JVC Pd Z50dx4 Instructions

Using the TV’s menu
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Operation with the buttons on the 
receiver
You can also operate the menus using the 
buttons on the front panel of the receiver.
The menu will disappear after about one 
minute if no operation is performed.
6 buttons
5 buttons TV/VIDEO button
MENU/OK button
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PICTURE menu
• While the PICTURE menu is displayed, 
pressing the blue button will set the 
CONTRAST, BRIGHT, SHARP, 
COLOUR, TINT settings to their default 
settings.
• When watching the picture from VIDEO-
1 to VIDEO-5 or the PC, picture effect 
settings can be memorised for each 
external input by setting the picture 
effects in the PICTURE menu.
The following items in the PICTURE 
menu are memorised.
PICTURE MODE
CONTRAST
BRIGHT
SHARP
COLOUR
TINT
WHITE...

PICTURE menu
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WARM:
A reddish white. Using this mode when 
watching films allows you to enjoy colours 
that are characteristic of films.
FEATURES
Choose FEATURES and press the a or 3 
button to display the sub-menu.
„DIGITAL VNR
The DIGITAL VNR function cuts down the 
amount of ‘noise’ (‘snow’ or interference) in 
the original picture.
You can choose from the three DIGITAL 
VNR function settings of AUTO, MIN and 
MAX.
AUTO(LOW)/AUTO(HIGH):
The TV will...

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MIN:
The level of DigiPure effect is set to the 
minimum. When you set the Super DigiPure 
function to AUTO and notice some noise, 
change the setting from AUTO to MIN.
• The MIN setting is not suitable for high-
quality pictures which contain very little 
noise.
MAX:
The level of DigiPure effect is set to the 
maximum. If you set the Super DigiPure 
function to AUTO but feel that the original 
picture quality has not been reproduced fully,...

PICTURE menu
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2 Press the 5 buttons to choose 
MAIN or SUB
MAIN:
You can change the colour system of the 
main-picture.
SUB:
You can change the colour system of the 
sub-picture.
• Choose MAIN when a sub-picture is 
not displayed.
3 Press the 6 buttons to choose 
the appropriate colour system. 
Then press the a button
PAL:
PAL system
SECAM:
SECAM system
NTSC 3.58:
NTSC 3.58 MHz system
NTSC 4.43:
NTSC 4.43 MHz system
AUTO:
This function detects a colour system...

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SOUND menu
• When the headphones are connected, only 
“STEREO / I • II” and “SPEAKER” can 
be used.
• When the “SPEAKER” setting (see 
page 35) is CENTER, BALANCE and 
CINEMA SURROUND cannot be chosen 
from the SOUND menu.
STEREO / I • II
When you are viewing a bilingual broadcast 
programme, you can choose the sound from 
Bilingual I (Sub I) or Bilingual II (Sub II). If 
you have poor reception on a stereo 
broadcast, you can change from stereo to 
mono...

SOUND menu
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BBE
You can use the BBE function to enjoy easy-
to-listen sound that is faithful to the original 
sound recorded.
ON:
This function is turned on.
OFF:
This function is turned off.
• Licensed by BBE Sound, Inc. BBE is a 
registered trademark of BBE Sound, Inc.
SPEAKER
You can set the TV speaker mode for when 
connected to the CENTER CHANNEL 
INPUT terminal.
TV:
The TV sound is emitted from the TV 
speaker.
CENTER:
The sound from the CENTER CHANNEL...

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FEATURES menu
SLEEP TIMER
You can set the TV to automatically turn off 
after a set period of time.
1 Choose SLEEP TIMER. Then press 
the a or 3 button
A Sub-menu of the SLEEP TIMER 
function appears.
2 Press the 5 buttons to set the 
period of time.
Then press the a button
You can set the period of time for up to 
120 minutes (2 hours) in 10 minute steps.
• One minute before the SLEEP TIMER 
function turns off the TV, “GOOD 
NIGHT!” appears.
• The SLEEP...

FEATURES menu
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3 Press the a button
The Sub-menu of CHANNEL GUARD 
appears.
4 Press the 6 buttons to choose a 
TV channel
Every time you press the 6 buttons, the 
Programme number (PR) changes, and the 
picture of the TV channel registered in the 
Programme number (PR) is displayed on 
the screen.
5 Press the blue button and set the 
CHANNEL GUARD function.
Then press the a button
n (CHANNEL GUARD) appears and the 
TV channel is locked.
To reset the CHANNEL...

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BLUE BACK
You can set the TV to automatically change 
to a blue screen and mute the sound if the 
signal is weak or absent, or when there is no 
input from an external device.
ON:
This function is turned on.
OFF:
This function is turned off.
CHILD LOCK
You can disable the front control buttons of 
the TV. When this function is set to ON, the 
TV can be operated only by using the remote 
control.
Use this function to prevent children from...