OPERATION MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI ИНСТРУКЦИЯ ПО ЭКСПЛУАТАЦИИ Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television. Veuillez lire attentivement ce mode d’emploi avant d’utiliser ce téléviseur couleur. Пожалуйста, перед началом эксплуатации цветного телевизора внимательно ознакомьтесь с настоящей инструкцией по эксплуатации.
Safety precautions Damage Servicing Unstable surface and shocks Liquid entry Object entry Water E2 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. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the back of the cabinet. This TV set contains dangerous voltage. Do not place this TV set on an unstable cart, stand, shelf, or table.
Power cord protection Ventilation TV set position Fire prevention TV set and cart combination ENGLISH Moisture To prevent electrical shock, do not use the TV set in an excessively damp place. To prevent electrical shock, do not subject the AC power cord to damage by bending or twisting it, or by placing heavy items on top of it and do not place the AC power cord under the TV set. If the AC power cord becomes damaged, unplug it from the wall outlet immediately and call your dealer for service.
Contents Preparation Safety precautions ............................................. 2 Accessories ........................................................5 Easy setup .........................................................6 Part names .........................................................7 Installing batteries in the remote control unit ..... 8 Antenna connections ........................................11 Watching TV Watching a TV programme ...............................
ENGLISH 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.
Easy setup To use your TV set, perform the easy setup procedure below. The mark indicates the page number with more detailed information. Connect the antenna. 1 • See 11 to connect the antenna. Connect any video equipment. 2 3 • See 44 , 45 to connect video equipment. • See the operation manual of your video equipment when connecting it to the TV set. Insert the batteries into the remote control. • Use the two batteries included with the TV. • See 8 . Insert the AC plug to the power outlet.
The ENGLISH Part names mark indicates the page number with more detailed information. Remote control Infrared transmitter window Aim this window at the infrared sensor window on your TV set. TV/VIDEO Select button Switches between TV broadcasts and AV input programmes. POWER On/Off button Turns the TV on or set it to Standby mode. Call button ( ) Displays the channel and timer settings on the screen. Mute button ( ) Mutes the sound and restores sound to previous level.
Part names Installing batteries in the remote control unit 1 With your thumbnail, pull up at the slit to open the battery cover. • • • • E8 2 Insert two batteries (size AA). 3 Replace the battery cover. k marks inside the compartment. Be sure to match the battery j /k k terminals with the j/k Remove the batteries if weak or if the unit is not in use for long periods. Do not mix old and new batteries. Incorrect installation of the batteries may damage the remote control.
ENGLISH TV Set Door Bottom 21 MENU/PRESET button Used for MENU setup. Tunes the channels. 12 Power switch ( ) Turns on and off the main power. 7 Infrared sensor window Receives the infrared wave from the remote control. 13 Volume Up/Down buttons ( / ) Adjust the volume. Used for Preset. 13 Channel Up/Down buttons (CH / CH ) Select the channels. Tune or set the channels. 31 POWER SAVE indicator Lights up red when Power Save mode is on.
Part names Rear terminals Antenna In terminal 11 44 COMPONENT IN/AUDIO IN terminals Connects to an antenna. S-VIDEO (AV-1 IN) terminal 45 Connects to a VCR, etc. Connect to a DVD player, etc. 45 AV-2 IN VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R) terminals Connect to a VCR, etc. VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R) OUT terminals 45 Connect to a VCR, etc. 45 AV-1 IN VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R) terminals Connect to a VCR, etc.
ENGLISH Antenna connections 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 In terminal at the rear of the TV set.
Watching TV Watching a TV programme TV Set (Bottom) Simple operations for watching a TV programme 1 • When the Standby indicator (see 9 ) is off, press the Power switch ( ) on the TV set. • When the Standby indicator lights up red, press POWER on the remote control. The Standby indicator changes to green and a picture appears. Power switch Remote Control Turn on power. 2 Select channel. With CH / CH (on remote control) • Press CH , and channels change as shown below. 1 / 2 / ...
ENGLISH Operating the TV buttons Simple operation of the TV set Behind the door Using / Press to increase volume. Press to decrease volume. VOLUME 15 / Using CH / CH Press CH , and channels change as shown below. 1 / 2 / ... / 98 / 99 / AV1 (or SAV1) / AV2 / AV3 (or SAV3) /COMPONENT / 0 / 1 / 2 ... 5 PAL B/G Press CH , and channels change as shown below. 1 / 0 / COMPONENT / AV3 (or SAV3) / AV2 / AV1 (or SAV1) / 99 / 98 / ... / 2 / 1 / 0 ...
Useful features Channel/Timer display Displays the current channel number, the timer, and other settings on the screen. 1 5 . Press • The time remaining on the Off Timer, On Timer, Reminder, and the channel number and colour/ sound system indications appear on the screen. • When no timer is set, the channel number and colour/sound system indications appear on the screen. Press again to turn off these indications. 2 Press PAL B/G 0 2 : 30 0 8 : 00 0 1 : 50 OFF ON 5 again.
ENGLISH Channel recall Switches back to the channel you were watching just before the current channel. Press . 5 • The channel previously viewed returns to the screen. PAL B/G Example: 7 After switching from channel 5 to channel 7, is pressed, the channel will change to channel 5. Press again to return to channel 7. PAL B/G 5 PAL B/G 7 PAL B/G TV/Video selection Switches between TV broadcasts and AV input programmes.
Picture in Picture (PIP) function Allows you to monitor another programme on the inset screen. PIP on/off and PIP size selection 1 Press . • The inset screen (PIP) appears. 2 Press to change the inset screen size. • The size changes in the following order. Large Medium Small Normal screen (PIP not displayed.) ~The PIP function does not work for video input via the COMPONENT IN terminals. Move E 16 1 Press screen. 2 Press MOVE to move the inset screen to the desired position.
ENGLISH Input/channel selection of inset screen 1 5 When the inset screen (PIP) is displayed, press PIP TV/VIDEO. PAL B/G ( AV1 ) • The input for the inset screen changes in the following order. AV1 AV2 AV3 TV 2 When the inset screen (PIP) is displayed, press PIP-CH '/" to select the desired channel for the inset screen. • When the colour system is different between the main screen and the inset screen, the aspect ratio of the inset screen might be changed.
Twin screen function Twin screen Allows you to monitor two separate images from a variety of sources at the same time. 1 • The image on the left is displayed as the main screen, and the image on the right as the sub screen. (The sub screen channel is displayed in parentheses.) • Press Number buttons or CH / CH to select the main screen channel. • Press PIP-CH '/" to select the sub screen channel, or press PIP TV/VIDEO to select the desired external input.
ENGLISH Channel scan function Channel scan For fast and easy channel selection, this function displays each tuned channel in numeric order. 1 Press CH-SCAN. Normal screen (Ex. Channel 10) 10 • The tuned channels are automatically displayed on sub screens in numeric order. (If there are more than 9 preset channels, the 10th channel and after will be displayed on a new screen.) Channel scan screen Press Number buttons to select the desired channel (ex. channel 3). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex.
Freeze function Freeze Use to temporarily freeze a video image, such as when you want to copy down important information from the screen or freeze an image from a sports programme. 1 36 Press FREEZE. • The right half of the screen displays a still image while the left half displays a moving image. 36 Moving image 2 Press FREEZE again to return to the normal screen. • The Freeze function cannot be used with the Channel Scan function.
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 pages for details. Remote control ENGLISH Selecting menu items Selecting a menu item 1 Press MENU or MENU/PRESET to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" or CH /CH to select desired menu item. • The selected item is highlighted in yellow.
Settings and adjustments On-screen display language selection The on-screen display language can be set to English, Chinese, French, Russian, Malay or Arabic. Behind the door TV set 1 Press and hold down MENU/ PRESET for more than two seconds. ENGL I SH FRANÇ A I S РУССКИЙ BAHAS A MELAYU • The Language Select screen appears. MENU/PRESET 2 Press CH /CH to select desired language. • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below.
ENGLISH Auto channel tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations. Behind the door 1 Press and hold down MENU/ PRESET for more than two seconds. ENGL I SH FRANÇ A I S РУССКИЙ BAHAS A MELAYU • The Language Select screen appears. MENU/ PRESET / 2 Press MENU/PRESET again to display AUTO mode screen. AUTO ( B / G ) 1 VHF 48 . 25MHz • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below. Language AUTO MANUAL Normal screen 3 Press / on TV set.
Settings and adjustments Manual channel tuning Enable manual channel tuning to a desired TV station. Behind the door 1 Press and hold down MENU/ PRESET for more than two seconds. ENGL I SH FRANÇ A I S РУССКИЙ BAHAS A MELAYU • The Language Select screen appears. MENU/ PRESET / 2 Press MENU/PRESET twice to display MANUAL mode screen. MANUA L ( B G ) 1 VHF 48 . 25MHz • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below.
ENGLISH Channel setting Enables individual channel setting. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “CHSETTING”. 3 Press ENTER to display CHSETTING menu. 4 Press '/" to select desired item. 5 Each time you press \/|, setting for individual items changes as follows: MENU P I CTURE SOUND FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG CH–SETT I NG POS I T I ON COLOUR SOUND SK I P F I NE N I CAM A2 CH 2 7 AUTO B G OFF 1 68 .
Settings and adjustments Picture adjustment Adjustable individually for each AV mode 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “PICTURE”. 3 Press ENTER to display PICTURE menu. 4 Press '/" to select adjustment items. 5 Adjust using \/|.
Adjustable individually for each AV mode 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “SOUND”. 3 Press ENTER to display SOUND menu. 4 Press '/" to select adjustment items. 5 MENU P I CTURE SOUND FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG SOUND TREBLE BASS SUPER BASS SURROUND LEVEL BALANCE SOUND TREBLE BASS SUP BALANCE Adjust using \/|.
Settings and adjustments Surround sound Produces a virtual surround sound from the TV’s speakers. Each time you press SURROUND, the mode toggles between ON and OFF. OFF: Produces normal sound. ON: Produces surround sound. SURROUND 20 OFF SURROUND 0 ON SURROUND 0 ON SURROUND 20 ON Surround effect level adjustment 1 2 Press SURROUND until the SURROUND ON mode screen is displayed. Press \/| to adjust the surround effect level.
ENGLISH Blue screen Automatically turns the screen blue if a broadcast signal is not received. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “FEATURE”. MENU P I CTURE SOUND FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG CH : SELECT FEATURE BLUE BA CK AUTO SELECT SAVE VOLUME SELECT ROTAT I ON I P MODE 3 Press ENTER to display FEATURE menu. 4 Press '/" to select “BLUE BACK”. 5 Press \/| to select “ON” or “OFF”. 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears.
Settings and adjustments Auto select When video equipment, such as a video game system or camcorder, is connected to the front (AV-3 IN) terminals, this TV set automatically selects the input mode (AV3) when the video equipment is turned on. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “FEATURE”.
ENGLISH Save This function reduces the picture brightness to create a softer image while saving electricity. Using remote control 1 2 Press POWER SAVE to display the SAVE mode screen. Each time you press POWER SAVE, the mode toggles between “ON” and “OFF”. • When SAVE is set to “ON”, the POWER SAVE indicator on the TV set lights up red. • When SAVE is set to “OFF”, the POWER SAVE indicator on the TV set turns off. 3 Press SAVE ON SAVE OFF to turn off the SAVE mode screen.
Settings and adjustments Headphones volume Adjusts the headphones volume. 1 2 Press MENU to call MENU screen. Press '/" to select “FEATURE”. 3 Press ENTER to display FEATURE menu. 4 Press '/" to select “ 5 6 SAVE VOLUME SELECT ROTAT I ON I P MODE OFF 20 SUB 0 AUTO VOLUME”. Press \/| to adjust the volume. Press MENU until normal screen appears. • Select an appropriate volume so as not to injure your hearing.
ENGLISH Rotation If the picture is tilted, use the rotation feature to adjust the picture tilt. 1 2 Press MENU to call MENU screen. Press '/" to select “FEATURE”. SAVE 3 Press ENTER to display FEATURE menu. 4 Press '/" to select “ROTATION”. 5 Press \/| to adjust the picture tilt. 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears. VOLUME SELECT ROTAT I ON I P MODE OFF 20 SUB 0 AUTO IP mode Selects the video signal output mode. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “FEATURE”.
Settings and adjustments Off timer Automatically turns power off after a set length of time has passed. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “TIMER”. 3 Press ENTER to display TIMER menu. 4 Press '/" to select “OFF 5 Press \/| to set time for TV to turn off. ”. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes. • As soon as the time is entered, the timer starts to count down. 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears.
ENGLISH On timer Automatically turns power on after a set length of time has passed. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “TIMER”. 3 Press ENTER to display TIMER menu. 4 5 Press '/" to select “ON ”. Press \/| to set time for TV to turn on. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes. • As soon as the time is entered, the timer starts to count down. TV Set (Bottom) 6 Press '/" to select “POSITION”. 7 Press \/| to set the channel.
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 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press '/" to select “TIMER”. 3 Press ENTER to display TIMER menu. 4 Press '/" to select “ ”. 5 Press \/| to set time. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes.
ENGLISH Broadcast features NICAM broadcasts Enables selection of reception mode when receiving a NICAM-I, -B/G, or -D/K signal. Stereo Each time you press MPX, the mode switches between NICAM STEREO and MONO. 49 NICAM STEREO 49 MONO Bilingual Each time you press MPX, the mode switches between M1 (main sound), M2 (sub sound), and MONO. 49 NICAM M1 49 NICAM M2 49 MONO Monaural Each time you press MPX, the mode switches between NICAM MONO and MONO.
Broadcast features A2 stereo system broadcasts Enables selection of reception mode when receiving an A2 stereo signal (B/G). Stereo Each time you press MPX, the mode switches between STEREO and MONO. 49 STEREO 49 MONO Bilingual Each time you press MPX, the mode switches between MAIN and SUB. 49 MAIN 49 SUB • The setting can be selected individually for each channel position. • A2 stereo-B/G: National and regional broadcast system used in Malaysia, Thailand and Australia.
ENGLISH Teletext broadcasts Teletext is an information service, organised like a magazine, which is provided by some television stations in addition to regular television broadcasting. Your television receives special Teletext signals broadcast by a TV station, processes the information and displays it graphically on the screen. News, weather and sports information, stock exchange prices, programme previews and closed captioning for the deaf are among the many services available through Teletext.
Broadcast features Other features (Text/Mix/Picture) Each time you press the button, the display mode changes as shown below. TV mode Teletext mode Mixed mode TV mode: Current TV programme screen. TV mode Current Programme Teletext mode: Teletext screen. Teletext mode Mixed mode: The Teletext broadcast is superimposed onto the current TV programme screen. Mixed mode (Half page) Each time you press the button, the upper/lower half of the Teletext page is magnified and displayed on the screen.
ENGLISH (Clock) In TV mode: When a TV signal with Teletext data is received, press to display the real time information on the top right area of the screen. In Teletext mode: When a selected Teletext page has hidden sub-pages, you can see them by performing the following procedure: 1 Press 2 Enter a desired sub-page number (4 digits) with 0-9 Number buttons. (Ex. Press 0, 0, 2, 1 to select sub-page 21.) 3 Wait until the selected sub-page appears. .
Broadcast features LIST mode Teletext page memory list Your TV has 40 Teletext page number memories for fast recall of Teletext information. In programme positions 1 through 9, four Teletext page numbers can be stored in each position; a total of 36 pages. In programme positions 10 through 99, only one programme with 4 page numbers can be stored. If you try to store more than 4 page numbers in a programme position between 10 and 99, the previously stored page numbers will be erased.
ENGLISH Fast page selection (LIST mode) 1 Select an appropriate programme channel. 2 to select the Press Teletext mode. P 100 FLOF Teletext News 3 Sports Movie Weather Press LIST to change from FLOF system to LIST mode. P 100 LIST Teletext 100 4 5 To recall a page number displayed in the coloured brackets, simply press the corresponding Colour button (A, B, C or D).
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. • The COMPONENT IN terminals support progressive video signal input for playback on the screen.
ENGLISH 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 Increase the volume. CONTRAST or BRIGHTNESS setting in picture mode might be all the way to the minus side. Try fine tuning to correct. Check batteries in the remote control. Adjust COLOUR control. Turn OFF using the Power switch, then turn ON again after a minute. Check for local interference. If outside antenna is used, check for broken wires. Antenna not connected to terminal at the rear of the TV set. Power switch of TV not ON. TV not plugged in. Outlet power OFF.
MODEL ENGLISH Specifications 34H-F200F Receiving 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 4.43/5.5 MHz 60 Hz NTSC 4.43/6.0 MHz 60 Hz NTSC 4.43/6.5 MHz 60 Hz Laserdisc player playback (Using RF-in terminal) PAL 5.5 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.0 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.
