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LC-20B4E LCD COLOUR TELEVISION LCD-FARBFERNSEHGERÄT TÉLÉVISION COULEUR À ÉCRAN À CRISTAUX LIQUIDES (LCD) TELEVISORE A COLORI LCD TELEVISIÓN EN COLOR LCD LCD-FÄRG-TV LCD-KLEURENTELEVISIE OPERATION MANUAL BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MODE D’EMPLOI MANUALE DI ISTRUZIONI MANUAL DE MANEJO BRUKSANVISNING GEBRUIKSAANWIJZING...
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This equipment complies with the requirements of Directive 89/336/EEC and 73/23/EEC as amended by 93/68/EEC. Dieses Gerät entspricht den Anforderungen der EG-Richtlinien 89/336/EWG und 73/23/EWG mit Änderung 93/68/EWG. Ce matériel répond aux exigences contenues dans les directives 89/336/CEE et 73/23/CEE modifiées par la directive 93/68/CEE. Dit apparaat voldoet aan de eisen van de richtlijnen 89/336/EEG en 73/23/EEG, gewijzigd door 93/68/EEG.
Dear SHARP Customer Thank you for your purchase of the SHARP LCD Colour TV product. To ensure safety and many years of trouble-free operation of your product, please read the Important Safety Precautions carefully before using this product. Important Safety Precautions Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled.
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Important Safety Precautions (Continued) ■ Cleaning—Unplug the power 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. ■ Water and moisture—Do not use the product near water, such as bathtub, washbasin, kitchen sink and laundry tub, swimming pool and in a wet basement.
Supplied Accessories Make sure the following accessories are provided with the product. Wireless remote control (×1) R-03 (“AAA” size, UM/SUM-4) dry battery (×2) AC adapter (×1) AC cord (×1) *Product shape varies in some countries. Cable clamps (×2) Operation manual (×1) LC-20B4E LCD COLOUR TELEVISION LCD-FARBFERNSEHGERÄT...
Preparation Installing Batteries in the Remote Control Before using the LCD TV set for the first time, install the two R-03 (“AAA” size, UM/SUM-4) batteries supplied in the remote control. When the batteries become depleted and the remote control fails to operate, replace the batteries with new R-03 (“AAA”...
Preparation (Continued) Power Connection Connect to the DC input terminal of the product. Pull down the (MAIN POWER) hook to open Pull down the the cover. hook to open the cover. Household power outlet To POWER INPUT terminal Plug into an AC outlet. AC adapter AC cord * Product shape varies in some countries.
Preparation (Continued) First Installation When you turn on the LCD TV set for the first time, the First Installation routine, which makes installation easier, is activated. Using this routine, you can select the on-screen display language, and automatically search for and store all the receivable channels.
Part Names of Main Unit Controls Upper control panel Volume (–)/(+) CH ( )/( ) MENU TV/VIDEO (MAIN POWER) MENU TV/VIDEO Speaker Speaker To change the vertical angle of the LCD TV set, tilt the screen up to 5 degrees forward or 10 degrees backward.
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Part Names of Main Unit (Continued) How to adjust the angle Terminals Antenna AUDIO OUT (L) AUDIO OUT (R) Headphones Tilt the display by grabbing onto the carrying handle while securely holding down the stand with your other hand. Rear View Carrying handle AV-IN 1 (21pin Euro-SCART)
Part Names of Remote Control SUBPAGE BRIGHT Displays the Teletext Selects the brightness of the display. Subpage directly. (P.22) (P.33) TEXT HOLD Displays the Teletext mode Temporarily holds the screen. (P.32) current Teletext page. (P.34) REVEAL Displays hidden information such as solutions to riddles (Power) and puzzles.
Basic Operation Turning On and Off the Main Power | Press the (MAIN POWER) switch. The On-screen display power/standby indicator instantaneously (MAIN POWER) changes from red to green and the main unit is turned on. Note: • The On-screen indicator disappears after a few seconds.
Basic Operation (Continued) Sound Volume To adjust the volume | Press Volume (+) to increase the sound volume. The numerical value increases. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE | Press Volume (–) to decrease the sound volume. The numerical value decreases. MENU SOUND SOUND MENU MENU To mute the sound...
Basic Operation (Continued) Selecting Menu Items < / > • The menus can be used to adjust the various settings of your LCD TV set. Select the desired menu item by following the steps below. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE ■ Using TV Menus MENU Press MENU on the remote control to SOUND...
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Basic Operation (Continued) Selecting Menu Items (Continued) ■ TV Menu Setting Screens (Page 15) For details on using each setting screen, refer to the page number indicated. (Page 15) (Page 17–20) (Page 29) (Page 21–26) (Page 7) (Page 27–28) (Page 7) Note: •...
Useful Features (Continued) Hi-fi Sound Settings This programme allows you to enjoy higher sound quality when connecting the </> AUDIO OUT terminals to an external amplifier using an audio cord. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE When switching “Sound via” to “Hi- fi” in the Sound menu on page 15, the sound from the built-in speakers will be turned off.
Useful Features (Continued) Programmes [1] Automatic search Perform the procedure below to search for and store new programmes after the First Installation routine. </> Press MENU to display the TV menu. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE Press ]/[ to select “Programmes”, MENU and then press OK to display the SOUND SOUND MENU...
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Useful Features (Continued) Programmes (Continued) [2] Manual adjustment Individual settings of programmes can be adjusted. </> Perform steps 1 and 2 in [1] Automatic search to display the “Programmes” screen. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE Press ]/[ to select “Manual adjustment”, and then press OK to display the “Manual adjustment”...
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Useful Features (Continued) Programmes (Continued) [3] Sort The programme positions for individual programmes can be freely changed. Perform steps 1 and 2 in </> [1] Automatic search to display the “Programmes” screen. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE Press ]/[ to select “Sort,” and then press OK to display the “Sort”...
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Useful Features (Continued) Programmes (Continued) [5] Enter/change name The name of an individual programme can be entered or changed. Perform steps 1 and 2 in </> [1] Automatic search to display the “Programmes” screen. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE Press ]/[ to select “Enter/ change name”, and then press OK to display the “Enter/change MENU...
Useful Features (Continued) Features The Features items can be set by the user. </> Press MENU to display the TV menu. Press ]/[ to select “Features”, and then SUBPAGE SUBPAGE press OK to display the “Features” screen. MENU SOUND SOUND MENU MENU MENU...
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Useful Features (Continued) Features (Continued) You can change the setting screen of BRIGHTNESS and ROTATE directly. BRIGHT [1] Directly Setting the BRIGHTNESS ROTATE Press BRIGHT to display the Brightness screen. SUBPAGE SUBPAGE Each time you press BRIGHT, the mode changes as follows. You can select the MENU B r i g h t n e s s : b r i g h t desired mode.
Useful Features (Continued) </> On-screen Display SUBPAGE SUBPAGE You can adjust various settings for on-screen displays. MENU SOUND SOUND MENU MENU Perform steps 1 and 2 in Features to Cyan display the “Features” screen. Press ]/[ to select “On-screen display” and then press OK to display the “On- screen display”...
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Useful Features (Continued) Child Lock (Continued) [2] Changing/Cancelling a PIN To change a PIN Perform steps 1 to 3 in [1] Defining a PIN SUBPAGE SUBPAGE to display the PIN input screen. Enter your four-digit PIN (e.g. 1234) with MENU SOUND SOUND MENU...
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Useful Features (Continued) Child Lock (Continued) [3] Setting a Child Lock There are four different ways of activating a child lock: 1. General child lock for all programmes immediately 2. General child lock for all programmes with daily time limit 3.
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Useful Features (Continued) Child Lock (Continued) [3] Setting Child Lock (Continued) To set a Child Lock for individual </> programmes without time limit Perform steps 1 to 3 in SUBPAGE SUBPAGE [2] Changing/Cancelling a PIN to display the “Child lock” screen. MENU Press ]/[ to select “For individual SOUND...
Useful Features (Continued) AV Connections It is possible to manually adjust various settings for connections with external devices on the “AV connections” screen. [1] AV1/AV2 Select the appropriate signal type and colour standard for the signals from the video equipment connected to the AV1or AV2 terminal. Press MENU to display the TV menu.
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Useful Features (Continued) AV Connections (Continued) [2] For programmes • The influence of the AV control voltage and of fast blank at programme positions from 0 to 199 can be set. • When connecting a video device to the AV1 terminal, you need to adjust the decoder programme settings.
Useful Features (Continued) Timer Functions Press Yellow to display the “Timer functions” screen. </> Note: SUBPAGE SUBPAGE • The “ Timer functions” screen can also be displayed by selecting “Timer functions” in the TV menu. (See pages 13 and 14.) MENU SOUND SOUND...
Useful Features (Continued) NICAM Broadcast Selection This enables the selection of the reception mode when receiving a NICAM-I or NICAM-B/G signal. To let you enjoy NICAM broadcasting, this LCD TV set receives NICAM system stereo, bilingual, and monaural broadcasts. Stereo The LCD TV set is receiving a stereo broadcast.
Useful Features (Continued) IGR (German stereo system) Broadcasts This enables the selection of the reception mode when receiving an IGR-B/G signal. To let you enjoy IGR broadcasting, this LCD TV set receives IGR system stereo and bilingual broadcasts. Stereo The LCD TV set is receiving a stereo broadcast. •...
Teletext is activated with TEXT on the remote control and is also closed with it. 3 6 9 SHARP - T EXT 0 2 : 5 2 : 2 1 The LCD TV set can be controlled in Teletext mode directly by inputting commands with the remote control and indirectly through the on-screen display (menu system).
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Press SUBPAGE. The control line with 3 6 9 SHARP - T E X T 0 2 : 5 2 : 2 1 the subpage numbers is displayed on line 24, and the number of the currently SUBPAGE selected subpage is displayed in blue.
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Teletext (Continued) [5] Using Teletext menu To select the character set HOLD Press MENU to display the “Character set” screen. TEXT Press ]/[ to select the desired character set. REVEAL SUBPAGE SUBPAGE • The colour of the letters will turn to yellow. When selecting the character set, pressing OK will change the letters to grey for an instant and then return them back to yellow.
Connecting External Devices It is possible to enjoy video and sound by connecting a VCR and home video game system to the terminals located on the rear of the main unit. When connecting an external device, turn off the power of the main unit and connecting device to prevent any possible damage.
Connecting External Devices (Continued) Connecting a Decoder through the 21-pin Euro-SCART (AV-IN 1/RGB) 21-pin Euro-SCART (RGB) 1. Audio right output 8. Audio-video control 15. RED input 2. Audio right input 9. Earth for green 16. RED/GREEN/BLUE control 3. Audio left output 10.
Connecting External Devices (Continued) Connecting a VCR or a home video game system (AV-IN 2) To AV-IN 2 To S-VIDEO To AV-IN 2 input terminal terminals terminals S-Video cord Audio/video cord Audio/video cord To S-Video To audio/video To audio/video output terminal output terminals output terminals Video...
Troubleshooting Before calling for repair services, make the following checks for possible remedies to the symptoms encountered. LCD TV set Reference Problem Check item page • Make sure the AC adapter is properly inserted in the power outlet. Picture Sound •...
Cable clamps (× 2) ■ As a part of policy of continuous improvement, SHARP reserves the right to make design and specification changes for product improvement without prior notice. The performance specification figures indicated are nominal values of production units. There may be...
Dimensional Drawings Unit: mm MENU TV/VIDEO 403.3 110.7 76.1 AV-IN 1 AV-IN 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO OUT AUDIO POWER INPUT DC13V 30.5 182.4 249.6...
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IMPORTANT NOTE ON DISENGAGING ADVANCED CHILD LOCK We suggest removing the following instruction respectively with page 41 and 43. As this Operation Manual is multilingual, we also suggest the same with each language. If you have forgotten your personal code number and cannot disengage ADVANCED CHILD LOCK, follow the procedure below. 1.
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AVISO IMPORTANTE SOBRE LA DESACTIVACIÓN DE LA PROTECCIÓN PARA NIÑOS AVANZADA Se sugiere retirar las siguientes instrucciones respectivamente con las páginas 41 y 43 en inglés. Como este manual de manejo es multilingüe, también sugerimos lo mismo para cada idioma. Si ha olvidado su número de código personal (PIN) y no puede desactivar la PROTECCIÓN PARA NIÑOS AVANZADA, siga el procedimiento siguiente.
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