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ENGLISH - 1 -

Safety Precautions

1. Power Source

The receiver should be operated only from a 220-240V AC,

50 Hz. outlet. Ensure you select the correct voltage setting

for your convenience.

2. Power Cord

The power supply cord should be placed so that they are not

likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon them

or against them. Pay particular attention to cord where they

enter the plug, power outlet, and the point where they exit

from the receiver.

3. Moisture and Water

Do not use this equipment in a humid and damp place (avoid

the bathroom, the sink in the kitchen, and near the washing

machine). Do not expose this equipment to rain or water and

do not place objects filled with liquids on it as this may be

dangerous.

4. Cleaning

Before cleaning, unplug the receiver from the main supply

outlet. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners. Use with soft

and dry cloth.

5. Ventilation

The slots and openings on the receiver are intended for venti-

lation and to ensure reliable operation. To prevent overheating,

these openings must not be blocked or covered in anyway.

6. Lightning

In case of storm and lightning or when going on holiday, dis-

connect the power cord from the wall outlet.

7. Replacement Part

When replacement parts are required, be sure the service

technician has used replacement parts which are specified

by the manufacturer or have the same specifications as the

original one. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire,

electrical shock, or other hazards.

8. Servicing

Please refer all servicing to qualified personnel. Do not re-

move cover as this may result in electric shock.

9. Flame sources

Do not place naked flame sources on the apparatus.

10. Stand-By

Do not leave your TV stand-by or operating condition when you

leave your house.

Warning!

Any intervention contrary to regulations, in particular, any

modification of high voltage or a replacement of the picture

tube may lead to an increased concentration of x-rays. Any

television modified in this way no longer complies with license

and must not be operated.

Instructions for waste disposal:

Packaging and packaging aids are recyclable and should

principally be recycled. Packaging materials, such as foil

bag, must be kept away from children.

Contents

Safety Precautions ...................................................1

Remote Control Buttons..........................................2

Control Panel Buttons..............................................3

Antenna Connections...............................................3

Preparation................................................................4

Features .......................................................................... 4

Before Switching on your TV ..................................4

Power connection............................................................. 4

Aerial Connections........................................................... 4

How to connect the external equipments.......................... 4

Inserting batteries in the remote control handset .............. 4

Switching the TV ON/OFF........................................4

To switch the TV on.......................................................... 4

To switch the TV off.......................................................... 4

Initial Settings ...........................................................4

Operating with the onset buttons...................................... 5

Operating with Remote Control......................................... 5

Menu System.............................................................5

Picture Menu ................................................................... 5

Feature Menu................................................................... 6

Install. Menu .................................................................... 7

Program. (Programming) Menu ........................................ 7

Other Features..........................................................8

Sound Mute ..................................................................... 8

Information on Screen ...................................................... 8

To Display the Time.......................................................... 8

Standard .......................................................................... 8

VCR Control Buttons........................................................ 8

Teletext......................................................................9

To operate Teletext........................................................... 9

To select a page of Teletext.............................................. 9

To Select Index Page ....................................................... 9

Searching for a teletext page while watching TV............... 9

To Select Double Height Text ........................................... 9

To Reveal concealed Information .................................... 9

To Stop Automatic Page Change...................................... 9

To Select a Subcode Page............................................... 9

To exit Teletext................................................................. 9

Connect the External Equipments........................10

Via the Euroconnector.....................................................11

AV-1 S Mode...................................................................11

Via the RCA jacks...........................................................11

Via the ANT (aerial) socket..............................................11

TV and Video Recoder (VCR)..........................................11

NTSC Playback ..............................................................11

Connecting Headphones .................................................11

Tips...........................................................................11

Specifications..........................................................12

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= Stand By / Power

0 - 9 = Direct Program

Standard Button (PICTURE default settings)

Colour Buttons

MENU = Menu Button

( ) = Cursor Up / Programme Up

( ) = Cursor Right / Volume +

Teletext Control Buttons

VCR Control Buttons

( ) = Cursor Down / Programme Down

( ) = Cursor Left / Volume -

AV = AV Button

= Information Button

= Mute

Remote Control Buttons

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of

uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk

of electric shock of persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating

and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

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Control Panel Buttons

Antenna Connections

AV14BM8EPS AV14BJ8EPS

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Preparation

Place TV on a solid surface.

For ventilation, leave a space of at least 10 cm free all around

the set. To prevent any fault and unsafe situations, please do

not place any objects on top of the set.

Features

 It is a remote controlled colour television.

 100 programmes from VHF, UHF bands or cable channels

can be preset.

 It can tune cable channels.

 Controlling the TV is very easy by its menu driven system.

 It has an Euroconnector socket for external devices (such

as video recorder, video games, audio set, etc.)

 Front AV Input available.

 Teletext.

 It is possible to connect headphone.

 Direct channel access.

 APS (Automatic Programming System).

 All programmes can be named.

 Forward or backward automatic tuning.

 Sleep timer.

 Automatic sound mute when no transmission.

 5 minutes after the broadcasting (closedown), the TV

switches itself automatically to stand-by mode.

Before Switching on your TV

Power connection

Important: The TV set is designed to operate on 220-240 V

AC, 50 Hz.

 After unpacking, allow the TV set to reach the ambient room

temperature before you connect the set to the mains.

Aerial Connections

 Connect the aerial plug to the aerial input socket located at

the back of the TV.

How to connect the external equipments

See Connect the External Equipments on page 10.

 See the instruction manuals provided with the external de-

vices too.

Inserting batteries in the remote control handset

 Remove the battery cover located on the back of the hand-

set by gently pulling upwards from the indicated part.

 Insert two AA (R6) or equivalent type batteries inside.

 Replace the battery cover.

NOTE: Remove batteries from remote control handset when it is

not to be used for a long period. Otherwise it can be damaged

due to any leakage of batteries.

Switching the TV ON/OFF

You can operate your TV either using the remote control

handset or directly using the TV onset buttons.

To switch the TV on

Your TV will switch on in two steps:

1- Press the power button located on the front of the TV. Then

the TV switches itself to standby mode and the RED LED

located below the TV turns on.

2- To switch on the TV from stand-by mode either:

Press a digit button on the remote control so that a program-

me number is selected,

or,

Press Standby / Power Button or Programme Up and Down

buttons on the front of the TV or on the remote control re-

spectively, so the TV will switch on and the RED Led will turn

GREEN.

To switch the TV off

 Press the stand-by button on the remote control, so the TV

will switch to stand-by mode and the GREEN LED will be-

come RED, or,

 Press the power button located on the front of the TV.

Initial Settings

The message "PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE AUTO.

PROGRAMMING SYSTEM" will be displayed when you turn

on your TV for the first time.

1- Select LANGUAGE with the   or   button, then

press the   or   button to select a menu language.

2- Select COUNTRY with the   or   button, then

press the   or   button to select the country you are

now located.

3- Select START with the   or   button, then press

the   button to start APS.

APS (Automatic Programming System) automatically pro-

grammes the received channels in your TVs programme

numbers. During APS, "A. P. S. IS RUNNING" will be dis-

played. After APS is finalized, the PROGRAM. menu ap-

pears.

To cancel APS, press the   button.

You can delete a channel, insert a channel into a programme

number, or re-start APS with the PROGRAM. menu.

For details, see Program. (Programming) Menu on page

4- Press the "STANDARD" button to complete the initial set-

tings.

After the initial settings are complete, you can change a pro-

gramme number or to name a programme number or to pro-

gramme new channel manually. For details, see

Install. Menu on page 7.

If the message "PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE AUTO.

PROGRAMMING SYSTEM" does not appear, follow the de-

scription Program. (Programming) Menu on page 7 to

select a menu language and the country where you are now

located, and to use A.P.S..

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Operating with the onset buttons

Volume setting and programme selection can be made using

the buttons on the front panel.

Volume Setting

 Press - VOL. button to decrease volume or VOL. + but-

ton to increase volume, so a volume level scale will be dis-

played on the screen.

Programme Selecting

 Press PROG. + button to select next programme or

- PROG. button to select the previous programme.

Entering Main Menu (AV14BJ8EPS)

 Press MENU button to enter main menu. In the main

menu select submenu using PROG. + or - PROG. button

and enter the submenu using VOL. + or - VOL. button.

To learn the usage of the menus, refer to Menu System

on page 5.

Operating with Remote Control

The remote control handset of your TV is designed to control

all the functions of the model you selected. The functions will

be described in accordance with the menu system of your

TV.

Functions which you can use out of menu system are de-

scribed below.

Volume Setting

Press   button to increase volume.

Press   button to decrease volume.

Programme Selecting

(Previous or next programme)

 Press   button to select the previous programme.

 Press   button to select the next programme.

Programme Selecting (direct access):

Press digit buttons on the remote control handset to select

programmes between 0 and 9. TV will switch to the selected

program after a short delay.

When you press first digit, second digit will be displayed with

- symbol for 3 seconds. To select programmes between 10

and 99 press corresponding digit buttons consecutively be-

fore - symbol on the second digit disappears. (e.g. for pro-

gramme 27, first press 2 and then 7 while program number

displayed as 2- )

Menu System

Your TV has been designed with a menu system. Display

MENU (main menu) and enter one of four menus (PIC-

TURE, FEATURE, INSTALL. and PROGRAM.).

1- Press MENU button to display MENU (main menu).

The menu titles will be displayed in the main menu.

2- Press   or   button to select a menu title, then

press   or   button to enter the menu.

 To exit a menu, press STANDARD button.

 To go to the previous menu, press MENU button.

Picture Menu

To change picture settings:

 Press MENU button, now you are in main menu. In the

main menu, select PICTURE using   or   button,

then enter the picture menu pressing   or   button.

or,

 Enter the Picture Menu directly, pressing the GREEN but-

ton.

Setting Brightness:

 As you enter the picture menu, BRIGHTNESS will be the

first selected option.

 Press   button to increase BRIGHTNESS.

 Press   button to decrease BRIGHTNESS.

Setting Contrast:

 Using   or   button select CONTRAST.

 Press   button to increase CONTRAST level.

 Press   button to decrease CONTRAST level.

Setting Colour:

 Using   or   button select COLOUR.

 Press   button to increase COLOUR level.

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 Press   button to decrease COLOUR level.

Setting Sharpness:

 Using   or   button select SHARPNESS.

 Press   button to increase SHARPNESS level.

 Press   button to decrease SHARPNESS level.

Setting Hue (In AV mode only) :

 Using   or   button select HUE.

 Press   button to increase HUE level.

 Press   button to decrease HUE level.

HUE adjust is functional only when NTSC 3.58/4.43 is ap-

plied in AV mode. It does not appear when other colour sys-

tems used.

Mode:

This option is used to change the picture size according to

the coming transmission.

 If AUTO function is selected, then the picture size will be

automatically changed according to the transmission.

 Selecting 4 : 3 mode forces picture ratio size to 4 : 3.

 Selecting 16 : 9 mode forces picture ratio size to 16 : 9.

Every program has its own picture mode setting. When you

store the picture mode for a program other programs keep

their picture mode setting unaffected.

Feature Menu

 Press MENU button, now you are in main menu. In the

main menu, select FEATURE, using   or   button.

Then enter the feature menu pressing   or   button.

or,

 Enter the Feature Menu directly, pressing the YELLOW

button.

Sleep Timer:

 As you enter the feature menu, SLEEP TIMER will be the

first selected option.

 Use 

 or   button to change the value of the sleep timer

between OFF, 0:15:00, 0:30:00, 0:45:00, 1:00:00, 1:15:00,

1:30:00, 1:45:00 and 2:00:00. hours. Your TV will get into

standby mode when the period you selected passes after

you make the selection.

It is displayed on the upper right of the screen. If sleep timer

is activated it is displayed with the TV status and erased with

it after 3 seconds.

During the last minute of the count down, the timer is dis-

played on the upper right of the screen. When the timer

reaches zero, TV goes to stand-by.

Child Lock:

In Feature Menu, press   or   button to select

CHILD LOCK. Using   or   button turn CHILD LOCK On

or Off.

When Off is selected, there will be no difference in the opera-

tion of your TV. When On is selected, the TV can only be

controlled by the remote control handset. In this case, the

front panel buttons (except the Switch On/Off button) will not

work.

Language:

Menu Language can be selected by pressing   or   button

on LANGUAGE item.

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Install. Menu

 Press MENU button, now you are in main menu. In the

main menu, select INSTALL. using   or   button,

then enter the Installation menu pressing   or   button.

 Enter the Installation Menu directly, pressing the BLUE but-

ton.

To programme a channel in a TVs programme

number manually:

1. PROGRAMME will be the first selected item as you enter

the INSTALL. menu. Pressing   or   button select the

programme number where you want to the tuned channel

to be stored. (You may also type the programme number

using the digit buttons.)

2. Press   or   button to select BAND. Using   or

  button to select the band in which you want to search a

channel.

3. Press   or  button to select SEARCH. Press  

or   button to start searching. (Press   button to search

forward.Press   button to search backwards.)

If the found channel is not the desired one, press   or  

button to start searching again.

To stop searching before a channel is found, press the re-

verse direction button. For example, when the TV is search-

ing forward with   button, press   button to stop searching.

If you know the channel number which you want to find, you

can find the channel directly.

Press   or   button to select CHANNEL, then press

  or   button to select the channel number, or enter the

number with the digit buttons.

(Follow the step 5 to select the correct standard before you

select a channel number.)

4. If you want to name the new programme, follow the instruc-

tions under "To change the name of a programme" on

page 7.

5. If the sound or picture is abnormal, change the standard

(broadcasting system) of new channel.

Press   or   button to select STANDARD, then

press   or   button to change the correct one.

The indicated channel number will be changed when you

change the standard.

B/G : C02-C73 / S01-S41 / S75-S79

L : C01-C73 / S01-S41 / S75-S77

6. If the channel reception is poor, fine-tune the channel.

Press   or   button to select FINE TUNING,then

press   or   to fine-tune the channel.

7. After the all settings are completed, store the new

channels setting to the programme number which you se-

lected. Press   or   button to select STORE,

then press   or   to store it.

If you want to modify the current programme numbers

setting (for example, changing fine tuning, etc.) :

1. Select the programme number you want to modify the

settings while no menu appears.

2. Display the INSTALL. menu.

3. Follow To programme a channel in a TVs program-

me number manually: on page 7 and change the set-

tings of the current programme number.

If you want to name the new programme, follow the in-

structions under "To change the name of a programme"

on page 7.

Note:

Do not use Programme item in the INSTALL. menu to select

the programme number. If you select the programme number

with Programme item and store the settings, the selected

programme numbers current settings are cancelled.

Program. (Programming) Menu

PROGRAM. (Programming) menu is used to display the

programme names and numbers. You can use this menu to

delete a channel, to insert a channel and to autostore the

programmes.

Select the PROGRAM. menu pressing   or   but-

ton and open it pressing   or   button. When you enter the

programme menu, all the programme numbers and names

will be displayed on the screen. The programme number and

name of the tuned channel will be shown by the cyan color.

All the other channel numbers will be white. You can move

the number in cyan using   or   or   or   button.

Also, it's possible to use digit buttons to select programme

numbers. As you pass through the programme numbers this

way, to reach the programme number you want, the channels

corresponding to the programme numbers you pass through

will be tuned and the selected programme number will be

shown in cyan.

To change the name of a programme:

 Move to the channel you want to rename or use the digits

so that the selected programme number is in cyan color.

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 Press the RED button. Use   or   button to select the

position and press 

 or   button to select a letter.

Now, press the RED button again to store or BLUE button to

cancel NAME.

To delete a channel from a programme number:

 Move to the channel you want to delete or use the digits so

that the selected programme number is in cyan color.

 Press the YELLOW button. Now the corresponding channel

will be deleted and all the other channels below this pro-

gramme number will be moved one programme number up.

Now, press the YELLOW button again to delete or BLUE but-

ton to cancel DELETE.

To insert a channel into a programme number:

 Move to the channel to be inserted or use the digits so that

the selected programme number is in cyan color.

 Press the GREEN button. Now using 

 or   or  

or   buttons, move to the programme number.

Now, press the GREEN button again to insert or BLUE button

to cancel INSERT.

A.P.S.

If you enter the A.P.S. menu, you can automatically program-

me the received channels in your TVs programmes with

A.P.S. ( Automatic programme system ).

1. After displaying the PROGRAM. menu, press the BLUE

button to enter the A.P.S. menu.

2. Select LANGUAGE with the   or   button, then

press the   or   button to select a menu language.

3. Select COUNTRY with the   or   button, then

press the   or   button to select the country you are

now located.

4. If you want to start programming, select START with the

  or   button, then press the   button. The

message A.P.S. IS RUNNING appears and A.P.S. auto-

matically programmes the received channels in your TVs

programme numbers. Afrer A.P.S. is finalized, the PRO-

GRAM. menu appears again.

To cancel A.P.S., press the   button.

Other Features

Sound Mute

To cut off the sound of the TV, press   button. The sound

will be cut off. To cancel mute, press   or   or   but-

ton. The volume level will be the same as the level before

mute when you cancel mute.

Information on Screen

First pressing the   button displays the current status

Programme number and Station name.

Pressing this button again displays the current time.

Pressing this button once more remove the on-screen dis-

play.

To Display the Time

 While watching a TV programme with Teletext transmission

press   button twice. The current time information, cap-

tured from Teletext will be displayed on the screen.

 If the programme being watched does not have Teletext

transmission, only a box will be displayed at the same loca-

tion.

 The time information will disappear after pressing   but-

ton again.

When time information is displayed on screen, entering an-

other menu will remove it.

Standard

You can re-set the current PICTURE menu settings (except

Picture Mode setting) to the default settings.

 Press STANDARD button when no menu appears.

VCR Control Buttons

The buttons can be used to operate a JVC brand VCR.

Pressing the button having the same appearance as the origi-

nal remote control button of a device makes the function work

in the same way as the original remote control.

Press the VCR Control Button to control your VCR.

Note:

 If your device is not made by JVC, these buttons cannot be

used.

 Even if your device is made by JVC, some of these buttons

or any one of the buttons may not work, depending on the

device.

 You can use the / buttons to choose a TV channel

which the VCR will receive.

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Teletext

Teletext is an information system that displays text on your

TV screen. Using the Teletext information system you can

view a page of information on a subject that is available in the

list of contents (index).

No on screen display will be available in text mode.

No contrast, brightness or colour control, but volume control

is available in text mode.

To operate Teletext

 Select a TV station on which Teletext is being transmitted.

 Press (TELETEXT)   button. Usually the list of contents

(index) is displayed on the screen.

To select a page of Teletext

 Press the appropriate digit buttons for the required Teletext

page number.

The selected page number is displayed at the top left corner

of the screen. The Teletext page counter searches until the

selected page number is located, so that the desired page is

displayed on the screen.

 Press   button to move the Teletext screen forward

one page at a time.

 Press   button to move the Teletext screen backward

one page at a time.

To Select Index Page

 To select the page number of the index (generally page

100), press   button.

Searching for a teletext page while watching TV

 In the Teletext mode pressing   button will switch the

screen to the TV mode. In the TV mode enter a page num-

ber using digit keys. As you enter last digit of page number,

  sign will replace the page number and flash until the

entered page number is found. Then the page number will

replace   sign again. Now you can display this teletext

page pressing   button.

To Select Double Height Text

 Press   button for the top half of the information page to

be displayed in double height text.

 Press 

 button again for the bottom half of the informa-

tion page to be displayed in double height text.

 Press 

 button once more for the full page of normal

height text.

To Reveal concealed Information

 Pressing   button once will reveal answers on a quiz or

games page.

 Pressing   button again will conceal the revealed an-

swers.

To Stop Automatic Page Change

The teletext page you have selected may contain more infor-

mation than what is on the screen; the rest of the information

will be displayed after a period of time.

 Press   button to stop the automatic page change.

 Press   button again to allow the next page to be dis-

played.

To Select a Subcode Page

Subcode pages are subsections of long Teletext pages that

can only be displayed on the screen one section at a time.

 Select the required Teletext page.

 Press   button.

 Select the required subcode page number by pressing four

digit buttons (e.g. 0001).

 If the selected subcode page is not displayed in a short

time, press   button. TV programme will be displayed on

the screen.

 Teletext page number will be displayed on the upper left cor-

ner of the screen when the selected page is found.

 Press   button to display the selected Teletext page.

To exit Teletext

 Press   button. The screen will switch to TV mode.

ENGLISH - 10 -

Connect the External Equipments

Before connecting anything

 Switch off all equipments including the TV.

 Read the manuals provided with the equipments.

To select an AV mode

Pressing AV button on the remote control selects one of the three AV modes (AV- 1, AV-1 S and F-AV).

 To return to the TV mode, repeatedly press AV button or press   or   button.

AV-1 (SCART) terminal: Euroconnector (21-pin, SCART)

 Video input, Audio input and RGB inputs are available.

 TV broadcast outputs (Video and Audio) are available.

AV-1 S (SCART) terminal: Euroconnector (21-pin, SCART)

 Video input, S-VIDEO (Y/C) input and Audio input are available.

 Video and Audio outputs are available.

F-AV (Front AV) terminal: RCA connectors x 2

 Video input and Audio input are available.

FRONT AV

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