Sharp AQUOS LC-26GA5H, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...LCD COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATION MANUAL LC 26GA5H ENGLISH LC 26GA5H OPERATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... MPX on the remote control unit 15 Simple button operation for changing volume sound 16 Basic adjustment settings 17 Menu operation buttons 17 On Screen Display 17 TV AV input mode menu items 18 Auto installation 19 Programme setup 19 Auto search 19 Manual setting for each channel 20 Search tuning 20 Fine tuning 20 Colour system 21 Sound system Broadcasting system 21 Labelling channels 21 Skipping...

Page 3: ...age Example 30 Connecting a DVD player 31 Connecting a VCR 31 Connecting a game console or camcorder 32 Connecting an HDTV tuner 32 Useful adjustment settings 33 Image position 33 Audio Only 33 Input Select 33 Input Label 34 Colour system setting 34 AV mode selection 35 WIDE mode 36 DNR Digital Noise Reduction 37 Quick Shoot 37 Rotate 38 Audio Out 39 Sleep timer 39 Password setting for child lock ...

Page 4: ...t internal parts For the same reason do not spill water or liquid on the product 10 Servicing Do not attempt to service the product yourself Removing covers can expose you to high voltage and other dangerous conditions Request a qualified service person to perform servicing 11 Repair If any of the following conditions occurs unplug the AC cord from the AC outlet and request a qualified service per...

Page 5: ...s not designed for built in installation do not place the product in an enclosed place such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer s instructions are followed The LCD panel used in this product is made of glass Therefore it can break when the product is dropped or impact applied If the LCD panel is broken be careful not to be injured by broken glass Heat so...

Page 6: ... Make sure the following accessories are provided with the product NOTE Always use the AC cord supplied with the TV Page 7 AC cord Remote control unit AAA size battery g2 Page 12 Page 6 Operation manual Cable clamp g2 Page 7 ...

Page 7: ...l unit for an extended period of time remove the batteries from it Inserting the batteries Before using the TV for the first time insert two AAA size batteries supplied When the batteries become depleted and the remote control fails to operate replace the batteries with new AAA size batteries Using the remote control unit Use the remote control unit by pointing it towards the remote sensor window ...

Page 8: ...NSULATED PARTS OF ANY CABLES WITH THE AC CORD CONNECTED Press down the hooks to remove the cover toward you AC cord CAUTION Adjust the screen with both hands Put one hand on the TV and tilt the screen while steady ing the stand with your other hand To change the vertical angle of the TV tilt the screen up to 5 degrees forward or 10 degrees backward The TV can also be rotated up to 25 degrees to th...

Page 9: ... connections that are used for coaxial cable Connecting to the power outlet NOTE Always turn off the power of the TV when connecting the AC cord Disconnect the AC cord from the AC outlet if the TV will not be used for a long period of time Antenna cable commercially available Room antenna terminal 75 ohm type Rear view To antenna terminal Standard DIN45325 plug IEC169 2 75 ohm coaxial cable round ...

Page 10: ...nfasten the four screws used to secure the stand in place Setting the TV on the wall You can mount the TV on the wall using the optional AN 26AG1 bracket For details refer to the instructions supplied with the optional bracket CAUTION Installing the Liquid Crystal Television requires special skill that should only be performed by qualified service personnel Customers should not attempt to do the w...

Page 11: ...OWER indicator OPC sensor POWER On Off button TV VIDEO button Volume up down buttons Channel up r down s buttons Remote control sensor OPC Optical Picture Control See page 24 SLEEP timer indicator OPC indicator Headphone jack ...

Page 12: ...ESET will not work if the TV is in standby mode indicator lights red Pressing RESET will not delete channel preset and password See page 40 for resetting the password See page 47 for initialising to the factory preset values in case you forget your password Image position is initialised Still image mode deactivates Audio Out setting resets to Fixed Audio Only setting resets to Off Part names TV Re...

Page 13: ...to the previous image in normal viewing mode See page 14 10 MPX Select the sound multiplex mode See page 15 11 VOLl VOLk Set the volume See page 16 12 e MUTE Mute the sound See page 16 13 EXIT Turn off the On Screen Display 14 SLEEP Set the Sleep timer See page 39 15 DISPLAY Display the programme information 16 AV MODE Select a video setting AV MODE STANDARD MOVIE GAME USER DYNAMIC See page 35 17 ...

Page 14: ...he power Press POWER on the remote control The TV enters standby mode and the image on the screen disappears The POWER indicator on the TV changes from green to red Press POWER on the TV The POWER indicator on the TV turns off When the TV is turned off by POWER you cannot turn on the power by pressing POWER on the remote control NOTE If you are not going to use this TV for a long period of time be...

Page 15: ...2 If 2 is indicated and the picture does not change immediately press o to switch over to the 1 digit select mode and press 2 again To select a 2 digit channel e g channel 12 Press o to set the 2 digit select mode Press 1 followed by 2 NOTE Complete this procedure within 3 seconds otherwise the selection will not be made on the 2 digit channel mode Using Flashback A on the remote control unit Pres...

Page 16: ...o mode Bilingual mode Monaural mode 99 BBC2 MONO 99 BBC2 STEREO CH A 99 BBC2 CH B 99 BBC2 CH AB 99 BBC2 MONO 99 BBC2 When receiving a bilingual signal Each time you press MPX the mode switches among NICAM CH A NICAM CH B NICAM CH AB and MONO When receiving a monaural signal Each time you press MPX the mode switches between NICAM MONO and MONO When receiving a bilingual signal Each time you press M...

Page 17: ...audio out function Using e Mute on the remote control unit e mutes the current sound output Press e The sound is silenced M has been displayed on the screen for 30 minutes Mute 20 NOTE Within 30 minutes after pressing e press one of the buttons below to cancel the mute VOLf f f f f VOLe e e e e e Mute will be cancelled after 30 minutes However the TV will not suddenly output loud sound as the volu...

Page 18: ...e current setting for the item 3 Item displayed in white This indicates an item can be selected 4 Item displayed in grey This indicates that the item cannot be selected There are various reasons why items cannot be selected but the main reasons are as follows 1 Nothing is connected to the selected input terminal 2 The function is not compatible with the current input signal NOTE Menu options diffe...

Page 19: ... 3D Y C Page 27 Monochrome Page 27 Film Mode Page 27 I P Setting Page 27 Picture No Signal Off Page 29 No Operation Off Page 29 Auto Installation Page 19 Programme Setup Pages 19 23 Child Lock Page 40 Input Label Page 34 Position Page 33 Rotate Page 38 Language Page 24 Treble Page 28 Bass Page 28 Balance Page 28 Dolby Virtual Page 28 Audio Only Page 33 DNR Page 37 Input Select Page 33 Audio Out Pa...

Page 20: ...d automatically or manually Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Press c d to select Setup 1 2 3 4 Press a b to select Programme Setup and then press ENTER If you have already set the password enter it here See page 40 for setting password NOTE After performing step 5 the menu screen shown in step 3 will reappear Do not turn off the TV before then because the TV is saving the data found MENU Se...

Page 21: ...dit and then press ENTER The selected channel information displays Press a b to select Fine and then press ENTER Press c d to adjust the frequency and then press ENTER Adjust while checking the background picture as a reference 1 2 Fine Colour sys Sound sys Label Skip Lock 179 25 Search AUTO B G Off SAT 1 Off Booster Off 179 25 MHz a 179 25 MHz Press 1 s 7 s 9 s 2 s 5 49 25 MHz Press 4 s 9 s 2 s 5...

Page 22: ... system and then press ENTER Sound system menu Fine Search Colour sys Sound sys Label Skip Lock 179 25 AUTO B G Off SAT 1 Off Booster Off B G D K I M 3 2 Fine Colour sys Sound sys Label Skip Lock 179 25 Search AUTO B G Off SAT 1 Off Booster Off A BACK CLEAR END K U B L V C M W D N X E O Y F P Z G Q H R _ I S J T 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Labelling menu 4 Press a b to select Label and then press ENTER Al...

Page 23: ...yed password input menu will be displayed Inputting the correct password lifts the child lock temporarily until the power is turned off Setting the child lock You can block the viewing of any channel Fine Search Colour sys Sound sys Label Skip Lock 179 25 AUTO B G Off SAT 1 Off Booster Off Off On Lock menu Press a b to set Lock to On and then press ENTER Channels with Skip set to On are passed ove...

Page 24: ...If you already set the password enter it here See page 40 for setting password Erase Programme The individual programme can be erased Erase programme menus 01 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 SAT 1 01 SAT 1 Pro7 02 KABEL 03 04 05 Next 02 Pro7 Next 01 SAT 1 03 KABEL Pro7 02 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 04 05 Next 01 SAT 1 02 KABEL 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1...

Page 25: ...l setting You can set the TV to automatically adjust the screen to suitable backlight brightness according to the lighting conditions Press c d to select Picture 2 Using OPC on the menu screen Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 Press a b to select OPC Press c d to select On 3 4 Description The brightness is fixed at the value set in Backlight See page 25 Automatically adjusts Selected item ...

Page 26: ...items MENU Picture Picture Audio USER TV Contrast OPC Brightness Colour Tint Sharpness Advanced Reset 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 10 40 30 30 30 10 Backlight 8 8 8 Off On The screen dims For less contrast For less brightness For less colour intensity Skin tones become purplish For less sharpness Backlight Contrast Brightness Colour Tint Sharpness NOTE Select Advanced and then press ENTER to set C M S Hu...

Page 27: ...b to select the desired level and then press ENTER Black For easier viewing change the viewing depth by selecting a level for automatically adjusting the dark portion of an image Press a b to select Black and then press ENTER Press c d to select On and then press ENTER Repeat steps 1 to 3 in C M S Colour Management System 1 2 3 C M S Hue C M S Saturation C M S Value Colour Temp Black 3D Y C Monoch...

Page 28: ...perate depending on the input signal type or noisy input signal Using 3D Y C on the remote control unit Film mode Automatically detects a film based source originally encoded at 24 25 frames second depending on the vertical frequency analyses it then recreates each still film frame for high definition picture quality Press a b to select Film Mode and then press ENTER Press c d to select On and the...

Page 29: ...ct On and then press ENTER 4 3 Press a b to select Dolby Virtual and then press ENTER NOTE Audio menu items are greyed out when Audio output is variable or when headphones are in use Balance is greyed out when Dolby Virtual is set to On For some discs setup may be required on your DVD In this case refer to the operation manual of your DVD player You may not get the Dolby Virtual Surround effect if...

Page 30: ...ate Press c d to select Power control Power control menu displays 2 Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 No Operation off When set to Enable the power will automatically shut down if there is no operation for 3 hours Press a b to select No Operation Off and then press ENTER Press c d to select Enable and then press ENTER 3 4 Five minutes before the power shuts down remaining time displays eve...

Page 31: ...the signal type Displaying an external equipment image Explanation here is for the setting when connecting DVD to INPUT1 terminal Displaying a DVD image Example To watch a DVD image select INPUT1 from INPUT SOURCE menu using TV VIDEO on the remote control unit or TV VIDEO on the TV Select the desired signal type on Input Select in the Option menu See page 33 The setting is stored and can be select...

Page 32: ...e INPUT 2 terminal when connecting a VCR and other audiovisual equipment To watch an image from this input terminal you need to select the input source see page 30 and the input signal type see page 33 To watch an image from this input terminal you need to select the input source see page 30 and the input signal type see page 33 S video cable commercially available Audio cable commercially availab...

Page 33: ...sual equipment are conveniently connected using the INPUT 2 terminals NOTE The S video terminal has priority over the video terminals You can also connect the game console to INPUT 1 or 3 terminals to enjoy clearer picture To watch an image from this input terminal you need to select the input source see page 30 and the input signal type see page 33 To watch an image from this input terminal you n...

Page 34: ... only Description Audio is output without screen image Both screen images and audio are output Selected item On Off Input Select Selecting input source Can use for selecting the input source Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 4 3 Press c d to select Option Press a b to select Input Select and then press ENTER Press a b c d to select a signal type you want to set and then press ENTER NOTE ...

Page 35: ... a b c d to select each character of the new name for the channel and then press ENTER Example Colour system setting You can change the colour system to one that is compatible with the image on the screen Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 4 3 Press c d to select Option Press a b to select Colour System and then press ENTER Press a b to select a compatible video signal system of your equi...

Page 36: ...Press AV MODE Present AV mode displays 1 NOTE You can select a different AV MODE item for each input mode For example select STANDARD for TV input and DYNAMIC for VIDEO input AV MODE STANDARD AV MODE DYNAMIC AV MODE MOVIE AV MODE GAME AV MODE USER Description For a highly defined image in a normally bright room For a movie Lowers image brightness for easier viewing Allows the user to customise set...

Page 37: ...d each side of the screen For 16 9 squeeze pictures For 16 9 letterbox pictures Bars may appear on the top and bottom with some programmes For 14 9 letterbox pictures Bars may appear on the top and bottom with some programmes WIDE MODE Normal Zoom 14 9 Panorama Full Cinema 16 9 Cinema 14 9 WIDE mode Manual Selection Press WIDE The WIDE MODE menu displays The menu lists the wide mode options select...

Page 38: ...ired level and then press ENTER 4 Off High Low 1 2 3 Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Press c d to select Option Press a b to select Quick Shoot and then press ENTER 4 Off On Press c d to select On and then press ENTER NOTE Quick Shoot may cause image noise If this occurs turn the function Off Quick Shoot Improves LCD response when viewing fast moving images The effect is greater at low roo...

Page 39: ...ct Rotate and then press ENTER 3 Normal normal image Mirror mirror image 4 Press a b to select the desired mode and then press ENTER Normal Mirror Upside Down Rotate Upside Down upside down image Each time you press ROTATE the mode changes as shown below Using ROTATE on the remote control unit Using Rotate on the menu screen Normal Mirror Upside down Rotate ABC A B C ABC ABC Rotate rotated image ...

Page 40: ...T terminal is adjusted with VOLl k on the remote control unit or the TV Sound via speakers is muted Selected item Fixed Variable Press c d to select Option Variable Fixed Sleep timer Allows you to set a time when the TV automatically switches to standby 0 hr 30 min 1 hr 00 min 1 hr 30 min 2 hr 30 min 2 hr 00 min Off Each time you press SLEEP the remaining time switches as shown below Press SLEEP R...

Page 41: ...ompt message pops up Press ENTER to display the password input window Press c d to select Setup Useful adjustment settings Resetting the password Allows you to reset your password Press a b to select Child Lock and then press ENTER Press a b to select Reset and then press ENTER Press c d to select Yes and then press ENTER Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Press c d to select Setup NOTE As a ...

Page 42: ...from the same source e g INPUT 1 and INPUT 1 2Two pictures with different vertical frequency e g PAL and PAL 60 PAL 50 Hz and NTSC 60 Hz 3HDTV signal source 480P 1080i 720P is input on the right side screen display When you press P P the current input is moved to the left side screen display and the previous input appears on the right side screen display When the vertical frequencies of the two sc...

Page 43: ...nit after first turning the power off the TV or unplugging the AC cord and re plugging it in after 1 or 2 minutes Are batteries inserted with polarity e f aligned See page 6 Are batteries worn out Replace with new batteries Are you using it under strong or fluorescent lighting Is a fluorescent light illuminated to remote control sensor Is the image position correct See page 33 Are screen mode adju...

Page 44: ...V are as follows Baud rate Parity bit Data length Stop bit Flow control 9 600 bps 8 bits None 1 bit None Appendix Command format Communication procedure Send the control commands from the PC via the RS 232C connector The TV operates according to the received command and sends a response message to the PC Do not send multiple commands at the same time Wait until the PC receives the OK response befo...

Page 45: ...O H POSITION ⳮ10 Ⳮ10 V POSITION ⳮ20 Ⳮ20 TOGGLE NORMAL ZOOM 14 9 PANORAMA FULL CINEMA 16 9 CINEMA 14 9 TOGGLE MUTE MUTE OFF TOGGLE ON OFF DUAL SCREEN OFF DUAL SCREEN ON TOGGLE OFF SLEEP TIMER 30 MIN SLEEP TIMER 1 HOUR SLEEP TIMER 1 HOUR 30 MIN SLEEP TIMER 2 HOUR SLEEP TIMER 2 HOUR 30 MIN WIDE MODE POSITION DOLBY VIRTUAL MUTE DUAL SCREEN AUDIO CHANGE SLEEP TIMER P P I I I I I I I U U U C C C W W C F...

Page 46: ...ead the newest catalogue for compatibility and check the availability No Wall mount bracket Part name Part number 1 AN 26AG1 VHF UHF 44 25 863 25 MHz CATV Hyper band S1 S41ch TV Tuning System Auto Preset 99 ch STEREO BILINGUAL NICAM B G I D K A2 stereo B G Receiving Channel Brightness 450 cd m2 Backlight life 60 000 hours at Backlight Standard position Viewing angles H 170 V 170 Audio amplifier 10...

Page 47: ...46 Dimensional drawings 100 100 151 99 517 568 321 663 556 355 504 52 278 64 Unit mm ...

Page 48: ...ared after running the factory presetting operation You can run the Auto Installation again by using the following steps 1 Turn on the power of the TV 2 Press MENU Make sure the menu screen displays 3 Press c d to select Setup 4 Press a b to select Auto Installation and then press ENTER 5 Press c d to select Yes and then press ENTER NOTE As a precautionary measure make a note of your password abov...

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