XV-M5GSL(J).book Page i Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English DVD VIDEO PLAYER XV-M5GSL Before operation 2 Preparations 3 Basic operations 8 Advanced operations 14 MP3/WMA disc playback 22 JPEG disc playback 24 Changing the initial settings 26 Additional information 31 VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS 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.
XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English Warnings, Cautions and Others Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 1 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English Supplied accessories Table of contents Check that you have all the following accessories supplied to you. If anything is missing, consult your dealer immediately. Supplied accessories................................................................1 About this manual .....................................................................1 Precautions ..........................................................................
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 2 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Before operation Digital audio formats About discs The unit supports the following digital audio formats (see page 38 “Glossary” for descriptions of each audio format): Playable disc types Linear PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS (Digital Theater Systems) Discs with the following marks can be played back on the unit. NOTE DVD VIDEO SVCD Video CD Audio CD Before operation VIDEO The DVD Logo is a trademark.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 3 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Preparations Connections Before using the unit, connect the unit to a TV and/or amplifier. NOTE If your TV has an AV COMPU LINK terminal, you can use the AV COMPU LINK function. See “AV COMPU LINK remote control system” on page 33 for details. Before making connections • Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made. • Connect VIDEO OUT of the unit directly to the video input of your TV.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 4 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Preparations C Connecting to a TV with component jacks About the scanning mode You can enjoy picture of high-fidelity color reproduction by connecting the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on the unit to your TV. Depending on the material source format, DVD VIDEO discs can be classified into two types; film source and video source (note that some DVD VIDEO discs contain both film source and video source).
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 5 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Preparations Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audio amplifier/receiver level inputs (such as AUX, DVD, CD, etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 6 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Preparations Connecting the power cord Remote sensor When all the audio/video connections have been made, connect the AC power plug to the wall outlet. Make sure that the plugs are inserted firmly. The STANDBY indicator lights in red. Point the top of the remote control unit toward the remote sensor as directly as possible. If you operate it from a diagonal position, the operating range (approx. 5 m) may be shorter.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 7 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Preparations 4 TV-DVD Try to operate the TV by pressing TV STANDBY/ON . If your TV turns on or off, you have successfully set the control signal. TV STANDBY/ ON NOTES • When you purchased the unit the manufacturer code is set to “JVC” (01). • If there is more than one code listed for the manufacturer of your TV, try them one by one until you succeed.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 8 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations Disc indicators STANDBY indicator • NOW READING (The unit is reading the disc information.) • REGION CODE ERROR! (The region code of the DVD VIDEO disc does not match the unit. The disc cannot be played back.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 9 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations 5 Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT] is already open.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 10 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations About disc 1 to 5 indicators Disc indicators Disc 1 to 5 indicators show the current status of the corresponding disc tray as follows: • Illuminates if a disc is set in the corresponding disc tray. • Flashes when the corresponding disc is being played back. • Goes off if no disc is set in the corresponding disc tray.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 11 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations To check the playback status You can see the current disc number, the current selection number (the title/chapter number for DVD VIDEO or track number for SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD), time information (the track or chapter time while stopped, or elapsed track or chapter time during playback) and the transport status (stop, playback, pause, etc.) on the TV screen. Press ON SCREEN. Example: for DVD VIDEO 8.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 12 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations 0 Various speed playback To advance or reverse playback rapidly while monitoring 4 ¢ 7 38 Numeric buttons 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 unit to normal playback. ¢ 8 ¡ 3 Basic operations 4 7 1 To resume playback During playback, hold down ¢ or 4.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 13 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Basic operations To play back in slow motion Locating the beginning of a scene or song You can select from 1/32 times, 1/16 times, 1/4 times and 1/2 times normal speed. During playback, press 8, then press ¡ (to play forward slow motion), or 1 (to play reverse slow motion, for DVD VIDEO disc only). Pressing 3 returns to normal playback.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 14 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations Locating a desired scene from the menu of a SVCD/Video CD with PBC Numeric buttons TITLE/GROUP RETURN TOP MENU ON SCREEN Some SVCD/Video CD discs support the PBC 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.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 15 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations 2 Press 2/3 to move ENTER. to , then press Changing the playback order The pull-down menu for entering time appears. Screen example for DVD VIDEO 8.5Mbps OFF TITLE 33 CHAP 33 CHAP. 1/5 TIME 1/3 DISC 1 PROG. TOTAL 1:25:58 RND. _:__:__ 1/3 Screen example for Audio CD DISC 1 TRACK 33 OFF PROG. TIME TIME 25:58 RND.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 16 Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:43 AM Advanced operations To play back in random order (Random play) You can play tracks (titles for DVD VIDEO) on all the inserted discs in random order. 1 5/∞/2/3 ENTER In stop mode, press ON SCREEN twice. The menu bar appears on the TV screen. ON SCREEN 7 3 2 Press 2/3 to move to RND. DISC 1 TRACK 33 REPEAT OFF AUDIO 3 To check the program contents Advanced operations .
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 17 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations To repeat a desired part (A-B repeat playback) Repeat playback To repeat the current selection or all tracks First make sure: For DVD VIDEO: During playback For SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition except SVCD/ Video CD playback with PBC 1 Press ON SCREEN twice. The menu bar appears on the TV screen. Press REPEAT. If you press REPEAT in stop mode, press 3 to start playback.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 18 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations To change the audio language or sound (AUDIO) The audio selection setting allows you to change the audio language of a movie, or to listen to karaoke with or without the vocal. 5/∞/2/3 ENTER 7 ZOOM ANGLE SUB TITLE ON SCREEN Hint 3 At the beginning of the part where multiple audio tracks are recorded, appears on the TV screen (except when the [ON SCREEN GUIDE] preference is set to [OFF]).
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 19 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations 2 Press 5/∞ or ANGLE to select the desired angle. 2 Each time you press the button, the VFP mode changes as follows. Set the video type most suitable to the current program or the room conditions. Each time you press 5/∞ or ANGLE, the angle changes. 3 Press 2/3 to select the desired preset. Press ENTER. You can see the picture from the selected angle. The angle selection window is dismissed.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 20 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations • When playing back a DVD VIDEO disc recorded with Dolby Digital that does not 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.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 21 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Advanced operations Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO Menu bar functions for SVCD/Video CD/ Audio CD Time mode selection During playback, selects the time mode shown in the display window and in the status bar. Press ENTER to select the time mode from the following. • TOTAL: Current title elapsed time • T.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 22 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM MP3/WMA disc playback • As for WMA files, make sure that the copyright feature is set to off. • As for WMA files, we recommend you to record your material at a bit rate of 64 kbps or higher. Numeric buttons 2 TITLE/GROUP Basic operations 5/∞ Use the following buttons to control MP3/WMA disc playback.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 23 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM MP3/WMA disc playback Current track elapsed time MP3/WMA CONTROL Time : 00:03:08 Group : 01 / 10 Track : 01 / 06 (Total 28) spring summer fall winter sea mountain camp picnic skiing flower begonia.mp3 german chamomile.mp3 kiwi fruit.mp3 orchard grass.mp3 petunia.mp3 north pole.mp3 Repeat playback During playback or while stopped, press REPEAT. Each time you press REPEAT, the repeat mode changes as follows.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 24 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM JPEG disc playback Notes for making your own JPEG disc using a CD-R/ CD-RW disc • Select “ISO 9660” as the disc format. • We recommend you to record your material at a 640 x 480 pixel resolution. • This unit supports the baseline JPEG format.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 25 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM JPEG disc playback • • • • • • The unit supports the baseline JPEG format. The unit does not support “packet writing (UDF format)” discs. The unit supports discs recorded with multiple sessions. The unit may not be able to read some discs, or may take a long time to display a picture on the disc, due to disc characteristics, recording conditions, or numbers of groups (folders), etc.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 26 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Changing the initial settings OTHERS OTHERS RESUME ON ON SCREEN GUIDE ON AUTO STANDBY OFF AV COMPULINK MODE DVD1 PARENTAL LOCK SELECT CHOICE USE 5∞23 TO SELECT, USE ENTER TO CONFIRM TO EXIT, PRESS CHOICE. ENTER 5/∞/2/3 ENTER How to set preferences 1 Press CHOICE. One of the preference on-screen displays appears on the TV screen.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 27 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Changing the initial settings LANGUAGE menu MENU LANGUAGE You can select the default menu language to be displayed if it is contained on a DVD VIDEO disc. Setting options ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, language code from AA to ZU • If the disc does not have a menu in the selected language, the disc’s default language will be used.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 28 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Changing the initial settings MP3&WMA/JPEG The unit can play MP3/WMA and JPEG files recorded on a CDR/CD-RW disc. However, if a disc contains both MP3/WMA and JPEG files, you can only play files of the type selected in this menu item. Setting options MP3&WMA, JPEG [MP3&WMA]: when selected, only MP3/WMA files can be played back. [JPEG]: when selected, only JPEG files can be played back.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 29 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Changing the initial settings PARENTAL LOCK 3 When this option is selected, pressing ENTER on the remote control unit brings up the PARENTAL LOCK display shown below. This allows you to restrict children from playing DVD VIDEO discs. While is pointing to [COUNTRY CODE], press ENTER to bring up the pull-down menu. 4 Press 5/∞ to select the country code.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 30 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Changing the initial settings To temporarily release the Parental Lock Numeric buttons 5/∞ ENTER If the parental level is set to a strict value, some discs may not play at all. When you insert such a disc and try to play it, the following parental lock on-screen display appears on the TV screen, asking you whether you want the parental lock to be temporarily released or not.
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XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 33 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Additional information To AV COMPU LINK (ll, EX or lll) AV COMPU LINK remote control system The JVC AV COMPU LINK system allows you to enjoy video or audio with the simplest operation.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 34 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Additional information Troubleshooting Power No sound comes out. \ MP3/WMA disc is recorded with the “packet writing (UDF format).” It cannot be played. Power does not come on. \ Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in securely. Files (tracks) are not played in the recorded order. \ This unit plays the files in the alphabetic order. So, the playback order can vary. Operation WMA files cannot be played back.
Additional_information.fm Page 35 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:52 PM XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English Additional information Specifications Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice. • 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.
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XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 38 Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:43 AM XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English Additional information Appendix D: Glossary 480i/480p Indicates the number of scanning lines and scanning format of an image signal. 480i indicates 480 scanning lines with interlace format, and 480p indicates 480 scanning lines with progressive format. Aspect ratio A ratio which defines the shape of the rectangular picture in a TV. It is the width of the picture relative to the height.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 39 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM LIMITED WARRANTY CONSUMER VIDEO 1-90 JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail purchase for the period as shown below.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 40 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM Authorized Service Centers ® QUALITY SERVICE HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER TOLL FREE: 1 (800) 537-5722 http://www.jvc.com Dear Customer, In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase,please read the instruction booklet before operating the unit.In the event that repairs are necessary, please call 1 (800)537-5722 for your nearest authorized servicer or visit our website at www.JVC.
XV-M5GSL/LET0236-001A/English XV-M5GSL(J).book Page 41 Monday, May 26, 2003 9:31 PM VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED EN.