General Information

Serial #

126X0514

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal & synthetic components.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

46.0 cm

Width

43.9 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

JVC

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

This unit used 2002-2004.

Canada

One element of high quality home theatre system (see 2004.0301-.0305) available and used in Canada c. 2000-2004. The donor, Dr. Paul Attallah is Associate Director, Mass Communications in the School of Journalism and Communications at Carleton University, Ottawa. His use of this home theatre for personal entertainment has also contributed to his understanding of the technical and perceptual attributes of new media technologies. The system was purchased from Bleeker Stereo & TV Ltd., Ottawa in stages between 2001 and 2004. This audio-video control receiver was purchased February 3, 2002 for 1699.99 (plus tax).

Function

Switch between various audio and video sources (ie. DVD player, VCR, satellite receiver) for a home theatre system, and decode a digital surround-sound audio signal and convert it into multiple analogue audio channels, which it amplifies and relays to multiple speakers.

Technical

The term "home theatre" appears to have entered popular usage around 1990. It's first appearance in the index of the annual 'Consumer Reports Buying Guide' was in 1991, and an article devoted to the subject appeared in the March 1991 issue of the magazine. A "home theatre" is generally understood to consist of a large screen video display, a variety of video program sources, and a stereo or multi channel sound system. Until the mid- 1990s, home theatres depended on analogue sources like Laserdisc players or hi-fi stereo, S-VHS VCRs that conveyed a superior video signal while offering a 2-channel or 4-channel audio signal that could be fed either into a home stereo system or a special multi-speaker arrangement. Both picture and sound were far superior to the VCR-monophonic television tandem found in the vast majority of Canadian homes since about 1980. In the late 1990s, consumer electronics manufacturers and broadcasters introduced several commercially important innovations: DVD players, digital satellite or cable TV receivers, digital high definition television (HDTV) systems, and a variety of digital "surround sound" formats. In addition, the selection of video displays expanded. Home theatre audio technology evolved out of the systems developed for "surround sound" in movie theatres. The RX-DP10 was JVC's first high-end audio-visual receiver for home theatres. It was able to decode the three major surround sound formats (Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Surround) and was THX-certified. (Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Unit front reads "JVC", "DIGITAL/ dts/ SURROUND", "[symbol]/ DIGITAL/ DOLBY", "LUCASFILM/ THS/ ULTRA", "THX SURROUND EX", "CC/ CONVERTER/ AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROL RECEIVER", "AV COMPULINK", and "TEXT/ COMPULINK". All controls, connections, etc. on both front & back panels are labelled. Back panel also reads "SERIAL NO. 126X0514", "VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED MADE IN INDONESIA", "LICENSED UNDER/ U.S. PATENT/ NO. 5,383,044", "JVC/ STEREO RECEIVER/ MODEL NO. RX-DP10VSL/ AC 120V ~ 60Hz/ 485W 615VA/ CSA", "Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laboratories./ "Dolby", "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are/ trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential/ Unpublished Works./ © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc.. All rights reserved.", "Manufactured under license from Lucasfilm Ltd.. U.S. patent/ numbers 5,043,970; 5,189,703; and/or 5,222,059. European patent number 0323830. Other U.S. and foreign/ patents pending. Lucasfilm and THX are registered/ trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd.. Surround EX is/ a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. Used/ under authorization.", "WARNING/ SHOCK HAZARD/ - DO NOT OPEN", "AVIS: RISQUE DE/ CHOC ELECTRIQUE/ - NE PAS OUVRIR", "CAUTION/ RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK/ DO NOT OPEN", "THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 IF THE FCC/ RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING/ TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE/ HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST/ ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING/ INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.", "Manufactured under license from Digital Theater/ Systems, Inc. US Pat. No. 5,451,942,/ 5,956,674; 5.974,380, 5,598,762 and/ other world-wide patents issued and pending./ "DTS", "ES", and "DTS Digital Surround" are/ trademarks of Digital Theatre Systems, Inc./ Copyright 1996, 2000 Digital Theatre/ Systems, Inc.. All Rights Reserved."

Missing

None.

Finish

Silver metal casing has combination of bright and brushed finishes; black opaque synthetic panel on unit front; black metal back panel; black and white synthetic covering on cord; black, white, green, yellow, and red synthetic connection heads on unit back.

Decoration

N/A