Sharp VC-A400X, Operation Manual

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Page 2: ...2 Channel Skip Cancelling Skip 14 Menu Screen 15 OSD On Screen Display 15 sHow to Display Indicators Mode Selection 16 Sharp Super Picture 28 Zero Back Function 28 DPSS Digital Programme Search System 28 Auto Repeat 29 Skip Search 29 Instant Replay 29 Child Proof Lock 30 VCR Display 30 Tape Remaining Display 31 Editing from a Camcorder to Your VCR 32 Specifications 32 Before Calling for Service 33...

Page 3: ... 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 Do not remove the VCR cabinet Touching parts Inside the cabinet could result in electrlc shock and or damage to the VCR For service and adjustment Inside the cabinet call a qualified dealer or service centre approved by Sharp 1 I A A G The...

Page 4: ...rive the clock IS drawn at all times when the AC power cord IS plugged into a wall socket If heVCR IS not to be used for an extended period be sure to unplug the cord ONLY FOR VC H600X OVHSHi Fj Stereo Sound lGRSystem COMMON FEATURES MID Drive New centre Mounted Mechanism Ha High Quality Circuity Shuttle System Sharp super picture Enhances picturequalityduringplayback OSD on screen Display with Me...

Page 5: ...d WIIIlight up position num er ISusually displayed vIIIIlght Up When the power IS OFF fhlspartWIII notbe lit Whenthe power ISOFF this art bvIll not be It B Cassette in mm Audtooutput mode o J Simplerecording Indicator OnlyforVC H X timer Play Doublespeed IF slow TIMER Timerstandby playback mode 44 REW Video SearchRewind 11P FrameAdvance Child prooflock F FFIVideo SearchForward Record rJ AutoRepeat...

Page 6: ...g UDto two dlqlt numbers ZERO BACK button I W VtMO CWS E RECOROER I Thispicture ISfor VC H600X Inserting the Batteries First Instali the atterles properly FIt IWOR6 UM SUM 3 AA 15 VOIIbatteries Included or equivalent If the remote control stoos worKlng Insert new batteries Ensure the batteries are Inserted correctly matching the polarlt es lndlcated n the remote control NOTES Dc no SU DIect Therem...

Page 7: ...I 7 TELEFUNKEN 3 or 4 ISELECO 7 NORDMEND 3 or 4 ISONY 8 J BRANDT 3 or 4 TOSHIBA t 9 SABA 3 or 4 PANASONIC O or T TELAVIA I 3 or 4 ISANYO VOLUME GRUNDfG 5 HtTACHl CHANNEL BLAUPUNKT I 5 MITSUBtSHl CHANNELO FERGUSON 6 JVC INPUT SELECT In NOKIA t 7 I I TV Functions to be Controlled Switch to TV control mode Return to VCR control mode Pressthe TV button to select the TVcontrolmOde Pressthe VCR buttonto...

Page 8: ...utput of your VCR on the television screen you must select an unused and tune II to the output of your VCR factory preset to UHF channel 37 NOTE TUNE THE TV NOT THE VCR select an unused channel on your TV and press the OPERATE button on ihe power set the TEST SIG switch to ON Adjus the tuning of the selectea TV channei until the test pattern your TV screen SeI the TEST SIG switch to OFF d NOTE I I...

Page 9: ...the AUDIOOUTterminals Sound from the radio frequency converter RFOUT ISmonoonly The power cord should not be plugged Into the power outlet until the above connections nave been com leted If TV reception ISweak use a TV signal booster not supplled c onnecting to TV And Audio Equipment 1 F OUT This picture ISfor VC H600X From VIDEO OUT I 7 OtiT L R To AIJDIO IN mp f er I 1 1 i I TOANTENNA IN ...

Page 10: ... I DEUTSCH FRANCA1 S ITAL IANO ES PANOL SELECT A ENTER SET EXIT MENU A SET or v o VCR shuttle on the tiolt I This picture IS or VC H600XJ O Press the MENU button Select the language ivlth the A 7 buttons and press the SET button Ex ENGLISH Y NOTE Refer to page 11to set the clock Changing Language If the language has already been set previously and you want to change II follow the steps elo v I HEN...

Page 11: ...ttons and then press the p button Ex 12H K NOTE 24H 24 nour alsplay l H 12 our AL1 PM dIs lav Q Set the present time with the numeric or A buttons on the remote control and then press the button Firs set the hour dlglts and then the minute If there ISonly one hour or one minute dlglt enter a O first Set AM or PM using the AM PM button 12 hour Ex 10 28AM d NOTE If 12H moae as seIecte o Ihen set tne...

Page 12: ...or Ifyou wlsn ICIreset a VHF 5A 4 2Q 46 Sk8cDecch el skipped channe reset the channel as followS 6 VHF b 4 vHF 47 AUTO TUNING PREPARATION Selectthe video channel on your TV Pressthe OPERATE button to tur on the VCR Press the MENU button MENU TIMER Select Item CHANNEL PRESET with the A buttons and press the SET b tton 0 F o Select Item AUTO w th the A buttons and cHANNEL PRESET press the SET button...

Page 13: ...ric A N the 7 button buttons FINE TUNING 1 i or 7 SKIP ON ml SELECT A V cHANGE 4 b 1 ENTER SET EXIT MENU Broadcast CH Press the numeric buttons or hold down the 4 PRESET CH 3 I buttons until you see the desired brcadcast Numeric C A NE channel on your TV and then press the Y buttons FINE TUNING 4 button or v SKIP 41 ELECT A N CHANGE 4 b ENTER SET EXIT MENU L Fine tuning n For fine tuning Dressthe ...

Page 14: ... Ex 12 Select SKIP setting mode with the A 01 Y button Q Press the or button tc select SKlp ON an press the SET button If you wish to set more channels to be skl pe repeatsteps througho To return to the Norma Scree press the MENU button Canceling skip PREPARATION Turn on your TV and VCR ana seIect the d dec channel on your TV Example Reset channel posltlon 12 Follow the same procedure In Channel s...

Page 15: ...dcast on the video cnannel Display example r S PICTUREISharp b PLAY X2 SuDer PICt re Programme c annel VSF FF Operating mode YU o l lo 1 qd VSR REW i pj To STOP CASSETTE IN Tape speed sp I STOP Audio output Indicator 11 3OAM I L R 1 OnlyforVC H600X p F ADV Slmlple b SLOW Recording timer Tape remalrrg II STILL Clock d splay II A 6 REM 00 tor DPSS REC Calendar display I H Real Ime coi er J DPSS Ds s...

Page 16: ...press the SET button I o Select the COLOUR mode by pressing the buttons and then press the V button For details see Colour Mode on page 19 I AUTO Usually select AUTO mode PAL Strict AL colour mode o Select the BLUE BACK mode by pressing the 4 buttons and then press the 7 button AUTO Usually select AUTO A blue screen will appear when your VCR receives no TV signal or an unrecorded tape IS played ba...

Page 17: ...eaches Its end the VCR vIII automatically rewind the tape to the beglnnlng eject the cassette ana turn off the power Video Search with the Remote Control Use the followlng procedure to quickly find the section you want wh le vlewlng he picture O During playback press the FF button for forward video search or the REW burton for reverse search There are 2 search speeds In each dlrectlon The VCR swit...

Page 18: ...Vldec Search Forward or VSR Video Search Reverse mode Select fro two speeds by turning the ring Release the ring the shuttle ring returns to centre to return to playback SF 1 During playback turning the ring ali the way to the left or right locks the VCR In VSF Video Searc Forward or VSR Vlaeo Search Reverse q 2 mode Pressthe PLAY X2 button to return 10regular lavback O a TAPE SPEED VSFIVSR VSFIVS...

Page 19: ...lectvvlth4 or F button AUTOmode I Strict PALcolourrnoae Then press SET button r NOTE the JCR IS playl ng oack a black and vhlte a e cr s recelvlng a black and vhl e brcadcast the picture mav be coloured In this event set ih COLOURmode on th MODEselectlonscreen o AUTO mode Auto Tracking Control System I I I I Auto Head Cleaning System When the tape Is Inserted or ejecte a thIs s s e au omatlcal Iy ...

Page 20: ...nly passibieusing the AUDIOOUTterminals Soundfrom fhe radio frequencyconverter RFOUT ISmonoonly A blue screenwill appear if audio onlyHi Fitapes are pfayedback AudioOutputMode The audio output mode is controlled by the AUDIO OUT button on the remote control The VCR is normalfy set to the Hi Fi mode with M and H dispiayed on the VCR display and normal stereo sound output Select and only the Hi Fi L...

Page 21: ...recording press the PAUSE STILL F ADV button To resume recording press the PAUSE STILL F ADV button again To stop recording press the STOP button o NOTES The pause mode dIsengages automatlcal Iy after abou 5 mlnutes and Itle VCR enters sto mode To record audio and v deo from an external sourcethrough heAUDIONIDEOterminalon the rear of the VCR pressthe INPUTSELECTbuttonon the remotecontrolor presst...

Page 22: ...ious sources of video and audio signals can be recorded as shown in the following chart a Selecting a channel will record both video and audio from the VCRtuner b Selectlng an external source position to select an external source position press the INPUT SELECT button or select a channel situated between the last channel and the first channel with the CHANNEL buttons wili record both video and aud...

Page 23: ...Q 30 o Ex End ng time 9 30AM WNOTES i EacPIpress of ttle REC butterIncreases 1 tle SIODt ITIG D OOAkl t REM 2 O 0 minutes i 12 96 o 00 00 If necessa r press the CHANNEL I bu tons i Chal Qe L I the minutes setting NOTE Press the STOP bti ton to terrrlnate recordtng Delayed Recording NOTES Afterthe Slm pIe Fe cora Ing Tlrner IS se the channel posltlor can n i be cnangea ICIconfl rm the s ar l ng tim...

Page 24: ...rol and then DATEPRSTART T P s buttons press the button 1 or First set the day dlglts and then month If there IS only one day or one month dlglt D C DA Yt ONTH SELECT 4 A r A V iENTERSET EXIT E N enter a Ofirst J If you want to record only once press the 12 D TE START STOP Once 15 12m button and go to step o Otherwise select D p DAILY to record at the same time each day or f IDally eekly W WEEKLY ...

Page 25: ...2 OOm12 30SF TC ONT INUE CANCEL CLEAR SELECT A V ENTER SET EX IT MENU Press the SET button TO programme additional I timer settings repea steps tbrough I I MENU To return to the Normal Screen press the MENU o Normal Screen button I To set the VCR for automatic Ilmer recording TIMER ONOFF o Dress the TIMER ON OFF button and ensure the TIMER lndlcato Ilgh sOPtne CRdls la I W NOTES 25 ...

Page 26: ...l ng or correcttnq the proq ramme contents pres sthe TIMER ON OFF b uttonto enter the Timer Standby mode Canceling Timer Programmed Perform the foltowlng procedure to cancel timer rogrammes that have already been set PREPARATION Turn on your T f and VCR and select the video channel on the TV I Press the MENU b or MENU Ot A Cuocx Q Select the TIMER setting mode wlthl the A 7 1 i A buttons and then ...

Page 27: ...DIay rToe e to re e nt err Ina l en ot IeccrdIr g ThISfu nctlon works onIy when JUST REC mode on the PJIO DE selection sc ree P Is ser c CI N For example When a i 20 mInute programme Is Imer recoraed V I h a 90 mInu e ta e wnIie he automalIc seIec s set to LP mode as snown ei1 About 60 minutes 1 About 30 m nutes I SP standard play mode I LP long play mode I I i Total 120 minutes 27 ...

Page 28: ... failure etc t ese t nQ w I re J r IOON z ero Back Function Thezero back functionmakesthecassefle fastforward orrewind tothePreviously se 000 Oo pointandstop here Make sure the counter IS dlsplayea then press the CLEAR button on the remote control at the point you wsh to return to later O00 00 IS alsplayeU press the ZERO BACK button on the remote control The VCR automatlcalIy detects the dlrectlor...

Page 29: ...mode the VCR WIII perform a forward video search for a fixed Interval of ayDac time before resuming playback Depending on I1OW many times the u tonIS ressec 1 t IS pOSSIb e to set the forward VId eo sea rc T o ap p rox 30 GO 30 r y seconds of recorded material 1 Number ofTimesPressed Forward VideoSearch Time OntheVCR display Approx 30 sec I 1time 3 7 ofplaybackt me 2 times Approx60 sec ofplaybackt...

Page 30: ... InThe12 hoursystem Example Example TP pE CGUNTER CHANNEL F TAPEREMAINING TIMECHANNEL d NOTE During Imer recording or Slrnple Recordlfg Timer he ls lay SFIOV s he recorc finisn me vhef e DISPLAY J c r s CIe 2 he dIsplav cnapges In he foIIOWIng flay Example RECORDFINISHTIME Exam le p RESENT TI ME Example I COUNTER v Eyam e TAPE REblAINlrJG TILIE1 T L NOTE Durl ng SII 1 e Re c rd IIJd T 17er ec JrOI...

Page 31: ... tast forwara or rew n d for a e seconds arid then the VCR VI I I c g n CO T p ng P e 3TIOLI fi F e remain Ing Du rl ng com p utatlon the REC butto In vIII oi IJ11 ctIo l and press ng ihe STOP PLAY 2 or Iotl tir l ft J c nterrupt the computation Sertlng the DPSSor ZERO BPCK funct ond url ng com Du atlon mav cane ei It lle Ind lcatea length of tape rem alnl ng IS on iv an approxl mate gu Ide Th IS ...

Page 32: ...eaulrement Power consumption Operating temperature Storage temperature Video Input output Audio ln ut phono type output phono type H Fi audio Only for VC H600X Dimensions Weigh Sup lled accessories VHS PAL standard Two rotary heads hellcal scan PAL colour or monochrome signals 625 ilnes 480 mln with E 240video cassette In LP mode 12 7 mm 2339 mm see SP 1170 mnl sec LP 75 Ohm unbalanced VHFchannel ...

Page 33: ...R oc er cord s lro e t GIJQged s SnOW p Ict ure a Dp ea rs on TV d FI nq Ad Iust the CHANNEL buttons cr r a oiffe re I I c asse e I This unit IS equipped with a microprocessor Its performance could be adversely affected by external electrical noise i or Intederence If this should happen unplug the VCR and plug It Ona9aln after a few nutes 33 ...

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