COLOUR TELEVISION MODEL 37GT-25H ■ O P E R AT I O N M A N UA L ■ Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television. If you require any advice or assistance regarding your Sharp product please visit our web-site www.sharp.co.uk/support. Customers without Internet access may telephone 0990 274277 during office hour.
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Safety Precautions This equipment complies with the requirements of Directives 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC as amended by 93/68/EEC. To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not use the TV set in an excessively damp place. Never remove the back of the cabinet, as there is high voltage in the TV set. Please call for service. Position the TV set out of direct sunlight and away from heat, as high temperatures can damage the cabinet, CRT, or other electronic parts.
Contents General Information Useful Features Channel Setting Terms of guarantee ............ 1 Safety Precaution ................2 Accessories ........................ 3 Battery Installation.............. 3 Auto Tuning ........................ 6 Manual Tuning......................7 Fine Tuning ..........................9 Skipping programmes ......10 Cancelling Skip ..................11 Installing your TV Aerial Connections ............ 4 Typical connections ............4 Location of controls ..........
Aerial Connections • To enjoy a clearer picture. we recommend that you use an outdoor aerial. The following is a brief explanation of the types of connection that are used for coaxial: Aerial Lead: Connect the cable from the aerial to a standard DIN45325 plug (IEC 169-2) and plug it into the aerial terminal at the back of the TV set.
Location of Controls Remote Control l)/CHILD LOCK (t t) button CALL (l page page 16 19 page SOUND MUTE (c) button 18 page STANDBY/ON (¾) button 12 page Programme Select buttons 12 Infrared Transmitter Window Aim this window at the infrared sensor on your TV set page 19 TV/VIDEO Select button page 12 Single/Double Entry selector (6) page 6 page FLASHBACK (e) button 18 Returns to previously viewed programme CHANNEL (PROGRAMME) UP (Ï)/ DOWN (·) buttons (Ï) Selects next higher programme (·) Sel
Channel Setting This facility will automatically tune all local TV station for you. The following steps are carried out using the remote control. Auto Tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations. 1 2 3 Press ➜ to call the MAIN menu screen PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING Press or and press Press EXIT to select “TUNING”, . or EXIT PICTURE TIMER LOCK ➜ TUNING to start Auto Channel Preset.
Channel Setting (Continued) This section describes how to tune your TV manually and to store them in the order you prefer. The following steps are carried out using the remote control. Manual Tuning Setting a TV station to a desired Programm position 1 2 3 4 Press to call the MAIN menu ➜ screen PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING Press or and press Press to select “TUNING”, .
Channel Setting (Continued) 6 Press or to start preset. PR 5 The tuning sequence will stop when a signal is detected, if the signal is not the required channel press or Press or and press IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MEMO to continue. 7 ➜ to select “MEMO”, to memorize. FINE EXIT PR 5 MANUAL IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ➜ 8 9 MEMO Repeat steps 4 to 7 if you wish to preset other channels. FINE EXIT Press PR 5 MANUAL and press screen.
Channel Setting (Continued) Fine Tuning This function lets you easily fine-tune the TV set to improve reception and picture quality. 1 2 3 Press to call the MAIN menu ➜ screen PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING Press or and press to select “TUNING”, . Press or and press EXIT PICTURE TIMER LOCK ➜ TUNING to select “MANUAL”, PR 5 Press press or AUTO IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII . ➜ 4 EXIT to select “FINE”, and MANUAL PR 5 EXIT MANUAL IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .
Channel Setting (Continued) Skipping Programmes This function lets you skip vacant channels or channels that you never watch when you select channels with or Setting Skip 1 2 3 Press EXIT to call the MAIN menu screen Press or and press to select “TUNING”, . Press or and press PICTURE TIMER LOCK ➜ TUNING to select “MANUAL”, PR 5 ➜ 4 Press press or AUTO IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII . to select “FINE”, and MANUAL PR 5 EXIT MANUAL IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .
Channel Setting (Continued) Cancelling Skip 1 2 3 Press EXIT to call the MAIN menu screen Press or and press to select “TUNING”, . Press or and press PICTURE TIMER LOCK ➜ TUNING to select “MANUAL”, PR 5 IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII . ➜ 4 Press press or AUTO to select “FINE”, and MANUAL PR 5 EXIT MANUAL IIIII3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII .
Basic Operation Watching a TV Programme Preparation 4 Turning on the power on the TV set. ¨ Earphone Jack Press POWER button VOLUME UP (Ï) or DOWN (·) button If a picture appears on the screen, go to step 2. If a picture does not appear on the screen, go to step 1. POWER indicator 1 CHANNEL UP (Ï) or DOWN (·) button Turning on the power Press PR 1 (Stand-by button) A picture appears on the screen.
Picture Adjustment Adjusting the Picture Picture quality (CONTRAST, COLOUR, BRIGHTNESS, SHARPNESS) are adjustable in this menu. 1 2 Press to call the MAIN menu screen ➜ EXIT PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING Press or and press to select “PICTURE”, . EXIT ➜ PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING 3 Press or to select the items to adjust.
Timer Setting ON Timer Automatically turns power ON after the set length of time has passed. 1 2 3 4 Press Press or and press to select “TIMER”, . Press or to select “ PICTURE ➜ TIMER LOCK TUNING ON” mode. ➜ Press or ON 00:00 OFF 00:00 ON 08:30 OFF 00:00 to set the time. (from 10 min. to 12 hour 50 min., in 10 min. incre- ➜ ments) 5 EXIT to call the MAIN menu screen Press to put the TV set into Standby mode. Power indicator flashes red.
Timer Setting (Continued) OFF Timer Automatically turns power OFF after the set length of time has passed. 1 2 3 Press EXIT to call the MAIN menu screen Press or and press to select “TIMER”, . Press or to select “ PICTURE ➜ TIMER LOCK TUNING OFF” mode. ➜ 4 Press or 00:00 OFF 00:00 ON 00:00 OFF 01:30 to set the time. (from 10 min. to 12 hour 50 min., in 10 min. increments) The timer starts to count down. 5 ON ➜ When you have finished setting the time, press .
Child Lock (Channel Block) You can lock a TV Programm position to prevent unsupervised TV viewing by following these procedures: Setting Child Lock 1 Press Press 2 or and press to select “LOCK”, . Select the programme you want to lock 3 with or .(You can also select the programme using the 0-9 digit buttons.) Press 4 EXIT to call the MAIN menu screen or and press to select “LOCK”, PICTURE TIMER ➜ LOCK TUNING ➜ PR 1 LOCK FREE EXIT PR 1 .
Child Lock (Continued) Cancelling Child Lock 1 2 3 4 Press or to select except for locked programme. Press to call the MAIN menu screen. Press or EXIT PICTURE TIMER LOCK TUNING to select “LOCK”, and press . Press to select the programme or ➜ EXIT PICTURE TIMER ➜ LOCK TUNING ➜ PR 1 position you wish to cancel. t LOCK FREE EXIT 5 Press or and press to select “FREE”, disappear from the upper right corner.) 6 7 Repeat steps 4-5 if you wish to cancel other programmes.
Other functions Flashback Switches back to the programme you were watching just before the current programme. Press . PR 5 The programme previously viewed returns to the screen. Press button 7 Example: If, after switching from programme 5 to programme 7, PR 7 is pressed, the programme will change to programme 5. Press again to return to Press e programme 7. PR 5 Press e PR 7 Sound Mute Silences the sound.
Other functions (Continued) TV/VIDEO Switches between TV broadcasts and AV input programmes. Each time you press , the input toggles between SCART and TV programmes. SCART PR 5 Call Displays the current programme number, the timer and other settings on the screen. 1 2 Web-site: www.sharp.co.uk/support PR 5 Press The time remaining on the ON timer, OFF Timer and Programme number appears on the screen. (When no Timer is set, nothing appears on the screen). ON 08:30 OFF 01:30 Press once again.
Teletext Mode Teletext is an information service, organized like a magazine, which is provided by some television stations in addition to regular television broadcasting. Basic Operation To switch ON, select a page number and switch OFF the Teletext 1 2 3 4 5 Select a TV channel, which is broadcasting the Teletext programme you would like to watch. Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to select the TELETEXT mode. Enter three digits using the 0~9 digit buttons to select a page number.
Teletext Mode (Continued) Other Teletext Features HALF PAGE button: Press the button, the upper/lower half of the Teletext page is magnified. REVEAL button: s HOLD button: d INDEX button: Press to reveal or hidden information such as the answer to a quiz. RESET button: Press to return to TV mode. LIST button: a j Press to return back to index page. h LIST Press the LIST button to change the system: FLOF ↔ LIST [1]. Press to hold or cancel the hold on the current page.
Teletext Mode (Continued) Teletext operation - LIST Mode How to Operate Page Memory Your TV has 32 Teletext page number memories for fast recall of Teletext information. In programme positions 0 through 6, four Teletext page numbers can be stored in each position; a total of 28 pages. In programme positions 7 through 99, only one programme with 4 page numbers can be stored.
● ● Remote control does not work ● Increase the volume Check if the Brightness or Contrast setting in the picture setting 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 Main Power button, then turn ON again after a minute Check for local interference If outside aerial is used, check for broken wires Aerial not connected to terminal at the back of the TV set Main Power button of TV not ON TV no
Calling for Service If the problem cannot be corrected by the use of this guide, remove the mains plug from the wall socket, and contact the Dealer or Supplier from whom the unit was purchased in order to obtain service. Where this is not possible, please visit our web-site www.sharp.co.uk/support. Customers without Internet access may telephone 0990-274277 during office hour.
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