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9-INCH WIDESCREEN MONITOR WITH DVD PLAYER KS-JA0502-4 KS-JA0502-3 MENU INSTRUCTIONS LVT2125-001A [A/U]...
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Thank you for purchasing a JVC product. Please read all instructions carefully before operation, to ensure your complete understanding and to obtain the best possible performance from the unit. IMPORTANT FOR LASER PRODUCTS 1. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT 2. CAUTION: Do not open the top cover. There are no user serviceable parts inside the unit; leave all servicing to qualified service personnel.
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WARNINGS CAUTION: • DO NOT INSTALL THE MONITOR IN This monitor should be used on DC 12 V A LOCATION WHICH OBSTRUCTS only. To prevent electric shocks and fire DRIVING, VISIBILITY, SAFETY hazards, DO NOT use any other power DEVICE FUNCTION SUCH AS AIR source.
How to forcibly eject a disc How to read this manual If a disc cannot be recognized by the monitor The following methods are used to make the or cannot be ejected... explanations simple and easy-to-understand. • Some related tips and notes are explained in Monitor only “More about this monitor”...
Precautions Cautions for handling the liquid crystal panel Do not expose the liquid crystal panel to direct Do not drop the liquid crystal panel or strike sunlight. it sharply. • Storage temperature range: –40°C to +85°C +85°C –40°C –40°C to +85°C During the summer, temperatures can reach as high as...
Widescreen monitor Parts identification 1 IR transmitters (standby) button 2 Disc loading slot • Turns on the power if pressed. 3 Dome light • Turns off the power if pressed and held. 4 Screen compartment w Remote sensor 5 Screen (Liquid crystal panel) e Open button 6 0 (eject) button r Dome light switch...
Remote controller — RM-RK231 Installing the lithium coin battery Main elements and features (CR2025) Before using the remote controller: MENU • Aim the remote controller directly at the remote sensor on the monitor. Make sure there is no obstacle in between. Remote sensor •...
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5 Disc basic operation buttons How to select a number 7 (stop), 3 (play), 8 (pause) • To select a number from 0 – 9: • 3 (play) button functions as ZOOM button when pressed with SHIFT button. 6 Advanced disc operation buttons /TITLE 5 / ∞...
Headphones — KS-HP2 You can listen to the playback sounds with Main elements and features cordless headphones—KS-HP2. Installing the batteries Left side Right side Batteries (R03/AAA) POWER —supplied only for initial setup 1 IR sensors purpose • DO NOT cover the IR sensors, as reception will become poor.
Basic operations Open the liquid crystal panel. Press the open button until the liquid crystal panel is unlocked, then open the liquid crystal panel by both hands. CAUTIONS: • When not in use, close the liquid crystal panel and store it into the compartment; otherwise, it may obstruct the visibility through the rearview mirror.
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Select the playback source. MODE Monitor Remote controller Each time you press the button, the playback source changes as follows: DISC AV 1 AV 2 • DISC: Selects the built-in DVD player. • AV 1: Selects the external component connected to the AV1 INPUT terminals of the monitor.
Adjustments Using the monitor menu You can make your own display or sound adjustments using the monitor menu. • For the adjustable items, see the next page. • When shipped from the factory, the monitor menu language is set to English. To change the language, change the “LANGUAGE”...
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Adjustable items on the monitor menu Initial: Underlined Select whether you listen to the sounds using the headphones and/or AUDIO* speakers. • Selectable settings: HEADPHONE/AUX, HEADPHONE, AUX LANGUAGE* Select the language used for the monitor menu. • Selectable settings: ENGLISH, ITALIANO, DEUTSCH, FRANÇAISE Select the screen brightness and illumination control.
Changing the aspect ratio You can select an appropriate aspect ratio for the playback video signals. Basic procedure Remote controller only ASPECT Each time you press the button, aspect ratio changes. Selectable aspect ratio When incoming 16:9 video signal: FULL: Pictures are fully shown on the screen.
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When incoming 4:3 video signal: FULL: Pictures are enlarged horizontally and are fully shown on the screen. NORMAL: Pictures are shown at the center of the screen. • The black bars will be shown at the left and right sides of the screen.
Playable discs Discs you can play Caution for DualDisc playback You can play back the following discs on the • The Non-DVD side of a “DualDisc” does built-in DVD player: not comply with the “Compact Disc Digital • DVD Video: Linear PCM, Dolby Digital* Audio”...
Disc operations Playing a disc The disc type is automatically detected, and If “ ” appears on the monitor when playback starts automatically (for DVD: pressing a button, the disc cannot accept an automatic start depends on its internal program). operation you have tried to do.
Basic operations Operations Next operation To stop playback Playback pauses. temporarily A still picture appears. A Frame by frame playback Monitor Remote controller only B Slow motion playback Remote controller Remote controller only To resume normal play: Monitor Remote controller The playback position moves back about 10 seconds before To replay the previous scenes—One Touch Replay...
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To go to the next or previous To forward or chapters/tracks reverse search the chapter/track • For DVD: During playback or pause To the following chapters/tracks. To go back to the beginning of the current chapter/track, then the previous chapters/ tracks.
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To locate a title/ To skip to the next or folder previous scene You can skip the scene back and forward by 5 minutes. To the next title/folder. To the previous title/folder. Ex.: when you are playing a 24-minute DivX file and elapsed playing time is 8’24”...
Unique disc functions Selecting subtitles Selecting audio languages You can select the language of For DVD and DivX: the subtitle to be shown on the You can select the language monitor. to listen to if the disc has multiple audio •...
Canceling the PBC playback Disc menu operations Menu-driven playback is possible while playing back a disc with menu-driven features or a VCD with the PBC (PlayBack Control). 2 Select a track to start normal playback using the number buttons (see page 9). While playing a DVD/DivX To resume the PBC function A title list or disc menu will appear on the...
On-Screen disc operations Operations using the on-screen bar You can check the disc information and use some functions through the on-screen bar. On-screen bar T02-C03 TOTAL 1:25:58 DVD-V C. RPT Information bar TIME TITLE CHAP Operation bar TRACK 03 TIME 07:25 T.
To search for a particular Basic on-screen bar operations point by playing time • For VCD: while PBC is not in use. 1 Select Display the on-screen bar. 2 Enter the elapsed playing time of the current • Press once to display the information bar.
5 Elapsed playing time of the current track Basic control screen operations (Not appears for JPEG disc) 6 Operation mode icon ‰ (play), 7 (stop), 8 (pause), ¡ (fast- You can search for and forward), 1 (reverse) play the desired items through the control 7 CD: Current track number/total number of screen.
DVD setup menu You can store the initial disc playback status. • While playing, no change can be made on the setup menu. • When shipped from the factory, the on-screen language is set to English. To change the AUDIO language, see page 29.
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LANGUAGE menu Item Contents MENU LANGUAGE* Select the initial disc menu language. AUDIO LANGUAGE* Select the initial audio language. SUBTITLE* Select the initial subtitle language or erase the subtitle (OFF). ON SCREEN LANGUAGE* Select the language for the setup menu and some indications shown on the monitor.
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AUDIO menu Item Contents DOWN MIX When playing back a multi-channel DVD disc, this setting affects the signals reproduced through the analog terminals—Audio output and cordless headphones. • SURROUND COMPATIBLE : Select this when you want to enjoy multi-channel surround audio by connecting an amplifier compatible with Dolby Surround to this monitor.
Maintenance To prevent damage to the exterior How to handle discs Center holder • Do not apply pesticides, benzine, thinner or When removing a disc from other volatile substances to the monitor. its case, press down the center The cabinet surface primarily consists of holder of the case and lift the plastic materials.
Language codes Code Language Code Language Code Language Afar Indonesian Rumanian Abkhazian Icelandic Kinyarwanda Afrikaans Hebrew Sanskrit Ameharic Japanese Sindhi Arabic Yiddish Sangho Assamese Javanese Serbo-Croatian Aymara Georgian Singhalese Kazakh Slovak Azerbaijani Bashkir Greenlandic Slovenian Byelorussian Cambodian Samoan Bulgarian Kannada Shona Bihari Korean (KOR)
More about this monitor Disc operations Unique disc functions General • While zoomed in, the picture may look coarse. • In this manual, words “track” and “file” are interchangeably used. Playing Recordable/Rewritable discs • This unit can only playback audio CD (CD- •...
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Playing MP3/WMA/WAV files Playing JPEG files • This unit can play back MP3/WMA/WAV • This unit can play back JPEG files with the files with the extension code <.mp3>, extension code <.jpg> or <.jpeg> (regardless <.wma>, or <.wav> (regardless of the letter of the letter case—upper/lower).
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Playing DivX files DVD setup menu • This unit can play back DivX files with the • When the language you have selected is not extension code <.divx> or <.avi> (regardless recorded on a disc, the original language is of the letter case—upper/lower). automatically used as the initial language.
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On-screen guide icons During play, the following guide icons may appear for a while on the monitor. : Appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi-audio languages. : Appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi-subtitle languages. : Appears at the beginning of a scene containing multi-angle views. : Play : Pause : Forward slow motion playback...
Troubleshooting What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service center. Symptoms Causes Remedies • Colored spots (red, blue This is a characteristic of See “Note” on page 6. and green) appear on the liquid crystal panels and is screen.
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Symptoms Causes Remedies • Sound and picture are You are driving on rough Stop playback while driving sometimes interrupted or roads. on rough roads. distorted. Disc is scratched. Change the disc. Connections are incorrect. Check the cords and connections. • Disc cannot be played No files are recorded on the Change the disc.
Specifications WIDESCREEN MONITOR GENERAL Screen: Power requirement: 9 inch liquid crystal panel Operating voltage: Number of pixel: DC 14.4 V (10 V to 16 V allowance) 336 960 pixels: Grounding system: Negative ground 234 (horizontal) × 3 × 480 (vertical) Allowable operating temperature: Drive method: –20°C to +60°C...