Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TH-S33 JVC
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TH-S33 GVT0155-007A [US/UN/UB/UG/UX/A/UW] TH-S11 D VD DIGIT AL CINEMA SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS Consists of XV -THS33 , SP-WS33, SP-THS33F, SP-THS33C and SP-THS33S Consists of XV -THS11, SP-WS11, SP-THS11F, SP-THS11C and SP-THS11S TH-S33-11[AU].
G-1 W arnings, Cautions and Others CAUTION T o reduce the risk of elec trical shocks, fire, etc.: 1. Do not remov e scre ws, cov ers or cabinet. 2. Do not expo se this applia nce to rain or moisture. CAUTION— button! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the po wer of f completely (the ST ANDBY lamp goes off).
G-2 Caution: Proper Ventilation T o av oid risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage, place the appara tus on a le vel surface. The minimal cleara nc es are shown belo w: 15 cm Wall o.
1 T able of contents Introduction ............. .............. .......... 2 Notes on handling ............. ............... .............. .............. .........2 Supplied accessories ........ ........................................... .........2 About discs .
2 Introduction 7 Important cautions Installation of the system • Select a place which is le v el, dr y and neither too hot nor too cold; between 5°C and 35°C. • Leave suf f icient distance be tween the sy stem and th e TV . • Do not use the system in a place subject to vibr ation.
3 About discs This system has been designed to play back the following d iscs: D VD VIDEO, V ideo CD (VCD), Super V ideo CD (SVCD), Audio CD (CD), CD-R and CD-R W . • This system accommodates the P A L system, and also can play discs recorded with NTSC system.
About discs 4 For all playable files • The system can only recognize and play f iles with one of the following e xtensions, which can be in any combination of upper and lo wer case; MP3: “.MP3”, “.mp3” JPEG: “.JPG”, “.JP EG”, “.jpg”, “.
5 Index of parts and controls The numbers in the figures indicate the pages where the details of th e parts are described. Front panel (center unit) Rear panel (center unit) Setting the VOL T AGE SELECTOR Before plugging, set the correct voltage for your area with the voltage selector on the rear panel of the center unit.
Index of parts and controls 6 Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control If the range or effecti ven ess of the remote control decre ases, replace both batteries. CAUTION • Do not expose batteries to heat or flame. Operating the system from the remote control Aim the remote contro l directly to the front panel of the center unit.
7 Connections 7 AM loop antenna Setting up sup plied AM loop antenn a Connecting AM l oop antenna • T urn the loop antenna until you ha ve the best reception during AM broadcast program reception. NOTE • Make sure the antenna conductors do not touch any other terminals, connecting cords and power cords.
Connections 8 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha ve been made. 7 Assembling the front speakers for TH-S33 Before assembling — • Prepare a Phillips screwdri v er (not supplied). • T ake care not to drop any component part while assembling; otherwise, it may ca use damage to the floor or injury .
Connections 9 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha ve been made. 7 Connecting speakers for T H-S33 CAUTION • W hen you connect speak ers other than the supplied ones, use speakers of the same speaker impedance (SPEAKER IMPED ANCE) indicated on the rear of the center unit.
Connections 10 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha ve been made. 7 Connecting speakers for T H-S11 CAUTION • W hen you connect speak ers other than the supplied ones, use speakers of the same speaker impedance (SPEAKER IMPED ANCE) indicated on the rear of the center unit.
Connections 11 Do not connect the po wer cord until all othe r connections ha ve been made. NOTE • Place the satellite speakers on a flat and level surface. • The front and center speakers are magnetically shielded to avoid color distortions on TVs.
12 Operating the TV 7 To operate a JVC’s TV Y ou can perform the follo w ing operations on the TV . Y ou can use the remote control to op erate not only this unit b ut also JVC’ s TV . • Refer also to the manuals supplied for the TV . • T o operate the TV , aim the remote c ontrol directly at the remote sensor on the TV .
13 Basic operations On the remote control: Press STANDBY/ON . On the center unit: Press . When DVD is selec ted as the so urce (see page 1 4), the following messages will appear on the TV scre en. NOTE • The STANDBY lamp goes off w hen the power is turned on, and the lamp lights when the power is turned off.
Basic operations 14 On the remote contro l: Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD/CD 3 , FM/AM or AUX). D VD/CD 3 : T o play back a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (See page 16.) FM/AM : T o tune in an FM or AM station. (See page 34.) Each time you press the butto n, the band alternates between FM and AM.
Basic operations 15 The system turns off automatica ll y when the specified period of time has passed. Press SLEEP, with SHIFT pressed. Each time you repeat th e procedure, the s hut-off time changes. Example: To check the remaining time Press SLEEP , w ith SHIFT pressed once.
16 Playback • The mark shows the types o f discs the operation is available for . 1 Press 0 on the center unit. • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out. 2 Place a disc. 3 Press DVD/CD 3 (play button). For MP3 The file control display (see page 24) appears on the TV screen.
Playback 17 7 Playback information on the display window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Do lby Digital 5.1ch is played DVD VR disc Example: During playback on the Original program* Example: During playback on the Playlist* * Pressing TOP MENU/PG or MENU/PL , you can change the play mode.
Playback 18 7 Screen saver A TV screen may burn out if a sta tic picture is displayed for a long time. T o prevent this, the system a utomatically dims the scree n if a static picture is displayed for ov er 5 minutes (the screen saver function). • Pressing any button will cancel the screen saver function.
Playback 19 7 During playback or while stopped. 1 Press TITLE/GROUP. “_ _” or “_” is shown in the title/group display area in the display window . Example: During DVD VIDEO playback 2 While the display windo w shows “_ _” or “_”, use number bu ttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desir ed title or group number.
20 Advanced operations • The mark shows the types o f discs the operation is available for . 7 Auto Surround (AUTO SURR) This function automatically sele cts the appropriate surround mode according to the input signals. Fo r example, a multich annel source is automatically reproduc ed in multichannel audio.
Advanced operations 21 7 All Channel Stere o All Channel S tereo (ALL ST) mode can reprodu ce a lar ger stereo sound fi eld using all the connect ed (and acti v ated) speakers.
Advanced operations 22 7 Contents of the on-scree n bar during playback DVD VIDEO DVD VR disc VCD SVCD CD A Shows disc type. B Show s audio information. C Shows current title number . D Shows current chapter number (for D VD VIDEO and DVD VR) or track number (for other type of discs).
Advanced operations 23 Y ou can start playing a title, chapter or track you specify . Y ou can also play a disc from specif ied time. Locating a desired sc ene from the DVD menu D VD VIDEOs generally hav e their o wn menus which show disc contents and you can di splay them on the TV screen.
Advanced operations 24 Locating a desired po sition by specifying the time Y ou can locate a desi red position by specif ying the time from the beginning the disc (while stopped) or the current title/track (during playback).
Advanced operations 25 7 For MP3: During playback or while stopped For JPEG: While stopped 1 Press Cursor 3 / 2 / Y / 5 to select the desired group/track/file. • For MP3, playback starts from the selected track. • For JPEG, proceed to perfo rm the following operation.
Advanced operations 26 7 During playback of a disc containing subtitles in several languages When using the SUBTITLE button: 1 Press SUBTITLE. Example (DVD VIDEO): “ENGLISH” is selected out of 3 subtitle languages recorded. 2 Press Cursor Y / 5 to select the desired subtitle.
Advanced operations 27 Frame-by-frame playback 7 During playback Press 8 repeatedly. Each time you press th e button, the still picture advances b y one frame. To return to normal playback Press D VD/CD 3 . Playing back in slow-motion 7 During playback 1 Press 8 at the point where you want to start playback in slow-motion from.
Advanced operations 28 4 Press ENTER. Example: 5 Press Cursor Y / 5 to change the setting. 6 Press ENTER. The current VFP settings appe ar again. 7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 to adjust other parameters. 8 Press VFP. NOTE • Although the setting display di sappears in the middle of the procedure, the setting at that time will be stored.
Advanced operations 29 Repeating the cu rrent selection 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD VR: During playback For VCD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function or stopped For CD/MP3/JPEG: During playback or stopped When using the REPEA T button: Press REPEAT, wit h SHIFT pressed.
Advanced operations 30 When using the on-screen bar: 1 Press ON SCREEN twice. The on-screen bar appears on the TV screen. 2 Press Cursor 3 / 2 to highlight . 3 Press ENTER. 4 Press Cursor Y / 5 repeatedly to select “A-B”. 5 Press ENTER at the beginning of the part you want to repeat (point A).
31 Setting DVD preferences • Y ou can change the language us ed in the setup menus. See “Menu description”. Basic operation on the setup menus 7 While stopped 1 Press SET UP, with SHIFT pressed. 2 Follow the instructions that appear on the TV screen.
Setting DVD preferences 32 : P icture menu (PICTURE) 7 MONIT OR TYPE Y ou can select the monitor type to match your TV when yo u play D VDs recorded in the picture’ s height/width ratio of 16:9. • 16:9/16:9 MUL TI (Wide tele vision con version) Select this when th e aspect ratio of your TV is 16:9 (wide TV).
Setting DVD preferences 33 : Speaker setting menu (SPK. SETTING) 7 Level menu (LEVEL) FRONT LEFT SPEAKER/FR ONT RIGHT SPEAKER/ CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/ SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER While monitoring the test tone, adj ust the output le vel of the speaker s.
34 T uner operations Some countries space AM stations 9 kHz apart, and some countries use 10 kHz spacing. Y ou can only change the AM t uner interv al spacing while selecting AM as the band. • Y ou can operate the following pr ocedures using the bu ttons on the front panel.
Tuner operations 35 Once a station i s assigned to a ch annel number , the station can be quickly tuned in. Y ou can pres et 30 FM and 15 AM stations. 7 To preset the stations 1 Tune in the station you want to preset. • If you want to store the FM reception mode for an FM station, select the reception mode you want.
36 References 7 Handling Discs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly . • Do not touch the shin y surface of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case after use to prev ent warping.
References 37 7 Center unit (XV-THS33/XV-THS11) Audio section Front/Center/Surround: 33 W per channel, RMS at 6 C at 1 kHz, with 10 % total harmonic distortion.
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