Page 2 - Safety precautions; Damage
2 Safety precautions Do not place this TV set on an unstablecar t, stand, shelf, or table. The TV setmay fall, causing serious injur y to a childor adult, and serious damage to the set. Shar p recommends securing the TV setto a stable surface or wall to prevent theset from falling due to sudden shoc...
Page 4 - Contents
4 Selecting menu items Useful features Contents Safety precautions .................................................... 2Accessories .............................................................. 5Easy setup ............................................................... 6Part names ...................
Page 5 - Dear SHARP Customer; Remote control; The following accessories are included with this television.; Accessories
5 Dear SHARP Customer Thank you for buying SHARP’s ColourTelevision. We hope you will have manyyears of enjoyment from this televisionset. To ensure proper operation, pleaseread this manual carefully, and keep it ina safe place for future reference. Remote control Size-AA batteries Operation manual ...
Page 6 - Easy setup; To use your TV set, perform the easy setup procedure below.; Connect any video equipment.
6 Easy setup To use your TV set, perform the easy setup procedure below. The mark indicates the page number with more detailed information. Connect the antenna. • See 11 to connect the antenna. Connect any video equipment. • See 40 , 41 to connect video equipment. • See the operation manual of your ...
Page 7 - Part names; Installing batteries in the remote control unit; The
7 Part names • Be sure to match the batter y j j j j j / k k k k k terminals with the j j j j j / k k k k k marks inside the compar tment. • Remove the 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 dam...
Page 8 - Bottom; TV Set
8 Part names Bottom 12 12 7 31 28 SX66NF100 13 13 41 18 13 13 CH CH / Power indicator Power can be turned on by the remote control when the indicator is lit red. Door Power switch Turns on and off the main power. Infrared sensor window Receives the infrared wave from the remote control. Headphones j...
Page 10 - Rear terminals
10 Part names Rear terminals SX66NF100 SX76NF100 11 41 41 41 40 41 COMPONENT IN/AUDIO INterminals Connect to a DVD player, etc. AV-2 IN VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R)terminals Connect to a VCR, etc. AV-1 IN VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R)terminals Connect to a VCR, etc. VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R) OUT terminals Connect to a VCR, etc. S...
Page 11 - Antenna connections
11 If your outdoor antenna uses a 75-ohm coaxial cable with a standardDIN45325 plug (IEC 169-2), plug it into the Antenna In terminal at therear of the TV set. If your outdoor antenna uses a 300-ohm twin-lead flat feeder, connect a300-ohm to 75-ohm impedance conver ter and plug it into the Antenna I...
Page 12 - Watching TV; With; Adjust volume using; With the number buttons (on remote control); Remote Control; Watching a TV programme; Simple operations for watching a TV programme
12 Watching TV 1 Turn on power. • When the Power indicator (see 8 and 9 ) is off, press . • When the Power indicator lights up red, press on the remote control. The Power indicator changes to green and a picture appears. TV Set (Bottom) With CH / CH (on remote control) • Press CH , and channels chan...
Page 13 - Operating the TV buttons; Simple operation of the TV set; Using; Using headphones; Behind the door
13 • Select an appropriate volume so as not to injure your hearing.• To avoid injuring your hearing, do not put on the headphones before plugging them into the Headphones jack and before the power is turned on. • The proper impedance for the headphones is 32 ohms.• Remove the headphones plug from th...
Page 14 - Channel/Timer display; Useful features; Mute
14 Channel/Timer display Displays the current channel number, the timer, and othersettings on the screen. 2 Press again. • The timer displays disappear. 1 Press . • The time remaining on the Off Timer, On Timer, Reminder, and thechannel number and colour/soundsystem indications appear on thescreen. ...
Page 15 - Switches between TV broadcasts and AV input programmes.; Each time you press; Channel recall; Press; or; or; COMPONEN T
15 TV/Video selection Switches between TV broadcasts and AV input programmes. Each time you press TV/VIDEO , the input switches between AV1 (or SAV1 when S-VIDEO terminal is used), AV2, AV3 (or SAV3 when S-VIDEO terminal is used), COMPONENT, and TV programme. Channel recall Switches back to the chan...
Page 16 - Selecting a menu item; Selecting menu items
16 Selecting a menu item 1 Press MENU / MENU/PRESET to call MENU screen. 3 Press / to enter. • The corresponding menu screen will appear. This TV set allows you to adjust the picture and sound, and set the channels and other featuresusing the on-screen display with the remote control or from the TV ...
Page 17 - Settings and adjustments; On-screen display language selection; TV set
17 Settings and adjustments On-screen display language selection The on-screen display language can be set to English,Chinese, French, Russian, Malay or Arabic. 3 Press MENU/PRESET until normal screen appears. 2 Press CH / CH to select desired language. • Pressing MENU/PRESET changes the screen as s...
Page 18 - Manual channel tuning
18 Settings and adjustments Manual channel tuning Enables manual channel tuning to a desired TV station. (e.g.tuning the TV to a VCR, tuning in an additional TV station.)NOTE: This TV is already tuned into 2, 7, 9, 10 and 28. 1 Press and hold down MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. • The Languag...
Page 19 - Auto channel tuning
19 Auto channel tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations,using consecutive channel numbers (e.g. 2, 7, 9, 10 will bestored as 1, 2, 3, 4) 1 Press and hold down MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. • The Language Select screen appears. • Auto Preset stores all receivable cha...
Page 20 - Channel setting; Enables individual channel setting.
20 Channel setting Enables individual channel setting. 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press CH / CH to select “CH-SETTING”. 3 Press / to display CH-SETTING menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select desired item. 5 Each time you press / , setting for individual items changes as follows: • POSITION: The ch...
Page 21 - Picture adjustment
21 Picture adjustment 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press CH / CH to select “PICTURE”. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 above to adjust other items. 7 Press MENU until normal screen appears. • When NORMAL is pressed while the PICTURE menu is displayed, the setting for the selected item is reset to the s...
Page 22 - Sound adjustment
22 Settings and adjustments Sound adjustment 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press CH / CH to select “SOUND”. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 above to adjust other items. 7 Press MENU until normal screen appears. • When NORMAL is pressed while the SOUND menu is displayed, the setting for the selected ite...
Page 23 - Surround effect level adjustment; Surround sound; Produces a virtual surround sound from the TV’s speakers.; Favourite channels
23 Each time you press SURROUND , the mode toggles between ON and OFF. OFF : Produces normal sound. ON : Produces surround sound. • Surround Sound only works when a stereo signal is being received. 2 Press / to adjust the surround effect level. 1 Press SURROUND until the SURROUND ON mode screen is d...
Page 24 - Wide mode; Selects the width of the picture.; Wide mode selection; Selectable wide mode
24 Each time you press , the width of the picture changes as shown below. (See page 25.) PANORAMA FULL NORMAL ZOOM (14:9) CINEMA Settings and adjustments Wide mode Selects the width of the picture. Wide mode selection CH CH V-SIZE/V-SCROLL adjustment Selectable wide mode Input Mode PANORAMA FULL NOR...
Page 25 - Detail information on each wide mode
25 4 : 3 16 : 9 Detail information on each wide mode PANORAMA Adapts the broadcast picture to 16:9 formatwithout changing the centre of view. This isespecially useful for programmes like the newswhen the speaker in the centre of the pictureneeds to be seen clearly. FULL Adapts the broadcast picture ...
Page 26 - Blue screen
26 Settings and adjustments Automatically turns the screen blue if a broadcast signal isnot received. • Poor reception due to weak signals and too much noise may activate BLUE BACK, despite the presence of a broadcast signal. To continue watching TV under these conditions, set BLUE BACK to“OFF”. • W...
Page 27 - Auto select
27 When video equipment, such as a video game system orcamcorder, is connected to the front (AV-3 IN) terminals, thisTV set automatically selects the input mode (AV3) when thevideo equipment is turned on. • If the video equipment is connected to the rear terminals on the TV set, the video mode will ...
Page 28 - Save; Using MENU screen
28 Settings and adjustments Save This function reduces the picture brightness to create asofter image while saving electricity. 3 Press / to display FEATURE menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select “SAVE”. 5 Press / to select “ON” or “OFF”. • When SAVE is set to “ON”, the POWER SAVE indicator on the TV set l...
Page 29 - Adjusts the headphones volume.; Headphones volume; Rotation
29 Adjusts the headphones volume. Headphones volume 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press CH / CH to select “FEATURE ”. 3 Press / to display FEATURE menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select “ ”. 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears. CH CH MENU MENU P I C TURESOUND F E A TURE T I MERCH– S E T T I NG 5...
Page 30 - Off timer
30 Settings and adjustments Off timer Automatically turns power off after a set length of time haspassed. 3 Press / to display TIMER menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select “OFF ”. 5 Press / to set time for TV to turn off. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes. • As soon as the time i...
Page 31 - On timer
31 On timer Automatically turns power on after a set length of time haspassed. 3 Press / to display TIMER menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select “ON ”. 5 Press / to set time for TV to turn on. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes. • As soon as the time is entered, the timer star ts ...
Page 32 - Reminder on-screen timer
32 Settings and adjustments 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen. 2 Press CH / CH to select “TIMER”. 3 Press / to display TIMER menu. 4 Press CH / CH to select “ ”. • This function also works in the Standby mode. Power is automatically turned on five minutes before the preset length of time expires. The...
Page 33 - Broadcast features; NICAM broadcasts; Stereo; Bilingual; Monaural
33 Broadcast features NICAM broadcasts Enables selection of reception mode when receiving aNICAM-I, -B/G, or -D/K signal. Stereo Each time you press MPX , the mode switches between NICAM STEREO and MONO. Bilingual Each time you press MPX , the mode switches between M1 (main sound), M2 (sub sound), a...
Page 34 - mode switches between STEREO and; mode switches between MAIN and; A2 stereo system broadcasts
34 Broadcast features Each time you press MPX , the mode switches between STEREO and MONO. Stereo Each time you press MPX , the mode switches between MAIN and SUB. Bilingual • The setting can be selected individually for each channel position.• A2 stereo-B/G: National and regional broadcast system u...
Page 35 - Teletext broadcasts; FLOF and LIST; FLOF
35 Teletext broadcasts Teletext is an information service, organised like a magazine, which is provided by sometelevision stations in addition to regular television broadcasting. Your television receivesspecial Teletext signals broadcast by a TV station, processes the information anddisplays it grap...
Page 36 - Other features
36 Broadcast features Other features (Text/Mix/Picture) Each time you press the button, the displaymode changes as shown below. TV mode Teletext mode Mixed mode TV mode: Current TV programme screen. TV mode Teletext mode Mixed mode Current Programme (Half page) Each time you press the button, the up...
Page 38 - LIST mode; Teletext page memory list; Page memory operation
38 Broadcast features LIST mode Teletext page memory list Your TV has 40 Teletext page number memories for fast recall of Teletextinformation.In programme positions 1 through 9, four Teletext page numbers can bestored in each position; a total of 36 pages.In programme positions 10 through 99, only o...
Page 39 - How colour buttons work in FLOF mode
39 1 Select an appropriateprogramme channel. 2 Press to select the Teletext mode. 3 Press LIST to change from FLOF system to LIST mode. 4 To recall a page numberdisplayed in the colouredbrackets, simply press thecorresponding Colour button. 5 Press LIST again to return to FLOF mode. Fast page select...
Page 40 - Connections; Connecting to a DVD player; Turn on the DVD player and
40 Connections • When connecting the TV to a DVD player via the COMPONENT IN terminals, the video and audio from the DVD player cannot be output through the AUDIO/VIDEO OUT ter minals on the TV. • Please refer to the operation manual of your DVD player for more infor mation.• Be sure to fully inser ...
Page 41 - Connecting to video equipment
41 Connecting to video equipment Enjoy playback from a video disc player, VCR or other video equipment by connectingthem to this TV set using the Audio/Video In terminals. Example use of front terminals Example use of rear terminals • The S-VIDEO terminal has priority over the Video ter minal.• The ...
Page 42 - Troubleshooting; Problems; Possible Causes/Remedies
42 Troubleshooting The following problems do not always indicate a hardware failure. Therefore, please usethe troubleshooting guide below before calling for repair service.If, after following the guide none of the remedies work, unplug the TV set and call forservice. Quick Service Check List Try a n...
Page 43 - Specifications
43 Specifications • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.• Receiving system: These receiving systems, encompassing all currently available technology, include those with planned broadcast, videotape and laserdisc hardware and software. • Reception channels: Some examples of...
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SHARP CORPORATION WARRANTY Consumer Electronic Products Congratulations on Your Purchase! This Shar p product is warranted against faults in materials and manufacture for a period of twelve (12)*months from the date of original purchase. If ser vice is required dur ing the warranty per iod, please c...