Sharp VC-S2000GM, Manual

Page 1: ... Audio dubbing 22 Digital display 24 Playback of a video tape 25 Checking the amount of tape remaining 25 Playing back a video tape repeatedly 25 Playing back an NTSC tape 26 Super VHS S VHS 26 Mode selection 27 Searching the video tape 29 Skip searching the video tape 29 Digital Programme Search System DPSS 29 Remote control operation of TV 30 Recording from other equipment 31 Decoder switching o...

Page 2: ...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 shock pull...

Page 3: ...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 Remove and dispose of flat batteri...

Page 4: ...t be used The VCR is correctly connected RFOUT SORTIEANTENNE ANTENNAIN ENTREEANTENNE G D S VIDEO OUT SORTIE SON S VIDEO 1 2 3 Connect your existing aerial cable to the ANTENNA IN socket on your VCR Optional Connect your Satellite receiver or decoder to the VCR using a scart lead to LINE 2 IN DECODER socket on the VCR Connect the VCR to the mains Connect your TV to the VCR using the supplied RF con...

Page 5: ...arate transmission of signals to enhance picture clarity The Audio out sockets on the VCR must be connected to either the TV or a separate amplifier when using the S Video connection for Audio to be heard The VCR is correctly connected RFOUT SORTIEANTENNE ANTENNAIN ENTREEANTENNE G D S VIDEO OUT SORTIE SON S VIDEO S VIDEO CABLE BACK OF TELEVISION AMPLIFIER AUDIO CABLE ALTERNATIVE AUDIO CABLE RF CAB...

Page 6: ...signals from the VCR which control the satellite receiver can reach it unimpeded 3 Ensure all the channels you wish to be tuned are within channel positions 1 99 on your satellite receiver as the VCR will only tune the first 99 channels refer to your satellite receiver operation manual for instructions on moving channels 4 Ensure the receiver is not in any special mode The satellite channels can n...

Page 7: ... button is pressed at this point it will not allow the TV to be tuned to the VCR Refer to RF through ON OFF below 4 Tune the selected channel on your TV refer to your TV manual until the menu screen appears 5 Press SET to store the RF channel setting and continue with the installation NOTE The TV is tuned to the VCR If you have a preferred channel the RF channel can be set manually 21 69 after Ste...

Page 8: ...d Date should be displayed on your TV screen for approximately 2 seconds If the clock is not automatically set the clock screen will appear refer to MANUALLY SETTING THE CLOCK If you wish to customise the channel order refer to MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set Points 10 15 Satellite Cable Box Control only 10 Select Channel 1 on your sa...

Page 9: ...TES All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set If you replace your satellite receiver you will need to follow the complete auto installation procedure to tune your VCR to the satellite receiver This is because your new satellite receiver will not over write the previous satellite channels in your VCR If your satellite receiver has not changed to preset channel 12 enter t...

Page 10: ...e 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 for VHS and S VHS ET recording and playback Use video tapes with the for Super VHS recordings and playback 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 t...

Page 11: ...art to playback a video tape When auto tracking is in operation flashes on the on screen display If the picture still has disturbance you may need to manually track the video tape During PLAYBACK of a video tape Press CHANNEL 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 PLAY X2 to sta...

Page 12: ... on the remote control or select the next previous channel by pressing CHANNEL or To change between single digit and 2 digit channel numbers press AM PM For example for channel 24 press AM PM then press 2 4 TAPE SPEED SELECTION Your VCR has three tape speeds SP Standard Play LP Long Play and EP Extended Play Press the TAPE SPEED button on the remote control to select the desired setting It is reco...

Page 13: ...h to record on the VCR 3 To start recording press REC 4 To pause during recording press PAUSE STILL 5 To continue recording press REC 6 To stop recording press STOP once SIMPLE TIMED RECORDING 1 Insert a video tape into your VCR 2 Select the channel you wish to record on the VCR 3 To start recording press REC 4 To specify a stop time press REC 5 Each additional press of REC will delay the stop tim...

Page 14: ...ronic Program Guide EPG in which case using the TV con trols the program you wish to record can be selected and used to program the VCR automat ically This feature is compatible with NexTView TV s Refer to your TV operation manual for further information After transfer of the timer information to the VCR the timer menu will be dis played for approximately 5 seconds after which press TIMER ON OFF o...

Page 15: ... SHOWVIEW to make a recording on each channel Preset PR may be highlighted on the menu 6 Enter the channel 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 NOTES An ERROR message will appear if you have entered a number that is not a current SHOWVIEW number If this happens press CLEAR to delete the numbers a...

Page 16: ... stations which adjusts the start and stop time of your VCR recording This ensures that if there is a change in broadcast time for your programme the VCR will still record the whole programme It is essential that the start time as it appears in the TV listing is used to program the VCR as this information is used to identify the VPS PDC signal corresponding to your programme If flashes a video tap...

Page 17: ...o confirm 4 The position which is initially highlighted is the next available timer record entry Press SET to confirm this The display will automatically show today s date Either If this is the date you wish to make the recording on press SET to confirm this Or enter the recording date using the or the NUMBER BUTTONS Enter two digits for the day then two for the month For example for July 9th pres...

Page 18: ... place the VCR in TIMER POWERSAVE OR TIMER STAND BY mode will be shown on the display NOTES VPS PDC is a signal broadcast by some TV stations which adjusts the start and stop time of your VCR recording This ensures that if there is a change in broadcast time for your programme the VCR will still record the whole programme It is essential that the start time as it appears in the TV listing is used ...

Page 19: ...the recording then press SET 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 SET then press MENU CANCELLING A RECORDING 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of CHECKING A RECORDING 2 If you wish to cancel a delayed recording press to highlight the recording to be cancelled then press CLEAR 3 Press MENU NOTE If there are so...

Page 20: ... the factory pre set condition for NICAM is AUTO NICAM or IGR sound may not be stereo this depends on the programme being received Audio is automatically recorded in two different ways i Hi Fi Using specialised rotary heads two audio signals are recorded on to the tape These will be stereo mono or bilingual depending on the sound being received ii Normal A mono recording is also made on the conven...

Page 21: ...CR to audio equipment When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers RFOUT SORTIEANTENNE ANTENNAIN ENTREEANTENNE G D S VIDEO OUT SORTIE SON S VIDEO BACK OF EXISTING AERIAL CABLE RF CONNECTION CABLE RF OUT AUDIO OUT AMPLIFIER L and R TELEVISION AERIAL IN AUDIO PHONO LEADS NOT SUPPLIED S VIDEO CABLE ...

Page 22: ... wish to listen to the original Hi Fi track while you are recording the new dubbed audio track you will need to set AUDIO MIX to ON in the MODE menu 5 Press PAUSE STILL when you reach the point on the tape where you want audio dubbing to start 6 Press A DUB A DUB will be shown on your TV NOTE The input source will be automatically changed to L3 Front phono jacks 7 Press PAUSE STILL to start audio ...

Page 23: ... MENU to exit to the normal screen NOTES AUDIO MIX AUDIO OUT MODE VCR DISPLAY RESULT ON Hi Fi and Mono audio Original Hi Fi audio L R channels and dubbed audio Original Hi Fi audio L channel plus dubbed audio Original Hi Fi audio R channel plus dubbed audio Do not start audio dubbing until AUTO or MANUAL tracking has been completed as the audio signal will not be recorded correctly Because the aud...

Page 24: ...pe counter to determine a specific point on a tape you may wish to return to 1 Press DISPLAY until tape counter appears for example 2 To identify the current position on a video tape press CLEAR on the remote control or COUNTER RESET on the VCR s control panel and the tape counter will appear When you wish to return to this position on the video tape press ZERO BACK The tape will rewind advance to...

Page 25: ...its original position The tape remaining will be shown on the VCR display in hours and minutes For example if 1 hour 23 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 video tape and replay the entire tape again REPEAT will appear on the on screen display when selected To use this feature 1 Press MENU to di...

Page 26: ... 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 appear at the top and bottom of your screen On some televisions the played back picture may roll vertically this does not indicate a...

Page 27: ...black and white recordings BLUE MUTE This enables the blue background colour That is the TV screen will be blue if a TV channel with no signal is selected an unrecorded section of tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor Select OFF to disable this feature REPEAT If you want to playback repeatedly an entire video tape this feature will automatically rewind at the end of th...

Page 28: ...S format provided an S VHS cassette is being used or in the S VHS ET Expansion Technology format when using a VHS cassette and the S VHS ET button on the VCR front panel is pressed S VHS ET will only work in SP mode L1 OUT You can select the output of L1 to be either a composite signal where one path is used for the video information or a Y C signal where the luminance Y and the colour C informati...

Page 29: ...programme For example 1 Load the video tape into the VCR 2 Press DPSS three times A 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 A 1 will appear on the on screen display and the VCR will rewind to locate the beginning of the current recording 4 To cancel the search before it has finished press STOP or PLA...

Page 30: ...hold TV BRAND SET and 1 Sharp TV for about 2 seconds CONTROLLING THE TV WITH THE VCR REMOTE CONTROL TV OPERATE Switches the TV to and from Standby Mode TV INPUT SELECT Determines which input to the TV is to be displayed on the screen TV CH Changes the TV channels TV VOL Increases or decreases the volume Certain models of TV do not use standard codes for their brand In this case hold down TV BRAND ...

Page 31: ...eo phono leads or an S Video cable to the sockets behind the front panel door select L3 5 Press REC to start the recording NOTES There are many different ways of connecting external equipment to your VCR Please refer to your equipment operation manuals for further information S Video connection has priority over the Video connection when both are connected to the L3 input To Record Playback audio ...

Page 32: ...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 descrambled signal routed through the VCR To use this feature make sure that the VCR is connected to both TV and deco...

Page 33: ...han 3 hours the VCR will go into POWERSAVE mode and the digital display will appear blank DISENGAGING POWERSAVE MODE Press STOP to use the VCR Other keys may also disengage POWERSAVE such as the CHANNEL STANDBY MODE The POWERSAVE feature must be OFF for the STANDBY mode to function This will allow viewing through the VCR without AUTO POWERSAVE operating Press STANDBY to place the VCR in standby mo...

Page 34: ...er 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 for about 2 seconds starts flashing and then disappears CHILD LOCK is disengaged NOTES If you attempt to change modes by pressi...

Page 35: ...t satellite channel using NUMBER BUTTONS or to step through each preset satellite channel until the channel you wish is displayed Continue from point 10 If you wish to tune a terrestrial channel press to select CH Continue from point 7 7 Press to select CHANNEL 8 Press to start tuning in either direction Tuning will stop when a channel is received If it is not the desired channel press to continue...

Page 36: ... select SET UP Press SET to confirm 3 CHANNEL PRESET will be highlighted Press SET to confirm 4 Press to select SAT RECEIVER Press SET to confirm The satellite receiver screen will appear 5 Follow points 10 15 in AUTO INSTALLATION satellite cable box control only 6 Then press to select SAT PROG SEARCH Press SET to confirm The satellite channels will be installed This may take a few minutes 7 Then ...

Page 37: ...highlight the new position for the channel Press SET to confirm 7 If any more channels are to be moved repeat procedure from step 5 8 When all the channels are in your preferred order press MENU to leave the MENU function NOTES If when moving channels the picture becomes unclear and the on scrren display is unreadable the MODE OSD button can be used to toggle between a blue background and the norm...

Page 38: ...hannel 7 When all the channels you wish have been cancelled press MENU NOTES If when deleting channels the picture becomes unclear and the on scrren 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 the MODE OSD button is pressed again CANCE L 1 6 1 ARD 1 7 1...

Page 39: ... SET to confirm 7 If any more channels are to be renamed repeat procedure from step 5 8 When all the channels are named correctly press MENU to leave the MENU function NOTES If when re naming channels the picture becomes unclear and the on scrren 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 ...

Page 40: ... manually 1 Press MENU Press to select SET UP Press SET to confirm 2 Press to select CLOCK Press SET to confirm 3 Press to select either 12 or 24 hour clock 4 Press to select TIME Enter the time using the NUMBER BUTTONS or If the minutes are less than 10 enter the leading 0 If using the 12 hour clock enter AM or PM by pressing on the remote control 5 Press to select DATE Enter the date using the N...

Page 41: ...r 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 L R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V PS PS PDC DC VCR DEC PR STOP AM PM 14 13 SP 12 ET 15 16 LP 11 S VHS 1 AUDIO OUTPUT indicators 2 TIMER indicator 3 PLAY indicator 4 RECORDING indicator 5 STOP indicator 6 VCR TAPE indic...

Page 42: ...hown 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 display from the screen otherwi...

Page 43: ...FUBA TRIASAT TRIAX FREECOM 19 37 69 71 94 104 117 G I JERROLD 106 GALAXIS ALDES PROSAT SKYMASTER ANARKO 86 99 78 GRUNDIG 2 16 23 44 70 91 114 119 HIRSCHMANN 2 11 24 25 30 97 HUTH 56 61 73 89 JOHANSSON WINNERSAT 40 KATHREIN 2 9 10 16 17 18 20 22 25 26 27 36 40 59 67 68 74 82 84 88 92 100 105 108 112 LENKO 117 MASPRO 10 26 68 84 116 MATSUI 115 MORGAN 73 NETWORK 9 14 NIKKO 21 28 93 96 NOKIA 2 3 5 7 8...

Page 44: ... mode 720 min with E 240 video cassette in Extended 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 8 mm s Extended Play EP Antenna 75 Ω unbalanced Reception channels VHF channel 2 12 S1 S41 UHF channel 21 69 RF output signal UHF channel 21 69 Power requirement AC 230V 50 Hz Power consumption 19 W approx POWERSAVE 1W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 ...

Page 45: ...another appliance in VCR will not operate appears in VCR display Press the TIMER ON OFF button to disengage timer VCR will not respond to any commands Check CHILD LOCK is not engaged Safety device operating unplug VCR for 2 hours PLAYBACK No picture appears Make sure the TV is set to the video channel Check all connecting cables Playback picture is snowy Adjust the tracking using CHANNEL buttons T...

Page 46: ...as 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 playback through RF OUT Make sure the RF OUTPUT has not been switched off Refer to note on RF THROUGH ON OFF in the TUNING THE TV TO THE VCR section of the m...

Page 47: ... VCR front panel 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 CHANNEL buttons 5 Press the SET button to store 6 Your TV will now require tuning to the new channel White text with blue background 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 can be t...