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XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English

DVD VIDEO PLAYER

XV-M5GSL

LET0236-001A

[J]

Before operation

2

Preparations

3

Basic operations

8

Advanced operations

14

MP3/WMA disc playback

22

JPEG disc playback

24

Changing the initial settings

26

Additional information

31

INSTRUCTIONS

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. 
which are located on the rear, bottom or 
side of the cabinet. Retain this information 
for future reference.

Model No.                                                                  

Serial No                                                                    

V I D E O

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Summary of Contents for XV-M5GSL

Page 1: ...s 14 MP3 WMA disc playback 22 JPEG disc playback 24 Changing the initial settings 26 Additional information 31 INSTRUCTIONS For Customer Use Enter below the Model No and Serial No which are located on the rear bottom or side of the cabinet Retain this information for future reference Model No Serial No V I D E O ...

Page 2: ...AR LE MINISTRE DES COMMUNICATIONS 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 ATTENTION Afin d éviter tout risque d 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 Warnings Cau...

Page 3: ...prevent malfunction of the unit There are no user serviceable parts inside If anything goes wrong unplug the power cord and consult your dealer Do not insert any metallic objects such as wires hairpins coins etc into the unit Do not block the vents Blocking the vents may damage the unit To clean the cabinet Use a soft cloth Follow the relevant instructions on the use of chemically coated cloths Do...

Page 4: ...tions of each audio format Linear PCM Dolby Digital DTS Digital Theater Systems NOTE Depending on the unit s DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT setting digital audio signals may not be output as they are recorded on the disc See DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT on page 28 for details Notes on discs With some DVD VIDEO discs the unit starts playback automatically after inserting the disc The image may be sometimes poor or n...

Page 5: ...s stereo audio output to monaural B Connecting to a TV with an S video jack If your TV has an S VIDEO input you can get better picture quality by connecting it with the S VIDEO output of the unit using an S video cable instead of connecting the video input of the TV to the VIDEO jack of the unit NOTE When using the S VIDEO output jack do not connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on the unit In the...

Page 6: ...E SOURCE selection NOTES The Progressive scanning mode works only when you connect the unit s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to your TV There are some progressive TV and High Definition TV sets that are not fully compatible with the unit resulting in the unnatural picture when playing back a DVD VIDEO disc in the Progressive scanning mode In such a case use the Interlaced scanning mode To check the com...

Page 7: ...CD or Audio CD played back on the unit record them through the analog jacks Depending on the disc no signal may be output from the DIGITAL OUT Make an analog connection in this case Set DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT in the AUDIO preference display correctly according to the connected digital audio equipment If setting made for DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT is incorrect loud noise may be generated causing damage to ...

Page 8: ...15F batteries in the remote control unit according to the polarity markings and inside the compartment Then replace the cover The batteries will last about six months with normal use If the functions of the remote control unit become erratic replace the batteries Precautions of the safe use of batteries Observe the following precautions for the safe use of batteries If they are used improperly the...

Page 9: ...a JVC s amplifier or receiver Pressing the AMP VOL button raises the audio volume of a JVC s amplifier or receiver while pressing the button lowers the volume Manufacturer No Manufacturer No AIWA 36 MIVAR 29 BEIJING 22 NEC 20 CCE 02 NOBLEX 22 CHANGHONG 34 NOKIA 31 DAEWOO 17 37 PANASONIC 04 11 FERGUSON 27 PEONY 34 38 39 FINLUX 30 PHILCO 10 17 21 FUNAI 32 PHILIPS 02 GRADIENTE 15 20 RCA 05 GRUNDIG 19...

Page 10: ... language You can select the on screen language for the preference displays etc from among ENGLISH SPANISH and FRENCH 3 Press ENTER The second page is shown in which the pull down menu of the MONITOR TYPE is already open 4 Press 5 to select the desired monitor type For a normal conventional TV select 4 3 LB or 4 3 PS For a wide screen TV select 16 9 NORMAL or 16 9 AUTO See page 27 Make sure that t...

Page 11: ...n and close the disc trays by using the OPEN CLOSE button on the remote control in the following ways To open the current disc tray In stop mode press OPEN CLOSE and the current disc tray opens To check the current disc number press ON SCREEN to bring up the status bar see page 11 To remove the disc currently being played During playback press OPEN CLOSE and the disc tray containing the disc curre...

Page 12: ...he corresponding disc tray NOTE If a DVD VIDEO disc Video CD or SVCD disc with PBC function is played back the unit may not finish playback and it may not change to the next disc If a menu is shown on the TV screen When inserting a DVD VIDEO SVCD or Video CD disc a menu may be shown on the TV screen From the menu you can select a desired item to be played back For DVD VIDEO 1 Press 5 2 3 to select...

Page 13: ...en shows RESUME STOP and the RESUME indicator lights up in the display window The memory of the interrupted position is not cleared if you turn off the unit When you turn off the unit after setting the resume function simply press 3 The unit is turned on and playback starts from the interrupted position If you turn on the unit by pressing STANDBY ON then press 3 playback starts from the beginning ...

Page 14: ...ed point for a disc it also memorizes Audio Subtitle and Angle settings The unit may not resume playback exactly from the interrupted point In the case of an SVCD Video CD disc with PBC function the unit may resume playback from a point slightly earlier or later than the point where playback was interrupted Various speed playback To advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring During playb...

Page 15: ...ack To skip forward press To skip backward press 4 Using the numeric buttons For DVD VIDEO Audio CD During playback or while in stop mode For SVCD Video CD During playback without PBC function or while in stop mode Press the numeric buttons to specify the number To select 5 press 5 To select 23 press 10 10 then 3 To select 40 press 10 10 10 then 10 The unit starts playback from the beginning of th...

Page 16: ...ss 3 or TOP MENU A disc menu appears on the TV screen 2 Press the numeric buttons to select the desired item To select 5 press 5 To select 23 press 10 10 then 3 To select 40 press 10 10 10 then 10 The unit starts playback of the selected item To return to the menu press RETURN Hint If something like NEXT or PREVIOUS appears on the TV screen pressing advances to the next page and pressing 4 returns...

Page 17: ... program table appears The PRGM indicator lights up in the display window 4 Press the numeric buttons to specify a disc number press ENTER then press the numeric buttons to specify a track To specify track 5 of disc 4 press 4 ENTER then 5 To specify track 14 of disc 2 press 2 ENTER 10 then 4 To specify track 40 of disc 1 press 1 ENTER 10 10 10 then 10 If an Audio CD disc is inserted in a tray othe...

Page 18: ...red even if a disc tray is opened A JPEG disc cannot be programmed Even if a JPEG disc is included in a program the JPEG disc will be skipped during program playback To play back in random order Random play You can play tracks titles for DVD VIDEO on all the inserted discs in random order 1 In stop mode press ON SCREEN twice The menu bar appears on the TV screen 2 Press 2 3 to move to Screen examp...

Page 19: ...s on the disc NOTE With some DVD VIDEO discs the ALL repeat playback cannot be performed since playback stops at a menu display To repeat a desired part A B repeat playback First make sure The unit is in playback mode except SVCD Video CD playback with PBC 1 Press ON SCREEN twice The menu bar appears on the TV screen 2 Press 2 3 to move to then press ENTER The pull down menu for repeat mode select...

Page 20: ...udio language of a movie or to listen to karaoke with or without the vocal Hint At the beginning of the part where multiple audio tracks are recorded appears on the TV screen except when the ON SCREEN GUIDE preference is set to OFF 1 During playback press AUDIO The audio selection window appears on the TV screen 2 Press 5 or AUDIO to select the desired audio Each time you press 5 or AUDIO the audi...

Page 21: ...s on the TV screen 2 Press 2 3 to select the desired preset Each time you press the button the VFP mode changes as follows Set the video type most suitable to the current program or the room conditions NORMAL for watching TV in a general room CINEMA for watching a movie software in a room with suppressed light USER 1 USER 2 you can adjust parameters that affect the picture character and store the ...

Page 22: ... not be able to achieve a correct 3D effect The 3D PHONIC function does not affect the Dolby Digital bitstream signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack When the 3D PHONIC function is active the ANALOG DOWN MIX setting in the AUDIO setting display is not available Menu bar functions To bring up the menu bar 1 When a disc is inserted press ON SCREEN A status bar for the type of disc inserted will appear on ...

Page 23: ...e pull down window 2 Press 5 to select a desired subtitle language 3 Press ENTER to begin playback with the selected subtitle Angle selection See also page 18 During playback selects a desired scene angle in a multi angle part 1 Open the pull down window 2 Press 5 to select a scene angle 3 Press ENTER to begin playback with the selected scene angle Menu bar functions for SVCD Video CD Audio CD Tim...

Page 24: ...g UDF format discs The unit does not support the ID3 tag The unit supports discs recorded with multiple sessions Some discs may not play due to disc characteristics or recording conditions As for MP3 the unit only can play back tracks with the following file extensions MP3 Mp3 mp3 and mP3 As for WMA the unit only can play back tracks with the following file extensions WMA wma and any other combina...

Page 25: ...at mode changes as follows If you press REPEAT while stopped you need to press ENTER or 3 SELECT to start repeat playback To stop repeat playback Press 7 Note that the repeat mode remains active To quit repeat playback During playback press REPEAT until no repeat icon is shown on the display window While stopped press REPEAT until repeat mode indication on the MP3 WMA CONTROL display goes off Rand...

Page 26: ...EG CONTROL display automatically appears on the TV screen You can select a desired file for playback via this display 1 Make sure that the black cursor bar is in the left group column If it is in the right column press 2 to move it to the left column 2 Press 5 to move the bar to a desired group On the right column files in the selected group are shown 3 Press 4 to select a desired file then press ...

Page 27: ...e middle Press 7 or MENU The TV screen returns to the JPEG CONTROL display Pressing 3 SELECT resumes slide show playback from the last picture displayed To keep showing the current picture Press 8 or ENTER Pressing 3 SELECT resumes the slide show playback To select the start point of the slide show From the JPEG CONTROL display 1 Make sure that the black cursor bar is in the left group column If i...

Page 28: ...preference display Press CHOICE NOTES While an MP3 WMA or JPEG disc is inserted you cannot bring up any preference display When a preference display is shown on a wide TV screen the upper and lower parts of the preference display sometimes may be cut off If this happens adjust the picture size control of the TV Make sure that the TV DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to DVD when using th...

Page 29: ... Setting options 16 9 NORMAL 16 9 AUTO 4 3 LB 4 3 PS 16 9 NORMAL Wide television screen select when you connect the unit to a wide screen 16 9 TV whose aspect ratio is fixed to 16 9 the unit automatically adjusts the screen width of the output signal correctly when playing back a 4 3 source If you play a 4 3 DVD VIDEO source using the 16 9 NORMAL mode the picture character changes slightly due to ...

Page 30: ...io with the unit s analog AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a surround decoder STEREO select when listening to conventional two channel stereo audio with the unit s AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a stereo amplifier receiver or television set or in case you want to record the audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc cassette etc D RANGE CONTROL This setting provides optimal audio quality from the a...

Page 31: ...oves to SET LEVEL 6 Press ENTER to bring up the pull down menu In the pull down menu NONE and levels 8 to 1 are available NONE does not restrict playback Level 1 is the strictest level Discs rated higher than the selected level are restricted 7 Press 5 to select a desired parental lock level then press ENTER moves to PASSWORD 8 Press the numeric buttons 0 to 9 to enter a 4 digit password 9 Press E...

Page 32: ...sword The password entered in this step becomes the new password If you want to keep the same password as before enter the same password 7 Press ENTER moves to EXIT Pressing ENTER again returns to the OTHERS menu of the preference display NOTE If you enter the wrong password more than 3 times in step 3 above moves to EXIT automatically and 5 do not work To temporarily release the Parental Lock If ...

Page 33: ...icator 4 9 Display window see the illustration below 0 4 button 12 13 button 12 13 7 button 10 11 3 button 10 12 8 button 11 12 Display window 1 Audio format indicators 2 Disc indicator 3 Group title track chapter indicators 4 Repeat mode indicator 5 Program random indicators 6 Total time remaining time indicators 7 3D 3D PHONIC indicator 8 3 play 8 pause indicators 9 Resume indicator 0 Multi info...

Page 34: ... TV DVD switch 7 8 14 22 24 26 TV STANDBY ON button 7 DVD STANDBY ON button 8 TV VIDEO CANCEL button 7 15 TITLE GROUP button 14 23 25 _ MENU button 14 24 25 ENTER button ON SCREEN button 11 14 17 20 NEXT button 12 13 22 23 24 25 8 button 11 22 25 SLOW button 12 13 ZOOM button 19 25 VFP PROGRESSIVE SCAN button 4 19 AUDIO button 18 AMP VOL buttons 7 DIMMER button 9 2 1 3 5 4 6 8 7 9 0 10 10 TITLE GR...

Page 35: ...onnect the unit to a television and receiver via AV COMPU LINK set the unit s AV COMPU LINK setting to DVD1 IMPORTANT When you make video connection between the unit and another device such as a receiver and TV via the composite S video or component jacks as well as AV COMPU LINK connection see also the instruction manual of the other device Notes for connection If you connect the unit to a receiv...

Page 36: ... the unit so that the picture signal flows directly to the TV With some discs the picture may be blurred when PICTURE SOURCE is set to FILM or AUTO Set PICTURE SOURCE to VIDEO NORMAL or VIDEO ACTIVE Picture is distorted when using COMPONENT VIDEO OUT or S VIDEO output jack s Both the component connection and S video connection are made Disconnect the unused one No picture is displayed on the TV sc...

Page 37: ... p 75 Ω VIDEO OUT pin jack 1 0 Vp p 75 Ω S VIDEO OUT S jack Y Output 1 0 Vp p 75 Ω C Output 286 mVp p 75 Ω Horizontal resolution 500 lines or more Audio outputs ANALOG OUT pin jack 2 0 Vrms 10 kΩ DIGITAL OUT COAXIAL 0 5 Vp p 75 Ω termination DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL 21 dBm to 15 dBm peak Audio characteristics Frequency response CD sampling frequency 44 1 kHz 2 Hz to 20 kHz DVD sampling frequency 48 kHz...

Page 38: ...moros KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Korea Democratic People s Republic of KR Korea Republic of KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Lao People s Democratic Republic LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldova Republic of MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands ML Mali MM...

Page 39: ...BR Breton IA Interlingua MN Mongolian SH Serbo Croatian TW Twi CA Catalan IE Interlingue MO Moldavian SI Singhalese UK Ukrainian CO Corsican IK Inupiak MR Marathi SK Slovak UR Urdu CS Czech IN Indonesian MS Malay MAY SL Slovenian UZ Uzbek CY Welsh IS Icelandic MT Maltese SM Samoan VI Vietnamese DA Danish IW Hebrew MY Burmese SN Shona VO Volapuk DZ Bhutani JI Yiddish NA Nauru SO Somali WO Wolof EL ...

Page 40: ...ifference between the loudest and softest sounds Interlaced scanning In a conventional video system a picture is shown on the display monitor in between lines of two halves The Interlaced scanning system places lines of the second half of the picture in between lines of the first half of the picture JPEG A popular file format for still image compression and storage JPEG stands for Joint Photograph...

Page 41: ...age that occurs in shipment due to act of God and cosmetic damage 5 Signal reception problems and failures due to line power surge 6 Video Pick up Tubes CCD Image Sensor Cartridge Stylus Needle are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase 7 Accessories 8 Batteries except that Rechargeable Batteries are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase There are no express warranties except as lis...

Page 42: ...rized servicer or visit our website at www JVC com Remember to retain your Bill of Sale for Warranty Service Do not service the television yourself Caution To prevent electrical shock do not open the cabinet There are no user serviceable parts inside Please refer to qualified service personnel for repairs Accessories To purchase accessories for your JVC product please call toll free 1 800 882 2345...

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