JVC TH-A104 Using the Sleep Timer, Using the DSP Modes, Press Sleep repeatedly, Surround modes

Basic operations

The lamp display indicates the type of disc (DVD or CD) currently playing as follows.

Example:

With Dolby digital 5.1 ch, DTS digital 5.1 ch, or MPEG Multichannel 5.1 ch surround

With Dolby digital (Lt/Rt *)

With stereo sound (eg Audio CD)

*Lt/Rt refers to the downmix output when connected to a device that uses Dolby Pro Logic.

Using the Sleep Timer

Using the Sleep Timer, you can fall asleep to music and know the system will turn off by itself rather than play all night.

From the remote controls:
Primary remote control	Secondary remote control

SLEEPSLEEP

Press SLEEP repeatedly.

The shut-off time changes as follows (in minutes):

=10=20=30=60=90=120=150=OFF (Canceled)=(back to

the beginning)

When the shut-off time comes

The system turns off automatically.

To check or change the time remaining until

the shut-off time ———————————————

Press SLEEP once.

The remaining time until the shut-off time appears in minutes.

• To change the shut-off time, press SLEEP repeatedly.

To cancel the Sleep Timer ———————————

Press SLEEP repeatedly until “SLEEP OFF” appears on the display window.

• Turning off the power also cancels the Sleep Timer.

Using the DSP Modes

The built-in Surround Processor provides two types of the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) mode — Surround mode and DAP (Digital Acoustic Processor) mode.

Surround modes ———————————————

With this system, you can use two types of the Surround mode.

Dolby Surround (Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic)*

Used to watch the soundtracks of software encoded with Dolby

Digital (bearing the mark) or with Dolby Surround

(bearing the mark ).

Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic can be selected automatically according to software played back.

DTS Digital Surround**

DTS Digital Surround is a discrete 5.1 channel digital audio format available on CD and DVD software.

To watch the soundtracks of video software bearing the mark , the system can provide you with DTS Digital Surround decoder. DTS Digital Surround is automatically selected according to software played back.

MPEG Multichannel

MPEG Multichannel is another discrete 5.1 channel digital audio format available on DVD software, and uses encoding method called MPEG2-Audio. (MPEG stands for “Motion Picture Expert Group” and has been originally developed for compressing video signals.) To watch the soundtracks of video software bearing the mark

, the center unit can provide you with MPEG Multichannel decoder.

Note:

•Change the decode mode from “AUTO/PCM” to “DTS” before playing an audio CD recorded with DTS Digital Surround.

*Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic”, and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

**Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942 and other world-wide patents issues and pending. “DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. ©1996 Digital Theater Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

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