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model
25N-M180
CONTENTS
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Page
• Important Information ................................ 2 - 3
• Energy Save ................................................ 25
• Important Safeguards ............................... 3 - 4 • Set Up ................................................... 26 - 31
• Supplied Accessories ..................................... 5
• EZ Setup ................................................... 26
• Before Operating Your Television .................. 5
• Channel Setting ....
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Welcome to the SHARP Family. We are pleased that you are now the owner of a SHARP Color Television – built for outstanding quality, reliability and performance. Every SHARP Color Television set is tuned and adjusted for proper color and sound, and has passed through the most stringent quality control tests at the factory. We have prepared this OPERATION MANUAL so that you may adjust the picture and color to your personal viewing preference. We sincerely hope that you receive the greatest satisfa
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Important Information (Continued) WARNING - FCC Regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. Important Safeguards CAUTION: Please read all of these instructions before you operate your television and save these intructions for later use. Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. This unit has been engineered and manufactured to assure your person
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Important Safeguards (Continued) 14. If an outside antenna is connected to the television equipment, be sure the antenna system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Section 810 of the National Electrical Code provides information with respect to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to
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Supplied Accessories Size AA Dry Batteries Infrared Remote Control Part Number : RRMCG1395CESA Before Operating Your Television Location • For normal operation, your TV should be located in an area of the room where cool adequate ventilation is provided. Do not place the back of the television set in a place where free airflow will be restricted. • Any magnetic force may disturb the color picture. Make sure that magnets, electric clocks, toys using magnets or any other magnetic substance, such a
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Antenna Connections Antennas • The antenna requirements for good color television reception are more important than those for black & white television reception. For this reason, a good quality outdoor antenna is strongly recommended. The following is a brief explanation of the type of connections that are provided with the various antenna systems: 1. A 75 ohm system is generally a round cable with F- F-type connector type connector that can easily be attached to a terminal 75-ohm coaxial withou
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Antenna Connections CABLE TV (CATV) CONNECTION • A 75 ohm coaxial cable connector is built into the set for easy hookup. When connecting the 75 ohm coaxial cable to the set, screw the 75 ohm cable to the COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR. • Some cable TV companies offer “premium pay channels”. Since the signals of these premium pay channels are scrambled, a cable TV converter/descrambler is generally provided to the subscriber by the cable TV company. This converter/descrambler is necessary for normal vie
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Quick Reference Control Operation Quick Reference Control Operation L Location of Controls (ENGLISH) Front Panel VIDEO/AUDIO IN TERMINALS POWER Press → On. Press again → Off. VOLUME UP/DOWN CHANNEL UP/DOWN SENSOR AREA FOR (+) Increases sound. (8) Selects next higher channel. REMOTE CONTROL (9) Selects next lower channel. (–) Decreases sound. • Press both at same time to access MAIN MENU screen. Basic Remote Control Functions Infrared Transmitter Window POWER DISPLAY Press → On. Press → Display
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Referencia rápida de los controles de operación L Ubicación de los controles (ESPAÑOL) Front Delantero TERMINALES DE ENTRADA VIDEO/AUDIO ALIMENTACION (POWER) Pulsando → Enciende (On). Pulsando nuevamente → Apaga (Off). CANAL SUPERIOR/INFERIOR (CH) AUMENTO/DISMINUCION (8) Selecciona el siguiente canal ZONA DEL SENSOR DEL DEL VOLUMEN (VOL) superior. MANDO A DISTANCIA (9) Selecciona el siguiente canal (+) Aumenta el sonido. inferior. (–) Disminuye el sonido. • Pulse los dos a la misma vez para acce
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Quick Reference Control Operation Référence rapide sur les commandes L Emplacement des touches (FRANÇAIS) Panneau Avant PRISES D’ENTRÉE VIDÉO/AUDIO ALIMENTATION (POWER) Appuyer pour mettre sous tension. Appuyer de nouveau pour mettre TOUCHES DES CANAUX CROISSANT/DÉCROISSANT (CH) hors tension. (8)Sélectionne le canal supérieur AUGMENTATION/REDUCTION suivant. DU VOLUME SONORE (VOL) ZONE DE DETECTION (9)Sélectionne le canal inférieur DU CAPTEUR (+) Pour augmenter le volume du son. précedent. (–) Po
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EZ SETUP during First Power On POWER L When you turn on the TV for the first time, it will automatically POWER TV VCR DISPLAY INPUT memorize the broadcasting channels. 1 2 3 Please perform the following instructions before you press VOLUME 4 5 6 the power button. (+)/(–) 7 8 9 (1) Insert the batteries into the remote control. (See page 5) FLASHBACK ENTER 0 100 (2) Connect the antenna cable to the TV set. (See page 6) PERSONAL PREFERENCE A B C D (3) Plug in the AC POWER cord to the wall outlet.
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Demo Mode (On the set) • To quickly learn more about the TV set, press and hold for more than three seconds both CH UP (8) and DOWN (9) on the TV set. The TV 9 CH 8 set will go into DEMO mode and briefly explain the various features. • To cancel DEMO mode, again press both CH UP (8) and DOWN (9) MENU on the TV set. Accessing the MAIN MENU screen without Remote Control • If you misplaced your Remote Control you can still access most (On the set) settings via the MAIN MENU screen when you pres
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Sleep Timer L You can set the number of minutes for your TV to automatically turn off. 1 Press MENU to access MAIN MENU screen. 2 Press VOL (+) or (–) to access TIMER SET mode. → (MAIN MENU screen) 3 Press VOL (+) or (–) to set a sleep time of 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. 4 Press MENU to exit. → (TIMER SET mode) NOTE: • To turn off the Sleep Timer, repeat the above SLEEP TIMER steps and select “– – – REMAIN” during step 3. • While Sleep Timer is active, the time remaining will be briefly displayed
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Video Adjust (Continued) 5 Press VOL (+) or (–) to adjust the setting. VOL UP(+) increase contrast VOL DOWN (–) decrease contrast 6 Repeat steps 4 - 5 to adjust other settings. 7 Press MENU to exit. Closed Caption L HOW TO SET CLOSED CAPTION • Your TV is equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder. “Closed Caption” is a system which allows you to view conversations, narration, and sound effects in TV programs and home videos as subscript on your TV screen as shown on the right. • Not all th
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Closed Caption (Continued) 5 Press VOL (+) or (–) to change the CLOSED CAPTION setting. DATA : MODE : 6 Press MENU to exit. NOTE: • If a broadcast has CLOSED CAPTION and the MUTE button is pressed, the set enters [CAPTION] mode automatically. Pressing MUTE again will return the set to its previous condition. • Closed Caption may malfunction (white blocks, strange characters, etc.) if signal conditions are poor or if there are problems at the broadcast source. This does not necessarily indicate a
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Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation Continued) Example 2. “R” in the age-based RATING is blocked. This will automatically block the high rating “NC- 17” and “X” also. NOTE: • MPAA RATING is only age-based ratings. [2] TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES Content Base y x DL S V FV RATING (Sexually (Adult (Sexual (Violence) (Fantasy Suggestive Language) Situation) Violence) Age Dialog) TV-Y (All children) — — ——— TV-Y7 (Direct to —— — — E Older Children) Age TV-G (General — — ——— Base Audience) TV-P
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Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation Continued) Example 2.1 : Content-Based setting AGE D L S V FV TV-Y –– –– – : VIEW For “TV-PG”, “TV-14” and “TV-MA” select unblocked (“– – – –”) TV-Y7 –– ––: BLOCK TV-G –– –– – for each content rating but leave "AGE" blocked for “TV-PG” TV-PG – and “TV-14” only. TV-14 – TV-MA – – MENU : RETURN AGE D L S V FV Example 2.2 : Content-Based setting TV-Y –– –– – : VIEW For “TV-PG”, select "BLOCK" for only “V” (Violence). T
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Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation Continued) 2 Press CH UP (8) or DOWN (9) to move the “ ” mark to “PARENT CONTROL”. 3 Press VOL (+) or (–) to access PARENT CONTROL mode, then press VOL (+) or (–) to access V-CHIP select mode. (PARENT CONTROL mode) 4 Press VOL (+) or (–) to access “MPAA RATING”. MP AA TV GU IDEL INES DOWNLOAD : OF F STATUS : OFF (V-CHIP select mode) 5 Press CH UP (8) or DOWN (9) to move the “ ” mark to "PG", then press VOL (+) or (–) to select BLOCK. If you set “PG” to BLOCK, “P
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Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation Continued) [2] TV GUIDELINES 1 Repeat steps 1 - 3 of [1] MPAA RATING. 2 Press CH UP (8) or DOWN (9) to move the “ ” mark to “TV GUIDELINES”. 3 Press VOL (+) or (–) to access TV GUIDELINES mode. AGE D L S V FV TV-Y –– –– – : VIEW TV-Y7 –– ––: BLOCK TV-G –– –– – TV-PG – TV-14 – – 4 To change CONTENT SETTING, press CH UP (8) or DOWN (9) TV-MA – – to move the “ ” to the desired rating and then press VOL (+) MENU : RETURN or
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Parent Control (V-CHIP Operation Continued) [3] ACTIVATE ON TO TURN ON V-CHIP BLOCK 1 Press CH UP (8) or DOWN (9) to move the “ ” mark to “STATUS”, then press VOL (+) or (–) to activate ON the V-CHIP BLOCK. (If STATUS is OFF, V-CHIP BLOCK will not be operated.) → 2 Press MENU, then “INPUT SECRET No.” will be displayed. 3 Enter the 4-digit SECRET No. using the REMOTE KEYPAD. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ENTER 0 100 4 Press MENU and SECRET No. is registered. L To cancel the V-CHIP BLOCK scr
