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TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 1 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Warnings, Cautions and Others IMPORTANT for the U.K. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. BE SURE to replace the fuse only with an identical approved type, as originally fitted.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 2 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 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.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 1 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Table of contents Introduction ..................................... 2 Playback ........................................ 17 Notes on handling .................................................................2 Supplied accessories ............................................................2 Basic playback ....................................................................17 One Touch Replay .........................................................
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 2 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 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 Installation of the system • Select a place which is level, dry and neither too hot nor too cold; between 5°C and 35°C. • Leave sufficient distance between the system and the TV. • Do not use the system in a place subject to vibration.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 3 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM About discs If a DVD with an improper Region Code number is loaded, “REGION CODE ERROR!” appears on the TV screen and playback cannot start. Playable disc types This system has been designed to play back the following discs: DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO VCD/SVCD Audio CD Notes on DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM • This system can also play finalized DVD-Rs or DVD-RWs recorded in DVD VIDEO format and DVD-RWs or DVD-RAMs recorded in DVD VR format.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 4 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Description of parts and controls Front panel (center unit) Display window pg. 22 pg. 19 pg. 35 pg. 22 pg. 18 pg. 35 FM AM MHz P L PCM SURR CH kHz WMA MP3 RESUME PROGRESSIVE B.S.P. CHAP. TRK PG PL BONUS ST MONO RDS TA NEWS INFO PRG RND pg. 18 pg. 15 pg. 35 pg. 18 pg. 18 pg. 26 pg. 35 pg. 18 pg. 20 pg. 28 pg. 17 DISC ALL pg. 29 pg. 29 pg. 36 pg. 17 pg. 17 pg. 19 / TUNING pg. 30 pg. 14 / Disc tray (inside): pg. 17 SOURCE pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 5 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Description of parts and controls Powered subwoofer SP-PWC3 pg. 10 CAUTION: SPEAKER IMPEDANCE 4Ω 16Ω pg. 8 POWER ON lamp: pg. 13 Power cord: Front NOTE • For safety reasons, always ensure that there is sufficient space behind the powered subwoofer. * Do not block the ventilation openings. 5 Rear pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 6 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Description of parts and controls Remote control Putting batteries in the remote control pg. 11 F AUDIO TV/VIDEO pg. 13 pg. 11 pg. 17 DISC 1 DISC 2 TV VCR DISC 3 DISC 4 DISC 5 MUTING pg. 12 pg. 14 pg. 14 DVD FM/AM TV VOL AUX TV SOUND R6P (SUM-3)/AA (15F) type dry-cell batteries (supplied) pg. 14 CHANNEL AUDIO VOL AUDIO TV pg. 11 VCR pg. 11 TUNING pg. 17, 35 pg. 20, 24 SLOW pg. 20 pg. 27 pg. 26 pg. 26 pg. 28 pg. 30 pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 7 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Connections Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. If reception is poor Connecting the FM and AM (MW) antennas Center unit AM (MW) loop antenna 7 AM (MW) loop antenna Setting up supplied AM loop antenna Outdoor single vinyl-covered wire antenna (not supplied) If the antenna cord is covered with the insulation coat, twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 8 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Connections Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Connecting the satellite (front, center, surround) speakers Before connecting the speaker cords; Twist and pull the insulation coat off and remove. Powered subwoofer SP-PWC3 Front speakers SP-THC3F Speaker cord • Connect the black cords to the black (r) terminals.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 9 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Connections Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Speaker layout Connecting a TV Center speaker Front left speaker Front right speaker Powered subwoofer • Distortion of picture may occur when connecting to the TV via a VCR, or to a TV with a built-in VCR. • You need to set “MONITOR TYPE” in the PICTURE menu correctly according to the aspect ratio of your TV. (A pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 10 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Do not connect the power cord until all other connections have been made. Connections Connecting the powered subwoofer Connecting to a digital component You can enjoy the sound of a digital component. Center unit Powered subwoofer System cord (supplied) Align the 5 marks. Center unit or DBS* tuner MD player To digital optical output Digital optical cord (not supplied) Align the 5 marks.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 11 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Operating external components with the remote control The buttons described below are used on pages 11 and 12. the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Hitachi TV: Press 0, then 7. For a Toshiba TV: Press 2, then 9.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 12 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Operating external components with the remote control See page 11 for button locations. Operating the VCR 7 To set the manufacturer’s code 1 Slide the remote control mode selector to VCR. 2 Press VCR. 3 Press and hold F VCR. Keep the button pressed until step 5 is finished. 4 Press ENTER. 5 Press number buttons (1-9, 0) to enter the manufacturer’s code (2 digits). Examples: For a Panasonic VCR: Press 2, then 1.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 13 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Basic operations The buttons on the remote control are used to explain most of the operations in this manual. You can use the buttons on the center unit same as on the remote control for operations unless otherwise noted. IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; • Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. AUDIO. . When DVD is selected as the source (A pg. 14), the following messages will appear on the TV screen.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 14 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 13 for button locations. Basic operations Selecting the source to play On the remote control: Press one of the source selecting buttons (DVD, FM/AM, AUX or TV SOUND). DVD: To play back a disc (DVD VIDEO, VCD etc.). (A pg. 17) FM/AM: To tune in an FM or AM station. (A pg. 35) Each time you press the button, the band alternates between FM and AM. AUX: To select the source from a component connected to the AUX IN jacks or DIGITAL IN jack.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 15 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 13 for button locations. Basic operations Sleep Timer [SLEEP] The system turns off automatically when the specified period of time has passed. Press SLEEP. Each time you press the button, the shut-off time changes. Example: minutes S L E E P 6 0 Changing the scan mode The system can be accommodated to your TV’s scan mode.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 16 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Basic operations See page 13 for button locations. Optimizing the speaker settings [Smart Surround Setup] NOTE • When you change the positioning of the speakers or listener, or replace the supplied speakers with other ones, perform Smart Surround Setup again. 7 While DVD is selected as the source and stopped 1 Take your position where you listen to the sound. 2 Press and hold SMART S. SETUP. “SETTING” appears on the display window.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 17 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Playback DVD • The icon such as VIDEO shows the disc formats or file types the operation is available for. IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. 2 Press DVD. Basic playback 1 Press the desired DISC (1-5) 2 Place a disc. When placing an 8 cm disc DISC DISC DISC 3 DISC 4 VR • The system turns on and the disc tray comes out.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 18 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 17 for button locations. Playback 7 Playback information on the display window DVD VIDEO Example: When a DVD VIDEO encoded with Dolby Digital 5.1ch is played MP3/WMA file Example: When an MP3 is played back Elapsed playing time (hour:minute:second) Chapter number 1 2: 3 4 1 2 3 MP3 SURR Signal and speaker indicators Track number 1 : 2 3: 3 1 2 4 MP3 indicator*1 Signal and speaker indicators (A pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 19 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 17 for button locations. Playback Example: During playback on the Playlist* Fast-forward/fast-reverse search Elapsed playing time (hour:minute:second) Title number 3 0 7 During playback 0: 5 0: 3 0 Each time you press the button, the search speed changes. Pressing FL DISPLAY Playlist number To return to normal speed playback Press 3 (play button). Chapter number 1 C Press and hold x or 4.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 20 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 17 for button locations. Playback Locating a desired title/ group using number buttons 7 During playback or while stopped 1 Press TITLE/GROUP. DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO “_ _” or “_” is shown in the title/group display area in the display window. Example: During DVD VIDEO playback _ _. 1: 2 3: 4 5 2 While the display window shows “_ _” or “_”, use number buttons (0-10, +10) to enter the desired title or group number.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 21 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Advanced operations DVD shows the disc formats or file types the • The icon such as VIDEO operation is available for. Using the surround mode IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; • Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. • There are exceptions in the operation mentioned above. In such a case, follow each instruction.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 22 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations 7 All Channel Stereo (DSP) All Channel Stereo (ALL ST) mode can reproduce a larger stereo sound field using all the connected (and activated) speakers. All Channel Stereo can be used while reproducing 2 channel stereo source.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 23 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations 7 Contents of the on-screen bar during playback DVD VIDEO Dolby D 2/0 . 0ch DVD AUDIO Dolby D 2/0 . 0ch VCD SVCD G Shows playback status. : appears during playback. / : appears during fast forward/reverse. / : appears during playback in forward slow-motion/ reverse slow-motion. : appears when paused. : appears when stopped. H Select this to change time information (F).
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 24 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations 2 Press number buttons (1-10, +10) to Playing from a specified position on a disc select the number of the desired item. • For details on using the number buttons, see “How to use the number buttons” (A pg. 19). You can start playing a title, chapter or track you specify. You can also play a disc from specified time.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 25 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations Locating a desired position by specifying the time 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD AUDIO/DVD VR: During playback For VCD/SVCD: While stopped or during playback without PBC function For CD: During playback or while stopped DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO DVD VR Using the file control display You can search and play desired groups and tracks/files using the file control display on the TV screen.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 26 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations Resume Playback When Resume Playback is set to “ON” (A pg. 34) and you stop playback by the following operations, the position where playback has been stopped is stored. (“RESUME” appears on the display window.) • Turning off the power (A pg. 13) • Pressing 7 once • Changing the source (A pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 27 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations Selecting the audio 7 During playback of a disc containing audio in several languages Special picture playback DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO DVD VR Frame-by-frame playback When using the AUDIO button: 7 During playback 1 Press AUDIO. Press 8 repeatedly. DVD DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO VR Each time you press the button, the still picture advances by one frame.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 28 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations Selecting browsable still picture recorded on DVD AUDIO Most DVD AUDIOs include browsable still pictures DVD (B.S.P.), which usually appear by turns automatically AUDIO during playback according to the playback sequence. You can change the picture (turn the page) manually when the current group/track has selectable pictures (pages). 7 During playback and while the B.S.P.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 29 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations 3 Press 3 (play button). Program Playback 7 While stopped DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO 1 Press PLAY MODE repeatedly until program window appears on the TV screen. If all of the programmed tracks/files have been played back, playback stops and the program window appears again. Note that program setting remains. To check the program contents During playback, press 7.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 30 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations When using the on-screen bar (except for MP3/ WMA/JPEG): Repeat Playback Repeating the current selection or all discs 7 For DVD VIDEO/DVD VR: During playback For VCD/SVCD: During playback without PBC function or stopped For DVD AUDIO/CD/MP3/WMA/JPEG: During playback or stopped DVD DVD VIDEO AUDIO DVD VR The on-screen bar appears on the TV screen.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 31 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 21 for button locations. Advanced operations Sound settings Tray lock You can lock the tray and prohibit the unwanted disc ejection. On the center unit ONLY: While the system is turned off DISC 1 IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; • Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. NOTE Before you start operation; Press and hold • The system turns on and “LOCKED” appears on the display window.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 32 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Setting DVD preferences Using the setup menus NOTE • See the following “The language codes list” for the code of each language, such as “AA”, etc. • You can change the language used in the setup menus. See “Menu description” below. Basic operation on the setup menus IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. 2 Press DVD.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 33 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Setting DVD preferences : Audio menu (AUDIO) : Picture menu (PICTURE) 7 D. RANGE COMPRESSION 7 MONITOR TYPE You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play DVDs recorded in the picture’s height/width ratio of 16:9. • 16:9 (Wide television conversion) Select this when the aspect ratio of your TV is fixed on 16:9 (wide TV).
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 34 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Setting DVD preferences : Speaker setting menu (SPK. SETTING) : Other setting menu (OTHERS) 7 RESUME 7 Level menu (LEVEL) FRONT LEFT SPEAKER/FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER/ CENTER SPEAKER/SURROUND RIGHT SPEAKER/ SURROUND LEFT SPEAKER While monitoring the test tone, adjust the output level of the speakers. TEST TONE* You can activate or deactivate Resume Playback function. (A pg.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 35 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM Tuner operations IMPORTANT Before using the remote control for the following operation; 1 Set the remote control mode selector to AUDIO. 2 Press FM/AM. Preset tuning Once a station is assigned to a channel number, the station can be quickly tuned in. You can preset 30 FM and 15 AM stations. 7 To preset the stations NOTE • When FM or AM is selected as the source, you can select All Channel Stereo (ALL ST) and SURR OFF mode.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 36 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 35 for button locations. Tuner operations With the system, you can receive the following types of RDS signals: Selecting the FM reception mode When the stereo FM program currently tuned in is noisy, you can change the FM reception mode to improve the reception. 7 While listening to an FM station PS (Program Service): Shows commonly known station names. PTY (Program Type): Shows types of broadcast programs.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 37 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 35 for button locations. Tuner operations Searching for a program by PTY codes One of the advantages of the RDS service is that you can locate a particular kind of program from the preset channels (A pg. 35) by specifying the PTY codes. 7 To search for a program using the PTY codes NOTE Before you start operation; • The PTY Search is only applicable to preset stations.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 38 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM See page 35 for button locations. Tuner operations Switching to broadcast program of your choice temporarily Another convenient RDS service is called “Enhanced Other Network”. This allows the system to switch temporarily to a broadcast program of your choice (TA, NEWS, and/or INFO) from a different station except in the following cases; • When you are listening to non-RDS stations (all AM – MW stations, some FM stations and other sources).
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 39 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM References To clean the disc Wipe the disc with a soft cloth in a straight line from center to edge. Maintenance 7 Handling Discs • Remove the disc from its case by holding it at the edge while pressing the center hole lightly. • Do not touch the shiny surface of the disc or bend the disc. • Put the disc back in its case after use to prevent warping. • Be careful not to scratch the surface of the disc when placing it back in its case.
TH-C3[B]_new.book Page 40 Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:52 PM References Specifications 7 Subwoofer (SP-PWC3) Amplifier section Front: 7 Center unit (XV-THC3) Audio section Total Harmonic Distortion 0.02 % NOTE: This value is measured at System cord CONNECTOR for reference. Digital input*1: DIGITAL IN: (OPTICAL) –21 dBm to –15 dBm (660 nm E30 nm) *1 Corresponding to Linear PCM, Dolby Digital, and DTS Digital Surround (with sampling frequency — 32 kHz, 44.
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