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S P O R T: Sports

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EDUCATE: Educational

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D R A M A: Drama

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CULTURE: Culture

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SCIENCE: Science

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V A R I E D: Varied Speech
Programs

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P O P M: Popular Music

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R O C K M: Rock Music

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M.O.R.M.: Middle-of-the-
Road Music

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L I G H T M: Classical Music

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CLASSICS: Serious Classical
Music

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O T H E R M: Other Music

If an external audio source is con-
nected to this system (see page 15),
you can listen to the external source
through the system.

1. Press SOURCE repeatedly until

AUX or TV appears on the front
panel display. You can also press
AUX/TV on the remote once to
select the desired external source
directly.

2. Press SOURCE on the front or

AUX/TV on the remote repeatedly
until TV appears on the front panel
display. In that case, you can hear
the sound of the station received by
your TV´s tuner with the JBL DSC
system, if  the system is connected
to the TV using the SCART cable or
Audio Input Jacks (see method 1,
page 15).

3. Operate the source connected to

the system.

4. Adjust the volume level by pressing

VOLUME + or -.

5. The system's Dolby Pro Logic

decoder may be used for enhanced
listening to a stereo source. For
details, see “Selecting Listening
Modes” below.

This system has a built-in Dolby Pro
Logic decoder. It can transform a
stereo or PCM signal to Dolby
Surround so that you can enjoy
surround sound from nomal 2 channel
stereo broadcasts and recordings.
Moreover, with true (analog)
surround recordings you will only
hear the surround effect when one of
the surround modes is selected.

When listening to the source, press
the SURROUND button repeatedly to 

select a listening mode. All modes
are described in the Surround Mode
Chart on the next page.

The relevant indicators appear on the
front panel display. Additionally,
speaker icons will light, indicating
which of the six speakers is operating
with the surround mode selected.

Notes:
• Before you press the surround

button, please lower the volume
level to reduce the possibility of
speaker damage.

• If you are listening to a mono

broadcast or recording, select the
Stereo setting (all surround indi-
cators disappear in the display) for
best results. Do not select one of
the surround sound settings.

SURROUND 

VOL +or  - 

SOURCE

AUX/TV 

DOLBY DIGITAL

Available only with digital input sources encoded with Dolby Digital data. It provides up to five separate
main audio channels and a special dedicated Low Frequency Effects channel.

DTS

Available only with digital input sources encoded with DTS data. Available on special DVD, LD and
audio-only discs, DTS provides up to five separate main audio channels and a special dedicated low
frequency channel.

PRO LOGIC

The standard mode for analog surround sound decoding. It uses information encoded in a two channel
stereo recording to produce four distinct outputs: Left, Center, Right and a Mono Surround channel. Use
this mode for accurate reproduction of programs bearing the Dolby Surround, DTS Stereo, UltraStereo
or other “Surround” logos. Surround-encoded programs include videocassette, DVD and LD movies, TV
and cable programs, radio programs and audio CDs. Dolby Pro Logic processing may also be used to
provide a pleasing surround effect with some stereophonic source material that does not carry surround
encoding.

SURROUND

This mode turns off all surround processing and presents the pure left and right channel presentation 

OFF (STEREO)

of two channel stereo programs.

Option

Option

Option

Option

Option

Option

You can set the system to turn off
automatically at a specified time.

1. Press SLEEP while the power is on.

Each time you press SLEEP, the
time changes as shown below.

120 (minutes) 

➞ 110 ➞ 100 ➞ 90 ➞

80 

➞ 70 ➞ 60 ➞ 50 ➞ 40 ➞ 30 ➞

20 

➞ 10 ➞ 00 (OFF) ➞ 120 ➞...

When you have specified the time,
the “Sleep” indicator lights on the
front panel display.

2. If you want to reset the time, you

can press SLEEP again to change
it.

3. You can check the time remaining

before the system turns off.
Press SLEEP, the remaining time
appears on the front panel display
for a few seconds.

The JBL DSC 500 DVD is rare among
DVD players in that it  is able to
playback discs recorded with MP3
files. This means that you may enjoy
the latest music using discs created
in your computer through the high
quality audio components in your
home theater system. As the way that
MP3 files are recorded on discs
differs from the way conventional CD
audio discs are structured, MP3
playback is somewhat different from
standard CDs.

Important Note on MP3 Playback
MP3 discs may contain 200 tracks or
even more. For the best overview of
all the titles on the disc and for
convenient track selection, use the
on-screen-display rather than the
front panel display. The front panel
display will only show the number
and elapsed time of the track being
played.

MP3 Disc Playback
After an MP3 disc was entered and
the tray closed, the JBL DSC 500 DVD
will read the table of content (TOC)
and then show the total number of
titles on the disc and "STOP" on the
front panel display. At the same time,
a listing of all the directories appear
on the screen (if the disc contains
several directories), see figure 1
below. With discs without directories,
a listing of up to 12 tracks on the disc
will appear on the screen as shown
in fig. 2 below, showing the names (ID
tags) of all tracks currently listed.

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

To select a track, press the
D/E/ /  arrow buttons until the
desired track name is highlighted
(possible in stop mode only). You
must scroll through the list to see
additional titles. If you know the
number of the title you wish to play,
you can select the title directly by
entering its number with the numeric
buttons on the remote (possible in
play mode, too). With discs with
several directories, first select the
appropriate directory and then enter
the corresponding title list by
pressing OK (in stop mode only). 

To start the track selected on the list
press OK, in Stop mode you also can
press PLAY.

During MP3 playback, some of the
standard CD/DVD playback controls
operate in their normal fashion:

• You may skip forward to the next

track on the disc by pressing the 
 button.

• You may skip back to the previous

track on the disc by pressing the 
 button.

• Press the PAUSE button to

momentarily stop playback. Press
PLAY to resume play.

Note that the Search Forward/
Reverse buttons 

/ will have no

function with MP3 playback.

NOTES ON MP3 PLAYBACK
• During MP3 playback, the front

panel display and the time indicator
on the screen on top of the list will
show the number and the elapsed
time of the track being played (on
the screen only when selected with
the DISPLAY button). Other time
display options are not available
with MP3 playback.

• The JBL DSC 500 DVD is only

compatible with standard MP3-

SLEEP

encoded discs. Other compressed
audio formats used for Internet
audio downloads will not play on the
JBL DSC 500 DVD.

• Due to the differences in various

versions of the MP3 format, and the
many differences between the CD-R
machines used to record MP3 discs
on a computer, it is possible that
some MP3 discs may not play on the
JBL DSC 500 DVD, even though they
will work on a computer. This is
normal and does not indicate a fault
in the unit. 

• When a multisession disc with both

standard CD audio and MP3 content
is in use, the JBL DSC 500 DVD will
play only the CD audio sections of
the disc.

• When an MP3 disc with multiple

directories is played, you can select
the desired directory and see its
title list as described above. Return
to the directory list menu from the
title list by pressing RETURN (in stop
mode only).

• Programming tracks is not possible

with MP3 discs.

Note:
All bass sounds are directed to the
subwoofer only. You cannot adjust
the bass level of the 5 compact
satellite speakers, only that of the
Subwoofer. These 5 satellite
speakers are designed to reproduce
the mid and high frequency (treble)
sounds only.

• To increase or decrease the treble

level of the satellite speakers, press
the ADJUST button on the remote
control. "TRE : 00 db" will appear on
the front panel display. 

• Immediately press the VOLUME + or

- buttons to increase or decrease
the treble level of all 5 satellites
simultaneously. The adjustment
range is plus or minus 10db in 2db
steps.

Note: 
You must make the adjustment while
the treble level appears in the
display. If the treble level indicator
disappears, the setting will not be
changed. When you change the
setting, the new setting becomes the
default setting until you change it
again.

• To raise or lower the master volume

press the VOLUME + or - button on
the remote control after the treble
level indicator has disappeared. The
level of all 6 speakers will be
increased or decreased together.

• To raise or lower the volume of one

or more speakers individually, insert
a DVD movie disc with a Dolby
Digital or DTS 5.1 channel
soundtrack and begin playback.
Then press the ADJUST button on
the remote control to select the 6
speakers in the following sequence:

TREBLE LEVEL 

➞ FRONT LEFT ➞

CENTER 

➞ FRONT RIGHT ➞

SURROUND RIGHT 

➞ SURROUND

LEFT 

➞ SUBWOOFER ➞ MASTER

VOLUME 

➞ TREBLE LEVEL ➞ etc 

• When the desired speaker level

appears on the TV screen and front

panel display, immediately press the
VOLUME + or - buttons to raise or
lower the level of that particular
speaker. The adjustment range is
plus or minus 10db in 1db steps. You
must adjust the setting while the
speaker level appears on the
screen. If the speaker level indi-
cator disappears, the setting will not
be changed.

Note: 
If the video disc you are playing has a
stereo soundtrack or you are playing
an audio CD, you will only see the
level indicators for the left and right
front speakers and the subwoofer.
You will not be able to adjust the 
volume level of the center speaker or
the two rear speakers. 

Remember that the rear speakers are
designed to operate only when there
is action, ambience or effects behind
you. If you adjust the level of the rear
speakers incorrectly so that you
constantly hear sound behind you,
you will not get the proper surround
effect.

ADJUST

VOLUME + AND -

MUTE