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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 

1

Press

2

/

3

 to 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 

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).

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 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

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.

NORMAL

GROUP

MP3

SLIDESHOW

MIX

--

PICT01.jpg

PICT02.jpg

PICT03.jpg

MUSIC01.mp3

MUSIC02.mp3

DISC CONTROL

Select these 
sections to show the 
upper layer.

Current file

Group column

Current group

Current playback mode

File column

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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, P

B

, P

R

) 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.

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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.

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Initial settings

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

How to set the Initial settings

1

Press SET UP.

2

Press

2

/

3

 to select the menu.

3

Press

5

/

to move to select the item.

4

Press ENTER.

5

Press

5

/

to select the options, then press 

ENTER.

To dismiss a preference display

Press SET UP.

NOTES

• Some items in the menus cannot be changed during 

playback.

• During MP3 files playback, you cannot show the 

menus.

• If the upper and lower parts of the menu are cut off, 

adjust the picture size control of the TV.

• For settings of the LANGUAGE menu, see also codes 

list on the right.

• Depending on the disc, the settings may not apply 

correctly.

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,” “FRENCH,” or “SPANISH” as the on-screen language.

LANGUAGE menu

PICTURE menu

Item

Contents

MONITOR TYPE

You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play back DVD VIDEO 
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] (Pan Scan conversion):

 For a normal (4:3) TV. The picture is zoomed up 

to 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.

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.

16:9

4:3 LB

4:3 PS

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AUDIO menu

Item

Contents

DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT

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

[PCM ONLY]: 

Receiver/decoder bearing neither Dolby Digital nor DTS logo, or digital recorder.

[DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM]:

 Receiver/decoder bearing Dolby Digital logo and no DTS.

[STREAM/PCM]:

Receiver/decoder bearing both Dolby Digital and DTS logos.

ANALOG DOWNMIX

Set this item properly according to your analog audio connection to play the sound of 
the surround multichannel audio on a DVD VIDEO.

[DOLBY SURROUND]: 

Select this when connecting to a surround decoder.

[STEREO]:

 Select this when connecting to a stereo amplifier or TV, or in case you 

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

D.RANGE CONTROL

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

[WIDE RANGE]: 

You can enjoy powerful playback sound.

[NORMAL]:

Normally, select this.

[TV MODE]:

 Select this if the sound level of DVD VIDEO is lower than the one of TV 

program to make the sound at a lower volume clear.

OUTPUT LEVEL 

Set this item to attenuate the level of the signal output from the analog AUDIO OUT 
terminals. If the sound from the speaker is distorted, select [LOW].

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.

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Specifications

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, 480i/480p selectable

Other

Power requirements: 

AC 120 V

, 60 Hz 

Power consumption: 

11.0 W (POWER ON), 1.0 W (STANDBY mode)

Mass:

 1.5 k

g

Dimensions (W x H x D):

435 mm x 44 mm x 201.5 mm

Video outputs 

Component (pin jacks) 

Y Output:

1.0 Vp-p (75 

)

P

B

/P

R

 Output:

0.7 Vp-p (75 

)

VIDEO (pin jack):

 1.0 Vp-p (75 

)

S-VIDEO (S jack)

Y Output:

1.0 Vp-p (75 

)

C Output:

286 mVp-p (75 

)

Horizontal resolution:

 500 lines or more

Audio outputs 

ANALOG OUT (pin jack): 

2.0 Vrms (10 k

)

DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL):

 0.5 Vp-p (75 

 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.

• 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 

• 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.

Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice.

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AA Afar
AB Abkhazian
AF Afrikaans
AM Ameharic
AR Arabic
AS Assamese
AY Aymara
AZ Azerbaijani
BA Bashkir
BE Byelorussian
BG Bulgarian
BH Bihari
BI

Bislama

BN Bengali,Ban-

gla

BO Tibetan
BR Breton
CA Catalan
CO Corsican
CS Czech
CY Welsh
DA Danish
DZ Bhutani

EL Greek
EO Esperanto
ET Estonian
EU Basque
FA Persian
FI

Finnish

FJ

Fiji

FO Faroese
FY Frisian
GA Irish
GD Scots 

Gaelic

GL Galician
GN Guarani
GU Gujarati
HA Hausa
HI

Hindi

HR Croatian
HU Hungarian
HY Armenian
IA

Interlingua

IE

Interlingue

IK

Inupiak

IN

Indonesian

IS

Icelandic

IW Hebrew
JI

Yiddish

JW Javanese
KA Georgian
KK Kazakh
KL Greenlandic
KM Cambodian
KN Kannada
KO Korean

(KOR)

KS Kashmiri
KU Kurdish
KY Kirghiz
LA Latin
LN Lingala
LO Laothian
LT

Lithuanian

LV Latvian,  

Lettish

MG Malagasy
MI

Maori

MK Macedonian
ML Malayalam

MN Mongolian
MO Moldavian
MR Marathi
MS Malay 

(MAY)

MT Maltese
MY Burmese
NA Nauru
NE Nepali
NL Dutch
NO Norwegian
OC Occitan
OM (Afan)

Oromo

OR Oriya
PA Panjabi
PL Polish
PS Pashto, 

Pushto

PT Portuguese
QU Quechua
RM Rhaeto-

Romance

RN Kirundi

RO Rumanian
RU Russian
RW

Kinyarwanda

SA Sanskrit
SD Sindhi
SG Sangho
SH Serbo-

Croatian

SI

Singhalese

SK Slovak
SL Slovenian
SM Samoan
SN Shona
SO Somali
SQ Albanian
SR Serbian
SS Siswati
ST Sesotho
SU Sundanese
SV Swedish
SW Swahili
TA Tamil
TE Telugu
TG Tajik

TH Thai
TI

Tigrinya

TK Turkmen
TL

Tagalog

TN Setswana
TO Tongan
TR Turkish
TS Tsonga
TT Tatar
TW Twi
UK Ukrainian
UR Urdu
UZ Uzbek
VI

Vietnamese

VO Volapuk
WO Wolof
XH Xhosa
YO Yoruba
ZU Zulu

Language codes list for the LANGUAGE menu

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