JVC TH-M55J
Owner's Manual

Basic operations

Selecting the source to play
On the remote control:

Listening with headphones
CAUTION Be sure to turn down the volume;
� Before connecting or putting on headphones as high volume may damage both the headphones and your hearing. � Before disconnecting headphones as high volume may be suddenly output from the speakers.

Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, VCR or DBS).
DVD: To play back a disc (DVD, Video CD etc.). (A pg. 23, 25) FM/AM: To tune in an FM or AM station. (A pg. 27) Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM. VCR: To select the source from a component connected to the VCR IN jacks and AUDIO IN (VCR) jacks. (A pg. 14) DBS: To select the source from a component connected to the DIGITAL IN (DBS) jack. (A pg. 14) On the center unit:

Connect a pair of headphones to the PHONES jack on the center unit. This cancels the surround mode (A pg. 31) currently selected, deactivates the speakers, turn the subwoofer�s power off, and activates the headphone mode. �HEADPHONE� appears on the display window.
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Press SOURCE repeatedly until the source name you want appears on the display window.
Each time you press the button, the source changes as follows;
] DVD ] AM ] FM ] VCR ] DBS ] (back to the beginning)

� Disconnecting a pair of headphones from the PHONES jack cancels the headphone mode and activates the speakers at the previously selected surround mode. Headphone mode When using the headphones, the following signals are output regardless of your speaker setting; � For 2 channel sources, the front left and right channel signals are output directly from the left and right headphones. � For multi-channel sources, the front left and right, center and surround channel signals are down-mixed and then output from the headphones. You can enjoy the down-mixed multi-channel sound source using the headphones.

The selected source name appears on the display window. Example: When �VCR� is selected.

NOTE
� When AM, FM or DBS is selected as the source, this system does not output video signals.

Adjusting the volume
CAUTION
� Always set the volume to minimum level before starting any source. If the volume is set at its high level, the sudden blast of sound could permanently damage your hearing and/or blow out the speakers.

Turning off the sound temporarily
On the remote control:

Press MUTING.
�MUTING� appears on the display window and the sound turns off.

You can adjust the volume level within the range from �0� (minimum) to �70� (maximum). On the remote control:

Press AUDIO VOL + or �.
� Press + to increase volume. � Press � to decrease volume. On the center unit:

To restore the sound Press MUTING again. � Pressing AUDIO VOL +/� (or turning VOLUME on the center unit) also restores the sound.

Adjusting the brightness
You can dim the indications on the display window, the illumination lamp level and the disc lamps (TH-M65 only) on the center unit. On the remote control:

Turn VOLUME.
� Turn VOLUME clockwise to increase volume. � Turn VOLUME counterclockwise to decrease volume. The volume level appears on the display window.

Press DIMMER.
Each time you press the button, the brightness level changes as follows;
] OFF ] DIMMER1 ] DIMMER2 ] (back to the beginning)

� OFF: Returns to the normal level. � DIMMER1: Dims the display window, the illumination lamp and the disc lamps (TH-M65 only). � DIMMER2: Dims the display window more than DIMMER1 and turns off the illumination lamp.

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