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T ROU BLESH OOT I N G

PROBLEM

A N SWER

Display is not working.

• Make sure the VCR is not in LOW POWER mode.
• Make sure the power cord is plugged in.
• Make sure the wall socket has power (plug another

appliance in).

VCR will not operate -

appears in VCR display.

• Press the

T I M ER ON /OFF

button to disengage timer.

VCR will not respond to
any commands.

• Check CHILD LOCK is not engaged.
• Safety device operating: unplug VCR for 2 hours.

Tape cannot be loaded. • Make sure there is no other tape in the VCR.

• Make sure you are loading the tape correctly.

VCR cannot be
operated by remote
control.

• Remote control is too far away from the main unit.
• Point the remote control at the VCR.
• Batteries are flat - replace both.
• Batteries have not been inserted correctly.
• VCR is positioned in strong light.

No picture appears.

• Make sure TV is set to the video channel.
• Check all connecting cables.

Rewind is not possible.

• Make sure tape is not at the start.

Picture does not change
even though

CH A N N EL

buttons are pressed.

• Make sure VCR is not in timer or menu mode.

Desired channel position
cannot 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 VCR power cord is properly plugged in.

Playback picture is
snowy.

• Adjust the tracking using

CH A N N EL

buttons.

• Try another tape.
• The video heads may have been contaminated - refer

to a SHARP Service Facility.

Tape is automatically
ejected when pressing

REC

(

) or

T I M ER

ON /OFF

buttons.

• The record-protection tab has been removed.

Playback/ recording
does not playback in
stereo.

• Ensure VCR is connected to a stereo TV and SCART

lead.

• Programme may not carry stereo.

SHOWVIEW does not
record desired
programme.

• Broadcast does not carry VPS/PDC signal which alters

recording time.

• Check VPS/PDC mode is switched to ON.
• Ensure date and time are correctly set on the VCR.

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Page 1: ...18 Playing back a video tape repeatedly 18 Playing back an NTSC tape 19 Digital Display 20 Blue mute 21 Colour 21 Searching the video tape 22 Skip searching the video tape 22 Digital programme search system DPSS 23 Recording from other equipment 24 SPECIA L FEA TURES ON YOUR VCR Low power feature 25 Child lock 25 CUSTOMISED IN STA LLA TION Manually tuning a channel 26 Broadcast and CATV channels 2...

Page 2: ... 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 cause a fire or electric shock pull the power cord to disconnect the plug from the ma...

Page 3: ...ol must 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 ...

Page 4: ...ket on the VCR Connect the VCR to the mains Opt ional SCART not supplied If you have a scart lead connect it to your TV and LIN E 1 IN OUT socket on the VCR Connect your TV to the VCR using the supplied rf connection cable i e connect the VCR RF OUT socket to the TV A ERIA L IN socket A ERIA L OR CA TV CA BLE DECODER UN IT OR SA TELLITE SYSTEM BA CK OF TELEVISION VC MH71SM ENGLISH book Page 4 Tues...

Page 5: ...V operation manual 3 Press and hold the MEN U button for 3 seconds The VCR will search and display the ideal RF channel 4 Tune the selected channel on your TV refer to your TV manual until the menu screen appears 5 Press SET to store the RF channel and to place the VCR back into STANDBY NOTE The TV is tuned to the VCR If you have a preferred channel the RF channel can be set manually 21 69 after S...

Page 6: ... N ELS VCR RESET 1 Press STOP to switch on the VCR 2 Press and hold MEN U and CH A N N EL buttons together on the front of the VCR for 10 seconds 3 The AUTO INSTALLATION screen should now be showing on your TV 4 Follow the on screen display to proceed with auto installation All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set Refer to the CUSTOMISED IN STA LLA TION chapter if Your...

Page 7: ...ee Use video tapes which carry the mark H OW TO PLA YBA CK A VIDEO TA PE PLA YBA CK 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 VCR on If the record protection tab has been removed the VCR will start playback as soon as the video tape has been loaded 3 To start playback press PLA Y X 2 BEFORE YOU PLA YBA...

Page 8: ... of a video tape Press CH A N N EL or to position picture interference off the TV screen Manual Tracking Press CH A N N EL and buttons together to start Auto Tracking PA USIN G A N D SLOW MOTION 1 Press PLA Y X 2 to start the video tape playing 2 To pause the video tape press PA USE STILL To minimise jitter whilst in pause mode press CH A N N EL or Press PLA Y X 2 to resume playback 3 To playback ...

Page 9: ...ck press FA ST FORWA RD REWIN D on the remote control or turn the shuttle ring fully to the Right Left 2 To lock search mode turn the shuttle far Right Left and release 3 To decrease the speed press FA ST FORWA RD REWIN D again or turn the shuttle to the halfway position 4 Press PLA Y X 2 to resume playback NOTE There will be picture interference and possibly a change to black and white picture us...

Page 10: ...t recording press REC 4 To pause during recording press PA USE STILL 5 To continue recording press REC 6 To stop recording press STOP once SIMPLE TIMED RECORDIN G 1 To specify a stop time press REC 2 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 ...

Page 11: ...nnel you wish to record using the N UMBER BUTTON S for example if you wish to record channel 2 press 0 2 The VCR will remember this for the future NOTES An ERROR message will appear if you have entered a number that is not a current SHOWVIEW number If this happens press CLEA R to delete the numbers as required and enter the correct SHOWVIEW number Check that the menu list agrees with the times sho...

Page 12: ... your VCR recording This ensures that if there is a change in broadcast time for your programme the VCR will still record the whole programme It is essential that the start time as it appears in the TV listing is used to program the VCR as this information is used to identify the VPS PDC signal corresponding to your programme If flashes a video tape has not been inserted into the VCR If the video ...

Page 13: ...Press SET to confirm this The display will automatically show today s date Either If this is the date you wish to make the recording on press SET to confirm this Or enter the recording date using the or the N UMBER BUTTON S Enter two digits for the day then two for the month For example for July 9th press 0 9 9th then 0 7 July 5 Then press SET to confirm 6 If you want to make additional recordings...

Page 14: ... TIMER STAND BY mode will be shown on the display NOTES VPS PDC is a signal broadcast by some TV stations which adjusts the start and stop time of your VCR recording This ensures that if there is a change in broadcast time for your programme the VCR will still record the whole programme It is essential that the start time as it appears in the TV listing is used to program the VCR as this informati...

Page 15: ... highlight the setting to be changed and correct it by using the or the N UMBER BUTTON S 4 When all corrections are complete press SET then press MEN U CA N CELLIN G A RECORDIN G 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of CH ECKIN G A RECORDIN G 2 If you wish to cancel a delayed recording press to highlight the recording to be cancelled then press CLEA R 3 Press MEN U NOTE If there are some programmes to be recorde...

Page 16: ...AM is AUTO NICAM or IGR sound may not be stereo this depends on the programme being received Audio is automatically recorded in two different ways i Hi Fi Using specialised rotary heads two audio signals are recorded on to the tape These will be stereo mono or bilingual depending on the sound being received ii Normal A mono recording is also made on the conventional analogue audio track 1 Press ME...

Page 17: ...t your VCR to audio equipment When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers BACK OF EXISTING AERIAL CABLE RF CONNECTION CABLE RF OUT AUDIO OUT AMPLIFIER L and R TELEVISION AERIAL IN AUDIO PHONO LEADS NOT SUPPLIED VC MH71SM ENGLISH book Page 17 Tuesday April 20 1999 10 52 AM Downloaded from http www usersmanualguide com ...

Page 18: ...he tape remaining will be shown on the VCR display in hours and minutes For example if 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape NOTES PLA YIN G BA CK A VIDEO TA PE REPEA TEDLY You can set your VCR to automatically rewind at the end of playing a video tape and replay the entire tape again REPEAT will appear on the on screen display when selected To use this feature 1 Press MEN U to display the main me...

Page 19: ...VCR s from this VCR You cannot use Slow speed Still frame Double Speed Frame Advance or Tape Remaining with a pre recorded NTSC tape On some televisions the picture may appear in black and white or there may be no picture This does not indicate a fault with your VCR On some televisions the picture may shrink vertically causing black bands to appear at the top and bottom of your screen On some tele...

Page 20: ...al time ZERO BACK uses the tape counter to determine a specific point on a tape you may wish to return to 1 Press DISPLA Y until tape counter appears for example 2 To identify the current position on a video tape press CLEA R and the tape counter will appear When you wish to return to this position on the video tape press Z ERO BA CK The tape will rewind advance to this point NOTE The tape counter...

Page 21: ... to return to the normal screen COLOUR If the VCR is playing poor quality recording the picture may turn black and white Selecting PAL MESECAM 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 to select COLOUR 3 Press to select AUTO PAL or MESECAM 4 Press SET and then MEN U to return to the n...

Page 22: ...o start the video tape playing 2 Press SKIP SEA RCH on the remote control The number of times you press SKIP SEA RCH determines the forward search time After searching normal playback will resume automatically 1 press 30 seconds 2 presses 1 minute 3 presses 1 minute 30 seconds 4 presses 2 minutes VC MH71SM ENGLISH book Page 22 Tuesday April 20 1999 10 52 AM Downloaded from http www usersmanualguid...

Page 23: ...cording after the current one 3 Press DPSS once A 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 press STOP or PLA Y X 2 NOTES Recordings must be longer than 3 minutes The starting point of playback may vary This feature will only work with video tapes recorded on a VCR with the DPSS feat...

Page 24: ...2 3 If you wish to record from a source connected to LINE 1 IN OUT select L1 4 If you wish to record from a source connected with audio phono leads to the sockets on the front of the VCR if fitted select L3 NOTE There are many different ways of connecting external equipment to your VCR Please refer to your equipment operation manuals for further information Optional Scart connection not supplied M...

Page 25: ...LOCK has been activated 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 DISEN GA GE CH ILD LOCK Press and hold for about 2 seconds starts flashing and then disappears CHILD LOCK is disengag...

Page 26: ...en a channel is received If it is not the desired channel press to continue tuning 7 Press to select FIN E TUN IN G Press and hold until the sharpest colour picture is obtained 9 Press to select SKIP The SKIP function determines whether the channel can be selected when using the CH A N N EL instead of the N UMBER BUTTON S 10 Press to select ON or OFF for this option 11 Press SET to confirm 12 Pres...

Page 27: ... B 4 5 D 6 E 7 F 8 9 G 10 H 11 H1 12 H2 S11 CH 02 CH 03 CH 04 CH 05 CH 06 CH 07 CH 08 CH 09 CH 10 CH 11 CH 12 CH 13 C A T V S01 S21 S02 S22 C S03 S23 S24 S25 S1 S5 CH 75 CH 76 CH 77 CH 78 CH 79 CH 80 CH 85 M1 S1 M2 S2 M10 S10 U1 S11 U10 S20 S21 S40 S41 CC 01 CC 02 CC 10 CC 11 CC 20 CC 21 CC 40 CC 41 U H F 21 22 68 69 CH 21 CH 22 CH 68 CH 69 Available in Italy Available in Switzerland VC MH71SM ENG...

Page 28: ...hlighted Press SET to confirm 5 Press to highlight the channel to be moved Press SET to confirm 6 Press to highlight the new position for the channel Press SET 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 MEN U to leave the MENU function MEN U SCREEN 2 MODE SE T UP 5 MOVE 1 5 1 ARD 1 7 1 3 2 ZDF 8 1 4 3 RT ...

Page 29: ...EL Press SET to confirm 5 Press to highlight the channel to be cancelled 6 Press SET twice to cancel the channel 7 When all the channels you wish have been cancelled press MEN U CANCE L 1 5 1 ARD 1 7 1 3 2 ZDF 8 1 4 3 RT L 1 9 1 5 4 RT L 2 1 0 1 6 5 CH 5 1 1 1 7 6 1 2 1 8 5 6 MEN U SCREEN 2 T I MER MODE SE T UP CANCE L 1 5 1 ARD 1 7 1 3 2 ZDF 8 1 4 3 NDR 3 9 1 5 4 RT L 1 1 0 1 6 5 RT L 2 1 1 1 7 6...

Page 30: ...hlight NAME Press SETto confirm 5 Press to highlight the channel to be named Press SETto confirm 6 Press to rename the channel Press SET to confirm 7 If any more channels are to be renamed repeat procedure from step 5 8 When all the channels are named correctly press MEN U to leave the MENU function MODE SE T UP 5 MEN U SCREEN 2 6 NAME 1 5 1 ARD 1 7 2 ZDF 8 3 RT L 1 9 4 RT L 2 1 0 5 CH 5 1 1 6 CH ...

Page 31: ...UP Press SET to confirm 2 Press to select CLOCK Press SET to confirm 3 Press to select either 12 or 24 hour clock 4 Press to select TIME Enter the time using the N UMBER BUTTON S or If the minutes are less than 10 enter the leading 0 If using the 12 hour clock enter AM or PM by pressing on the remote control 5 Press to select DATE Enter the date using the N UMBER BUTTON S or For example for 1st Ap...

Page 32: ...rt lead when you start to play a video tape the VCR will automatically switch its output so that the playback picture is shown on the TV In this case VCR will appear on the VCR display You can manually override this by pressing TV VCR 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 TV VCR again will return the TV...

Page 33: ...splay will show the tape counter and amount of tape remaining 4 DISPLA Y 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 another make sure you remove the display from the screen otherwise it will be recorded 1 1 CH 5...

Page 34: ... speed 23 39 mm s Standard Play SP 11 70 mm s Long Play LP Antenna 75 Ω unbalanced Reception channels VHF channel E2 E12 CATV S1 S41 UHF channel 21 69 RF output signal UHF channel 21 69 Power requirement AC 230V 50 Hz Power consumption 16W approx Low power consumption 1W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature 20 C to 55 C Video input 1 0 Vp p 75 Ω Video output 1 0 Vp p 75 Ω Audio in...

Page 35: ... at the start Picture does not change even though CH A N N EL buttons are pressed Make sure VCR is not in timer or menu mode Desired channel position cannot 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 VCR power cord is properly plugged in Pl...

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