Jvc Xv S500Bk Users Manual S500(J)

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Getting started
Basic operations
Advanced operations
MP3 disc playback
JPEG disc playback
Changing the initial settings
Additional information
Troubleshooting
Specifications
LIMITED WARRANTY
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STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

DVD PLAYER

XV-S500BK/XV-S502SL

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

Introduction 2

Getting started 6

Basic operations 12

Advanced operations 22

MP3 disc playback 39

JPEG disc playback 42

Changing the initial settings 47

Additional information 56

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

LET0200-002B

[J/UJ]

INSTRUCTIONS

VIDEO

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Warnings, Cautions and Others

Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses

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.

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 sources, such as lighted candles,

on the apparatus.

• When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be

considered and local rules or laws governing the disposal of these

batteries must be followed strictly.

• Do not expose this apparatus to rain, moisture, dripping or

splashing and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases,

shall be placed on the apparatus.

ATTENTION

• Ne bloquez pas les orifices ou les trous de ventilation.

(Si les orifices ou les trous de ventilation sont bloqués par un

journal un tissu, etc., la chaleur peut ne pas être évacuée

correctement de l'appareil.)

• Ne placez aucune source de flamme nue, telle qu'une bougie, sur

l'appareil.

• Lors de la mise au rebut des piles, veuillez prendre en

considération les problèmes de l'environnement et suivre

strictement les règles et les lois locales sur la mise au rebut des

piles.

• N'exposez pas cet appareil à la pluie, à l'humidité, à un

égouttement ou à des éclaboussures et ne placez pas des objets

remplis de liquide, tels qu'un vase, sur l'appareil.

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK)

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle is intended

toalert the user to the presence of

uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the

product's enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric

shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to the

presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

For U.S.A.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection

against harmful interference in a residential installation.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency

energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio

communications. However, there is no guarantee that

interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this

equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television

reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off

and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by

one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE

OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE

THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

For Canada/pour le Canada

CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE

BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT

ATTENTION: POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUES,

INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA FICHE DANS

LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER

JUSQUAU FOND

For Canada/pour le Canada

THIS DIGITAL APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED 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.

CET APPAREIL NUMERIQUE RESPECTE LES LIMITES DE

BRUITS RADIOELECTRIQUES APPLICABLES AUX

APPAREILS NUMERIQUES DE CLASSE B PRESCRITES

DANS LA NORME SUR LE MATERIEL BROUILLEUR:

“APPAREILS NUMERIQUES”, NMB-003 EDICTEE PAR LE

MINISTRE DES COMMUNICATIONS.

Caution –– STANDBY/ON switch!

Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely. The

STANDBY/ON switch in any position does not disconnect

the mains line. The power can be remote controlled.

Attention –– Commutateur STANDBY/ON !

Déconnecter la fiche de secteur pour couper complètement le

courant.

Le commutateur STANDBY/ON ne coupe jamais complètement

la ligne de secteur, quelle que soit sa position. Le courant peut être

télécommandé.

IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS

IMPORTANT POUR LES PRODUITS LASER

1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

2. DANGER: Visible laser radiation when open and interlock

failed or defeated. Avoid direct exposure to beam.

3. CAUTION: Do not open the top cover. There are no user

service-able parts inside the Unit; leave all servicing to

qualified service personnel.

1. PRODUIT LASER CLASSE 1

2. ATTENTION: Radiation laser visible quand l'appareil est

ouvert ou que le verrouillage est en panne ou désactivé. Eviter

une exposition directe au rayon.

3. ATTENTION: Ne pas ouvrir le couvercle du dessus. Il n'y a

aucune pièce utilisable à l'intérieur. Laisser à un personnel

qualifié le soin de réparer votre appareil.

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EnglishEnglish

Table of Contents

Introduction

Page 2

Supplied accessories..........................................................2

Notes on handling..............................................................3

Important cautions...................................................................3

Safety precautions ...................................................................3

About discs .........................................................................4

Playable disc types...................................................................4

Non-playable discs...................................................................4

Audio formats...........................................................................4

Disc structure............................................................................5

Video CDs and SVCDs with Playback Control function ........5

Care and handling of discs......................................................5

Getting started

Page 6

Connections ........................................................................6

Before making any connections .............................................6

To connect to a TV ...................................................................6

To connect to a stereo audio amplifier/receiver....................8

To connect to digital audio device..........................................9

To connect the power cord .....................................................9

Using the remote control unit.........................................10

To install batteries in the remote control unit .....................10

Remote sensor .......................................................................10

To use the remote control unit for TV operation.................11

To control the volume of a JVC's amplifier or receiver ......11

Basic operations

Page 12

Before operation...............................................................12

Turning on/off the unit...........................................................12

The initial setup before using the unit .................................13

Basic playback ..................................................................14

Inserting and removing discs................................................14

To start playback....................................................................15

To stop playback completely ................................................15

To stop playback temporarily ...............................................15

Resuming playback ..........................................................16

To memorize the interrupted position .................................16

To resume playback...............................................................17

Variable speed playback..................................................18

To advance or reverse playback rapidly

while monitoring................................................................18

To advance a still picture frame-by-frame ...........................18

To playback in slow-motion..................................................18

To locate the beginning of the scene or song ...............19

To locate a desired selection using 4 or ¢...................19

To locate a desired selection using the numeric buttons.... 19

Other convenient functions.............................................20

To check the playback status ................................................20

To move back the playback position while DVD VIDEO

playback [One touch replay function] ...............................21

To change the brightness of the display window ...............21

Advanced operations

Page 22

Playing from a specific position on a disc......................22

To locate a desired scene from the DVD menu ...................22

To locate a desired scene from the menu of the

Video CD/SVCD with PBC...................................................22

To specify a desired title........................................................23

To locate a desired position in the current title or track

[Time search].......................................................................23

To locate a desired scene from the display [DIGEST].........24

Changing the playback order ..........................................25

To playback in the desired order [Program playback] ........25

To playback in random order [Random playback] ..............26

Repeat playback ...............................................................27

To repeat the current selection or all tracks

[Repeat playback] ...............................................................27

To repeat a desired part [A-B repeat playback]...................28

Changing the language, sound and scene angle.......... 29

To select the subtitle language [SUBTITLE] ........................29

To change the audio language or sound [AUDIO]..............30

To select a scene angle of DVD VIDEO [ANGLE].................31

Special picture playback and picture/sound effect...... 32

To display continuous still pictures [STROBE]....................32

To zoom in/out pictures [ZOOM] ..........................................32

To adjust the picture character [VFP] ...................................33

To simulate surround sound [3D PHONIC]..........................34

Menu bar functions ......................................................... 35

To bring up the menu bar .....................................................35

Basic operation procedure ....................................................35

Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO .....................................36

Menu bar functions for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD .............37

MP3 disc playback

Page 39

About MP3 disc................................................................ 39

Operations........................................................................ 39

Basic operations.....................................................................39

Selecting the desired Group and Track................................40

Direct selection.......................................................................41

Repeat playback.....................................................................41

JPEG disc playback

Page 42

About JPEG disc .............................................................. 42

Basic operations .............................................................. 43

To see a desired picture ........................................................43

To zoom in/out the picture [ZOOM] .....................................44

To see pictures continuously [slide-show mode]......... 44

Playback pictures from the beginning of the disc...............44

Selecting the start point of the slide show ..........................45

Repeat function......................................................................46

Changing the initial settings

Page 47

Selecting preferences...................................................... 47

About the Preference display................................................47

How to set preferences..........................................................47

LANGUAGE page...................................................................48

PICTURE page ........................................................................49

AUDIO page............................................................................50

OTHERS page.........................................................................52

Limiting playback by children ........................................ 53

To set Parental Lock for the first time

[PARENTAL LOCK]..............................................................53

To change the settings [PARENTAL LOCK] .........................54

To temporarily release the Parental Lock

[PARENTAL LOCK]..............................................................55

Additional information

Page 56

Names of parts and controls .......................................... 56

Front panel .............................................................................56

Display window......................................................................56

Rear panel...............................................................................56

Remote control unit ...............................................................57

AV COMPU LINK remote control system...................... 58

Connection and setup............................................................58

Operation................................................................................58

Troubleshooting .............................................................. 59

Frequently Asked Questions .......................................... 61

Specifications................................................................... 62

Appendix A: Country code list for Parental Lock.......... 63

Appendix B: Glossary...................................................... 64

Appendix C: Index............................................................ 66

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Introduction

Supplied accessories

• Audio/video cable (Yellow/White/Red) (x 1)

• Component video cable (Red/Green/Blue) (x 1)

• Remote Control Unit (x 1)

• R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) battery (x 2)

• Instruction manual (x 1)

• AC power cord (x 1)

• AC power plug adaptor (x 1)

(for PX model only)

TV2

TV1 TV3

TV5

TV4 TV6

OPEM/

TV8

TV7 TV9

TV-/--

TV DVD

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TV0 MUTING

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

ANGLE SUBTITLE

SELECT STROBE

CLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VFP

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

REPEAT

ANGLE

DIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VCL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

VOL+

VOL

10 +10

ENTER

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Introduction

English

Notes on handling

Installation of the unit

• Select a place which is level, dry and neither too hot

nor too cold (between 5oC and 35oC, 41oF and 95oF).

• Leave sufficient distance between the unit and the TV.

• Do not use the unit in a place subject to vibrations.

Power cord

• Do not handle the power cord with wet hands!

• A small amount of power (1.3 W, for PX model:2.5W) is

always consumed while the power cord is connected

to the wall outlet.

• When unplugging the unit from the wall outlet, always

pull the plug, not the power cord.

To 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 object into the unit.

• Do not use any non-standard shape disc available on

the market, because it may damage the unit.

• Do not use a disc with tape, seals, or paste on it,

because damage to the unit may result.

Note about copyright laws

• Please check the copyright laws in your country before

recording from DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD,

SVCD, MP3 and JPEG discs. Recording of copyrighted

material may infringe copyright laws.

Note about the copyguard system

• The DVD VIDEO disc is protected by the copyguard

system. When you connect the unit to your VCR (or

integrated TV/Video system), the copyguard system

activates and the picture may not be played back

correctly.

Avoid moisture, water and dust

Do not place the unit in moist or dusty places.

Avoid high temperatures

Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight or place it near

a heating device.

When you are away

When away on travel or otherwise for an extended

period of time, remove the plug from the wall outlet.

Do not insert foreign objects into the unit

Do not insert wires, hairpins, coins, etc. into the unit.

Do not block the vents

Blocking the vents may damage the unit.

Care of the cabinet

When cleaning the unit, use a soft cloth and follow the

relevant instructions on the use of chemically-coated

cloths. Do not use benzene, thinner or other organic

solvents and disinfectants. These may cause

deformation or discoloring.

If water gets inside the unit

Turn off the power switch and remove the plug from the

wall outlet, then call the store where you made your

purchase. Using the unit in this state may cause a fire or

electrical shock.

Important cautions Safety precautions

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents

and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this

other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or

disassembly is prohibited.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby

Laboratories.

Confidential unpublished works.

Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other world-wide patents

issued and pending. "DTS", "DTS Digital Surround", are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

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Introduction

About discs

Playable and non-playable disc types are as follows:

The DVD Logo is a trademark.

• CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded with the Audio CD,

Video CD, SVCD, MP3 or JPEG format can be played

back, though some may not be played back because of

the disc characteristics or recording condition.

Note that unfinalized discs cannot be played back.

• DVD-R discs recorded with the DVD VIDEO format can

be played back, though some may not be played back

because of the disc characteristics or recording

condition.

Note that unfinalized disc cannot be played back.

• DVD VIDEO players and DVD VIDEO discs have their

own Region Code numbers. This unit can play back

only DVD VIDEO discs whose Region Code numbers

include "1".

Examples of playable DVD VIDEO discs:

This unit accommodates the NTSC system, also can play

back discs recorded with PAL system whose Region

Code numbers include "1".

Note that the PAL video signal on disc is converted to an

NTSC signal and output.

DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-AUDIO,

CD-ROM, PHOTO CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-G, CD-TEXT, SACD,

MIX-MODE CD

• Playing back discs listed as "Non-playable discs" above

may generate noise and damage speakers.

• This unit can play back audio signals recorded in CD-G,

CD-EXTRA, CD-TEXT and MIX-MODE CD discs.

There are some audio formats recorded on discs as

shown below.

•Linear PCM

Uncompressed digital audio, the same format used on

CDs and most studio masters.

DVD VIDEO supports 2 channels at sampling rates of

48/96 kHz and quantization of 16/20/24 bits.

Audio CD/Video CD is limited to 2 channels, 44.1 kHz

at 16 bits.

• Dolby Digital

A surround audio format configured with six

channels. Because the "LFE (Low-Frequency Effect for

sub-woofer, etc.)" channel, one of the six channels, is

an auxiliary channel, this format is called "5.1-channel

system".

Not all Dolby Digital discs contain six (5.1) channel

information.

• DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

A surround audio format configured with six (5.1)

channels which is same as Dolby Digital. Because the

compression ratio is lower than Dolby Digital, it

provides wider dynamic range and better separation.

Not all DTS discs contain six (5.1) channel

information.

The associated indicator lights up in the display window

when playing back a disc.

Note that, with some formats and/or depending on the

unit's "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" setting, digital audio

signals are not always output from the unit's DIGITAL

OUT jacks as are recorded on the disc.

See "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" on page 50 for details.

Playable disc types

DVD VIDEO SVCD Video CD Audio CD

Non-playable discs

VIDEO

ALL 1

Audio formats

Indicator Audio format

LPCM Linear PCM

DOLBY DIGITAL

Dolby Digital

DTS DTS (Digital Theater Systems)

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(For DVD VIDEO)

A DVD VIDEO disc is comprised of "titles" and each title

may be divided into some "chapters". For example, if a

DVD VIDEO disc contains some movies, each movie may

have its own title number, and each movie may be

divided into some chapters. In a DVD VIDEO KARAOKE

disc, each song usually has its own title number and

does not have chapters.

(For Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD)

An Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD is simply comprised of

"tracks."

What is Playback Control function?

The Playback Control function, allows you to enjoy

menu-driven operation and high-resolution still images

which have a resolution four times greater than moving

pictures.

•High-resolution still image display

You can display high-quality images four times

clearer than moving pictures.

•Menu-driven playback

A selection menu is displayed when you start

playing a Video CD and SVCD disc with the

Playback Control feature. The selection menu

shows a list of numbers for selection. Some discs

may show moving pictures or a divided screen.

You can interact with the screen using a menu

display to select and play an entry.

See example illustration below about basic feature

of menu-driven playback (for details about PBC, see

also page 22).

How to handle discs

When handling a disc, do not touch the surface of the

disc. Since discs are made of plastic, they are easily

damaged. If a disc gets dirty, dusty, scratched or warped,

the images and sound will not be picked up correctly,

and such a disc may cause the player to malfunction.

Label side

Do not damage the label side, stick paper to or use any

adhesive on its surface.

Storage

Make sure that discs are kept in their cases. If discs are

piled on top of one another without their protective

cases, they can be damaged. Do not put discs in a

location where they may be exposed to direct sunlight,

or in a place where the humidity or temperature is high.

Avoid leaving discs in your car!

Maintenance of discs

If there are fingerprints or other dirt adhering to a disc,

wipe with a soft dry cloth, moving from the center

outwards.

If a disc is difficult to clean, wipe with a cloth moistened

with water. Never use record cleaners, petrol, alcohol or

any anti-static agents.

Disc structure

Video CDs and SVCDs with Playback

Control function

Chapter 1

Title 2Title 1

Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4

Press

RETURN.

screen

Press

RETURN.

1 2 3

Moving

picture

1 2

Moving

picture

Moving

picture

Still

picture

Still

picture

Still

picture

Press

RETURN.

Care and handling of discs

CAUTION

Sometimes during play images may be garbled or

noisy. This is sometimes due to the disc.

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Getting started

Connections

*Before using the unit, you have to connect the unit to a TV and/or amplifier.

•Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made.

•Connect VIDEO OUT of the unit directly to the video input of your TV. Connecting VIDEO OUT of the unit to a TV via a

VCR may cause a monitor problem when playing back a copy-protected disc. You may also have a monitor problem

when connecting the unit to an integrated TV/Video system.

Connection to a conventional TV

You can enjoy playback by simply connecting the unit to a TV.

Connect the unit to a TV equipped with stereo audio input and video input jacks using the supplied audio/video cables.

Connection to a TV equipped 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 the S-video cable instead of connecting the video input of the TV to the VIDEO jack of the unit.

Before making any connections

NOTES

•In the following description, "TV" may be substituted with "monitor" or "projector."

•Terminal names used for other components may be different from those used in the following description.

To connect to a TV

The unit VCR

Connect directly

AV COMPU LINK

VIDEO

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

VIDEO OUTAUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

BPR

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

The unit

Red

White

Yell o w

Audio/Video cable (supplied)

White

Red

Yellow

Scan mode selector

In this connection, set the

scan mode selector to "480i".

AV COMPU LINK

VIDEO

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

S-VIDEO

VIDEO OUTAUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

BPR

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

The unit

Red White

Audio cable (not supplied)

White

Red

Scan mode selector

S-video cable (not supplied)

In this connection, set the

scan mode selector to "480i".

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English

Connection to a TV equipped with component jacks

You can enjoy high picture quality by connecting the unit's COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to the COMPONENT VIDEO

IN jacks of your TV with the video cables.

• Connect "Y" to "Y", "PB" to "PB"(CB), "PR" to "PR"(CR) correctly.

The unit supports the Progressive scan system(480p) as well as the conventional Interlace scan system(480i).

If your television or monitor equipped with component jacks supports the progressive video input, you can enjoy a high

quality picture by making the Progressive scan mode active.

•If your television equipped with component jacks does not support the progressive scan mode

Set the Scan mode selector to "480i".

•If your television equipped with component jacks supports the progressive scan mode

Set the Scan mode selector to "480p".

•If you want to select the scan mode between the interlace and progressive modes

(depending on the source condition, or when connecting more than one television etc.)

You can select the mode from the remote control unit. To do this, set the scan mode selector to "REMOTE".

(See "To make the Progressive scan mode selection active from the remote control unit" on page 8 for details about

how to select the scan mode from the remote control unit when the scan mode selector is set to "REMOTE".)

NOTES

•When the scan mode is set to the progressive mode, the PROGRESSIVE indicator on the front panel is lit. The color of the

indicator differs depending on the "PROGRESSIVE MODE" setting on the "PICTURE" preference display and the status of the unit

(see pages 8 and 49.)

•When connecting to a TV using the VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack, make sure that the PROGRESSIVE indicator on the front panel is not

lit. If it is lit, the VIDEO and S-VIDEO outputs do not feed the correct signals. To turn off the PROGRESSIVE indicator, set the scan

mode selector on the rear panel to "480i". Or, while setting the scan mode selector to "REMOTE", make the Progressive scan

mode inactive by following the procedure described on page 8.

•When the component video input jacks of the TV is of the BNC type, use an adapter to convert a pin jack to a BNC jack (optional).

•Make "ANALOG DOWN MIX" in the "AUDIO" preferences to "STEREO" (see page 51).

•If your TV has a monaural audio input instead of stereo, you need to use an optional audio cable which converts stereo audio

output to monaural.

•To improve audio sound quality, connect the AUDIO OUT jacks to your separate audio equipment. (See the following pages.)

•If your TV has an AV COMPU LINK terminal, you can use the AV COMPU LINK function. See "AV COMPU LINK remote control

system" on page 58 for details.

About SCAN MODE

To display video on the television (monitor) screen, the conventional scanning method is called "Interlaced scan".

With this method, only half of the horizontal lines are displayed at a time. So two fields complete a single picture

(frame); i.e., the first field, containing all the odd-numbered lines, is displayed followed by the second field, containing

all the even-numbered lines.

On the other hand, the Progressive scan system scans all horizontal lines at a time, so you can double the number of

pictures compared with the interlaced scan, resulting flicker-free, high-density picture.

Depending on the material source format, DVD VIDEO discs can be classified into two types; film source and video

source (note that some DVD VIDEO discs contain both film source and video source). Film sources are recorded as 24-

frame-per-second information, while (NTSC) video sources are recorded as 30-frame-per-second (60-field-per-second

interlaced) information.

When the unit plays back a film source material, uninterlaced progressive output signals are created using the original

information. When a video source material is played back, the unit interleaves lines between the interlaced lines on

each to create the interpolated picture and outputs as the progressive signal.

AV COMPU LINK

YPBPR

COMPONENT IN

VIDEO

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

S-VIDEO

VIDEO OUTAUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

BPR

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

The unit Green Red

White

Red

White

Red

Green

Blue

Red

Component video cable (supplied)

Audio cable (not supplied)

Scan mode selector

Blue

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To make the Progressive scan mode selection active from the remote control unit

The unit supports the Progressive scan system as well as the conventional Interlace scan system. If your television or monitor

supports the progressive video input, you can enjoy a high quality picture by making the Progressive scan mode active.

¶When the unit is turned on, and the scan mode selector on the rear panel is set to "REMOTE"

Press and hold down the VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN button for a few seconds.

The scan mode switches between the Progressive scan and Interlace scan modes.

• When the scan mode is set to the progressive mode, the PROGRESSIVE indicator on the front panel is lit.

Depending on the "PROGRESSIVE MODE" setting on the "PICTURE" preference display and whether the current

DVD VIDEO disc is film-source or video-source, the color of the indicator differs, as shown in the table below.

(See also pages 7 and 49.)

You can enjoy high-quality audio by connecting the unit's audio output to your amplifier or receiver.

Connect the unit's AUDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to any line-level inputs (such as AUX, DVD, CD, etc.) of an audio

amplifier or receiver.

If you want to select the scan mode between the interlace and progressive modes depending on the

source condition or when connecting more than one television, you can select the mode from the remote

control unit. To do this, set the scan mode selector on the rear panel to "REMOTE" (See page 7).

Setting of

PROGRESSIVE MODE

Source type of DVD VIDEO

Note

Film Source Video Source

VIDEO Red Red While stopped in the Progressive scan mode,

the PROGRESSIVE indicator is lit in red

regardless of the "PROGRESSIVE MODE"

selection.

FILM Green Green

AUTO Green Red

NOTES

•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 scan mode. In such a case, use the interlace scan

mode. To check the compatibility of your TV set, contact your local JVC customer service center.

•All JVC progressive TV and High-Definition TV sets are fully compatible with the unit (Example : AV-61S902).

To connect to a stereo audio amplifier/receiver

NOTES

•When using the unit with a stereo amplifier or receiver, set "ANALOG DOWN MIX" in the "AUDIO" preferences to "STEREO"

(see page 51).

•If your stereo amplifier or receiver has an AV COMPU LINK terminal, you can use the AV COMPU LINK function. See "AV

COMPU LINK remote control system" on page 58 for details

480i

480p

REMOTE

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP

¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

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AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

PROGRESSIVE indicator

VFP -

PROGRESSIVE

SCAN

AV COMPU LINK

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

VIDEO OUTAUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

BPR

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

The unit

Audio cable (not supplied)

Red White

Red

White

Amplifier or receiver

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English

You can enhance the sound quality by connecting either of the unit's DIGITAL OUT jacks to the digital input of an

amplifier, MD, etc. by using an optical or a coaxal digital cable (optional). The digital audio signal from a disc is directly

transferred. If you connect the unit to a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder or an amplifier with a built-in decoder by using an

optional digital cable, you can enjoy high-quality surround sound.

When you make digital connection, we recommend also to make the analog connection, because, depending on discs,

no signal may be output from the DIGITAL OUT.

• For digital connection, connect the unit's DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) to the digital input of digital audio

device using an optical or a coaxal digital cable.

When all the audio/video connections have been made, insert the smaller plug of the supplied AC power cord to the

unit's AC IN connector, then insert the other end to the wall outlet. Make sure that plugs are inserted firmly. The

STANDBY indicator lights in red.

Warning

• Disconnect the power cord if you are not going to use the unit for a long time.

• Disconnect the power cord before cleaning the unit.

• Disconnect the power cord before moving the unit.

• Do not connect or disconnect the power cord with wet hands.

• Do not pull the power cord when disconnecting it, as this may damage the cord and cause fire, electric shock, or other

accidents.

Caution

• Do not alter, twist or pull the power cord, or put anything heavy on it, which may cause fire, electric shock, or other

accidents.

• To prevent any accidents or damage caused by an unsuitable AC power cord, only use the supplied power cord. If the

cord is damaged, contact a dealer and get another power cord.

To connect to digital audio device

NOTES

•When you connect the unit's DIGITAL OUT to a digital audio device, before using, set "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" in the

"AUDIO" preferences correctly according to the connected audio device. If "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" is not set correctly, loud

noise may be generated from speakers, causing damage to them. See "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" on page 50.

•When you connect the unit's DIGITAL OUT to a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder (or amplifier with a built-in decoder) to enjoy

surround sound, the unit's "D. RANGE COMPRESSION" setting in the "AUDIO" preferences is invalid. Make appropriate

surround audio settings on the decoder.

•If your digital audio device has an AV COMPU LINK terminal, you can use the AV COMPU LINK function. See "AV COMPU LINK

remote control system" on page 58 for details

To connect the power cord

NOTE (only for PX model)

•Use the supplied AC power plug adaptor when inserting the larger plug to the wall outlet.

AV COMPU LINK

AUDIO

RIGHT

LEFT

OPTICAL

COAXIAL

DIGITAL

VIDEO OUTAUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

BPR

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

Optical digital cable (not supplied)

The unit

WhiteRed

White

Red

Digital equipment

Coaxial digital cable (not supplied)

Audio cable (not supplied)

When using the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack, remove the protection

cap. Do not lose the removed cap.

When the DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) jack is not used, fix the protection

cap into the jack.

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Using the remote control unit

Using the remote control, you can operate not only all the functions of the unit but also basic functions of your TV and

amplifier/receiver.

The battery compartment is located on the back of the

remote control unit.

1Press down on the point shown by

the arrow at the top of the

compartment cover, and pull up

the cover to open the

compartment.

2Place the two supplied R6P (SUM-

3)/AA(15F) batteries in the remote

control unit according to the

polarity markings ("+" and "–")

inside the compartment and on the

batteries.

3Place the cover over the

compartment, and press down

lightly.

The batteries will last about six months with normal use.

If the functions of the remote control become erratic,

replace the batteries. See below for more information.

Precautions for the safe use of batteries

Observe the following precautions for the safe use of

batteries. If they are used improperly their life will be

shortened, they may burst or their contents may leak.

• Operate the remote control unit while pointing it

toward the remote sensor on the unit.

• The remote control unit can be used within a range of

about 5 meters from the remote sensor. If you operate

the remote control unit from a diagonal position,

controllable distance may be shorter.

To install batteries in the remote

control unit

Precaution

•Remove the batteries from the remote control if it is

not going to be used for a long period of time.

•Remove dead batteries and dispose of them

properly.

•Never leave dead batteries lying around, take them

apart, mix them with other refuse, or throw them

into an incinerator.

•Never touch liquid that has leaked out of a battery.

•Do not mix new and old batteries, or batteries of

different types, when replacing them.

Remote sensor

NOTE

•If the remote sensor on the unit is exposed to the

sunshine or strong light, you may not be able to control

the unit from the remote control unit.

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

TV2

TV1

1TV3

TV5

TV4

4TV6

TV8

TV7

7TV9

TV0

TV-/--

10 MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

Remote sensor

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English

You can operate your TV from the remote control unit.

Setting the remote control signal for

operating your TV

1Set the TV - DVD switch to "TV".

2Hold down TV/VIDEO - CANCEL until step 4 is

finished.

3Enter the manufacturer code of your TV listed below

by using the numeric buttons (0 through 9).

Example:

To enter the manufacturer code "01": Press "0" then

"1".

• When the unit is shipped, the manufacturer code is set to

"JVC" (01).

4Press ENTER.

Manufacturer code list

5Release TV/VIDEO - CANCEL.

6Try to operate the TV by pressing TV STANDBY/ON

If your TV turns on or off, you have successfully set

the control signal.

The following buttons can be used for operating the

TV.

To u s e 5/∞ (CH–, CH+), 2/3(VOL–, VOL+), TV/VIDEO -

CANCEL and numeric buttons for TV control, set the

TV - DVD switch to "TV".

You can control the volume of a JVC's amplifier or

receiver by using the AMP VOL +/– buttons on the

remote control unit.

Pressing the + button raises the audio volume of the

amplifier or receiver, while pressing the – button lowers

the volume.

To use the remote control unit for TV

operation

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 SAMSUNG 12, 33, 34,

HITACHI 10

ITT 28 SANYO 13, 16

JINXING 38 SEARS 13

JVC 01, 23,

24, 25

SHARP 06

SONY 07

KONKA 40 TCL 41

LG (GOLDSTAR) 18 THOMSON 26

MAGNAVOX 02 TOSHIBA 08,14

MITSUBISHI 03 ZENITH 09

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TV/VIDEO -

CANCEL

ENTER

TV - DVD switch

Numeric buttons

TV STANDBY/ON

Turns the TV on or off.

Switches the TV input mode between TV

and VIDEO.

Selects the TV channels directly.

* For some TVs, pressing "+10" functions

as the "100+," while "10" functions as the

ENTER button if your TV requires

pressing the ENTER button after

selecting a channel number.

Mutes the TV sound.

Changes the TV channels.

Adjusts the TV volume.

NOTE

•If there is more than one code listed for the

manufacturer of your TV, try them one by one until you

succeed.

To control the volume of a JVC's

amplifier or receiver

TV DVD

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TV1

TV-/--

TV0

MUTING

+10

VOL

VOL+

AMP VOL

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In the following description, we assume that the buttons on the remote control unit are mainly used, however, you may

use the corresponding buttons on the front panel if available.

Before operation

Press DVD STANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or press STANDBY/ON on the front panel.

The STANDBY indicator on the front panel, which illuminates in red during standby, goes off.

•You can turn on the unit by pressing the 3 button. In this case, the unit starts playback if the disc is set in the disc tray.

If no disc is set, "NO DISC" appears on the display window.

•You can turn on the unit by pressing the 0 OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel. In this case, the disc tray opens.

The opening display shown right appears on the TV screen.

The following message may appear at the bottom of the opening display

depending on the condition.

•NOW READING:The unit is reading the disc information.

•REGION CODE ERROR!:

The region code of the DVD VIDEO disc does not

match the unit. The disc cannot be played back.

•OPEN: The disc tray is opening.

•CLOSE: The disc tray is closing.

•NO DISC: No disc is loaded.

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to "DVD" when using the 5/∞/2/3 and

numeric buttons for controlling the unit.

Turning on/off the unit

NOTE

•Even if you press the DVD STANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or STANDBY/ON on the front panel to turn off the

unit, the unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet. This state is called the

standby mode. In this state, the unit consumes a very small amount of power.

TV DVD

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD DVD

STANDBY/ON

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROG

OPE

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

STANDBY/ON

STANDBY indicator

NOW READING

Message area

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English

We recommend you to set the display language, TV monitor type and digital output before using the unit, depending on

circumstances, by following the procedure below.

See "Changing the initial settings" on and after page 47 for details about each setting item.

1Press CHOICE for a few seconds to bring up

the first page of the DVD PLAYER SET UP

display.

The pull-down menu of the "ON SCREEN

LANGUAGE" is already open.

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE selection

2Use 5/∞ to select a desired language.

You can select the on-screen language for the

preference displays, etc. from among English,

Spanish and French.

3Press ENTER.

The second page is shown, in which the pull-down

menu of the "MONITOR TYPE" is already open.

MONITOR TYPE selection

4Use 5/∞ to select a desired monitor type.

You can select the monitor type according to your TV.

•For the normal (conventional) TV, select "4:3 LB"

or "4:3 PS".

•For the wide-screen TV, select "16:9 AUTO" or

"16:9 NORMAL".

See page 49 for details about each mode.

5Press ENTER.

The third (final) page is shown, in which the pull-

down menu of the "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" is

already open.

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT selection

6Use 5/∞ to select a desired digital output

signal type.

You must set this item correctly when you connect

the unit to an external surround decoder or D/A

convertor (including an amplifier/receiver with

built-in surround decoder or D/A convertor).

(If you do not connect the unit to such a device, you

do not have to set this item.)

•When connecting with a Dolby Digital decoder,

select "DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM".

•When connecting with a DTS or MPEG

Multichannel decoder, select "STREAM/PCM".

•When connecting with other digital device, select

"PCM ONLY".

See page 50 for details.

7Press ENTER.

The TV screen returns to show the opening display.

The initial setup before using the unit

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

5/∞

ENTER

CHOICE

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MENU LANGUAGE ENGLISH

AUDIO LANGUAGE ENGLISH

SUBTITLE ENGLISH

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH

DVD PLAYER SET UP

ENGLISH

SPANISH

FRENCH

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MONITOR TYPE 4:3 L.B.

PROGRESSIVE MODE AUTO

SCREEN SAVER ON

MP3/JPEG MP3

DVD PLAYER SET UP

16:9 NORMAL

16:9 AUTO

4:3 LB

4:3 PS

NOTES

•This setting may not be necessary except when turning

on the power after purchasing the unit.

•You can also set these items, as well as other

preferences, by pressing CHOICE briefly to bring up the

preference display. See "Changing the initial settings"

on and after page 47 for details.

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM

ANALOG DOWN MIX DOLBY PROLOGIC

D RANGE COMPRESSION ON

DVD PLAYER SET UP

PCM ONLY

DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM

STREAM/PCM

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Basic playback

This section describes basic operations for playback of DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD discs. For MP3 and

JPEG disc playback, see the separate chapter on and after pages 39 and 42.

1Press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.

2Place a disc in the tray.

3Press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray.

The unit reads the disc information and the

opening display appears on the TV screen.

If a menu is shown on the TV screen

When inserting a DVD VIDEO, Video CD or SVCD disc,

a menu display may be automatically shown on the

TV screen. From a menu, you can select a desired item

to be played back by following the procedure below.

(for DVD VIDEO)

1Use 5/∞/2/3 to select a desired item.

2Press ENTER.

The unit starts playback of the selected item.

(for Video CD/SVCD)

1Use the numeric buttons to select a desired item.

The unit starts playback of the selected item.

Inserting and removing discs

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

OPEN/CLOSE

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

0OPEN/CLOSE

738

DIsc tray

OPEN/CLOSE

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSE

PLAY

STOP

SKIP

With the label side up

•To insert an 8-cm disc,

place it in the inner

recess.

NOTES

•Do not load a non-playable disc. For details about playable and non-playable disc types, see page 4.

•When loading a disc on the tray, be sure to position the disc inside the recess. Otherwise, the disc may be damaged when the

tray is closed, or the disc may not be removed from the unit.

•Do not use any stabilizer when playing back a disc.

•With some DVD VIDEO discs, the unit starts playback automatically after inserting the disc.

•If you insert a DVD VIDEO disc whose region code does not match the unit, "REGION CODE ERROR!" is shown in the opening

display. For detail about the region code, see page 4.

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English

Press 3.

The unit starts playback from the beginning.

About screen saver function

•A television monitor screen may be burned out if a static

picture is displayed for a long time. To prevent this, the unit

automatically activates the screen saver function if a static

picture, such as an on-screen display or menu, is displayed

for over 5 minutes.

•Pressing any buttons on the unit or the remote control unit

will release the screen saver function and return to the

previous display.

•You can also turn off the screen saver function (see page 50).

About On-screen guide icons

•When you make an operation, you may see the following icons displayed over the picture for about 3 seconds. These have the

following meanings.

You can set the unit not to display these icons above via the preference settings described on page 52.

Press

The unit stops playback.

•If you press 0 OPEN/CLOSE during playback, the unit stops playback and opens the disc tray.

Press 8.

The unit pauses playback. To resume playback, press 3

To start playback

Available :

While the screen saver

function is not activated

While the screen saver

function is activated

Icon Status

Appears at the beginning of playback mode.

Appears at the beginning of stop mode.

Appears at the beginning of pause mode.

Appears at the beginning of fast forward/backward playback with the current speed. (See page 18.)

Appears at the beginning of slow-motion playback with the current speed. (See page 18.)

Appears at the beginning of Repeat playback mode. (See page 27.)

Appears at the beginning of a scene recorded from multiple angles. (See page 31.)

Appears at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple audio languages. (See page 30.)

Appears at the beginning of a scene recorded with multiple subtitle languages. (See page 29.)

Appears when the unit does not accept your operation because of disc contents, structure, playback status etc.

Note that some operation are occasionally unacceptable even if is not displayed.

NOTES

•When the RESUME function is "ON" or "DISC RESUME" and the resume point is memorized, pressing 3 starts playback from

that point instead of the beginning. See page 17.

•During playback, the display window shows the title/chapter or track number being played.

•During DVD VIDEO playback, pressing 3 moves back the playback position 10 seconds before the current position. See page 21

for details.

To stop playback completely

Available :

To stop playback temporarily

Available :

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Resuming playback

The unit can memorizes the position on a disc where you interrupt playback, and resume playback from that position later.

There are two resume modes (DISC RESUME and ON) you can set on the preference display. See page 52 for details

about how to set the resume mode.

•When purchasing the unit, the resume mode is initially set to "ON".

•You can deactivate the resume mode by setting "RESUME" on the "OTHERS" preference display to "OFF".

¶During playback

When the resume mode is set to "DISC RESUME"

Press 7.

The unit stops playback and memorizes the interrupted position. After pressing 7, the display window on the front

panel shows "----RESUME."

In this condition, a memory of the interrupted position is not cleared if you press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc

tray, or press STANDBY/ON (on the front panel) or DVD STANDBY/ON (on the remote control unit) to turn off

the unit,

•The position interrupted is also memorized by pressing 0 OPEN/CLOSE, STANDBY/ON (on the front panel) or DVD STANDBY/

(on the remote control unit). In this case, "----RESUME" is not shown on the display window.

•If you do not want the disc played to resume playback, press 7 while stopped.

•It memorizes positions for the last 30 discs.

•If you interrupt playback of a disc which you resumed playback, the memory is updated to store the new interrupted position.

•When the unit has already memorized positions for 30 discs, memorizing one more position for a disc automatically erases the

oldest memory. On the other hand, if you interrupt playback of a disc which an interrupted position is already memorized, the order

of memorized discs may change. In result, when memorizing a new data, the order of memorized discs to be erased also may

change.

When the resume mode is set to "ON"

Press 7.

The unit stops playback and memorizes the interrupted position.

In this condition, a memory of the interrupted position is not cleared if you press STANBY/ON (on the front

panel) or DVD STANDBY/ON (on the remote control unit) to turn off the unit,

Note that, if you press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray, the memory of the interrupted position is cleared,

•The position interrupted is also memorized by pressing STANBY/ON

(on the front panel) or DVD STANDBY/ON

(on the

remote control unit).

•If you do not want the disc played to resume playback, press 7 while stopped.

To memorize the interrupted position

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

OPEN/CLOSE

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

0OPEN/CLOSE

Disc tray

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English

When the resume mode is set to "DISC RESUME"

¶While stopped, or no disc is inserted

1Press 0 OPEN/CLOSE to insert a disc whose interrupted position is memorized.

After loading the disc, the display window on the front panel shows "----RESUME."

If a disc for which you want to resume playback is already set in the disc tray, you need not to follow the step 1.

2Press 3.

The display window shows "RESUME PLAY" and the unit resumes playback from the position you interrupted

playback.

The unit keeps the memory for the position on a disc where you interrupted playback, even though you remove the

disc from the disc tray and set it back again.

Of course, the unit keeps the memory when the disc remains in the disc tray since the last playback.

•To play back a disc from the beginning (instead of the interrupted position)

After loading the disc, press 7 before pressing 3 to start playback.

Pressing 7 while the disc is stopped clears the memory for the interrupted position.

Every time you interrupt playback, the position is memorized as the "resuming" point.

When the resume mode is set to "ON"

¶While the disc you interrupted playback last time* is still on the disc tray (*By pressing 7 or by turning off the power.)

Press 3.

The unit resumes playback from the position you interrupted playback.

If you press 3 then 7, the unit starts playback after the display window shows "RESUME PLAY".

Note that you cannot resume playback if you interrupted playback last time by opening the tray.

•To play back a disc from the beginning (instead of the interrupted position)

Carry out any of the followings:

*Press

7 while stopped, then press 3.

* Turn on the unit by pressing DVD STANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or STANDBY/ON on the front

panel then press 3.

To resume playback

Available :

NOTES

•If you change the "RESUME" setting on the "OTHERS" preference display to "OFF" or "ON" from "DISC RESUME", you cannot

resume playback of a disc whose "resuming" position is memorized. However, if you again set "RESUME" to "DISC RESUME",

you can resume playback of the disc.

•If you open the tray during RESUME mode is set to ON, the "resuming" point clears.

•The resume function cannot be performed with Audio CD, MP3 and JPEG discs.

•In the case of a Video CD/SVCD disc with PBC function, the unit may resume playback from a point slightly earlier or later than

the point you interrupt playback last time.

•The unit may not resume playback exactly from the interrupted point, depending on the point.

•For a double-sided DVD VIDEO disc, the unit regards each side as a different disc. Therefore, when resuming playback of such a

disc, make sure to set the disc with the resumed side down.

•When the unit memorizes the interrupted point of a disc, it also memorizes Audio, Subtitle and Angle settings (regardless of

whether "RESUME" is set to "DISC RESUME" or "ON").

•If you interrupt playback while the menu for a DVD VIDEO, SVCD or Video CD is shown on the TV screen, the unit may not

memorize the interrupted position correctly, regardless of whether the "RESUME" mode is set to "ON" or "DISC RESUME".

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Variable speed playback

You can play back slowly or fast, or advance a picture frame by frame.

¶During playback

Method 1 (from the remote control unit only)

Press 1 or ¡.

Each press of 1 or ¡ increases the playback speed. You can select the speed among 2 x, 5 x, 10 x, 20 x and 60 x

the normal speed.

Pressing 3 returns the unit to normal playback.

Method 2

Hold down 4 or ¢.

Holding down ¢ advances playback rapidly, while holding down 4 reverses playback rapidly at 5 times the

normal speed. Releasing the button returns the unit to normal playback.

¶ While paused (still)

Press 8.

Each time you press 8, the still picture advances to the next frame.

Pressing 3 returns to normal playback.

You can playback the picture in slow-motion. The speed can be selected among 1/32 x, 1/16 x, 1/8 x, 1/4 x and 1/2 x the

normal speed.

¶During playback

Press 8, then use 1/¡.

To play forward slow-motion, press ¡, and to play reverse slow-motion (for DVD VIDEO discs only), press 1 .

First, the unit plays the slowest speed, and each time you press the button, the playback speed increases.

Pressing 3 returns to normal playback. Pressing 8 pauses slow-motion playback.

To advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring

Available :

To advance a still picture frame-by-frame

Available :

To playback in slow-motion

Available :

NOTES

•The sound is muted during slow-motion playback.

•Reverse slow-motion playback is not possible for a Video CD and SVCD.

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

4/¢

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

ZOOM

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

1/¡

4/¢

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To locate the beginning of the scene or song

You can locate the desired title or chapter (for DVD VIDEO), or track (for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD) from which the unit

starts playback.

¶For DVD VIDEO: During playback

For Audio CD: During playback or while stopped

For Video CD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function

Press 4 or ¢.

With an Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD, pressing the button skips a track. With a DVD VIDEO disc, pressing the button

skips a chapter or title depending on the disc configuration.

The selection number appears in the display window on the front panel.

•To skip forward titles/chapters/tracks, press ¢ as many times as required.

•To skip to the beginning of the current track/title/chapter, press 4 once.

•To skip back titles/chapters/tracks, press 4 as many times as required.

¶For DVD VIDEO/Audio CD: During playback or while stopped

For Video CD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function or while stopped

Use the numeric buttons to specify the number.

Depending on the disc type and the unit status, what is specified differs.

* If a disc contains more than one title, a title is specified. If a disc contains only one title, a chapter is specified.

•To select a number between 1 and 10: Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10: Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

The unit starts playback from the beginning of the selection. The selected title, chapter or track number appears in

the display window on the front panel.

To locate a desired selection using 4 or ¢

Available :

NOTES

•This function may not work with some DVD VIDEO discs.

•This function does not work during Video CD/SVCD playback with PBC function (See pages 5 and 22.)

To locate a desired selection using the numeric buttons

Available :

Unit status Disc type What is specified

While stopped

DVD VIDEO title or chapter*

Audio CD/ Video CD/SVCD track

During playback

DVD VIDEO chapter

Audio CD/ Video CD/SVCD track

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

4/¢

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

TV DVD

4/¢

Numeric

buttons

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Other convenient functions

You can check the playback status, as well as change the brightness of the display window.

Also, you can move back the playback position 10 seconds from the current position.

You can see the current selection number (the title/chapter number for DVD VIDEO or track number for Audio CD/Video

CD/SVCD), time information (the track or chapter time while stopped, or the elapsed track or chapter time during

playback) and the transport status (stop, playback, pause etc.) on the TV screen.

¶During playback or while stopped

Press ON SCREEN.

The playback status bar appears on the TV screen.

NOTES

•You can also specify the desired title during DVD VIDEO playback. See page 23 for details.

•During DVD VIDEO playback, if a menu is shown on the TV screen, the numeric buttons may be used for selecting an item in the

menu.

•When appears on the TV screen:

The title, chapter or track you have selected is not contained in the disc.

•This function does not work during Video CD/SVCD playback with PBC function (See pages 5 and 22.)

To check the playback status

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ANGLE

ON SCREEN

5/∞

(for DVD VIDEO)

Current title number Current chapter

time

(for Audio CD)

Current track number Disc elapsed

time

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

Transfer rate

Current chapter

number

Current transport

status

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

Current transport status

(for Video CD)

Current track number Disc elapsed

time

(for SVCD)

Current track number Disc elapsed

time

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

Current transport

status

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

Current transport

status

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The indication on the rightmost of the status bar shows the unit's transport status as follows:

Note that pressing ON SCREEN again brings up the menu bar under the status bar, from which you can access

various functions.

(Example of the menu bar for DVD VIDEO)

See page 35 for details about the menu bar.

During playback of a DVD VIDEO disc, you can move back the playback position 10 seconds from the current position.

¶During DVD VIDEO playback

Press 3.

The playback position moves back 10 seconds before the current position.

Note that this function works only in the same title, though it works between chapters.

If you press 3 within 10 seconds from the beginning of a title, playback starts from the beginning of the title.

You can dim the brightness of the display window.

¶When no disc is inserted or while stopped

Press 5 or ∞ while holding down ANGLE.

You can select the brightness of the display window from among three levels.

Icon Status

Appears in the playback mode.

Appears in the stop mode.

Appears in the pause mode.

Appears in the fast forward/backward playback mode.

Appears in the slow-motion playback mode.

NOTE

•To dismiss the status bar:

Press ON SCREEN until the status bar is dismissed.

To move back the playback position while DVD VIDEO playback

[One touch replay function]

Available :

NOTES

•This function works only with DVD VIDEO discs.

•When appears on the TV screen:

Some DVD VIDEO disc may not accept this function because of disc contents.

To change the brightness of the display window

1/3 1/3OFF 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

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operations

Advanced operations

This chapter describes operations for various advanced

functions of DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD

discs. For MP3 and JPEG disc playback, see the separate

chapter on and after pages 39 and 42.

Playing from a specific

position on a disc

You can play a disc from the selected track, title or

chapter, or from the specified time.

DVD VIDEO discs generally have their own menus which

show the disc contents. These menus contain various

items such as titles of movies, names of songs, or artist

information, and display them on the TV screen. You can

locate a desired scene by using the DVD menu.

¶Whenever a DVD VIDEO disc is loaded

1Press TOP MENU or MENU.

The menu appears on the TV screen.

About DVD menu

Normally, a DVD VIDEO disc which contains more than one title

may have a "title" menu which lists the titles. In such a case, the

menu appears on the TV screen by pressing the TOP MENU

button. Some DVD VIDEO discs may also have a different menu

which appears by pressing the MENU button.

See the instructions of each DVD VIDEO disc for its particular

menu.

2Use 5/∞/2/3 to select a desired item, then

press ENTER.

The unit starts playback of the selected item.

•With some discs, you can also select items by entering the

corresponding number using the numeric buttons, which

may cause the unit to automatically start playback.

Some Video CD/SVCD discs support the PBC function.

PBC is an abbreviation of "PlayBack Control". A Video

CD/SVCD disc recorded with PBC has its own menus,

such as a list of the songs of the disc. You can locate a

specific scene by using the PBC menu.

¶When a Video CD/SVCD disc with PBC is stopped

1Press 3 or TOP MENU.

A disc menu appears on the TV screen (The PBC

function is activated).

"PBC" is indicated in the display window on the

front panel.

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on

the remote control unit is set to "DVD"

when using the 5/∞/2/3, numeric and

TV/VIDEO - CANCEL buttons for

controlling the unit.

To locate a desired scene from the DVD

Available :

TV DVD

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TOP

5/∞/2/3

ENTER

Example:

NOTES

•When appears on the TV screen by pressing TOP

MENU or MENU in step 1:

The disc does not have an appropriate menu. listing the

titles.

•The MENU button does not work while stopped.

To locate a desired scene from the menu

of the Video CD/SVCD with PBC

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TOP

Numeric

buttons

Example:

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operations

English

2Use the numeric buttons to select the desired

item.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

The unit starts playback of the selected item.

You can return to the menu by pressing the

RETURN button.

When something like "NEXT" or "PREVIOUS"

appears on the TV screen, the unit generally works

as follows:

•Pressing ¢ advances to the next page.

•Pressing 4 returns to the previous page.

* The method of the operation is different

depending on the disc.

•If you want to playback a PBC-compatible Video CD/SVCD

disc without activating the PBC function, start playback by

using the numeric buttons instead of 3. (See page 19.)

•To activate the PBC function when a PBC-compatible Video

CD/SVCD disc is being played back without the PBC

function, carry out any of the followings:

* Press TOP MENU or MENU.

*Press 7 to stop playback, then Press 3 .

While playing back a DVD VIDEO disc with more than

one title, you can specify a desired title to be played

using the numeric buttons.

¶During playback

1Press TITLE/GROUP.

"--" is shown in the title display area of the display

window.

(Example for the indication of display window)

2Use the numeric buttons to specify a title to be

played.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

The unit starts playback from the specified title.

You can play a disc from the desired position by

specifying the elapsed time from the beginning of the

current title (for DVD VIDEO), or the disc (for Audio CD/

Video CD/SVCD) using the time search function.

Note that some DVD VIDEO discs do not contain time

information, and the time search function cannot be

used.

¶For DVD VIDEO/AUDIO CD:

During playback or while stopped

¶For Video CD/SVCD:

In any condition except Video CD/SVCD

playback with PBC

1Press ON SCREEN twice.

The menu bar appears on the TV screen.

(See page 35 for details about menu bar.)

2Use 2/3 to move to , then press

ENTER.

The pull-down menu for entering time appears

under the .

To specify a desired title

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TITLE/

GROUP

Numeric

buttons

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Title display area Current chapter number

NOTE

•Some DVD VIDEO discs may not accept this function

because of disc contents.

To locate a desired position in the

current title or track [Time search]

Available :

(Screen example for DVD VIDEO)

(Screen example for Audio CD)

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

NEXTPREVIOUS

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

2/3

ENTER ON SCREEN

Numeric

buttons

1/3 1/3OFF 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

TIME _:__:__

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

TIME __:__

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3Use the numeric buttons (0 to 10) to enter the

desired time.

The specified time is displayed in the pull-down

menu.

•"10" button works as "0" and "+10" button is not used with

this function.

•You can specify the time in hour/minute/second format for

DVD VIDEO discs, and in minute/second format for Audio

and Video CD/SVCD discs.

4Press ENTER.

The unit starts playback from the specified time.

•Example (for DVD VIDEO)

To playback from 2(H):34(M):00(S)

•Example (for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD)

To playback from 23(M):40(S)

You do not have to press "0" to enter the trailing zeros

(for the last two digits in the example above).

•When you correct a mistake

Use 2 repeatedly to move back to the digit where you

entered a undesired numeral (the leftmost "-" digit),

and reenter the correct time.

(Example for changing "2:35:__" to "2:34:__".)

The unit can display the opening scene of each title or

chapter on a DVD VIDEO or each track of a Video CD/

SVCD. You can select a desired scene from those

displayed on the TV screen.

¶For DVD VIDEO: During playback or while stopped

For Video CD/SVCD: In any condition except

Video CD/SVCD playback

with PBC

1Press DIGEST.

Up to nine opening scenes are displayed.

TIME _ : _ _ : _ _

TIME 2 : _ _ : _ _

TIME 2 : 3 _ : _ _

TIME 2 : 3 4 : _ _

Press "2".

Press "3".

Press "4".

→→→

Press ENTER.

→

TIME _ _ : _ _

TIME 2 _ : _ _

TIME 2 3 : _ _

TIME 2 3 : 4 _

Press "2".

Press "3".

Press "4".

→→→

Press ENTER.

→

NOTES

•When appears on the TV screen:

The time you have selected is not contained on the disc,

or the time search function does not work on the disc.

Also note that the time search function does not work

during Video CD/SVCD playback with the PBC function.

•To dismiss off the menu bar:

Press ON SCREEN.

•The time search function cannot be used during

program playback.

To locate a desired scene from the

display [DIGEST]

Available :

TIME 2 : 3 5 : _ _

TIME 2 : 3 _ : _ _

TIME 2 : 3 4 : _ _

Press 2.

Press "4".

→→

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

ENTER 5/∞/2/3

DIGEST

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English

Depending on the disc type and whether the disc is

being played back or not, the contents shown on

the TV screen differ.

2Use 5/∞/2/3 to move to select the

desired scene.

If there are more than 9 scenes, the digest screen

will have more than one page. In this case, pressing

¢ advances to the next page, while pressing

4 returns to the previous page.

•When the lower right scene is selected, pressing 3

advances to the next page if available. Similarly, when the

upper left scene is selected, pressing 2 returns to the

previous page (if available).

•Depending on discs, it may take some time until all scenes

of the current page appear on the TV screen. If you want to

turn the page, you do not have to wait to press 4 or ¢

until all scenes appear.

3Press ENTER.

The unit starts playback from the selected scene.

Changing the playback

order

You can play tracks on an Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD in

the desired order or in random order.

By programming tracks, you can play up to 99 tracks in

any order. You may program the same track more than

once.

¶While stopped

1Press ON SCREEN twice.

The menu bar appears on the TV screen.

(See page 35 for details about menu bar.)

2Use 2/3 to move to .

3Press ENTER.

The program table appears instead of the menu bar.

The PROGRAM indicator lights in the display

window on the front panel.

Disc type Unit status What is displayed

DVD

VIDEO

While stopped The opening scene of

each title

During playback The opening scene of

each chapter in the

current title

Video CD/

SVCD

While stopped or

during playback

The opening scene of

each track

Selected scene

NOTE

•With some discs, depending on the contents, it may

take some time until all the scenes appear on the

screen.

To playback in the desired order

[Program playback]

Available :

(Screen example for Audio CD)

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

2/3

ENTER ON SCREEN

Numeric

buttons

PROG.

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

PROGRAM Total Program Time 00:00:00

No. TrackDisc

USE NUMERIC KEYS TO PROGRAM TRACKS.

CANCEL DELETES THE LAST STEP. 7 DELETES ALL.

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4Specify tracks in the desired order using the

numeric buttons.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

Up to 99 tracks can be programmed. You may

select the same track more than once.

The total program time is shown at the right top of

the program table.

•If you specify a wrong track

Use 5/∞ to move to the wrong track, then

press TV/VIDEO - CANCEL. The track is erased

and the subsequent programmed tracks move up.

•To clear the program while programming

Press 7.

5Press 3 to start program playback.

With a Video CD/SVCD disc, the program table is

automatically dismissed when the program

playback starts.

With an Audio CD disc, the program table remains

on the TV screen during program playback.

However, pressing the ON SCREEN button brings

up the status bar.

When all of the programmed tracks have finished

playback, the unit stops and the program table

appears again.

Note that the program remains.

•To check the program contents

During playback, press 7. Playback stops and the

program table is shown.

When the unit is playing back an Audio CD and the

program table is not shown, you can bring up the

table by carrying out steps 1 through 3.

During Video CD/SVCD playback, you cannot see the

program table during playback.

•To quit program playback

Press 7. Note that the program remains.

•To clear the program

While stopped and the program table is shown on the

TV screen, press 7.

All the programmed tracks are erased.

•To exit the program mode

After clearing all programmed tracks, press ON

SCREEN.

The program table is dismissed and the status bar

appears on the TV screen.

The PROGRAM indicator in the display window

disappears and the unit quits program playback

mode.

You can play tracks on a disc in random order by using

the random function.

¶While stopped

1Press ON SCREEN twice.

The menu bar appears on the TV screen.

(See page 35 for details about menu bar)

2Use 2/3 to move to .

Selected track number

PROGRAM Total Program Time 00:25:12

No. TrackDisc

121

235

374

442

533

654

766

USE NUMERIC KEYS TO PROGRAM TRACKS.

CANCEL DELETES THE LAST STEP. 7 DELETES ALL.

The total program time

NOTES

•During program playback, you cannot edit the program

contents.

•During program playback, pressing ¢ skip to the next

selection of the program. Pressing 4 returns to the

beginning of the current selection.

•To dismiss the program table:

Press ON SCREEN. The program table is dismissed and

the status bar is shown.

•To dismiss the menu bar (and the status bar):

Press ON SCREEN.

To playback in random order

[Random playback]

Available :

(Screen example for Audio CD)

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

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SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

2/3

ENTER ON SCREEN

RND.

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

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3Press ENTER.

The unit starts random playback.

With a Video CD/SVCD disc, the menu bar is

automatically dismissed.

While random playback, the RANDOM indicator

lights in the display window on the front panel.

After playing all tracks of the disc, the unit stops the

disc and quits the random mode.

•The same track will not be played back more than once

during random play.

•During random playback, if you bring up the menu bar and

carry out steps 1 through 3 above, the unit cancels the

random playback mode and continues playback from the

current selection in the recorded order.

•To stop and quit random playback

Press 7. The unit stops playback and quits the

random playback mode.

Repeat playback

You can repeat playback of the current title or chapter

(for DVD VIDEO), or current or all tracks (for Audio CD/

Video CD/SVCD).

You can also repeat playback of a desired part.

¶For DVD VIDEO: During playback or while stopped

For Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD:

In any condition except Video CD/

SVCD playback with PBC

1Press REPEAT.

Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode

switches among All repeat, Repeat 1 and off.

You can see the selected mode by icons in the

display window on the front panel as below.

If you press REPEAT while stopped, you need to

press 3 to start repeat playback.

: Repeats the current title for DVD VIDEO or

all tracks for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD.

: Repeats the current chapter for DVD

VIDEO or the current track for Audio CD/

Video CD/SVCD.

No indication:

The repeat mode is off.

On the TV screen, a window for repeat mode

indication appears. You can check the current

repeat mode from the window.

The mode indication on the window is same as the

one on the menu bar. (See pages 36 and 37.)

•To stop repeat playback

Press 7.

When a DVD VIDEO disc is set, the unit stops playback

and quits the repeat mode.

When an Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD disc is set, the

unit stops playback but does not quit the repeat mode.

•To quit repeat playback

Press REPEAT until the repeat mode indicator goes off

in the display window.

NOTE

•To dismiss the menu bar:

Press ON SCREEN.

To repeat the current selection or all

tracks [Repeat playback]

Available :

(Display window)

Repeat mode indicators

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VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

CHAP.

(Screen example for repeat mode Indication window)

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¶During playback except Video CD/SVCD playback

with PBC

1Press ON SCREEN twice.

The menu bar appears on the TV screen.

(See page 35 for details about menu bar.)

2Use 2/3 to move to , then press

ENTER.

The pull-down menu for repeat mode selection

appears under the .

3Use 5/∞ to select "A-B".

Depending on the disc type and unit's status the

repeat mode changes as follows:

•During DVD VIDEO playback

•Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD

4Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you

want to repeat (point A).

The pull-down menu turns off.

The repeat icon shows .

5Press ENTER at the end of the part you want

to repeat (point B).

The repeat icon show .

The unit locates "A" and starts repeat playback

between "A" and "B".

•To quit A-B repeat playback

Press ENTER. The A-B repeat mode turns off, while the

playback continues.

•Selecting "OFF" from the pull-down menu for repeat mode

selection, or pressing 4/¢ quits the A-B repeat mode

and continues playback.

•You can also stop and quit A-B repeat mode by pressing 7.

NOTES

•You can also select the repeat mode via the menu bar.

See pages 36 and 37.

•When the program playback mode is active with an

Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD, the repeat mode changes in

the same manner.

Note that, however, in the " " mode the unit repeats all

the programmed tracks, instead of all tracks on the disc.

•During playback in the title/chapter/track repeat mode, if

you skip the title/chapter/track using 4/¢, etc., the

destination title/chapter/track is repeated.

•If appears when pressing REPEAT during DVD VIDEO

playback

You cannot repeat the title or chapter because of the disc

contents.

•Repeat playback function cannot be used during Video

CD/SVCD playback with PBC function.

To repeat a desired part

[A-B repeat playback]

Available :

Selected repeat mode

CHAPTER

current chapter repeat

TITLE

current title repeat

A-B

repeats a desired part

OFF

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

ENTER ON SCREEN

5/∞/2/3

1/3 1/31/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

A-B

(Screen example for Audio CD)

Selected repeat mode

TRACK

all track repeat

ALL

current track repeat

A-B

repeats a desired part

OFF

(Screen example for DVD VIDEO)

Repeat icon

NOTES

•The A and B points must be set in the same title/

chapter/track.

•To dismiss the menu bar:

Press ON SCREEN.

•If appears when pressing ENTER during DVD VIDEO

playback

You cannot repeat the selected portion because of the

disc contents.

PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

A-B

A-

1/3 1/3A- 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

A-B

(during playback only)

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Changing the language,

sound and scene angle

With some DVD VIDEO discs, you can choose a desired

subtitle language and/or audio language/sound, as well

as a desired camera angle.

Similarly, you can choose a desired audio channel (or

channel combination) of a Video CD/SVCD disc, as well

as a subtitle channel of an SVCD disc.

Some DVD VIDEO and SVCD discs for movies, guides,

etc. contain more than one subtitle language. You can

choose a desired one from them.

•At the beginning of the part where the subtitle(s) is(are)

recorded, appears on the TV screen (except when the

"ON SCREEN GUIDE" preference is set to "OFF"). See page

52 for details about "ON SCREEN GUIDE" preference.

¶During DVD VIDEO/SVCD playback

(except when the status bar is shown)

1Press SUBTITLE.

The Subtitle selection window appears on the TV

screen.

2Use 5/∞ or SUBTITLE to select the subtitle.

Each time you press 5/∞ or SUBTITLE, the subtitle

language changes.

See the following examples for subtitle selection.

•For DVD VIDEO

Pressing 5/∞ or SUBTITLE cycles among the

subtitles recorded on the disc.

Example:

• For SVCD

An SVCD disc can have up to four subtitles.

Pressing 5/∞ cycles among those channels as

follows regardless of whether the subtitles are

recorded or not.

3Press ENTER.

The subtitle in the selected language is shown.

The subtitle selection window is dismissed.

To select the subtitle language

[SUBTITLE]

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

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PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

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OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER

SUBTITLE

5/∞

1/3

ENGLISH

1/3 ENGLISH

2/3 FRENCH

3/3 SPANISH

-/3 OFF

-/4 OFF

1/4

2/4

3/4

4/4

NOTES

•For DVD VIDEO, the selected language may be abbreviated

on the TV screen. See "Table of languages and their

abbreviations" on page 48.

•The Subtitle selection window will automatically

disappear if you do not change the subtitle for several

seconds.

•When appears on the TV screen (for DVD VIDEO

disc):

You cannot select the subtitle or no subtitle is recorded.

•You can also select the subtitle via the menu bar. See

pages 36 and 38.

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By audio selection, you can choose the audio language of

movies or enjoy KARAOKE with or without the vocal.

•At the beginning of the part where multiple audio sounds

are recorded, appears on the TV screen (except when

the "ON SCREEN GUIDE" preference is set to "OFF"). See

page 52 for details about "ON SCREEN GUIDE" preference.

¶During playback

(except when the status bar is shown)

1Press AUDIO.

The audio selection window appears on the TV

screen.

2Use AUDIO or 5/∞ to select the desired

audio.

Each time you press 5/∞ or AUDIO, the audio

changes.

See the following examples for audio selection.

•For DVD VIDEO

Each time you press 5/∞ or AUDIO, the audio

language or sound changes.

Example:

•For Video CD/SVCD

Each time you press 5/∞ or AUDIO, the playback audio

changes as follows.

3Press ENTER.

You can hear the selected audio.

The audio selection window is dismissed.

To change the audio language or sound

[AUDIO]

Available :

1/3 ENGLISH

2/3 FRENCH

3/3 SPANISH

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

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OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER

5/∞

AUDIO

ENGLISH

1/3

(for Video CD) (for SVCD)

ST (stereo)

ST1

ST2

L-1

R-1

L-2

R-2

NOTES

•For DVD VIDEO, the selected language may be abbreviated

on the TV screen. See "Table of languages and their

abbreviations" on page 48.

•The Audio selection window will automatically

disappear if you do not change the audio for several

seconds.

•When appears on the TV screen (for a DVD VIDEO

disc):

You cannot select the audio.

•If only one audio sound is recorded, you cannot select

the audio.

•You can also select the audio via the menu bar. See

pages 36 and 38.

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You can enjoy a variety of scene angles if the DVD VIDEO

disc contains "multi-angle" parts, where multiple

cameras were used to shoot the same scene from

different angles.

•At the beginning of a "multi-angle" part, appears on the

TV screen (except when the "ON SCREEN GUIDE"

preference is set to "OFF"). See page 52 for details about

"ON SCREEN GUIDE" preference.

From Angle selection window

¶During DVD VIDEO playback

(except when the status bar is shown)

1Press ANGLE.

The Angle selection window appears on the TV

screen.

2Use ANGLE or 5/∞ to select the desired

angle.

Each time you press ANGLE or 5/∞, the angle

changes.

Example:

3Press ENTER.

You can see the picture from the selected angle.

The angle selection window is dismissed.

From the angle list

¶During DVD VIDEO playback

1Press and hold ANGLE for more than 1

second.

Up to nine camera angles recorded on a disc

appear on the TV screen.

2Use 5/∞/2/3 to select the desired angle.

3Press ENTER or 3 SELECT.

The unit starts playback by the selected angle on

the full-sized screen.

To select a scene angle of DVD VIDEO

[ANGLE]

Available :

1/3

2/3

3/3

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

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OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER 5/∞/2/3

ANGLE

SELECT

1/3

The selected camera angle

NOTES

•The Angle selection window will automatically

disappear if you do not change the angle for several

seconds.

•When appears on the TV screen in step 1:

The current scene is not recorded from multiple angles.

•During the operation from the angle list display, audio is

muted.

•You can also select the angle via the menu bar. See

page 37.

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Special picture playback

and picture/sound effect

You can see continuous still pictures or zoom in (or out) the

picture. You can also adjust the picture character, as well as

simulate surround sound using a stereo system.

¶ During playback

1At the point you want to view as continuous

photographs, press 8.

The unit pauses playback.

2Press and hold 8 for more than 1 second.

Nine same frames (still picture) appear on the TV

screen.

You can advance frames one by one by the

following step.

3 Press 8 once.

The picture in the middle on the top row shows an

advanced frame from one in the left.

Each press of 8 advances the frame one by one.

Pressing 3 instead of 8 advances each frame in

normal playback speed with a time delay over the

whole nine pictures (while the sound is muted).

•To return to the normal screen

Press and hold 8 for more than 1 second.

¶During playback or while paused

1Press ZOOM + or –.

The unit zooms in by pressing ZOOM + or zooms

out by pressing ZOOM –.

Each time you press ZOOM +, the magnification is

doubled (up to x 1024).

Each time you press ZOOM –, the magnification is

halved (down to x 1/8).

At the top-left of the screen, the information for the

current magnification appears. While zoomed in,

the indication for the zoomed-in position, which

can be moved by operating the next step, appears

together.

2Use 5/∞/2/3 to move the zoomed position.

To display continuous still pictures

[STROBE]

Available :

NOTE

•If you press and hold 8 for more than 1 second during

playback, nine still pictures also appear but they

advance in normal playback speed (while the sound is

muted).

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SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

Advanced frame

To zoom in/out pictures [ZOOM]

Available :

NOTES

•To return to normal playback

Press ENTER.

•While zoomed, the picture may look coarse.

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

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SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

ZOOM +/–

5/∞/2/3

ZOOM x 4

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The VFP (Video Fine Processor) function allows you to

adjust the picture character according to the type of

programming, picture tone or personal preferences.

¶During playback

1Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN.

The VFP mode selection window appears on the TV

screen.

2Use 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" is suitable for watching TV in a general

room. "CINEMA" is suitable for watching a movie

software in a room with suppressed light.

They are factory presets and you cannot change

parameters for them.

While selecting "USER 1" or "USER 2", you can

adjust parameters that affect the picture character

and store the settings as the user preset. See the

next step.

3To define a user setting, select a parameter to

be edited using 5/∞ from the followings.

•GAMMA

Controls the brightness of a shaded portion

without changing the brightness of the entire

picture.

This control is optimum when you adjust the

pictures of software which generates subdued

black in a bright room.

The setting range is +4 to -4.

•BRIGHTNESS

Controls the brightness of the screen.

The setting range is +16 to -16.

•CONTRAST

Controls the contrast of the screen.

The setting range is +16 to -16.

•SATURATION

Controls the color depth of the screen.

The setting range is +16 to -16.

•TINT

Controls the tint of the screen.

Use the appearance of a natural complexion as

the guideline.

The setting range is +16 to -16.

•SHARPNESS

Controls the sharpness of the screen.

The setting range is +3 to 0.

•Y DELAY

Controls the color gap of the screen.

The setting range is +2 to -2.

4Press ENTER.

A window for setting parameters appears instead

of the VFP mode selection window.

Selected parameter

5Adjust the level of the parameter using 5/∞.

The higher value enhances the effect.

6Press ENTER.

The parameter is set and the VFP mode selection

window appears again.

Repeat steps 3 through 6 if you want to set other

parameters.

To adjust the picture character [VFP]

Available :

Selected preset

NORMAL

CINEMA

USER 1

USER 2

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

5/∞/2/3

VFP -

PROGRESSIVE

SCAN

ENTER

NORMAL

BRIGHTNESS

+ 4

GAMMA

+ 4

+13

CONTRAST

+13

SATURATION

+13

TINT

+ 4

SHARPNESS

+ 2

Y DELAY

+ 5

Parameter

NOTES

•The number of setting steps depends on parameters.

•To dismiss the VFP mode selection window:

Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN.

•The window for VFP mode selection and parameter

setting disappears if no operation is made for about 10

seconds.

+ 5

SATURATION 4

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Using the 3D PHONIC function, you can get a simulated

surround effect from your stereo system.

¶During playback

1Press 3D PHONIC.

The 3D PHONIC window appears on the TV screen.

2Select the desired mode by using 2/3.

Each time you press the button, the 3D PHONIC

mode changes as follows:

•ACTION

Suitable for action movies and sports programs

in which sounds dynamically move.

•DRAMA

Natural and warm sound. You can enjoy movies

in a relaxed mood.

•THEATER

You can enjoy sound effects like in a major

theater in Hollywood.

3Press 5/∞ to adjust the effect level.

You can select the effect level among "1" through

"5".

The higher value enhances the effect.

To simulate surround sound

[3D PHONIC]

Available :

ACTION

DRAMA

THEATER

NONE

Selected effect mode

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

5/∞/2/3

3D PHONIC

+ 5

ACTION 4

Effect level

NOTES

•To dismiss the 3D PHONIC window:

Press 3D PHONIC.

•The 3D PHONIC window disappears if no operation is

made for about 10 seconds.

•The 3D PHONIC function works correctly only when

playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with the Dolby

Digital. With other sources, you cannot get any effect if

you press the 3D PHONIC button.

•When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with the

Dolby Digital that does not contain the rear signal, you

cannot get a correct 3D PHONIC sound though you can

change the 3D PHONIC setting.

•The 3D PHONIC function does not affect the Dolby

Digital bitstream signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack.

•When you set the 3D PHONIC function is active, the

"ANALOG DOWN MIX" and "D. RANGE

COMPRESSION" setting in the "AUDIO" setting display

are disabled.

+ 5

ACTION 4

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Menu bar functions

This section describes the functions you can perform via

the menu bar.

The available menu bar functions differ depending on

the disc type.

¶When a disc is inserted

1Press ON SCREEN.

The status bar, according to the disc type, appears

on the TV screen.

See page 20 about the status bar.

(Example of the status bar for DVD VIDEO)

2Press ON SCREEN again.

The appropriate menu bar, according to the disc

type, appears together with the status bar. The

menu bar includes some icons which indicate the

associated functions.

1Use 2/3 to select icon you want to work with.

The selected icon is pointed by

2Press ENTER.

With many icons, an appropriate pull-down

window appears, however, there are some

exceptions.

•See the following pages for details about each

function.

•Note that some functions are not available during

playback. (You cannot move

to the associated

icon when it is not available.)

To bring up the menu bar

(for DVD VIDEO)

(for Audio CD)

(for Video CD)

(for SVCD)

NOTE

•To dismiss the menu bar (and status bar):

Press ON SCREEN.

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ON SCREEN

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

1/3 1/3OFF 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

OFF STPROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

OFF ST1

PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

-/4

Basic operation procedure

NOTES

•When appears on the TV screen:

You cannot use the selected function because of disc

contents.

•A mark or text on the menu icon for the function or

mode currently selected is shown in blue.

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER

2/3

Numeric

buttons

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Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO

Selected Icon Operation Note

Time mode selection

(During playback only)

Selects the time mode shown in

the display window on the front

panel and in the status bar.

Press ENTER to select the time mode among the

followings.

TOTAL T.REM TIME REM Return to initial

•TOTAL: Current title elapsed time

•T.REM: Current title remaining time

•TIME: Current chapter elapsed time

•REM: Current chapter remaining time

•If the disc has only one title and one

chapter, "TOTAL" and "TIME" shows

the same value.

Repeat mode

(During playback only)

Select the repeat mode.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select the repeat mode among the

followings.

CHAPTER j TITLE j A-B j OFF

•CHAPTER:Current chapter repeat

•TITLE: Current title repeat

•A-B: Repeats a desired part (A-B repeat)

3 Press ENTER to make the selected repeat

function active.

(See pages 27 to 29 for details about the Repeat

function.)

•If you select "OFF" during repeat

playback, the unit continues playback

without repeating.

•For the subsequent operations for the

A-B repeat, see page 28.

Time search

Specifies the elapsed time from the

beginning of the current title, from

which the unit starts playback.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2 Use numeric buttons to enter a desired time.

3 Press ENTER to playback from the specified

time.

(See page 23 for details.)

Chapter search

(During playback only)

Specifies a desired chapter to be

played back from.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2 Use numeric buttons to enter a desired chapter

number.

•For example of entering "12", press "1" then "2".

3 Press ENTER to playback from the specified

chapter.

•When the chapter number is incorrect:

Overwrite the incorrect number with the correct

number.

•The "10" and "+10" buttons are not

used in this function.

•You can also locate a desired chapter

directly by specifying the chapter

number using the numeric buttons

during playback. See page 19.

Audio selection

(During playback only)

Selects the audio language or

sound.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select a desired audio language or

sound.

Example:

1/3 ENGLISH j 2/3 FRENCH j 3/3 SPANISH

3 Press ENTER to playback with the selected

audio.

(See page 30 for details about audio selection.)

•For DVD VIDEO, the selected

language may be abbreviated on the

TV screen. See "Table of languages

and their abbreviations" on page 48.

Subtitle selection

(During playback only)

Selects the subtitle language.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select a desired subtitle language.

Example:

1/3 ENGLISH j 2/3 FRENCH j 3/3 SPANISH j -/3

OFF

3 Press ENTER to playback with the selected

subtitle.

(See page 29 for details about subtitle selection.)

1/3 1/3OFF 1/5

8.5Mbps

TITLE 33 TOTAL 1:25:58CHAP 33

CHAP.

134567

Menu icons

The following table shows the menu bar

functions available for DVD VIDEO.

Note that, in the description of the

operation column, we assume the

associated icon is selected.

CHAP.

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Advanced operations

Advanced

operations

English

Selected Icon Operation Note

Angle selection

(during playback only)

Selects a desired scene angle in

the multi-angle part.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select a scene angle.

Example:

1/3 j 2/3 j 3/3

3 Press ENTER to playback with the selected

scene angle.

(See page 31 for details about angle selection.)

Menu bar functions for Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD

Selected Icon Operation Note

Time mode selection

Selects the time mode shown in

the display window on the front

panel and in the status bar.

Press ENTER to select the time mode among the

followings.

TIME REM TOTAL T.REM Return to initial

•TIME: Current track elapsed time

•REM: Current track remaining time

•TOTAL: Disc elapsed time

•T.REM: Disc remaining time

•When you select "REM" while

stopped, you can change the track

by pressing 4 or ¢.

•During stopped, "REM show the

recording time of the current track,

while "T.REM" show the total time of

the disc.

Repeat mode

Select the repeat mode.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select the repeat mode among the

followings.

OFF j TRACK j ALL j A-B j OFF

•TRACK: Current track repeat

•ALL: All track repeat

•A-B: Repeats a desired part (A-B repeat)

3 Press ENTER to make the selected repeat

function active.

(See pages 27 to 29 for details about the Repeat

function.)

•If you select "OFF" during repeat

playback, the unit continues

playback without repeating.

•For the subsequent operations for

the A-B repeat, see page 28.

Time search

(Except during Video CD/SVCD

playback with PBC)

Specifies the elapsed time from

the beginning of the disc, from

which the unit starts playback.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2 Use numeric buttons to enter a desired time.

3 Press ENTER to playback from the specified

time.

(See page 23 for details.)

•This function cannot be used during

program playback.

Program

(While stopped only)

Specifies the playback order of

tracks.

1 Press ENTER to bring up the program table.

2 Specify tracks in the desired order using the

numeric buttons.

3Press 3 to start program playback.

(See page 25 for details.)

OFF PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

1345

Menu icons

The following table shows the menu bar

functions available for Audio CD/Video CD/

SVCD.

Note that, in the description of the

operation column, we assume the

associated icon is selected.

OFF STPROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

13456

Menu icons

OFF ST1

PROG. RND.

TIME 25:58TRACK 33

-/4

134567

Menu icons

PROG.

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Advanced operations

Advanced

operations

Selected Icon Operation Note

Random

(While stopped only)

Activates random playback.

1 Press ENTER to activate random playback.

(See page 26 for details.)

Audio selection

(During Video CD/SVCD playback

only)

Selects the audio channel(s).

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select a desired audio channel(s).

3 Press ENTER to playback with the selected

audio channel(s).

(See page 30 for details about audio selection.)

Subtitle selection

(During SVCD playback only)

Selects the subtitle.

1 Press ENTER to open the pull-down window.

2Use 5/∞ to select a desired subtitle.

3 Press ENTER to playback with the selected

subtitle.

(See page 29 for details about subtitle selection.)

RND.

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MP3 disc

playback

English

MP3 disc playback

The unit can play back MP3 files on a private CD-R/RW

disc or commercial CD. We refer to a disc that contains

MP3 file as an "MP3 disc" in this manual.

Though available functions with MP3 discs are limited,

operations for the available functions are similar to those

with Audio CD discs.

Note that, if a disc contains both of MP3 and JPEG files,

you can only play back files of either type selected by the

MP3/JPEG setting in the PICTURE preference

display.(See page 50.)

About MP3 disc

On an MP3 disc, each material (song) is recorded on a

file. Files are sometimes grouped into a folder by artist,

album, category, etc. In addition, a folder can be a

member of another folder, creating hierarchical folder

layers. If you are familiar with a personal computer, you

may easily understand the hierarchical file/folder

construction of MP3 discs.

This unit simplifies the hierarchical construction of a disc

and manages files and folders by "Tracks" and "Groups"

in the following manners.

•Each file is regarded as a Track.

•A folder which has one or more files (Tracks) is

regarded as a Group.

•A folders' folder which does not manage any file

directly is ignored.

•Files which do not belong to any folder are grouped

into "Group 1".

•The unit recognizes up to 150 Tracks per Group, and up

to 99 Groups per disc. It ignores those exceeding the

maximum numbers and cannot play back them. If

there is any type of files other than MP3 files in a

folder. those files are also counted down from the total

number of 150.

Operations

The following table shows basic functions of basic

control buttons.

*You can skip a Track across a Group.

•If you press 3 during playback, or press 7 to stop

playback followed by 3, the unit starts playback from

the beginning of the current track.

•The 2/3 buttons work the same as the 4/¢ button.

What is MP3?

"MP3" stands for "MPEG Audio Layer-3", and is the

part of the MPEG standard. It can store high quality

stereo audio using very little space by only saving the

audible sounds and discarding the sounds your ears

won't pick up. A CD can store up to around 10 hours of

MP3 audio, which is 10 times as much as Audio CD.

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on

the remote control unit is set to "DVD"

when using the 5/∞/2/3 and numeric

buttons for controlling the unit.

TV DVD

Group 1

Track 1

Group 2

Group 1'

up to 150 Tracks per Group

up to 99 Groups

per disc

NOTES for making a private MP3 disc

using a CD-R/CD-RW disc:

•Select "ISO 9660" as the disc format.

•Finalize the disc after completing recording.

•We recommend to record a material at 44.1-kHz Fs and

at the 128-kbps data transfer rate.

NOTES

•The unit does not support "packet write" discs.

•The unit does not support the ID3 tag.

•If the disc is recorded with multiple sessions, the unit

supports up to five sessions.

•Some discs may not be played back because of the disc

characteristics or recording condition.

•The unit does not output a digital audio signal from

DIGITAL OUT when playing back a MP3 disc.

•You cannot playback Tracks in the desired (programmed)

or random order.

•The unit only can play back Tracks with any of the

following file extensions; ".MP3", ".Mp3", ".mp3" and

".mP3".

•Time required for reading the disc contents differs with

discs, depending on the numbers of Groups (folders) and

Tracks (files) recorded, etc.

•While an MP3 disc is loaded, you cannot bring up any

preference display. (See page 47.)

Basic operations

Available :

Buttons Functions

Starts playback while stopped.

3Starts playback while stopped or

paused.

7Stops playback.

8Pauses playback.

4/¢

Skips back or forward a Track in the

Group* during playback.

Selects the previous or next Track in the

Group* while stopped.

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER Basic control

buttons

ENTER

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MP3 disc playback

MP3 disc

playback

When loading an MP3 disc, after the disc contents are

read, the MP3 CONTROL display automatically appears

on the TV screen.

You can specify the desired Group/Track from the display

by the following procedure.

¶When the MP3 CONTROL display is shown.

1Make 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.

2Move the bar to a desired Group using 5/∞.

On the right column, Tracks in the selected Group

are shown.

When selecting a Group, Track 1 is initially selected

(highlighted).

3Select a desired Track using 4/¢, then

press ENTER or 3.

Use the numeric buttons to directly specify a

desired Track number.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

The unit starts playback from the selected Track.

In the MP3 CONTROL display and the display window

on the front panel, you can see the current Group and

Track numbers, as well as Track elapsed time.

•You can also select a desired Track by pressing 3 to move

the black bar to the right (Track) column then using 5/∞.

NOTES

•The current Group and Track number are shown on the

display window in the following manner.

•You cannot advance or reverse playback of an MP3 disc

rapidly.

•You cannot see any other time information but the

current track elapsed time.

Selecting the desired Group

and Track

Available :

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Current Track

number

Current track

elapsed time

Current Group

number

MP3 CONTROL

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

Track : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.mp3

german chamomile.mp3

kiwi fruit.mp3

orchard grass.mp3

petunia.mp3

north pole.mp3

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER

5/∞

4/¢

Numeric

buttons

NOTES

•If a MP3 file name includes any 2-byte character, the unit

may not show the file name correctly.

•Only MP3 files are shown on the MP3 CONTROL display.

•The order of Groups/Tracks shown in the MP3

CONTROL display may differ from the order shown on

your personal computer when you set the disc on your

computer.

MP3 CONTROL

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

Time : 00:03:08

Track : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.mp3

german chamomile.mp3

kiwi fruit.mp3

orchard grass.mp3

petunia.mp3

north pole.mp3

Current Track elapsed time

Selected

Track

Group

column

Track colum n of the

current Group

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MP3 disc

playback

English

You can select a desired Group directly by specifying the

Group number.

¶During playback or while stopped

1Press TITLE/GROUP.

"--" is shown in the Group display area of the

display window.

(Example for the indication of window)

2Use the numeric buttons to specify a desired

Group number.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

Specify the Group number within several seconds

after pressing TITLE/GROUP (i.e. while the display

window shows "--" for the Group number, instead

of the current Group number).

The unit starts playback from Track 1 of the selected

Group.

3Use the numeric buttons to specify a desired

Track number.

The unit starts playback from the specified Track.

You can also use 4/¢ or 5/∞ for specifying a

track, instead of the numeric buttons.

You can repeat playback of the current Track, current

Group or all MP3 files on the disc.

¶During playback or while stopped

1Press REPEAT.

Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode

changes as follows. You can see the current mode

via the display window as well as the MP3

CONTROL display.

If you press REPEAT while stopped, you need to

press ENTER or 3 to start repeat playback.

(Display window)

Repeat mode indicator

•To stop repeat playback

Press 7. Note that the repeat mode remains.

•To quit repeat playback

During playback, press REPEAT as many times until

no repeat icon is shown on the display window.

While stopped, press REPEAT as many times until

repeat mode indication on the MP3 CONTROL display

goes off.

Direct selection

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

TITLE/GROUP

Numeric

buttons

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Group

display area

Current track

number

Repeat playback

Available :

MP3 CONTROL

display

Display

Window Function

REPEAT TRACK Repeats the current

Track.

REPEAT GROUP Repeats all Tracks in

the current Group.

REPEAT ALL Repeats all Tracks on

the disc.

No indication The repeat mode is off.

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

ENTER

REPEAT

MP3 CONTROL REPEAT TRACK

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

Track : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.mp3

german chamomile.mp3

kiwi fruit.mp3

orchard grass.mp3

petunia.mp3

north pole.mp3

Selected repeat mode

(TV screen)

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

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JPEG disc

playback

JPEG disc playback

The unit can play back JPEG files on a private CD-R/RW

disc. We refer to a disc that contains JPEG files as a

"JPEG disc" in this manual.

Note that, if a disc contains both of MP3 and JPEG files,

you can only play back files of either type selected by the

MP3/JPEG setting in the PICTURE preference display

(See page 50).

About JPEG disc

On an JPEG disc, each material (still picture) is recorded on

a file. Files may be grouped into a folder by category, etc. In

addition, a folder can be a member of another folder,

creating hierarchical folder layers. If you are familiar with a

personal computer, you may easily understand the

hierarchical file/folder construction of JPEG discs.

This unit simplifies the hierarchical construction of a disc

and manages folders by "Groups" in the following

manners.

•A folder which has one or more files is regarded as a

Group.

•A folders' folder which does not manage any file

directly is ignored.

•Files which do not belong to any folder are grouped

into "Group 1".

•The unit recognizes up to 150 files per Group, and up

to 99 Groups per disc. It ignores those exceeding the

maximum numbers and cannot play back them. If

there is any type of files other than JPEG files in a

folder. those files are also counted down from the total

number of 150.

What is JPEG?

"JPEG" is an abbreviation for the Joint Photographic

Experts Group and is an image format that utilizes a

compression technique.

There are three sub-types of the JPEG format as

follows.

•baseline JPEG: used for digital cameras, web, etc.

•progressive JPEG: used for web

•lossless JPEG: an old type and rarely used now

The unit supports only the baseline JPEG type,

therefore, it cannot display pictures of the other types

(progressive and lossless). If a JPEG disc contains

JPEG files of non-baseline type, the unit recognizes

those files as JPEG files, the JPEG CONTROL display

and the display window shows the information of the

contents (filename, file number, etc.), but you cannot

show the still pictures of those files (the TV screen

appears only in black.)

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on

the remote control unit is set to "DVD"

when using the 5/∞/2/3, numeric

buttons for controlling the unit.

TV DVD

Group 1

file 1

Group 2

Group 1'

up to 150 files per directory

up to 99 Groups

per disc

NOTES for making a private JPEG disc

using a CD-R/CD-RW disc:

•Select "ISO 9660" as the disc format.

•Finalize the disc after completing recording.

•We recommend to record a material at "640 x 480"

resolution.

•The unit supports only the baseline JPEG type,

therefore, it cannot display pictures of the other types

(progressive and lossless). If a JPEG disc contains JPEG

files of non-baseline type, the unit recognizes those

files as JPEG files. the JPEG CONTROL display and the

display window shows the information of the contents

(filename, file number, etc.), but you cannot show the

still pictures of those files (the TV screen appears only

in black.)

NOTES

•The unit does not support "packet write" discs.

•If the disc is recorded with multiple sessions, the unit

supports up to five sessions.

•Some disc may not be played back, or take some time to

open the whole picture because of the disc characteristics

or recording condition.

•You cannot playback files in the desired (programmed)

or random order.

•The screen saver function is activated while same

picture is displayed for more than 5 minutes except

during slide show playback (See page 44.)

•The unit only can play back files with any of the

following file extensions; ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".JPG",

".JPEG" and any uppercase and lowercase combination

(such as ".Jpg").

•If a JPEG file name includes any 2-byte character, the

unit may not show the file name correctly.

•When a picture resolution is more than "640 x 480", it

takes some time to open the whole picture.

•Carry out an operation after opening the whole

picture.The unit does not accept any operation

(Stopping the unit, zooming in/out a picture etc.) while

opening the picture.

•Time required for reading the disc contents differs with

discs, depending on the numbers of Groups (folders)

and files recorded, etc.

• If you play back a non-baseline JPEG file:

The unit cannot display the still picture of the file. (the

TV screen appears only in black.) In this case, other

operations (such as stopping playback, selecting a

file,etc.) are possible but may take a long time.

•While a JPEG disc is loaded, you cannot bring up any

preference display (See page 47.)

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JPEG disc playback

JPEG disc

playback

English

Basic operations

When loading a JPEG disc, after the disc contents are

read, the JPEG CONTROL display automatically appears

on the TV screen.

You can select a desired file for playback via this display.

¶When the JPEG CONTROL display is shown

1Make 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.

2Move the bar to a desired Group using 5/∞.

On the right column, files in the selected Group are

shown.

When selecting a Group, file 1 is initially selected

(highlighted).

3Select a desired file using 4/¢.

4Press ENTER.

The selected file (still picture) is shown on the TV.

In the display window, you can see the current

Group and file numbers.

•You can also select a desired file by pressing 3 to move the

black bar to the right (file) column then using 5/∞.

•To return the black bar to the Group column, press 2.

•To playback another picture:

Use 4/¢ or 5/∞ to select the desired picture.

You can select a picture in another Group.

•To dismiss the picture:

Press 7 or MENU.

The TV screen returns to show the JPEG CONTROL

display.

To see a desired picture

Available :

JPEG

JPEG CONTROL

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

File : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.jpg

german chamomile.jpg

kiwi fruit.jpg

orchard grass.jpg

petunia.jpg

north pole.jpg

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

4/¢

ENTER

5/∞

NOTES

•The current Group and file number are also shown on

the display window in the following manner.

•Only JPEG files are shown on the display window.

JPEG CONTROL

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

File : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.jpg

german chamomile.jpg

kiwi fruit.jpg

orchard grass.jpg

petunia.jpg

north pole.jpg

Selected

file

Group

column

File column of the

current Group

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Current file

number

Current Group

number

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JPEG disc

playback

¶During JPEG picture is shown on the TV screen

1Press ZOOM + or –.

The unit zooms in by pressing ZOOM + or zooms

out by pressing ZOOM –.

Each time you press ZOOM +, the magnification is

doubled (up to x 1024).

Each time you press ZOOM –, the magnification is

halved (down to x 1/8).

At the top-left of the screen, the information for the

current magnification appears. While zoomed in,

the indication for the zoomed-in position, which

can be moved by operating the next step, appears

together.

2Use 5/∞/2/3 to move the zoomed position.

To see pictures continuously

[slide-show mode]

You can see files (still pictures) one after another

automatically in the slide show mode.

In this mode, each file (still picture) is shown on the TV

for approximately 3 seconds and then automatically

changed to the next file one after another.

¶After inserting a JPEG disc

1Press 3.

The slide show starts from the beginning of the

disc.

To zoom in/out the picture [ZOOM]

Available :

NOTES

•Even in the slide-show mode, you can zoom in or out a

picture while paused (see the next column).

•To return to normal screen:

Press ENTER.

•While zoomed, the picture may look coarse.

JPEG

54 6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

ZOOM +/–

5/∞/2/3

ZOOM x 4

Playback pictures from the beginning

of the disc

Available :

NOTES

•To stop slide-show playback (to dismiss the picture) in

the middle of the slide-show playback:

Press 7 or MENU.

The TV screen returns to show the JPEG CONTROL

display.

Pressing 3 resumes slide show playback from the last

picture you opened.

•To keep showing a current picture during the slide show

Press 8 or ENTER.

The picture does not change to the next picture.

Pressing 3 resumes the slide show playback from the

next picture.

•If a black screen appears continuously in the slide-show

playback:

The file currently played may be non-baseline JPEG file.

In this case, select a playable file (a baseline JPEG file)

again (e.g., pressing 7 or MENU to open the JPEG

CONTROL display, etc.)

Note that it may take a long time to select another file.

JPEG

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

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JPEG disc

playback

English

From the JPEG CONTROL display

¶During JPEG CONTROL display is shown

1Make 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.

2Move the bar to a desired Group using 5/∞.

On the right column, files in the selected Group are

shown.

When selecting a Group, file 1 is initially selected

(highlighted).

3Select a desired file using 4/¢.

4Press 3.

The slide show starts from the specified file.

Direct selection

¶During playback or while stopped

1Press TITLE/GROUP.

"--" is shown in the Group display area of the

display window.

(Example for the indication of display window)

2Use the numeric buttons to specify a desired

Group number.

•To select a number between 1 and 10:

Press the corresponding button for the number.

•To select a number higher than 10:

Use the +10 button.

Examples:

To select 13: +10 → 3

To select 34: +10 → +10 → +10 → 4

To select 40: +10 → +10 → +10 → 10

Specify the Group number within several seconds

after pressing TITLE/GROUP (i.e. while the display

window shows "--" for the Group number, instead

of the current Group number).

3Use the numeric buttons to specify a desired

Track number.

You can specify the Track number according to the

order in the JPEG CONTROL display. You must

specify a Track number within 5 seconds after

carrying out step 2.

The unit starts slide show playback from the

specified Track. If you do not specify a Track

number, the unit starts slide show playback from

the first Track in the Group.

•You can skip a file in the slide show by using 4/¢ or

5/∞.

•You can select a file in the current group by using the

numeric buttons.

Selecting the start point of the slide

show

Available :

JPEG

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

4/¢

5/∞

Numeric

buttons

TITLE/GROUP

JPEG CONTROL

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

File : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.jpg

german chamomile.jpg

kiwi fruit.jpg

orchard grass.jpg

petunia.jpg

north pole.jpg

NOTES

•To stop slide-show playback (to dismiss the picture) in

the middle of the slide-show playback:

Press 7 or MENU.

The TV screen returns to show the JPEG CONTROL

display.

Pressing 3 resumes slide show playback from the last

picture you opened.

•To keep showing a current picture during the slide show

Press 8 or ENTER.

The picture does not change to the next picture.

Pressing 3 resumes the slide show playback from the

next picture.

•If a black screen appears continuously in the slide-show

playback:

The file currently played may be non-baseline JPEG file.

In this case, select a playable file (a baseline JPEG file)

again (e.g., pressing 7 or MENU to open the JPEG

CONTROL display, etc.)

Note that it may take a long time to select another file.

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Group

display area

Current track

number

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JPEG disc

playback

In the slide-show mode, you can repeat playback of JPEG

files in a Group or on the disc.

¶During playback or while stopped

1Press REPEAT.

Pressing REPEAT switches the repeat mode.

If you press REPEAT while stopped, you need to

press 3 to start repeat playback.

The mode is shown in the display window by icons,

while on the JPEG CONTROL display by mode

names, as follows.

(TV Screen)

Selected repeat mode

(Display window)

•To stop repeat playback

Press 7. Note that the repeat mode remains.

•To quit repeat playback

During playback, press REPEAT as many times until

no repeat icon is shown on the display window.

While stopped, press REPEAT as many times until

repeat mode indication on the JPEG CONTROL

display goes off.

Repeat function

Available :

JPEG

CONTROL

display

Display

Window Function

REPEAT ALL All tracks on the disc are

repeated.

REPEAT GROUP All Tracks in the current

Group are repeated.

No indication The repeat mode is off.

JPEG

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

REPEAT

JPEG CONTROL REPEAT GROUP

Group : 01 / 10

spring

sumer

fall

winter

sea

mountain

camp

picnic

skiing

flower

File : 01 / 06 (Total 28)

begonia.jpg

german chamomile.jpg

kiwi fruit.jpg

orchard grass.jpg

petunia.jpg

north pole.jpg

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

Repeat mode indicator

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Changing the

initial settings

English

Changing the initial settings

Selecting preferences

This chapter refers to the settings which are already

made when you purchase the unit (when the machine is

shipped from the factory). Read this section when you

want to connect this machine to a wide-vision TV set or

change the settings according to the environment you

use this machine.

The preference display consists of the LANGUAGE,

PICTURE, AUDIO, and OTHERS setting displays, each

having setting items.

¶While stopped

1Press CHOICE.

One of the Preference on-screen displays appears

on the TV screen.

You can see four icons at the top right of the on-

screen display for the settings.

2Select the appropriate icon using 2/3.

The appropriate display appears on the TV screen.

3Move to select the item you want to edit by

using 5/∞.

The color of the selected item changes.

4Press ENTER.

The pull-down menu appears over the selected

item.

5Press 5/∞ to select from options and press

ENTER.

The selected option is set.

•For details about each setting, see the following.

NOTE

Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on

the remote control unit is set to "DVD"

when using the 5/∞/2/3 and numeric

buttons for controlling the unit.

About the Preference display

•LANGUAGE

•PICTURE

•AUDIO

•OTHERS

TV DVD

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MENU LANGUAGE ENGLISH

AUDIO LANGUAGE ENGLISH

SUBTITLE ENGLISH

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MONITOR TYPE 4:3 L.B.

PROGRESSIVE MODE AUTO

SCREEN SAVER ON

MP3/JPEG MP3

PICTURE

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT STREAM/PCM

ANALOG DOWN MIX STEREO

D RANGE COMPRESSION ON

AUDIO

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

RESUME ON

ON SCREEN GUIDE ON

OTHERS

AUTO STANDBY OFF

AV COMPULINK MODE DVD1

PARENTAL LOCK

How to set preferences

: Setting menu for language

: Setting menu for pictures

: Setting menu for sound

: Setting menu for the systems, etc.

Selected item

NOTES

•To dismiss a preference display:

Press CHOICE.

•While an MP3 or JPEG disc is loaded, 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 TV picture

sometimes may be cut off. In such a case, adjust the

picture size control of the TV.

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

ELECT

TROBECLE

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

5/∞/2/3

ENTER

CHOICE

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞ TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MENU LANGUAGE ENGLISH

AUDIO LANGUAGE ENGLISH

SUBTITLE ENGLISH

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

SPANISH

FRENCH

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Table of languages and their abbreviations

LANGUAGE page

This page allows you to select languages concerning with DVD VIDEO disc

playback, as well as the on-screen display language of the unit.

Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

MENU LANGUAGE

You can select the default menu

language to be displayed if it is

contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

ENGLISH j SPANISH j FRENCH

j CHINESE j GERMAN j

ITALIAN j JAPANESE j language

code from AA to ZU

•If the selected language is not

recorded, the disc's default

language is selected.

•For details about language code, see

"Table of languages and their

abbreviations" at the bottom of this

page.

AUDIO LANGUAGE

You can select the default audio

language to be played if it is

contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

SUBTITLE

You can select the default subtitle

language to be displayed if it is

contained on a DVD VIDEO disc.

OFF j ENGLISH j SPANISH j

FRENCH j CHINESE j GERMAN

j ITALIAN j JAPANESE j

language code from AA to ZU

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE

You can select the on-screen

display language of the unit.

ENGLISH j SPANISH j FRENCH

•Some on-screen messages are

shown in English regardless of the

setting.

•You cannot change the on-screen

language shown on the MP3 and

JPEG CONTROL displays.

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MENU LANGUAGE ENGLISH

AUDIO LANGUAGE ENGLISH

SUBTITLE ENGLISH

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

ON SCREEN LANGUAGE ENGLISH

LANGUE D' ECRAN FRANCAIS

IDIOMA EN PANTALLA ESPAÑOL

English

Spanish

French

AA Afar FA Persian KM Cambodian OM (Afan) Oromo SU Sundanese

AB Abkhazian FI Finnish KN Kannada OR Oriya SV Swedish

AF Afrikaans FJ Fiji KO Korean (KOR) PA Panjabi SW Swahili

AM Ameharic FO Faroese KS Kashmiri PL Polish TA Tamil

AR Arabic FY Frisian KU Kurdish PS Pashto, Pushto TE Telugu

AS Assamese GA Irish KY Kirghiz PT Portuguese TG Tajik

AY Aymara GD Scots Gaelic LA Latin QU Quechua TH Thai

AZ Azerbaijani GL Galician LN Lingala RM Rhaeto-Romance TI Tigrinya

BA Bashkir GN Guarani LO Laothian RN Kirundi TK Turkmen

BE Byelorussian GU Gujarati LT Lithuanian RO Rumanian TL Tagalog

BG Bulgarian HA Hausa LV Latvian, Lettish RU Russian TN Setswana

BH Bihari HI Hindi MG Malagasy RW Kinyarwanda TO Tonga

BI Bislama HR Croatian MI Maori SA Sanskrit TR Turkish

BN Bengali, Bangla HU Hungarian MK Macedonian SD Sindhi TS Tsonga

BO Tibetan HY Armenian ML Malayalam SG Sangho TT Tatar

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 Greek JW Javanese NE Nepali SQ Albanian XH Xhosa

EO Esperanto KA Georgian NL Dutch SR Serbian YO Yoruba

ET Estonian KK Kazakh NO Norwegian SS Siswati ZU Zulu

EU Basque KL Greenlandic OC Occitan ST Sesotho

NOTES

•During playback, you can bring up any page of the preference displays, however,

only "ON SCREEN LANGUAGE" can be set on the "LANGUAGE" page.

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PICTURE page

This page allows you to select desired options concerning with a picture or

monitor screen.

Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

MONITOR TYPE

You can select the monitor type to

match your TV when you playback

DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide

screen televisions.

•16:9 NORMAL (Wide Television

screen)

Should be selected 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 playback a "4:3" DVD VIDEO

source with the "16:9 NORMAL"

mode, the picture character slightly

changes due to the process for

converting the picture width.

•16:9 AUTO (Wide Television screen)

Should be selected when you

connect a wide-screen (16:9) TV to

the unit.

•4:3 LB. (Letter Box Conversion)

Should be selected when you

connect a normal (4:3) TV to the

unit.

When playing back a DVD VIDEO

disc recorded by the wide picture

format, the picture is shown with

black bars at the top and bottom.

•4:3 PS. (Pan Scan Conversion)

Should be selected when you

connect a normal(4:3) TV to the

unit.

When playing back a DVD VIDEO

disc recorded by the wide picture

format, the picture is automatically

zoomed and the left and right sides

are chopped off.

•With some discs recorded by the

wide picture format, the picture is

shown in the 4:3 LB mode even if

you select the 4:3 PS mode.

PROGRESSIVE MODE

When the unit is in the progressive

scan mode, you can select a desired

mode from three options.

Normally, set to "AUTO".

•VIDEO

Suitable for playing back a video

source disc.

•When progressive scan mode is

active, the PROGRESSIVE indicator

is lit. Note that the color of indication

changes depending on this setting,

source type and the unit’s status.

(See pages 7 and 8.)

•Some DVD VIDEO discs may not be

played back correctly with the

"AUTO" mode. If the playback

picture is unclear or noisy with a

particular DVD VIDEO disc, try to

change the mode

•FILM

Suitable for playing back a film or

progressive source disc.

•AUTO

Used to playback a disc containing

both video and film source

materials.

The unit recognizes the picture type

(film or video source) of the current

disc according to the disc

information.

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

MONITOR TYPE 4:3 L.B.

PROGRESSIVE MODE AUTO

SCREEN SAVER ON

MP3/JPEG MP3

PICTURE

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Digital output signal chart

Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

SCREEN SAVER

You can select the screen saver

function ON or OFF.

See page 15 for details about screen

saver function.

•ON

The current picture gets dark.

•OFF

The screen saver function is off.

MP3/JPEG

The unit can playback MP3 and

JPEG files recorded on a CD-R/CD-

RW disc, however, if a disc contains

both of MP3 and JPEG files, you can

only playback files of either type

selected by this menu item.

•MP3

MP3 files can be played back if a disc

contains both of MP3 and JPEG files.

•When a disc contains either MP3 or

JPEG files, the unit can play back the

files regardless of the setting.

•JPEG

JPEG files can be played back if a disc

contains both of MP3 and JPEG files.

AUDIO page

This page allows you to select desired options concerning with audio sound.

Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

To connect the unit's digital output to

an external device equipped with a

digital input, this item must be set

correctly.

See the table below for details

about the relation between the

setting and output signals.

•PCM ONLY

Should be selected when you

connect the DIGITAL OUT jack of the

unit to the linear PCM digital input

of other audio equipment.

•When playing a DVD VIDEO or

Audio CD disc with DTS, use a DTS

decoder to get correct signals from

your speakers.

•With some DVD VIDEO discs that are

not fully copy-protected, a 20 or 24

bit digital signal may be output.

•A signal with the 88.2 kHz or more

sampling frequency cannot be

output from the DIGITAL OUT jack,

regardless of the setting (due to the

copy protection issue).

•MP3 digital audio data cannot be

output.

•DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM

Should be selected when you

connect the digital input of a Dolby

Digital decoder or an amplifier with

a built-in Dolby Digital decoder.

When this option is selected,

playing back a disc recorded by the

DTS or MPEG Multichannel format

outputs a linear PCM digital signal.

•STREAM/PCM

Should be selected when you

connect the digital input of an

amplifier with a built-in DTS, MPEG

Multichannel or Dolby Digital

decoder, or the stand-alone unit of

such a decoder.

Playback discs

Output

PCM ONLY DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM STREAM/PCM

DVD with 48/44.1 kHz, 16/20/24

bit linear PCM 48/44.1 kHz,16 bit, stereo linear PCM

DVD with 96/88.2 kHz, 16/22/24

bit linear PCM No output

DVD with DTS 48 kHz, 16 bit, stereo linear PCM DTS bitstream

DVD with Dolby Digital 48 kHz, 16 bit, stereo linear PCM Dolby Digital bitstream

DVD with MPEG Multichannel 48 kHz, 16 bit, stereo linear PCM MPEG bitstream

Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD 44.1 kHz,16 bit, stereo linear PCM

Audio CD with DTS

44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo linear PCM DTS bitstream

CD-R/RW with MP3

No output

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT STREAM/PCM

ANALOG DOWN MIX STEREO

D RANGE COMPRESSION ON

AUDIO

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Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

ANALOG DOWN MIX

To playback a DVD VIDEO disc

recorded with surround

multichannel audio correctly, this

setting must be properly made

according to your audio system.

•DOLBY SURROUND

Should be selected when you enjoy

multichannel surround audio by

connecting the unit's analog AUDIO

OUT to a surround decoder.

•This function does not work when

the 3D PHONIC function is activated.

(See page 34.)

•This setting affects only the output

signal from the analog AUDIO OUT

jacks when playing back a DVD

VIDEO disc recorded with surround

multichannel audio.

•STEREO

Should be selected when you enjoy

conventional 2-channel stereo

audio by connecting the unit's

analog AUDIO OUT to a stereo

amplifier/receiver or television set,

or when you duplicate audio of a

DVD VIDEO disc recorded with

surround audio to your MD,

cassette, etc.

D. RANGE COMPRESSION

When enjoying a DVD VIDEO disc

recorded with the Dolby Digital

format at low or middle volume,

this setting makes you hear sound

comfortably

•AUTO

Audio is played back with the

dynamic range compressed

except when playing a disc

recorded with Dolby Digital 1- or 2-

channel format.

•This function works only when

playing back a disc recorded with

Dolby Digital. The setting is not

effective for other discs.

•This function does not work when

the 3D PHONIC function is

activated.(See page 34.)

•ON

Audio is always played back with

the dynamic range compressed.

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OTHERS page

This page allows you to select desired options concerning with the system.

Menu item Setting options Notes/examples

RESUME

You can select the resume playback

mode.

•ON

The unit can resume playback of the

disc from the position you

interrupted playback last time if it is

still on the tray.

•See page 17 for details about

resume playback function.

•OFF

The resume function is not active.

•DISC RESUME

The unit can resume playback of

last 30 discs (the unit keeps

memory positions even if a disc is

removed from the tray).

ON SCREEN GUIDE

The unit can display "on-screen

guide" icons or characters on the

picture, which show what is

happening to the disc or the unit.

•ON

The on-screen guide will be displayed.

•See page 15 about on-screen guide

icons.

•Examples of "on-screen guide" icons

or characters: , ,

•OFF

The on-screen guide will not be

displayed.

AUTO STANDBY

When the unit is stopped for more

than 30 minutes or 60 minutes, the

unit enters standby mode

automatically.

OFF j 60 j 30

AV COMPULINK MODE

If you use the AV COMPU LINK

system, you must set this item

correctly.

DVD 1j DVD 2 j DVD 3 •See page 58 for details about AV

COMPU LINK function.

PARENTAL LOCK

When selecting this option,

pressing ENTER on the remote

control unit brings up the

"PARENTAL LOCK" display shown

below, in which you can restrict

playback of DVD VIDEO discs for

children.

See page 53 for details about the

Parental Lock setting.

(PARENTAL LOCK display)

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

RESUME ON

ON SCREEN GUIDE ON

OTHERS

AUTO STANDBY OFF

AV COMPULINK MODE DVD1

PARENTAL LOCK

SELECT

ENTER

NEW PASSWORD? ... PRESS 0 ~ 9 KEY

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD _ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

COUNTRY CODE US

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Limiting playback by

children

This function restricts playback of DVD VIDEO discs

which contain violent (and other) scenes according to the

level set by the user. For example, if a movie which

includes violent scenes supports the parental lock

feature, such scenes which you do not want to let

children view can be cut or replaced with other scenes.

When selecting "PARENTAL LOCK" in the "OTHERS" page

of the preference display (see page 52), pressing ENTER

on the remote control unit brings up the PARENTAL

LOCK sub-page shown below, in which you can make

setting for limiting playback.

¶While the "OTHERS" page of the preference display is

shown

1Use

∞

to move to select "PARENTAL

LOCK" and press ENTER.

See page 52 for details about how to bring up the

"OTHERS" page.

The Parental Lock on-screen display appears on the

TV screen.

points [COUNTRY CODE].

2While points [COUNTRY CODE], press

ENTER to bring up the pull-down menu.

3Use

∞

to select the country code.

The country code whose standards were applied to

rate the DVD VIDEO disc should be selected.

See "Appendix A: Country code list for Parental

Lock" on page 63.

4Press ENTER.

moves to [SET LEVEL].

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

RESUME ON

ON SCREEN GUIDE ON

OTHERS

AUTO STANDBY 60

AV COMPULINK MODE DVD1

PARENTAL LOCK

(OTHERS display)

SELECT

ENTER

NEW PASSWORD? ... PRESS 0 ~ 9 KEY

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD _ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

COUNTRY CODE US

(PARENTAL LOCK display)

Press ENTER.

To set Parental Lock for the first time

[PARENTAL LOCK]

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER 5/∞

Numeric

buttons

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞ TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

COUNTRY CODE US

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD _ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

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5While points [LEVEL], press ENTER to

bring up the pull-down menu.

In the pull-down menu, “NONE” and level "1"

through "8" are available.

"NONE" does not restrict playback. Level "1" is the

strictest level. Discs rated higher than the selected

level are restricted.

6Use

∞

to select a desired parental lock

level, then press ENTER.

moves to [PASSWORD].

7Enter your 4-digit password using the numeric

buttons (0 to 9).

8Press ENTER.

The setting is set.

moves to [EXIT].

Pressing ENTER again returns to the "OTHERS"

page of the preference display.

•If you enter an undesired password in step 7, reenter the

password before pressing ENTER.

You can change the Parental Lock settings later.

¶While the "OTHERS" page of the preference display is

shown

1Use

∞

to move to select "PARENTAL

LOCK" and press ENTER.

The Parental Lock on-screen display appears on the

TV screen.

points [PASSWORD].

See page 52 for details about how to bring up the

"OTHERS" page.

2Enter your current 4-digit password using the

numeric buttons (0 to 9) and press ENTER.

moves to [COUNTORY CODE] if you enter the

correct password.

If you enter the wrong password, "WRONG!

RETRY..." appears on the TV screen, and you cannot

go to the next step.

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞ TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE.

COUNTRY CODE US

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD _ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

NONE

SELECT

ENTER

NEW PASSWORD? ... PRESS 0 ~ 9 KEY

COUNTRY CODE US

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD 1234

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

To change the settings

[PARENTAL LOCK]

Available :

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER 5/∞

Numeric

buttons

SELECT

ENTER

NEW PASSWORD? ... PRESS 0 ~ 9 KEY

LEVEL NONE

PASSWORD _ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

EXIT

COUNTRY CODE US

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Changing the

initial settings

English

3To change the "COUNTORY CODE" or

"LEVEL", press ENTER to bring up the

associated pull-down menu while points

the appropriate item.

To select the item to be set, use 5/∞ when no pull-

down menu is shown.

4Use

∞

to select a desired option and press

ENTER.

Note that if you change the country code, you must

reselect the Parental Lock level.

5While points [PASSWORD], enter a 4-digit

password using the numeric buttons (0 to 9).

The password entered in the above step becomes

the new password. If you do not change the

password, enter the same password as in the step 2.

Even if you want to change only the country code

and/or parental level, do not forget to enter the

password after changing the country code and/or

parental level. Otherwise, the new country code

and/or parental level will not become effective.

6Press ENTER.

moves to [EXIT].

Pressing ENTER again returns to the "OTHERS"

page of the preference display.

When you set the parental level strictly, some discs may

not be played back at all. When you insert such a disc

and try to play it, the following Parental Lock on-screen

display appears on the TV screen, asking you whether

you want the Parental Lock to be temporarily released or

not.

1Use the

∞

to move to [TEMPORARY

RELEASE], then

press ENTER.

moves to the [PASSWORD].

When selecting [NOT RELEASE], press 0 (OPEN/

CLOSE) to remove the disc.

2Enter your 4-digit password using the numeric

buttons (0 to 9).

The Parental Lock is released, and the unit starts

playback.

If you enter the wrong password, "WRONG!

RETRY..." appears on the TV screen.

Enter the correct password.

NOTES

•If you enter the wrong password more than 3 times in

step 2 above, moves to [EXIT] automatically and

5/∞does not work.

•If you forget your password in step 2

Enter "8888." The current password is deleted and you

can set a new password.

To temporarily release the Parental

Lock [PARENTAL LOCK]

Available :

NOTE

•When you enter the wrong password more than 3 times

in step 2 above, moves to [NOT RELEASE]

automatically and 5/∞do not work.

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

ENTER

5/∞

Numeric

buttons

SELECT

ENTER

USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM

TO EXET, PRESS CHOICE

_ _ _ _

PARENTAL LOCK

TEMPORARY RELEASE

NOT RELEASE

PASSWORD

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Additional information

Names of parts and controls

Refer to the corresponding pages indicated in () for details.

Front panel

1STANDBY/ON button (12)

2STANDBY indicator (9, 12)

3Disc tray (14, 16, 17)

40 OPEN/CLOSE button (14, 16, 17)

57 STOP button (15, 16, 39)

63 PLAY button (15, 17)

78 PAUSE button (15, 18)

84/¢ SKIP buttons (18, 19)

9Display windows (see the illustration below)

0Remote sensor (10)

-PROGRESSIVE indicator (12, 49)

Display window

1Audio format indicators

2Disc indicator

33 (play)/8 (pause) indicators

4Group/title/track/chapter indicators

5Repeat mode indicators (27, 41, 46)

6PROGRAM/RANDOM indicators (25, 26)

7Multi-information window

Rear panel

1DIGITAL OUT jacks (OPTICAL/COAXIAL) (9)

2AUDIO OUT jacks (6, 7, 8, 9)

3VIDEO OUT - VIDEO jack (6)

4VIDEO OUT - S-VIDEO jack (6)

5VIDEO OUT - COMPONENT jacks (Y/PB/PR) (7)

6Scan mode selector (480i/480p/REMOTE) (6, 7, 8)

7AV COMPU LINK jacks (58)

8AC IN connector (9)

9Region code label (4)

STANDBY

STANDBY/ON

PROGRESSIVE

PAUSEPLAYSTOP 387

OPEN/CLOSE

0SKIP ¢4

DVD/SUPER VCD/VCD/CD PLAYER

90-

13248765

VCDVD

TITLEGROUP TRACK CHAP

PROGRAM

RANDOM

LPCM

MPEG

DOLBY

DIGITAL

DTS

23 4 51

VIDEO OUT

AC IN

AUDIO OUTDIGITAL OUT

VIDEO

RIGHT

S-VIDEO

COMPONENT

PCM / STREAM

COAXIALOPTICAL

AV COMPU LINK

LEFT

480i

480p

REMOTE

41782635 9

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Remote control unit

1OPEN/CLOSE button (14, 16, 17)

2Numeric buttons

3RETURN button (23)

4TOP MENU button (22)

5Cursor selection (5 Up, ∞ Down) -

CH (+/–) buttons (11)

6Cursor selection (2 Left, 3 Right) -

VOL (+/–) buttons (11)

7CHOICE button (13, 47)

84/PREVIOUS button (18, 19, 39, 43)

97/CLEAR button (15, 16, 26, 39, 46)

03/SELECT button (15, 22, 39, 44)

-1/SLOW– button (18)

=REPEAT button (27, 41, 46)

~SUBTITLE button (29)

!DIGEST button (24)

@3D PHONIC button (34)

#ANGLE button (21, 31)

$Infrared signal-emitting window (10)

%TV - DVD switch (11, 12, 22, 39, 42, 47)

^TV STANDBY/ON button (11)

&DVD STANDBY/ON button (12)

*TV/VIDEO - CANCEL button (11, 22, 26)

(TITLE/GROUP button (23, 41, 45)

)MENU button (22)

_ENTER button

+ON SCREEN button (20, 35)

¡¢/NEXT button (18, 19, 39, 43)

8/STROBE button (15, 18, 18, 32, 39)

£¡/SLOW+ button (18)

¢AUDIO button (30)

VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN button (8, 33)

ZOOM +/– buttons (32, 44)

AMP VOL +/– buttons (11)

TV2

TV1

TV3

TV5

TV4

TV6

TV8

TV7

TV9

TV0

TV-/--

MUTING

+10

TV/VIDEO

CANCEL

TITLE/

GROUP

SUBTITLERETURN

VFPAUDIOSUBTITLEREPEAT

ANGLEDIGEST

PHONIC

ZOOM

AMP VOL

PROGRESSSIVE

SCAN

RM-SXV008J

REMOTE CONTROL

OPEN/

TV DVD

NEXTPREVIOUS

SELECT STROBECLEAR

SLOW

SLOW+

VOL

VOL+

ENTER

STANDBY/ON

TV DVD

)

(

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AV COMPU LINK remote control system

The JVC AV COMPU LINK system allows you to enjoy video or audio with the simplest

operation.If your video/audio player (such as a DVD player, CD player and VCR) and

television or/and amplifier/receiver support the JVC AV COMPU LINK system and are tied

with the JVC AV COMPU LINK cable(s), when you simply starting the player, all the

necessary settings of the television and/or amplifier/receiver for enjoying playback are

automatically performed.

Using the AV COMPU LINK cable, connect the AV

COMPU LINK terminals of each component to one

another.

• The unit's AV COMPU LINK setting is operated in the

OTHERS page in the preference display. See page 52

for operation.

• For information on the connection between the TV and

the receiver, refer to the receiver's Instructions.

• If you connect the unit to a television via AV COMPU

LINK, set the unit's AV COMPU LINK setting as follows.

• When connecting to VIDEO-1 input terminal of

the television: DVD2

• When connecting to VIDEO-2 input terminal of

the television: DVD3

• If you connect the unit to a television and VCR via AV

COMPU LINK, set the VCR's Remote Control Code and

the unit's AV COMPU LINK setting as follows.

• When connecting to VIDEO-1 input terminal of

the television:

The unit's AV COMPU LINK setting: DVD2

VCR's Remote Control Code: B

• When connecting to VIDEO-2 input terminal of

the television:

The unit's AV COMPU LINK setting: DVD3

VCR's Remote Control Code: A

• If you connect the unit to a television and receiver via

AV COMPU LINK, set the unit's AV COMPU LINK

setting to DVD1.

You can enjoy pictures and/or sound by just putting a

source component (which plays back the pictures and/or

sound such as a DVD player or VCR) into play mode. You

do not have to operate the TV and receiver including not

having to perform power switching.

1Turn on the main power of the television.

2Insert a disc (or tape) into the source

component.

3Press 3 of the source component.

The following actions are performed automatically:

• Turning on the power for the television.

• Setting the source of the television to the external

input (VIDEO-1 or VIDEO-2).

• Turning on the power for the receiver.

• Setting the source of the receiver to the component

which has started playback.

Connection and setup

The unit

To AV COMPU LINK (II, EX or III)

To AV COMPU LINK

VCR

The unit

To AV COM P U L I N K

(II, EX or III)

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 receiver via AV COMPU LINK

in a system including a Dolby Digital decoder, some

functions may not be performed automatically.

• Connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of the unit to the audio

input jacks of a receiver that indicating "DVD".

Otherwise, the system will not work correctly.

• There may be no description about connections to the

unit in the instruction manual of a television or VCR.

However a television or VCR with AV COMPU LINK

terminals indicating "II", "EX" or "III" can be connected

to the unit.

Operation

Receiver

The unit

To AV COMPU LINK

(II, EX or III)

To AV COMPU LINK

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Troubleshooting

What appears to be a malfunction may not always be serious. Please go through the following list before requesting service.

POWER

Symptom Possible cause Remedy

Power does not come on. Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in securely.

OPERATION

Symptom Possible cause Remedy

The remote control unit does not work. Too far from the unit. More closer to the unit.

The tip of the remote control unit is not

pointed in the right direction.

Point the infrared light- emitting window

toward the remote sensor on the front

panel. (See page 10.)

Batteries are exhausted. Replace the batteries with new ones.

Battery polarity is incorrect. Take out the batteries and insert them again

in the correct direction.

The remote control unit is not set for

operating your TV.

Set the remote control unit for operating

your TV. (See page 12.)

The TV/VIDEO - CANCEL, 5/∞/2/3 or

numeric buttons do not work.

The TV - DVD switch is not correctly set. To control the unit, set the TV - DVD switch

to "DVD". To control your TV, set the TV -

DVD switch to "TV". (See page 11.)

Operation is not possible. Microcomputer malfunction due to

lightning or static electricity.

Turn off the power and unplug the power

cord, then connect the power cord again.

Moisture condensation caused by a sudden

change of temperature or humidity.

Turn off the power, then turn it on a few

hours later.

The disc does not allow the operation.

Or a non-playable disc is loaded.

Check and replace the disc. (See page 4.)

When using the TITLE/GROUP button to

select a title during DVD VIDEO playback,

appears on the TV screen and the title

cannot be selected.

The disc does not allow the operation

because of disc contents.

Try to press 7 and select a title using the

numeric buttons on the remote control

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PICTURE

Symptom Possible cause Remedy

No picture is displayed on the monitor. Connection of video cable is incorrect. Connect the cable correctly.

Input selection of TV is incorrect. Select correctly.

Disc is not playable. Use a playable disc. (See page 4.)

No picture is displayed on the monitor or

the screen is blurred or divided into two

parts.

The unit is in the progressive scan mode

(i.e. the PROGRESSIVE indicator is lit)

though it is connected to a TV via the

VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack.

Set the Scan mode selector on the rear

panel to "480i", or set it to "REMOTE" and

make the Progressive scan mode inactive

by using the VFP-PROGRESSIVE SCAN

button (see pages 7 and 8).

A picture is noisy or blurred. The unit is connected to a VCR directly and

the copyguard function is activated.

Connect the unit so that the picture signal

flows directly to the TV.

With some discs, a picture may be blurred

when setting "PROGRESSIVE MODE" to

"FILM" or "AUTO".

Set "PROGRESSIVE MODE" to "VIDEO".

(See page 49.)

A picture does not fit the television screen. MONITOR TYPE is not correctly set. Select monitor type correctly. (See page 49.)

Television is not correctly set. Set the television correctly.

The upper and lower parts of the

preference display are cut off when using

wide-aspect TV.

It depends on the setting on the TV. Adjust the TV screen using the control on

the TV.

AUDIO

Symptom Possible cause Remedy

No audio is reproduced. Connection is incorrect. Check the connection.

Input selection of amplifier is incorrect. Select correctly.

No audio is reproduced when playing back

a DVD disc recorded with High-sampling

(88.2 kHz or more) linear PCM audio using

the DIGITAL OUT jack.

The audio signal is not derived from the

unit's DIGITAL OUT. (See page 50.)

Use AUDIO OUT when playing back such

discs.

Audio volume is low when playing back the

unit, compared with the TV or VCR.

The audio level recorded on a DVD VIDEO

is lower, compared with TV broadcasting.

Turn up the volume of the TV or amplifier/

receiver.

Note that you should turn down the volume

before switching back to TV broadcasting,

to prevent outputting the sudden big

sound.

Sound is distorted or noise is generated. Disc is dirty. Wipe the disc surface. (See page 5.)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Question Answer Ref. page

Can I play back DVD VIDEO and Video CD purchased

abroad?

You can play back the DVD VIDEO discs with the Region

Code (local code) containing 'ALL' or '1' recorded in the

NTSC or PAL system (PAL disc signals are reproduced by

converting to the NTSC system). You can also play back

the Video CD discs recorded in the NTSC system. Please

check the information on each disc jacket.

Can I play back a DVD VIDEO disc without any Region

Code number?

The Region code indicates the conformity of the disc to

the standards.

Any DVD VIDEO not conforming to the standards cannot

be played back.

Can I play back a CD-R/RW disc with still pictures in other

than the JPEG format?

No, you cannot play back that disc. 4

Can I play back audio on a disc labeled "Dolby Digital

EX"?

Yes, you can play back the disc because Dolby Digital EX

is compatible with Dolby Digital. However, to get the

maximum performance of Dolby Digital EX, we

recommend to connect the DIGITAL OUT jack to a

decoder or amplifier/receiver with built-in decoder that

supports Dolby Digital EX. In this case, set "DIGITAL

AUDIO OUTPUT" on the "AUDIO" preference display to

"STREAM/PCM".

Can I play back audio on a disc labeled "DTS ES"?

Is there any difference in the playback settings between

Discrete and Matrix recording systems for DTS ES?

Though you cannot enjoy audio using the analog audio

outputs (AUDIO OUT), you can enjoy DTS ES audio by

connecting the DIGITAL OUT jack to a decoder or

amplifier/receiver with built-in decoder that supports

DTS ES. In this case, set "DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT" on

the "AUDIO" preference display to "STREAM/PCM".

Can this unit play back a disc labeled "THX"?

What does "THX" mean?

Yes you can. "THX" is a name of the original standard for

high quality picture/audio recording and playback

established by Lucasfilm Ltd. A disc labeled "THX" is

certified that it passed this standard.

When files of the MP3 and Audio CD formats are

recorded on a same disc, can the unit play back files of

both formats?

The disc is of the data CD format, therefore, the unit can

play back only files of the MP3 format. 4, 39

Some Dolby Digital discs contain 5.1-ch Surround or

Dolby Surround audio data. What is the difference

between these two types?

Both are surround sound standards developed by Dolby

Laboratories Inc. in the U.S.A.

Dolby Surround records 2-channel surround audio

information are recorded onto the analog stereo (left and

right) channels together with front stereo audio

information. When played back, the surround signals are

separated by a Dolby Surround or Dolby Pro Logic

decoder.

Dolby Digital digitally encodes and records up to six

channel information for left, right, center, rear left, rear

right and LFE (Low-Frequency Effect for Sub-woofer etc.).

When played back, a Dolby Digital decoder decodes data

and outputs signals separately.

Generally, Dolby Digital sounds better.

When playing back a DVD VIDEO or Video CD disc,

something like mosaic appears on the TV screen. Is this

because of a malfunction of the unit?

It is a block noise specific to a motion picture recorded in

digital, and is not a malfunction of the unit.

The unit does not function as described in this

Instruction Manual.

The operation of this unit may occasionally be

unacceptable due to the intention of the disc contents

creator and/or structural restrictions.

Can I record DVD VIDEO data on a video tape? Most of all DVD VIDEO discs are copy-protected so that

you cannot record DVD VIDEO data onto any video tape. 3

Can this unit record data? No, you cannot.

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Specifications

*Specifications and appearance subject to change without prior notice.

General

Readable discs: DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD, SVCD

Video format: NTSC, 480i (Interlaced scan)/480p (Progressive scan) selectable

Other

Power requirements: AC 120 V , 60 Hz*

Power consumption: 14 W (POWER ON), 1.3 W (STANDBY mode)

Mass: 2.6 kg (5.8 lbs)

Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 mm x 68 mm x 267.5 mm

(17-3/16 inch x 2-7/8 inch x 10-9/16 inch)

Video outputs

COMPONENT (pin jacks): Y Output: 1.0 Vp-p (75 Ω)

PB/PR Output: 0.7 Vp-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)

(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): 2 Hz to 22 kHz

(2 Hz to 20 kHz for DTS and Dolby Digital bitstream signals)

DVD (sampling frequency 96kHz/88.2 kHz):2 Hz to 44 kHz

Dynamic range: 16 bit: More than 98 dB

20 bit: More than 106 dB

24 bit: More than 106 dB

Wow and flutter: Unmeasurable (less than ± 0.002%)

Total harmonic distortion: less than 0.002%

*Notes for PX model (Check the specification indication on the rear panel.):

Power requirements :AC 110V - 240V , 50Hz/60Hz

Power consumption :15W (POWER ON), 2.5W (STANDBY mode)

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Appendix A: Country code list for Parental Lock

This list is used for the Parental Lock operation. For details, see page 53.

AD Andorra

AE United Arab Emirates

AF Afghanistan

AG Antigua and Barbuda

AI Anguilla

AL Albania

AM Armenia

AN Netherlands Antilles

AO Angola

AQ Antarctica

AR Argentina

AS American Samoa

AT Austria

AU Australia

AW Aruba

AZ Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BB Barbados

BD Bangladesh

BE Belgium

BF Burkina Faso

BG Bulgaria

BH Bahrain

BI Burundi

BJ Benin

BM Bermuda

BN Brunei Darussalam

BO Bolivia

BR Brazil

BS Bahamas

BT Bhutan

BV Bouvet Island

BW Botswana

BY Belarus

BZ Belize

CA Canada

CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands

CF Central African

Republic

CG Congo

CH Switzerland

CI Cô te d'Ivoire

CK Cook Islands

CL Chile

CM Cameroon

CN China

CO Colombia

CR Costa Rica

CU Cuba

CV Cape Verde

CX Christmas Island

CY Cyprus

CZ Czech Republic

DE Germany

DJ Djibouti

DK Denmark

DM Dominica

DO Dominican Republic

DZ Algeria

EC Ecuador

EE Estonia

EG Egypt

EH Western Sahara

ER Eritrea

ES Spain

ET Ethiopia

FI Finland

FJ F i j i

FK Falkland Islands

FM Micronesia

(Federated States of)

FO Faroe Islands

FR France

FX France, Metropolitan

GA Gabon

GB United Kingdom

GD Grenada

GE Georgia

GF French Guiana

GH Ghana

GI Gibraltar

GL Greenland

GM Gambia

GN Guinea

GP Guadeloupe

GQ Equatorial Guinea

GR Greece

GS South Georgia and the

South Sandwich

GT Guatemala

GU Guam

GW Guinea-Bissau

GY Guyana

HK Hong Kong

HM Heard Island and

McDonald Islands

HN Honduras

HR Croatia

HT Haiti

HU Hungary

ID Indonesia

IE Ireland

IL Israel

IN India

IO British Indian Ocean

Territory

IQ Iraq

IR Iran (Islamic Republic

of)

IS Iceland

IT Italy

JM Jamaica

JO Jordan

JP Japan

KE Kenya

KG Kyrgyzstan

KH Cambodia

KI Kiribati

KM Comoros

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

MA Morocco

MC Monaco

MD Moldova, Republic of

MG Madagascar

MH Marshall Islands

ML Mali

MM Myanmar

MN Mongolia

MO Macau

MP Northern Mariana

Islands

MQ Martinique

MR Mauritania

MS Montserrat

MT Malta

MU Mauritius

MV Maldives

MW Malawi

MX Mexico

MY Malaysia

MZ Mozambique

NA Namibia

NC New Caledonia

NE Niger

NF Norfolk Island

NG Nigeria

NI Nicaragua

NL Netherlands

NO Norway

NP Nepal

NR Nauru

NU Niue

NZ New Zealand

OM Oman

PA Panama

PE Peru

PF French Polynesia

PG Papua New Guinea

PH Philippines

PK Pakistan

PL Poland

PM Saint Pierre and

Miquelon

PN Pitcairn

PR Puerto Rico

PT Portugal

PW Palau

PY Paraguay

QA Qatar

RE Réunion

RO Romania

RU Russian Federation

RW Rwanda

SA Saudi Arabia

SB Solomon Islands

SC Seychelles

SD Sudan

SE Sweden

SG Singapore

SH Saint Helena

SI Slovenia

SJ Svalbard and Jan

Mayen

SK Slovakia

SL Sierra Leone

SM San Marino

SN Senegal

SO Somalia

SR Suriname

ST Sao Tome and Principe

SV El Salvador

SY Syrian Arab Republic

SZ Swaziland

TC Turks and Caicos

Islands

TD Chad

TF French Southern

Te r r it o r i e s

TG Togo

TH Thailand

TJ Ta j i k i s t an

TK Tokelau

TM Turkmenistan

TN Tunisia

TO Tonga

TP East Timor

TR Turkey

TT Trinidad and Tobago

TV Tuvalu

TW Taiwan

TZ Tanzania, United

Republic of

UA Ukraine

UG Uganda

UM United States Minor

Outlying Islands

US United States

UY Uruguay

UZ Uzbekistan

VA Vatican City State

(Holy See)

VC Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

VE Venezuela

VG Virgin Islands (British)

VI Virgin Islands (U.S.)

VN Vietnam

VU Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna

Islands

WS Samoa

YE Yemen

YT Mayotte

YU Yugoslavia

ZA South Africa

ZM Zambia

ZR Zaire

ZW Zimbabwe

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480i/480p

Indicates the number of scan lines and scanning

format of an image signal. 480i indicates 480 scanning

lines with interlace format, and 480p indicates 480

scanning lines with progressive format.

Aspect ratio

A ratio which defines the shape of the rectangular

picture in a TV. It is the width of the picture relative to

the height. The conventional TV picture is 4:3 in

aspect ratio.

Bitstream

The digital form of multichannel audio data (e.g., 5.1-

channel) before it is decoded into its various channels.

Channel, CH

Stereo or multichannel audio consists of "channel"

signals. "Stereo" audio consists of left and right

channels, while 5.1-channel Dolby Digital consists of

six channels (front left, front right, rear left, rear right,

center and LFE (Low-Frequency Effect channel for sub-

woofer, etc.).

Chapter

The smallest division on DVD VIDEO. It is a division of

a title and similar to a track for Audio CD or Video CD.

Component video

Video signals with three channels of separate

information that makes up the picture. There are

some types of component video, such as R/G/B and Y/

CB(PB)/CR(PR).

Composite video

A single video signal commonly used in most

consumer video products that contains all luminance,

color, and synchronization information.

Dolby Digital (AC3)

A six-channel system consisting of left, center, right,

left rear, right rear and LFE (Low-Frequency Effect

channel for sub-woofer, etc.) channels. All processing

is done in the digital domain.

Not all Dolby Digital discs contain six (5.1) channel

information.

Dolby Surround/Dolby Prologic

Dolby Surround is a five-channel system consisting of

left, center, right and left rear, right rear channels. All

processing is done in the digital domain.

Dolby Prologic is a four-channel system consisting of

left, center, right and rear channel (the single rear

channel is usually played through two speakers).

Downmix

Internal stereo mix of multichannel surround audio by

a DVD player. The downmix signals are output from

stereo output connectors.

DTS

A Digital Surround audio encoding format configured

with six (5.1) channels, similar to Dolby Digital. It

requires a decoder, either in the player or in an

external receiver. DTS stands for Digital Theater

Systems.

Not all DTS discs contain six (5.1) channel

information.

Dynamic range

The difference between the loudest and softest

sounds.

Dynamic range compression

The dynamic range compression (DRC) reduces the

dynamic range so that you can turn down the volume

to avoid disturbing others yet still hear the detail of

quiet passages.

Extension

Several letters at the end of a filename. Filename

extensions usually follow a period and indicate the

type of information stored in the file.

Finalize

When conducting multisession recording, this means

the closing of a session (fixing) by indicating the

halting of writing so as to prevent the addition of any

more sessions.

See "Sampling frequency".

ID3 tag

The tag embedded in an MP3 file indicating what

song, artists, and album it comes from. You can edit

these tags.

Interlace scan

In the conventional video system, a picture is shown

on the display monitor in two halves. The Interlace

scan system places lines of the second half of the

picture in-between lines of the first half of the picture.

ISO 9660 Format

The most common international standard for the

logical format for files and directories on a CD-ROM.

JPEG

A popular file format for still image compression.

JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.

There are three sub-types of the JPEG format as

follows.

•baseline JPEG: used for digital cameras, web,

etc.

•progressive JPEG: used for web

•lossless JPEG: an old type and rarely used

now

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information

English

Letter box

A type of picture playback with the normal (4:3) TV

screen. Black bars are shown at the top and bottom of

the image to allow playing of wide-screen (16:9) DVD

movie without cutting off any sides of the image on a

4:3 TV.

Linear PCM audio

Stands for "pulse code modulation". Linear PCM is the

usual digital method without compression, used for

audio playback of DVD Video discs, Audio CD discs,

etc.

Most DVD VIDEO or Video CD/SVCD discs provide a

menu, through which users can select a desired

playback material, condition, etc.

MP3

MP3 is an audio data reduction format, which stands

for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. Using MP3, you can

achieve a data reduction of about 1:10.

MPEG

A family of Standards for compressing audio-visual

information. "MPEG" standards include MPEG-1,

MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Video CD and MP3 are based on

MPEG-1, while DVD is based on MPEG-2. MPEG

stands for Moving Picture coding Experts Group.

Multisession

A method of adding data to a CD-R/CD-RW in more

than one recording session using the Track-At-Once

method.

NTSC (National television system committee)

A black & white and color television system format

used in U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and Japan.

Packet Writing

A method of writing data on a CD-R/CD-RW in small

increments. Packets can be of fixed or variable length.

PAL (Phase Alternation by Line)

A color television system format used extensively in

Western Europe.

Pan scan

A type of picture playback with the normal (4:3) TV

screen, which is panned and zoomed across the wider

movie picture, chopping off the left and right sides.

Parental lock

A DVD function that prevents undesired viewing by

children depending on disc contents. You need a

password to play back a locked disc in the normal

condition. Otherwise, undesirable scenes are

automatically skipped or replaced with other pictures.

PBC

PBC stands for "Playback control" and is a method of

controlling disc play for Video CDs (VCD). You are able

to interact with the disc through menus.

Progressive scan

Progressive scan displays all the horizontal lines of a

picture at one time, as a single frame. A progressive-

scan DVD player converts the interlaced (480i) video

from DVD into progressive (480p) format for

connection to a progressive display. It dramatically

increases the vertical resolution.

Region code

Code identifying a geographic region of compatibility

for a DVD.

Sampling frequency

The rate at which measurements of an audio signal

are taken during A/D and D/A conversion. The

measure is samples per second.

Surround

An audio system with more than two (left and right)

channels, usually including rear channels, etc.

S-video

A video signal which improves picture quality over

standard composite connections. Used on Super VHS,

DVD, high end TV monitors, etc.

Title

The largest division on DVD VIDEO.

Tr a c k

The smallest division on Audio CD, Video CD and

SVCD discs.

Transfer rate

The rate of transferring digital data. Usually the

measure is in baud per second. The DVD system

applies variable transfer rate system for high

efficiency.

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Additional information

Additional

information

Appendix C: Index

Numerics

3D PHONIC ...................................................................... 34, 51

480i ............................................................................ 6, 7, 60, 62

480p .................................................................................... 7, 62

A-B repeat .................................................................. 28, 36, 37

Angle ............................................................... 15, 17, 29, 31, 37

Audio language ..............................................15, 29, 30, 36, 48

Auto standby ......................................................................... 52

AV COMPU LINK .................................................. 7, 8, 9, 52, 58

AV COMPULINK mode ......................................................... 52

Chapter ..................................... 5, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 36

Chapter search ...................................................................... 36

Component video .................................................... 2, 7, 58, 62

Copyguard system .................................................................. 3

Copy-protected disc................................................................ 6

Country code ............................................................. 53, 55, 63

D. range compression ...................................................... 9, 51

Digest ............................................................................... 24, 25

Digital audio output .................................................4, 9, 13, 50

Direct selection ..................................................................... 41

Disc resume .......................................................... 15, 16, 17, 52

Dolby .................................................................................. 3, 58

Dolby Digital .....................................4, 9, 13, 34, 50, 51, 58, 62

Down mix ....................................................................... 7, 8, 51

DTS .................................................................3, 4, 9, 13, 50, 62

DVD menu ............................................................................. 22

DVD PLAYER SET UP .............................................................13

Extension ......................................................................... 39, 42

Finalize ......................................................................... 4, 39, 42

Group ................................................ 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46

ID3 tag .................................................................................... 39

Initial setting .....................................................................13, 47

Initial setup .............................................................................13

Interlace scan ....................................................................... 7, 8

ISO 9660 .......................................................................... 39, 42

JPEG .................................................... 4, 39, 42, 43, 46, 48, 50

JPEG CONTROL .................................................. 43, 44, 45, 46

JPEG disc .................................................... 3, 17, 42, 43, 44, 47

Language code ...................................................................... 48

Linear PCM .................................................................. 4, 50, 60

Macrovision ............................................................................. 3

Manufacturer code ................................................................ 11

Menu ........................................ 5, 13, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 36, 37,

47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55

Menu bar ........ 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37

Menu language ..................................................................... 48

Monitor type .............................................................. 13, 49, 60

MP3 ............................................................ 4, 39, 40, 41, 42, 50

MP3 CONTROL .......................................................... 40, 41, 48

MP3 disc ................................................................. 3, 17, 39, 47

MPEG ......................................................................... 13, 39, 50

Multi-angle part .............................................................. 31, 37

Multiple session .............................................................. 39, 42

NTSC ............................................................................... 4, 7, 62

One touch replay function .................................................... 21

On-screen guide .............................................................. 15, 52

On-screen language ....................................................... 13, 48

Opening display .........................................................12, 13, 14

Packet write ..................................................................... 39, 42

PAL ........................................................................................... 4

Pan scan ................................................................................ 49

Parental lock .................................................. 52, 53, 54, 55, 63

Playback control (PBC) ............. 5, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28

Preference ........................ 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 33,

39, 42, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 58, 60

Program (playback) ....................................... 24, 25, 26, 28, 37

Progressive mode .................................................... 7, 8, 49, 60

Progressive scan .......................................... 7, 8, 33, 49, 60, 62

Random (playback) .................................................... 26, 27, 38

Region code .................................................................4, 12, 14

Repeat (playback) ......................................27, 28, 36, 37, 41, 46

Resume (playback) ............................................... 15, 16, 17, 52

Sampling rate .......................................................................... 4

Scan mode ........................................................... 6, 7, 8, 49, 60

Screen saver .............................................................. 15, 42, 50

Slide show ....................................................................... 44, 45

Slide show mode ............................................................ 44, 46

Slide show playback ....................................................... 44, 45

Slow-motion ...............................................................15, 18, 21

Status bar .............................. 20, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37

Strobe (playback) .................................................................. 32

Subtitle language ...................................................... 15, 29, 36

S-video ................................................................ 6, 7, 58, 60, 62

Time search ......................................................... 23, 24, 36, 37

Transfer rate .................................................................... 20, 39

Transport status .............................................................. 20, 21

VFP (Video fine prosessor) ......................................... 8, 33, 60

Zoom (playback) ....................................................... 32, 44, 49

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QUALITY SERVICE

HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER

Dear Customer,

In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase,please read the instruction booklet before

operating the unit.In the event that repairs are necessary, please call 1 (800)537-5722 for your nearest

authorized 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 or

on the web at www.JVC.com

TOLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722

http://www.jvc.com

Authorized Service Centers

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THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND

IN COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.

WHAT WE WILL DO:

If this product is found to be defective, JVC will repair or replace defective parts at no charge to the original owner.

Such repair and replacement services shall be rendered by JVC during normal business hours at JVC authorized service

centers. Parts used for replacement are warranted only for the remainder of the Warranty Period. All products and parts

thereof may be brought to a JVC authorized service center on a carry-in basis except for Television sets having a screen

size 25 inches and above which are covered on an in-home basis.

WHAT YOU MUST DO FOR WARRANTY SERVICE:

Return your product to a JVC authorized service center with a copy of your bill of sale. For your nearest JVC authorized

service center, please call toll free: (800) 537-5722.

If service is not available locally, box the product carefully, preferably in the original carton, and ship, insured, with

a copy of your bill of sale plus a letter of explanation of the problem to the nearest JVC Factory Service Center, the

name and location of which will be given to you by the toll-free number.

If you have any questions concerning your JVC Product, please contact our Customer Relations Department.

WHAT IS NOT COVERED:

This limited warranty provided by JVC does not cover:

1. Products which have been subject to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty

installation, lack of reasonable care, or if repaired or serviced by anyone other than a service facility authorized by

JVC to render such service, or if affixed to any attachment not provided with the products, or if the model number

or serial number has been altered, tampered with, defaced or removed;

2. Initial installation and installation and removal for repair;

3. Operational adjustments covered in the Owner's Manual, normal maintenance, video and audio head cleaning;

4. Damage 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 listed above.

THE DURATION OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, IS

LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN.

JVC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY OTHER

DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE

TO TAPES, RECORDS OR DISCS) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH

OF THIS WARRANTY. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-

ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages or limitations on how long an

implied warranty lasts, so these limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific

legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

LIMITED WARRANTY

JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONLY TO THE

ORIGINAL PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP from the date

of original retail purchase for the period as shown below. ("The Warranty Period")

PARTS LABOR

1 YR 90 DAYS

JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA

DIVISION OF JVC AMERICAS CORP.

1700 Valley Road

Wayne, NJ 07470

REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CARRY A SEPARATE WARRANTY, THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY. FOR DETAILS OF

REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY, PLEASE REFER TO THE REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY INFORMATION

PACKAGED WITH EACH REFURBISHED PRODUCT.

For customer use:

Enter below the Model No. which is located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information

for future reference.

Model No. : Serial No. :

Purchase data : Name of dealer :

CONSUMER VIDEO 1-90

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