Sharp 54GT-25S Operating Manual

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INSTALLATION

BASIC OPERATION

 Connect the antenna cable to the TV set.

 Plug in your TV into the mains supply

(220~240 V/ 50 Hz).

 Inser t two (AA or UM-3, 1,5 V) batteries into
the remote control.
Position the positive and negative ends of the
batteries as indicated.

 Press the POWER (®) button on the TV set
to turn on TV.If the TV set remains in the

Stand-by mode, press the Stand-by on (æ)
button on the remote control.

STANDBY/ON (æ)

Press  To turn the set ON
Press again  To turn the set to

STANDBY

TV/VIDEO Select

Press  Switch to external video

input mode
Press again  Switch to TV
mode.

Infrared Transmitter Window

Aim this window at the
infrared sensor on your
TV set

FLASHBACK (e)

Returns to previously viewed channel
VOLUME UP (œ)/DOWN (∑)

(œ) Increases sound
(∑) Decreases sound
(These are also used for menu
set up)

SOUND MUTE (c)

Press  Mutes sound
Press again  Restores sound to

previous level

Channel Select buttons

TELETEXT control

These buttons are used to operate
TELETEXT functions.
(See page 10, 11 and 12)

TIME (f)

Press the button to display the
current time on the screen. This
function only operates if the sta­tion you are tuned to broadcasts
a teletext signal.

CHANNEL UP (œ)/DOWN (∑)

(œ) Selects next higher channel
(∑) Selects next lower channel
(These are also used for menu
set up)

TEXT/MIX/PICTURE

Single/Double (

6

) Entry selector

MENU

Used to call the MENU screen.

CALL (l)/CHILD LOCK (t)

Used to display the different current
settings on the screen.
Used to unlock the channel when the
TV picture is blue and “t“ mark
displays on the screen.

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AC 220~240 V

50Hz

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BASIC OPERATION (CONTINUED)

NOTE: 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 after 15 minutes.

POWER ( l) button

POWER indicator

CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN
(∑) button

VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) button

TV Front

Remote control sensor

❚ Changing the Channels

To select a one-digit channel (eg. Program 5)
(1) Press the button.
(2) If 5- is indicated and picture does not change, press the

6

button to switch over to the 1 - digit select mode and press 5
again.

To select a two-digit channel (eg. Program 15)
(1) Press 6button to set the 2-digit select mode.

(2) Press button

(3) Press button.

❚ Adjusting the Sound Volume

Press VOLUME UP (œ)/DOWN (∑) button to adjust the volume.

❚ Watching a TV Programme

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PR 5

PR - -

PR 1 -

PR 15

PR 5

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Please refer to the operation manual of your VCR for details.

Enjoy the stunning visuals of a VCR or DECODER by connecting them to this TV set through
its Euro-SCART 21-pin terminal.

TYPICAL CONNECTIONS

PRESETTING THE CHANNELS

❚ Manual Channel Preset

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.

2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«<PR>», and press the MENU.

3 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«MANUAL», and press the MENU.

4 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «PR»,

and select the channel number (1-99) with VOLUME UP
(œ) or DOWN (∑) or 0-9 digit buttons.

5 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«BAND» and press MENU to change the position
«BAND».
(VHL  VHH  UHF)

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MENU

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MENU

MENU

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TV

RF-Cable

Scart-Cable

IN

OUT

VCR

Antenna

All the TV stations in your area that can be received by the TV set are
automatically preset between channels 1 to 99.The screen shows whatever is
on channel 1 when full auto channel preset is finished.

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❚ Auto Channel Preset

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.

2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «<PR>»,

and press MENU.

3 Press VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) on the remote

control to start Auto Channel Preset.

NOTE: To stop Auto Channel Preset, press the MENU button on the remote control.

❚ FineTuning

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.

2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«<PR>», and press the MENU.

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MENU

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MENU

MENU

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MENU

MENU

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MENU

6 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«MANUAL» position ( llllllIIllll ).

7 Press VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to start preset.

The tuning sequence will stop when a signal is detected,
if the signal is not the required channel press again the
button to continue

8 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«MEMO», and press MENU to memorize.

9 Repeat steps 4 to 8 if you wish to preset other channels.

10 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«EXIT», and press MENU to return to normal screen.

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Repeat steps 1 to 4 above from page 5. (Fine Tuning)
5 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «PR»
6 Select a channel number you wish to cancel skip with the VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑).

Select a skipped channel number displayed in red.
7 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «SKIP», and press MENU.

The displayed channels number will turn from red to green.

8 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «EXIT», and press MENU.

Cancelling Skip

5 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«<PR>»

6 Select a channel number you wish to skip with the

VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑).

7 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«SKIP» mode, and press MENU.
The channel number will turn from green to red.

8 Repeat steps 5 to 7 if you wish to skip other channels.
9 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «EXIT», and press MENU.

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MENU

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❚ Skipping channels

This function lets you skip vacant channels or channels that you never watch
when you select channels with the CHANNEL UP or DOWN buttons.

Setting Skip

Repeat steps 1 to 4 above from page 5 (Fine Tuning).

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MENU

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MENU

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MENU

3 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«MANUAL», and press MENU.

4 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «FINE»

and press the MENU.

5 Press and hold VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) until the

best tuning position is found. After Fine Tuning the channel

number will turn from green to yellow.

6 Press the CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«EXIT», and press MENU.

The screen will turn to normal screen.

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TIMER SETTING

❚ ON Timer

Automatically turns power ON after the set length of time has passed.

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.

2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«TIMER», and press MENU.

3 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «

ON» mode.

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MENU

MENU

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen, press

CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select
«PICTURE», and press MENU.

2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

the items to adjust.

3 Adjust the picture quality to your liking with the

VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑).

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to adjust other items.

5 You can clear the on-screen display by selecting

«EXIT» using CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑),
and press MENU.

Selected item

B CONTRAST SHARPNESS
C COLOUR N NORMAL
A BRIGHTNESS

PICTURE ADJUSTMENT

❚ Adjusting the Picture

Picture quality (CONTRAST, COLOUR, BRIGHTNESS, SHARPNESS) are adjustable in this
menu.

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MENU

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MENU

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MENU

MENU

NOTE: Selecting «N OFF» you can reset the picture parameters

to the factory levels.
Press MENU to restore the factory setting «N ON» mode.

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MENU

❚ OFF Timer

Automatically turns power OFF after the set length of time has passed.

Repeat steps 1 to 2 above from page 7.(ON TIMER)

3 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select «

OFF» mode.

4 Press VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to set the time.

(from 10 min. to 12 hour 50 min. at 10 min. interval).

The timer starts count down.

5 When you have finished setting the time, press

MENU.

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NOTE:

• In order to know when the ON Timer programme has been run properly, when the TV is in the

Standby mode, the ON Timer indicator remains flashing in red.

• As a safety precaution, in case nobody is at home when the television switches on automatically,

the television will turn itself of automatically after 120 minutes; if it is to continue to run, any button
of the remote control functions should be pressed.

• In the event of a power cut, disconnection from the plug or the television is switched off at the

mains switch, all the data on the ON Timer will be cancelled.

5 Press STANDBY/ON (æ) to put the TV set into Standby mode. Power indicator flashes.

When the preset of time (in the above example, 8 hour and 30 minutes) has passed, the
power turns ON and a picture appears on the screen.

4 Press VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to set the time.

(from 10 min. to 12 hour 50 min. every 10 min. interval).

NOTE: In the event of a power cut, disconnection from the plug or the television is switched off

at the mains switch, all the data on the OFF Timer will be cancelled.

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HINWEIS:

• When you select the channel which you locked, the TV picture will be blue
and «t» mark dislays on the screen.

• Press (l/t) button to unlock the channel.

• Because the remote control is the «key» to unlocking TV channel you must
remember not to let the remote control out of your sight.

3 To select the channel you want to lock with

VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑)

(you can also select the channel using 0-9 digit
button).

4 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«t» and press MENU.
(«t» mark will display on top right)

5 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«EXIT», and press MENU.

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MENU

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MENU

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.
2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«t» menu and press MENU.

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MENU

MENU

CHILD LOCK (CHANNEL BLOCK)

<How to use this system>, You can lock a TV channel to prevent unsupervised TV viewing by
following these procedures:

NOTE: You can also protect the SCART connection.

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❚ Cancelling Child Lock

1 Press MENU to call the MAIN menu screen.
2 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«t» menu and press MENU.

3 Press VOLUME UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select the

channel you wish to cancel
(you can also select the channel using 0-9 digit

buttons).

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MENU

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MENU

4 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«r» and press MENU.
(«t» mark will disappear in top right)

5 Press CHANNEL UP (œ) or DOWN (∑) to select

«EXIT», and press MENU.

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MENU

MENU

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TELETEXT MODE

 Basic Operation

 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. (The CHANNEL

buttons E/F can also be used).

 Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to super impose a Teletext broadcast onto
the current TV programme screen (MIXED Mode).

 Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to go out from Teletext Mode.

INDEX

NEWS . . . . . .P200

SPORTS . . . .P300

MOVIE . . . . . .P400

WEATHER . . .P500

100

SPORTS

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

SPORTS

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - - - -

300

3

0

0

EXIT

TV programme

TELETEXT Mode

New page

MIXED mode

Press

Press PressSelect page

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❚ Other Features

 HALF PAGE button

Press the button, the upper/lower
half of the Teletext page is magni­fied.

 HOLD button

Press to hold or cancel the hold
on the current page.

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 REVEAL button

Press to reveal or hidden infor­mation such as the answer to a
quiz.

 INDEX button

Press to return back to index
page.

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 RESET button

Press to return to TV mode.

 STORE button

Press to memorize the page num­bers at LIST mode [].

LIST

 LIST button

Press the LIST button to change
the system:FLOFLIST [].

 COLOUR buttons

To recall a page displayed in the
coloured brackets, press the
corresponding coloured button.

[] More information on - How to Operate Page Memory - (page11).

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 CLOCK button

In TV Mode: When the TEXT data is received, by pressing this button the real time

information will appear on the screen.
In TELETEXT Mode: When a selected Teletext page has hidden subpages or timed
pages, these pages can be seen by the following manner:

 Press the CLOCK button f. Screen will shown “SUBPAGE: - - - “
 Enter 4 digits corresponding to the subpage desired. E.g.0021 for subpage num-

ber 21.
 Wait until the page appears.

NOTE:You can use this button together with the CANCEL button k.This means
that you can view the main TV picture until the subpage has been found.The on
screen icon a at the top left side of the screen will change when the subpage has
been found.
Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to view the subpages.

 CANCEL button

With this button Teletext information is cancelled and TV picture is restored. a
Indication is shown on screen.
In this position, the TV programme cannot be changed, being in Teletext/Cancelled
mode.When a change takes place in the Teletext information, the upper time of the
cancelled page or some other indication of special pages is shown on screen.
To uncancel, pressTEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q and the whole Teletext is
shown.

NOTE: This button can be used together with the CLOCK button f while awaiting
subpages.

 How to Operate Page Memory - LIST Mode-

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. If you try to store more than 4 page numbers in a programme position
between 7 and 99, the previously stored page numbers will be erased.

 Select the programme channel number into which you want to store Teletext page
numbers.

 Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to select the Teletext Mode.
 Press the LIST button Q to change from FLOF system to LIST Mode.
 Press a coloured button Q corresponding to the coloured brackets on the screen

for page number storage.

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SAFETY PRECAUTION

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

The 5 cm in the

drawing indicates the

minimum ventilation

distance.

 Enter the Teletext page number using the 0~9 digit buttons (enter three digits).
 Repeat steps 4. and 5. until the numbers for the desired pages have been entered.
 Press the STORE button g to memorize the page numbers you require.The “STORE”

appears on the screen.
 Press theTEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q twice to exit the Teletext Mode.

Press

LIST
and

YELLOW

buttons

Input

If you want to store,

press button

(FLOF TELETEXT)

LIST

YELLOW

News Sports

Movie

Weather

Page Selection - LIST Mode -

 Select the appropriate programme channel.
 Press the TEXT/MIX/PICTURE button a/b/Q to select the Teletext Mode.
 Press the LIST button Q to change from FLOF system to LIST Mode.
 To recall a page number displayed in the coloured brackets, simply press the corresponding

coloured button.

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TROUBLESHOOTING

The following conditions do not always denote trouble. Therefore, performs the checks described
below before calling for service.
If the problem cannot be corrected by the use of this guide, pull the power plug out from the electrical
outlet and call for service.

Quick
Service
Check List

Problems

Remote control does not work

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Bars on screen

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Picture distorted

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Picture rolls vertically

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No colour

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Poor reception on some channels

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Picture weak

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Picture lines or streaks

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Picture ghosting

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Picture blurred

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Sound OK, picture poor

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Picture OK, sound poor

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No picture or sound

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Try a new channel to check for possible station

trouble

Possible Causes/Remedies

TV not plugged in

Outlet power OFF

Main Power button of TV not ON

Antenna not connected to terminal at the back

of the TV set

If outside antenna is used, check for broken

wires

Check for local interference

Turn off using the Main Power button, then turn

ON again after a minute

Adjust COLOUR control

Check batteries in the Remote Control

Try fine tuning to correct

Check if the Brightness or Contrast setting in

the picture setting mode might be all the way to

the minus side

Increase the volume

This unit is equipped with a microprocessor. Its performance could be adversely affected by external
electrical noise or interference. If this should happen, unplug the unit and plug it in again after a few minutes.

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