Preliminary knowledge

Preliminary knowledge

Names of parts and controls

Refer to the corresponding pages indicated in () for details.

Front panel

1 button

2 STANDBY indicator

4 DVD 1 to DVD 3 trays

5 0(OPEN/CLOSE) buttons

 

 

 

 

 

3 Key control buttons

6 1 through 3 (DISC) buttons

( ,

 

 

 

, )

with indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 SHUTTLE knob

 

 

DVD PLAYER

 

 

 

 

SHUTTLE

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY

DVD3

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

STANDBY/ON

 

DVD2

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIC1

MIC2

DVD1

PLAY & EXCHANGE

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOP PAUSE PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

MIN

MAX MIN

MAX

RESERVE

KARAOKE

1

2

3

4

5

 

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISC TITLE CHAP

RESUME

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

MIC1

MIC2

DVD

 

SKIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EACH

 

7

8

9

10

+10

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

DOLBY

CANCEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D I G I T A L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD / SUPER VIDEO CD / VIDEO CD / CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ KARAOKE ON/OFF

 

 

 

8 Numeric buttons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ MIC 1/2 jacks

 

 

 

 

button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 #(PLAY) button

% MIC 1/2 level controls

! Display window

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# CANCEL button

 

= 4/¢(SKIP) buttons

 

 

 

 

0 8(PAUSE) button

 

 

 

 

@ RESERVE button

 

 

 

 

- 7(STOP) button

 

 

 

 

 

Preliminary

Knowledge

 

 

1 button (17)

Turns the unit on or off (standby).

2STANDBY indicator

Lights when the power cord is connected and the unit is on standby. When the unit is turned on, the STANDBY indicator goes off.

3Key control buttons (40)

Used to shift the musical key of a song being played to match

with your voice.

 

 

# raises the key, and lowers the key.

 

returns to the origi-

nal (normal) key.

 

 

4DVD 1 to DVD 3 trays (17)

Used to load discs. To insert/remove discs, press the 0 (OPEN/CLOSE) button located on the right of the tray corresponding to disc number.

5 0 (OPEN/CLOSE) buttons (17)

Used to open and close disc trays 1 to 3 respectively. When, after opening the DVD1 tray, another 0(OPEN/CLOSE) button is pressed, the DVD1 tray is first closed, then the other DVD tray selected is opened.

61 through 3 (DISC) buttons with indicators (18)

Used to start playback of the disc in the tray corresponding with the number indicated on the button (these function the same as the DISC 1 through 3 buttons on the remote control unit). While playing, the corresponding indicator blinks.

In this manual, they are sometimes called “DISC” buttons.

7SHUTTLE knob (19, 25)

Performs rapid advance/reverse playback operations. Also used for slow-motion playback of a picture (for DVD/ Video CD/SVCD).

8Numeric buttons

Mainly used to select title/track numbers when reserving songs for karaoke or starting from a desired title/track.

9 # (PLAY) button (18)

Starts playback. Also used as a SELECT button for the PBC of Video CDs/SVCDs.

Functions the same as the # (SELECT) button on the remote control unit.

08 (PAUSE) button (18)

Pauses playback

-7 (STOP) button (18)

Stops playback.

=4/¢ (SKIP) button (19)

Used to skip chapter, title or track.

Also used for the page selection of a menu screen (for Video CD/SVCD).

~KARAOKE ON/OFF button (35)

Turns the karaoke function on or off.

!Display window

Indicates the current status of the unit.

@RESERVE button (36)

Used to reserve songs to be played back for karaoke.

#CANCEL button (36)

Cancels reserved songs.

$MIC 1/2 jacks (35)

Used to connect microphones.

%MIC 1/2 level controls (35)

Used to control the input level of microphones connected to the MIC 1/2 jacks.

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JVC XV-M556TN, XV-M557GD manual Preliminary knowledge, Names of parts and controls, Front panel

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