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Important Safety Precautions

• Cleaning—Unplug the AC cord

from the AC outlet before cleaning
the product. Use a damp cloth to
clean the product. Do not use
liquid cleaners or aerosol
cleaners.

• Stand—Do not place the product

on an unstable cart, stand, tripod
or table. Doing so can cause the
product to fall, resulting in serious
personal injuries as well as
damage to the product. Use only
a cart, stand, tripod, bracket or
table recommended by the
manufacturer or sold with the
product. When mounting the
product on a wall, be sure to
follow the manufacturer’s
instructions. Use only the
mounting hardware recommended
by the manufacturer.

• When relocating the product

placed on a cart, it must be
moved with utmost care. Sudden
stops, excessive force and
uneven floor surface can cause
the product to fall from the cart.

• Water and moisture—Do not use

the product near water, such as
bathtub, washbasin, kitchen sink,
laundry tub, swimming pool and in
a wet basement.

• Ventilation—The vents and other

openings in the cabinet are
designed for ventilation. Do not
cover or block these vents and
openings since insufficient
ventilation can cause overheating
and/or shorten the life of the
product. Do not place the product
on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar
surface, since they can block
ventilation openings. This product
is 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 sources—Keep the product

away from heat sources such as
radiators, heaters, stoves and
other heat-generating products
(including amplifiers).

• Do not place vases or any other

water-filled containers on this
product.
The water may spill onto the
product causing fire or electric
shock.

• To prevent fire, never place any

type of candle or naked flames on
the top or near the TV set.

• To prevent fire or shock hazard,

do not place the AC power cord
under the TV set or other heavy
items.

The LCD panel is a very high technology product
with 3,147,264 thin film transistors, giving you fine
picture details.
Due to the very large number of pixels,
occasionally a few non-active pixels may appear
on the screen as a fixed point of blue, green or
red.
This is within product specifications and does not
constitute a fault.

Precautions when
transporting the TV

When transporting the TV, never
carry it by holding onto the
speakers. Be sure to always
carry the TV by two people
holding it with two hands—one
hand on each side of the TV.

• Do not display a still picture for a long time, as this

could cause an afterimage to remain.

LC-26GA5X(E)-a

04.12.17, 8:19 AM

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Summary of Contents for LC-26GA5X

Page 1: ...LCD COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATION MANUAL LC 26GA5X MODEL ...

Page 2: ...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 channels 22 Setting the child lock 22 Password s...

Page 3: ...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 screen signalling WSS 35 Picture aspect ratio 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 for TV input mode 4...

Page 4: ... 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 r...

Page 5: ...r 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 sources Keep the pr...

Page 6: ...cessories 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 Antenna cable Page 8 LC 26GA5X E a 04 12 17 8 20 AM 5 ...

Page 7: ...tended 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 ...

Page 8: ...F 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 the right or left ...

Page 9: ...ections 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 26GA5X E a 04 12 17...

Page 10: ... 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 work themselves S...

Page 11: ...C 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 LC 26GA5X E a 04 12 17 8 20 AM 10 ...

Page 12: ...n standby mode indicator lights red Pressing RESET will not delete channel preset and password See page 40 for resetting the password See page 50 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 Out setting resets to Fixed Audio Only setting resets to Off Part names TV Rear...

Page 13: ...11 k Reveal hidden for TELETEXT TELETEXT mode Display hidden characters See page 43 12 MPX Select the sound multiplex mode See page 15 13 VOLl VOLk Set the volume See page 16 14 e MUTE Mute the sound See page 16 15 EXIT Turn off the On Screen Display 16 SLEEP Set the Sleep timer See page 39 17 DISPLAY Display the programme information 18 AV MODE Select a video setting AV MODE STANDARD MOVIE GAME U...

Page 14: ...WER 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 remove t...

Page 15: ...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 When viewing Teletext information View a page directly which is 3 digit page number from 100 to 899 by pressing buttons 0 to 9 Using Flashback A on the remote...

Page 16: ...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 MPX the mode switc...

Page 17: ...n 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 volume level will be ...

Page 18: ... 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 selected...

Page 19: ...e 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 WSS Page 35 4 3 Mode Page 35 Rotate Page 38 Language Page 24 Text Language Page 42 Treble Page 28 Bass Page 28 Balance Page 28 Dolby Virtual Page 28 Audio Only Page 33 DNR Page 37 Input Select Page 33 Audi...

Page 20: ...hannels 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 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...

Page 21: ...s 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 s ENTER Instead ...

Page 22: ...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 Alphabets and numbe...

Page 23: ...t 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 over when using CHr ...

Page 24: ...t 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 19 20 02 KABEL 03 ...

Page 25: ... 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 Off On NOTE M...

Page 26: ...e 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 Hue C M S Saturatio...

Page 27: ...esired 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 Monochrome Film Mode I ...

Page 28: ...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 then press ENTER Rep...

Page 29: ...ess 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 you adjust Trebl...

Page 30: ...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 every minute NOTE Di...

Page 31: ...isplaying 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 selected on the INPUT S...

Page 32: ...l 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 available When using com...

Page 33: ...e 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 need to select the...

Page 34: ... 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 If no colour imag...

Page 35: ...t 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 equipment and then pr...

Page 36: ...emphasising high contrast for sports viewing Selected item STANDARD MOVIE GAME USER DYNAMIC Wide screen signalling WSS WSS allows a television to switch automatically among the different screen formats Press MENU and the MENU screen displays 1 2 Press a b to select WSS and then press ENTER 3 Press c d to select Setup Press c d to select On or Off and then press ENTER 4 NOTE Try to set WIDE mode if...

Page 37: ...DE 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 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 35 the optimum WIDE mode is automatically chosen for every broadcast containing the WSS information WSS menu To...

Page 38: ...en 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 room temperatures at...

Page 39: ...n 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 LC 26GA5X E h 04 1...

Page 40: ...usted 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 Remaining time dis...

Page 41: ... 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 precautionary mea...

Page 42: ...rce 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 screens are differe...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...en switches as shown upper right If you select a programme with no Teletext signal No Teletext available is displayed The same message displays during dual screen or 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 YE...

Page 45: ... block or group pages Press l to exit the TOP Overview screen 4 5 NOTE Subtitle will not be displayed when the service does not contain the subtitle information Time display You can display the time information included in the Teletext broadcast Select a TV channel providing Teletext information The time information is automatically captured 1 2 3 4 Press DISPLAY The channel display will appear on...

Page 46: ...urning 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 adjustments such as p...

Page 47: ...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 before sending the ne...

Page 48: ... 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 TEXT OFF TEXT ON TOGGLE DIRECT PAGE JUMP 100 899 WIDE MODE POSITION DOLBY VIRTUAL MUTE DUAL SCREEN AUDIO CHANGE SLEEP TIMER TEXT P P I I I I I I I U U U C C C W W C F F F...

Page 49: ...lity 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 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 ...

Page 50: ...49 Dimensional drawings 100 100 151 99 517 568 321 663 556 355 504 52 278 64 Unit mm LC 26GA5X E j 04 12 17 9 55 AM 49 ...

Page 51: ...g 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 from...

Page 52: ...51 Memo LC 26GA5X E j 04 12 17 9 55 AM 51 ...

Page 53: ...52 Memo LC 26GA5X E j 04 12 17 9 55 AM 52 ...

Page 54: ...MILE 09 573 0113 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 ...

Page 55: ... 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 relevant legislation in the country o...

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