be damaged by internal heat buildup Connecting the satellite front center surround...

Page 12: ...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 Connect the black cords to the black terminals Connect the white cords to ...

Page 13: ...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 Connect the black cords to the black termina...

Page 14: ...rtion of picture may occur when connecting 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 See page 32 Some TV s SCART connectors output audio signal In such a case you can enjoy the TV sound through this system NOTE No sound signal comes out from AV SCART connector Select the appropriate video sign...

Page 15: ... SLEEP SURROUND TV TV VIDEO 1 4 7 10 0 2 5 8 3 6 9 10 ENTER PTY SEARCH PTY PTY TA NEWS INFO TOP MENU PG MENU PL SET UP SETTING RDS FL DISPLAY ON SCREEN DVD CD MEMORY FM MODE TUNING SLOW RETURN FM AM TV SOUND PLAY MODE CANCEL TV CHANNEL LEVEL AUDIOVOL TVVOL MUTING ANGLE AUDIO TITLE GROUP SCAN MODE VFP SHIFT SPK LEVEL BASS TREBLE ZOOM SUBTITLE TV TV VOL with SHIFT pressed and held TV VIDEO Set the i...

Page 16: ...er unit same as on the remote control for operations unless otherwise noted The buttons described below are used on pages 13 to 15 DVD CINEMA SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL RM STHS33R STANDBY ON REPEAT DIMMER A B RPT SLEEP SURROUND TV TV VIDEO 1 4 7 10 0 2 5 8 3 6 9 10 ENTER PTY SEARCH PTY PTY TA NEWS INFO TOP MENU PG MENU PL SET UP SETTING RDS FL DISPLAY ON SCREEN DVD CD MEMORY FM MODE TUNING SLOW RETURN ...

Page 17: ...igh volume may damage both the headphones 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 see page 20 currently selected deactivates the speakers and activates the headphone mode H PHONE appears on the display window...

Page 18: ...between BASS and TREBLE 2 Press LEVEL to adjust the level from 8 to 8 NOTE The adjustments take effect for all sources The system can be accommodated to your TV s video signal 7 While DVD is selected as the source and before playback 1 Press and hold SCAN MODE for 2 seconds The current setting appears on the display window 2 Press Cursor 3 2 to select the desired mode RGB Select when your TV accom...

Page 19: ...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 Fast forward fast reverse Slow motion forward reverse appears when you perform each operation the disc cannot accept an operation you have tried to do For JPEG The system cannot accept operations even though ...

Page 20: ... format See page 21 Title number Pressing FL DISPLAY Chapter number 2 2 2 P G 0 0 2 6 3 1 C 3 Title number PG Original program indicator Pressing FL DISPLAY Title number Elapsed playing time hour minute second Chapter number P L 1 C 1 PL 3 0 0 0 5 0 3 Playlist number PL Playlist indicator Pressing FL DISPLAY Title number Elapsed playing time hour minute second Chapter number LPCM 1 2 1 3 3 Track n...

Page 21: ...peed for DivX is y1 y2 y3 for forward search and 11 12 and 13 for reverse search 7 Using x 4 buttons 7 For DVD VIDEO DVD VR chapter During playback For VCD SVCD track During playback without PBC function For CD MP3 JPEG DivX track file During playback or while stopped Press x or 4 repeatedly NOTE When playing back an MP3 JPEG you can make operations using the file control display See page 24 When ...

Page 22: ... recording equipment 6 Current title MENU PL shows the PLAY LIST Example 7 Playlist number 8 Creating date of playlists 9 Number of chapters 10 Total playing time 11 Current playlist 2 Press Y 5 to select the desired title playlist The system starts playback of the selected title playlist To clear the control display Press ENTER Locating a desired title group using number buttons _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 Sel...

Page 23: ...ribed below are used on pages 20 to 30 DVD CINEMA SYSTEM REMOTE CONTROL RM STHS33R STANDBY ON REPEAT DIMMER A B RPT SLEEP SURROUND TV TV VIDEO 1 4 7 10 0 2 5 8 3 6 9 10 ENTER PTY SEARCH PTY PTY TA NEWS INFO TOP MENU PG MENU PL SET UP SETTING RDS FL DISPLAY ON SCREEN DVD CD MEMORY FM MODE TUNING SLOW RETURN FM AM TV SOUND PLAY MODE CANCEL TV CHANNEL LEVEL AUDIOVOL TVVOL MUTING ANGLE AUDIO TITLE GRO...

Page 24: ...2 channel source you can select the desired surround mode manually NOTE This function also takes effect for the sources other than DVD For FM AM and TV SOUND you can select All Channel Stereo ALL ST or SURR OFF For DivX the surround mode takes no effects 7 When playing back digital multichannel software except during SURR OFF mode The appropriate multichannel surround mode Dolby Digital DTS Digita...

Page 25: ...Playback Mode status PROGRAM appears during Program Playback See page 28 RANDOM appears during Random Playback See page 28 O Shows Repeat Mode status See page 29 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 twice The on screen bar appears on the TV screen 2 Press...

Page 26: ...uttons see How to use the number buttons See page 18 To return to the menu Press RETURN repeatedly until the menu screen appears 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 ...

Page 27: ... or from the beginning of the current title track during playback Example To play back from a point 2 hours 34 minutes 08 seconds elapsed To cancel a misentry Press Cursor 2 repeatedly 5 Press ENTER 6 Press ON SCREEN The on screen bar disappears NOTE You can specify time in hours minutes seconds for DVD VIDEO DVD VR and in minutes seconds for VCD SVCD CD You can search and play desired groups and ...

Page 28: ...ng off the power see page 13 Pressing 7 once Changing the source see page 14 To start playback from the stored position RESUME disappears Press 3 play button on the remote control or the center unit Select DVD as the source again if you changed the source To clear the stored position Press 7 again or open the disc tray NOTE For DivX The beginning of a scene where playback has been stopped may be s...

Page 29: ...r audio languages are abbreviated in the pop up window See The language codes list See page 31 Each time you press SUBTITLE the subtitle appears and disappears alternately For DivX you cannot operate this procedure using the on screen bar 7 During playback of a disc containing audio in several languages When using the AUDIO button 1 Press AUDIO Example DVD VIDEO ENGLISH is selected out of 3 audio ...

Page 30: ...show playback then zoom in During playback of JPEG DivX there may be a case where Cursor 3 2 Y 5 does not work in step 2 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 During playback 1 Press VFP The current VFP settings appear on the TV screen Example 2 Press Curs...

Page 31: ... can also clear the program by turning off the system 3 Press DVD CD3 to start Program Playback If all of the programmed tracks files have been played back playback stops and the program window appears again Note that program setting remains To check the program contents During playback press 7 Playback stops and the program window appears To quit the Program mode While stopped press PLAY MODE rep...

Page 32: ...th SHIFT pressed at the beginning of the part you want to repeat point A The repeat mode indicator appears on the display window 2 Press A B RPT again with SHIFT pressed at the end of the part you want to repeat point B The repeat mode indicator on the display window changes to and A B Repeat Playback starts The selected part of the disc between point A and B is played repeatedly To cancel Press A...

Page 33: ...tem is on standby mode press 0 7 pressed and held The system turns on and LOCKED appears on the display window If you try to eject the disc LOCKED appears to indicate that the tray is locked Carry out the same operation again The system turns on and UNLOCKED appears on the display window You can adjust the balance between the front left and front right speakers Before you start operation There is ...

Page 34: ...O Rumanian AF Afrikaans IS Icelandic RU Russian AM Ameharic 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 ...

Page 35: ...for playing back a film source disc VIDEO Suitable for playing back a video source disc 7 SCREEN SAVER See page 18 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 files STILL PICTURE Select this to play JPEG files VIDEO Select this to play DivX files Audio menu AUDIO...

Page 36: ...eproduced 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 See page 25 You can activate or deactivate Resume Playback function 7 ON SCREEN GUIDE You can activate or deactivate the on screen guide icons See page 16 7 DivX registration menu DivX REGISTRATION The system has its...

Page 37: ...ge 18 Example When the preset channel 1 is selected If the setting is cancelled before you finish start from step 2 again While the selected number is flashing 4 Press MEMORY The selected number stops flashing The station is assigned to the selected preset number If the setting is cancelled before you finish start from step 2 again 5 Repeat steps 1 to 4 Storing a new station to a used number erase...

Page 38: ...rogram Type Shows types of broadcast programs RT Radio Text Shows text messages the station sends Enhanced Other Network See page 37 NOTE RDS is not available for AM MW broadcasts RDS may not operate correctly if the station tuned is not transmitting RDS signal properly or if the signal strength is weak 7 To show the RDS signals information Press RDS FL DISPLAY while listening to an FM station Eac...

Page 39: ...dvice in the widest sense SPORT Programs concerned with any aspect of sports EDUCATE Educational programs DRAMA All radio plays and serials CULTURE Programs concerning any aspect of national or regional culture including language theater etc SCIENCE Programs about natural sciences and technology VARIED Used for mainly speech based programs such as quizzes panel games and personality interviews POP...

Page 40: ... the TEST signal is received the system automatically switches to the station broadcasting the TEST signal While receiving the TEST signal TEST appears on the display window 7 How the Enhanced Other Network function actually works Case 1 If there is no station broadcasting the program you have selected The system continues tuning in to the current station When a station starts broadcasting the pro...

Page 41: ...does not come on The power cord is not connected Connect the power cord correctly See page 11 The remote control does not work The batteries are exhausted Replace the batteries See page 6 Sunlight is falling directly on the remote sensor Hide the remote sensor from direct sunlight The remote control does not work as expected The remote control mode is not for the desired source Before operation pr...

Page 42: ... W Impedance 6 C Frequency Range 105 Hz to 20 000 Hz Sound Pressure Level 75 dB W m Dimensions W M H M D 83 mm M 131 mm M 93 5 mm Mass 0 50 kg each 7 Subwoofer SP WS33 Type 1 Way Bass Reflex Type Speaker 16 0 cm cone M 1 Power Handling Capacity 40 W Impedance 4 C Frequency Range 30 Hz to 150 Hz Sound Pressure Level 75 dB W m Dimensions W M H M D 129 mm M 284 mm M 337 mm Mass 3 3 kg 7 Front speaker...

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