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TV Connection (method 1) 
- using SCART cable (included)
To view the video from DVD discs on
your TV set, connect the SCART TV Out
jack of this system to the SCART In
jack of your TV set. The same cable
also connects the audio output from
the TV to the DSC 1000 to listen to the
TV sound over the loudspeakers of
your system.

TV Connection (method 2) 
- using S-Video cable
If your TV set has an S-Video Input
Jack you can connect your TV to the
S-Video Out Jack on the back of this
system (S-Videocable not included).
When connecting the DSC controller in
this manner, use the AUDIO IN Input to
carry the audio signal from your TV.
Connecting more than one video signal
output from the DSC controller will
result in degradation of the video
signal.

TV Connection (method 3) 
- using composite video:
If your TV set has neither S-Video nor
SCART Input jacks, connect the Video
Out jack of this system to the Video In
jack of your TV set (Composite video
cable not included). When connecting
the DSC 1000 DVD unit in this manner,
use the AUDIO IN Audio Input to carry
the audio signal from your TV.
Connecting more than one video signal
output from the DSC 1000 DVD unit will
result in degradation of the video
signal.

Component Video Connection
(method 4)
If the video display has component
video inputs, connect the Component
Video Outputs on the DVD to the cor-
responding input jacks on your televi-
sion. If you are using a progressive
scan television or projector, you must
also change the Scan Type in the DVD
player's Video Set-Up Menu from
”Interlaced” to ”Progressive”.

Connecting VCR and Sat Decoder
(method 5 and 6)
Diagrams 5 and 6 show possible con-
nection methods for common system
configurations. These are intended as
guidelines only. Due to differences in
equipment specifications, the method
of connection of your equipment may
be different to that shown. Please
consult the Owner’s Manual of your
equipment for further guidance.

Connecting Set-top Box or Digital
Satellite Receiver (method 7) - using
coaxial digital cable
To listen to the digital multichannel
downmix  from Set-top boxes or digital
satellite receivers, connect the Coaxial
Digital Out of your device to the Coaxial
Digital In on the DSC controller.

Aux Input for External Source
You may connect a line-level stereo
analog audio source such as a Sat
receiver, tape deck, phono preamp of a
record player, etc. to the controller's
rear panel AUDIO IN Input sockets to
enjoy the benefits of your DSC system
with other source components.

• VCR Connection-Audio (Cables Not

Included). To listen to the sound from
your stereo VCR through the
speakers of this system, connect the
Left/Right audio output jacks of your
stereo VCR to the Left/Right audio
input jacks AUDIO IN of this system.

• Audio Out Connections. To record the

sound of the DSC system with your
VCR or any audio recording device
(tape deck, MD, CDR and some
others.) the Audio Out jacks should
be connected to the analog Record In
jacks of the appropriate device. They
can also be connected to any audio
input on your TV to listen to the sound
of your DSC controller through the
speakers of your TV only, when the
amp in your subwoofer is turned off
and the volume of the DSC controller
has been turned down completely. If
the speakers of your JBL DSC system
are active, the volume on your TV
should be turned down.

Notes
• The Power Requirement is: AC 230V,

50 Hz.

• Connecting to power other than the

one listed above may damage the
system or cause abnormal operation.

• Before connecting the AC power

cord of this system to a wall outlet,
connect the speakers and other
component cables to the system.

• Connect the AC power cord of the

active subwoofer.

• Connect the AC power cords of your

TV and any optional components to a
wall outlet.

Preparation
1. Switch the TV ON and select its

video input connected to the DSC
Controller.

2. Press ON to turn on the unit, JBL

Pro Sound Comes Home image
should appear on the screen. If that
screen appears distorted or without
color, change the appropriate
settings at the Video Setting Sub-
menu according to your TV set and
to the connection used between the
DSC Controller and your TV.

3. If there is no picture at all, not even

the JBL screen, check the setting of
the video input used on your TV
(most SCART inputs on TVs can be
configured in the TV´s menu). If this
doesn't work, connect your TV with
different cables to the DSC Control-
ler, e.g. via Composite (yellow jacks)
or S-Video cables, rather than
SCART to view the setup menus
until all appropriate ”Video menu”
settings are made properly.

4. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc

tray.

5. Place a disc on the disc tray.

Hold the disc without touching
either of its surfaces, position it with
the side you wish to play facing
down, align it with the guides, and
place it in its proper position.

•  3" (8 cm) discs or 5" (12 cm) discs

can be used.

6. Press PLAY. The disc tray is

automatically closed and play
begins.

•  When the disc tray is closed by

pressing OPEN/CLOSE, play will
start automatically.

•  With most DVD’s, a Disc Menu

appears on the screen. Select
specific menu item by using ARROW
buttons on the remote, then press
ENTER.

Skipping tracks or titles/chapters
To move forward or backward through
the tracks on a CD or the titles or
chapters on a DVD, press Previous/
Next.

Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search
1. To move forward or backward

through the DVD or CD disc being
played at fast speed, press Search
on the remote. Once one of these
buttons is pressed, the fast search
will continue until Play is pressed.

There are four fast-play speeds. Each
press of the Search Buttons will cycle
to the next speed in the following
order: 2x, 4x, 16x, 100x, indicated by a
number of arrow indicators on the
right top of the screen.

2. Press PLAY at any time to resume

normal playback.

Note that there will be no audio
playback during fast-forward or -
reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as surround
processors cannot process the digital
audio streams during fast-play modes;
audio will be heard during fast-play of
conventional CD’s.

Freeze Frame and Frame Advance 
(with DVD only)
1. Press PAUSE when a DVD is playing

to freeze the picture.

2. Each time you press one of the

STEP (FWD or REV) buttons, the
picture advances one frame in the
selected direction.

3. Press PLAY to resume normal

playback.

Slow Motion Playback (with DVD
only)
1. When a DVD disc is in pause or

freeze frame mode, you may move
slowly forward or backward through
the program being played at one of
four speeds by pressing the
SEARCH Buttons on the remote.
Each press of the buttons will move
to the next speed, indicated by a
number of arrow indicators on the
right top of the screen.

2. Press PLAY to resume normal

playback.

Note that there will be no audio
playback during slow-forward or -
reverse play of DVD discs. This is
normal for DVD, as surround
processors cannot process the digital
audio streams during slow modes.
Slow play is not available for CD.

Notes: Playback features may not be
available during the opening credits of
a movie. This is intended by the disc
author and is not a failure of the DSC
Controller.

Playback of a DVD with 96 kHz/24-bit
audio requires the use of circuitry
normally used for other features.
Accordingly, Slow Play Reverse and
Step Advance features are not
available with these discs.

Depending on the structure of a VCD
disc, the functions Slow Reverse and
Step Reverse may be prohibited or
have no function and Fast Playback
(Search) may not function.

One of the most important features of
the DSC 1000 Controller is its ability to
reproduce a full multichannel
surround sound field from digital
sources, analog matrix surround
encoded programs and standard
stereo programs.

Selection of a surround mode is
based on personal taste, as well as
the type of program source material
being used. For example, motion
pictures, CD’s or TV programs bearing
the logo of one of the major surround
encoding processes, such as Dolby
Surround should be played in either
the Dolby Pro Logic II Movie (with
movies) or Music (with music)
surround mode.

Surround modes and audio formats
are selected using the remote. Press
the AUDIO button 

5

to toggle

between the surround modes/audio
formats available on the DVD disc. As
you press the button, the Surround
mode/audio format name will appear
on your video display.

When a digital source is present, the
DSC Controller will automatically
select and switch to the correct mode
(Dolby Digital or DTS), regardless of
the mode that has been previously
selected.

To listen to a DVD-program in
traditional two channel stereo, using
the front left and front right speakers
only (plus the subwoofer if installed
and configured), follow the
instructions shown in the chapter
DVD Sound Mode, in the Audio
Settings Menu.

The final step of the installation is to
establish the system’s defaults. It is
helpful to take a few minutes to famili-
arize yourself with these settings, as
they may require change before the
first use and later from time to time. 

General Functionality of the 
OSD Menu
The complete setup and control of the
DSC 1000 takes place in an advanced
user-guided On Screen Display (OSD)
menu system. The OSD can be acti-
vated by pressing the OSD button on
the remote control. Pressing this
button again de-activates the OSD. 

The main menu consists of a PLAYER
Menu, RADIO Menu, TV Menu, AUX
Menu, DIGITAL Menu and a SET-UP
Menu. The PLAYER Menu will show all
information and options available for
the disc currently playing. The RADIO
Menu will show radio and RDS
options. The TV, AUX and DIGITAL
Menus show the surround options for
these specific audio inputs. The SET-
UP Menu will help you configure all
audio and video settings which are
normally only made once. 

Each Main Menu contains Submenus.
These submenus are shown as icons
on the left side of the menu. They can
be highlighted by a white square
around the icon by moving the cursor
with the ARROW buttons. Icons can
be activated by pressing ENTER when
an icon is highlighted. When ENTER
has been pressed, the color of the
icon will change to dark blue and you
will see that the current settings of
this submenu will appear on the right
side of the menu. 

Although each Menu has various
Submenus and Settings, they are all
navigated in the same way. All sub-
menus, settings and options can be
accessed with the help of the ARROW
(

KLNM

) and ENTER buttons on the

remote control.

To change a setting, simply move the
cursor to the setting you wish to
change. This setting will be high-
lighted in light blue, and a brief expla-
nation will appear in the Upper Menu
Line on the bottom of your screen,
together with the available options for

this setting on the Lower Menu Line.
Move the ARROW 

M

/ 

N

buttons to the

requested option for this setting. Press
ENTER to activate the new setting.

(A) Main Menu Line

(B) Submenus

(C) Current Settings

(D) Upper Menu Line with Brief
Explanation

(E) Lower Menu Line with Possible
Options

The first step in checking or changing
the system defaults is to access the
Setup Menu. First, make certain that
the DSC Controller is properly connec-
ted to a video display, and that power
is connected. For this process, how-
ever, you do not need to load a disc
into the unit.

During STOP, PAUSE or PLAY mode, if
you press OSD on the remote, the Main
Menu appears on the screen.

This Main Menu and all menus in the
following section may look different,
listing the settings with different
languages, depending on the settings
made previously. With the factory
default setting all languages are set to
”English”, that´s why with all menus
the English version is shown in the
manual.

In the SET-UP Menu you will find
submenus for making or changing all
settings and adjustments for both
Audio and Video handling of your 
DSC 1000. 

To access the SET-UP Menu, press
the OSD button, and move the cursor
to the right until SET-UP is highlighted.
Press ENTER to activate the SYSTEM
Settings:

The System Setting Submenu contains
the following settings. Follow the
explanations in the Upper Menu Line
on the bottom of your screen to
change the settings.

Display Language: Sets the language
in which the OSD menus are shown
on your screen.

Preferred Subtitle Language: Defines
your preferred subtitle language.
Every time a disc contains this subtitle
language, it will be shown automatic-
ally. If you do not find your preferred
language in the list of options, you can
select your preferred language by
typing a 4-digit code found in the code
list on page 23. You can also set the
preferred subtitle language to OFF. In
that case no subtitles will be shown.

Panel Time-Out: Sets the time-out
interval for the Front Panel Information
Display. After the selected time, the
display will dim completely.

Status Bar Time-Out: Sets the time-
out interval for the Status Bar, after
which the Status Bar will disappear
from the screen.

Parental Control: Defines a password
used to control viewing of restricted
programs. The default password is
8888. After pressing the default
password, either the parental control
setting can be chosen, or a new
password. The five standard US rating
symbols are ”G” (General, level 1),
”PG” (Parental Guidance, level 3),
”PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13
years old, level 4), ”R” (Restricted,
level 6) and ”NC 17” (from 17 years
old, level 7). The DVD will accommo-
date a total of eight rating steps, as