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Products that hav e ear ned the ENERGY ST AR b are designed to protect the environment through superior energy efficiency . CONTENTS PA G E • IMPORT ANT INFORMA TION/IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS ................................................................... 2-4 • Supplied Accessories ............................................................. ...
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2 Welcome to the SHARP F amily . W e are pleased that you are no w the owner of a SHARP Color T ele vision – built f or outstanding quality , reliability and perf ormance. Every SHARP Color T elevision set is tuned and adjusted f or proper color and sound, and has passed through the most stringent quality control tests at the factory . W e have p ...
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IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION (Continued) CA UTION: • Do not place the A C power cord under the TV set or other hea vy items. • T o prev ent fire, nev er place an y type of candle or naked flames on the top or near the TV set. • T o prevent fire or shoc k hazard, do not e xpose this products to dripping or splashing. No objects filled with liquids ...
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IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS (Continued) 13. F ollow all warnings and instructions marked on the television equipment. 14 . If an outside antenna is connected to the television equipment, be sure the antenna system is g rounded so as to provide some protection against v oltage surges and b uilt-up static charges. Section 810 of the National Electrical C ...
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5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 100 POWER TV DVD VCR MENU MUTE PAUSE FLASHBACK DISPLAY INPUT TV • CATV • VCR • DVD STOP REC REW PLAY FF CH/SKIP VOL — CH CH VOL + ENTER A B C D PERSONAL PREFERENCE CATV TV DVD VCR Supplied Accessories Size AA Dry Batteries Infrared Remote Control Note: Location • F or nor mal operation, y our TV should be located in ...
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6 CABLE TV (CA TV) CONNECTION • A 75 ohm coaxial cab le connector is b uilt into the set f or easy hookup . When connecting the 75 ohm coaxial cable to the set, scre w the 75 ohm cab le to the COAXIAL CABLE CONNECT OR. • Some cab le TV companies off er “premium pa y channels”. Since the signals of these premium pay channels are scramb led, ...
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Quic k Reference Contr ol Operation Quic k Reference Contr ol Operation Note: • The TV set and remote control illustr ations and the on-screen displa ys in this manual ma y differ from their actual appearance . T o open the door Using the projection located under the "PULL-OPEN" indication, pull and lift the door open. T o close the doo ...
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Note: • The above shaded b uttons on the Remote Control glow in the dark. T o use the glow-in-the-dark displa y on the remote control, place it under a fluorescent light or other lighting. • The phosphorescent material contains no radioactive or to xic material, so it is safe to use. • The degree of illumination will vary depending on the str ...
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• When you turn on the TV for the first time, it will automaticall y memorize the broadcasting channels. Please perform the f ollowing instructions bef ore pressing the PO WER button. (1) Insert the batteries into the remote control. (See page 5) (2) Connect the antenna cable to the TV set. (See pages 5, 6) (3) Plug in the A C PO WER cor d to the ...
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Demo Mode • T o learn more about the TV set, you can enter DEMO mode . Simply press and hold MENU on the TV set f or more than 3 seconds. • T o cancel DEMO mode, again press MENU on the TV set f or more than 3 seconds. Example: DEMO mode display Accessing the MAIN MENU screen without Remote Contr ol • If you misplaced y our Remote Control y o ...
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• The language for the ON SCREEN DISPLA Y can be set to ENGLISH, SP ANISH or FRENCH. 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen, then press CH a / s to mo ve the “ E ” mark to “LANGU A GE”. 4 Press V OL k / l to access the LANGU ...
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• Description of Adjustment Items 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “VIDEO ADJUST”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the PICTURE adjust screen. 4 Press CH a / s to select the desired adjustment item. (Ref er to the diagram belo w .) 5 Press V OL k / l to adjust the setting. 6 Repeat steps ...
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H MTS (Multichannel TV Sound) This function allows reception of stereo or bilingual TV sound. • Y ou can enjoy Hi-Fi stereo sound or SAP br oadcasts where av ailable. Stereo broadcasts Liv e television broadcasts of sports, shows, concerts, etc. can be receiv ed in dynamic stereo sound. SAP broadcasts T elevision broadcast can be receiv ed with e ...
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H A UDIO ADJUST When the “ E ” mark is at “A UDIO ADJUST”, press V OL k / l to access the A UDIO ADJUST screen. T o access the desired item, press CH a / s . T o adjust the audio setting, press VO L k / l . 6 Press MENU to exit. An e xample screen displaying ON AIR when receiving stereo broadcasts Current channel number “ ← ON AIR” wi ...
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• How to set CLOSED CAPTION • Y our TV is equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder . “Closed Caption” is a system which allows con versations , narration, and sound eff ects in TV programs and home videos to appear as captions on the TV screen (see the illustration). • Not all the prog rams and videos will offer closed captioning. ...
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1. User setting 2. Block table PG age based not to block not to block Select block auto- block auto- block auto- block G G PG PG-13 R NC-17 X ––––– ––––– BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK PG-13 R NC-17 X 1. User setting 2. Block table PG age based not to block not to block not to block Select block auto- block auto- block G G PG PG-13 R N ...
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P arent Contr ol (V -CHIP Operation) (Continued) • TV P ARENT AL GUIDELINES (Example) Example 1.1 : Age Based setting Clear V s (bloc k) from each "AGE" bo x for all ratings. This will automatically unblock e v erything. Example 1.2 : Age Based setting For “TV -G” put a V in the "AGE" bo x. This will automatically b loc k ...
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• How to set V -CHIP [1] MP AA RA TING 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “P ARENT CONTROL ”. 3 Press VO L k / l to access the P ARENT CONTROL screen. 4 Press VO L k / l to access the V -CHIP select screen. Note: • If SECRET No . is already set, enter the SECRET No . (See • T o cha ...
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7 Press MENU , then “INPUT SECRET No . ” will be displa y ed. Note: • If SECRET No . is already set, skip to step 9. 8 Enter a 4-digit SECRET No . using the REMOTE KEYP AD . 9 When done, press MENU to e xit. Note: • If y ou set “G” to BLOCK , all ratings are automatically b loc ked. • If y ou set “X” to BLOCK, “G”, “PG”, ? ...
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P arent Contr ol (V -CHIP Operation Continued) P arent Contr ol (V -CHIP Operation) (Continued) [3] Downloading ad ditional rating mode There will be an additional ne w rating system. In that case, please set up as follows. Subsequently the new rating system will set up automatically . 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 of [1] MP AA RA TING . 2 Press CH a / s t ...
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• How to set ad ditional rating mode (Example) Once downloading is complete, y ou can set the bloc king pattern as follo ws. 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 of [1] MP AA RA TING. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “Cdn. English Ratings”, then press V OL k / l . 3 Y ou can select “BLOCK” or “– – – – –” (unb lock) f or each ...
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• Activating the V -CHIP BLOCK 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 of [1] MP AA RA TING . 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “ST A TUS”. Press V OL k / l to activate the V -CHIP BLOCK. (If ST A TUS is OFF , V -CHIP BLOCK will not operate .) 3 Press MENU , then “INPUT SECRET No . ” will be displa y ed. Note: • If SECRET No. is already set ...
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• T o change the V -CHIP BLOCK after registering a secret No. 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 of [1] MP AA RA TING , then “INPUT SECRET No . ” will be displa y ed. 2 Enter the 4-digit secret No . using the REMO TE KEYP AD and the V -CHIP select screen will be display ed. Set V -CHIP BLOCK again. • If y ou for get or need to change your secret No., cl ...
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H VIEW TIMER This function allows y ou to restrict TV viewing time and also allows y ou to control TV usage. This function is to prevent y our children fr om watching too m uch TV . VIEWING TIME (an accumulative timer: counts only the time duration while the TV power is on.) • VIEWING TIME can be set from 30M (30 minutes) to 10H00M (10 hours) in ...
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P arent Contr ol (VIEW TIMER) (Continued) 9 Enter a 4-digit SECRET No . using the REMOTE KEYP AD . 10 Press MENU to exit. Example: • T o restr ict an ybody from watching TV for more than 5 hours , after watching the TV f or 2 hours, y our settings would look like the one on the right. • Y ou can choose to watch the 2 hours of TV as y ou wish. F ...
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P arent Contr ol (VIEW TIMER) (Continued) • T o cancel the VIEW TIMER setting or change the secret No. (If you f orget the SECRET No.) 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 of How to set VIEW TIMER . Press VOL k / l , and “INPUT SECRET No. ” will be displa yed. 2 Press and hold both V OL k and CH a on the TV set simultaneously until the VIEW TIMER access scr ...
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Energy Sa ve • This feature lets y ou lower the power consumption of y our TV set which in turn saves y ou money and minimizes the impact on the en vironment. When this feature is turned on, it reduces the brightness of the TV to a level that consumes appr oximatel y 20 percent less ener gy than when the feature is turned off. The reduction in br ...
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H EZ Setup By operating the channel preset functions, y ou can preset your TV to the desired channels f or viewing. 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen, then press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “CH SETTING”. 4 Press V ...
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Set Up (Continued) H Channel Setting If EZ SETUP does not memorize all the channels in y our region, follo w the instructions below to manuall y memorize the channel. 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen. 4 Press CH a / s to mov e th ...
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• Saving br oadcast TV channels into memory 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen, then press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 2 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen, then press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “CH SETTING”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the CH SETTING screen. 4 Press CH a / s to mov e ...
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6 Press V OL k to add a channel to the TV memory or press VOL l to er ase a channel from the TV memor y . H BLUE SCREEN A utomatically turns the screen blue if a br oadcast signal is not received. After 15 minutes of non-reception, the TV will turn off automaticall y . 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ...
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6 Press MENU to exit. When the BLUE SCREEN is set to “ON” Note: • P oor reception due to weak signals, or too much noise might activ ate the BLUE SCREEN function despite the presence of a broadcast signal. T o continue watching TV under these conditions , switch the BLUE SCREEN “OFF”. • While INPUT 1, 2, or 3 (COMPONENT) is selected, th ...
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Set Up (Contin ued) H P ersonal Pref erence By setting PERSONAL PREFERENCE channels in ad vance, y ou can select your fa v orite channels easily . 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen, then press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark ...
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Set Up (Continued) H Universal Plus Function VCR or D VD input mode will be selected automaticall y by pressing the VCR/D VD PLA Y button on the Remote Contr ol. 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen. 4 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ ...
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A uto Input • The unit is preset to switc h to the INPUT 2 screen automatically when VIDEO equipment is connected to the INPUT 2 terminal. Do the follo wing to switc h this feature off: 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the “ E ” mark to “SET UP”. 3 Press V OL k / l to access the SET UP screen, then pr ...
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CH/Input ID • Y ou can assign an ID label to each channel or input mode. These ID labels can be 4 characters long maxim um and will be displa yed along with the channel number/input mode when the labeled channel is selected. (Example: labeling air channel 10 “TV12”.) 1 Press MENU to access the MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press CH a / s to mov e the ? ...
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CH/Input ID (Continued) 5 Use CH a / s or REMO TE KEYP AD to select each desired channel to label. Press INPUT on the Remote to label the INPUT mode. ID: Labeling the channel name Press V OL k / l to select “ID” then press VOL k to select the first character . Press CH a / s to enter a desired letter . Press V OL k / l to enter the ne xt desire ...
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(Rear connection terminals of TV) DVD CAMCORDER TV GAME VCR (Front connection terminals of TV) Pull open the front door Yellow : To video input terminal White : To audio input ( L ) terminal Red : To audio input (R) terminal VIDEO L-AUDIO-R ( MONO ) AV-2 IN To VIDEO OUTPUT To AUDIO OUTPUT (L) To AUDIO OUTPUT (R) To VIDEO OUTPUT To AUDIO OUTPUT (R) ...
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Using the Video and A udio Input T erminals (Continued) • T o watch video material playbac k • Press the Remote’ s INPUT button to select the VIDEO INPUT mode f or the video equipment you wish to play . • The e xternal VIDEO INPUT mode will change as f ollows each time the INPUT button is pressed. • When the A V cab les are connected to t ...
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Using the A udio Output T erminals Stereo Amplifier Speaker System To the audio input terminals • These terminals are used for connecting an e xternal audio amplifier . The STEREO/MONO/ SAP , VOLUME, MUTE and F A O functions can all be contr olled via the television’ s remote control or directly on the TV itself. These terminals relay the audio ...
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 100 POWER TV DVD VCR MENU MUTE PAUSE FLASHBACK DISPLAY INPUT TV • CATV • VCR • DVD STOP REC REW PLAY FF CH/SKIP VOL — CH CH VOL + ENTER ABCD PERSONAL PREFERENCE CA TV TV DVD VCR D VD/VCR PO WER Press to turn the VCR or D VD on and off. PLA Y Press to playbac k a tape or disc. REWIND Press to rewind a tape or rev erse a d ...
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Operation of Univer sal Remote Contr ol (Continued) • How to identify a VCR The remote control ma y already be set to operate y our VCR. T r y this initial chec k bef ore going on to the f ollowing “identifying” section. (1) Slide CA TV/D VD-TV/VCR s witch to VCR. (2 ) P oint the Remote towards VCR and press PO WER (D VD/VCR) . (3) Does the R ...
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Operation of Univer sal Remote Contr ol (Continued) DVD/VCR POWER CHANNEL UP ( a )/ DOWN ( s ) CATV/DVD- TV/VCR REMOTE KEYPAD Denon JVC Magnavo x Marantz Mitsubishi P anasonic Philips Pioneer Proscan RCA Samsung Sharp Sony T oshiba Y amaha Zenith 02 09 04 04 06 02 04 08 03 03 07 01, 10 05 04 02 04 D VD BRAND REMOTE CONTR OL CODE NUMBER • How to i ...
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Operation of Univer sal Remote Contr ol (Continued) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 100 POWER TV DVD VCR MENU MUTE PAUSE FLASHBACK DISPLAY INPUT STOP REC REW PLAY FF CH/SKIP VOL — CH CH VOL + ENTER A B C D PERSONAL PREFERENCE CA TV TV DVD VCR DISPLAY REMOTE KEYPAD CHANNEL UP ( a )/ DOWN ( s ) CATV/DVD- TV/VCR TV POWER • How to identify a cable con ver ter ...
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Bef ore Calling f or Service Check these items and see if y ou can correct the troub le with a slight adjustment of the controls. QUICK SERVICE CHECK LIST POSSIBLE REMEDY Try a new channel, if OK, then there is a possible station trouble. Is TV plugged in? Power at outlet? Is TV’s POWER button on? Is antenna connected to terminal on the back of t ...
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Specifications 27F541 46 MODEL 27F541 Receiving System NTSC Stereo Broadcast MTS/SAP Reception Channels AIR VHF 2-13 ch UHF 14-69 ch CA TV 1-125 ch Channel T uning 181-channel Reception PLL tuning system Antenna Input Impedance VHF/UHF 75 ohm Unbalanced Screen Size 27˝ Diagonally Measured T er minals A udio/Video input x 3 (F ront x 1, Rear x 2) S ...
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