Sharp VC-A220X, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...SHARE VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OPERATION MANUAL Please read this operation manual carefully before using the VCR VUSI Ii CLIGH Q ALlTY PAL ...

Page 2: ...OSD On Screen Display 14 l How to Display Indicators Mode Selection 15 SETTING UP SPECIAL FUNCTIONS New Sharp Super Picture 25 Zero Back Function 25 DPSS Digital Programme Search System Auto Repeat f Skio Search 26 Fd BASIC OPERATIONS Playback 16 l Inserting a Video Cassette l Playback l Video Search l Fast Forwarding and Rewinding l Shuttle System l Slow Motion Playback with the Remote Control l ...

Page 3: ...s on the VCR In the event that liquid should enter the cabinet unplug the VCR immediately and contact the retailer or a service centre approved by Sharp immediately 6 Do not remove the VCR cabinet Touching parts inside the cabinet could result in electric shock and or damage to the VCR For service and adjustment inside the cabinet call a qualified dealer or service centre approved by Sharp 7 The u...

Page 4: ... Spanish Chinese with Menu Screen Guidance l New Sharp Super Picture Enhances picture quality during playback l Built in Shuttle Control l OSD On Screen Display with Menu Screen Guidance l DPSS Digital Programme Search System Quick Start with Full Loading Mechanism l 365 Day El Programme Timer Daily Weekly Programmable l AutoChannelTuning 48 Channel Preset PLL Frequency Synthesized Tuner l LOW POW...

Page 5: ...s occurs switch to POWER STANDBY mode l This mode cannot be used when the programmable timer is set to TIMER ON 2 In POWER ON mode Each time STANDBY LOW POWER on the VCR or the remote control STANDBY is pressed the POWER MODE changes as shown below Current POWER ON mode t POWER STANDBY mode c LOW POWER mode l LOW POWER mode cannot be used when the programmable timer is set to TIMER ON 3 Switching ...

Page 6: ...en in the POWER STANDBY mode or LOW POWER mode this part will not be lit El Cassette In SHRRP When AC power cord Recording with the timer Indicator is first plugged in Simple Recording timer P n 9 Play Double speed playback 5 I D w Slow 0 Recording mark I E w Rewind l REC Record Whenoperating mode 4 5 F Video Search Rewind IS dIsplayed FF Fast Forward R IJ 5 E Ret Pause 5 F Video Search Forward s ...

Page 7: ...button 4 TV OPERATE button for TV INPUT SELECT button for TV CH A v buttons for TV VOL 010 buttons for TV Inserting the Batteries First install the batteries properly Fit two R6 UMISUM 3 AA 1 5 volt batteries included or equivalent If the remote control stops working insert new batteries Ensure the batteries are inserted correctly matching the polarities indicated in the remote control l Do not su...

Page 8: ...VCR will automatically play back the tape Otherwise press PLAY X2 Tune the selected channel on the TV until the picture from the VCR is displayed on the TV screen This TV channel must be selected each time the VCR is used l If picture interference appears on the TV screen in step above you can change the video channel RF output channel from the VCR with the following procedure If UHF channel 37 is...

Page 9: ...HANNEL A v v CHANNEL 4 REW Shuttle Ring b FF Shuttle Ring 0 Press MENU Select the language with A V and press SET Ex ENGLISH iNoTE l Refer to page IO to set the clock Changing Language l If the language has already been set previously and you want to change it follow the steps below A SET Or 0 7 0 I SELECT SET ENTER MEN EXIT 0 Press MENU Select item LANGUAGE with A T and press SET 6 Select the lan...

Page 10: ...ss Ex 12H INoTE l 24H 24 hour display l 12H 12 hour AM PM display l 12H AM PM mode is preset at the factory Set the present time with the numeric buttons or A v on the remote control and then press b First set the hour digits and then the minute If there is only one hour or one minute digit enter a 0 first Set AM or PM using AM PM 12 hour Ex 10 28AM iNoTE l If 12H mode was selected then set the AM...

Page 11: ...erent channel from the one preset or if you wish to reset a skipped channel reset the channel as follows AUTO TUNING PREPARATION l Select the video channel on your TV And turn on the VCR See page 5 item 3 CHANNEL PRESET with A V and press Select item AUTO with A Y and press SET l CHANNEL PRESET has been preset to MANUAL at the The channel display on the TV screen will continue through all of the c...

Page 12: ... PRESET with A V and press Select the preset channel position number with the numeric buttons or 4 and then press v l When Digit select is set to two digit input and the channel number is only one digit enter 0 first o return to the normal screen press MENU l Numeric buttons on the remote control can also be used to select channel numbers Press 4 to switch between one and two digit numbers 12 ...

Page 13: ...urn on the VCR See page 5 item 3 1 Example Skip channel position 12 Cancelling skip PREPARATION l Select the video channel on your TV And turn on the VCR See page 5 item 3 Example Reset channel position 12 l Follow the same procedures 0 in Channel skip and then the procedures 0 0 below Select SKIP setting mode by pressing A or 7 MENU 0 I Normal To return to the normal screen press MENU Screen 13 ...

Page 14: ...r of the MENU screen WIII become lighter This does not indicate a malfunction I OSD On Screen Display The tape counter and VCR mode can be shown on the screen while you are playing back a tape or watching a broadcast on the video channel Programme channel Simple Recording timer Auto Repeat display Calendar display l If the clock is not set the time and date will not be displayed How to Display Ind...

Page 15: ...rn on the VCR See page 5 item 3 AUTO Usually select AUTO mode PAL Strict PAL colour mode screen will appear when your VCR receives no al or an unrecorded tape is played back OFF if the screen turns blue due to weak TV reception or playback of a poorly recorded al s see Auto Rental Mode on page 19 i s see Auto Repeat on page 26 Press SET to return to the normal screen 15 ...

Page 16: ... its end the VCR will automatically rewind the tape to the beginning eject the cassette and engages and flashes on the TV screen for a turn into POWER STANDBY mode few seconds Video Search Use the following procedure to quickly find the section you want while viewing the picture 0 During playback press FF for forward video search or REW for reverse search There are 2 search speeds in each directio...

Page 17: ...o enter VSF Video Search Forward or VSR Video Search Reverse mode Select from two speeds by turning the ring Release the ring the shuttle ring returns to centre to return to playback During playback turning the ring all the way to the left or right locks the VCR in VSF Video Search Forward or VSR Video Search Reverse mode Press PLAY X2 to return to regular playback Slow Motion Playback with the Re...

Page 18: ...ction on page 15 l When the colour mode is set to fixed colour mode while the VCR is playing back a black and white tape or is receiving a black and white broadcast the picture may be coloured In this event set the COLOUR mode on the MODE selection screen to AUTO mode Change with 4 or F t Then press SET NTSC Tape Play Back on PAL TV When you play back an NTSC tape on your VCR it is possible to use...

Page 19: ...rded sections the tape will automatically stop and rewind To watch the next recorded section press STOP fast forward to that section and play the tape l If the erasure protection hole is covered press PLAY x2 after the power turns on automatically Auto Rental Mode does not work l The AUTO REPEAT mode has priority over the AUTO RENTAL mode If the AUTO REPEAT mode is set to ON and the video cassette...

Page 20: ...protection hole is uncovered the cassette will be ejected To pause during recording press PAUSE STILL F ADV To resume recording press PAUSE STILL F ADV again To stop recording press STOP l The pause mode disengages automatically after about 5 minutes and the VCR enters stop mode l To record audio and video from an external source through the AUDIO VIDEO terminals on the rear of the VCR press INPUT...

Page 21: ... STANDBY to turn to the POWER STANDBY mode See page 5 item 2 Ex Present time 8 28 AM l After the Simple Recording Timer is set the channel position cannot be changed To confirm the starting time and the ending time first turn on the power Then press OTIME to confirm the startrng and ending time And turn to the POWER STANDBY mode l To clear the Simple Recording Timer setting during setting of Delay...

Page 22: ... set the screen changes 2 2 timer positions 5 to 8 Set the date for timer recording with the numeric buttons or A v on the remote control and then press b l First set the day digits and then month If there is only one day or one month digit enter a 0 first If you want to record only once press b and go to step 0 Otherwise select D DAILY to record at the same time each day or W WEEKLY to record at ...

Page 23: ... loaded B flashes and the cassette is ejected l When D is lit regular VCR operation clock setting and setting cancelling confirming timer positions are not possible For regular VCR operation clock setting and setting cancelling confirming timer positions press TIMER ON OFF to disengage the timer U disappears and then turn on your VCR l During timer recording the timer cannot be set To terminate ti...

Page 24: ...ter checking or correcting the programme contents press TIMER ON OFF to enter the Timer Standby mode Cancelling Timer Programmes Perform the following procedure to cancel timer programmes that have already been set PREPARATION l Turn on your TV and VCR and select the vtdeo channel on the TV CLEAR 0 M6 Normal Screen 0 Press MENU If the 23 indicator on the VCR display is lit cancel the timer standby...

Page 25: ...reaches the O OO OO position the tape automatically stops NoTE l The zero back function does not operate during recording The function works during the playback stop fast forward rewind and video search modes m DPSS Digital Programme Search System With this feature you can quickly locate a desired section of the tape The DPSS feature makes use of VISS index signals to search for a specified tape s...

Page 26: ... or reverse video search the tape will automatically start playback nl Skip Search r l When SKIP SEARCH on the remote control is pressed during playback mode SKIP the VCR will perform a forward video search for a fixed interval of playback time SEARCH before resuming playback Depending on how many times the button is pressed 0 it is possible to set the forward video search time to approx 30 60 90 ...

Page 27: ...s displayed on the VCR display 0 Press ti again remains lit on the VCR display confirming that New Child Proof Lock has been activated Now regardless of what other operating buttons are touched the VCR will continue to operate in the present mode If New Child Proof Lock is activated during playback once the tape reaches its end the VCR automatically rewinds the tape ejects it and turns into POWER ...

Page 28: ...ing or Simple Recording Timer the display shows the record finish ti d the display changes in the following way If the B indicator on the VCR display is lit cancel the timer standby mode by pressing TIMER ON OFF and then turn on the power Example REMAINING TIME Example PRESENT TIME l During Simple Recording Timer recording m lights Counter Clear Make sure the counter is displayed then press CLEAR ...

Page 29: ...ode the tape will automatically fast forward or rewind for a few seconds and then the VCR will begin computing the amount of tape remaining l During computation REC will not function and pressing STOP PLAY x2 or other buttons will interrupt the computation l Setting the DPSS or ZERO BACK function during computation may cancel it l The indicated length of tape remaining is only an approximate guide...

Page 30: ...12 7 mm Tape speed 23 39 mmisec SP Antenna 75 Ohm unbalanced Reception channels VHF channel 0 to 12 UHF channel 28 to 69 RF output signal UHF channel 28 to 69 preset to 37 Power requirement AC 240 V 50 Hz Power consumption 16 w approx l O w Max at Low Power Mode Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature 20 C to 55 C Video input 1 O Vp p 75 Ohm output 1 O Vp p 75 Ohm Audio input phono t...

Page 31: ...ange even though l Make sure the VCR is not in the timer setting or clock setting mode CHANNEL A r are pressed l Make sure the VCR is not in the channel setting mode Desired channel position cannot be The channel has been set to be skipped Cancel the skip mode for that selected NO COLOUR OR POOR PICTURE channel l No colour or poor TV picture on normal l Make sure all the cables are connected prope...

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