COLOUR TELEVISION MODEL 21H-FX3P OPERATION MANUAL SHARP CORPORATION Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television.
Contents Preparation Accessories ...................................................................................... 2 Easy setup ........................................................................................ 3 Safety precautions ............................................................................ 4 Part names ....................................................................................... 6 Installing batteries in the remote control unit ....................................
Dear SHARP Customer Thank you for buying SHARP's Colour Television. We hope you will have many years of enjoyment from this television set. To ensure proper operation, please read this manual carefully, and keep it in a safe place for future reference. Accessories The following accessories are included with this television. PIP /OFF ON DEO TV/VI O /VIDE PIP.
Easy setup To use your TV set, perform the easy setup procedure below. The mark indicates the page numbers with more detailed information. Connect the antenna. • See 34 to connect the antenna. Connect any video equipment. • See 34 , 35 to connect video equipment. • See the operation manual of your video equipment when connecting to the TV set. Insert the batteries into the remote control. • Use the two batteries included with the TV. • See 6 . Insert the AC plug to the power outlet.
Safety precautions Damage Turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet immediately if the TV set begins to make any unusual noises or gives off smoke or an unusual smell. Then call your dealer for service. Servicing To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the back of the cabinet. This TV set contains dangerous voltage. Unstable surface and shocks Do not place this TV set on an unstable cart, stand, shelf, or table.
Safety precautions Liquid entry Do not place a flower vase or anything else containing liquid on the TV set, as liquid spilt on the TV set can cause electrical shock or failure. Object entry Never insert or drop any metallic or inflammable objects into the ventilation openings of the TV set, as this can cause fire, electrical shock, or electrical failure. Ventilation Do not place this TV set in a confined area, such as on a bookshelf or in a built-in case.
Part names The mark indicates the page numbers with more detailed information. Remote control TV/VIDEO 11 Infrared Transmitter Window Aim this window at the infrared sensor window on your TV set. 10 Displays the channel and timer settings on the screen. Switches between TV broadcasts and A/V input programmes. 8 Returns to previously viewed channel. 31 / 1 13 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SWAP A Adjusts the volume. Used for MENU setup.
Part names TV set To open the door Using the projection located under the “PULL-OPEN” indication, pull and lift the door open. To close the door Using the projection, lower the door until closed. Caution: • When opening or closing the door, do not insert your fingers into the gap between the door and front panel. This may result in an injury. Door 9 Bottom Headphone jack Used to listen to the audio with headphone. 8 35 S-Video input terminal (SAV-2) Connects to a camcorder, video game, etc.
Watching TV Watching a TV programme Simple operations for watching a TV programme TV Set (Bottom) 1 Turn on power. . • When the power indicator is off, press • When the power indicator lights up dimly, press on the remote control. The power indicator changes to bright and a picture appears. 2 Power indicator Select channel. With CH / CH • Press CH and channels change as shown below. 1 / 2 / ... / 98 / 99 / AV1 (or COMPONENT) / AV2 (or SAV2) / 0 / 1 / 2 ...
Watching TV Operating the TV buttons Simple operation of the TV set Behind the door Using / Press to increase volume. Press to decrease volume. VOLUME CH 10 CH Using Behind the door CH / CH Press CH number. to increase channel Press CH number. to decrease channel 5 PAL B/G Using headphone Insert headphone plug into headphone jack to listen to audio with headphone. • The audio from the speakers is turned off. • Select an appropriate volume so as not to injure your hearing.
Useful features Channel/Timer display Displays the current channel number, the timer, and other settings on the screen. PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO 1 • The time remaining on the Off timer, On timer, and Reminder appears on the screen. • When no timer is set, the channel number, colour and sound system appear on the screen. Press again to clear these current settings display on the screen. PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 FREEZE 0 A B C D CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN .
Useful features Channel recall Switches back to the channel you were watching just before the current channel. PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 TV/VIDEO Press . 5 • The channel previously viewed returns to the screen. PAL MOVE 7 Example: SWAP 7 8 9 FREEZE 0 A B C D CH PAL After switching from channel 5 to channel is pressed, the channel will 7, change to channel 5. Press again to return to channel 7.
Channel Scan For fast and easy channel selection, this function displays each tuned channel in numeric order. 1 2 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 MOVE 4 5 6 7 8 9 SWAP FREEZE 0 A B C D 3 CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN Press CH SCAN . Each of the tuned channels is automatically displayed in numeric order, beginning and ending with the current channel. 1 2 3 Press CH SCAN to stop CHANNEL SCAN at any time.
Useful features Picture In Picture (PIP) Function With the VIDEO input, you can watch two picture at same time: one from the TV channel and the other from the VIDEO input. PIP On/Off PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP ON/OFF PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MOVE 1 PIP.TV/VIDEO SWAP 0 SWAP B C PIP ON/OFF . MOVE FREEZE A Press • The inset is displayed to indicate PIP is “ON”. 2 Press again. PIP ON/OFF D • The inset screen is disappears to indicate PIP is “OFF”.
Selecting menu items This TV set allows you to adjust the picture and sound, and set the channels and other features using the On-screen display with the remote control or from the TV set. Select the desired menu item by following the steps below and then refer to the indicated page for details. Selecting a menu item Remote control A B C D CH CH CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 1 Press MENU / MENU/PRESET to call MENU screen. MENU Press CH / CH to select desired menu item.
Settings and adjustments On-screen display language selection The on-screen display language can be set to Persian, Arabic, English or French. Behind the door TV set 1 Press MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. • The language select mode appear. MENU/PRESET CH CH 2 Press CH / CH select desired language. to • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below. Language AUTO MANUAL Normal screen 3 E 15 Press MENU/PRESET until normal screen appears.
Auto channel tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations. Behind the door 1 Press MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. ENGLISH FRANCAIS • The language select mode appear. MENU/PRESET 2 Language PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 AUTO MANUAL 3 MOVE 4 AUTO(B/G) VHF 1 48.25MHz • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below. PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO Press MENU/PRESET again to display AUTO mode screen.
Settings and adjustments Manual channel tuning Enables manual channel tuning to a desired TV station. Behind the door 1 Press MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. ENGLISH FRANCAIS • The language select mode appear. CH CH 2 MENU/PRESET Language PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 MOVE 4 5 6 7 8 9 SWAP FREEZE B C D 3 CH CH CH MENU SURROUND CH SCAN MANUAL Normal screen CH NORMAL AUTO Number buttons 0 A MANUAL(B/G) VHF 1 48.25MHz • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below.
Channel setting Enables individual channel setting. Behind the door 1 2 Press screen. MENU to call MENU / CH Press CH select “CH-SETTING”. to MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING CH :SELECT :ENTER CH MENU:RETURN CH 3 MENU/PRESET 4 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 FREEZE 0 A B C D CH CH CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN Press / to display CH-SETTING menu. / CH Press CH select desired setting.
Settings and adjustments Channel setting (continued) • AUTO The AUTO mode screen will appear. (i) Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below. AUTO MANUAL AUTO(B/G) VHF 7 224.25MHz NORMAL SCREEN (ii) Pressing / again and Auto Channel Tuning is started. (Please see page 16 for details on Auto Channel Tuning.) • FINE (MANUAL) (i) Each time / is pressed, the frequency changes to allow fine tuning and the colour of channel number changes to yellow.
Picture adjustment 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 Press screen. MENU MENU to call MENU Press CH / select “PICTURE”. PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING to CH FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH CH 3 CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 4 MENU NORMAL TV/TEXT 5 Press / display PICTURE menu. to / CH Press CH select adjustment items. to Adjust using .
Settings and adjustments Sound adjustment 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 Press screen. MENU MENU to call MENU / Press CH select “SOUND”. PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING to CH FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH CH 3 CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 4 MENU NORMAL TV/TEXT 5 Press / display SOUND menu. to / CH Press CH select adjustment items. to Adjust using .
Surround sound Produces a virtual surround sound from the TV’s speakers. Each time you press SURROUND , the mode changes between ON , ON and OFF. PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 MOVE SWAP 7 9 8 FREEZE 0 A B C D CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN SURROUND OFF: Produces normal sound. ON : Setting to this mode during stereo signal reception produces a spacious sound, making the most of the speakers’ performance.
Settings and adjustments Background Automatically turns the screen blue or red if the broadcast signal is not received. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 Press screen. MENU MENU to call MENU Press CH / CH select “FEATURE ”. PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING to FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH :SELECT :ENTER CH MENU:RETURN CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 3 MENU TV/TEXT 4 5 Press / display FEATURE menu.
Safety Mode Useful especially when power is returned from power failure with TV is ON. By this function set to “ON”, the TV last power status will be set to Standby Mode automatically. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 Press screen. MENU to call MENU / Press CH select “FEATURE”.
Settings and adjustments Child Lock By input 4-digits of password, all the TV operation will be locked. (Except POWER button) Setting the CHILD LOCK mode 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 MOVE SWAP 7 8 Number buttons 2 9 Press screen. MENU to call MENU / Press CH select “FEATURE”. CH to MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING FREEZE 0 A B C D 3 CH CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN CH 4 5 MENU TV/TEXT 6 Press / display FEATURE menu.
Clearing the CHILD LOCK mode While “CHILD LOCK ON” screen is appeared. TV Set (Bottom) 1 2 Behind the door Press any buttons (except ) to display “PLEASE INPUT PASSWORD” screen. Enter 4 digits PASSWORD using Number buttons (0-9) on the remote control. (For example : 1234) • Press number.
Settings and adjustments Off timer Automatically turns power off after a set length of time has passed. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 9 8 Press screen. to call MENU MENU / Press CH select “TIMER”. CH to MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH 3 CH / Press display TIMER menu. to Press CH select “OFF to CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 4 MENU / CH TIMER OFF ON POSITION VOLUME --:---:---:-- ”.
On timer Automatically turns power on after a set length of time has passed. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 9 8 Press screen. MENU to call MENU / Press CH select “TIMER”. CH to MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH 3 CH Press / display TIMER menu. to Press CH select “ON to CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 4 MENU 5 NORMAL TV/TEXT / CH TIMER OFF ON POSITION VOLUME --:---:---:-- ”.
Settings and adjustments Reminder on-screen timer Lets you know when a preset length of time has passed by displaying a countdown timer on the screen. This is useful for timer cooking while you watch TV. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 9 8 Press screen. MENU to call MENU / Press CH select “TIMER”. CH to MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING FREEZE 0 A CH B C D CH 3 CH Press / display TIMER menu. to Press CH select “ ”.
Inset adjustment Adjusting the Inset 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 MOVE SWAP 7 8 9 Press screen. MENU MENU to call MENU Press CH / select “INSET”. PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER INSET CH-SETTING to CH FREEZE 0 A • When PIP is set to “OFF”, INSET cannot be selected. CH B C D CH CH :SELECT :ENTER MENU:RETURN CH CH NORMAL MENU SURROUND CH SCAN 3 MENU 4 NORMAL Press / display INSET menu. to / CH Press CH select adjustment item.
Settings and adjustments Favourite channels The colour buttons can be used to select up to four favourite channels. 1 PIP ON/OFF TV/VIDEO PIP.TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 MOVE SWAP 12 Press CH / CH to select your favourite channel. (e.g. Channel 12) Displayed in green or yellow A Press , for example, until channel number turns to white. FREEZE • The display will disappear after three seconds, and then the selected channel is preset.
Broadcast features Teletext broadcasts Colour buttons ( A , B , C , D ) • If link-page data are transmitted from the TV station, each link-page can be viewed using the Colour buttons. • If no link-page data are transmitted, pressing a Colour button selects the following pages, respectively: A : Current page No. plus 1. RED B : Current page No. plus 2. GREEN YELLOW C : Current page No. plus 3. D : Current page No. minus 1.
Connections Connecting to a DVD player The DVD input terminals (COMPONENT-IN) on the rear of the TV can be used to input high-quality images from a DVD player.
Connecting to an antenna To enjoy a clearer picture, use an outdoor antenna. The following is a brief explanation of the types of connections that are used for coaxial and feeder cables. If your outdoor antenna uses a 75-ohm coaxial cable with a standard DIN45325 plug (IEC 169-2), plug it into the antenna jack at the rear of the set. If your outdoor antenna uses a 300-ohm twin-lead flat feeder, connect a 300-ohm to 75-ohm impedance converter and plug it into the antenna jack at the rear of the set.
Connections Connecting to video equipment Enjoy playback from a video disc player, VCR or other video equipment by connecting them to this TV set using the Audio/Video in terminals.
Troubleshooting No picture or sound Picture OK, sound poor. Sound OK, picture poor. Picture blurred. Picture ghosting Picture lines or streaks Picture weak. Poor reception on some channels No colour Picture rolls vertically. Picture distorted. Bars on screen Possible Causes/Remedies Remote control does not work. Quick Service Check List Problems The following problems do not always indicate a hardware failure.
Specifications MODEL 21H-FX3P Receiving System World multi 28 system TV Broadcasts/ VCR Playback PAL-I PAL-B/G PAL-D/K SECAM-B/G SECAM D/K, K1 NTSC-M (NTSC standard) VCR Playback NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC VCR Playback (Using Video-in terminals) SECAM-L (French SECAM) Laserdisc Player Playback (Using RF-in terminals) PAL 5.5 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.0 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.5 MHz/60 Hz NTSC 3.58/4.
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