TM ® ESC333 Simple setup guide thank you for choosing JBL. For more than 50 years, JBL has been involved in every aspect of music and film recording and reproduction, from live performances to the recordings you play in your home, car or office. We're confident that the JBL system you have chosen will provide every note of enjoyment that you expected ­ and that when you think about purchasing additional audio equipment for your home, car or office, you will once again choose JBL. JBL Consumer Products Declaration of Conformity We, JBL Europe A/S Kongevejen 194B DK-3460 Birkerød DENMARK declare in own responsibility, that the products described in this owner's manual are in compliance with technical standards: EN 55 013/6.1990 EN 55 020/6.1988 EN 55 022/6.1993 EN 60 065/1994 EN 60 555-2-3/1987/88 Steen Michaelsen Steen Michaelsen JBL Europe A/S JBL Europe A/S Birkerød, DENMARK 1/97 Birkerød. DENMARK. 6/99 -2- Important Note Automatic On/Off and Automatic Digital-Input Selection The ESC333 offers two unique user-convenience features: Automatic Turn-On/Shut-Down and Automatic Digital-Input Selection. The Automatic Turn-On feature will turn the ESC333 on as soon as a source connected to its digital inputs (such as DVD, CD player with digital output, or any other device featuring a coaxial or optical digital output) is switched on, or as soon as the unit connected to its last-used analog input starts outputting sound. When using digital inputs, the Automatic Turn-On can be activated by turning on either one of the connected digital sources such as a DVD player or a CD player with digital output. When using analog inputs (TV or AUX), Automatic Turn-On is available only for the device that was last listened to before the ESC333 shut down. In order to listen to the other device, the ESC333 input needs to be manually selected by using the Input button on the product and on the remote, which, in turn, disables the Automatic DigitalInput Selector until the ESC333 is shut down. The Automatic Turn-Off shuts the unit down five minutes after all sources connected to its digital inputs are powered down and the device connected to its selected analog input stops playing. The Automatic Digital-Input Selector automatically selects the source connected to its digital inputs when that source is powered on. Upon power down of this digital unit, if no other source is on, the ESC333 will switch itself off after five minutes. If the analog source that was selected prior to the digital source turning on is still playing, the ESC333 will switch back to that other source. Once a digital source is powered on and selected as an input, turning on a device connected to the other digital input will not switch the input until the selected digital device is first powered off. These two features can only be used if the customer does not manually turn the ESC333 on or off, and does not manually select an input source. Once either of these selections is made manually, the automatic features are disabled as follows: 1. If the ESC333 is turned off manually, it will not turn back on automatically until five minutes after the source connected to the ESC333 is shut down. During these five minutes, it can be turned on either from the front panel or via the remote control. 2. Once an input source is selected manually, the Automatic Source-Selection feature will remain disabled until the ESC333 shuts down. 3. Once any one of the two devices connected to the ESC333 digital inputs is powered on and its input is selected by the ESC333, the device connected to the other digital input of the ESC333 cannot be automatically selected until the alreadyselected digital device is powered down. -3- included "Smart" powered subwoofer/controller. Five satellites for left, right, center and surrounds. Foot for horizontal placement of center speaker. Versatile remote sensor and double-sided tape provided. Power Volume Mute Late Night 0 dB Test Delay Level Input Adjustment ­ Bass + + Treble ­ ­ Surround Mode + JBL "error free" speaker cables. Extension cable XC300 available in 10-foot lengths in either white or black. Remote control. Digital coax input cable and analog RCA input cable. featres · Complete, self-powered Dolby* Digital home-cinema sound system with five satellite speakers, subwoofer, remote control, and all amplification built in. (Just Add TV!) · Dolby Digital (AC-3* 5.1 channel), Dolby Pro Logic*, including Phantom and 3-Stereo, and Stereo listening modes. · Automatic Turn-On and TurnOff. · Automatic Source Switching for the digital inputs. · Two digital (one optical and one coaxial) inputs and two analog inputs. · 2-Way video-shielded microsatellites with titaniumlaminate tweeters and common voicing for all five channels, and an 8-inch, long-throw, floor-firing subwoofer. · Late Night compression for nighttime listening without unexpected and objectionably loud passages. · All amplification and controls are mounted in the subwoofer, eliminating the need for a separate control unit. · Remote controllable via outboard remote eye that can be mounted with the center channel or separately, so that the subwoofer can be hidden away. -4- · Wall-mount brackets and floor stands available separately for the satellites. · Credit-card-type, fullfunction remote control. · JBL "error free" speaker cables simplify connection and eliminate possibility of out-of-phase wiring. · Center foot for horizontal placement of the center channel. · Rotatable JBL logos to allow for vertical or horizontal placement of the satellites. About Dolby Digital The ESC333 features Dolby Digital (also unofficially known as AC-3) multichannel signal processing, a system developed by Dolby Laboratories. Dolby Digital, unlike "matrixed" systems (such as Dolby Pro Logic) that derive and decode multichannel sound from two channels of sound, is capable of delivering information for one subwoofer and five full-range channels as discrete and individual channels in digital AC-3 data format from sources such as a DVD player. The result is clear and accurate digital sound to each speaker, along with availability of stereosurround effects (Dolby Pro Logic features mono surrounds). Dolby Digital is capable of delivering several different formats of surround sound, the most robust one being the 5.1channel mode, which provides separate signals for five satellite speakers as well as for a subwoofer. The ESC333 features a "5.1-Ch" indicator that illuminates when a Dolby Digital 5.1-channel encoded signal is present. Dolby Digital can also provide other AC-3 digital multichannel signals, as well as 2-channel signals, which can be decoded via Dolby Pro Logic processing into multichannel surround sound. In the latter case, both the Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Digital indicators will illuminate in the ESC333 display. -5- one. Speaker Placement Satellites Subwoofer 0-2 ft. Mounting Remote Sensor to Center Speaker. Center speaker. Place remote sensor at bottom of center speaker. Insert support leg through remote sensor and into speaker. The remote sensor may be placed anywhere using the supplied double-sided tape. Surround Speakers 5 ­ 6 ft. Mounting Options Satellites and Surrounds On shelves. On the wall. Optional bracket, WB300 or WB300WHT (white). On optional stands, FS300 or FS300WHT (white). -6- two. Speaker, Source, and Remote-Sensor Connectors (rear panel of subwoofer) Center Digital Source A DVD or CD Digital Output COAXIAL Left Front Right Front DIGITAL INPUTS COAXIAL Digital Source B DVD or CD Digital Output OPTICAL OPTICAL ANALOG INPUTS TV TV RIGHT LEFT AUX Audio Output RIGHT Right Left FRONT SPEAKERS Remote Sensor CENTER LEFT RIGHT SURROUND SPEAKERS AUX (Additional Audio Source) Audio Output REMOTE SENSOR INPUT LEFT Right Left AC POWER ON / STANDBY OFF Left Surround Right Surround Speaker and Amplifier Connection Dashed lines indicate that wire is not included Extension cables, XC300, available in 10-foot lengths from your JBL dealer. -7- three. Operation Remote-Control-Battery Installation. + Push small tab towards battery slot and pull battery drawer out. Remove old battery. Insert new battery with "+" side up, and slide battery drawer back into remote. Rear-Panel Control Master On/Off Switch To operate unit, place this switch in the On/Standby position. The system will go into standby when no signal has been received and when no unit connected to any of its two digital inputs has been on for approximately five minutes. -8- + + Remote and Front-Panel Controls and Indicators 20 23 19 22 21 24 26 25 17 28 29 30 18 16 15 14 5.1 Ch Surround DIG. OPT Digital Phantom DIG. COAX ProLogic 3 - St TV PCM LS LF C RF RS SUB LVL DLY ON STANDBY Late Night AUX 31 32 33 Input Surround Mode Volume Mute 4 5 2 27 6 Front Panel Remote Control Power Volume 1 Mute 2 3 7 9 6 Late Night 0 dB Test 8 Delay Level 10 Input Adjustment 4 -- Bass + 11 + -- Treble 12 + -- Surround Mode 13 5 1. Power This button, located only on the remote control, allows the user to manually turn on or off the ESC333. Please note that the ESC333 features Automatic TurnOn/Off, and the power switch is not normally used unless it is necessary to override this automatic feature, or in case the analog input to be used is not the last one that was used and so Automatic Turn-On is not available for that input. Please read the details regarding Automatic Turn-On/Off on page 3 of this manual, and keep in mind that if the ESC333 is shut down using this power button, its automatic turn on feature will remain disabled for five minutes after the source connecred to the ESC333 is shut down also. This is to prevent the ESC333 from repeatedly turning itself back on despite the user's wishes. The ESC333 can also be powered on by using the Input button (4) on the front panel of the subwoofer or on the remote control. Please note that if input selection is done by pressing the Input button, the Automatic Digital Input Selection of the ESC333 will be disabled until the ESC333 shuts down. When the ESC333 is plugged into a working electrical outlet and its master switch on the back panel is set to On/Standby, the Standby (32) indicator will illuminate. The ON (31) indicator will light as soon as the ESC333 is turned on either automatically or via the pressing of the Power or Input buttons. -9- 2. Mute From either the front panel or the remote control, press (Mute) to lower the volume completely. The mute symbol indicator (33) will illuminate. When you press either of the mute buttons again, the volume will return to its previous setting. Note: The mute function can also be turned off by pressing either of the volume buttons on the front panel or the remote control. 3. Late Night This feature is available for Dolby Digital only. It compresses the inherently dynamic digital sound so that the quiet and loud passages are not quite as different in sound levels as they ordinarily are. This feature allows the user to watch movies and listen to dialogue at toneddown levels so as not to disturb others by the loud sound effects that may be present. The Late Night indicator (26) illuminates when this feature is active. 4. Input This control is available on both the front panel and the remote control. It allows manual selection when the user repeatedly presses and releases the button for any of the ESC333's four inputs. The ESC333 features an Automatic Digital Input Selection feature that automatically switches the ESC333 to the source connected to one of its two digital inputs as soon as that device is powered on. Please read the section on page 3 to thoroughly familiarize yourself with the conveniences and conditions of using the Automatic Digital Input Selection feature. The Input switch is also used when the source connected to the ESC333's analog input is not the analog source that was listened to the last time the ESC333 was on (and hence the Automatic Turn-On feature is not available). The Input switch also turns on the ESC333 when pressed (see item 1 earlier in this section). Whenever a specific input is selected either manually or automatically, its indicator (14, 15, 16 or 17) on the ESC333's front panel will be illuminated. 5. Surround Mode Pressing and releasing this button allows the selection of different listening modes. Surround (18), Phantom (19) and 3-Stereo (20) are available listening options for Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic. Stereo (21) bypasses the surround processing and outputs sound through the rightand left-front speakers only. In Surround mode, all five satellites and the subwoofer will play. In Phantom mode, all speakers except the center channel will play. In 3-Stereo, all speakers except for the two surround speakers will be active. 6. Volume Press () on the remote control or the front panel to raise the system's volume. Press () on the remote control ...