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XV-N50BK/XV-N55SL/LET0230-002A/English

DVD VIDEO PLAYER
LECTEUR DVD VIDEO

XV-N50BK/XV-N55SL

LET0230-002A

[C]

English

Français

Before operation
Avant le fonctionnement

2

Preparations
Préparatifs

3

Basic operations
Opérations de base

8

Advanced operations
Opérations avancées

13

MP3/WMA disc playback
Lecture d’un disque MP3/
WMA

21

JPEG disc playback
Lecture de disques JPEG

23

Changing the initial settings
Modification des réglages 
initiaux

26

Additional information
Informations complémen-
taires

31

INSTRUCTIONS
MANUEL
D’INSTREUCTIONS

V I D E O

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. 
which are located on the rear, bottom or 
side of the cabinet. Retain this information 
for future reference.

Model No.                                                                  

Serial No                                                                    

LET0230-002A.book  Page i  Friday, January 24, 2003  2:40 PM

Summary of Contents for XV-N50BK

Page 1: ...MA disc playback Lecture d un disque MP3 WMA 21 JPEG disc playback Lecture de disques JPEG 23 Changing the initial settings Modification des réglages initiaux 26 Additional information Informations complémen taires 31 INSTRUCTIONS MANUEL D INSTREUCTIONS V I D E O For Customer Use Enter below the Model No and Serial No which are located on the rear bottom or side of the cabinet Retain this informat...

Page 2: ...TTENTION Afin d éviter tout risque d électrocution d incendie etc 1 Ne pas enlever les vis ni les panneaux et ne pas ouvrir le coffret de l appareil 2 Ne pas exposer l appareil à la pluie ni à l humidité Warnings Cautions and Others Mises en garde précautions et indications diverses IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS IMPORTANT POUR LES PRODUITS LASER 1 CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2 DANGER Visible laser radiat...

Page 3: ...y objects on the player To prevent malfunction of the player There are no user serviceable parts inside If anything goes wrong unplug the power cord and consult your dealer Do not insert any metallic objects such as wires hairpins coins etc into the player Do not block the vents Blocking the vents may damage the player To clean the cabinet Use a soft cloth Follow the relevant instructions on the u...

Page 4: ...for descriptions of each audio format Linear PCM Dolby Digital DTS Digital Theater Systems NOTE Depending on the player s DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT setting digital audio signals may not be output as they are recorded on the disc See DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT on page 28 for details Notes on discs With some DVD VIDEO discs the player starts playback automatically after inserting the disc The image may be some...

Page 5: ...o output to monaural B Connecting to a TV with an S video jack If your TV has an S VIDEO input you can get better picture quality by connecting it with the S VIDEO output of the player using an S video cable instead of connecting the video input of the TV to the VIDEO jack of the player NOTE When using the S VIDEO output jack do not connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on the player In the follow...

Page 6: ...sive scanning mode works only when you connect the player s COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks to your TV There are some progressive TV and High Definition TV sets that are not fully compatible with the player resulting in the unnatural picture when playing back a DVD VIDEO disc in the Progressive scanning mode In such a case use the Interlaced scanning mode To check the compatibility of your TV set contac...

Page 7: ...igital jacks for dubbing When recording the sounds DVD VIDEO SVCD Video CD or Audio CD played back on the player record them through the analog jacks Depending on the disc no signal may be output from the DIGITAL OUT Make an analog connection in this case Set DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT in the AUDIO preference display correctly according to the connected digital audio equipment If setting made for DIGITA...

Page 8: ...AA 15F batteries in the remote control unit according to the polarity markings and inside the compartment Then replace the cover The batteries will last about six months with normal use If the functions of the remote control unit become erratic replace the batteries Precautions of the safe use of batteries Observe the following precautions for the safe use of batteries If they are used improperly ...

Page 9: ...e of a JVC s amplifier or receiver Pressing the AMP VOL button raises the audio volume of a JVC s amplifier or receiver while pressing the button lowers the volume Manufacturer No Manufacturer No AIWA 36 MIVAR 29 BEIJING 22 NEC 20 CCE 02 NOBLEX 22 CHANGHONG 34 NOKIA 31 DAEWOO 17 37 PANASONIC 04 11 FERGUSON 27 PEONY 34 38 39 FINLUX 30 PHILCO 10 17 21 FUNAI 32 PHILIPS 02 GRADIENTE 15 20 RCA 05 GRUND...

Page 10: ...sired language You can select the on screen language for the preference displays etc from among ENGLISH SPANISH and FRENCH 3 Press ENTER The second page is shown in which the pull down menu of the MONITOR TYPE is already open 4 Press 5 to select the desired monitor type For a normal conventional TV select 4 3 LB or 4 3 PS For a wide screen TV select 16 9 NORMAL or 16 9 AUTO See page 27 Make sure t...

Page 11: ...elected item For SVCD Video CD Press the numeric buttons to select a desired item The player starts playback of the selected item NOTES Do not insert an unplayable disc See page 2 When inserting a disc on the disc tray be sure to position the disc inside the recess Otherwise the disc may be damaged when the disc tray is closed or you may not be able to remove the disc from the player To change the...

Page 12: ...e RESUME indicator lights up in the display window The memory of the interrupted position is not cleared if you turn off the player When you turn off the player after setting the resume function simply press 3 The player is turned on and playback starts from the interrupted position If you turn on the player by pressing then press 3 playback starts from the beginning of the disc Note that the memo...

Page 13: ...D disc with PBC function the player may resume playback from a point slightly earlier or later than the point where playback was interrupted Various speed playback To advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring During playback press or 1 on the remote control unit You can select from 1 5 times 5 times 20 times and 60 times normal speed Pressing 3 returns the player to normal playback Duri...

Page 14: ...stop mode Press the numeric buttons to specify the number To select 5 press 5 To select 23 press 10 10 then 3 To select 40 press 10 10 10 then 10 The player starts playback from the beginning of the selection NOTES Depending on the disc type and the player status what is specified differs During DVD VIDEO playback if a menu is shown on the TV screen the numeric buttons may be used for selecting an...

Page 15: ...BC function PBC is an abbreviation of Playback Control Some SVCD Video CD discs recorded with PBC have their own menus such as a list of the songs of the disc You can locate a specific scene by using the PBC menu 1 In stop mode press 3 or TOP MENU A disc menu appears on the TV screen 2 Press the numeric buttons to select the desired item To select 5 press 5 To select 23 press 10 10 then 3 To selec...

Page 16: ...for the last two digits in the example above To correct a mistake Press 2 repeatedly to move back to the digit where you entered a wrong number and reenter the correct one 4 Press ENTER The player starts playback from the specified time To dismiss the menu bar Press ON SCREEN Hint 10 and 10 buttons are not used with this function NOTES Some DVD VIDEO discs do not contain time information and the t...

Page 17: ...e by carrying out steps 1 to 3 During SVCD Video CD playback you can check the program contents via the menu bar To stop program playback Press 7 To clear the program While stopped and the program table is shown press 7 To exit the program mode After clearing the program press ON SCREEN NOTE When the disc tray is opened or the player is turned off the program is cleared To play back in random orde...

Page 18: ... quit the repeat mode To quit repeat playback Press REPEAT until the repeat mode indicator goes off in the display window Hint When the program playback mode is active with an SVCD Video CD or Audio CD the repeat mode changes in the same manner Note however that in the mode the player repeats all the programmed tracks instead of all tracks on the disc To repeat a desired part A B repeat playback F...

Page 19: ... multiple audio tracks are recorded appears on the TV screen except when the ON SCREEN GUIDE preference is set to OFF 1 During playback press AUDIO The audio selection window appears on the TV screen 2 Press 5 or AUDIO to select the desired audio Each time you press 5 or AUDIO the audio changes For DVD VIDEO example For SVCD For Video CD 3 Press ENTER You can hear the selected audio The audio sele...

Page 20: ...he room conditions NORMAL for watching TV in a general room CINEMA for watching a movie software in a room with suppressed light USER 1 USER 2 you can adjust parameters that affect the picture character and store the settings as a user preset See the next step 3 To define a user setting press 5 to select a parameter to be edited from the following GAMMA Adjust this if the neutral color is bright o...

Page 21: ...ot contain the rear signal you can change the 3D PHONIC setting but you will not be able to achieve a correct 3D effect The 3D PHONIC function does not affect the Dolby Digital bitstream signal from the DIGITAL OUT jack When the 3D PHONIC function is active the ANALOG DOWN MIX setting in the AUDIO setting display is not available Menu bar functions To bring up the menu bar 1 When a disc is inserte...

Page 22: ... Press ENTER to begin playback with the selected subtitle Angle selection See also page 17 During playback selects a desired scene angle in a multi angle part 1 Open the pull down window 2 Press 5 to select a scene angle 3 Press ENTER to begin playback with the selected scene angle Menu bar functions for SVCD Video CD Audio CD Time mode selection Selects the time mode shown in the display window a...

Page 23: ...et writing UDF format discs The player does not support the ID3 tag The player supports discs recorded with multiple sessions Some discs may not play due to disc characteristics or recording conditions Programmed and random playback functions do not work with MP3 WMA discs As for MP3 the player only can play back tracks with the following file extensions MP3 Mp3 mp3 and mP3 As for WMA the player o...

Page 24: ...ecified track You can also use 4 or 5 to specify a track instead of the numeric buttons Repeat playback During playback or while stopped press REPEAT Each time you press REPEAT the repeat mode changes as follows If you press REPEAT while stopped you need to press ENTER or 3 to start repeat playback To stop repeat playback Press 7 Note that the repeat mode remains active To quit repeat playback Dur...

Page 25: ...r the disc contents are read the JPEG CONTROL display automatically appears on the TV screen You can select a desired file for playback via this display 1 Make sure that the black cursor bar is in the left group column If it is in the right column press 2 to move it to the left column 2 Press 5 to move the bar to a desired group On the right column files in the selected group are shown 3 Press 4 t...

Page 26: ... 8 4 8 16 32 and 64 times 2 Press 5 2 3 to move the zoomed position Viewing pictures continuously slide show mode You can see files still pictures one after another automatically To start the slide show Press 3 SELECT The slide show starts from the beginning of the disc Each file still picture is displayed for approximately 3 seconds To stop slide show playback in the middle Press 7 or MENU The TV...

Page 27: ...e indicator lights in the display window The selected repeat mode is shown on the JPEG CONTROL display REPEAT ALL All files on the disc are repeated REPEAT GROUP All files in the current group are repeated No indication The repeat mode is off 2 Press 3 SELECT to start repeat playback To stop repeat playback Press 7 The repeat mode remains active To quit repeat playback Press 7 or MENU while the JP...

Page 28: ... preference display Press CHOICE NOTES While an MP3 WMA or JPEG disc is inserted you cannot bring up any preference display When a preference display is shown on a wide TV screen the upper and lower parts of the preference display sometimes may be cut off If this happens adjust the picture size control of the TV Make sure that the TV DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to DVD when using t...

Page 29: ...g options 16 9 NORMAL 16 9 AUTO 4 3 LB 4 3 PS 16 9 NORMAL Wide television screen select when you connect the player to a wide screen 16 9 TV whose aspect ratio is fixed to 16 9 the unit automatically adjusts the screen width of the output signal correctly when playing back a 4 3 source If you play a 4 3 DVD VIDEO source using the 16 9 NORMAL mode the picture character changes slightly due to the p...

Page 30: ... the player s analog AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a surround decoder STEREO select when listening to conventional two channel stereo audio with the player s AUDIO OUT terminals connected to a stereo amplifier receiver or television set or in case you want to record the audio from a DVD VIDEO disc to MiniDisc cassette etc D RANGE CONTROL This setting provides optimal audio quality from the anal...

Page 31: ...ER moves to SET LEVEL 6 Press ENTER to bring up the pull down menu In the pull down menu NONE and levels 8 to 1 are available NONE does not restrict playback Level 1 is the strictest level Discs rated higher than the selected level are restricted 7 Press 5 to select a desired parental lock level then press ENTER moves to PASSWORD 8 Press the numeric buttons 0 to 9 to enter a 4 digit password 9 Pre...

Page 32: ...word The password entered in this step becomes the new password If you want to keep the same password as before enter the same password 7 Press ENTER moves to EXIT Pressing ENTER again returns to the OTHERS menu of the preference display NOTE If you enter the wrong password more than 3 times in step 3 above moves to EXIT automatically and 5 do not work To temporarily release the Parental Lock If t...

Page 33: ... button 9 11 9 8 button 10 11 0 Display window see the illustration below Remote sensor 6 PROGRESSIVE indicator 4 Display window 1 Audio format indicators 2 Disc indicator 3 Group title track chapter indicators 4 Repeat mode indicator 5 Program random indicators 6 Total time remaining time indicators 7 3 play 8 pause indicators 8 Resume indicator 9 Multi information window 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 6 2 1 ...

Page 34: ...DVD switch 7 8 13 21 23 26 TV STANDBY ON button 7 DVD STANDBY ON button 8 TV VIDEO CANCEL button 7 15 TITLE GROUP button 13 22 24 MENU button 13 23 24 _ ENTER button ON SCREEN button 10 14 16 19 NEXT button 11 12 21 22 23 24 8 button 10 21 SLOW button 11 ZOOM button 18 24 VFP PROGRESSIVE SCAN button 4 18 AUDIO button 17 AMP VOL buttons 7 DIMMER button 9 2 1 3 5 4 6 8 7 9 0 10 10 TITLE GROUP TV VID...

Page 35: ...you connect the player to a television and receiver via AV COMPU LINK set the player s AV COMPU LINK setting to DVD1 IMPORTANT When you make video connection between the player and another device such as a receiver and TV via the composite S video or component jacks as well as AV COMPU LINK connection see also the instruction manual of the other device Notes for connection If you connect the playe...

Page 36: ...t 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 Picture is distorted when using COMPONENT VIDEO OUT or S VIDEO output jack s Both the component connection and S video connection are made Disconnect the unused one No picture is displayed on the TV...

Page 37: ...Vp p 75 Ω S VIDEO OUT 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 DIGITAL OUT OPTICAL 21 dBm to 15 dBm peak 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 ...

Page 38: ...moros KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Korea Democratic People s Republic of KR Korea Republic of KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Lao People s Democratic Republic LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD Moldova Republic of MG Madagascar MH Marshall Islands ML Mali MM...

Page 39: ...tar BR Breton IA Interlingua MN Mongolian SH Serbo Croatian TW Twi CA Catalan IE Interlingue MO Moldavian SI Singhalese UK Ukrainian CO Corsican IK Inupiak MR Marathi SK Slovak UR Urdu CS Czech IN Indonesian MS Malay MAY SL Slovenian UZ Uzbek CY Welsh IS Icelandic MT Maltese SM Samoan VI Vietnamese DA Danish IW Hebrew MY Burmese SN Shona VO Volapuk DZ Bhutani JI Yiddish NA Nauru SO Somali WO Wolof...

Page 40: ...gured with six 5 1 channels similar to Dolby Digital It requires a decoder either in the player or in an external receiver DTS stands for Digital Theater Systems Not all DTS discs contain six 5 1 channels of information Dynamic range The difference between the loudest and softest sounds Interlaced scanning In a conventional video system a picture is shown on the display monitor in between lines of...

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