JVC JX-SV77 User manual

INSTRUCTIONS
JX-SV77
VIDEO EDITING PROCESSOR

IMPORTANT (In the United Kingdom)
Mains Supply (AC 240 V~, 50 Hz only)
IMPORTANT
Do not make any connection to the Larger Terminal coded
E or Green. The wires in the mains lead are coloured in
accordance with the following code:
Blue to N (Neutral) or Black
Brown to L (Live) or Red
If these colours do not correspond with the terminal identi-
fications of your plug, connect as follows:
Blue wire to terminal coded N (Neutral) or coloured Black.
Brown wire to terminal coded L (Live) or coloured Red.
If in doubt — consult a competent electrician.
WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR
MOISTURE.
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APPARATEN SKALL APPARATEN EJ _ UT-
SATTAS FOR REGN ELLER FUKT.
BEMAERK: | stilling OFF er apparatet stadig forbundet
med lysnettet hvis det @nskes fuldsteendig afbrudt skal
netledningen traekkes ud.
VARNING
Strémstallaren POWER ar sekundart kopplad och skijer inte
apparaten fran natet i frankopplat lage. For att apparaten
skall skijas fran natet skall natsladden dras ur fran vaggutta-
get.
Thank you for purchasing this JVC product.
Before you begin operating this unit, please read
the instructions carefully to be sure you get the
best possible performance.
If you have any questions, consult your JVC
dealer.
ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS
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sur cet appareil JVC.
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mances de l'appareil, veuillez lire attentivement
ces instructions avant l'utilisation.
Pour toute question, veuillez vous adresser a
votre revendeur JVC.
INSTRUCTIONS EN FRANCAIS
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compra de este producto JVC.
Antes de poner esta unidad en “operaci6n,
asegurese de leer detenidamente estas instruc-
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rendimiento posible.
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INSTRUCCIONES EN ESPANOL
Pagina 80 — 105
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Sid. 106 — 131

CAUTION
To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.:
1. Do not remove screws, Covers or cabinet.
2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
*It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted
material without the consent of the copyright owner.
CONTENTS
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IMPORTANT
1. Installation
@Select
a
place
which
is
level,
dry
and
neither
too
hot
nor
too
cold
(between
-5°C
and
40°C/23°F
and
104°F).
®@Keep away from direct sunlight.
®@Do not put it too close to a heater.
2. Power cord
®@Do not handle the power cord with wet hands!
®@Do not bend the power cord sharply.
eWhen
unplugging
from
the
wall
outlet,
always
pull
the
plug,
not
the
power
cord.
3. Malfunctions, etc.
@There are no user serviceable parts inside.
If
anything
goes
wrong,
unplug
the
power
cord
and
consult
your dealer.
®@Do not insert any metallic object.
®Do not allow water to get inside.
FEATURES
Multi-function
video
editing
processor,
fully
compatible
with
Super
VHS
VCRs
and
camcorders
Two
source
inputs,
a
recording
output
and
a
monitor
output
—
all
with
connectors
compatible
with
Super
VHS.
®Versatile wipe function with background colour generator
Up
to
16
wipe
patterns
are
available
by
combining
basic
5
patterns, with 8 background colours.
®Video/audio faders
Picture and sound can be faded in and out independently;
the picture can be faded to and from any of 8 background
colours.
Versatile character generator function
Any required titles can be created on the monitor screen and
recorded on the VCR, with a 5-page memory which includes
a scroll page. User-created titles can be displayed in any of
three ways; ‘insert’, ‘fade in/out” or “scroll”.
®Easy colour balancing with joystick controller
The white balance of the picture can be compensated easily
using a joystick, with a Wide Range button when more
compensation is required.
®Audio mixing function
Audio mixing is possible with either AUX or microphone
inputs; audio level meter provided.
®@|mage enhancement
Variable image enhancer reduces picture degradation during
editing.
Colour level adjustment
Makes adjusting colour intensity easy.
®@Editing control function
When used together with specific JVC VCRs (with remote
pause jacks), recording and playback can be started and
paused with the operations of the VCRs synchronized.
@Colour bar generator built-in
A convenient colour bar generator is built in for the adjust-
ment of monitors, etc.
®@Bypass switch provided
Bypass switch allows you to check the input source and the
edited output by pressing a single button.

DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTIONS
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@ POWER button
Press this button to turn the power ON.
The JX-SV77 consumes approximately 2.5 watts of elec-
tricity even when the power is OFF, to back up the
memory holding switch/control settings.
@ SOURCE SELECT buttons
Press these buttons to select the input source.
® EDITING CONTROL button
Press this button to start the playback and recording VCRs
simultaneously. Pressing it again sets both VCRs to the
pause/still mode. (Only with certain JVC VCRs.)
@ AUDIO LEVEL meter
This indicates the level of the audio signal output from the
MONITOR connector.
© MONITOR SELECT buttons
SOURCE 1/2 buttons:
Select the input signals (picture and sound before process-
ing) to be monitored with these buttons.
AUX/MIC button:
Press this button to select the sound input from either the
AUX or MIC jacks.
C/G PRE-VIEW button:
Press this button when the characters are only to be super-
imposed on the screen of the TV connected via the
MONITOR output (when creating titles).
The buttons in the Character Generator control section are
effective only when this is ON.
PROGRAM button:
Press this button to monitor the signals output from the
REC OUT jacks. With this button ON, buttons in the
Character Generation control section do not function,
RETURN button:
Press this button to monitor the signal returned from the
VCR used for recording.
@ BY PASS button
Press this button to feed the input signal directly to the
output jacks (with no processing in the JX-SV77).
@ FADER controls
VIDEO FADER controller:
Use to fade the picture in and out. Normally set to the top
(IN) position. Slide toward the bottom (OUT) for the
background colour selected with the BACK COLOR knob.
AUDIO FADER controller:
Use to fade the sound in and out. Normally set to the top
(IN) position. Slide toward the bottom (OUT) to decrease
the output level.
© AUDIO MIXING control
Use this to mix the sound from the AUX audio inputs or
MIC jack with the source sound.
© CHARACTER GENERATOR control panel
Use these buttons to select the characters to be super-
imposed on the picture.
Refer to ‘Character Generator Controls” on page 4.

@ COLOR BALANCE controls
COLOR BALANCE ON/OFF button:
Press this button to use the COLOR BALANCE joystick.
COLOR BALANCE joystick:
Adjust the white balance or tint of the picture with this
joystick,
WIDE RANGE button:
Press this button to widen the control range of the colour
balance.
@ COLOR LEVEL controls
COLOR LEVEL ON/OFF button:
Press this button to ON to change the colour intensity.
COLOR LEVEL controlier:
Slide this control toward LIGHT to decrease the colour
intensity and toward DEEP to increase it.
@ ENHANCER controls
ENHANCER ON/OFF button:
Press this button to activate the enhancer.
ENHANCER controller:
Slide this control toward MAX to increase the enhance-
ment effect and toward MIN to decrease it.
® MIC jack
Plug a microphone into this jack when mixing the sound
picked up from the microphone with the source sound.
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@ PHONES LEVEL control
Adjust the output level of the headphone sound with this
knob.
@® PHONES jack
Connect stereo headphones to this jack to monitor the
sound output from the MONITOR output connector.
@ BACK COLOR select knob
Select the background colour for wipes and fades with this
knob. Set to the COLOR BAR position to select the
colour bar chart.
@® WIPE PATTERN select buttons
Select the required wipe pattern with these buttons.
Various wipe patterns are available by combining these
basic patterns (except for circle KJ pattern).
@® WIPE controls
WIPE ON/OFF button:
Press this button to ON to activate the wipe function.
WIPE controller:
Slide this knob toward SOURCE to wipe the picture in and
toward BACK COLOR to wipe it out.
@ PAGE select buttons
Select one among five pages; PAGE 1 to PAGE 4 and
SCROLL. Press these buttons a second time to emphasize
the characters by adding the black outline around each
(white) character. (Press a third time to remove the out-
line.)
@ DATE/SHIFT button
This button functions to turn the date indication ON and
OFF when PAGE 1 is selected. Otherwise, it functions as a
SHIFT button (to alternate between button functions when
setting the position of the ‘‘headline’’ on the SCROLL
page).
© CREATE button
Press this button to create titles.
@ CLEAR button
Press this button to cancel all the titles created on the
selected page.
© SIZE button
Press this button to change the size of the characters on the
selected page. Up to 5 sizes are available, except for the
titles on PAGE 1.
@ CURSOR (<<, > ) buttons
These buttons are used to move the cursor when creating
titles. Press <4 to move the cursor to the left and press >
to move it to the right.
@ CHARACTER SELECT buttons
SPACE button:
Press this button to leave a space between characters,
REV, FWD buttons:
These buttons are used to select the required character.
Press FWD to change the letters in ascending order, and
press REV to change in descending order.

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© TITLE POSITION buttons
Press these buttons to select the position in which the titles
are to be placed on the screen.
© SCROLL control buttons
(Effective only when SCROLL is selected.)
SCROLL SPEED button:
Press this button to vary the scrolling speed. The scroll
speed can be selected in four steps.
SCROLL REVERSE butten:
Press this button to reverse the scrolling direction. (Norm-
ally, titles are scrolled from the bottom to the top of the
screen.)
SCROLL START/STOP button:
Press this button to start scrolling. Press it again to stop
scrolling.
< REAR PANEL> .
@ VCR-1, VCR-2 input connectors and signal select switches
Connect the output connectors of the VCRs used for play-
back to these connectors. Set the signal select switches
(COMPOSITE or Y/C) to the appropriate positions, de-
pending on whether the input signals are composite or Y/C
separated video signals.
@ REC OUT/RETURN connector and signal select switch
Connect the input/output connector of the VCR used for
recording to this connector. The video signal output from
this connector is a composite signal.
When using the RETURN function, the video signal re-
turned from the VCR used for recording can be selected by
the setting signal select switch to the appropriate position,
depending on whether the signal is a composite or Y/C
separated video signal.
© REC OUT (Y/C) connector
Connect the input connector of the Super VHS VCR used
for recording to this connector. Only a Y/C separated video
signal is output from this connector,
@ MEMORY button
Press this button to store the title you have created in
memory. While creating titles, press this button to change
from one page to another.
@® INSERT ON/OFF button
Press this button to turn the superimposition of the stored
titles to be output to the REC OUT jacks on and off.
@ FADE IN/OUT button
Press this button to fade the superimposed titles output to
the REC OUT jacks in and out.
WARNING : SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPEN
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COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED
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© MONITOR OUT connector and signal select switch
Connect the input terminals of the monitor TV to this
connector. The signal output from this connector can be
switched between a composite or Y/C separated video
signal with the signal select switch.
© AUX input terminals
Connect the output terminals of an outboard audio com-
ponent to these terminals, using conventional pin-jack
cables. The signals input to these terminals will be cancelled
automatically when the microphone is plugged into the
MIC jack.
@ EDITING CONTROL connectors
When suitable JVC VCRs are used for recording and play-
back, connect their Remote Pause jacks here.

CONNECTIONS
@The
following
connection
diagrams
show
some
examples
of
connection
of
the
JX-SV77
in
your
video/audio
system.
Please
read
the
instructions of the components to be connected with this unit.
@Before making connections, make sure that the power of all components is turned OFF.
m System Connection Example
@For connection of other components, also refer to page 7 and later.
Super VHS VCR
for playback
REC OUT/RETURN
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Sper VHS VCR
for playback
Front Panel
Headphones
Super VHS VCR
for recording
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Monitor TV
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Compact disc player
Microphone
Note:
®Do not connect VCRs other than specified JVC models to
the EDITING CONTROL jacks on the rear panel. They will
not work correctly and may cause malfunctions. For JVC
VCRs that can be connected to these jacks, refer to page 20.

m SOURCE (VCR-1/2) Connectors
Connection of playback VCR:
VCR used for playback
To IN/OUT connector
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AV (21-pin) connection cable
@Set the signal select switches at the side of the connectors to either the COMPOSITE or Y/C position according to the setting of
output signal selector on the playback VCR.

m™ REC OUT/RETURN and REC OUT (Y/C) Connectors
When recording and playing back with “composite” video signal:
VCR used for recording
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Set to “COMPOSITE”.
AV (21-pin) connection cable *
Super VHS VCR used
for recording
To INPUT
connector
To REC OUT/
RETURN connector
To REC OUT
(Y/C)
connector
Be sure to connect the two cables at the same time, —————_—_—-»
AV (21-pin) connection cable
Note:
@Set
the
input
selector
(composite
or
Y/C)
on
the
recording
VCR
connected
to
the
REC
OUT
(Y/C)
connector
to
the
“Y/C"
position.
Also,
when
playing
back
the
tape
on
the
VCR
used
for
recording,
set
the
video
output
switch
on
the
)
VCRto
the
“Y/C”
position.

= MONITOR OUT Connector
Connection to monitor TV:
Monitor TV
eSet the output signal select switch to the “COMPOSITE” position when monitoring a composite video signal, and set it to the “Y/C”
position when monitoring a Y/C separated video signal.
m AUX Audio Input Terminals
Connection to Compact Disc player: