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LC-26AF3X

LC-AF3X(E)-j

05.7.20, 10:10 AM

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Summary of Contents for Aquos LC-26AF3X

Page 1: ...LCD COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATION MANUAL LC 26AF3X LC 32AF3X LC 37AF3X MODEL LC AF3X_Hyo1 05 8 23 6 59 AM 1 ...

Page 2: ...sing MPX on the remote control unit 16 Simple button operation for changing volume sound 17 Sleep timer 17 Still image 17 Basic adjustment settings 18 Menu operation buttons 18 On Screen Display 18 Menu items 19 Auto installation 20 Programme setup 20 Auto search 20 Manual setting for each channel 21 Search tuning 21 Fine tuning 21 Colour system 22 Sound system Broadcasting system 22 Labelling cha...

Page 3: ...37 Demo 37 Useful features 38 Teletext language setting 38 Teletext function 39 Using external equipment 41 Displaying an external equipment image 41 Displaying a DVD image Example 41 Connecting a VCR 41 Connecting a DVD player 42 Connecting a game console or camcorder 42 Connecting an HDTV tuner 43 Appendix 44 Troubleshooting 44 Specifications 45 Optional accessories 45 Dimensional drawings 46 Tr...

Page 4: ...ts 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 person to perform...

Page 5: ...okcase 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 struck forcefully or with a sharp object If the LCD panel is broken be careful not to be injured by broken glass Heat sources Keep the product away from heat sources such as radiators heaters stoves and o...

Page 6: ...straints Page 8 Restraining band Screw for band Clamps Screws for clamps LC 32AF3X LC 37AF3X Only Antenna cable NOTE Always use the AC cord supplied with the TV The illustrations and on screen displays in this operation manual are for explanation purposes and may vary slightly from the actual operations The examples used throughout this manual are based on LC 32AF3X Page 9 LC AF3X E a 05 7 20 10 0...

Page 7: ...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 Objects between the rem...

Page 8: ...st 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 2 5 degrees forward or 6 10 degrees backward The TV can also be rotated up to 10 25 degrees to the right or left Figures within parentheses are for LC 26AF3X See pages 9 and 41 43 for connecting antennas and external e...

Page 9: ...ercially available whose shape is compatible with the band 3 4 Transfer the product to the table where you intend to fix the TV CAUTION As this product is heavy use a table that is wide enough to support the product and capable of withstanding the product s weight The table should be set where it will not be overturned Stand Table Thick soft cloth ex Blanket Restraining band supplied Screw commerc...

Page 10: ...nections 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 Room antenna terminal 75 ohm type Rear view To antenna terminal Standard DIN45325 plug IEC169 2 75 ohm coaxial cable round cable LC AF3X E a 05 7 20 1...

Page 11: ... be performed by qualified service personnel Customers should not attempt to do the work themselves SHARP bears no responsibility for improper mounting or mounting that results in accident or injury Hanging on the wall Wall mount bracket See the bracket instructions for details Example Regarding the angle when mounting the TV on the wall The maximum angle to which you can tilt the wall mounted TV ...

Page 12: ...icator 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 25 SLEEP timer indicator OPC indicator LC AF3X E a 05 7 20 10 07 AM 11 ...

Page 13: ... mode indicator lights red Pressing RESET will not delete channel preset and password See page 30 for resetting the password See page 48 for initialising to the factory preset values in case you forget your password Image position is initialised Still image mode deactivates Teletext mode resets to normal Audio Only setting resets to Off Part names TV Rear RESET INPUT 2 terminals Antenna input term...

Page 14: ...al or hide subpages 11 SLEEP Set the Sleep timer See page 17 12 k Reveal hidden for TELETEXT TELETEXT mode Display hidden characters See page 39 13 DISPLAY Display the programme information TELETEXT mode Display the time information included in the Teletext broadcast See page 40 Display an index page for CEEFAX FLOF information 14 RETURN MENU mode Return to the previous menu screen See page 18 15 ...

Page 15: ...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 sure to ...

Page 16: ...hannel e g channel 12 Press 1 followed by 2 Using Flashback A on the remote control unit Press A to switch the currently tuned channel to the previously tuned channel Press A again to switch back to the currently tuned channel Press A to toggle between the currently selected input source and the previously selected one Press A to return to the previous page in TELETEXT mode Channel display changes...

Page 17: ...99 BBC2 Stereo 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 tim...

Page 18: ...ume You can change the volume on the TV or on the remote control unit To increase the volume press VOLk k k k k To decrease the volume press VOLl l l l l Sleep timer Allows you to set a time when the TV automatically switches to standby Each time you press SLEEP the remaining time switches as shown below Press SLEEP Remaining time displays when sleep timer has been set NOTE When the time has been ...

Page 19: ...ting 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 differ in the sele...

Page 20: ... Page 28 Picture No Signal Off Page 29 No Operation Off Page 29 Auto Installation Page 20 Programme Setup Pages 20 24 Child Lock Page 30 Input Label Page 31 Position Page 31 WSS Page 32 4 3 Mode Page 32 Rotate Page 34 Language Page 34 Text Language Page 38 AV Mode Page 28 Treble Page 28 Bass Page 28 Balance Page 28 Surround Page 29 Audio Only Page 35 DNR Page 35 HDMI Setup Page 35 Input Select Pag...

Page 21: ...Programme Setup Channels can be tuned 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 30 for setting a password NOTE After performing step 5 the menu screen shown in step 3 will reappear Do not turn off the TV before then because t...

Page 22: ...en 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 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 s ENTER Instead of th...

Page 23: ...n press ENTER Sound system menu Fine Search Colour sys Sound sys Label Skip Lock 179 25 AUTO B G Off SAT 1 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 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 Alphabets and numbers are listed Press a ...

Page 24: ...d 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 Off On Lock menu Press a b to set Lock to On and then press ENTER Channels with Skip set to On are passed over when using CHr s even if selected while watching the image from the TV Manual setting for each ch...

Page 25: ...se Programme and then press ENTER 6 7 8 Press c d to select Yes and then press ENTER Press a b c d to select the channel you want to erase and then press ENTER A message screen pops up Press c d to select Yes and then press ENTER to erase the selected programme All the subsequent programmes move up Repeat the steps 6 and 7 until all desired channels are erased Press MENU and the MENU screen displa...

Page 26: ...ns to choose from to best match the system environment which can vary due to factors like room brightness type of programme watched or the type of image input from external equipment 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 Description For a highly defined image in a normally bright room For a movie Lowers...

Page 27: ...s items MENU Picture Picture Audio Contrast OPC AV Mode STANDARD Off Brightness Colour Tint Sharpness Advanced Reset 30 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 30 10 40 30 30 30 10 Backlight 6 8 8 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 ...

Page 28: ...nt For high detail in black portions Selected item Off On Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 Press c d to select Picture 3 Press a b to select Advanced and then press ENTER 4 5 Advanced Advanced setting enables you to set the picture adjustment in more detail There are six options you can choose from 3D Y C Provides high quality images with minimal dot crawl and cross colour noise Press a...

Page 29: ...Surround Reset Off 0 0 15 L 15 0 15 15 R AV Mode STANDARD AV mode selection This option links to AV Mode in the Picture menu See page 25 Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 Press c d to select Picture 3 Press a b to select Advanced and then press ENTER Monochrome For viewing a video in monochrome Press a b to select Monochrome and then press ENTER Press c d to select On and then press ENTE...

Page 30: ... every minute NOTE Disable is factory preset value Press c d to select Power control Power control menu displays Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Power control Power control setting allows you to save energy Press c d to select Audio Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Press c d to select On and then press ENTER Press a b to select Surround and then press ENTER NOTE Audio menu items oth...

Page 31: ...ked channel a password prompt message pops up Press ENTER to display the password input window Press c d to select Setup 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 pr...

Page 32: ...ccording to input source Input Label You can assign each input source a label you like Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 5 Press c d to select Setup Press a b to select Input Label and then press ENTER 6 Repeat the above until the name is fully spelt out and then press ENTER The name can be 6 characters or less When you want to set an input source name of less than 6 characters select END th...

Page 33: ...hen the broadcast signal contains no WSS information the function will not work even if enabled Picture aspect ratio The WSS signal has 4 3 auto switching that allows you to select between Normal and Panorama Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 Press a b to select 4 3 Mode and then press ENTER 3 Press c d to select Normal or Panorama and then press ENTER 4 WSS signal 4 3 screen 4 3 mode No...

Page 34: ...he wide mode options selectable for the type of video signal currently received Auto Selection If you set WSS and 4 3 Mode in the Setup menu on page 32 the optimum WIDE mode is automatically chosen for every broadcast containing the WSS information WSS menu To enable Auto Selection set WSS in the Setup menu to On See page 32 4 3 Mode menu To set the type of the wide screen select Normal or Panoram...

Page 35: ...side Down upside down image Rotate rotated image Useful adjustment settings Language setting for on screen display You can also select a language from setup menu Select from among 3 languages English Chinese and Arabic 3 Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 4 Press c d to select Setup Press a b to select Language and then press ENTER Press a b to select the desired language listed on the sc...

Page 36: ... the INPUT SOURCE menu To watch an HDMI equipment image select INPUT4 from INPUT SOURCE menu using TV VIDEO on the remote control unit or on the TV Press MENU and the MENU screen displays Press c d to select Option 1 2 3 HDMI Setup HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface terminal selection MENU Option HDMI Setup Option Audio Only DNR HDMI Setup Quick Shoot On Off Demo 5 Press a b to select the d...

Page 37: ...Option Press a b to select Input Select and then press ENTER Press a b to select a signal type you want to set and then press ENTER NOTE If no colour image displays try to change the other signal type Check the operation manual of the external equipment for the signal type Press TV VIDEO on the remote control unit or TV VIDEO on the TV Press TV VIDEO on the remote control unit or TV VIDEO on the T...

Page 38: ...s not display clearly select another colour system e g PAL NTSC 4 43 Demo Demo shows some of the functions of the TV on the screen The demonstration items are as follows Setting Demo to On or Off Selecting input source to use for Demo Demo Skip TV INPUT1 INPUT2 INPUT3 INPUT4 Selecting Freeze setting for Demo On Off Selecting Menu setting for Demo On Off Selecting Interval setting for Demo 10 Sec 1...

Page 39: ...sh French Scandinavian Turkish German Spanish Italian Greek Cyrillic English Russian Estonian Czech German Spanish Ukrainian Lettish NOTE Teletext can display only when it is sent by a network Not used to convert between languages Teletext language setting If Teletext information does not display correctly perform the setting procedure below Select from among 4 kinds of language tables West Europe...

Page 40: ...press m the screen switches as shown upper right If you select a programme with no Teletext signal No Teletext available is displayed The same message displays during other modes if no Teletext signal is available 1 2 3 RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE TELETEXT When viewing the Teletext information Press CHr to increase the page number Press CHs to decrease the page number Button functions Colour RED GREEN Y...

Page 41: ... within the three second interval the channel display is on the screen Time information will display on the lower left of the screen for about three seconds Even when you change the TV channel you can display the time information with steps 2 to 3 above NOTE The time display cannot be stored once the power is turned off When you turn on the power perform steps 1 to 4 again If acquired successfully...

Page 42: ...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 36 The setting is stored and can be selected on the INPUT SOURCE menu You can connect many types of external equipment to your TV like a VCR DVD player HDTV tuner game console and camcorder To view external source images select the input ...

Page 43: ...hen using component cable select COMPONENT for Input select in the menu L AUDIO R VIDEO S VIDEO Game console Camcorder Composite cable VIDEO AUDIO commercially available S video cable commercially available Connecting a game console or camcorder A game console camcorder and some other audiovisual equipment are conveniently connected using the INPUT 3 terminals NOTE The S video terminal has priorit...

Page 44: ...UT 2 terminal when connecting to an HDTV tuner and other audiovisual equipment To watch an image from this input terminal you need to select the input source see page 41 and the input signal type see page 36 When using component cable select COMPONENT for Input select in the menu Audio cable commercially available LC AF3X E i 05 7 20 10 09 AM 43 ...

Page 45: ...ate the unit 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 31 Are screen ...

Page 46: ...and S1 S41ch TV Tuning System Auto Preset 99 ch Auto Label Auto Sort 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 10W g 2 Speakers Ø 8 cm 2pcs Terminals VIDEO in AUDIO in COMPONENT in INPUT 2 INPUT 3 VIDEO in AUDIO in S VIDEO in INPUT 1 INPUT 4 HDMI HDMI in...

Page 47: ...00 115 104 700 4 822 6 395 1 463 8 395 429 4 640 4 708 4 579 647 61 4 61 4 290 306 432 453 631 671 804 926 116 116 87 102 108 108 LC 32AF3X LC 37AF3X NOTE Figures within parentheses are for LC 37AF3X Unit mm LC AF3X E j 05 7 20 10 10 AM 46 ...

Page 48: ...47 Dimensional drawings 560 160 7 400 7 674 567 9 100 100 50 320 6 553 52 501 345 4 108 116 49 7 47 9 267 6 537 8 Unit mm LC 26AF3X LC AF3X E j 05 7 20 10 10 AM 47 ...

Page 49: ...ing 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 above scissor it fr...

Page 50: ...3 FOR LOCATION ENQUIRIES WITHIN AUSTRALIA REGARDING YOUR LOCAL SHARP APPROVED SERVICE CENTRE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www sharp net au OR CALL SHARP CUSTOMER CARE 1 300 135 022 SHARP CORPORATION OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD SPform019 JUNE 2004 LOCAL CALL COST APPLY WITHIN AUSTRALIA SHARP APPROVED SERVICE CENTRE www sharp net nz CONTACT YOUR SELLING DEALER RETAILER OR CALL LC AF3X_Hyo3 05 7 5 9 49 AM 2 ...

Page 51: ...isuse abuse neglect accidental damage improper voltage liquid spillage vermin infestation software or any alterations made to the product which are not authorised by Sharp Please retain your sales documentation as this should be produced to validate a warranty claim This warranty is in addition to and in no way limits varies or excludes any express and implied rights and remedies under any relevan...

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