28HW-53H 32HW-53H COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATION MANUAL PRINTED ON ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PAPER Dear SHARP Customer Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a SHARP Colour Television Receiver. To ensure proper operation, please read this manual carefully. After reading, keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. TERMS OF GUARANTEE Subject to the conditions listed below Sharp Electronics (U.K.) Ltd. (Hereinafter called «the Company») guarantee to provide for the repair of, or at its option replace the Sharp Equipment, or any component thereof, (other than Batteries), which is faulty or below standard, as a result of inferior workmanship or materials. The conditions of the Guarantee are: 1. This guarantee shall only apply to defects or faults which are notified to the Company, or its approved Service Facility within one year from the date of purchase of the equipment. 2. This guarantee covers equipment intended for private domestic use only. This guarantee does not apply to equipment used in the course of a business, trade or profession. 3. This guarantee does not cover any faults or defects caused by accident, misuse, fair wear and tear, neglect, tampering with the equipment, or any attempt at adjustment or repair other than by an approved Service Facility. 4. In the unlikely event of that your equipment should require repair, please contact the dealer or supplier from whom it was purchased. 5. The cost of carriage to and from the Dealer, Supplier or Sharp approved Service Facility shall be borne by the purchaser. 6. No person has any authority to vary the terms or conditions of this guarantee. 7. This guarantee is offered as an additional benefit to the consumer's statutory rights and does not affect rights in any way. In the unlikely event of this equipment requiring repair during the guarantee period, you will need to provide proof of date of purchase to the repairing company. Please keep your invoice or receipt, which is supplied at the time of purchase. 1 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. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet immediately if the TV set begins to make unusual noises or give off smoke or an odd smell, then call your dealer for service. Do not cover the ventilation holes at the back of the TV set, this can cause fire or other serious problems. Leave an adequate open space behind the TV set for good ventilation. Always disconnect your television from the mains and the aerial cable during thunderstorms. Even if your television is switched off, it can still be damaged by lightning striking the mains and/or aerial cable. Do not install this equipment in a confined space such as a bookcase or a built-in cabinet. To prevent fire, never place any type of candle or naked flames on the top or near the TV set. Television equipment and cart combination should be moved with care. Quick stops, excessive force and uneven surfaces may cause the equipment and cart combination to overturn. Wall or shelf mounting should follow the manufacturer's instructions, and should use a mounting kit approved by the manufacturer. Do not place this television equipment on an unstable cart, stand or table. The television equipment may fall, causing serious injury to a child or an adult, and serious damage to the equipment. Use only with a cart or stand recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with the television equipment. The picture tube of your TV has a special coating. Do not knock or rub on the tube face with sharp or hard surfaces, otherwise you will damage the coating!. To prevent damaging the surface of the television screen, remove finger prints only with a soft cloth dampened with glass cleaner. Do not use any abrasive cleaners!. Do not use thinner, benzene or other strong chemical cleaners. CAUTION: Make sure that the main power is switched off when going out. 2 Contents Terms of guarantee ........................................................ 1 Safety precaution ............................................................ 2 Accessories ..................................................................... 3 Remote Control Battery Installation ............................... 3 Aerial Connections (Installation) ..................................... 4 Remote Control ............................................................... 5 Controls & Terminals ...................................................... 6 Switching on ................................................................... 7 Auto Installation .............................................................. 8 TV operation - Channel selection - .............................. 10 Picture Adjustments ..................................................... 11 Wide Mode ................................................................... 13 Audio Adjustments ....................................................... 15 On Timer and Off Timer ................................................ 19 Help, Demo and Post Code ......................................... 20 Child Lock (Channel Block) .......................................... 21 Menu Structures ........................................................... 23 Teletext Mode ............................................................... 24 TV Channel Setting (Advanced) ................................... 28 TV/VIDEO Selector ....................................................... 32 Headphone Jack .......................................................... 33 Sub-titles ...................................................................... 33 VCR mode ..................................................................... 34 21-pin Euro-SCART and 21-pin Audio/Video .............. 35 Typical connections ...................................................... 36 Troubleshooting ............................................................ 38 General Specifications for Television Receiver ........... 39 Features list .................................................................. 39 Index page ......................................................................40 Quick reference Guide Accessories 28HW-53H 32HW-53H COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATION MANUAL Remote control Operation Manual Type-AA Dry Batteries Remote Control Battery Installation Before using the TV set for the first time, install the supplied dry batteries in the remote control. With your thumb nail, pull up the slit as indicated by the arrow to remove the battery cover. Insert two batteries 1.5 V (Size «AA»). Be sure to match the battery K/L terminals with the K/L marks inside the compartment. Replace the battery cover. NOTE: · Remove batteries if weak or if the unit is not in use for long periods. batteries. · Do not mix old and newthe batteries may damage the remote control. · Incorrect installation of 3 Aerial connections - TV set only - Aerial connections - VCR and TV - Note: See on -Typical connections- (page 36) for details of further connection possibilities. 4 Remote control TV Video 1. Stand-by ON/OFF switch (TV) 2. Power ON / OFF switch (VCR) 3. Digit buttons 0 ~ 9 4. Flashback button 5. Colour button (green) 6. Colour button (red) 7. Volume DOWN/Cursor control LEFT 8. Menu button 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Reveal button List selector Store button Cancel button Half page button Sub-titles button Rewind/picture search/reverse Play button Pause / Still button Stop button 1. 2. 19. 20. TV Teletext 3. TV Teletext 4. 5. 6. 21. 22. 23. 24. TV Video 7. 25. 26. 8. 27. TV 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. TV Teletext 19. TV / VIDEO selector 20. Call button 21. Single/Double entry 22. Colour button (yellow) 23. Colour button (cyan) 24. 25. 26. 27. Channel UP/Cursor control UP Volume UP/Cursor control RIGHT Channel DOWN/Cursor control DOWN Wide Mode selector TV /Teletext 28. Time button TV Teletext TV Teletext 29. Sound mode selector 30. Hold button 31. Sound Mute button 32. Text/Mix/Picture button 33. Index button 34. 35. 36. 37. Channel Up selector Fast forward/picture search/forward Channel Down selector Record button Video 5 Controls & Terminals FRONT TV 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Main Power On/Off Switch Power Indicator Remote Control Sensor Volume Button (DOWN) Volume Button (UP) Program Selector (DOWN) Program Selector (UP) Door 1 2 3 4567 8 HOW TO OPEN THE DOOR Press the top of the door, opening it slightly hook your finger inside and pull open. Behind the door 9. Headphone Socket (3.5mm / 16~600 ohms) 10. S-Video input terminal 11. Video Input Terminal (PAL/SECAM/NTSC) 12. Audio Input Terminal (left) 13. Audio Input Terminal (right) 10 11 12 13 9 REAR TV 21-pin In/Out 1. 21-pin Audio/Video (AV-2) With PAL/SECAM/NTSC Video Input 2. 21-pin Audio/Video (AV-1) With PAL/SECAM/NTSC/S-Video Input 3. 21-pin Euro SCART (RGB) With PAL/SECAM/NTSC Video Input RF Input 4. Aerial terminal 6 Switching on Power supply on/off button This TV memorises the Mode last used when it was switched off. When the main power button ( I) is pressed to turn on the set, the power indicator will light and the set will resume in either the Stand-by mode or Programme mode, depending upon its condition when it was switched off. Power indicator Main power button On-Off/Stand-by button When the TV is on Stand-by mode, to turn ON the TV press the Stand-by button (Bl TV) on the remote control, or one of the four buttons on the TV ( Va/\, VCH/\ ). The TV will change from Stand-by mode to Program Mode, the sound indicator will light a few moments and an image will appear on the screen. Press the Stand-by button (Bl TV) again and the TV will return to Stand-by mode. Blue back off timer If noise appears in TV or VCR mode, the screen turns blue. The blue back off-timer is then engaged and will automatically switch the set to Stand-by mode in 15 minutes. Real Channel Number (terrestrial/cable TV Programmes) Channel setting is mainly performed using the remote control. Please follow the instructions with the remote control in hand. Television broadcasting stations have channel numbers assigned to them (real channel numbers). You can assign your own channel number to a real channel and store it in the programme preset memory. CORRESPONDING REAL CHANNEL STATION SIGNALS VHF UHF C A T V I-1 (A) > I-9 (J) I-21 > I-69 M1/S1 > M10/S10 U-1/S-11 > U-10/S-20 S-21 > S-41 REAL CHANNEL NUMBERS CH-01 > CH-09 CH-21 > CH-69 CC-01 > CC-10 CC-11 > CC-20 CC-21 > CC-41 CC-42 > CC-63 CC-64 > CC-68 FREQUENCY MHZ 45.75 > 215.25 471.25 > 855.25 105.25 > 168.25 231.25 > 294.25 303.25 > 463.25 48 > 304 69.25 > 98.25 7 Auto Installation Auto Installation System Your television set is provided with an Automatic Installation System which makes Installation easier. This new system is activated when you turn on the TV for the first time. Procedure: 1. Put batteries into the remote control and connect the antenna jack in the antenna input terminal on the rear side of your TV-set, same as indicated on -Quick reference Guide- page 3. 2. Connect the TV power cable to a 220 ~ 240 V system. 3. Press the main power button ( the "AUTO INSTALLATION". 4. The red power indicator will light. I), on the front of the TV, to start Power indicator Main power button 5. The "AUTO INSTALLATION" message will appear on your TV screen. · The TV is ready to preset automatically all local channels for you. the TV is being used · If pre-recorded tape. with a VCR, turn on the VCR and play back a 6. Now, press any button on the TV remote control and follow the instructions on the screen, to start Auto Channel Preset. VCR Automatic Channel Sorting System (ACSS): The TV set SEARCHES FOR FREQUENCIES, memorises the channels found, and sorts them (according to technical criteria) from Pr-01 of the TV, to a maximum of 99 programmes. Notes: This tuning process may take several minutes to perform. If you need to repeat the "AUTO INSTALLATION", read on-TV Channel Setting- (page 28). Stored programmes: When the AUTOMATIC SEARCH has been completed, the "Stored programmes" Menu will appear on screen and you can change the order of the channels and change or give the channels a four letter name with the available options: a) Select programme to be edited. b) Delete this programme. c) go to sorting mode. d) Edit this programme. e) Exit. For a more detailed explanation see page 9. If you wish exit from the menu, press the BLUE button. Automatic searching and sorting. Press the menu button to cancel. 8 Stored progr ...