Sharp DV-NC230SB, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...lly before using your VCR DVD COMBINATION 2 PULL OPEN DV NC230 OPERATE OPEN CLOSE PLAY STOP DVD VCR CH TIMER REC PLAY REW FF STOP EJECT TRACKING OUTPUT The region number for this VCR DVD is 2 MODEL DV NC230S B PAL P REFACE DVD F UNCTIONS S ETUP VCR F UNCTIONS I NFORMATION P RECAUTIONS ...

Page 2: ...R DVD vertically Install the VCR DVD in a hori zontal and stable position Do not place anything directly on top of the VCR DVD Do not place the VCR DVD directly on top of the TV Depending on the TV noise or disturbance of the picture and or sound may be generated if the VCR DVD is placed too close to your TV In this case please ensure enough space between your TV and the VCR DVD Do not cover or pl...

Page 3: ...RKER SETUP 27 REPEAT RANDOM PROGRAMMED PLAYBACK 27 Repeat Playback 27 Repeat A B Playback Random Playback Programmed Playback 28 SPECIAL SETTINGS 29 Subtitle Language Audio Language Camera Angles Digital Gamma Setting 29 Stereo Sound Mode Virtual Surround 30 DVD SETUP 30 QUICK SETUP Menu 30 CUSTOM Menu 30 LANGUAGE Setting 31 DISPLAY Setting 31 AUDIO Setting 32 PARENTAL Setting 32 OTHERS Setting 33...

Page 4: ...is information for future reference Model No VCR DVD COMBINATION DV NC230S B Serial No ______________________________________ Maintenance SERVICING 1 Please refer to relevant topics in the Troubleshooting Guide on page 36 before returning the product 2 Do not attempt to service this VCR DVD yourself Instead unplug it and contact a SHARP Approved Service Centre for inspection 3 Be sure the service ...

Page 5: ... recorded in the video format and finalised can be played back Unfinalised discs cannot be played back Depending on the recording status of a disc the disc may not be played back at all or the picture or sound may not be smooth etc 8 If the recorded portion of the disc is too small less than 55 mm across it may not play back properly 9 Do not glue paper or put stickers on to the disc These may dam...

Page 6: ...PLAY DVD To begin disc playback 3 STOP DVD To stop playback 4 DVD OUTPUT Indicator The indicator is on when this VCR DVD is in the DVD mode Make sure that this indicator is on before using the DVD player 5 OUTPUT To select the DVD mode or VCR mode 6 VCR OUTPUT Indicator The indicator is on when this VCR DVD is in the VCR mode Make sure that this indicator is on before VCR operation 7 OPEN CLOSE DV...

Page 7: ...MER ON OFF CH SLOW SEARCHMODE GAMMA MENU TITLE STILL PAUSE REC OTR STOP PLAY FWD REV RETURN SKIP REPEAT A B REPEAT CLEAR C RESET ENTER ZOOM AUDIO VCR MARKER DVD MODE SETUP SUBTITLE OPEN CLOSE EJECT ANGLE DISPLAY OPERATE VCR DVD COMBINATION NA545FD VCR OUTPUT DVD OUTPUT button DVD OUTPUT indicator VCR OUTPUT indicator DVD button VCR button VCR DVD SWITCHING Display During Operation No disc inserted...

Page 8: ...emote control in DVD mode Press to accept a setting Press to accept a setting Press to accept a setting Press to adjust the black parts of the picture brighter Press to adjust the black parts of the picture brighter Press to adjust the black parts of the picture brighter VCD Press to call back the Marker display Press to call back the Marker display VCD CD Activates Virtual Surround or Rapid Play ...

Page 9: ... VCD CD MP3 Press to begin slow forward playback during the pause mode VCD Fast forwards playback to a desired point Press to forward in slow motion faster Press to display the DVD menus Press to display the file lists Press to display the MP3 or JPEG file lists Press to display the VCR menu Press to insert discs into or remove them from the tray Press to insert discs into or remove them from the ...

Page 10: ...EO OUT and or a COMPONENT VIDEO OUT with the VIDEO OUT SCART make sure your TV s input mode is set correctly according to the connection you made You will not be able to hear all of the sound being output by the VCR DVD if you use the audio cables commercially available to a monau ral TV that has only one audio input jack Be sure that the colours of the jacks and plugs match up when connecting the...

Page 11: ...2 C Digital Connection to Audio Equipment or MD deck without a Dolby Digital Decoder Audio CD Audio CDs can be transferred digitally to other equipment such as an MD deck or DAT deck play the disc as you would normally with the connection shown above Audio CDs recorded in the DTS for mat cannot be transferred digitally or via analogue Some Audio CDs have a short silent section between musical trac...

Page 12: ... DAY 01 FR HOUR _ _ MINUTE _ _ or To decide 6 Select the current hour CLOCK YEAR 2005 MONTH 07 DAY 16 SA B HOUR _ _ MINUTE _ _ or To decide 7 Select the current minute CLOCK YEAR 2005 MONTH 07 DAY 16 SA HOUR 01 B MINUTE _ _ or To decide 8 To exit the CLOCK screen Hint To go back one step press Cursor s during the steps 3 to 7 Although seconds are not displayed they begin counting from 00 when you ...

Page 13: ...decide MANUAL POSITON P05 B CHANNEL 005 DECODER OFF SKIP OFF VIDEO MODE SECAM Channel Plan CH Indication TV Channel 02 12 E2 E12 21 69 E21 E69 74 78 X Y Z Z 1 Z 2 80 99 100 S1 S20 GAP 121 141 S21 S41 142 153 R1 R12 8 To exit the Manual Channel Preset To confirm that a channel has been added press CH K L Hint Usually this VCR DVD distinguishes the colour system which should be set according to the ...

Page 14: ...he back ground will return to the static screen 5 MOVE P01 02 P06 07 P02 03 P07 08 P03 11 P08 09 P04 05 P09 10 P05 06 B P10 04 or To decide Press Cursor K L repeatedly until the channel move to another position number 6 To exit the Channel Reprogramming Change the On Screen Language VCR DVD COMBINATION NA527AD 1 2 3 6 5 4 7 0 10 8 9 STOP PLAY VCR DVD press first 1 Select INITIAL or To decide MENU ...

Page 15: ... and 2 minutes for LP recording Insert a tape into this VCR DVD 1 x1 Once INDEX 01 2 Pro 1 Pro 2 Pro 3 Pro 4 Pro 5 02 01 01 02 03 Beginning of tape End of tape CURRENT PROGRAMME INDEX MARK 01 20 INDEX 03 or Within 30 seconds 3 To rewind After searching To fast forward Within 30 seconds 4 B When the preset programme is reached the VCR DVD will start playback automatically Hint Index Search can be s...

Page 16: ...he desired channel or P12 TV Screen 3 SP Tape S peed S P Mode R ecording Playback Time Tape Type LP Mode E 60 1 hour 2 hours E 120 2 hours 4 hours E 180 3 hours 6 hours E 240 4 hours 8 hours Select the desired tape speed 4 I SP PSNBM SFDPSEJOH 3 You can select a fixed recording time by pressing REC OTR repeatedly Recording stops when 0 00 is reached To check remaining time during an OTR press DISP...

Page 17: ...MENU then Cursor B 3 Press Cursor K L to select the programme number which you want to check The details of the programme will appear on the TV screen Press Cursor s B to go to the digit you want to change Then enter correct numbers by pressing Cursor K L You may cancel the entire programme by pressing Cursor s while the programme number flashes 4 Press MENU to exit 5 Press TIMER ON OFF to return ...

Page 18: ...3 on the remote control or CH K L 5 Press REC on the recording VCR DVD 6 Begin playback of the tape in another source 7 To stop recording press STOP C EJECT A on the VCR DVD for the recording VCR DVD then stop playback of the tape in another source Hint For best results during dubbing use the front panel controls when ever possible The remote control might affect another source s operation If vide...

Page 19: ...tape Real Time Tape Counter This shows the elapsed recording or playback time in hours minutes and seconds on screen Nothing is shown in the case of blank portion The indication will appear when the tape is rewound further than the tape counter position 0 00 00 To reset tape counter press CLEAR C RESET OTHER INFORMATION Status Display You can check the Counter or Clock Channel number 1 Hi Fi Stere...

Page 20: ...ar on the TV screen Press PLAY B playback will resume from the point at which playback was stopped Hint To cancel resume press STOP C one more time during the stop mode On some discs STOP C will not work while the Resume message appears Please wait until the message disappears For MP3 and JPEG playback will resume from the beginning of the track at which playback was stopped The resume information...

Page 21: ...MODE OFF The current setting appears 2 or Press ENTER to switch among x1 3 x0 8 and OFF or Plays back approximately at 0 8 times of normal playback Plays back approximately at 1 3 times of normal playback OFF No effects 3 To continue normal playback press PLAY B Hint Audio language setting cannot be changed while using this mode Virtual Surround and Digital Gamma settings cannot be changed while u...

Page 22: ...ry Development Association JEIDA Files whose extension is other than mp3 MP3 jpg JPG and jpeg JPEG will not be listed in the MP3 or JPEG menu If the file is not recorded in MP3 or JPEG format noise may be pro duced even if the file extension is either mp3 MP3 jpg JPG or jpeg JPEG The name of group and track can be displayed in up to 25 charac ters Unrecognisable characters will be replaced with as...

Page 23: ...r the Picture CD menu screen The default setting is CUT IN OUT Adjustment of Picture Size VCR DVD COMBINATION NA527AD 1 2 3 6 5 4 7 0 10 8 9 STOP PLAY VCR DVD press first Depending on the TV connected to this VCR DVD the overall picture cannot be displayed and the edge of the picture can be cut off In this case you can adjust the size of the JPEG playback image on screen 1 Press MODE repeatedly un...

Page 24: ...y sources to the size that can be sent on the Internet without compromising visual quality of the images A file with an extension of avi and divx is called an DivX file All files with the avi extention are recognised as MPEG4 Files whose extension other than avi and divx will not be listed on the DivX menu However unplayable groups or tracks may be displayed depending on the recording conditions E...

Page 25: ...laying 4 1 3 0 00 00 1 23 45 T Title Current title number Total titles Elapsed time of the current title Remaining time of the current title 2 Hint When the Dual Playback is ON MP3 and JPEG file name will be displayed 4 12 0 03 21 0 02 15 T T Track Current track number Total tracks Elapsed time of the current track Remaining time of the current track Current playback status 1 3 4 12 0 13 45 0 45 4...

Page 26: ...D 1 2 3 6 5 4 7 0 10 8 9 STOP PLAY VCR DVD press first Using DIRECT SKIP 1 12 Press DIRECT SKIP once for the Chapter Search Press DIRECT SKIP twice for the Title Search 2 Within 30 seconds 12 Using SKIP H G 1 If the disc has no chapters C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 Current Chapter C or SKIP SKIP T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Current Title T SKIP SKIP Hint Depending on the disc being played this function can also be performe...

Page 27: ...l restart from the specific point which you set To exit the Marker display 1 Hint The Marker display will disappear in about 30 seconds when there is no input To clear a marker select the marker to be cleared at step 2 in the section To set a marker or To return to the marker later and then press CLEAR C RESET Opening the disc tray or turning off the power will erase all mark ers Selecting AC at s...

Page 28: ...PLAY CLEAR CD DA TOTAL 0 08 22 1 1 3 3 T 15 3 18 T 16 4 24 ALL CLEAR T 4 3 58 T 16 4 24 T 16 4 24 or Up to 99 tracks can be ordered If 8 or more tracks were in a programme use SKIP H G to see all the tracks While a MP3 or JPEG folder is open Press Cursor B when you want to go to the next hierar chy Press Cursor s when you want to go back to the previ ous hierarchy except for the 1st hierarchy Pres...

Page 29: ...audio language setting If you choose any other languages will be displayed instead Refer to page 35 For discs with DivX files the screen only displays MP3 or MP2 audio Other audio sounds will be displayed with asterisks For VR mode only Pressing AUDIO cycles the sound mode through MAIN SUB MAIN SUB DVD RW discs recorded in double sound 2 languages can be played back in either sound mode of MAIN SU...

Page 30: ... Each time you press AUDIO sound mode changes as example below Hint Virtual Surround cannot be changed when the sound mode is set to either L ch or R ch Stereo Sound Mode is not available on DTS CD Virtual Surround VCR DVD COMBINATION NA527AD 1 2 3 6 5 4 7 0 10 8 9 STOP PLAY VCR DVD press first You can enjoy stereophonic virtual world on your existing 2 channel stereo system 1 OFF Press MODE repea...

Page 31: ...ECT 4 3 LETTERBOX STILL MODE AUTO TV TYPE PAL VIDEO OUT SCART 4 3 LETTER BOX 4 3 PAN SCAN 16 9 WIDE TV ASPECT TV TYPE Default PAL See hint below VIDEO OUT Default SCART See hint below Select the desired setting or Select the desired setting or TV ASPECT 4 3 LETTERBOX STILL MODE AUTO TV TYPE PAL VIDEO OUT SCART SCART COMPONENT INTERLACE COMPONENT PROGRESSIVE VIDEO OUT STILL MODE Default AUTO See hi...

Page 32: ...nu Hint DRC This function is available only to the discs which are recorded in the Dolby Digital format DOWN SAMPLING When playing disc with copyright protection the sound will be down sampled at 48 kHz even if you set to OFF This function is available only on digital outputting of a disc recorded in 96 kHz PARENTAL Setting Parental Control limits the disc viewing that exceed your settings An inco...

Page 33: ...K SLIDE SHOW DivX R VOD ON OFF 5sec SLIDE SHOW Default 5sec Set to the length of displayed JPEG picture 5sec The picture changes every 5 seconds 10sec The picture changes every 10 seconds MUSIC The picture changes according to the change of MP3 during Dual Folder Playback When Dual Playback is OFF the picture changes every 5 seconds 5sec 10sec MUSIC SLIDE SHOW ANGLE ICON DUAL PLAYBACK SLIDE SHOW D...

Page 34: ...NU TV ASPECT DOLBY DIGITAL DTS MPEG ENGLISH 4 3 LETTER BOX BITSTREAM OFF DPCM ENTER 2 Select INITIALIZE QUICK SETUP PLAYER MENU TV ASPECT DOLBY DIGITAL DTS ENGLISH 4 3 LETTER BOX BITSTREAM OFF ENTER or 3 Select YES INITIALIZE ENTER Initialize NO YES Press twice or 4 To exit the menu Hint When you cancel to initialise at step 3 select NO ...

Page 35: ...ns 4752 Albanian 6563 Amharic 4759 Arabic 4764 Armenian 5471 Assamese 4765 Aymara 4771 Azerbaijani 4772 Bashkir 4847 Basque 5167 Bengali Bangla 4860 Bhutani 5072 Bihari 4854 Bislama 4855 Breton 4864 Bulgarian 4853 Burmese 5971 Byelorussian 4851 C E Cambodian 5759 Catalan 4947 Chinese CHI 7254 Corsican 4961 Croatian 5464 Czech 4965 Danish DAN 5047 Dutch DUT 6058 English ENG 5160 Esperanto 5161 Esto...

Page 36: ...ideo tape You cannot copy a copyrighted video tape You are experiencing copy guard protection The VCR DVD turns off automatical ly after the Timer Recording standby mode is set Depending on the circumstance of the Timer Recording standby mode the VCR DVD may be automatically turned off instead of changing to the DVD mode This is not a malfunction Turn on the VCR DVD if you want to use the DVD afte...

Page 37: ...h which could otherwise arise due to inappropriate waste handling 2 In other Countries outside the EU If you wish to discard this product please contact your local authorities and ask for the correct method of disposal For Switzerland Used electrical or electronic equipment can be returned free of charge to the dealer even if you don t purchase a new product Further collection facilities are liste...

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