Sharp VC-MH705HM, Operation Manual

Page 1: ... AUTO TUNING SHARP SUPER PICTURE NICAM Hi Fi STEREO 6 HEAD EXTENDED PLAY CHILD LOCK NTSC SIMPLE PLAYBACK VC MH715HM VC MH705HM VC MH705LM VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OPERATION MANUAL VC MH715HM Shown ...

Page 2: ...yright Please refer to the relevant laws in your country No part of this publication may be reproduced stored or transmitted in any form without prior permission from SHARP Electronics UK Ltd VIDEO Plus and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation The VIDEO Plus system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation This manual covers a range of mode...

Page 3: ... VIDEO Plus DISPLAY STANDBY DPSS INPUT SELECT VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER G0247JA SLOW MODE OSD INPUT SELECT CH CH OPERATE VOL VOL TV TIMER ON OFF AUDIO OUT SKIP SEARCH ZERO BACK TAPE SPEED TV VCR REC PAUSE STILL REW FF PLAY X2 STOP 2 3 1 4 7 5 8 0 6 9 AM PM CHANNEL 20 MODE ON SCREEN DISPLAY 18 MENU SELECT 26 PAUSE STILL 8 AM PM or 25 PLAY X2 21 DISPLAY 4 AUDIO OUT 9 REWIND 24 FAST FORWARD 13 SLOW 12 ...

Page 4: ...LESHOOTING guide do not remove the cabinet or attempt to service this VCR yourself For service please contact your dealer If this is not possible please call our Customer Information Centre for details of your nearest Sharp Service Centre In the unlikely event of this equipment requiring repair during the guarantee period you will need to provide proof of the date of purchase to the repairing comp...

Page 5: ...he amount of tape remaining 20 Playing back a video tape repeatedly 20 Playing back an NTSC tape 21 LCD Display 22 Tape counter and zero back 22 Blue mute 23 Colour 23 Searching the video tape 24 Skip searching the video tape 24 Digital programme search system DPSS 24 Recording from other equipment 25 OTHER FEATURES ON YOUR VCR Child lock 26 Decoder switching operation 27 CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION M...

Page 6: ...the VCR If liquid drops inside the VCR unplug immediately and contact your SHARP dealer Do not use the VCR insert or drop anything into the tape compartment or through the air vents as this could result in serious damage fire or an electric shock POWER SOCKETS To avoid overheating or even fire insert the plug correctly into the socket DO NOT overload power sockets this may cause a fire or electric...

Page 7: ... CONNECTION CABLE connects the VCR to the TV Remote Control Remote Control must be pointed towards the VCR to operate Do not expose to liquid or shock May not function if the VCR is in direct sunlight or any other strong light Replace both alkaline batteries type AA R6 UM3 if the remote control fails Remove the batteries and keep in a safe place if you do not plan to use the VCR for several months...

Page 8: ...SON L G R D AERIAL OR CATV CABLE Optional Connect your Satellite receiver or decoder to the VCR using a scart lead to LINE 2 IN DECODER socket on the VCR Connect your existing aerial cable to the AERIAL IN socket on your VCR DECODER UNIT OR SATELLITE SYSTEM 1 2 3 Connect your TV to the VCR using the supplied RF connection cable i e connect the VCR AERIAL OUT socket to the TV AERIAL IN socket Conne...

Page 9: ... on the VCR display this number will be between 21 and 69 If you are connected via a scart lead go to step 6 CAUTION 5 Tune the selected channel on your TV Refer to your TV manual for instructions on how to tune in your TV Store this as your VCR channel NOTE See next page to continue If the clear button is pressed at this point it will not allow the TV to be tuned to the VCR Refer to RF through ON...

Page 10: ...our VCR and then press the SET button to confirm Auto install will now search for and tune in all available channels This may take a few minutes See next page to continue SET SET P L EASE BE SURE THE AER I AL SCART CABL E I S CONNECT ED TO YOUR VCR PRESS SE T TO CONT I NUE SE T ENT ER MENU EX I T 1 CH 2 2 AUTOMAT I C TUN I NG P L EASE WA I T MENU EX I T Button positions for your reference REMOTE C...

Page 11: ...ess the SET button to confirm 3 Press to highlight the new position for the channel 4 Press the SET button to confirm 5 If any more channels are to be moved repeat procedure from step 3 6 Press the button to exit if you are happy with the channel order All the programmes should now be correctly tuned If you wish to delete or change the channel order at a later date please refer to MANUALLY SORTING...

Page 12: ...sing the NUMBER BUTTONS or the buttons For example for 1st April enter 01 04 4 Press to select YEAR Enter the last two digits of the year using the NUMBER BUTTONS or the buttons For example for 2002 enter 02 For the year 2003 enter 03 5 Press the SET button to store the time and date NOTE All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set You will need to update the clock for Wi...

Page 13: ...arch mode If this fails you will need to have the heads cleaned by a SHARP Service Facility Please note if cleaning is necessary it is not covered by the guarantee Use video tapes which carry the mark HOW TO PLAYBACK A VIDEO TAPE PLAYBACK 1 Switch on your TV and select the video channel 2 Carefully push a pre recorded video tape into the tape compartment This will switch the VCR on If the record p...

Page 14: ...L or to position picture interference off the TV screen Manual Tracking Press CHANNEL and buttons together to start Auto Tracking PAUSING AND SLOW MOTION 1 Press the PLAY X2 button to start the video tape playing 2 To pause the video tape press PAUSE STILL To minimise jitter whilst in pause mode press CHANNEL or Press the PLAY X2 button to resume playback 3 To playback in slow motion without sound...

Page 15: ...ring visual search mode press FAST FORWARD or REWIND again 4 Press the PLAY X2 button NOTE IMMEDIATE RECORDING SELECTION OF A CHANNEL Select the channel you wish to record by using the NUMBER BUTTONS on the VCR remote control or select the next previous channel by pressing the CHANNEL buttons on the remote control or on the VCR front panel To change between single digit and 2 digit channel numbers...

Page 16: ...ng press PAUSE STILL 5 To continue recording press REC 6 To stop recording press STOP once SIMPLE TIMED RECORDING 1 Press REC 2 To specify a stop time each additional press of REC will delay the stop time by 10 minutes 3 To stop recording at any time press STOP once NOTES If the tape ends before the recording is complete the VCR will stop recording rewind eject the tape and place the VCR into STAN...

Page 17: ...ton to confirm NOTE The first time that you use the VIDEO Plus system to make a recording on each channel Preset PR may be highlighted on the On Screen Display 5 Enter the channel number you wish to record using the NUMBER BUTTONS for example if you wish to record channel 2 press 0 2 The VCR will remember this for the future See next page to continue An ERROR message will appear if you have entere...

Page 18: ...nto the VCR then press the TIMER ON OFF button once to place the VCR in TIMER STANDBY mode will be shown on the display NOTES You may also access the VIDEO Plus system menu by the following procedure i Press the MENU button ii The VIDEO Plus system option will be highlighted Press the SET button to confirm Continue from step 2 of this procedure If the symbol flashes a video tape has not been inser...

Page 19: ...tton again the on screen display will now show today s date If you wish to change the date use the or NUMBER BUTTONS If you use the number buttons enter two digits for the day then two for the month For example for July 9th press 0 9 9th then 0 7 July When the correct date for your recording is shown press the menu select button to move to the next setting 5 If you want to make additional recordin...

Page 20: ... additional timer recordings repeat this procedure 11 When you have completed entering timer settings press the MENU button to remove the menu from the TV screen 12 Ensure that the tape on which you wish to record is inserted into the VCR then press the TIMER ON OFF button once to place the VCR in TIMER STANDBY mode will be shown on the display NOTES If the symbol flashes a video tape has not been...

Page 21: ... change a delayed recording press to highlight the recording then press the SET button to select 3 Press to highlight the setting to be changed and correct it by using the or the NUMBER BUTTONS 4 When all corrections are complete press the SET button to confirm then press the MENU button to exit CANCELLING A RECORDING 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 of CHECKING A RECORDING above 2 To cancel a delayed record...

Page 22: ... appear on the VCR display NICAM Hi Fi STEREO SOUND Your VCR can receive and record NICAM sound The VCR is normally set so that NICAM sound is possible if it is present on the receiving signal otherwise the VCR will automatically switch to receive the mono signal NICAM sound can be turned off If you wish to do this follow the procedure below 1 Press the MENU button to display the main menu on the ...

Page 23: ...When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers AERIAL IN ENTREE ANTENNE AERIAL OUT SORTIE ANTENNE LINE1 I IN OUT SON VIDEO L1 I AA013 LINE2 II IN DECODER CANAL PLUS L2 II AUDIO OUT SORTIE SON L G R D BACK OF EXISTING AERIAL CABLE RF CONNECTION CABLE AERIAL OUT AUDIO OUT AMPLIFIER L and R TELEVISION AERIAL IN AUDIO PHONO LEADS NOT SUPPLIED ...

Page 24: ...D button on the remote control the remaining time will change between extended play long play and standard play For example in standard play 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape in long play 2 hours 46 minutes is left on the tape in extended play 4 hours 9 minutes is left on the tape NOTES PLAYING BACK A VIDEO TAPE REPEATEDLY You can set your VCR to automatically rewind at the end of playing a vi...

Page 25: ...cannot record NTSC signals or dub NTSC tapes onto other VCR s from this VCR You cannot use Slow speed Still frame Double Speed Frame Advance or Tape Remaining with a pre recorded NTSC tape On some televisions the picture may appear in black and white or there may be no picture This does not indicate a fault with your VCR On some televisions the picture may shrink vertically causing black bands to ...

Page 26: ...or example 2 To identify the current position on a video tape press the CLEAR button and the tape counter will appear When you wish to return to this position on the video tape press ZERO BACK button The tape will rewind advance to this point NOTE TAPE REMAINING Shows the amount of video tape remaining as previously explained in CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF TAPE REMAINING DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS The LCD disp...

Page 27: ...t AUTO or OFF 6 Press SET to confirm and then MENU to return to the normal screen COLOUR If the VCR is playing poor quality recording the picture may turn black and white Selecting PAL may improve this depending on the recording although coloured speckles may appear on black and white recordings 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 from BLUE MUTE above 2 Press the menu select buttons to select COLOUR 3 Press men...

Page 28: ...PSS to locate a previous programme or the next programme For example 1 Load the video tape into the VCR 2 Press DPSS three times DPSS 3 will appear on the on screen display and the VCR will fast forward to locate the third recording after the current one 3 Press DPSS once DPSS 1 will appear on the on screen display and the VCR will rewind to locate the beginning of the current recording 4 To cance...

Page 29: ...L2 4 Press REC to start recording OTHER CONNECTIONS POSSIBLE If you wish to record from a source connected to LINE 1 IN OUT select L1 Press REC to start recording If you wish to record from a source connected with audio phono leads to the sockets on the front of the VCR if fitted select L3 Press REC to start recording NOTE There are many different ways of connecting external equipment to your VCR ...

Page 30: ...other operating buttons are touched the VCR will continue to operate in its present mode If CHILD LOCK is activated during playback once the tape reaches its end the VCR will automatically rewind the tape eject it and turn the power off TO DISENGAGE CHILD LOCK Press and hold the CHILD LOCK button for about 2 seconds starts flashing and then disappears CHILD LOCK is disengaged NOTES If you attempt ...

Page 31: ...d the signal can be recorded The VCR outputs the descrambled signal to your TV through the LINE1 terminal and you can watch the descrambled picture When making recordings using a separate decoder connected as shown remember to leave the decoder function ON If you connect a decoder unit to the VCR the decoder unit provides a switching signal which will automatically allow your TV to display the des...

Page 32: ... direction Tuning will stop when a channel is received If it is not the desired channel press to continue tuning 7 Press to select FINE TUNING Press and hold until the sharpest colour picture is obtained IMPORTANT NOTE 8 If you connect an independent decoder you must press to select DECODER then select to turn the decoder function ON 9 Press to select SKIP The SKIP function determines whether the ...

Page 33: ... When all the channels are in your preferred order either press the CLEAR button to return to the CHANNEL SORT menu or press the MENU button to leave the MENU function NOTES If when moving channels the picture becomes unclear and the on screen display is unreadable the MODE OSD button can be used to toggle between a blue background and the normal picture The blue background will be shown until eit...

Page 34: ...een cancelled either press the CLEAR button to return to the CHANNEL SORT menu or press the MENU button to leave the MENU function NOTES If when deleting channels the picture becomes unclear and the on screen display is unreadable the MODE OSD button can be used to toggle between a blue background and the normal picture The blue background will be shown until either another channel is selected or ...

Page 35: ...ur clock enter AM or PM by pressing the AM PM button on the remote control 6 Press to select DATE Enter the date using the NUMBER BUTTONS or the buttons For example for 1st April enter 01 04 7 Press to select YEAR Enter the last two digits of the year using the NUMBER BUTTONS or For example for 2002 enter 02 For the year 2003 enter 03 8 Press the SET button to confirm NOTE You will need to update ...

Page 36: ...emote control Now the TV broadcast channel will be seen on the TV screen and VCR will disappear from the VCR display Pressing TV VCR again will return the TV picture to the playback picture Some models do not have all the features shown therefore they will not appear on the display 1 TIMER RECORD indicator 2 VCR MODE indicator 3 TAPE MOTION STATUS indicator 4 RECORDING indicator 5 AUDIO OUTPUT ind...

Page 37: ...e active features will also be shown on screen 3 COUNTER this display will show the tape counter and amount of tape remaining 4 DISPLAY OFF this will remove the display from the screen NOTES The default time and date will not be displayed if the clock has not been set The VCR will return to display 1 each time it is switched on If you are recording from this VCR to another make sure you remove the...

Page 38: ...Play EP mode Tape width 12 7 mm Tape speed 23 39 mm s Standard Play SP 11 70 mm s Long Play LP 7 8mm s Extended Play EP Antenna 75 Ω unbalanced Reception channels UHF channel 21 69 VHF Channels A J VC MH705LM only RF output signal UHF channel 21 69 Power requirement AC 230 240V 50 Hz Power consumption 17 W approx Standby power consumption 2 5W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature ...

Page 39: ...r TV manual for correct tuning of your TV Auto Installation screen does not appear when the VCR is switched on OR Auto Installation is not complete Reset the VCR and complete AUTO INSTALLATION again Refer to VCR Reset at the back of the book POWER Display is not working Make sure the power cord is plugged in Make sure the wall socket has power check by plugging another appliance in VCR will not op...

Page 40: ...h the VCR CHANNEL buttons are pressed Make sure the VCR is not in Timer or Menu mode Desired channel position can not be selected The channel position has been set to be skipped Cancel the SKIP mode for that channel No colour or poor TV picture on normal viewing Make sure all the cables are connected properly Make sure the VCR power cord is properly plugged in Not possible to view picture or playb...

Page 41: ...n for 3 seconds 3 Wait for a flashing channel number to appear on the VCR display 4 The channel number can now be changed by using the MENU SELECT buttons 5 Your TV will now require tuning to the new channel The screen opposite should be displayed on the TV 6 Press the SET button to store RF THROUGH ON OFF If you wish to connect your VCR to the TV with only a scart lead the RF Output on your VCR c...

Page 42: ...rchase must be provided 4 The guarantee does not cover carriage costs batteries or video tapes 5 In the unlikely event of this product requiring repair please contact the supplier from whom it was purchased Where this is not possible please contact the SHARP Helpline on the telephone number given below 6 This guarantee is offered as an additional benefit to your statutory rights and does not affec...

Page 43: ...ff the plug remove the fuse and dispose of the cut off plug safely The wires in the mains cable are colour coded as follows blue neutral brown live As the colours of the wires may not correspond with the terminals in your plug connect the wires following plug manufacturer s guide blue wire to the terminal marked N or coloured black or blue brown wire to the terminal marked L or coloured red or bro...