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DEAR SHARP CUSTOMER Thank you for your purchase of the Sharp Liquid Crystal Television. To ensure safety and many years of trouble-free operation of your product, please read the Important Safety Precautions carefully before using this product.
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Part Names of the Remote Control DISPLAY Displays the receiving channel (or input source). POWER (P.16 ) Switches the Liquid Crystal Television power on or standby. INPUT (P. 16) Switches the input source between INPUT1, INPUT2, INPUT3, INPUT4, INPUT5 (PC) and TV mode. MUTE (P. 16) Mutes the sound. VOL ( )/( ) (P. 16) Sets the volume. Channel Select (P. 17) Sets the channel. CH ( )/( ) (P. 17) Selects a channel. SLEEP (P. 26) Sets the sleep timer. ENTER Executes a command. CC (P.
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SETUP Initial Setup 3 Press ENTER to access Daylight Saving screen. Press / to select “Yes” or “No”, when you observe daylight saving. 4 Press ENTER to access RF Input Source screen. Press / to select the source for your TV signal. :KHQ \RX WXUQ RQ WKH /&' 79 VHW IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH LW ZLOO automatically memorize the broadcasting channels and clock. Please perform the following instructions before you press POWER. (1) Insert the batteries into the remote control. (See page 8.
Basic Operation Switching the Input Modes (INPUT1/ INPUT2/INPUT3/INPUT4/INPUT5(PC)/TV) Turning On and Off the Power POWER 1 2 POWER indicator POWER indicator Power ON Lighting (Blue) Power OFF / Standby Light Off No Signal Power OFF (Except TV mode) Lighting (Amber) Turn on the power of the connected video equipment. Press INPUT to select the applicable input source. The screen changes in order of INPUT1, INPUT2, INPUT3, INPUT4, INPUT5 (PC) and TV each time INPUT is pressed.
Basic Operation (Continued) Changing Channels To select a digit channel number (e.g. Channel 5.1): Complete the following procedure within 4 seconds. 1 Press the 3 Press the button. button. 2 Press the 4 Press the button. ENT button. You can select channels using Channel Select (0-9, • (DOT), ENT) or CH ( )/( ). • This LCD TV set allows you to select up to 125 channels (1 to 125). To select a channel, enter a 2- or 3-digit number.
Basic Operation (Continued) Menu Setting screens Selecting Menu Items The menus can be used to adjust the various settings of the LCD TV set. Select the desired menu item by following the steps below. $ • The items displayed differ depending on the setting conditions. • The item selected is displayed in blue. • Last setting will be saved in memory. Ƈ Using the remote control For details of each menu item, refer to the page number indicated below.
Basic Adjustment Settings Picture You can adjust the picture to your preference with the following picture settings. 1 Press MENU on the remote control to display the menu screen. 2 Press 3 4 Press ENTER to enter the Picture menu list. Press 5 Press ENTER to select the menu item. 6 Press MENU WR H[LW DIWHU ¿QLVK DGMXVWPHQW / to select the “Picture” menu. / to select the desired menu item.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Picture (countinued) 3D Comb Filter: Color Temp.: Adjust Color Temp. of your TV (High, Middle, Low, User). Selected item Seperate the TV signal luminance and chrominance (Off, Low, Medium, High).
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) ADC Settings: Adjust ADC Settings of your TV (Horizontal, Vertical, Phase, Auto Sync). $ • Make sure to select the input signal from the following PC Compatibility Chart before connecting a PC. Selected item ? button _ button Audio You can adjust the audio to your preference with the following audio settings. 1 Press MENU on the remote control to display the menu screen. 2 Press Press ENTER to enter the Audio menu list. / to select the “Audio” menu.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Audio (countinued) Analog Preference Select the analog audio preference (Mono, Stereo, SAP). Selected item Mono Description Set prefered audio format to Mono Stereo Set prefered audio format to Stereo SAP Set prefered audio format to Secondary Audio Program $ • Analog Preference is only available when receiving the analog broadcasting. TV Speaker Select the audio output speaker (Internal, External, Both).
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Channels You can adjust the channel settings to your preference with the following items. 1 Press MENU on the remote control to display the menu screen. 2 Press 3 4 Press ENTER to enter the Channels menu list. Press 5 Press ENTER to select the menu item. 6 Press MENU WR H[LW DIWHU ¿QLVK DGMXVWPHQW Favorites: (FAVORITE CH) This function allows you to program channels in 4 different lists (FAV A~D).
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Channels (countinued) Find Channel: Manually search and add the broadcasting channels to the Master Channel List. <> How to perform Find Channel 1. Select the Find Channel and press ENTER. 2. Enter the channel number and then press ENTER. 3. If the channel is available, it will be added to the Master Channel List. $ • Depends on the setting, you may be requested to enter PIN number to select Find Channels.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Settings (countinued) • Closed Captions: • This LCD TV set is equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder. “Closed Caption” is a system which allows conversations, narration, and sound effects in TV programs and home videos to be viewed as captions on the TV screen (see the illustration). • Not all programs and videos will offer closed captioning. Please look for the “ ” symbol to ensure that captions will be shown.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Settings (countinued) • Reset CC Reset Closed Caption settings to factory preset values. Daylight Saving: The Daylight Saving-Time changes as shown below. Set the Daylight Saving to “Yes” to forward the clock by 1 hour. To rewind the clock by 1 hour, set the Daylight Saving to “No”. Sleep Time: (SLEEP) This function allows you to set the sleep time to automatically turn off the TV (Leave TV on, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes).
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Locks You can adjust the Locks settings to your preference with the following items. 1 Press MENU on the remote control to display the locks menu screen. 2 Press / to select the “Locks” menu and press ENTER. 3 Enter 4-digit PIN number to enter "Locks" menu. 4 Press 5 Press ENTER to select the menu item. 6 Press MENU WR H[LW DIWHU ¿QLVK DGMXVWPHQW 3 Press / to select the desired item, and press ENTER.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Rating Locks (V-CHIP Settings) (Continued) • This function allows TV programs to be restricted and TV usage to be controlled based on FCC data. It prevents children from watching violent or sexual scenes that may be harmful. • Restriction of TV programs includes two ratings that contain information about the program: the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rating and the TV Parental Guidelines. The MPAA rating is restricted by age.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Canadian Rating Systems • The TV rating systems in Canada are based on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy on violence in television programing. • While violence is the most important content element to be rated, the structure developed takes into consideration other program content like language, nudity, sexuality and mature themes.
Basic Adjustment Settings (Continued) Locks (Continued) Block Unrated Shows This function allows you to set restriction to block unrated TV programs. Guide Display TV channel and TV program information on screen. <> Selected item Description ON Block all unrated TV programs OFF No TV program will be blocked Channel Locks 1 Enter Locks menu. 2 Press / to select Channel Locks and press ENTER. 3 Press / to select the desired channel, and press ENTER to block the channel.
Connecting a PC Viewing an Image from a PC Use the INPUT 5 (PC) terminal to connect a PC. $ • The PC input terminals are DDC1/2B-compatible. • Refer to P. 21 for a list of PC signals compatible with the System. • Make sure to select the same signal values for the output signal of a PC and the input signal of the LCD TV set before connecting with the PC. (See P. 21) • Depending on the PC being used, images may not be shown without converting the output signals into external output.
Troubleshooting Ƈ Before calling for repair services, make the following checks for possible remedies to the encountered symptoms. LCD TV set Problem Sound Picture Picture There is no picture or sound. There is no picture. There is no picture from INPUT1/2/3/4. There is no sound. There is no picture or sound, just noise. Picture is not clear. Check item • Make sure the AC cord is properly inserted in the power outlet. • Reception other than those of broadcasting stations can be considered.
Troubleshooting (Continued) Ƈ Before calling for repair services, make the following checks for possible remedies to the encountered symptoms. Antenna Problem Check item The picture is not sharp.(NTSC) The picture moves.(NTSC) The picture have block noise. (ATSC) The audio sound is discontinuous. • • • • The picture is doubled or tripled. • Make sure the antenna is facing the right direction. 7KHUH PD\ EH UHÀHFWHG HOHFWULF ZDYHV IURP PRXQWDLQV RU EXLOGLQJV The picture is spotted.
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