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Page 1: ...thrill of live performance and movie sound to the home environment by calling on JBL s professional engineering leadership SATELLITE TYPE Titanium laminate dome tweeter SUBWOOFER TYPE Bass reflex enclosure PORT DESIGN FreeFlow flared PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE Cinema Systems MODEL NUMBER DSC 400 DSC 800 ...

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Page 3: ...ctions for changing them are found in the second half of the manual This system was designed to provide you with many years of reliable operation with a minimum of care and maintenance Every component in your system was in perfect working condition when it left our factory If you experience any problems with the set up or operation of this system please review the Troubleshooting Guide at the end ...

Page 4: ...ng the On Screen Display OSD Language 27 Screen Saver Setting SCR Saver 27 TV Display Setting 28 TV Type Setting Multi NTSC PAL 28 Video Out Setting 29 Angle Mark Setting 29 Speaker Setup 30 Audio Mode Setting 30 Dolby Digital Setup 31 Dual Mono Setting 31 Dynamic Range Setting 31 Preferences Setup 31 Selecting the Language for Audio 31 Selecting the Language for Subtitles 32 Selecting the Languag...

Page 5: ...g water or other liquids near the controller In the event that liquid should enter the cabinet unplug the unit immediately and contact your authorized JBL dealer immediately Do not remove the cabinet Touching parts inside the cabinet could result in electric shock and or damage to the unit Do not use the unit in a car The operation cannot be guaran teed Non Use Periods When the controller is not b...

Page 6: ...he copy pro tection code prevents the videotape copy from playing normally For Optimum Performance The controller is a precision device that is constructed using extremely accurate technology Soiling or friction affecting the pickup lens or disc drive can impair the image quality In the worst case neither video nor audio will be played back To obtain optimum picture quality the player should be ch...

Page 7: ... listening to the radio page 36 press this button to tune to a higher frequency For automatic tuning press and hold it for more than 1 second A STOP page 18 Stop playing a disc G B PLAY PAUSE page 18 Play or pause a disc REMOTE SENSOR Receives the remote control signals Front Panel Display page 6 Indicate the playing time etc PHONES jack Connect head phones to this jack Headphones not included SEL...

Page 8: ...ation is received DTS Illuminates when the disc playing outputs DTS audio FM AM Frequency In AM mode kHz lights up In FM mode MHz lights up Wide page 36 Illuminates when Pro Logic Wide or 3 Stereo Wide mode is selected Phan Phantom page 37 Illuminates when Pro Logic Phantom is selected Nor Normal page 37 Illuminates when Pro Logic Normal or 3 Stereo Normal is selected Dolby 3 Stereo page 37 Illumi...

Page 9: ...ary when using DSC loudspeaker system and subwoofer connection AUX Audio In page 15 Connect to a line level analog audio source TV tape player Minidisc PC etc SCART In Out page 15 Connect to a TV SCART input SCART cable included Video Out page 15 Connect to a TV video input Composite video cable not included S Video Out page 15 Connect to a TV S Video input S Video cable not included System Audio ...

Page 10: ... must be on GO TO page 23 Selects a starting point to play Numbers page 17 20 23 Select the items or settings or tracks directly with discs or presets with tuner PROGRAM page 22 Stores CD tracks for program play N P NTSC PAL page 28 Changes TV system temporarily without changing the default setting MEMO STEP Stores radio station in preset memory when tuner is selected page 17 Activates frame by fr...

Page 11: ...when playing DVD LANGUAGE page 34 Selects audio language and format when playing DVD DISPLAY page 24 Switches item displayed on screen and or on front panel display DVD page 18 Selects the input from a DVD or other disc format inserted in the disc tray ZOOM page 41 Zoom in to enlarge picture area SETUP page 25ff Displays or exits the SETUP menu TEST TONE page 16 Turns test tone on and off TUNER pa...

Page 12: ... disc Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or sources such as hot air ducts or leave it in a car parked in direct sunlight as there can be a considerable rise in temperature in side the car After playing store the disc in its case Do not write on the label side with a ball point pen or other writing utensils Be careful not to drop or bend the disc Disc cleaning precautions Before playing clea...

Page 13: ...htly behind the listening position and ideally should face each other and be at a level higher than the listeners ears If that is not possible they may be placed on a wall behind the listening position facing forward The surround speakers should not call attention to themselves Experiment with their placement until you hear a diffuse ambient sound accompanying the main program material heard in th...

Page 14: ...urrounds DSC400 Satellites and Surrounds On shelves On the wall Wall brackets are included On optional stands On shelves On the wall Wall brackets are an optional extra WB300S On optional stands FS300S Attach plate to wall The brackets should be placed if possible so that the screws will fasten into a wooden wall stud If that is not possible use properly selected wall anchors Slide speaker onto su...

Page 15: ... the rear of the subwoofer Owners of the DSC400 system should follow the instructions in the section marked DSC400 Only for cable connection to the DSC400 satellites Owners of the DSC800 system should follow the instructions in the section marked DSC800 Only for cable connection to the DSC800 satellites To place the speakers in your room see the recommendation on pages 11 and 30 Right Front Speake...

Page 16: ...ng the FM wire antenna keep it as horizontal as possible Move it until you receive the best reception If you have poor FM reception Use a 75 ohm coaxial cable not included to connect the system to an outdoor FM antenna as shown below or to the radio antenna connector on the wall for the roof antenna on your house if any Notes If you connect the system to an outdoor antenna ground it against lightn...

Page 17: ...ct a line level stereo analog audio source such as a Sat receiver tape deck phono preamp of a record player etc to the controller s rear panel AUX Input sockets to enjoy the benefits of your DSC system with other source components VCR Connection Audio Cables Not Included To listen to the sound from your stereo VCR through the speakers of this system connect the Left Right audio output jacks of you...

Page 18: ...Press TEST TONE again to cancel the test tone function You can skip step 4 and go to the next section 4 If the level of all 5 speakers does not sound the same at your normal listening position you can adjust each speaker up or down 10 dB in 1 dB steps For example if the test tone from the surround speakers A D J U S T I N G S P E A K E R L E V E L S sounds lower than the front speakers when the fr...

Page 19: ...ears in the display approximately 4 seconds otherwise the station will not be memorized 7 Repeat steps 2 to 6 to enter up to 40 stations in the tuner memory Recalling Preset Stations 1 Press STANDBY on the remote control to turn the system ON and if necessary press TUNER to select the Tuner function 2 Press either STA or STA on the remote to select the desired preset memory number Note You may als...

Page 20: ...menu or title menu may appear on the TV screen see page 20 When playing a VCD CD or MP3 disc the player will go to stop mode With CDs and MP3 discs the number of all tracks on the disc will be displayed on the front panel display and with MP3 discs the main root directory will appear on the TV screen With VCDs the message VCD STOP will appear on the front display Note While the disc is loading the...

Page 21: ...ng or repeatedly If the playing disc is a DVD you can select the following search speeds FF1 FF2 FF3 FF4 or FR1 FR2 FR3 FR4 If the playing disc is a CD you can select the following search speeds FF1 FF2 or FR1 FR2 If the disc is a VCD 3 speeds are available in both directions Notes This function is not available for MP3 The larger the number is the faster the searching speed For CD when the search...

Page 22: ...tle or chapter you want to play Depending on the disc you can use the number buttons 0 9 10 to select the title or chapter 3 Press ENTER The player starts playing the selected title or chapter Notes Depending on the DVD disc you may not be able to enter the root menu For some DVD discs when you press RETURN playback will restart from the beginning of the disc Important Note Many DVDs contain a Mai...

Page 23: ...is useful when you want to memorize lyrics or repeatedly watch a portion of the DVD 1 When playing a disc press A B one time to set the starting point A of the specific portion you want to play repeatedly The A indicator appears on the front panel display 2 When reaching the end point B you want press A B a second time The A B indicator appears on the front panel display The player starts to play ...

Page 24: ...the program mode the system will interrupt and exit the program setting mode In program play mode press STOP A once to stop program play The program sequence remains in memory Notes The program remains even after program play ends When you press B you can play the same program again You can repeat the programmed tracks by pressing the REPEAT button while in the program play mode 5 To cancel progra...

Page 25: ...r example key in 0 1 2 3 4 5 3 Press ENTER to start playing from the point of 01 23 45 This is not needed with VCD s the player will skip to the time selected at once 4 Press GO TO again to exit time menu screen Notes If the title number chapter number or time code you input does not exist on the disc the menu will disappear The menu will disappear within a few seconds if you do not input a valid ...

Page 26: ...n playing a CD or VCD 1 Press DISPLAY for track number selected total track number on disc and the single track elapsed time 2 Press Display repeatedly for single track remaining time then total disc elapsed time and then total disc remaining time on screen and on the front panel display not with VCD 3 Press DISPLAY again to exit information display Note For CD the following information about trac...

Page 27: ...age then press ENTER to go to the selected page Note The Preferences Page cannot be selected while a disc is playing If a disc is playing press SETUP again to exit the SETUP Menu page and press STOP to stop playback Then press SETUP again to re enter the Main Page The Preferences Page can now be selected Use D E to select one of the settings on the page The options for the setting will appear in t...

Page 28: ...RENCES GENERAL PAGE TV DISPLAY NORMAL PS NORMAL LB WIDE 16 9 TV TYPE MULTI NTSC PAL VIDEO OUT S VIDEO RGB ANGLE MARK ON OFF OSD LANG ENGLISH FRENCH ITALIAN GERMAN SPANISH SCR SAVER ON OFF MAIN PAGE SPEAKER SETUP PAGE AUDIO MODE STEREO PRO LOGIC 5 1CH LT RT MAIN PAGE DOLBY DIGITAL SETUP DUAL MONO STEREO L MONO R MONO MIX MONO DYNAMIC FULL 7 8 6 8 5 8 4 8 3 8 2 8 1 8 OFF MAIN PAGE PREFERENCES PAGE A...

Page 29: ...nguages for the audio track subtitles and disc menus appro priately see pages 31 32 if available on the disc If the disc you are viewing does not support the On Screen Display OSD language you selected the player will automatically default to the language specified on the disc itself Screen Saver Setting SCR Saver Path Main Page General Page SCR Saver Turns the screen saver option on or off defaul...

Page 30: ...anually when 4 3 content is played otherwise it will be shown compressed vertically TV Type Setting Multi NTSC PAL Your TV is either a PAL or multi system TV The initial Default TV Type setting of this system is PAL This setting will allow PAL discs to play properly on both PAL TV s and multi system TV s And with this setting NTSC discs will also be played properly as the unit will convert NTSC si...

Page 31: ...erent video output setting They are for information only Your system has been preset to the S VIDEO setting and it must remain in the S VIDEO setting in order to view the picture on your TV 1 Press SETUP to enter SETUP MENU Use D E to select GENERAL SETUP see page 27 and then press ENTER 2 Select VIDEO OUT using D E then press to go to the right option list Select S Video or RGB using D E then pre...

Page 32: ...matically as default setting Notes With all discs containing no Dolby Digital or DTS audio the default listening mode will be stereo as indicated in the front display no Pro Logic indicator is on and the sound will only be heard from the left and right front speakers and the subwo ofer The center and rear speakers will have output only when a Pro Logic listening mode is selected with the LISTENING...

Page 33: ...s retained Select dynamic range compression to fit your individual listening situation The variable range is from FULL 7 8 to 1 8 or OFF OFF Audio with uncompressed dynamic range 7 8 1 8 Audio with partially compressed dynamic range FULL Audio with fully compressed dynamic range Note The Dual Mono and Dynamic Range settings can only be used with Dolby Digital programs PREFERENCES SETUP Selecting t...

Page 34: ...ted depending on the age of the users The parental control function in this system allows restricted access to be set by the parent The default setting is NO PARENTAL Movie ratings if any are as follows see also menu above G General audiences all ages admitted PG Parental Guidance suggested PG13 Parents strongly cautioned inappropriate for children under 13 PG R Parental Guidance Re stricted under...

Page 35: ...ox Enter it again in the Confirm Pwd box Press ENTER once more to confirm your new password To avoid locking forever you must memorize and remember your password Please make a note of your new password Returning to the Original Factory Default Settings Path Main Page Preferences Page Defaults Select RESET and then press ENTER button All of the items in the SETUP menu will return to their original ...

Page 36: ...off even if you set the subtitle function to off During some scenes the subtitles may not appear immediately after you turn them on Some DVD s allow you to make subtitle selections and turn subtitles on or off only via the disc menu Use D E and ENTER The maximum number of subtitle languages on a DVD is 32 You can set a preferred language for subtitles in the SETUP menu see page 32 Audio Language F...

Page 37: ... tune to another stronger RDS station Open Close Power DVD VCD CD MP3 Headphone Select Source Volume Volume STANDBY REPEAT A B SUBTITLE TITLE SETUP DVD 1 GOTO 2 RETURN AUDIO DISPLAY ANGLE 5 4 3 6 7 8 ZOOM ENTER TEST TONE MUTE SLEEP SELECT SLOW STEP LISTENING ADJ VOL ST MO MEMO STA TUN _ LANGUAGE N P 10 0 9 PROGRAM MENU PBC STOP PLAY PAUSE TUNER AUX OPEN CLOSE STA TUN NUMBER BUTTONS STATION ADJ VOL...

Page 38: ...pressing ADJ VOL or 5 The system s Dolby Pro Logic decoder may be used for enhanced listening to a stereo source For details see Selecting Listening Modes below Selecting Listening Modes This system has a built in Dolby Pro Logic decoder It can transform a stereo or PCM signal to Dolby Surround so that you can enjoy surround sound from nomal 2 channel stereo broadcasts and recordings Moreover with...

Page 39: ...els and a special dedicated low frequency channel PRO LOGIC The standard mode for analog surround sound decoding It uses information encoded in a two channel stereo recording to produce four distinct outputs Left Center Right and a Mono Surround channel Use this mode for accurate reproduction of programs bearing the Dolby Surround DTS Stereo UltraStereo or other Surround logos Surround encoded pro...

Page 40: ...splay At the same time a listing of all the directories appear on the screen if the disc contains several directories see figure 1 below With discs without directories a listing of up to 12 tracks on the disc will appear on the screen as shown in fig 2 below showing the names ID tags of all tracks currently listed Figure 1 Figure 2 To select a track press the D E arrow buttons until the desired tr...

Page 41: ... to the differences in various versions of the MP3 format and the many differences between the CD R machines used to record MP3 discs on a computer it is possible that some MP3 discs may not play on the JBL DSC100DVD even though they will work on a computer This is normal and does not indicate a fault in the unit When a multisession disc with both standard CD audio and MP3 content is in use the JB...

Page 42: ...r the volume of one or more speakers individually insert a DVD movie disc with a Dolby Digital or DTS 5 1 channel soundtrack and begin playback Then press the SELECT button on the remote control to select the 6 speakers in the following sequence TREBLE LEVEL FRONT LEFT CENTER FRONT RIGHT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND LEFT SUBWOOFER TREBLE LEVEL etc When the desired speaker level appears on the TV screen...

Page 43: ...ress the E D buttons the zoom point shifts allowing you to pan the zoomed picture Some discs may not respond to the zoom feature Zooming does not work on subtitles or menu screens included on DVDs The magnification level varies depending on the TV DISPLAY selection in the SETUP menu ZOOM 2 ZOOM OFF ZOOM 1 STANDBY REPEAT A B SUBTITLE TITLE SETUP DVD 1 GOTO 2 RETURN AUDIO DISPLAY ANGLE 5 4 3 6 7 8 Z...

Page 44: ...t Turn off the system eliminate the short circuit problem and turn on the power again The audio interconnect is damaged Replace it with a new one The system is in pause mode or in slow motion play mode or fast forward or fast reverse Press B to return to normal play mode Check the speaker settings see page 30 The left and right sounds are unbalanced or reversed Check that the speakers and componen...

Page 45: ... play mode turn the PBC Playback Control off by pressing MENU PBC on the remote an appropriate message will appear on the TV screeen not available with DVD Messages do not appear on the TV screen in the language you want Select the language for OSD in the SETUP menu see page 27 For all messages from the DVD DVD menu subtitles in the proper language the disc must have the language you selected if n...

Page 46: ...els are recorded discretely and processed digitally Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 and other worldwide patents issued and pending DTS and DTS Digital Surround are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc 1996 Digital Theater Systems Inc All rights reserved MPEG AUDIO International standard coding system to compress audio digital signals authorized ...

Page 47: ... EIAJ 2kHz CD More than 85 dB EIJA FM Tuner System PLL quartz locked digital synthesizer system Tuning range 87 50 108 00 MHz Antenna terminals 75 ohms unbalanced Intermediate frequency 10 7 MHz AM Tuner System PLL quartz locked digital synthesizer system Tuning range 522 1620 kHz 9 kHz interval Video Outputs CVBS Video 1 Vp p 75 ohms S video Y 1 Vp p 75 ohms C PAL 0 3 Vp p 75 ohms NTSC 0 286 Vp p...

Page 48: ... RMS Bass midrange drivers 2 x 75 mm paper cone 2 x 100 mm paper cone magnetically shielded magnetically shielded High frequency driver 12 mm Titanium laminate dome 12 mm Titanium laminate dome magnetically shielded magnetically shielded Dimensions HxWxD 83 x 194 x 95 mm 145 x 402 x 155 mm 3 3 x 7 6 x 3 7 5 7 x 15 8 x 6 1 Weight 0 8 kg 1 88 lb 4 5 kg 9 9 lb Active Subwoofer Frequency response 6 dB...

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Page 50: ...1 DSC400 800 O W N E R S G U I D E PRODUCT LINE DSC 400 230V DSC 800 230V DESIGN GOAL Bring the thrill of live performance and movie sound to the home environment by calling on JBL s professional engineering leadership SATELLITE TYPE Titanium laminate dome tweeter SUBWOOFER TYPE Bass reflex enclosure PORT DESIGN FreeFlow flared PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE Cinema Systems MODEL NUMBER P R O S O U N D C O...

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