Sharp SX68NF8, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...M Sdn Bhd Dimension 176 x 250 mm MODEL ON TIMER POWER SAVE Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television OPERATION MANUAL COLOUR TELEVISION MODEL SX68NF8 SX68NF8 Front 7 11 02 2 03 PM 1 ...

Page 2: ...on 12 Manual channel tuning 13 Auto channel tuning 14 Channel setting 15 Picture adjustment 16 Sound adjustment 17 Surround sound 18 Blue screen 19 Save 20 VM Velocity Modulation 21 Text 22 AI Artificial Intelligence 23 Favourite channels 23 Off timer 24 On timer 25 Reminder on screen timer 26 Broadcast features NICAM broadcasts 27 A2 stereo system broadcasts 28 Teletext broadcasts 29 Connections ...

Page 3: ...e you will have many years of enjoyment from this television set To ensure proper operation please read this manual carefully and keep it in a safe place for future reference Remote control Size AA batteries Operation manual The following accessories are included with this television Accessories SX68NF8 01 05 7 11 02 2 03 PM 2 ...

Page 4: ...ipment See 31 32 to connect video equipment See the operation manual of your video equipment when connecting to the TV set Insert the batteries into the remote control Use the two batteries included with the TV See 5 Insert the AC plug to the power outlet If you will not use the TV set for a considerable length of time as a safety precaution unplug the cord from the outlet Tune the channels Use th...

Page 5: ... the ventilation openings of the TV set as this can cause fire electrical shock or electrical failure Object entry Water Power cord protection To prevent electrical shock do not subject the AC power cord to damage by bending or twisting it or by placing heavy items on top of it and do not place the AC power cord under the TV set If the AC power cord becomes damaged unplug it from the wall outlet i...

Page 6: ...andby mode Infrared Transmitter Window Aim this window at the infrared sensor window on your TV set Mutes the sound and restores sound to previous level Produces a more spacious sound Adjusts the volume Used for MENU setup Resets all settings Teletext buttons Operate the Teletext functions Operate the Favourite Channel and Teletext functions Switches between main and sub sound and stereo and monau...

Page 7: ...the infrared wave from the remote control Power save indicator Volume up down buttons Adjusts the volume Makes adjustments in PRESET MENU PRESET button Tunes the channels Used for MENU setup Audio input terminals AV 3 Connects to a camcorder video game etc Video input terminal AV 3 Connects to a camcorder video game etc S Video input terminal AV 3 Connects to a camcorder video game etc Headphone j...

Page 8: ... press to select one digit input and then press 5 again To select a two digit channel such as 15 press to select the two digit input Press 1 and then press 5 1 15 PAL When the power indicator lights up red either CH CH on the TV can be pressed to turn on the power The channel number is displayed in green for channels tuned by auto tuning and displayed in yellow for channels tuned using fine tuning...

Page 9: ...dphone plug from the jack when not using the headphone Operating the TV buttons Simple operation of the TV set Using Press to increase volume Press to decrease volume MENU PRESET CH CH CH VOLUME 15 5 PAL Using CH CH Press CH to increase channel number Press CH to decrease channel number Using headphone Insert headphone plug into headphone jack to listen to audio with headphone The audio from the s...

Page 10: ...ful features POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE NORMAL AV MODE 1 Press appears on the screen and the sound is silenced 2 Press again The volume returns to its previous level 3 Press once again The display disappears Each time you press the AV MODE button the mode switches between STANDARD SOFT and DYNAMIC STANDARD Normal mode SOFT Soft mo...

Page 11: ...URROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE TV VIDEO Channel recall Switches back to the channel you were watching just before the current channel 25 SAV1 or AV1 PAL COMPONENT or AV2 SAV3 or AV3 Press The channel previously viewed returns to the screen Example If after switching from channel 5 to channel 7 is pressed the channel will change to channel 5 Press again to ret...

Page 12: ... screen press MENU PRESET until the normal screen appears then press the button again The procedures for setting and selecting the menu items on the following pages are described using the buttons on the remote control These procedures can also be performed using the corresponding buttons on the TV set ON TIMER POWER SAVE Operating guide PICTURE menu SOUND menu FEATURE menu TIMER menu 23 19 28 27 ...

Page 13: ...an Malay or Arabic ENGLISH BAHASA MELAYU FRANÇAIS 3 Press MENU PRESET until normal screen appears 2 Press CH CH to select desired language Pressing MENU PRESET changes the screen as shown below 1 Press MENU PRESET for more than two seconds The language select mode appear Language MANUAL Normal screen AUTO MENU PRESET CH CH CH MENU PRESET TV set TV Set Top SX68NF8 11 15 7 11 02 2 04 PM 12 ...

Page 14: ...as shown below MANUAL B G VHF 1 48 25MHz Language MANUAL Normal screen AUTO MANUAL B G VHF 5 107 50MHz 3 Press CH CH or number buttons to select channel position 4 Press on TV set to locate channel you wish to preset to current channel position Search is initiated and when a TV signal is received during the search the search stops 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 above to preset channel positions for other ...

Page 15: ... for the local viewing region use MANUAL PRESET See 13 Unused channels are automatically skipped 1 PAL 2 Press MENU PRESET again to display AUTO mode screen Pressing MENU PRESET changes the screen as shown below MENU PRESET CH MENU PRESET 3 Press on TV set All the TV stations in your area that can be received by the TV set are automatically preset between channels 1 to 99 The screen shows whatever...

Page 16: ...allow fine tuning NICAM ON NICAM sound OFF Monaural TV sound A2 stereo system The mode changes in the following order ON A2 stereo sound OFF Monaural TV sound Switching COLOUR system Set the system to AUTO for normal TV reception The AUTO mode automatically detects the receiving signal system and changes the reception system of the TV set When the picture is not stable switching to an appropriate ...

Page 17: ...ct adjustment items CONTRAST 50 STANDARD 5 Adjust using Wait for approximately three seconds to return to PICTURE menu CONTRAST Selected item Press Press COLOUR BRIGHTNESS TINT 1 SHARPNESS PICTURE NR 2 To decrease contrast For less colour intensity For less brightness To move tint toward purple For less sharpness To increase contrast For more colour intensity For more brightness To move tint towar...

Page 18: ...ttings for the SOUND items are reset to the standard factory setting position SURROUND TREBLE BASS Selected item The surround effect is ON To decrease treble To decrease bass The surround effect is OFF To increase treble To increase bass S BOOSTER To boost sound Normal sound Press Press ON OFF BALANCE To shift balance toward left To shift balance toward right ON OFF POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUN...

Page 19: ...time you press SURROUND the mode changes between ON and OFF OFF Produces normal sound ON Produces surround sound POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE SURROUND SURROUND OFF SURROUND ON Surround sound only work during stereo signal is received SX68NF8 16 25 7 11 02 2 04 PM 18 ...

Page 20: ...ROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE CH CH MENU MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER CH SETTING CH SELECT ENTER MENU RETURN 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 BLUE BACK 5 Press to select ON or OFF 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears FEATURE BLUE BACK ON ON ON 3 SAVE VM ON AI TEXT C...

Page 21: ...TURE MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER CH SETTING FEATURE BLUE BACK ON ON ON 3 SAVE VM ON AI TEXT CH SELECT ADJUST MENU RETURN POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE CH CH MENU POWER SAVE ON TIMER POWER SAVE Power save indicator Red TV Set Bottom 1 Press POWER SAVE to display the SAVE mode screen 2 Each time you press POWER SAVE the mode switc...

Page 22: ...to select VM 5 Press to select ON or OFF MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER CH SETTING FEATURE BLUE BACK ON ON ON 3 SAVE ON AI VM TEXT CH SELECT ADJUST MENU RETURN 6 Press MENU until normal screen appears If a picture is received with noise ensure that the VM is set to OFF POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUND CH CH NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE CH CH MENU Settings and adjustmen...

Page 23: ...a English 1 Hong Kong English 1 Indonesia English 1 Malaysia English 1 Malta English 1 New Zealand English 1 Singapore English 1 South Africa English 1 UK English 1 Thailand English Thai 1 Austria German 1 Germany German 1 Holland German 1 Denmark Swedish 1 Finland Swedish 1 Norway Swedish 1 Sweden Swedish 1 Italy Italian 1 France French 1 Belgium French German 1 Switzerland French German Italian ...

Page 24: ...el press A The preset favourite channel will be displayed e g Channel 12 4 To preset another favourite channel repeat steps 1 and 2 above To change a preset favourite channel repeat steps 1 and 2 above Turns to white 12 AI Artificial Intelligence This function is for correcting the luminance and color gradation of the image in order to reproduce the best image 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen 2 Pr...

Page 25: ...ppears Five minutes before the preset length of time expires in the example after two hours and 25 minutes the remaining time appears on the screen A flashing display of the remaining time appears during the last few seconds When the preset length of time has passed the TV set enters the Standby mode MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER CH SETTING 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen 2 Press CH CH to sele...

Page 26: ...e On timer speaker volume gradually increases from zero to the preset volume MENU PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER CH SETTING 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen 2 Press CH CH to select TIMER ON TIMER POWER SAVE On timer indicator Red To cancel the timer setting press NORMAL when is displayed on the left of ON so as to set the timer to The timer can be set in ten minute intervals The On timer is cancelled...

Page 27: ...an be set in ten minute intervals To cancel the timer setting press NORMAL when is displayed on the left of so as to set the timer to TIMER OFF ON POSITION VOLUME 1 50 CH SELECT ADJUST MENU RETURN 5 Press to set time Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes The right example shows that the Reminder will be activated after one hour 50 minutes 6 Press MENU until normal screen appea...

Page 28: ... NORMAL TV TEXT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 MENU B A C D AV MODE CH CH MENU MPX 1 Press MENU to call MENU screen 2 Press CH CH to select CH SETTING CH SETTING POSITION CH27 AUTO OFF 168 25MHz COLOUR SKIP ON OFF NICAM A2 FINE CH SELECT ADJUST MENU RETURN 15 NICAM 6 Press MENU twice to display normal screen When set to OFF the TV sound is output in monaural When NICAM is set to OFF on the CH SETTING menu MP...

Page 29: ...NU until normal screen appears When set to OFF the TV sound is output in monaural When A2 is set to OFF on the CH SETTING menu MPX cannot be used to change the audio mode stereo and bilingual settings The setting can be selected individually for each channel position A2 stereo B G National and Regional broadcast system used in Malaysia Thailand and Australia POWER SAVE TV VIDEO MPX SURROUND CH CH ...

Page 30: ... previous transmitted page eg P100 Press to enlarge the top half of the Teletext image presently on the screen Press a second time to enlarge the bottom half of the Teletext image presently on the screen Press a third time to restore the regular Teletext image Press a fourth time to return to the start of the sequence Top Bottom Full button Press to display the initial page of a Teletext broadcast...

Page 31: ...les themselves Connections Connecting to a DVD player The DVD input terminals COMPONENT IN on the rear of the TV can be used to input high quality images from a DVD player ANT CABLE 75Ω VIDEO OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN COMPONENT Y PB L R AUDIO S VIDEO AV 1 IN MONO CB PR CR DVD input terminals To colour difference component video out terminals To audio out L R terminals DVD player AV 2 IN COMPONENT Y PB C...

Page 32: ...Connecting to an antenna via a VCR You can also connect the TV set to the tuner on a VCR using the connection shown below When using the RF terminal connection set the TV to channel zero to make initial adjustments for the VCR Turn off the power on the TV set and the VCR being connected before making the above connections Be sure the cord plugs are fully inserted in the connection terminals See th...

Page 33: ...eo out terminals Example use of rear terminals The S Video Terminal has the priority over the AV terminal The S Video Terminal and Audio L R terminals must be connected to playback DVD Turn off the power on the TV set and the VCR being connected before making the above connections Be sure the cord plugs are fully inserted in the connection terminals For playback of monaural audio connect the exter...

Page 34: ...R switch then turn ON again after a minute Adjust COLOUR control Check batteries in the remote control Try fine tuning to correct Contrast setting in picture mode might be all the way to the minus side Press the NORMAL button on the remote control to correct Increase the volume Problems Remote control does not work Bars on screen Picture distorted Picture rolls vertically No colour Poor reception ...

Page 35: ...ng S Video in terminal S VIDEO NTSC 4 43 MHz S VIDEO PAL Special VCR and VDP Video in 50 60 Hz Playback S Video in 50 60 Hz Stereo Broadcast A2 stereo B G NICAM I B G D K Reception Channels PAL B G VHF AU0 AU12 ch NZ1 NZ11 ch UHF E21 E69 ch CATV S1 S20 ch S21 S41 ch Hyper Receiving Frequency 44 25 MHz 863 25 MHz Teletext Language Multi Language Channel Tuning 100 Channel Electronic Tuner with Full...

Page 36: ... defect or injury caused by or resulting from misuse abuse neglect accidental damage improper voltage liquid spillage vermin infestation software or any alterations made to the product which are not authorised by Sharp Please retain your sales documentation as this should be produced to validate a warranty claim This warranty is in addition to and in no way limits varies or excludes any express an...