Sharp 32HW-53H, 28HW-53H User Manual

28HW-53H 32HW-53H

COLOUR TELEVISION

OPERATION MANUAL

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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 f or 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 F acility 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.

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.

In the unlikely event of this equipment requir ing repair dur ing the guarantee per iod, 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.

Dear SHARP Customer

CAUTION: Make sure that the main power is switched off when going out.

Safety Precautions

To prevent fire or electrical shock, do not use the TV set in an excessively damp place.

This equipment complies with the requirements of Directives 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC as amended by 93/68 EEC.

Position the TV set out of direct sunlight and away from heat, as high temperatures can damage the cabinet, CRT, or other electronic parts.

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.

Never remove the back of the cabinet, as there is high voltage in the TV set. Please call for service.

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 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.

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

NOTE:•Remove 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.

Quick reference Guide

Accessories

Remote Control Battery Installation

Before using the TV set for the first time, install the supplied dry batteries in the remote control.

Remote control

Operation Manual Type-AA Dry Batteries

 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.

28HW-53H 32HW-53H

COLOUR TELEVISION

OPERATION MANUAL

Aerial connections - TV set only -

Aerial connections - VCR and TV -

Note: See on -Typical connections- (page 36) for details of further connection possibilities.

TV 1. Stand-by ON/OFF switch (TV) Video 2. Power ON / OFF switch (VCR) TV 3. Digit buttons 0 ~ 9

4. Flashback button

Teletext 5. Colour button (green)

6. Colour button (red)

TV 7. Volume DOWN/Cursor control LEFT

8. Menu button

Teletext 9. Reveal button

10. List selector

11. Store button

12. Cancel button

13. Half page button

TV 14. Sub-titles button Video 15. Rewind/picture search/reverse

16. Play button

17. Pause / Still button

18. Stop button

TV 19. TV / VIDEO selector

20. Call button

21. Single/Double entry

Teletext 22. Colour button (yellow)

23. Colour button (cyan)

TV 24. Channel UP/Cursor control UP

25. Volume UP/Cursor control RIGHT

26. Channel DOWN/Cursor control DOWN

27. Wide Mode selector TV /Teletext 28. Time button TV 29. Sound mode selector Teletext 30. Hold button TV 31. Sound Mute button Teletext 32. Text/Mix/Picture button

33. Index button Video 34. Channel Up selector

35. Fast forward/picture search/forward

36. Channel Down selector

37. Record button

Remote control

1. 19.

23.

21.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

34.

37.

36.

35.

33.

22.

20.

10.

11.

12.

13.

15.

18.

17.

16.

14.

Controls & Terminals

FRONT TV

1. Main Power On/Off Switch

2. Power Indicator

3. Remote Control Sensor

4. Volume Button (DOWN)

5. Volume Button (UP)

6. Program Selector (DOWN)

7. Program Selector (UP)

8. Door

HOW T O 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 ter minal

11. Video Input Terminal (PAL/SECAM/NTSC)

12. Audio Input Terminal (left)

13. Audio Input Terminal (right)

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

324 567

STATION REAL CHANNEL FREQUENCY

SIGNALS NUMBERS MHZ

VHF I-1 (A) > I-9 (J) CH-01 > CH-09 45.75 > 215.25 UHF I-21 > I-69 CH-21 > CH-69 471.25 > 855.25

C M1/S1 > M10/S10 CC-01 > CC-10 105.25 > 168.25 A U-1/S-11 > U-10/S-20 CC-11 > CC-20 231.25 > 294.25 T S-21 > S-41 CC-21 > CC-41 303.25 > 463.25 V CC-42 > CC-63 48 > 304

CC-64 > CC-68 69.25 > 98.25

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.

On-Off/Stand-by button

When the TV is on Stand-by mode

, to turn ON the TV press the Stand-by

button (

TV) on the remote control, or one of the four buttons on the TV

(

Va/\, V

CH/\). 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 (

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

Power indicator

Main power button

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 (



I), on the front of the TV, to start

the “AUTO INSTALLATION”.

4. The red power indicator will light.

5. The “AUTO INSTALLATION” message will appear on your TV

screen.

•

The TV is ready to preset automatically all local channels for you.

•

If the TV is being used with a VCR, turn on the VCR and play back a pre-recorded tape.

6. Now, press any button on the TV remote control and follow the

instructions on the screen, to start Auto Channel Preset.

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.

Auto Installation

VCR

Automatic searching and sorting. Press the menu button to cancel.

Power indicator

Main power button

Stored programmes Menu

a) Select programme to be edited.

Use this option to select a prog

ramme from the list. Each time

you press

E or F the memorised channel will be

viewed and will remain selected on the list by means of white background.

b) Delete this programme.

Use this option for cancelling prog

ammes which are badly tuned

or repeated.

b.1 Select the programme (Pr) you wish to delete using Cursor

UP/DOWN buttons

E/ F (marked with white

background).

b.2 Press the YELLOW button to see the “Delete Menu”.

When the YELLOW button is pressed, the TV will ask for confirmation that you wish to cancel, and you must press the

YELLOW button again.The channels that follow it on the list will automatically rearrange themselves by moving up one programme (Pr) place, to restore the space of the cancelled channel (CH).

c) Go to sorting mode

Use this option for sor

ting the channels (CH) into the desired

programme (Pr), as follows:

c.1 Select the programme (Pr) you wish to change using Cursor

UP/DOWN buttons

E/ F (marked with white

background).

c.2 Press the GREEN button to see the “Sorting Menu”. c.3 Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons

E/ F to move

the channel (CH).

c.4 Press the GREEN button to finish.

d) Edit this programme

Use this option for giving a name made up of four digits to the channels or for changing the one which appears on some channels, in the following way:

d.1 Select the channel using the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons

F .

d.2 Press the RED button to see the “Edit Menu”. d.3 Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons

E/ F to change

the first letter.Letters A to Z of the alphabet, a blank space and the numbers 0 to 9 will appear sequentially. Some of the broadcasting stations names such as BBC1 or CH4 are already incorporated in the TV and appear among the alphabet to make this task easier.

d.4 Press the

I button for changing the position of the cursor and

the

E/ F buttons for changing the letters (repeat this

action for other letters).

d.5 When you have finished the fourth letter, press the

I button to quit the “Edit Menu” option.

e) Exit

Use this option to quit the menu by pressing the BLUE button .

Stored programmes Menu

Delete Menu

Sorting Menu

 Channel selector buttons E/F

Select the programme channel number you want to see, using the channel selector buttons

E or F .

When you press these buttons the list of programmes appears. Press the

E or F again to select another program.

Note: The channels that are in SKIP mode cannot be seen with this buttons. Use numerical buttons to display these channels.

 Single/Double entry selector button 6

This button selects between one or two digit channel number entry.

 0~9 Digit buttons

You can select channels by pressing the 0 ~ 9 digit buttons on the remote control. For single and double digit entry see section B above.

 Flash-back button

Press this button to switch the currently-tuned channel to the previously-tuned channel. Press the button again to switch back to the currently-tuned channel.

 Channel Call button (

)

Press this button to display the current programme number and the name if it has been set and the sound mode on the screen. If the on or off timer have been set this information will be displayed also. Press the button again to make the on-screen disappear. If the channel you are viewing has been set to be skipped with the channel skip function, the programme number and name, if set, are displayed in red. If the channel was fine-tuned, programme number and name, will be displayed in yellow.

Channel Selection

TV OPERATION

Single digit entry mode

Double digit

entry mode

Previously

viewed channel

Currently

viewed channel

NAME Pr

MONO

TIME :12:21 ON TIMER :15:35 OFF TIMER :120 Min

Picture Adjustments

Picture quality is adjustable in this menu.

1. Press the MENU button ● to see the MAIN Menu.

2. Press the RED button to see the PICTURE LEVELS Menu

PICTURE LEVELS Menu

3. Press the Cursor LEFT/RIGHT buttons

C / I to select a prede-

termined level: Factory settings / Memorized / Cinema / Rich / Game.

4. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons E/ F to select a parameter from the list: Contrast, Colour, Brightness or Sharpness. The red point mark indicates the selected parameter.

5. Adjust the picture quality to your liking with the Cursor LEFT/RIGHT buttons

C / I.

6. Press the GREEN button if you wish to memorize the “Personal” levels in the “Memorized” position of PICTURE MODE.

In this menu you can switch to the following menus: Press the YELLOW button to see the ADVANCED Menu. Press the BLUE button to see the OTHERS Menu.

7. Press the MENU button ● to close the PICTURE Menu.

MAIN Menu

PICTURE LEVELS Menu

ADVANCED Menu

1. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons

E / F to select

a parameter from the list: OSD contrast, Tint control, NTSC Hue control, ECO mode or SVM.The red point mark indicates the selected parameter.

2. Press the Cursor LEFT/RIGHT buttons

C / I to adjust picture

quality to your liking. Select OSD contrast to adjust the contrast level of the On Screen

Display menus.

Select Tint control to adjust your desired skin colour (Cool or War m). Select NTSC Hue control to adjust the skin colour (Green or Red)

during NTSC signal reception through the external connectors. Select ECO mode “On” to attenuate the contrast in the excessively

white areas of the picture. Select SVM (Scan Velocity Modulator) to change the resolution of the

picture (Low, Medium or High).The TV is factory pre-set to “Medium”. In this menu you can switch to the following menus:

Press the RED button to return to the LEVELS Menu. Press the BLUE button to see the OTHERS Menu.

3. Press the MENU button ● to close the ADVANCED Menu.

OTHERS Menu

1. Press the Cursor UP/DOWN buttons

E / F to select:

Comb filter or Black level expander.The red point mark indicates the selected item.

2. Press the Cursor LEFT/RIGHT buttons

C / I to select ON/OFF.

Select Comb filter (ON) to reduce the colour interference in picture with fine details and the picture gets sharper.

Select Black level expander (ON) to activate the Dynamic Compensation in the dark area of the picture.

In this menu you can switch to the following menus: Press the RED button to return to the LEVELS Menu. Press the YELLOW button to retur n to the ADVANCED Menu.

3. Press the MENU button ● to close the OTHERS Menu.

ADVANCED Menu

OTHERS Menu

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