ENGLISH LC-20DV20U MODE D’EMPLOI OPERATION MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430-2135 MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN SHARP CORPORATION 1 J5X20431A SH 06/05 N Printed in Thailand Imprimé en Thaïlande Impreso en Tailandia 9JDJ5X20431A 06P05-TH-NO Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR® are designed to protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
ENGLISH LC-20DV20U COMBINATION LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION AND DVD/CD PLAYER ENGLISH OPERATION MANUAL • The illustrations and on-screen displays in this operation manual are for explanation purposes and may vary slightly from the actual operations. • Menu items that are not selectable are grayed out. IMPORTANT: To aid reporting in case of loss or theft, please record the TV/DVD’s model and serial numbers in the space provided. The numbers are located at the rear of the TV/DVD. Model No.: Serial No.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT. CAUTION: DO NOT PLACE THIS PRODUCT ON AN UNSTABLE CART, STAND, TRIPOD, BRACKET, OR TABLE. THE PRODUCT MAY FALL CAUSING SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY AND SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE PRODUCT. USE ONLY WITH A CART, STAND, TRIPOD, BRACKET, OR TABLE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER OR SOLD WITH THE PRODUCT.
DEAR SHARP CUSTOMER Thank you for your purchase of the Sharp Combination Liquid Crystal Television and DVD/CD player. To ensure safety and many years of trouble-free operation of your product, please read the Important Safety Instructions carefully before using this product. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Water and Moisture — Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet basement; or near a swimming pool; and the like. • Stand — Do not place the product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod or table. Placing the product on an unstable base can cause the product to fall, resulting in serious personal injuries as well as damage to the product.
Disc Discs which can be played back In this unit, use only discs that meet the standard, such as those bearing the below logo marks on the disc label surface. If you use a non-standard disc, we cannot guarantee playback. Even if such a disc can be played back, we cannot guarantee the image or sound quality. The DVD logo is a registered trademark. Media type Logo mark DVD-Video Discs which cannot be played back The discs listed below cannot be played back in general.
Disc Handling discs Removing the Disc from its case Be sure to hold the edge of disc. Do not touch the surface of the disc. Pick up the disc gently from the case. • Do not scratch the disc. • Do not get dirt on the surface of the disc. • Do not stick a label or adhesive tape on the disc. • Do not drop or bend the disc. Storing discs • Store the disc in the case to avoid any risk of scratches, dirt or damage. • Do not leave the disc exposed to direct sunlight or in hot or humid places.
Supplied accessories Make sure the following accessories are provided with the product.
QUICK REFERENCE If the remote control fails to operate TV/DVD functions, replace the batteries in the remote control unit. 1 Open the battery cover. 2 Insert two “AA” size batteries (supplied with the product). 3 Close the battery cover. • Place the batteries with their terminals corresponding to the (+) and (–) indications in the battery compartment. NOTE Improper use of batteries can result in chemical leakage or explosion. Be sure to follow the instructions below.
Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION ................................... 2 Trademarks .............................................................. 2 DEAR SHARP CUSTOMER ..................................... 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .................. 3 DISC .......................................................................... 5 Discs which can be played back ......................... 5 Discs which cannot be played back .................... 5 Title/Chapter/Track ......................................
Part names TV/DVD (Front) Channel buttons (CH Volume buttons (VOL–/+) MENU button POWER button / INPUT button ) PLAY STOP SKIP EJECT POWER indicator Remote control sensor TV/DVD (Right) PLAY STOP SKIP EJECT PLAY button STOP button / SKIP button Disc slot EJECT button NOTE • INPUT, CH ( )/( ), VOL (–)/(+) and MENU on the main unit have the same functions as the same buttons on the remote control.
Part names Remote control unit 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 7 8 26 9 27 10 11 12 13 28 29 30 31 POWER: Switch the power on or enters standby mode. (See page 13.) 0 – 9: Set the channel. (See page 13.) SUBTITLE: Set subtitle. (See page 34.) REV : Review playback. (See page 31.) SKIP / : Skip chapter to reverse or forward direction. (See page 31.) STILL/PAUSE: Still picture of DVD / Pause CD sound. (See page 31.
Preparation Using the remote control unit Use the remote control unit by pointing it towards the remote control sensor on the TV. Objects between the remote control unit and the remote control sensor may prevent proper operation. Cautions regarding remote control unit • Do not expose the remote control unit to shock. In addition, do not expose the remote control unit to liquids, and do not place in an area with high humidity. • Do not install or place the remote control unit under direct sunlight.
Watching TV Simple operations for watching a TV program Turning off the power Press POWER on the TV/DVD, or POWER on the remote control. POWER MENU VOL +/– CH / • The TV enters standby mode and the image on the screen disappears. • The POWER indicator on the TV/DVD changes to Red. NOTE • If you are not going to use this TV/DVD for a long period of time, be sure to remove the AC cord from the power outlet. • Weak electric power is still consumed even when POWER is turned off.
Watching TV Initial setup Language setting When you press TV MENU for the first time, the LANGUAGE setup menu will appear automatically. Select from among 3 languages: English, French and Spanish. Channel search AUTO CHANNEL MEMORY makes the TV/DVD look for all channels viewable in the set area. 4 Press / to select “AUTO CH MEMORY” SETUP 1 Press / to select the desired language from the list.
Watching TV Setting MTS/SAP stereo mode Setting surround sound The TV/DVD has a feature that allows reception of sound other than the main audio for the program. This feature is called Multi-channel Television Sound (MTS). The TV/DVD with MTS can receive mono sound, stereo sound and Secondary Audio Programs (SAP). The SAP feature allows a TV/DVD station to broadcast other information, which could be audio in another language or something completely different like weather information.
Basic adjustment settings Menu operation buttons Use the following buttons on the remote control to operate the menu. Menu items List of menu items to help you with operations PICTURE AV MODE ....................................................Page 21 BRIGHTNESS .............................................Page 17 CONTRAST .................................................Page 17 COLOR ........................................................Page 17 TINT .....................................................
Basic adjustment settings Color temperature Picture adjustments Adjusts the picture to your preference with the following picture settings. 1 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. 2 Press 3 Press / to select a specific adjustment item (BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, COLOR, TINT, SHARPNESS). 4 Press level. / / (PICTURE).
Basic adjustment settings Sound adjustment Labeling channels You can adjust the sound quality to your preference with the following settings. 1 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. 2 Press / To create channel labels 1 Select a channel you want to label. 2 Press TV MENU, then press / to select (OPTION). Press / to select “CH LABEL”, then press / . The CH LABEL menu will appear. 3 Press / to select “SET/CLEAR”. Press / to select “SET” then press ENTER.
Using external equipment You can connect many types of external equipment to your TV/DVD like a DVD player, VCR, Digital TV STB, HDMI equipment, game console or camcorder. To view external source images, select the input source from INPUT on the remote control unit or on the TV/DVD. Displaying an external equipment image This explanation is for the setting when connecting a DVD player to the INPUT3 terminal.
Using external equipment Connecting HDMI equipment You can use the INPUT4 terminal when connecting HDMI equipment. HDMI cable (Commercially available) HDMI equipment When using an HDMI-DVI conversion cable, use INPUT4 and AUDIO terminal. Displaying an image from HDMI equipment 1 4 To watch an HDMI equipment image, select “INPUT4” from “SOURCE SELECTION” menu using INPUT on the remote control unit or on the TV. (See page 19.) Press / to select “HDMI” or “DVI”.
Useful adjustment settings Input label AV mode Let you set the input terminal displayed when using the “SOURCE SELECTION” menu or channel display. 1 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. 2 Press W/X to select 3 (OPTION). AV mode gives you four viewing options to choose from to best match the surrounding environment of the TV/DVD, which can vary due to factors like room brightness, type of program watched or the type of image input from external equipment.
Useful adjustment settings View mode for 4:3 programs 1 2 Picture scroll Press VIEW MODE. • The View mode menu displays. • The menu lists the view mode options selectable for the type of video signal currently being received. For adjusting a picture's vertical position in ZOOM mode. 1 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. Press 0–3 to select each view mode directly while the View mode menu is still on the screen. 2 Press • Each time VIEW MODE is pressed, VIEW MODE item toggles.
Useful adjustment settings Closed captions Your TV/DVD is equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder. It allows you to view conversations, narration and sound effects as subtitles on your TV/DVD. Closed Captions are available on some TV programs and on some VHS home video tapes at the discretion of the program provider. 1 Tune the TV to the desired program. 2 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. Not all programs and VHS videotapes offer closed captions.
Useful adjustment settings Password setting for parental control Allows you to use a password to protect certain settings from being accidentally changed. IMPORTANT: Three conditions must be met to enable the V-Chip 1 Password is registered. 2 V-CHIP settings have been made. 3 “V-CHIP” is set to “ON”. Changing the password Allows you to change your current password. 1 Repeat steps 1 to 3 in setting a password. 2 Input the 4-digit password by using 0–9, then press ENTER.
Useful adjustment settings Parental control (V-CHIP) V-CHIP is an electronic filtering device built into your TV/DVD. This tool gives parents a great degree of control over broadcasts accessed by their children. It allows parents to select programs judged suitable for child viewing while blocking ones judged not suitable. It does so automatically once you activate the V-CHIP feature in your TV/DVD. V-CHIP SET menu will not be selectable from the menu if you do not first configure your password.
Useful adjustment settings TV Parental Guidelines (TV Guidelines) Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA) 1 Press TV MENU and the MENU screen displays. 2 Press 3 Press / . The password entering menu displays. / (LOCKS). to select 1 Repeat steps 1 to 5 in TV Parental Guidelines (TV Guidelines). 2 Press / to select “MOVIE RATING”. Then press / to select desired setting. LOCKS 4 Input the 4-digit password by using 0–9, then press ENTER. The LOCKS menu displays.
Connecting a PC (Personal computer) Viewing an image from a PC Use the INPUT5 (PC) terminals to connect a PC. NOTE • The PC input terminals are DDC1/2B-compatible. • Refer to page 28 for a list of PC signals compatible with the System. • Make sure to select the same signal values for the output signal of a PC and the input signal of the TV/DVD set before connecting with the PC. (See page 28.
Connecting a PC (personal computer) Picture and Audio adjustments in the PC mode There are a number of picture settings you can adjust to optimize the performance of the unit in PC mode. 1 Press TV MENU during PC mode. PC monitor menu will appear. 2 Press / to select (AUDIO). (PICTURE) or Picture Adjustment Selected Item Description BRIGHTNESS To adjust the brightness of PC Monitor screen. CONTRAST To adjust the contrast of PC Monitor screen.
Watching the DVD Playback procedure 1 2 Place the disc in the disc slot with the label side facing forward. (If the disc has a label.) Hold the disc without touching its surface, align it with the guides, and place it in position. On the screen, “ ” changes to “Reading” and then playback will commence. • A menu screen appear on the TV screen, if the disc has a menu feature. In this case, press / / / or ENTER to operate a menu feature. Status display of disc Press DISPLAY.
Watching the DVD Special playback Zooming This TV/DVD will allow you to zoom in on the frame image. You can then make selections by switching the position of the frame. Fast Forward Playback Press FWD during normal playback. Each press of FWD will increase the speed of the search XX (x 2), XXX (x 4), XXXX (x 8), XXXXX (x 15). (CD: XX (x 2), XXX (x 4), XXXX (x 8), XXXXX (x 20)) 1 Press ZOOM during playback. The center part of the image will be zoomed in.
Watching the DVD Repeat playback Marking desired scenes The TV/DVD stores the points that you want to watch again up to 3 points. You can resume playback from each scene. 1 Press PLAY MODE during playback or stop mode. 2 Press ENTER to select “Chapter” or “Title”. • In case of Audio-CD, first press X to select “Repeat” and then press ENTER to select “Track” or “All”. DVD Audio-CD Repeat : Chapter Marking the scenes 1 Press MARKER during playback.
Watching the DVD Program playback (only CD) You can arrange the order of tracks on the disc. Changing angles When playing back a disc recorded with multi-angle facility, you can change the view angle. 1 Press ANGLE during playback. The current angle will appear. 1/9 2 1 Press PLAY MODE in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Play Mode”, then press ENTER to select “Program”. 3 Example: In case you wish to program in order of 7, 3, 11: Enter as 7 , 3 , 11.
Watching the DVD Changing soundtrack language You can select the language when you play a multilingual disc. 1 Press AUDIO during playback. The current soundtrack language will appear. Subtitles Changing the subtitle language You can select the language when playing back a disc recorded with multi-lingual subtitles. 1 Press SUBTITLE repeatedly during playback until your desired language appears. Off 2 Press AUDIO repeatedly until the desired language is selected.
MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback This TV/DVD can playback the MP3/WMA/JPEG-data which has been recorded on CD-R or CD-RW. To produce the MP3/WMA/JPEG-data, you need a Windows-PC with CD-R/RW drive and a MP3/WMA/JPEGencoding Software (not supplied). The Apple-HFS-System cannot be played. NOTE This TV/DVD requires discs/recordings to meet certain technical standards in order to achieve optimal playback quality. Pre-recorded DVDs are automatically set to these standards.
MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback MP3/WMA CD playback JPEG CD playback 1 Load a disc on which MP3 or WMA files have been recorded in the disc slot. 1 Insert a disc to play same method as step 1-2 left column. 2 “Reading” will appear on the TV screen. Reading time will depend on the number of files on the disc. 2 A file menu screen will appear on the TV screen. Press / to select a folder. 3 A file menu screen will appear on the TV screen. Press / to select a folder.
MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback Setting the JPEG interval You can continuously playback all JPEG files automatically. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays. 2 Press press / 3 Press / to select “JPEG Interval”. 4 Press / to select your desired time. to select or ENTER. Selected item Description Off 5 Seconds Plays back one file at a time. Displays images in the form of a slide show. Every 5 seconds the image changes. Displays images in the form of a slide show.
Function setup Basic operation buttons Use the following buttons on the remote control to operate the menu. Menu items List of menu items to help you with operations LANGUAGE Menu ............................................................Page 39 Subtitle ........................................................Page 39 Audio ...........................................................Page 39 PICTURE TV Screen ....................................................Page 39 Display ............................
Function setup Setting the language Setting the aspect ratio of TV screen You can select the language of the disc menu messages of DVDs. The same language can always be selected even if you replace the disc or turn the power off. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays. 2 Press W/X to select press T or ENTER. 3 Press S/T to select desired option. 4 Press W/X to select your desired language (e.g. English). Menu Subtitle Audio (LANGUAGE), then 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays.
Function setup Setting on screen display On screen display can be switched on or off when you press the DISPLAY button. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays. 2 Press press / 3 Press / 4 Press 5 Press RETURN to return to the normal screen. to select or ENTER. Dynamic Range Control DRC (Dynamic Range Control) enables you to control the dynamic range so as to achieve a suitable sound for your equipment. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays.
Function setup Parental control setting To change the parental level Some discs are specified as not suitable for children. Playback of such discs can be restricted with this TV/DVD. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays. 1 Press SETUP and the SETUP screen displays. 2 Press press / to select or ENTER. 2 Press press / to select or ENTER. 3 Press / 3 Press / 4 Press Number buttons (0-9) to enter the password you have stored. 4 Press / appears. (SETUP), then to select “Parental”.
Function setup Temporary disabling of rating level by DVD disc Depending on the DVD disc, the disc may try to temporarily cancel the rating level that you have set. It is up to you to decide whether to cancel the rating level or not. 1 Load a DVD disc. (See page 30.) 2 If the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily cancel the rating level, the screen which follows the “Reading” screen will change, depending on which disc is played.
Appendix Language code list Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Menu”, “Subtitle” and/or “Audio” (see page 39).
Appendix Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution • No power • Check if you pressed POWER on the remote control unit. (See page 13.) If the indicator on the TV/DVD does not light up, press POWER on the TV/DVD. • Is the AC cord disconnected? (See page 7.) • Has the power been turned on? (See page 13.) • Unit cannot be operated. • External influences such as lightning, static electricity, may cause improper operation.
Appendix Troubleshooting-DVD Problem Possible Solution • Playback doesn’t start. • No disc is inserted. (See page 30.) • The disc may be dirty. Clean up the disc. (See page 6.) • The TV/DVD cannot play CD-ROMs, etc. (See page 5.) • No picture. • TV/DVD selector is not set correctly. (See page 29.) • No sound. • Check the input selector of the amplifier is set properly. • The TV/DVD is in the special playback mode. (See page 31.) • Select the correct Audio Output position on AV amplifier.
Appendix Specifications Item Model: LC-20DV20U LCD panel 20” Advanced Super View & BLACK TFT LCD Number of dots 3,147,264 dots (1366 x 768 x 3 dots) TV Function TV-standard (CCIR) American TV Standard NTSC System Receiving Channel VHF 2-13ch, UHF 14-69ch VHF/UHF CATV 1-125ch (non-scrambled channel only.) Y/C FILTER 3D Y/C FILTER Brightness Backlight 450 cd/m2 60,000 hours (at Backlight Standard position) Viewing angles H:170° V:170° Audio out 2.5W x 2 Speakers 113/16 x 329/32 in. (4.
CLEARING THE PASSWORD If you forget the password, clear the password using the following procedure. 1 Press and hold both VOL – on the TV/DVD and press 0 on the remote control simultaneously for (LOCKS) menu appears on the screen. a few seconds until 2 Now the old password was cleared. You can set the new password. The password is . NOTE • As a precautionary measure, make a note of your password above, cut it from this manual, and keep it in a safe place. 47 5X20431A_E_.
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MODE D’EMPLOI OPERATION MANUAL MODE D’EMPLOI MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430-2135 MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN SHARP CORPORATION 1 J5X20431A SH 06/05 N Printed in Thailand Imprimé en Thaïlande Impreso en Tailandia 9JDJ5X20431A 06P05-TH-NO Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR® are designed to protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. Les produits agréés ENERGY STAR® sont conçus pour protéger l’environnement par un rendement énergétique supérieur.
