JVC XV-SA72SL - Manuals

Introduction 3 In trod uc tio n Supplied accessories • Audio/video cable (x 1) • S-video cable (x 1) • Audio cable (x 2) • Remote Control Unit (x 1) • AV compulink cable (x 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) batteries (x 2) • Instruction manual (x 1) • AC power cord (x 1)• AC power plug (x 1) (except Australia...

Introduction 4 In trod uc ti on About this instruction manual • This instruction manual is written in the following manner.• This unit can playback CD-R/RW discs recorded by the MP3 format (we refer to those discs as MP3 discs in this manual). • Regarding operations for MP3 discs, see “MP3 disc play...

Introduction 5 In trod uc tio n Notes on handling Important cautions Installation of the unit • Select a place which is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold (between 5 o C and 35 o C). • Leave sufficient distance between the unit and the TV.• Do not use the player in a place subject to vibrat...

6 Pre lim in ar y kn ow le dge Preliminary knowledge Names of parts and controls Refer to the corresponding pages indicated in () for details. Front panel 1 STANDBY/ON indicator Lights in red when the power cord is connected and the unit is on standby. When the unit is turned on, the STANDBY indicat...

Preliminary knowledge 7 Pre lim in ar y know le dg e Display window 1 Audio format indicators Indicates the format of audio currently being played back. See “Audio formats” on page 14 for details. 2 Disc indicator Indicates the type of the disc set in the tray. When a DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO disc is set...

Preliminary knowledge 8 Pre lim in ar y kn ow le dge Remote control unit 1 OPEN/CLOSE button (25) Opens and closes the disc tray. 2 REPEAT button (39, 53) Selects the repeat mode. 3 3D PHONIC button (46) Produces a simulated surround effect. 4 Numeric buttons (13, 23) When the TV - DVD switch is set...

Preliminary knowledge 9 Pre lim in ar y know le dg e 8 PAGE button (48) Turns the page of B.S.P. (still picture) for a DVD AUDIO disc. 9 4 /PREVIOUS button (27, 32, 51) Skips back a chapter, title, group or track. Also used for the page selection of a menu screen (for DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO/Video CD/SV...

Preliminary knowledge 10 Pre lim in ar y kn ow le dge Operational Principles You can set preferences and perform advanced playback functions via various on-screen displays, including the Opening, Preference, Speaker setting, Parental Lock and Control displays. Basic operations of on-screen displays ...

Preliminary knowledge 11 Pre lim in ar y know le dg e PREFERENCE (1, 2) and SPK.SETTING (speaker setting) displays (see page 54) You can set preferences via these displays. • To bring up the PREFERENCE 1/PREFERENCE 2/SPK.SETTING display 1 When a DVD VIDEO disc is set and stopped or no disc is insert...

Preliminary knowledge 12 Pre lim in ar y kn ow le dge CD CONTROL display You can select and set various functions for Audio CD playback from this display. • To bring up the CD CONTROL display Whenever an Audio CD is inserted, press ON SCREEN. VCD CONTROL display (for Video CD/SVCD) When a Video CD o...

Preliminary knowledge 13 Pre lim in ar y know le dg e On-screen guide icons During DVD VIDEO playback, you may see icons displayed over the picture. These have the following meanings. : Displayed at the beginning of a scene recorded from multiple angles. (See page 41.) : Displayed at the beginning o...

Preliminary knowledge 14 Pre lim in ar y kn ow le dge About discs Playable and non-playable disc types are as follows: Playable discs The DVD Logo is a trademark. • CD-R and CD-RW discs recorded with the Audio CD or MP3 format can be played back, though some may not be played back because of the dis...

Preliminary knowledge 15 Pre lim in ar y know le dg e 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 ...

16 Ge ttin g s tarte d Getting started Connections *In the following description, “TV” may be substituted with “monitor” or “projector.”*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. Do ...

Getting started 17 Ge ttin g s ta rte d 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. • Set the NTSC - PAL selector on the rear panel to match the system of your TV. The unit can playback a disc...

Getting started 18 Ge ttin g s tarte d You can enjoy high-quality audio by connecting the unit's audio output to your amplifier or receiver. • Connect the unit's AUDIO OUT (FRONT LEFT/RIGHT) to any line-level inputs (such as AUX, DVD, CD, etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver. NOTES • Connect “Y” ...

Getting started 19 Ge ttin g s ta rte d The unit supports the linear PCM multichannel format of DVD AUDIO and can feed multichannel audio output signals from the 6 analog AUDIO OUT jacks.It is also equipped with the DTS and Dolby Digital and MPEG Multichannel decoders. So you can enjoy any type of t...

Getting started 20 Ge ttin g s tarte d 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 optional digital cable (OPTICAL or COAXIAL). The digital audio signal from a disc is directly transferred. If you c...

Getting started 21 Ge ttin g s ta rte d 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/ON indicator lights an...

Getting started 22 Ge ttin g s tarte d 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 t...

Getting started 23 Ge ttin g s ta rte d You can operate your TV from the remote control unit. Setting the remote control signal for operating your TV. 1 Holding down TV/VIDEO - CANCEL, enter the manufacturer code of your TV listed below by using the numeric buttons (0 to 9).Do not release TV/VIDEO -...

Getting started 24 Ge ttin g s tarte d The following buttons can be used for operating the TV:To use the CURSOR (CH–, CH+, VOL–, VOL+), TV/VIDEO - CANCEL and numeric buttons for TV control, set the TV - DVD switch to “TV”. Turns the TV on or off. Switches the TV input mode between TV and VIDEO. Sele...

25 Ba sic op er ati ons Basic operations In the following description, the buttons on the remote control unit are mainly used, however, you may use the corresponding buttons on the front panel of the unit if available. Turning on/off the unit Press DVD STANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or press ...

Basic operations 26 Ba sic op er ati o ns Basic playback Note that this section describes basic operations for playback of DVD AUDIO, DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD discs. For MP3 disc playback, see the independent chapter on and after page 51. Press 3 . The unit starts playback from the beg...

Basic operations 27 Ba sic op er ati ons ¶ 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 2x, 5x, 20x and 60x the normal speed. Pressing 3 returns the unit to normal playback. Method 2 Hold...

Basic operations 28 Ba sic op er ati o ns Resuming playback The unit can memorize the position on a disc where you interrupt playback, and resume playback from that position later. ¶ During playback Press 7 , or press DVD STANDBY/ON on the remote control unit or STANDBY/ON on the front panel. The un...

29 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Advanced operations • Note that this section describes operations for playback of DVD VIDEO, DVD AUDIO, Audio CD, Video CD and SVCD discs. For MP3 disc playback, see the independent chapter on and after page 51. But “Checking the sampling frequency” on page 50 is appli...

Advanced operations 30 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s 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 discs generally have their own menus which show the disc contents. These menus contain various items such as ti...

Advanced operations 31 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns The unit starts playback of the selected item.You can return to the menu by pressing the RETURN button.When “NEXT” or “PREVIOUS” appears on the TV screen, the unit generally works as follows:• Pressing ¢ advances to the next page. • Pressing 4 retur...

Advanced operations 32 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s You can locate the beginning of a chapter (for DVD VIDEO) or track (for DVD AUDIO/Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD) by using the 4 or ¢ . ¶ For DVD VIDEO: During playback For DVD AUDIO/Audio CD: During playback or while stopped For Video CD/SVCD: During playb...

Advanced operations 33 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns • The “10” and “+10” buttons are not used in this function. You can play a disc from the desired position by specifying the elapsed time from the beginning of the current title (for DVD VIDEO), the current group (for DVD AUDIO) or the disc (for Audi...

Advanced operations 34 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s • When you make a mistake Move the cursor to the incorrect value, then press the correct button to re-select the value. 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...

Advanced operations 35 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Special picture playback The unit provides special picture playback functions including Frame-by-frame, Strobe, Slow-motion and Zoom. ¶ While paused (still) 1 Press 8 . Each time you press 8 , the still picture advances to the next frame.Pressing 3 ...

Advanced operations 36 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s ¶ During playback or while paused 1 Press 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 halv...

Advanced operations 37 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Changing the playback order You can play tracks on a DVD AUDIO, Audio CD, Video CD or SVCD in the desired order or in random order. By programming tracks, you can play up to 24 tracks in any order. You may program the same track more than once. ¶ Wh...

Advanced operations 38 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s • To quit program playback Press ENTER when points [PROGRAM]. [PROGRAM] returns to its original color.(When playing back a Video CD/SVCD, you have to press 7 and then press ON SCREEN to bring up the on-screen display.) • To clear the program While s...

Advanced operations 39 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Repeat playback You can repeat playback of the current title or chapter (for DVD VIDEO), current group or track (for DVD AUDIO), or current or all tracks. You can also repeat playback of a desired part. Method 1 ¶ For DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO: During pla...

Advanced operations 40 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s • Audio CD/Video CD/SVCD The selected mode is also shown on the on-screen display, however, it is shown in the different way from the display window. The following table shows the relation between them. • To stop repeat playback Press 7 . When a DVD...

Advanced operations 41 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns 3 Press ENTER at the end of the part you want to repeat (point B). The unit locates “A” and starts repeat playback between “A” and “B.” • Screen example • To quit A-B repeat playback Press 7 . The unit stops playback and quits A-B repeat mode. • Dur...

Advanced operations 42 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s From on-screen display ¶ During DVD VIDEO playback 1 Press ON SCREEN. The on-screen display appears on the TV screen. 2 Use CURSOR 5 / ∞ or ANGLE to move to [ANGLE]. 3 Use CURSOR 2 / 3 or ANGLE to select the desired angle number. ¶ During DVD VIDEO ...

Advanced operations 43 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Changing the language and sound Some DVD VIDEO discs support more than one subtitle language and/or audio language/sound, while some DVD AUDIO discs support more than one audio language/sound.You can select the desired one from them.Similarly, you c...

Advanced operations 44 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s • For SVCD An SVCD disc can have up to four subtitles. Pressing CURSOR 2 / 3 cycles among those channels as follows regardless of whether the subtitles are recorded or not. If no subtitle is recorded on the selected channel, no subtitle appears on t...

Advanced operations 45 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns • For DVD AUDIO/DVD VIDEO Each time you press CURSOR 2 / 3 or AUDIO - S.FREQ, the audio language or sound changes. • For Video CD/SVCD Each time you press CURSOR 2 / 3 or AUDIO - S.FREQ, the playback audio channel changes as follows. Miscellaneous f...

Advanced operations 46 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s • BRIGHTNESS Controls the brightness of the screen. • CONTRAST Controls the contrast of the screen. • COLOR Controls the color depth of the screen. • TINT Controls the tint of the screen. • SHARPNESS Controls the sharpness of the screen. • Y DELAY C...

Advanced operations 47 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns 3 Press CURSOR 2 / 3 to adjust the effect level. You can adjust the effect level in 5 steps. Toward L: Reduces the effect.Toward H: Enhances the effect. • To turn off the 3D PHONIC screen, press ENTER. The 3D PHONIC screen disappears if no operation...

Advanced operations 48 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s Most DVD AUDIO discs include still pictures, which usually appear in turn automatically during playback according to the playback sequence. However, there are other page(s) of the current still picture and you can change the picture (turn the page) ...

Advanced operations 49 Ad va nc e d op er a tio ns Some DVD AUDIO discs contain a special group called “bonus group” whose contents are not opened to the public. The bonus group is always assigned to the last group of a disc (for example, if a disc contains four groups including a bonus group, “grou...

Advanced operations 50 Ad va nc e d op er atio n s You can check the sampling frequency of digital audio during playback. ¶ During playback 1 Press AUDIO - S.FREQ for more than one second. The sampling frequency of the current digital audio is shown in the display window temporarily.Note that any fi...

51 MP 3 dis c pl ay bac k English MP3 disc playback This unit can playback CD-R/RW discs recorded by the MP3 format (we refer to those discs as MP3 discs in this manual).Though available functions with MP3 discs are limited, operations for the available functions are similar to those with Audio CD d...

MP3 disc playback 52 MP 3 dis c pla yba ck 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 and Track for playback via this display. You can specify the desired Group/Track from the display b...

MP3 disc playback 53 MP 3 dis c pl ay bac k English You can repeat playback of the current track or group. ¶ During playback or while stopped 1 Press REPEAT. Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode toggles among current group repeat, current track repeat and off.You can see the selected mode by ...

54 Init ial s e tti ng s Initial settings Selecting preferences You can set various preferences for playback via two preference displays. You can bring up a preference display at any time except the unit is turned off. ¶ In any condition except the unit is turned off. 1 Press CHOICE. One of the Pref...

Initial settings 55 In it ial s e tti ng s AUDIO LANGUAGE You can select the default audio language to be played if it is contained on a DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO disc. Each time you press CURSOR 3 , the language setting changes in the following order: ENGLISH → → → → SPANISH → → → → FRENCH → → → → CHINES...

Initial settings 56 Init ial s e tti ng s MONITOR TYPE You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you playback DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide screen televisions. • 4:3 LB. (Letter Box Conversion) Should be selected when you connect a normal TV to the unit.When you play a wide picture r...

Initial settings 57 In it ial s e tti ng s The “ PREFERENCE 2 ” display handles preferences related to audio and system. 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. • PCM ONLY Should be selected when ...

Initial settings 58 Init ial s e tti ng s DOWN MIX To playback a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with surround multichannel audio correctly, the DOWN MIX setting must be properly made according to your audio system.Note that this setting affects only the output signal from the ANALOG AUDIO output jacks when...

Initial settings 59 In it ial s e tti ng s SCREEN SAVER 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 ...

Initial settings 60 Init ial s e tti ng s 2 Select the size using CURSOR 2 / 3 . • Large : Large speaker(s) which can fully reproduce the low-frequency range. • Small : Small speaker(s) which can not fully reproduce the low-frequency range. • None : No speaker(s) connected. If you set the front spea...

Initial settings 61 In it ial s e tti ng s Test tone(available only while setting LEVEL or DELAY) You can check the level setting by monitoring the test tone. 1 Select [TEST TONE] using CURSOR 5 / ∞ , then press ENTER. The color of “TEST TONE” changes. 2 Select the desired speaker(s) using CURSOR 5 ...

Initial settings 62 Init ial s e tti ng s 4 While points [Set Level], use CURSOR 2 / 3 to select the Parental Lock level. Each time you press CURSOR 2 / 3 , the parental level changes as follows: • “LEVEL1” is the strictest level. “NONE” means no restriction. Discs rated higher than the selected lev...

Initial settings 63 In it ial s e tti ng s 5 Enter the password using the numeric buttons (0 to 9) and press ENTER. moves to [EXIT]. 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...

64 Ad dit ion al info rm at ion Additional information 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...

Additional information 65 Ad dit ion al in fo rm a tio n 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 powe...

Additional information 66 Ad dit ion al info rm at ion Care and handling of discs 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 ...

Additional information 67 Ad dit ion al in fo rm a tio n Troubleshooting What appears to be a malfunction may not always be serious. Please go through the following list before requesting service. Symptom Possible case Remedy Power does not come on. Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in secur...

Additional information 68 Ad dit ion al info rm at ion Specifications General Readable discs: DVD AUDIO, DVD VIDEO, Audio CD, Video CD, SVCD Video format: NTSC, (525i/525p)/PAL selectable Other Power requirements: AC 110V - 240V , 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption: 17 W (POWER ON), 3.0 W (STANDBY mode) ...

Additional information 69 Ad dit ion al in fo rm a tio n Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations When you select the subtitle language or sound, the languages shown below are displayed as abbreviations. To select the desired language, select the abbreviation corresponding the language...

Additional information 70 Ad dit ion al info rm at ion Appendix B: Country code list for Parental Lock This list is used for the Parental Lock operation. For details, see page 61. AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherland...