DVD PLAYER/MEMORY CARD READER XV-NP1SL INSTRUCTIONS Before operation Preparations Basic operations Advanced operations Audio/Video files playback Changing the initial settings Additional information For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet.
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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. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated...
Supplied accessories Check that you have all the following accessories supplied to you. If anything is missing, consult your dealer immediately. • Audio/video cable (Yellow/White/Red) ( × 1) • Remote control unit ( × 1) • R6P(SUM-3)/AA(15F) battery ( × 2) •...
Before operation About playable media Playable disc types Discs with the following marks can be played back on the player. DVD VIDEO SVCD Video CD The DVD Logo is a trademark. The player can also play back the following discs: •...
Preparations Connections Before using the player, connect the player to a TV and/or amplifier. Before making connections • Do not connect the AC power cord until all other connections have been made. • Connect VIDEO OUT of the player directly to the video input of your TV.
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Progressive scanning mode. In such a case, use the Interlaced scanning mode. To check the compatibility of your TV set, contact your local JVC customer service center. • All JVC progressive TV and High-Definition TV sets are fully compatible with the player (Example: AV-61S902). VIDEO SIGNAL...
Connecting to optional audio equipment Connecting to a stereo audio amplifier/receiver Connect the player’s AUDIO OUT (LEFT/RIGHT) jacks to any line-level inputs (such as AUX, DVD, CD, etc.) of an audio amplifier or receiver. Amplifier or receiver L E F A U D R IG The player...
Preparations Connecting the power cord 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. NOTE (ONLY for PX model) Use the supplied AC power plug adaptor when inserting the larger plug to the wall outlet.
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To control the volume of a JVC’s amplifier or receiver Pressing the AMP VOL + button raises the audio volume of a 04, 11 JVC’s amplifier or receiver, while pressing the – button lowers the volume. 34, 38, 39 10, 17, 21...
You can set the display language, TV monitor type and digital output before using the player, by following the procedure below. Press CHOICE for a few seconds to bring up the first page of the DVD PLAYER SET UP display. The pull-down menu of the [ON SCREEN LANGUAGE] is already open.
Press ENTER. The third page is shown, in which the pull-down menu of the [DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT] is already open. DVD PLAYER SET UP DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM ANALOG DOWN MIX DOLBY PROLOGIC PCM ONLY DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM D RANGE CONTROL...
Basic operations To check the playback status You can see 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.
To resume playback When the resume mode is “ON” While the disc you interrupted playback is still on the disc tray, press 3. The player resumes playback from the position where playback was interrupted.The TV screen shows “RESUME PLAY.” To play back from the beginning Press 7 before pressing 3 to start playback.
Basic operations To replay the previous scenes (One touch replay function) During DVD VIDEO playback, press The playback position moves back 10 seconds before the current position. NOTES • This function works only within the same title, though it works between chapters.
Advanced operations Numeric buttons NOTE Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to “DVD” when using the 5/∞/2/3, numeric and TV/ VIDEO - CANCEL buttons for controlling the player. Playing from a specific position Locating a desired scene from the DVD menu DVD VIDEO discs generally have their own menus which show...
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Advanced operations Numeric buttons Locating a desired position in the current title or track (Time search) You can play a disc from the desired position by specifying the time from the beginning of the current title (for DVD VIDEO) or the disc (for SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD).
Changing the playback order To play back in a specific order (Program play) By programming tracks, you can play up to 99 tracks in any order. You may program the same track more than once. In stop mode, press ON SCREEN twice. The menu bar appears on the TV screen.
Advanced operations Repeat playback To repeat the current selection or all tracks For DVD VIDEO: During playback For SVCD/Video CD/Audio CD: In any condition except SVCD/ Video CD playback with PBC Press REPEAT. If you press REPEAT in stop mode, press 3 to start playback.
Changing the language, sound and scene angle To select the subtitle language (SUBTITLE) Some DVD VIDEO and SVCD discs contain more than one subtitle language. You can choose a desired one from them. Hint At the beginning of the part where the subtitles are recorded, appears on the TV screen (except when the [ON SCREEN GUIDE] preference is set to [OFF]).
Advanced operations Special picture/sound effect To zoom in pictures During playback or while paused, press ZOOM. Pressing ZOOM causes the player to zoom in on the image. Each time you press ZOOM, the magnification is changed (1.5, 2 and 4 times). Press 5/∞/2/3 to move the zoomed position.
To dismiss the VFP mode selection window Press VFP - PROGRESSIVE SCAN. NOTE The window for VFP mode selection and parameter setting disappear if no operation is made for about 10 seconds. To change sound field (SOUND EFFECT) Using the Sound Effect function, you can change the sound field. During playback, press SOUND EFFECT.
Advanced operations Menu bar functions for DVD VIDEO 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 •...
Audio/Video files playback Outline The player can play back MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG-4 (simple profile/asf file) files on either a personally recorded CD-R/RW disc and memory card, or a commercially available CD. You can select and play back files using the Control display on the TV screen.
Audio/Video files playback Notes for inserting and removing memory cards • Before you insert a memory card into a card slot, open the door on the front panel and make sure of the slot type and the direction of insertion as illustrated. •...
Press 5/∞ to move the bar to a desired group, then press ENTER. • In the right column, files in the selected group are shown. Press 5/∞ to select the desired file, then press ENTER. The desired file is played back. •...
Audio/Video files playback NOTE Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to “DVD” when using the 5/∞/2/3 and numeric buttons for controlling the player. Slide show playback You can display files (still pictures) one after another automatically.
The player starts reading the selected JPEG file, and the opening screen is changed after reading the file. • The previous JPEG file is overwritten by the newly saved file. To dismiss the menu screen Press CHOICE. To resume the JVC’s opening screen Select “STANDARD” in step 4. Function...
Changing the initial settings NOTE Make sure that the TV - DVD switch on the remote control unit is set to “DVD” when using the 5/∞/2/3 and numeric buttons for controlling the player. Selecting preferences This section refers to the settings which are already made when you purchase the player.
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.
Setting options STANDARD, USER, SAVE AS BACKGROUND [STANDARD]: select when you use the JVC original image as the opening display (initial setting). [USER]: select when you use your favorite image as the opening display. This item will be taken effect after you register a new image in the next item.
PARENTAL LOCK 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. PARENTAL LOCK COUNTRY CODE SET LEVEL NONE PASSWORD _ _ _ _ EXIT...
Changing the initial settings Numeric buttons To change the settings You can change the parental lock settings later. Bring up the OTHERS menu. Press 5/∞ to move to select [PARENTAL LOCK] and press ENTER. The parental lock on-screen display appears on the TV screen.
AV COMPU LINK remote control system The JVC AV COMPU LINK system allows you to enjoy video or audio with the simplest operation. If your video/audio player (such as a DVD player, CD player and VCR) and television or/and amplifier/receiver support the JVC AV COMPU LINK system and...
Additional information 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 screen. \ Region code of the inserted disc does not match the player. Check the region code of the disc printed on the disc jacket.
Specifications Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice. General Readable discs DVD VIDEO, DVD-R (Video format), DVD- RW (Video format), SVCD, Video CD, Audio CD (CD-DA), CD-R/RW (CD-DA, SVCD, Video CD, MP3/WMA format, JPEG, MPEG- Readable cards SD card, Multi Media Card, Smart Media, CompactFlash, Memory Stick (MP3/WMA format, JPEG, MPEG-4)
Additional information Appendix A: Country/Area code list for Parental Lock Spain Andorra Ethiopia United Arab Emirates Finland Afghanistan Fiji Antigua and Barbuda Falkland Islands Anguilla Micronesia (Federated Albania States of) Armenia Faroe Islands Netherlands Antilles France Angola France, Metropolitan Antarctica Gabon Argentina United Kingdom...
Appendix B: Table of languages and their abbreviations Afar Persian Abkhazian Finnish Afrikaans Fiji Ameharic Faroese Arabic Frisian Assamese Irish Aymara Scots Gaelic Azerbaijani Galician Bashkir Guarani Byelorussian Gujarati Bulgarian Hausa Bihari Hindi Bislama Croatian Bengali, Bangla Hungarian Tibetan Armenian Breton Interlingua Catalan...
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. ASF is an abbreviation of “Advanced Streaming Format,” and is a data compression format for streaming developed by Microsoft Corporation.