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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 1 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM
DVD DIGITAL CINEMA SYSTEM
TH-S66
Consists of XV-THS66, SP-PWS66,
SP-THS66F, SP-THS66C and
SP-THS66S
TH-S55
Consists of XV-THS55, SP-PWS55,
SP-THS55F, SP-THS55C and SP-THS55S
INSTRUCTIONS
GVT0152-001A
[B]
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 1 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Warnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT for the U.K. CAUTION DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.: plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or 1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet. the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an 2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. appropriate safety approved extension le
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 2 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Warnings, Cautions and Others Caution: Proper Ventilation To avoid risk of electric shock and fire and to protect from damage, place the apparatus on a level surface. The minimal clearances are shown below: Wall or obstructions XV-THS66/ Wall or 8 cm XV-THS55 obstructions XV-THS66/XV-THS55 Front 3 cm 3 cm 10 cm PHONES No obstructions 15 cm Wall or obstructions Wall or 20 cm SP-PWS66/ obstructions SP-PWS66/SP-PWS55 SP-PWS55 Front No
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 1 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Table of contents Introduction .....................................2 Playback ........................................20 Notes on handling .................................................................2 Basic playback ....................................................................20 Supplied accessories ............................................................2 One Touch Replay ............................................
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 2 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Introduction 7 Safety precautions Notes on handling Avoid moisture, water and dust Do not place the system in moist or dusty places. 7 Important cautions Avoid high temperatures Installation of the system Do not expose the system to direct sunlight and do not place it near Select a place which is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold; a heating device. between 5°C and 35°C. When you are away Leave sufficient distance betw
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 3 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM About discs Notes on DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM This system can also play finalized DVD-Rs or DVD-RWs Playable disc types recorded in DVD VIDEO format and DVD-RWs or DVD-RAMs This system has been designed to play back the following discs: recorded in DVD VR format. This system can also play DVD-Rs or DVD-RWs if MP3, WMA, DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO JPEG, MPEG-4 and DivX files are recorded on them with UDF Bridge format. This system do
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 4 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM About discs For JPEG files We recommend to record a file at 640 x 480 resolution. Notes on file types This system can only play baseline JPEG files. For all playable files For MPEG-4 files The system can only recognize and play files with one of the The system supports the types of the advanced simple profile as following extensions, which can be in any combination of upper MPEG-4 files (MPEG-4 ASF). and lower case; The
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 5 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Description of parts and controls The illustrations of the center unit, the subwoofer and satellite speakers used in this manual are of TH-S66 unless otherwise noted. Front panel (center unit) Display window pg. 25 pg. 39 pg. 21 pg. 25 FM AM MHz P L PCM SURR CH kHz WMAMP3 RESUME PROGRESSIVE B.S.P. CHAP. TRK PG PL BONUS ST MONO RDS TA NEWS INFO PRG RND pg. 33 pg. 21 pg. 29 pg. 21 pg. 22 pg. 39 pg. 42 pg. 33 pg. 40 pg. 18 pg. 31 pg. 21
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 6 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Description of parts and controls Powered subwoofer SP-PWS66/SP-PWS55 pg. 13 FROM XV-THC3 XV-THS55 Do not block the XV-THS58 XV-THS66 ventilation openings. 4Ω 16Ω pg. 10 POWER ON lamp: pg. 16 Power cord: pg. 13 Rear Front NOTE For safety reasons, always ensure that there is sufficient space behind the powered subwoofer. 6
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 7 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Description of parts and controls Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control OPEN/CLOSE AUDIO pg. 16 pg. 20 pg. 14 pg. 14 TV/VIDEO MUTING TV VCR pg. 15 pg. 17 DVD FM/AM AUX TV SOUND R6P (SUM-3)/AA (15F) pg. 17 type dry-cell batteries (supplied) pg. 30 AUDIO SUBTITLE SURROUND FL DISP. pg. 21, 40 pg. 29 pg. 25 TV VOL CHANNEL AUDIO VOL pg. 17 AUDIO pg. 14 – 42 pg. 14 TV VCR pg. 14 pg. 20 TUNING TUNING pg. 22, 39 SLOW MEM
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 8 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Connections Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. If reception is poor Connecting the FM and Center unit AM (MW) antennas AM (MW) loop antenna 7 AM (MW) loop antenna Setting up supplied AM (MW) loop antenna Outdoor single vinyl-covered wire antenna (not supplied) If the antenna cord is covered with the insulation 7 FM antenna coat, twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove. FM antenna
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 9 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. TH-S66 Connections This page is for 3 Assembling the front and surround speakers White Red The following procedure explains the front speaker assembly. The assembly of both the front and surround speakers are done in the same manner. Black Black White Speaker Black Screw (supplied) Front speaker Surround speaker Stand (×4) Stand (×2) (×2) Before assembling
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 10 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Connections This page is for TH-S66 Connecting the satellite (front, center, surround) speakers Before connecting the speaker cords; Twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove. Speaker cord (supplied) Powered subwoofer SP-PWS66 Connect the black cords to the black (r) terminals. Connect the white cords to the (q) terminals referring to the table
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 11 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. TH-S55 Connections This page is for The satellite speakers are equipped with their speaker cords attached directly to their speaker unit instead of having speaker terminals on their cabinet. Before connecting the speaker cords; Twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove. Speaker cord Connect the black cords to the black (r) terminals. Connect the w
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 12 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Connections Speaker layout Connecting a TV Distortion of picture may occur when connecting to the TV via a Center speaker VCR, or to a TV with a built-in VCR. Front left Front right You need to set “MONITOR TYPE” in the PICTURE menu speaker speaker correctly according to the aspect ratio of your TV. (A pg. 37) Powered 7 To connect a TV equipped with th
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 13 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Connections Connecting the powered Connecting to a digital subwoofer component You can enjoy the sound of a digital component. Powered Center unit Center unit subwoofer System cord (supplied) DBS* tuner MD player FROM XV-THC3 XV-THS55 XV-THS58 XV-THS66 Align the 5 marks. Align the 5 marks. OPTICAL To digital optical Digital optical cord output DIGITAL (no
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 14 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Operating external components with the remote control 4 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter The buttons described below are used on pages 14 and 15. the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Hitachi TV: Press 0, then 7. For a Toshiba TV: Press 2, then 9. TV/VIDEO TV VCR Manufac- Manufactur- Code Code turer er JVC 01 Nordmende 13, 14, 18, 26 – 28 Akai 02, 05 Okano 09 Blaupunkt 03 Orion 15 TV Daewoo 10, 31, 32 Panasonic
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 15 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM See page 14 for button locations. Operating external components with the remote control 7 Operation Operating the VCR Aim the remote control at the VCR. IMPORTANT 7 To set the manufacturer’s code Before using the remote control to operate a VCR; You can operate a JVC VCR without setting the manufacturer’s Set the remote control mode selector to VCR. code. The following buttons are available: 1 Slide the remote control mode selecto
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 16 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM Basic operations The buttons on the remote control are used to explain most of the Turning the system on/off operations in this manual. You can use the buttons on the center unit same as on the remote control for operations unless On the remote control: otherwise noted. Press AUDIO. IMPORTANT On the center unit: Before using the remote control for the following Press . operation; Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO
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TH-S66-S55[B].book Page 17 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 PM See page 16 for button locations. Basic operations Selecting the source to Listening with headphones play (not supplied) On the remote control: CAUTION Be sure to turn down the volume; Press one of the source selecting buttons Before connecting or putting on headphones as high volume may (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or TV SOUND). damage both the headphones and your hearing. DVD: To play back a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). Before disconne
