JVC AV32X25EK - Manuals

6 Setting up your TV Connecting the power cord to the AC outlet Caution • Operate only from the power source specified (AC 220 – 240 V, 50 Hz) on the unit. Putting the batteries into the Remote control Use two AAA/R03 dry cell batteries.Insert the batteries from the - end, making sure the + and - po...

8 Setting up your TV Now, the initial settings are complete, and you can watch the TV • For UK model (AV32X25EK/AV28X25EK): BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are automatically set to the programme numbers PR1 to PR5. If the TV doesn't receive one of these TV channels, that programme number (P...

Setting up your TV 9 „ Direct Rec “What You See Is What You Record”You can easily record to VCR the images that you are watching on the TV.For details, read the manual for your VCR.Use your VCR controls. “VCR IS RECORDING” is displayed. In the following situations, the VCR will stop recording if the...

10 TV buttons and functions Refer to the pages in brackets for details. 1 Remote control sensor 2 Power lamp (6, 10) 3 Main power button (6, 10) 4 Headphone jack (mini jack) (34) 5 P p buttons/ q buttons (11) 6 r (Volume) button (10) 7 EXT-4 terminal (22, 34) Turn the main power on Press the Main po...

11 Remote control buttons and functions 1 Muting button 2 Number buttons 3 ZOOM button 4 HYPER SOUND button 5 Information button 6 TV button 7 5 buttons 8 Standby button 9 Colour buttons 0 a button - 6 buttons = VCR/DVD/Teletext control button ~ VCR P DVD switch g (Text) button Turn the TV on or off...

12 Remote control buttons and functions „ Use the PR LIST: 1 Press the h (Information) button to display the PR LIST Pressing the h (information) button changes the display as follows: 2 Press the 5 and 6 buttons to choose a programme number (PR). Then press the a button • For programme numbers (PR)...

Remote control buttons and functions 13 To return to a TV channel: Press the b button, the 6 buttons or the number buttons. To use the programme number PR 0 (AV): When the TV and VCR are connected only by the aerial cable, choosing the programme number PR 0 (AV) allows you to view images from the VC...

14 Remote control buttons and functions FULL: This uniformly stretches the left and right sides of a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to fill the wide TV screen. • For 16:9 aspect ratio pictures that have been squeezed into a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio), use the FULL mode to restore the pictu...

Remote control buttons and functions 15 Displaying the current time You can display the current time on the screen. Press the h (Information) button to display the current time Pressing the h (Information) button changes the display as follows: • This TV uses teletext data to set the time. If the TV...

16 Teletext function Basic operation You can view two types of teletext broadcasts on the TV:FLOF (Fastext) and WST. 1 Choose a TV channel with a teletext broadcast 2 Set the VCR P DVD switch to the P P P P (Text) position 3 Press g (Text) button to display the teletext Pressing g (Text) button chan...

Teletext function 17 Hold You can hold a teletext page on the screen for as long as you want, even while several other teletext pages are being received. Press the N button To cancel the Hold function: Press the N button again. Sub-page Some teletext pages include sub-pages that are automatically di...

18 Using the TV’s menu This TV has a number of functions you can operate using menus. To use all your TV’s functions, you need to understand the basic menu operating techniques fully. Basic operation 1 Press the a button to display the MENU (main menu) • The display appearing at the bottom of a menu...

Using the TV’s menu 19 PICTURE SETTING „ TINT You can select one of three TINT modes (three kinds of picture settings) to adjust the picture settings automatically. COOL: A cool white colour base with a boost in the colour and contrast levels that creates a more vivid picture. WARM: A warm orange/re...

20 Using the TV’s menu MIN: The level of the DIGITAL VNR effect is set to the minimum. If you set the DIGITAL VNR function to AUTO but feel that the sharpness of the original picture has not been reproduced fully, change the setting from AUTO to MIN. • The MIN setting is not suitable for low- qualit...

Using the TV’s menu 21 „ 4:3 AUTO ASPECT You can choose one of three ZOOM modes, REGULAR, PANORAMIC or 14:9 ZOOM, as the ZOOM mode for the normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio). 1 Choose 4:3 AUTO ASPECT then press the a button 2 Press the 6 buttons to choose a ZOOM mode „ PICTURE TILT Sometimes the Eart...

22 Using the TV’s menu „ HYPER SOUND You can enjoy sounds with a wider ambience. ON: This function is turned on. OFF: This function is turned off. The menu disappears. • The HYPER SOUND function does not work properly with mono sound. • You can turn on or off the HYPER SOUND function with a single p...

Using the TV’s menu 23 • The EXT-1 terminal does not support S-VIDEO signal (Y/C signal) and you cannot set S-IN (S-VIDEO input) in the EXT-1 terminal. • Setting S-IN (S-VIDEO input) changes the head character from “E” to “S”. When an EXT terminal receives a normal video signal, “E1”, “E2”, “E3” or ...

24 Using the TV’s menu • During dubbing, you cannot turn off the TV. Turning off the TV also turns off the output from the EXT-2 terminal. • When you choose an EXT terminal as an output, you can view a TV programme or a picture from the other EXT terminal while dubbing the picture from a device conn...

26 Using the TV’s menu „ DECODER (EXT-2) You can only use this function if you have a decoder connected to a T-V LINK compatible VCR, which in turn is connected to the EXT-2 terminal. To use this function, see “Using the DECODER (EXT-2) function” on page 32. Caution • If you have not connected a dec...

31 Additional menu operations Using the ACI function This TV has an ACI function which decodes the ACI (Automatic Channel Installation) data. Using the ACI function allows all TV channels transmitted from the cable TV station to be properly registered quickly according to the data from the cable TV ...

32 Additional menu operations Downloading data to a VCR You can send the latest programme numbers (PR) data to a VCR with the T-V LINK function. • You can only do this when a T-V LINK compatible VCR is connected to the EXT-2 terminal. • This only works when the T-V LINK menu is being displayed. 1 Tu...

34 Additional preparation Connecting external equipment Connect the equipment to the TV, making the correct rear panel and front panel connections. Before connecting anything: • Read the manuals that came with the equipment. Depending on the equipment, the connection method may be different from the...

36 Troubleshooting If a problem arises while you are using the TV, please read this troubleshooting guide carefully before you ask to have the TV repaired. You may be able to fix it easily by yourself. For example, if the mains plug is disconnected from the mains outlet, or the TV aerial has problem...

Troubleshooting 37 „ Poor sound • Have you adjusted BASS or TREBLE properly? If not, follow the description “Sound Adjustment” on page 21. • When TV channel reception is poor, it can be hard to hear stereo or bilingual sound. In this case, follow the description “STEREO / I • II” on page 21 to hear ...

38 Specifications * : A basic model number. The actual model number may have characters added (such as “S” denoting silver) indicating the colour of the TV set. We may change the design and specifications without notice. Pictures displayed on the screen using this TV’s ZOOM functions should not be s...