To bring up the menu bar, Basic operation procedure

Menu bar functions

You can use various functions from the menu bar.

To bring up the menu bar

When a disc is inserted, press ON SCREEN twice. A menu bar for the type of disc inserted will appear under the status bar.

Ex.: Menu bar for DVD VIDEO

To dismiss the menu bar and the status bar, press ON SCREEN.

Basic operation procedure

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

2 Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER:

(1)When a pull-down menu appears, press 5/∞ to select the setting you want, then press ENTER.

(2)When a number-entry box appears, use the numeric buttons to enter the number you want, then press ENTER.

(3)When changing setting, press ENTER

repeatedly to select the setting you want.

NOTES

•The selected item on the menu bar is shown in green.

•The available functions differ depending on the player status. Refer to the explanation below to check when you can use a certain function.

Menu bar functions

selects the time mode shown in the display window and the status bar.

•TOTAL: Elapsed time of current title (DVD) or a disc (CD/VCD/SVCD)

•T.REM: Remaining time of current title (DVD) or a disc (CD/VCD/SVCD)

(Except for DVD: while stopped, disc total time)

•TIME: Elapsed time of current chapter (DVD) or track (CD/VCD/SVCD)

•REM: Remaining time of current chapter (DVD) or track (CD/VCD/SVCD)

(while stopped, current track total time)

selects repeat mode.

DVD:	During playback
CD:	In any condition

VCD/SVCD: In any condition except PBC playback

• CHAPTER: Current chapter repeat (DVD)

• TITLE:	Current title repeat (DVD)
• TRACK:	Current track repeat (CD/VCD/SVCD)
• ALL:	All track repeat (CD/VCD/SVCD)

•A-B: A-B repeat (During playback). After selecting A-B, press ENTER at the

		beginning point of repeat, then press
		ENTER again at the end point.
	• OFF:	Repeat mode deactivated. Select this to
		quit repeat mode.
		specifies beginning point of a title (DVD) or a
		specifies beginning point of a title (DVD) or a
disc (CD/VCD/SVCD) by the time.
DVD:		In any condition
CD:		In any condition except program or
		random playback

VCD/SVCD: In any condition except PBC or program or random playback

specifies a chapter to play back from (DVD only).

selects the audio language (DVD), sound

track (DVD), or audio channel (VCD/SVCD) during playback.

selects the subtitle language (DVD) or subtitle (SVCD) during playback.

selects a desired scene angle in a multi- angle part (DVD only).

specifies the playback order of tracks while

stopped (unavailable for DVD). You can program up to 99 tracks.

1.After selecting icon, press the numeric buttons to specify tracks in the desired order.

•To correct the program, press 5/∞ to move to the track to be corrected, then press CANCEL. The track is erased and the subsequent programmed tracks move up.

Pressing 7 clears all the programmed tracks.

2.Press 3(SELECT) to start program playback.

•During program playback, you cannot edit the program contents.

•To exit the program mode, press ON SCREEN after clearing the program.

activates random playback while stopped (unavailable for DVD).

After selecting icon, press ENTER.

The player starts random playback.

Audio/Video files playback

You can play back MP3/JPEG files on a CD/CD-R/RW and DivX files recorded on CD-R/RW, DVD-R/-RW.

Precautions

•Use “ISO 9660” as the disc format.

•The player does not support MP3/JPEG discs recorded with “packet writing” (UDF files).

•The player supports discs recorded with up to five multiple sessions.

•The player may be unable to play back a disc due to the characteristics or recording conditions.

•The player recognizes up to the fifth layer of groups, 999 files per group (including unplayable files), and up to 250 groups per disc.

•Add the appropriate extension (Ex: “.mp3,” “.jpg,” “.avi,” and “.divx”) to the file name.

•MP3i and MP3 Pro are not available.

•The player cannot play back a picture of more than 5120 x 3413 pixels (baseline JPEG) or 2048 x 1536 pixels (progressive JPEG).

•The player supports the DivX files whose resolution is 720 x 480 pixels or less (30 fps), and 720 x 576 pixels or less (25 fps).

Selecting a specific file or group

You can select files or folders (groups) using the Control display on the TV screen.

Control display

DISC CONTROL

Select these

sections to show the

NORMAL

GROUP

MP3

PICT01.jpg

upper layer.

SLIDESHOW

PICT02.jpg

MIX

PICT03.jpg

MUSIC01.mp3

Current file

MUSIC02.mp3

Group

column

File column

Current group

Current playback mode

Press 5/∞/2/3 to move the cursor bar to a desired file, then press 3(SELECT).

•For JPEG files, only the selected file is played back when you press ENTER.

Various playback mode

• To play back a disc continuously, select NORMAL.

Repeat playback

1.While stopped, press 5/∞/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode.

2.Press ENTER repeatedly to select the desired repeat mode.

•REPEAT 1: Repeats the current file.

•REPEAT GROUP: Repeats all files in the current group.

•REPEAT ALL: Repeats all files on the disc.

3.Press 3 to move the cursor bar to the file column, then press 3(SELECT).

Random playback

1.While stopped, press 5/∞/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode.

2.Press ENTER repeatedly to select RANDOM.

3.Press 3 to move the cursor bar to the file column, then press 3(SELECT).

Program playback

1.While stopped, press 5/∞/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode.

2.Press ENTER repeatedly to select PROGRAM.

3.Press 5/∞/2/3 to select the desired file, then press

ENTER.

4.Repeat step 3 until all the desired files are selected.

•To erase the last programmed file, press 2 to move the cursor bar to the programmed files column, then press CANCEL.

5.Press 3(SELECT).

To zoom in a picture

Press ZOOM.

Each time you press ZOOM, the magnification is changed—

-x1.5/x2 for JPEG files

-x2 for DivX files

NOTE

This function is not available for some JPEG files depending on their resolution size and JPEG format.

To rotate/reflect a still picture

While a still picture is played back:

•Pressing 2/3 rotates the picture by 90°.

•Pressing 5 reflects the picture vertically.

•Pressing ∞ reflects the picture horizontally.

To select a JPEG file from the thumbnail list

1.Press and hold THUMBNAIL/LIST while a JPEG file is selected on the Control display.

2.Press 5/∞/2/3 to select the desired picture, then press ENTER.

•You can change the page of thumbnail list by pressing 4/¢.

Slide show playback of JPEG files

Press 3(SELECT) while a JPEG file is selected on the Control display.

•To select slide show effect

Press and hold ANGLE-SLIDE EFFECT until [SLIDE EFFECT MODE:] and the current mode appears on the TV screen.

By pressing and holding the button repeatedly, you can select the effect from 11 effects, random effect selection (RAND), and no effect (NONE).

The effect is not applied to progressive JPEG files.

Playing back a DivX file with an associated subtitle file

1.Load a disc containing a DivX file and associated subtitle file.

2.Press 5/∞/2/3 to select the subtitle file, then press

SUBTITLE.

“DIVX SUBTITLE SELECTED” appears on the Control display.

3.Press 5/∞ to select the DivX file you want to play, then press ENTER or 3 to start playback.

4.During playback, press SUBTITLE on the remote control to select appropriate language code from the following:

LANGUAGE 1, LANGUAGE 2, LANGUAGE 3, LANGUAGE 4, LANGUAGE 5

Some subtitle files can not be displayed correctly even if you press SUBTITLE to change the setting.

NOTES

•The following formats of subtitle files are available for this player:

“.ass,” “.psb,” “.smi,” “.ssa,” “.sri,” “.srt,” “.sub,” “.txt” Some subtitle files are not available even if their formats are the ones listed above.

•A DivX file and its associated subtitle file should be in the same folder.

Troubleshooting

Power

Power does not come on.

\Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in securely.

Operation

“REGION CODE ERROR!” is shown on the TV.

\Region code of the inserted disc does not match the player. Check the region code of the disc printed on the disc jacket.

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 an unplayable disc is inserted. Check and replace the disc.

[LOCK] is displayed on the display window and the disc tray does not open.

\When you press 0 while pressing down 7 on the player in standby mode, the tray lock function is activated. The disc tray cannot be opened or closed in this status. To release this status, press 0 while pressing down 7 on the player in standby mode.

Picture

Picture is noisy.

\The player is connected to a VCR directly and the copyguard function is activated. Connect the player so that the picture signal flows directly to the TV.

With some discs, the picture may be blurred when [PICTURE SOURCE] is set to [FILM] or [AUTO]. Set [PICTURE SOURCE] to [VIDEO (NORMAL)] or [VIDEO (ACTIVE)].

\The disc may be poorly recorded or scratched. Try to use the TRACK ADJUST function to play back with better quality.

Picture is distorted when using component (Y, PB, PR) or S-VIDEO jack(s).

\Both the component connection and S-video connection are made. Disconnect the unused one.

No picture is displayed on the TV screen or the screen is blurred or divided into two parts.

\The player is in the progressive scanning mode though it is connected to a TV via the VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack. Observe the display window. If [P] is turned on, the player is in the progressive scanning mode.

Make the Progressive scanning mode inactive by using the VFP - I/P button.

Audio

DVD VIDEO disc playback sound level is lower than TV broadcast sound level.

\Set the [D.RANGE CONTROL] preference to [TV MODE].

Analog audio output is distorted.

\Set the [OUTPUT LEVEL] preference to [LOW].

MP3/JPEG/DivX

No sound and/or no picture comes out.

\MP3/JPEG disc is recorded with the “packet writing (UDF file).” It cannot be played.

Check the files you want to play back.

Files (tracks) are not played in the recorded order.

\This player plays the files in the alphabetic order. So, the playback order can vary.

DivX files are played back without sound.

\This player can play back the MP3 sound for the audio part of the DivX files. Select the proper audio CODEC when making DivX files.

Initial settings

Language codes list for the LANGUAGE menu

Specifications Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice.

You can change the settings of this player according to your preferences and playing environment.

How to set the Initial settings				NOTES
1	Press SET UP.			• Some items in the menus cannot be changed during
2	Press 2/3 to select the menu.			playback.
				• During MP3 files playback, you cannot show the menus.
3	Press 5/∞ to move to select the item.
				• If the upper and lower parts of the menu are cut off,
4	Press ENTER.
				adjust the picture size control of the TV.
5	Press 5/∞ to select the options, then press ENTER.
				• For settings of the LANGUAGE menu, see also codes
To dismiss a preference display
				list on the right.
Press SET UP.				• Depending on the disc, the settings may not apply
				correctly.

		LANGUAGE menu


		Item		Contents
MENU LANGUAGE			You can select the default menu language of DVD VIDEO.

AUDIO LANGUAGE			You can select the default audio language of DVD VIDEO.
SUBTITLE			You can select the default subtitle language of DVD VIDEO.
ON SCREEN LANGUAGE			You can select “ENGLISH,” “CHINESE,” or “SPANISH” as the on-screen language.

PICTURE menu
Item		Contents
MONITOR TYPE		You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play back DVD VIDEO
16:9	4:3 LB	discs recorded for wide-screen televisions.
		[16:9] (Wide television screen): For a wide-screen (16:9) TV.
		[4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): For a normal (4:3) TV. Displays a wide-screen
		picture to fit the width of the TV screen keeping the aspect ratio.
4:3 PS		[4:3 PS] (Pan Scan conversion): For a normal (4:3) TV. The picture is zoomed up to
4:3 PS		filling the screen vertically and the left and right sides of the picture are cut off.

PICTURE SOURCE	You can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting the source type of the disc contents.
	[AUTO]: Normally, select this option. The player recognizes the picture type (film or
	video source) of the current disc according to the disc information.
	[FILM]: For a film source disc.
	[VIDEO (NORMAL)]: For a video source disc with relatively a few movements.
	[VIDEO (ACTIVE)]: For a video source disc with relatively a lot of movements.

SCREEN SAVER	You can set the screen saver function to ON or OFF.
COLOUR SYSTEM	You need to select the color system format according to your TV.
	[PAL]: A TV supporting PAL system.
	[NTSC]: A TV supporting NTSC system.
	[MULTI]: A TV supporting both PAL and NTSC systems. The player outputs a PAL or
	NTSC video signal according to the disc.

BACKGROUND	You can use your favorite image as the opening display.
	[STANDARD]: Display the JVC original image.
	[USER]: Display your favorite image as the opening display when a JPEG image is
	registered.
	[SAVE AS BACKGROUND]: To register a new image, select this while a JPEG image
	is displayed on the TV.

Afar

Greek

Icelandic

Mongolian

Rumanian

Thai

AUDIO menu

Abkhazian

Esperanto

Hebrew

Moldavian

Russian

Tigrinya

Estonian

Yiddish

Marathi

Kinyarwanda

Turkmen

Afrikaans

Basque

Javanese

Malay

Sanskrit

Tagalog

Ameharic

Item

Contents

Arabic

Persian

Georgian

(MAY)

Sindhi

Setswana

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

Set this item correctly according to the logo on your receiver or decoder.

Maltese

Finnish

Kazakh

Sangho

Tongan

Assamese

[PCM ONLY]: Receiver/decoder bearing neither Dolby Digital nor DTS logo, or digital

Burmese

Fiji

Greenlandic

Serbo-

Turkish

Aymara

recorder.

Nauru

Croatian

Faroese

Cambodian

Tsonga

Azerbaijani

[DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM]: Receiver/decoder bearing Dolby Digital logo and no DTS.

Nepali

Singhalese

Frisian

Kannada

Tatar

Bashkir

[STREAM/PCM]: Receiver/decoder bearing both Dolby Digital and DTS logos.

Dutch

Slovak

Irish

Korean

Twi

Byelorussian

ANALOG DOWNMIX

Set this item properly according to your analog audio connection to play the sound of

(KOR)

Norwegian

Slovenian

Scots

Ukrainian

Bulgarian

the surround multichannel audio on a DVD VIDEO.

Gaelic

Kashmiri

Occitan

Samoan

Urdu

Bihari

[DOLBY SURROUND]: Select this when connecting to a surround decoder.

Galician

Kurdish

(Afan)

Shona

Uzbek

Bislama

[STEREO]: Select this when connecting to a stereo amplifier or TV, or in case you want

Guarani

Kirghiz

Oromo

Somali

Vietnamese

Bengali,Ban-

to record from a DVD VIDEO to a MiniDisc, cassette, etc.

Oriya

gla

Gujarati

Latin

Albanian

Volapuk

D.RANGE CONTROL

Set this item to listen to DVD VIDEO recorded in Dolby Digital format at low or middle volume.

Panjabi

Hausa

Lingala

Serbian

Tibetan

Wolof

[WIDE RANGE]: You can enjoy powerful playback sound.

Polish

Hindi

Laothian

Siswati

Breton

Xhosa

[NORMAL]: Normally, select this.

Pashto,

Croatian

Lithuanian

Sesotho

[TV MODE]: Select this if the sound level of DVD VIDEO is lower than the one of TV

Catalan

Yoruba

Pushto

Hungarian

Latvian,

Sundanese

Corsican

Zulu

program to make the sound at a lower volume clear.

Portuguese

Lettish

Armenian

Swedish

Czech

OUTPUT LEVEL

Set this item to attenuate the level of the signal output from the analog AUDIO OUT

Quechua

Malagasy

Interlingua

Swahili

Welsh

terminals. If the sound from the speaker is distorted, select [LOW].

Rhaeto-

Maori

Interlingue

Tamil

Danish

Romance

Macedonian

Inupiak

Telugu

Bhutani

Kirundi

Malayalam

Indonesian

Tajik

OTHERS menu

Item

Contents

RESUME

You can select the resume playback mode.

[ON]: The player resumes playback from the position where playback has been

stopped if the disc is still in the disc tray.

[OFF]: This function is deactivated.

[DISC RESUME]: The player resumes playback of the last 30 discs played. The player

retains a memory of the stopped position of each disc even if the disc is removed

from the disc tray. The TRACK ADJUST MODE selected for the disc will be

resumed as well.

ON SCREEN GUIDE

Activate or deactivate the on-screen guide.

AUTO STANDBY

Set the time until the player turns off (into standby) automatically if playback is stopped

for more than 30 minutes or 60 minutes.

DivX REGISTRATION

You can confirm of your player’s Registration Code for DivX playback.

Once you played back a disc created by using the Registration Code, the player’s

code is overwritten by a totally different new one for copyright protection purpose.

General

Readable discs:

DVD VIDEO, DVD-R/-RW (Video format and DivX), +R/+RW (Video format), SVCD, Video CD, Audio CD (CD-DA), CD-R/RW(CD-DA, SVCD, Video CD, MP3 format, JPEG, DivX)

Video format:

NTSC: 525i/525p

PAL: 625i/625p

Other

Power requirements:

AC 110 V - 240 V , 50 Hz/60 Hz

Power consumption:

11.0W (POWER ON), 1.0 W (STANDBY mode) Mass: 1.5 kg

Dimensions (W x H x D):

435 mm x 44 mm x 201.5 mm Laser Specifications:

Wave length

CD: 790 - 805 mm

DVD: 650 - 660 mm Output power

CD: 5 mW

DVD: 10 mW

Video outputs

Component (pin jacks)

Y Output: 1.0 Vp-p (75 Ω)

PB/PR Output: 0.7 Vp-p (75 Ω)

VIDEO (pin jack): 1.0 Vp-p (75 Ω)

S-VIDEO (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)

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

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

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

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

•“DTS” and “DTS Digital Out” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.

•This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

•DivX, DivX Certified, and associated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license.

•Official DivX® Certified product

•Plays all versions of DivX® video (including DivX® 6) with standard playback of DivX® media files

•“CONSUMERS SHOULD NOTE THAT NOT ALL HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION SETS ARE FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PRODUCT AND MAY CAUSE ARTIFACTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE PICTURE. IN CASE OF 525 OR 625 PROGRESSIVE SCAN PICTURE PROBLEMS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE USER SWITCH THE CONNECTION TO THE ‘STANDARD DEFINITION’ OUTPUT.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR TV SET COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 525p AND 625p DVD PLAYER, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.”

Menu bar functions