JVC Th A10 Instructions

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Troubleshooting
Use this chart to help you solvi daily operational problems. If there is anyproblem you cannot solve, conect your JVC service center.
PROBLEM
Power does not come on.
Power is not supplied to the powered
sub-woofer
The remote control does not work.
No sound.
Sound is emitted from only one speaker.
No video.
Cannot play a disc.
Video and audio are distorted.
The edge is missing on the video image.
Continuous static during FM broadcasts.
Unit does not work correctly.POSSIBLE CAUSE
The power cord.
The power cord has been pulled out of the
AC outlet.
The system cable is not connected.
It is too far from the center unit, or is not
facing the center unit.
There is something obstructing the remote
sensor.
The battery is flat.
The battery has been inserted the wrong way
round (+/Ð).
Sunlight is falling directly on the detector.
The entered manufacturers code number is
incorrect.
The system cable is not connected.
The speaker cord is not connected.
There is a short in the speaker cord.
The powered sub-woofer power supply is off.
The audio cord is not connected properly.
An incorrect source has been selected.
Muteing is on.
The speaker cord is not connected correctly.
Left-right balance is incorrect.
The video cord is not connected properly.
TV input select is incorrect.
A non-NTSC disk has been inserted.
The unit and disk region numbers (local
numbers) are incompatible.
The disc is dirty.
A video deck is connected between the
center unit and the TV.
Initial setup (monitor type)  was incorrect.
The TV has been set up incorrectly.
The received signal is too weak.
The station is too far away.
The antenna is not connected correctly.
Lightning and electronic noise interferes
with operation of the microcomputer.
Immediately after beginning to heat the
room, the unit was moved to a cold location
causing condensation to form inside.SOLUTION
Insert the plug into the socket.
Press the power button on the center unit to
switch power OFF, and then press it again to
switch power ON.
Avoid any obstacles within approximately 5 m
of the detector on the remote control.
Replace the battery.
Insert the battery correctly.
Shade the remote control from direct sunlight.
Enter the correct code number.
Check the connection.
Check the connection.
Reconnect the speaker cord and press POWER
on the center unit to restart the system.
Insert the plug firmly into the socket and press
POWER on the center unit to switch power off,
and then press it again to switch power on.
Connect the cord properly.
Select the correct source.
Press MUTING to clear mute.
Connect the cord properly.
Adjust balance.
Connect the cord properly.
Select the correct input.
Replace the disc.
Clean the disc.
Connect the center unit and TV directly.
Run through initial setup again correctly.
Set up the TV correctly.
Connect an external FM antenna, or contact
your dealer.
Select another station.
Check the connection.
Switch power off, and remove and re-insert the
power plug in the socket.
Switch power off and leave the unit a few
hours before switching power on again.
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Specifications
Center unit (XV-THA10)
Audio section
Dynamic Range 97 dB
Total Harmonic Distortion 0.007 %
Output Level 2.0 V RMS
Video section
Horizontal Resolution 500 lines
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 60 dB
Output Level S-video-Y: 1.0 Vp-p/75 ohms
S-video-C: 0.286 Vp-p/75 ohms
Composite: 1.0 Vp-p/75 ohms
Tuner section
Tunig Range FM: 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz
AM: 530 kHz to 1,710 kHz
Usable Sensitivity FM: 12.8 dbf (1.2 µV/75 ohms)
AM loop antenna: 400 µV/m
Dimensions (W ´ H  ´ D) 403 mm ´ 85 mm ´ 273.5 mm (15-15/16 inches ´ 3-3/8 inches ´ 10-13/16 inches)
Mass 5.0 kg (11 lbs)
Power Requirements AC 120 Vî , 60 Hz
Power Comsumption 30 watts (at operation)
3 watts (in standby mode)
Powered Sub-woofer (SP-PWA10)
Amplifier section
Output Level Front/Surround/Center: 20 watts ´ 5, 4 ohms, 1 kHz, 0.7 % THD
Woofer: 100 watts, 4 ohms, 100 Hz, 0.7 % THD
Speaker section
Speaker 10 inches (25 cm), bass-reflex
Frequency Range 25 Hz to 200 Hz
Dimensions (W ´ H  ´ D) 280 mm ´ 475 mm ´ 506 mm (11-1/16 inches ´ 18-3/4 inches ´ 19-15/16 inches)
Mass 18.8 kg (41.3 lbs)
Power Requirements AC 120 Vî , 60 Hz
Power Comsumption 125 watts
Satellite Speakers (SP-XSA10)
Speakers 7 cm ´ 4 cm (2-13/16 inches ´ 1-5/8 inches) bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded
Power Handling Capacity 20 watts
Frequency Range 110 Hz to 20 kHz
Dimensions (W ´ H  ´ D) 62 mm ´ 102 mm ´ 109 mm (2-1/2 inches ´ 4-1/16 inches ´ 4-5/16 inches)
Mass 440 g (0.98 lbs)
Center Speaker (SP-XCA10)
Speakers 7 cm ´ 4 cm (2-13/16 inches ´ 1-5/8 inches) bass-reflex, Magnetically Shielded
Power Handling Capacity 20 watts
Frequency Range 100 Hz to 20 kHz
Dimensions (W ´ H  ´ D) 152 mm ´ 62 mm ´ 109 mm (6 inches ´ 2-1/2 inches ´ 4-5/16 inches)
Mass 475 g (1.1 lbs)
Designs & specifications are subject to change without notice.
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							Appendix A: Table of languages and their abbreviations
When you select the subtitle language or sound, the languages shown below are displayed as abbreviations.
To select the desired language, select the abbreviation corresponding the language you want to.
AA Afar
AB Abkhazian
AF Afrikaans
AM Ameharic
AR Arabic
AS Assamese
AY Aymara
AZ Azerbaijani
BA Bashkir
BE Byelorussian
BG Bulgarian
BH Bihari
BI Bislama
BN Bengali, Bangla
BO Tibetan
BR Breton
CA Catalan
CO Corsican
CS Czech
CY Welsh
DA Danish
DZ Bhutani
EL Greek
EO Esperanto
ET Estonian
EU Basque
FA Persian
FI Finnish
FJ Fiji
FO Faroese
FY Frisian
GA Irish
GD Scots Gaelic
GL Galician
GN Guarani
GU Gujarati
HA Hausa
HI Hindi
HR Croatian
HU Hungarian
HY Armenian
IA Interlingua
IE Interlingue
IK Inupiak
IN Indonesian
IS Icelandic
IW Hebrew
JI Yiddish
JW Javanese
KA Georgian
KK Kazakh
KL Greenlandic
KM Cambodian
KN Kannada
KO Korean (KOR)
KS Kashmiri
KU Kurdish
KY Kirghiz
LA Latin
LN Lingala
LO Laothian
LT Lithuanian
LV Latvian, Lettish
MG Malagasy
MI Maori
MK Macedonian
ML Malayalam
MN Mongolian
MO Moldavian
MR Marathi
MS Malay (MAY)
MT Maltese
MY Burmese
NA Nauru
NE Nepali
NL Dutch
NO Norwegian
OC Occitan
OM (Afan) Oromo
OR Oriya
PA Panjabi
PL Polish
PS Pashto, Pushto
PT Portuguese
QU Quechua
RM Rhaeto-Romance
RN Kirundi
RO Rumanian
RU Russian
RW Kinyarwanda
SA Sanskrit
SD Sindhi
SG Sangho
SH Serbo-Croatian
SI Singhalese
SK Slovak
SL Slovenian
SM Samoan
SN Shona
SO Somali
SQ Albanian
SR Serbian
SS Siswati
ST Sesotho
SU Sundanese
SV Swedish
SW Swahili
TA Ta m i l
TE Telugu
TG Tajik
TH Thai
TI Tigrinya
TK Turkmen
TL Tagalog
TN Setswana
TO Tonga
TR Turkish
TS Tsonga
TT Tatar
TW Twi
UK Ukrainian
UR Urdu
UZ Uzbek
VI Vietnamese
VO Volapuk
WO Wolof
XH Xhosa
YO Yoruba
ZU Zulu
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							AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AI Anguilla
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AN Netherlands Antilles
AO Angola
AQ Antarctica
AR Argentina
AS American Samoa
AT Austria
AU Australia
AW Aruba
AZ Azerbaijan
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BE Belgium
BF Burkina Faso
BG Bulgaria
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BM Bermuda
BN Brunei Darussalam
BO Bolivia
BR Brazil
BS Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BV Bouvet Island
BW Botswana
BY Belarus
BZ Belize
CA Canada
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CF Central African Republic
CG Congo
CH Switzerland
CI C™te dÕIvoire
CK Cook Islands
CL Chile
CM Cameroon
CN China
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CX Christmas Island
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark
DM Dominica
DO Dominican Republic
DZ Algeria
EC Ecuador
EE Estonia
EG Egypt
EH Western Sahara
ER Eritrea
ES Spain
ET Ethiopia
FI Finland
FJ Fiji
FK Falkland Islands
(Malvinas)
FM Micronesia
(Fedelated States of)
FO Faroe Islands
FR France
FX France, Metropolitan
GA Gabon
GB United Kingdom
GD Grenada
GE Georgia
GF French Guiana
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GP Guadeloupe
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GR Greece
GS South Georgia and the
South Sandwich Islands
GT Guatemala
GU Guam
GW Guinea-Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong
HM Heard Island and
McDonald Islands
HN Honduras
HR Croatia
HT Haiti
HU Hungary
ID Indonesia
IE Ireland
IL Israel
IN India
IO British Indian Ocean
Territory
IQ Iraq
IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)
IS Iceland
IT Italy
JM Jamaica
JO Jordan
JP Japan
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyzstan
KH Cambodia
KI Kiribati
KM Comoros
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP Korea, Democratic
PeopleÕs Republic of
KR Korea, Republic of
KW Kuwait
KY Cayman Islands
KZ Kazakhstan
LA Lao PeopleÕs Democratic
Republic
LB Lebanon
LC Saint Lucia
Appendix B: Country code list for parental lock
This list is used for the parental Lock operation. For details, see page 49.
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							LI Liechtenstein
LK Sri Lanka
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA Morocco
MC Monaco
MD Moldova, Republic of
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
ML Mali
MM Myanmar
MN Mongolia
MO Macau
MP Northern Mariana
Islands
MQ Martinique
MR Mauritania
MS Montserrat
MT Malta
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NC New Caledonia
NE Niger
NF Norfolk Island
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NU Niue
NZ New Zealand
OM Oman
PA Panama
PE Peru
PF French Polynesia
PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
PK Pakistan
PL Poland
PM Saint Pierre and
Miquelon
PN Pitcairn
PR Puerto Rico
PT Portugal
PW Palau
PY Paraguay
QA Qatar
RE RŽunion
RO Romania
RU Russian Federation
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SE Sweden
SG Singapore
SH Saint Helena
SI Slovenia
SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen
SK Slovakia
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Senegal
SO Somalia
SR Suriname
ST Sao Tome and Principe
SV El Salvador
SY Syrian Arab Republic
SZ Swaziland
TC Turks and Caicos Islands
TD Chad
TF French Southern
Territories
TG Togo
TH Thailand
TJ Tajikistan
TK Tokelau
TM Turkmenistan
TN Tunisia
TO Tonga
TP East Timor
TR Turkey
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TV Tuvalu
TW Taiwan, Province of
China
TZ Tanzania, United
Republic of
UA Ukraine
UG Uganda
UM United States Minor
Outlying Islands
US United States
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
VA Vatican City State
(Holy See)
VC Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
VE Venezuela
VG Virgin Islands (British)
VI Virgin Islands (U.S.)
VN Viet Nam
VU Vanuatu
WF Wallis and Futuna
Islands
WS Samoa
YE Yemen
YT Mayotte
YU Yugoslavia
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZR Zaire
ZW Zimbabwe
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							Sophisticated electronic products may require occasional service. Just as quality is a keyword in the engineering and production
of the wide array of JVC products, service is the key to maintaining the high level of performance for which JVC is world famous.
The JVC service and engineering organization stands behind our products.
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
JVC SERVICE & ENGINEERING COMPANY OF AMERICA
DIVISION OF JVC AMRICAS CORP.
1700 Valley Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
If you ship the product ¥ ¥ ¥
Pack your JVC unit in the original carton or one of
equivalent size and strength. Enclose, with the unit, a
letter stating the problem or symptom that exists and also
a copy of the receipt or bill of sale you received when you
purchased your JVC unit. Print your home return address
on the outside and the inside of the carton. Send to the
appropriate JVC Factory Service Center as listed above.
CAUTION
To prevent electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. No user
serviceable parts inside.
Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.
DonÕt service it yourself.
ACCESSORIES
To purchase accessories for your JVC product, you may contact your local JVC Dealer.
Or from the 48 Continental United States call toll free : 800-882-2345
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QUALITYSERVICE
HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER
TOLL FREE : 1-800-537-5722
http://www.jvcservice.com
Dear customer:
In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase, read the instruction booklet before operating the unit. In the event
that repair is necessary, or for the address nearest your location, please refer to the factory service center list below or within
the Continental United States, Call 1-800-537-5722 for your authorized servicer. Remember to retain you Bill of Sale for
Warranty Service.
ÑJVC
JVC SERVICE & ENGINEERING
COMPANY OF AMERICA
DIVISION OF JVC AMERICAS CORP.
FACTORY SERVICE CENTER LOCATIONS
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							LIMITED WARRANTYCONSUMER VIDEO 1-90
JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA warrants this product and all parts thereof, except as set forth below ONLY TO THE ORIGINAL
PURCHASER AT RETAIL to be FREE FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP from the date of original retail
purchase for the period as shown below. (ÒThe Warranty Period.Ó)
THIS LIMITED WARRANTY IS VALID ONLY IN THE FIFTY(50) UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND IN
COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO.
WHAT WE WILL DO:
If this product is found to be defective, JVC will repair or replace defective parts at no charge to the original owner. Such
repair and replacement services shall be rendered by JVC during normal business hours at JVC authorized service centers.
Parts used for replacement are warranted only for the remainder of the Warranty Period. All products and parts thereof may be
brought to a JVC authorized service center on a carry-in basis except for Television sets having a screen size 25 inches and
above which are covered on an in-home basis.
WHAT YOU MUST DO FOR WARRANTY SERVICE:
Return your product to a JVC authorized service center with a copy of your bill of sale. For your nearest JVC authorized
service center, please call toll free: (800)537-5722.
If service is not available locally, box the product carefully, preferably in the original carton, and ship, insured, with a copy of
your bill of sale plus and letter of explanation of the problem to the nearest JVC Factory Service Center, the name and location
of which will be given to you by the toll-free number.
If you have any questions concerning your JVC Product, please contact our Customer Relations Department.
WHAT IS NOT COVERED:
This limited warranty provided by JVC 
does not cover:
1. Products which have been subject to abuse, accident, alteration, modification, tampering, negligence, misuse, faulty
installation, lack of reasonable care, or if repaired or serviced by anyone other than a service facility authorized by JVC to
render such service, or if affixed to any attachment not provided with the products, or if the model number or serial number
has been altered, tampered with, defaced or removed;
2. Initial installation and installation and removal for repair;
3. Operational adjustments covered in the OwnerÕs Manual, normal maintenance, video and audio head cleaning;
4. Damage that occurs in shipment, due to act of God, and cosmetic damage;
5. Signal reception problems and failures due to line power surge;
6. Video Pick-up Tubes/CCD Image Sensor, Cartridge, Stylus(Needle) are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase;
7. Accessories;
8. Batteries (except the Rechargeable Batteries are covered for 90 days from the date of purchase);
There are no express warranties except as listed above.
THE DURATION OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MARCHANTABILITY, IS
LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY HEREIN.
JVC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF USE THE PRODUCT, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OR ANY OTHER
DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE TO
TAPES, RECORDS OR DISCS) RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH
OF THIS WARRANTY. ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE WARRANTY PERIOD SET
FORTH ABOVE.
Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages or limitations on how long an implied
warranty last, so these limitations or exclusions may not  apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you
may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA 1700 Valley Road
DIVISION OF JVC AMERICAS CORP. Wayne, NJ 07470
REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CARRY A SEPARATE WARRANTY, THIS WARRANTY 
DOES NOT APPLY. FOR DETAILS OF
REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY, PLEASE REFER TO THE REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY INFORMATION
PACKAGED WITH EACH REFURBISHED PRODUCT.
For customer use:
Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which is located either on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this
information for future reference.
Model No.: Serial No.:
Purchase date: Name of dealer:
PARTS LABOR
1 YR 90 DAYS
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