Sharp BD-HP21U - Manual

4 Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled. This product has been engineered and manufactured with the highest priority on safety. However, improper use can result in electric shock and/or fire. In order t...

5 Intr oduction n IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Water and Moisture — Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet basement; or near a swimming pool; and the like. • Stand — Do not place the product on an unstable cart, stand, tr...

7 Intr oduction n About Discs Blu-ray Disc Blu-ray Disc is the ultimate next generation optical media format, offering the following key features: Largest capacity (25 GB single layer – 50 GB dual layer) – with over 5 times the amount of content possible with current DVDs, particularly well suited f...

9 Intr oduction n Icons Used on DVD Video Disc Cases The back of the case of a DVD that is commercially available usually contains various information about the contents of the disc. 1 Audio tracks and audio formats DVD discs can contain up to 8 separate tracks with a different language on each. The...

10 Important Information Disc Precautions Be Careful of Scratches and Dust BD, DVD and CD discs are sensitive to dust, fingerprints and especially scratches. A scratched disc may not be able to be played back. Handle discs with care and store them in a safe place. Proper Disc Storage Place the disc ...

11 Intr oduction n Step 1: Unpacking Make sure the following accessories are provided with the product. Getting Started Remote control unit “AA” size battery ( g 2) AC cord AV cable Step 2: Selecting equipment to connect Connection varies with the equipment used. Refer to Connection. (Pages 14–19)Tu...

12 POWER (p. 22) Remote control sensor (p. 20) Disc tray (p. 24) OPEN/CLOSE (p. 24) ON indicator (p. 22) STANDBY indicator (p. 22) Front panel display (p. 22) BD/DVD/CD mode indicator (p. 22) 12345678 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (p. 16) VIDEO output jack (p. 17) 2CH AUDIO output jacks (p. 19) HDMI OUT...

13 Intr oduction n Remote Control Unit POWER (p. 22) m OPEN/CLOSE (p. 24) AUDIO (p. 29), SUBTITLE (p. 29) Number buttons (pp. 21, 33) REPEAT (pp. 28, 29) T SKIP/ k (pp. 26, 28) U SKIP/ l (pp. 26, 28) F PAUSE (p. 28) d PLAY (p. 24) TOP MENU/TITLE LIST (pp. 24, 26) Cursor buttons ( a / b / c / d ), EN...

14 Introduction to Connections This Player is equipped with the terminals/jacks listed below. Find the corresponding terminal/jack on your video equipment. Using the supplied cable or commercially available cables, connect the video first. Then connect the audio. Video terminals/jacks on this Player...

Connection o 15 Video Connections Connecting to the HDMI Terminal You can enjoy high quality digital picture and sound through the HDMI terminal.When you use AQUOS LINK, make sure to use a certified HDMI cable. This Player Equipment with an HDMI terminal CAUTION HDMI output and Component Video outpu...

16 Video Connections Connecting to the Component Jacks You can enjoy accurate color reproduction and high quality images through the component jacks. Y P B ( C B) P R ( C R) COMPO- NENT IN This Player NOTE Connect the Blu-ray disc player to LCD TV directly. If you playback the image via VCR, the ima...

Connection o 17 Video Connections Connecting to the Video Jack You can enjoy the images through the video jack. This Player NOTE Connect the Blu-ray disc player to LCD TV directly. If you playback the image via VCR, the image may deteriorate due to the copy guard function.When you record the program...

18 Connecting to the Digital Audio Terminal You can connect audio equipment to the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal. This Player Audio equipment with a digital audio input terminal Audio Connections To OPTICAL terminal Optical digital cable (commercially available) 1 To optical input terminal 2 Amplifier ...

20 Loading the Batteries in the Remote Control Hold in the tab on the battery cover and pull the cover towards the direction of the arrow. Load the two “AA” size batteries (R-06 size, UM/SUM-3). Place batteries with their terminals corresponding to the m and n indications in battery compartment. Ins...

p Disc Playback 21 If remote control does not work First, press POWER to turn on this player. Press POWER on the remote control and check the front panel display (RC-1, RC-2 or RC-3).Set the remote control code according to the display and press POWER to see if you can turn on/off the Player. Operat...

22 Turning the Power On Turning the power on Press POWER on the remote control or on the Player to turn on the power of the Player. Entering standby Press POWER on the remote control or on the Player to enter standby. If you press POWER again immediately after entering standby, the Player may not tu...

p Disc Playback 23 Before Starting Playback Turning Off the LCD Backlight and Indications If you feel that the indicators on the Player are too bright when watching movies, you can turn them off except for the ON indicator. Press SETUP to display the SETUP MENU screen. Press a / b / c / d to select ...

24 This section explains playback of commercially available BD Video and DVD Video discs (like movies), CDs, and recorded DVD-RW/R discs. Loading a Disc Press POWER to turn on the power. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. Load a disc on the disc tray. Insert the disc with the label face up.In c...

p Disc Playback 25 Using the disc menu DVD VIDEO Example: Select “SUBTITLE LANGUAGE”. Press POP-UP MENU . The disc menu screen is displayed. Press a / b to select “SUBTITLE LANGUAGE”, then press ENTER . The screen for selecting the subtitle language is displayed. MENU 1 AUDIO LANGUAGE 3 AUDIO 2 SUBT...

26 DVD-R/-RW Playback DVD-R DVD-RW You can play back a recorded disc (finalized disc only). Playback from the beginning Load a recorded disc. Press d PLAY . Playback begins from title 1. Playback by selecting a title Load a recorded disc. Press TOP MENU/TITLE LIST . The TITLE LIST screen is displaye...

p Disc Playback 27 Playback by selecting a PLAY LIST Load a recorded disc. Press TOP MENU/TITLE LIST . The TITLE LIST screen is displayed. Press C (Blue), then press ENTER . The PLAY LIST screen is displayed. [ ( )] ORIGINAL C FUNCTIONS 5/21 FRI 9:30 AM 1 PROGRAM 1 5/21 FRI 110 MIN. 2 PROGRAM 2 8/15...

28 BD VIDEO BD-R BD-RE DVD VIDEO DVD-R DVD-RW AUDIO CD NOTE Some operations in the following playback functions cannot be performed depending on the specifications of the disc. • Fast Forward/Reverse (Search) Fast Forward/Reverse functions when G REV or J FWD is pressed during playback. Example : Wh...

p Disc Playback 29 Partial Repeat Playback (Repeat Playback of a Specified Part) DVD VIDEO DVD-R DVD-RW AUDIO CD NOTE Some operations in the following playback function cannot be performed depending on the specifications of the disc. • Press REPEAT during playback. Press c / d to select “SCENE SELEC...

30 Switching the Angle If multiple angles are recorded, you can switch between them. Press FUNCTION during playback. The Function Control screen is displayed on the TV. BD VIDEO 2 ENGLISH 1 OFF 0 0 : 2 0 : 3 0 1 1 / 3 5 . 1 c h RETURN SELECT ENTER 5 5 / 2 ENTER Press a / b to select the Angle Number...

p Disc Playback 31 CD-R JPEG CD-RW JPEG NOTE This Player can play still images (JPEG files) that have been recorded on CD-RW/R discs. For details on the still images that you can play using this player, refer to “About the JPEG file format” on page 8.During “Normal play”, still images are played one...

32 Function Control This allows you to adjust various settings at once, like subtitles, angle settings and the title selection for Direct Playback. You can adjust the video and audio to suit your preferences. The operations are the same for BD and DVD. Function control screen BD VIDEO 2 ENGLISH 1 OF...

34 SETTINGS Common operations The “MENU” enables various audio/visual settings and adjustments on the functions using the remote control unit. You need to call up the OSD to perform settings for this player. The following is the explanation for the basic operations of the “MENU”. Example: Setting “F...

Settings q 35 SETTINGS AUDIO VIDEO SETTINGS TV ASPECT RATIO You can set the screen aspect ratio of the connected TV, and adjust the video output.If you switch your TV (i.e. because you have bought a new one) and the screen aspect ratio of the connected TV changes, you will have to change the “TV ASP...

36 SETTINGS DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL This lets you adjust the range between the loudest and softest sounds (dynamic range) for playback at average volume. Use this when it is hard to hear dialog. NORMAL: The same audio output range is played as the original recorded audio output range. SHIFT*: When Dol...

Settings q 37 SETTINGS FRONT DISPLAY/LED If you feel that the indicators on the Player are too bright when watching movies, you can turn them off except for the ON indicator. ON, OFF VERSION When you select “VERSION”, the system software version is displayed. Country Code List USA / CANADA / JAPAN /...

Appendix r 41 Troubleshooting The Player power cannot be turned on. Is the power cord firmly plugged into the AC outlet?When the power cord is plugged into an AC outlet, press and hold POWER on the Player until “ ” appears on the front panel display. Then, after the STANDBY indicator is lit, turn on...

42 Left and right channels of audio are reversed, or sound comes out of only one side. Are left and right audio cables connected to the opposite terminal, or is one side disconnected? Disc does not play back automatically. Have you set a disc that has an automatic playback function? The Player heats...

Appendix r 43 Glossary BD-J application The BD-ROM format supports Java for interactive functions. “BD-J” offers content providers almost unlimited functionality when creating interactive BD-ROM titles. BDMV (page 7) BDMV (Blu-ray Disc Movie, BD-MV) refers to one of the application formats used for ...

44 MPEG-2 MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase 2) is one of the video data compression schemes, which is adopted for DVD videos and digital broadcasts worldwide. Some Blu-ray Discs also use high bitrate MPEG-2. Multi Angle (pages 30, 32) This is a feature of DVD and BD video discs. In some dis...

Appendix r 45 Specifications General Power supply AC 120V, 60Hz Power consumption (Normal) 23 W Power consumption (Standby) 0.4 W (When “QUICK START” is set to “NO”) Dimensions Approx. 16 59 / 64 g 2 11 / 16 g 13 3 / 16 inch (W g H g D) Approx. 430 mm g 68 mm g 335 mm (W g H g D) Weight Approx. 8.8 ...

46 CONSUMER LIMITED WARRANTY SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION warrants to the first consumer purchaser that this Sharp brand product (the “Product”), when shipped in its original container, will be free from defective workmanship and materials, and agrees that it will, at its option, either repair the ...

48 Memo BD-HP21U_en.indd 48 BD-HP21U_en.indd 48 2008/07/17 19:44:45 2008/07/17 19:44:45

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