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    LCD COLOUR TELEVISION LCD-F ARBFERNSEHGERÄT TÉLÉVISION COULEUR À ÉCRAN À CRIST A UX LIQUIDES (LCD) TELEVISORE A COLORI LCD LCD-KLEURENTELEVISIE TELEVISIÓN EN COLOR LCD OPERA TION MANU AL BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MODE D’EMPLOI MANU ALE DI ISTR UZIONI GEBR UIKSAANWIJZING MANU AL DE MANEJO LC-32RD2E LC-37RD2E LC-42RD2E LC-32RD2S LC-37RD2S LC-42RD2[...]

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    200.0 200,0 85.0 85,0 200.0 200,0 (795.0) / [917.0] / ((1027.0)) (795,0) / [917,0] / ((1027,0)) (80.7) / [101.8] (80,7) / [101,8] ((97.7)) ((97,7)) (255.0) / [306.4] (255,0) / [306,4] ((306.4)) ((306,4)) (123.7) / [125.3] (123,7) / [125,3] ((141.6)) ((141,6)) (700.0) / [822.6] / ((933.0)) (700,0) / [822,6] / ((933,0)) (506.0) / [543.0] / ((543.0)) [...]

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    1 OPERA TION MANU AL ENGLISH Contents …………………………………………………………… 1 Dear SHARP customer …………………………………………… 2 Important Safety Precautions ………………………………… 2 T rademarks ………………………………………………………… 2 Supplied acces[...]

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    2 Thank you for your pur chase of the SHARP LCD colour TV product. T o ensure safety and many years of trouble- free operation of your pr oduct, please read the Important Safety Precautions car efully before using this product. Dear SHARP customer • Cleaning—Unplug the AC cord fr om the AC outlet before cleaning the product. Use a damp cloth to[...]

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    3 Supplied accessories Quic k guide Remote control unit ( g 1) AC cord ( g 1) Pages 5 and 6 U.K. type 3-pin AC cord is only included with models LC-32RD2E, LC-37RD2E,LC-42RD2E. Page 4 • “AAA” size battery ( g 2) ...... Page 5 Cable clamp (Small g 1, Large g 1) Page 4 Cable tie ( g 1) Page 4 3 RCA to 15-pin D-sub adapter ( g 1) Page 9 • Oper[...]

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    4 Quick guide Setting the TV Bundling the cables Setting the TV on the wall • This TV should be mounted on the wall only with the wall mount brac ket available fr om SHARP . (See page 35.) The use of other wall mount brackets ma y result in an unstable installation and may cause serious injuries. • When you use the AN-37A G2 (SHARP) wall mount [...]

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    5 Quick guide CA UTION Improper use of batteries can r esult in chemical leakage or explosion. Be sure to follow the instructions below . • Do not mix batteries of differ ent types. Differ ent types of batteries have differ ent characteristics. • Do not mix old and new batteries. Mixing old and new batteries can shorten the life of new batterie[...]

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    6 Remote control unit Quick guide 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 28 30 31 32 33 4 5 15 16 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 2 1 m (T eletext) Select the TELETEXT mode. (All TV image, DTV/DA T A image, all TEXT image, TV/TEXT image) (See pages 21 and 31.) DTV : Select DTV data br oadcasting and TELETEXT . 2 B (Standby/On) Enter standby mode or turn on[...]

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    7 TV (Front vie w) Quick guide TV (Rear view) NO TE • Only if you use an active terr estrial antenna, select “On (5V)” under “Supply V oltage”. (See page 18.) AC INPUT terminal OPC sensor Remote contr ol sensor B (Standby/On) indicator OPC indicator a (Power button) b (Input button) i ( l / k ) (V olume buttons) P ( s / r ) (Programme [ch[...]

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    8 Quick guide T urning on the power Press a on the TV or B on the remote control unit. NO TE • If you ar e not going to use this TV for a long period of time, be sure to remove the AC cor d from the power outlet. • W eak electric power is still consumed even when a is turned off. • In DTV input mode, if the power is turned off immediately aft[...]

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    9 Using e xternal equipment Setting the input sour ce T o view external source images, select the input source using b on the r emote control unit or the TV . NO TE • The cables marked with * ar e commercially available items. Connecting a VCR Y ou can use the EXT 1 or 2 terminals when connecting a VCR and other audiovisual equipment. If your VCR[...]

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    10 Using e xternal equipment NO TE • The cables marked with * ar e commercially available items. • The PC input terminals are DDC1/2B-compatible. • Refer to page 33 for a list of PC signals compatible with the TV . • When connecting to a PC, the corr ect input signal type is automatically detected. This TV incorporates three typical A V Lin[...]

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    11 MENU [ Option ... Colour System ] Option Audio Only DNR Input Select Colour System [Off] [CVBS] [AUTO] Menu operations On-Screen Displa y Example 1 Item displa yed in white • This indicates an item can be selected. 2 Item displa yed in yello w • This indicates the item currently selected. 3 Item in brac kets • This indicates the current se[...]

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    12 MENU [ Picture ] Picture Audio Contrast OPC AV Mode [STANDARD] [Off] Brightness Colour Tint Sharpness Advanced Reset [+30] [0] [0] [0] [0] 0 0 –30 –30 –30 +40 +30 +30 +30 +10 Backlight [+6] –8 +8 Menu Operation: B 1 Press MENU and the MENU screen displa ys. 2 Press c / d to select the desired menu. 3 Press a / b to select the desired men[...]

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    13 Picture menu TitleB Menu operations MENU [ Picture ] Picture Audio Contrast OPC AV Mode [STANDARD] [Off] Brightness Colour Tint Sharpness Advanced Reset [+30] [0] [0] [0] [0] 0 0 – 30 – 30 – 30 +40 +30 +30 +30 +10 Backlight [+6] – 8 +8 NO TE • Y ou can also select A V Mode options by pressing AV MODE on the remote contr ol unit. • Y [...]

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    14 Menu operations Black For easier viewing, change the viewing depth by selecting a level for automatically adjusting the dark portion of an image. 3D-Y/C Pr ovide high quality images with minimal dot crawl and cross colour noise by detecting changes in the image. Off: No detecting Standard: Normal adjustment Fast: Set the optimum image quality fo[...]

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    15 Setup menu Menu operations MENU [ Setup ] Setup Option Child Lock Auto Installation Programme Setup Position WSS 4:3 Mode [Panorama] [On] [Off (0V)] Supply Voltage [English] Language P ower Management Menu Operation: A (page 12) When set, the TV will automatically enter the standby mode. Off: • No power management • Factory preset value. Mod[...]

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    16 Menu operations Programme Setup This section describes how to set up analogue TV channels manually . A uto Search Y ou can automatically search for and download TV channels by perfor ming the pr ocedure below . This is the same function as from pr ogramme auto search to preset download in Auto Installation. 1 Repeat steps 1 to 4 in Programme Set[...]

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    17 4 Enter the 4-digit number as a PIN using 0 – 9 . 5 Enter the same 4-digit number as in step 4 to confirm. • “The system PIN has been changed successfully” displays. NO TE • T o view a locked channel, you must enter a PIN. (See this page and page 27 for locking channels from viewing in analogue TV and DTV mode.) When you select a locke[...]

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    18 Menu operations WSS signal 4:3 screen 4:3 mode “P anorama” 4:3 mode “Normal” 4:3 Mode Menu Operation: A (page 12) The WSS signal has 4:3 auto-switching that allows you to select between Normal and Panorama. Normal: Normal range keeping 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio P anorama: Wide image without side bars TV/DTV/A V only Item Fine Sync. Menu O[...]

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    19 Menu operations HDMI Setup HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) terminal selection. 1 T o watch an HDMI equipment image , select “ EXT5 ” or “ EXT6 ” (the ter minal which you are using) from “ INPUT SOURCE ” men u using b on the remote control unit or TV . 2 Press MENU and the MENU screen displa ys. 3 Press c / d to select “[...]

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    20 4:3 Mode set to “Normal” NO TE • If the signal contains no WSS information, Auto Selection will not function even when the WSS option is enabled. WIDE MODE Y ou can select the pictur e size. Selectable picture size varies with the type of signal r eceived. 4:3 Mode set to “Panorama” Normal: For 4:3 “standard” pictur es. A side bar [...]

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    21 T eletext function What is T eletext? T eletext broadcasts pages of information and entertainment to specially equipped television sets. Y our TV receives T eletext signals broadcast by a TV network, and decodes them into graphical format for viewing. News, weather and sports information, stock exchange prices and pr ogramme previews are among t[...]

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    22 DTV On-Screen Displa y Example 1 Language • T o customise the language prefer ence for audio and MHEG5 application. 2 Programme Setup • T o configure various settings for each service. These include: Fav(ourite), Lock, Move, Move T o, Skip, Select, Erase, Label, and View functions. 3 Installation • T o scan all services available in your a[...]

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    23 DTV menu operations About using the character set screen In some cases you may be pr ompted to enter characters. See below for details. Sample Alpha Numerical Character Set screen Alpha Numerical Character Set OK END Select FAV !~ # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . / 012345 6789 ; : <_> ? @ ABCDE F GH I J K LM NOPQRS T UV W X Y Z[ ]^`= a bcde[...]

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    24 DTV menu operations F av ourite Assign services to 4 differ ent favourite groups. 1 Press a / b to select the desired ser vice. 2 Press on the remote control. A selection bo x displa ys. 3 Press a / b to register the selected service to any of the 4 f av ourite groups (None, F a v 1 ... F av 4) and then press OK . An icon displays indicating the[...]

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    25 Label Change individual service names. 1 Press a / b to select the desired ser vice. 2 Press on the remote control. A character set screen displa ys. 3 Enter new name f or the ser vice. See page 23 for operations using the character set screen. Erase Erase the selected service(s) fr om the memory . 1 Press a / b to select the desired ser vice. 2[...]

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    26 DTV menu operations Carrier Setup This is pr ovided for you to rename (label), erase, or r e-scan carriers. “Carrier” in this context refers to a service station that pr ovides a set of individual services. 1 Press c / d to select “Installation”. 2 Press a / b to select “Carr ier Setup”, and then press OK . If y ou hav e already set [...]

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    27 DTV menu operations Child Lock This function allows TV and Radio services to be r estricted. It prevents childr en from watching violent or sexual scenes that may be harmful. 1 Press c / d to select “System Setup”. 2 Press a / b to select “Child Loc k”, and then press OK . 3 If y ou hav e already set the PIN, enter it here. If not, enter[...]

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    28 DTV menu operations Inser ting a CA car d A single DVB Common Interface (CI) will be implemented to allow adoption of a Conditional Access (CA) system by means of a plug-in CA module. Scrambled Broadcasting ser vice can be routed via the CA system. If the CA system on the CI module requir es a smart- card r eader , this reader shall be part of t[...]

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    29 Useful features (DTV) About EPG With the Electronic Pr ogramme Guide (EPG), you can check the schedule of DTV and Radio events, view detailed information about them, tune to an event currently on-air and set a timer for futur e events. General EPG screen *** EPG Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11 Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11 Services 07:00 08:00 09:00 070 BBC N[...]

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    30 Useful features (DTV) ESG Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11 Sun 16/04/2005 07:05:11 Services Current Event 070 BBC News 07:00 – 07:30 The Bold and Beautiful BBC News The Bold and Beautiful *** *** *** BBC 1 BBC 2 CBBC Channel Page l Page k Select i+ END OK DTV MENU RADIO TV/Radio 7 BBC 1 07:45 04/11/2005 MHEG 07:00 Business news 08:00 BBC 1 Programme Li[...]

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    31 Useful features (DTV) Multi Audio S.No Language Code 1 Eng 2 Fre 3 Ger 4 Fin MPEG2 MPEG2 MPEG2 1212 1213 1214 PID 1211 Audio Type MPEG2 Stereo Audio Mode Select OK END DTV MENU 2 Press a / b to select “Language”, c / d to select the desired language a v ailab le in the stream, and then press b . 3 Select “Subtitle”, press c / d to select[...]

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    32 • Check if you pressed B on the remote contr ol unit. (See page 8.) If the indicator on the TV lights up red, pr ess B . • Is the AC cord disconnected? (See page 4.) • Check if you pr essed a on the TV . (See page 8.) • External influences such as lightning, static electricity , etc., may cause improper operation. In this case, operate t[...]

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    33 Appendix PC compatibility chart Resolution Horizontal F requency V er tical F requency VESA Standard 640 g 480 VGA 31.5 kHz 60 Hz ✓ 800 g 600 SVGA 37.9 kHz 60 Hz ✓ Communication pr ocedure Send the control commands fr om the PC via the RS- 232C connector . The TV operates according to the r eceived command and sends a response message to the[...]

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    34 Appendix Commands P I I I I I D D C C D D D D I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I A A A A A A A V V POWER OFF (STANDBY) INPUT SWITCHING (Toggle) TV (CHANNEL FIXED) DTV (CHANNEL FIXED) EXT1 – 6 (1 – 6) 1 to 6, ERR (TV/DTV) TV DIRECT CHANNEL (1 – 99) 1 to 99 CHANNEL UP CHANNEL DOWN DTV DIRECT CHANNEL (1 to 999) 1 to 999 DTV CHANNEL UP DTV CHANNEL [...]

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    35 Item Video Colour System P AL/SECAM/NTSC 3.58/NTSC 4.43/P AL 60 TV Function CCIR (B/G, I, D/K, L, L ’ ) TV -Standard Specifications LCD panel Number of dots 3,147,264 dots (1366 g 768 g 3 dots) VHF/UHF E2 – E69ch, F2 – F10ch, I21 – I69ch, IR A – IR Jch, (Digital: E5 – E69ch) CA TV Hyper -band, S1 – S41ch TV -T uning System Auto Pre[...]

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    36 A. Inf ormation on Disposal for Users (priv ate households) 1. In the Eur opean Union Attention: If you want to dispose of this equipment, please do not use the ordinary dust bin! Used electrical and electronic equipment must be treated separately and in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, recov er y and recycling of used[...]

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    200.0 200,0 85.0 85,0 200.0 200,0 (795.0) / [917.0] / ((1027.0)) (795,0) / [917,0] / ((1027,0)) (80.7) / [101.8] (80,7) / [101,8] ((97.7)) ((97,7)) (255.0) / [306.4] (255,0) / [306,4] ((306.4)) ((306,4)) (123.7) / [125.3] (123,7) / [125,3] ((141.6)) ((141,6)) (700.0) / [822.6] / ((933.0)) (700,0) / [822,6] / ((933,0)) (506.0) / [543.0] / ((543.0)) [...]

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    LCD COLOUR TELEVISION LCD-F ARBFERNSEHGERÄT TÉLÉVISION COULEUR À ÉCRAN À CRIST A UX LIQUIDES (LCD) TELEVISORE A COLORI LCD LCD-KLEURENTELEVISIE TELEVISIÓN EN COLOR LCD OPERA TION MANU AL BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MODE D’EMPLOI MANU ALE DI ISTR UZIONI GEBR UIKSAANWIJZING MANU AL DE MANEJO LC-32RD2E LC-37RD2E LC-42RD2E LC-32RD2S LC-37RD2S LC-42RD2[...]