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If problems persist contact the SHARP Helpline on tel: 0990-274277

INSTALLING YOUR VCR

CONNECTING THE CABLES

✔

The VCR is correctly connected.

EXISTING AERIAL
OR CATV CABLE

Optional:

Connect your

Satellite receiver or decoder to
the VCR using a scart lead to

LINE 2 IN/DECODER

socket on the VCR.

Connect your existing aerial
cable to the

ANTENNA IN

socket on your VCR.

DECODER UNIT
OR SATELLITE SYSTEM

Connect your TV to the VCR using the
supplied RF connection cable, i.e.
connect the VCR

RF OUT

socket to

the TV

AERIAL IN

socket.

Connect the
VCR to the
mains.

BACK OF
TELEVISION

Optional

SCART (not supplied). If you

have a scart lead connect it to your TV and

LINE 1 IN/OUT

socket on the VCR.

- The advantage of a Scart connection is
improved picture and sound quality during
playback.

SCART LEAD

AERIAL

RF CONNECTION

CABLE

AERIAL

RF CONNECTION

CABLE

VC-MH713HM.book Page 4 Monday, May 8, 2000 11:53 AM

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Page 1: ... NICAM Hi Fi STEREO 6 HEAD LONG PLAY CHILD LOCK SHARP SUPER PICTURE VC MH713HM VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OPERATION MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...refully before attempting to operate the VCR Copyright Audio visual material may consist of copyrighted works which must not be recorded without the authority of the owner of the copyright Please refer to the relevant laws in your country No part of this publication may be reproduced stored or transmitted in any form without prior permission from SHARP Electronics Europe GmbH and PlusCode are regi...

Page 3: ... to switch on the VCR 12 TAPE SPEED SP LP 13 SLOW 29 DPSS SLOW SPEED 2 INPUT SELECT 6 MENU 19 SET 21 CLEAR 10 RECORD 18 SKIP SEARCH 15 BASIC SHARP TV CONTROLS 1 STANDBY 4 TIMER ON OFF 7 PLUSCODE 25 INPUT SELECT 30 TV VCR VCR REMOTE CONTROL VCR FRONT PANEL REMOTE CONTROL EQUIVALENT FUNCTIONS If you prefer or if remote control batteries fail you will need to use the VCR front panel controls The only...

Page 4: ...ecking the amount of tape remaining 20 Playing back a video tape repeatedly 20 Digital Display 21 Blue mute 22 Colour 22 Searching the video tape 23 Skip searching the video tape 23 Digital programme search system DPSS 23 Recording from other equipment 24 Decoder switching operation 25 SPECIAL FEATURES ON YOUR VCR Child lock 26 CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION Manually tuning a channel 27 Manually sorting ...

Page 5: ... or liquid on top of the VCR If 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 cau...

Page 6: ... 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 batteries safely and promptly Incorrect use of batt...

Page 7: ... to the ANTENNA IN socket on your VCR DECODER UNIT OR SATELLITE SYSTEM 1 2 3 Connect your TV to the VCR using the supplied RF connection cable i e connect the VCR RF OUT socket to the TV AERIAL IN socket Connect the VCR to the mains BACK OF TELEVISION Optional SCART not supplied If you have a scart lead connect it to your TV and LINE 1 IN OUT socket on the VCR The advantage of a Scart connection i...

Page 8: ... clear button is pressed at this point it will not allow the TV to be tuned to the VCR Refer to RF through ON OFF on page 35 3 Switch on the TV 4 Select the next available or unused channel on your TV this will become the dedicated video channel Example of TV channels 5 Tune the selected channel on your TV until the screen below appears Refer to your TV manual for instructions on how to tune in yo...

Page 9: ...utes NOTE If the AUTO INSTALLATION screen doesn t appear when you switch on your VCR or you wish to reset your VCR and start the installation again refer to VCR RESET at the back of the book STOP STOP SET SET P L EASE BE SURE THE AER I AL SCART CABL E I S CONNECT ED TO YOUR VCR PRESS SE T TO CONT I NUE SE T ENT ER MENU EX I T AUTO I NS TAL LAT I ON PRESS SE T KEY TO S TART SE T ENT ER MENU EX I T ...

Page 10: ...button to confirm 5 Press to highlight the new position for the channel 6 Press the button to confirm 7 If any more channels are to be moved repeat procedure from step 3 8 Press the button to exit if you are happy with the channel order If you wish to change the channel order at a later date refer to MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS Sorting the channels into your preferred order MENU SELECT BUTTONS MENU ...

Page 11: ...S or the buttons For example for 1st April enter 01 04 4 Press to select YEAR Enter the last two digits of the year using the NUMBER BUTTONS or the buttons For example for 2000 enter 00 For the year 2001 enter 01 5 Press the button to store the time and date NOTE All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set You will need to update the clock for Winter Summer daylight savin...

Page 12: ...deo tape in visual search mode If this fails you will need to have 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 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 the tape compartment This will switch the V...

Page 13: ...TV screen Manual Tracking Press CHANNEL and buttons together to start Auto Tracking PAUSING AND SLOW MOTION 1 Press the PLAY X2 button to start the video tape playing 2 To pause the video tape press PAUSE STILL To minimise jitter whilst in pause mode press CHANNEL or Press the PLAY X2 button to resume playback 3 To playback in slow motion without sound press the SLOW button on the remote control S...

Page 14: ...he shuttle ring fully to the Right for Forward Visual Search or fully to the Left for Reverse Visual Search then Release On release the shuttle returns back to starting position Press the PLAY X2 button to resume playback OR 2 To decrease the speed during visual search mode press FAST FORWARD REWIND again or turn and hold the shuttle ring halfway to the Right for Forward Visual Search or Left for ...

Page 15: ... To pause during recording press PAUSE STILL 5 To continue recording press REC 6 To stop recording press STOP once SIMPLE TIMED RECORDING 1 Press REC 2 To specify a stop time each additional press of REC will delay the stop time by 10 minutes 3 To stop recording at any time press STOP once NOTES If the tape ends before the recording is complete the VCR will stop recording rewind eject the tape and...

Page 16: ...ion as appropriate 5 Press the SET button to confirm NOTE The first time that you use VIDEOPLUS to make a recording on each channel Preset PR may be highlighted on the On Screen Display 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 See next page to continue An ERROR message will appear...

Page 17: ...s inserted into the VCR then press the TIMER ON OFF button once to place the VCR in TIMER STANDBY mode will be shown on the display NOTES You may also access the VIDEOPLUS menu by the following procedure i Press the MENU button ii The VIDEOPLUS option will be highlighted Press the SET button to confirm Continue from step 2 above If flashes a video tape has not been inserted into the VCR If the vid...

Page 18: ...ER Press the SET button to confirm 4 Press the SET button again the on screen display will now show today s date If you wish to change the date use the or the NUMBER BUTTONS Enter two digits for the day then two for the month For example for July 9th press 0 9 9th then 0 7 July When the correct date for your recording is shown press the menu select button to move to the next setting 5 If you want ...

Page 19: ...entered If you wish to make additional timer recordings repeat this procedure 11 When you have completed entering timer settings press the MENU button to remove the menu from the TV screen 12 Ensure that the tape on which you wish to record is inserted into the VCR then press the TIMER ON OFF button once to place the VCR in TIMER STANDBY mode will be shown on the display NOTES If flashes a video t...

Page 20: ... a delayed recording press to highlight the recording then press the SET button to select 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 the SET button to confirm then press the MENU button to exit CANCELLING A RECORDING 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 of CHECKING A RECORDING 2 To cancel a delayed recording press to ...

Page 21: ... L and R will appear on the VCR display NICAM Hi Fi STEREO SOUND Your VCR can receive and record NICAM sound The VCR is normally set so that NICAM sound is possible if it is present on the receiving signal otherwise the VCR will automatically switch to receive the mono signal NICAM sound can be turned off If you wish to do this follow the procedure below 1 Press the MENU button to display the main...

Page 22: ...DIO EQUIPMENT The diagram below shows how to connect your VCR to audio equipment When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers RF OUT SORTIEANTENNE ANTENNAIN ENTREE BACK OF EXISTING AERIAL CABLE RF CONNECTION CABLE RF OUT AUDIO OUT AMPLIFIER L and R TELEVISION AERIAL IN AUDIO PHONO LEADS NOT SUPPLIED ...

Page 23: ...nutes By pressing the TAPE SPEED button on the remote control the remaining time will change between long play and standard play For example in standard play 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape in long play 2 hour 46 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 aga...

Page 24: ...D ZERO BACK Tape counter measures the current position of the video tape in real time ZERO BACK uses the tape 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 and the tape counter will appear When you wish to return to this position on the video tape press ...

Page 25: ...elect BLUE MUTE 5 Press to select OFF 6 Press SET and then MENU to return to the normal screen COLOUR If the VCR is playing poor quality recording the picture may turn black and white Selecting PAL may improve this depending on the recording although coloured speckles may appear on black and white recordings 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 from BLUE MUTE 2 Press the menu select buttons to select COLOUR 3 Pr...

Page 26: ...he next programme For example 1 Load the video tape into the VCR 2 Press DPSS three times The number 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 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 pr...

Page 27: ...ess the INPUT SELECT button on the remote control until the VCR display shows L2 4 Press REC to start recording OTHER CONNECTIONS POSSIBLE If you wish to record from a source connected to LINE 1 IN OUT select L1 Press REC to start recording If you wish to record from a source connected with audio phono leads to the sockets on the front of the VCR select L3 Press REC to start recording NOTE There a...

Page 28: ... LINE1 terminal and you 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 conne...

Page 29: ...ed Regardless of what other 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 the CHILD LOCK button for about 2 seconds starts flashing and then disappears CHILD LOCK is disengaged...

Page 30: ...it is not the desired channel press to continue tuning 6 Press to select FINE TUNING Press and hold until the sharpest colour picture is obtained IMPORTANT NOTE 7 If you connect an independent decoder you must press to select DECODER then select to turn the decoder function ON 8 Press to select SKIP The SKIP function determines whether the channel can be selected when using the CHANNEL instead of ...

Page 31: ...moved Press the SET button to confirm 6 Press to highlight the new position for the channel Press the SET button 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 the MENU button to leave the MENU function MENU SCREEN 2 MODE SE T UP 5 MOVE 1 5 1 CH 2 1 7 1 3 2 CH 3 2 8 1 4 3 CH 4 3 9 1 5 4 CH 5 4 1 0 1 6 5 CH 6 ...

Page 32: ...nter AM or PM by pressing the AM PM button on the remote control 6 Press to select DATE Enter the date using the NUMBER BUTTONS or the For example for 1st April enter 01 04 7 Press to select YEAR Enter the last two digits of the year using the NUMBER BUTTONS or For example for 2000 enter 00 For the year 2001 enter 01 NOTE You will need to update the clock for Winter Summer daylight saving SE T UP ...

Page 33: ... on the remote control Now the TV broadcast channel will be seen on the TV screen and VCR will disappear from the VCR display Pressing the TV VCR button 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 1 TIMER indicator 2 AUDIO OUTPUT indicators 3 RECORDING indicator 4 CHILD LOCK indicator 5 AM PM ...

Page 34: ...utton is pressed 2 FULL all the active features will also be shown 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 an...

Page 35: ...g time 480 min with E 240 video cassette in Long Play LP mode Tape width 12 7 mm Tape speed 23 39 mm s Standard Play SP 11 70 mm s Long Play LP Antenna 75 Ω unbalanced Reception channels UHF channel 21 69 RF output signal UHF channel 21 69 Power requirement AC 230 240V 50 Hz Power consumption 17 W approx STANDBY 3W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature 20 C to 55 C Video input 1 0 ...

Page 36: ...ct tuning of your TV Auto Installation screen does not appear when the VCR is switched on OR Auto Installation is not complete Reset the VCR and complete AUTO INSTALLATION again Refer to VCR Reset at the back of the book POWER Display is not working Make sure the power cord is plugged in Make sure the wall socket has power check by plugging another appliance in VCR will not operate appears in VCR ...

Page 37: ...light OTHER PROBLEMS Picture does not change even though the CHANNEL buttons are pressed Make sure the VCR is not in Timer or Menu mode Desired channel position can not be selected The channel position has 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 proper...

Page 38: ...ress and hold the MENU button on the 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 or buttons 5 Press the SET button to store 6 Your TV will now require tuning to the new channel 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 c...

Page 39: ... product was purchased Proof of purchase must be provided 4 The guarantee does not cover carriage costs batteries or video tapes 5 In the unlikely event of this product requiring repair please contact the supplier from whom it was purchased Where this is not possible please contact the SHARP Helpline on the telephone number given below 6 This guarantee is offered as an additional benefit to your s...

Page 40: ...cut off the plug remove the fuse and dispose of the cut off plug safely The wires in the mains cable are colour coded as follows blue neutral brown live As the colours of the wires may not correspond with the terminals in your plug connect the wires following plug manufacturer s guide blue wire to the terminal marked N or coloured black or blue brown wire to the terminal marked L or coloured red o...

Page 41: ...to service this VCR yourself For service please contact your dealer If this is not possible please call our Customer Information Centre for details of your nearest Sharp Service Centre In the unlikely event of this equipment requiring repair during the guarantee period you will need to provide proof of the date of purchase to the repairing company Please keep your invoice or receipt which is suppl...

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