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The JBL DSC100DVD is equipped with
RDS (Radio Data System), which brings
a wide range of information to FM
radio. Now in use in many countries,
RDS is a system for transmitting e.g.
station call signs or network
information and a description of station
program type (PTY).

As more FM stations become
equipped with RDS capabilities, the
JBL DSC100DVD will serve as an easy-
to-use center for both information and
entertainment. This section will help
you take maximum advantage of the
RDS system.

RDS Tuning
When an FM station is tuned in and it
contains RDS data, the red RDS
Indicator will illuminate and the JBL
DSC100DVD will automatically display
the station’s call sign, e.g. "ANTENNE1"
in the front panel display (up to 8
characters are possible). With some
private stations, other information may
alternate with the station´s call sign.

RDS Display Options
In normal RDS operation, the display
will indicate the station name, broad-
cast network or call letters. Pressing
the DISPLAY button enables you to
cycle through the following sequence:

• The station’s call letters (with some
private stations other information, too).

• The Program Type (PTY) as shown in
the list below.

• The station’s frequency.

Some RDS stations may not include
the PTY feature. In this case, the PTY
indicator in the display will not light
and, if selected by the DISPLAY button,
"NO PTY" will appear in the front
display. 

In any FM mode, the RDS function
requires a strong enough signal for
proper operation. If you receive a
partial message, or the RDS Indicator
goes on and off, try slowly adjusting
the antenna or tune to another
stronger RDS station.

STANDBY

REPEAT

A - B

SUBTITLE

TITLE

SETUP

DVD

1

GOTO

2

RETURN

AUDIO

DISPLAY

ANGLE

5

4

3

6

7

8

ZOOM

ENTER

TEST
TONE

MUTE

SLEEP

SELECT

SLOW

STEP

LISTENING

ADJ/VOL

ST/MO

MEMO

STA -

TUN +

LANGUAGE

N / P

>10

0

9

PROGRAM

MENU
/ PBC

STOP

PLAY / PAUSE

TUNER

AUX

OPEN /
CLOSE

STA +

TUN -

NUMBER BUTTONS

STATION +/-   

ADJ/VOL +/- 

TUNING +/-   

SOURCE

TUNING +/-

STANDBY

TUNER

To listen to preset radio stations
Store radio stations in the system’s
memory first (see “Presetting Radio
Stations” on page 17).

1. Press SOURCE on the controller
repeatedly until “FM” or “AM”
appears on the front panel display.

You can also press the TUNER/BAND
button on the remote to select FM or
AM directly.

The last received station is tuned in
and its frequency will be displayed on
the front panel.

2. Press STA + or STA - repeatedly to

select the preset station you want.
With each press, the system tunes
in the next or previous preset
station. 
You can also use the number
buttons to select a preset station
number directly.

3. Adjust the volume level by pressing

the ADJ/VOL + or -. This system's
Dolby Pro Logic decoder may be
used for enhanced FM stereo
listening. For details, see “Select-
ing Listening Modes” on page 36.

4. To turn off the radio, press the

STANDBY button.

To listen to non-preset radio stations
Use manual or automatic tuning in
step 2.

For manual tuning, press TUN + or
TUN - repeatedly.

For automatic tuning, press and hold
TUN + or TUN - until the frequency
indicator starts to change
automatically, then release the
button.

If an FM signal is noisy
Press MONO/STEREO on the remote
control so that “MONO” appears on
the front panel display. Reception will
improve in mono. Press again to
restore stereo.

To improve reception 
Reorient the supplied antennas.

Program Types (PTY)
An important feature of RDS is its
capability of encoding broadcasts
with Program Type (PTY) codes that
indicate the type of material being
broadcast. The following list shows
the abbreviations used to indicate
each PTY, along with an explanation
of the PTY:

• N E W S: News

• A F F A I R S: Current Affairs

• I N F O: Infomation

• S P O R T: Sports

• E D U C A T E: Educational

• D R A M A: Drama

• C U L T U R E: Culture

• S C I E N C E: Science

• V A R I E D: Varied Speech

Programs

• P O P M: Popular Music

• R O C K M: Rock Music

• M . O . R . M .: Middle-of-the-

Road Music

• L I G H T M: Classical Music

• C L A S S I C S: Serious Classical

Music

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

2. Press SOURCE on the front or AUX

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
(see method 1, page 15).

3. Operate the source connected to

the system.

4. Adjust the volume level by pressing

ADJ/VOL + 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 LISTENING 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 at the top of the
display will light, indicating which of
the six speakers is operating with the
surround mode selected.

STANDBY

REPEAT

A - B

SUBTITLE

TITLE

SETUP

DVD

1

GOTO

2

RETURN

AUDIO

DISPLAY

ANGLE

5

4

3

6

7

8

ZOOM

ENTER

TEST
TONE

MUTE

SLEEP

SELECT

SLOW

STEP

LISTENING

ADJ/VOL

ST/MO

MEMO

STA -

TUN -

TUN +

STA +

LANGUAGE

N / P

>10

0

9

PROGRAM

MENU
/ PBC

STOP

PLAY / PAUSE

TUNER

AUX

OPEN /
CLOSE

LISTENING

STANDBY

REPEAT

A - B

SUBTITLE

TITLE

SETUP

DVD

1

GOTO

2

RETURN

AUDIO

DISPLAY

ANGLE

5

4

3

6

7

8

ZOOM

ENTER

TEST
TONE

MUTE

SLEEP

SELECT

SLOW

STEP

LISTENING

ADJ/VOL

ST/MO

MEMO

STA -

TUN -

TUN +

STA +

LANGUAGE

N / P

>10

0

9

PROGRAM

MENU
/ PBC

STOP

PLAY / PAUSE

TUNER

AUX

OPEN /
CLOSE

ADJ/VOL +/- 

SOURCE

AUX

Notes:
• Before you press the listening

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.

• When "Normal" is selected with "Pro

Logic" all channels will be used,
including the Center and the Rears
(Rears not with "3 Stereo"). When
"Phantom" is selected with "Pro
Logic" the Center channel will not
be used and its signal will be spread
to both front speakers. This may be
usefull with recordings where the
Center sounds too dominant. 
When "Wide" is selected, depending
on the recording, the front stage
may sound somewhat wider, while
the Center speaker still in use.

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.

3 STEREO

Uses the information contained in a surround encoded or two channel stereo program to create center
channel information. In addition, the information that is normally sent to the rear channel surround
speakers is carefully mixed in with the front left and front right channels for increased realism. Use this
mode when you have a center channel speaker but no surround speakers.

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 DSC100DVD 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 DSC100DVD
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 ENTER (in stop mode only). 

To start the track selected on the list
press ENTER, 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.

STANDBY

REPEAT

A - B

SUBTITLE

TITLE

SETUP

DVD

1

GOTO

2

RETURN

AUDIO

DISPLAY

ANGLE

5

4

3

6

7

8

ZOOM

ENTER

TEST
TONE

MUTE

SLEEP

SELECT

SLOW

STEP

LISTENING

ADJ/VOL

ST/MO

MEMO

STA -

TUN -

TUN +

STA +

LANGUAGE

N / P

>10

0

9

PROGRAM

MENU
/ PBC

STOP

PLAY / PAUSE

TUNER

AUX

OPEN /
CLOSE

SLEEP