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Sharp Aquos LC-32M43U Operation Manual

Sharp Aquos LC-32M43U Operation Manual

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LC-32M43U
LC-37M43U
LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION
TÉLÉVISEUR ACL
TELEVISOR CON PANTALLA DE
CRISTAL LÍQUIDO
OPERATION MANUAL
MODE D'EMPLOI
MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN

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  • Page 1 LC-32M43U LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION TÉLÉVISEUR ACL LC-37M43U TELEVISOR CON PANTALLA DE CRISTAL LÍQUIDO OPERATION MANUAL MODE D'EMPLOI MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN...

  • Page 3: Important Information

    • Menu items that are not selectable are grayed out. • The examples used throughout this manual are based on the LC-32M43U model. IMPORTANT: Model No.: To aid reporting in case of loss or theft, please record the TV's model and serial numbers in the space provided.

  • Page 4: Trademarks

    Disposal of these materials may be regulated due to environmental considerations. For disposal or recycling information, please contact your local authorities, the Electronic Industries Alliance: www.eiae.org, the lamp recycling organization: www.lamprecycle.org or Sharp at 1-800-BE-SHARP (For U.S.A. only) Trademarks •...

  • Page 5: Dear Sharp Customer

    DEAR SHARP CUSTOMER Thank you for your purchase of the Sharp Liquid Crystal Television. 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.
  • Page 6 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. •...
  • Page 7 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Outdoor Antenna Grounding — If an outside antenna is connected to the television equipment, be sure the antenna system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.

  • Page 8: Supplied Accessories

    Supplied accessories Make sure the following accessories are provided with the product. Remote control unit “AAA” size battery AC cord Cable Clamp (g1) Stand unit Operation manual (g1) (g2) (g1) Cable tie (g1) (g1) (g1) Page 8 Page 8 Page 7 Page 7 Page 6 NOTE...
  • Page 9 QUICK REFERENCE STOP! To safely remove the AQUOS television from the box • It's best to use 2 people to remove the AQUOS television for stability. • Lift onto installation location as the diagram illustrates. Ventilation & Cleaning Tips Keep your AQUOS television in a well ventilated area and make sure not to place it by a heat source or use near water.
  • Page 10 QUICK REFERENCE If the remote control fails to operate TV functions, replace the batteries in the remote control unit. 1 Open the battery cover. 2 Insert two “AAA” size batteries 3 Close the battery cover. (supplied with the product). • Place the batteries with their terminals corresponding to the (e) and (f) indications in the battery compartment.

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    IMPORTANT INFORMATION ......... 1 Using external equipment ........29 Trademarks ............. 2 Displaying an external equipment image ... 29 DEAR SHARP CUSTOMER ........3 Input Select ............29 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ....3 Displaying an image from HDMI equipment..30 Supplied accessories ..........

  • Page 12: Part Names

    Part names TV (Front) Remote control sensor OPC sensor* OPC indicator** SLEEP indicator** POWER indicator** NOTE *OPC: Optical Picture Control (See page 25.) **See page 15 for TV status indicator. TV (Rear/Top) Channel buttons INPUT button (CHs/r) Volume HDMI terminal (INPUT 4) buttons POWER button (VOLl/k)

  • Page 13: Remote Control Unit

    Part names TV POWER: Switch the TV power on or enters Remote control unit standby. (See page 15.) DISPLAY: Display the channel information. SOURCE POWER: Turns the power of the external equipment on and off. External equipment operational buttons: Operate the external equipment.

  • Page 14: Preparation

    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 the remote control unit •...

  • Page 15: Connecting A Blu-Ray Disc Player, Hd-Dvd Player, Dvd Player Or A Digital Tv Stb (Air Or Cable)

    Preparation You can connect many types of external equipment to Connecting a VCR, game console your TV like a Blu-ray disc player, HD-DVD player, DVD or camcorder player, VCR, Digital TV tuner, HDMI equipment, game console or camcorder. To view external source images, A VCR, game console, camcorder and other select the input source from INPUT on the remote audiovisual equipment can be conveniently connected...

  • Page 16: Connecting Hdmi Equipment

    Preparation Connecting HDMI equipment You can use the INPUT 4 or INPUT 5 terminal when connecting HDMI equipment. HDMI cable (commercially available) HDMI equipment NOTE • When using an HDMI-DVI conversion cable, input the audio signal to AUDIO terminal of INPUT 5. •...

  • Page 17: Watching Tv

    Watching TV Simple operations for watching a TV program Turning on the power Press POWER on the TV, or TV POWER on the remote control unit. • POWER indicator (Green): The TV is on. (After a few seconds, a window appears with sound.) NOTE POWER •...

  • Page 18: Initial Setup

    Watching TV Initial setup When you turn on the TV for the fi rst time, it will automatically memorize the broadcasting channels where you live. Perform the following steps before you press TV POWER on the remote control unit. 1. Insert the batteries into the remote control unit. (See page 8.) 2.

  • Page 19: Simple Button Operations For Changing Channels

    Watching TV Method 1 Simple button operations for Using CH r/s on the remote control unit or on the changing channels You can change channels in several ways. Method 2 1 Press FLASHBACK to switch to the previously tuned channel. 2 Press FLASHBACK again to switch back to the currently tuned channel.

  • Page 20: Simple Button Operations For Changing Volume/Sound

    Watching TV ■ Using MUTE on the remote control unit Simple button operations for Mutes the current sound output. changing volume/sound ■ Changing the volume You can change the volume on the TV or on the remote control unit. Press MUTE. •...

  • Page 21: Setting Mts/Sap Stereo Mode

    Watching TV Setting MTS/SAP stereo mode Setting Digital broadcasting audio mode The TV has a feature that allows reception of sound other than the main audio for the program. This feature The types of audio transmitted in a digital broadcast is called Multi-channel Television Sound (MTS).

  • Page 22: Basic Adjustment Settings

    Basic adjustment settings Menu operation buttons On-Screen Display Use the following buttons on the remote control to Example operate the menu. Option Audio Only Digital Noise Reduction [Off] Input Select [VIDEO] Output select [Fixed] Color System [Auto] Caption Setup Program Title Display [No] 1 Item displayed in yellow •...

  • Page 23: Menu Items For Tv/Input 1/2/3

    Basic adjustment settings Menu items for TV/INPUT 1/2/3 Menu items for HDMI/PC-IN Picture Picture OPC ................Page 25 OPC ................Page 25 Backlight ..............Page 25 Backlight ..............Page 25 Contrast ..............Page 25 Contrast ..............Page 25 Brightness ..............Page 25 Brightness ..............

  • Page 24: Ez Setup

    Basic adjustment settings EZ Setup Channel Setup You can run EZ Setup again, even after setting up the If initial setup does not memorize all the channels in preset channels. your region, follow the instructions below to manually memorize the channels. Language setting Antenna setting Select from among 3 languages: English, French and...

  • Page 25: Antenna Setup - Digital

    Basic adjustment settings Press a/b to select “Signal Strength”. Channel memory setting • The signal strength of DIGITAL channel is Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and displayed. The signal information is based on the then press c/d to select “Setup”. current channel.

  • Page 26: Favorite Channel Setting

    Basic adjustment settings Using Favorite CH on the menu screen Favorite channel setting You can also set your favorite channels in “Option” on the MENU screen. This function allows you to program 4 favorite channels, in 4 different categories. By setting the Select the channel you want to register as a favorite channels in advance, you can select your favorite channel.

  • Page 27: Picture Adjustments

    Basic adjustment settings OPC setting Picture adjustments Automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen. Adjusts the picture to your preference with the following picture settings. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Picture”. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Picture”.

  • Page 28: Advanced Picture Adjustments

    Basic adjustment settings Advanced picture adjustments Film Mode (3:2 pull-down) This TV provides various advanced functions for Automatically detects a fi lm-based source (originally optimizing the picture quality. encoded at 24 frames/second), analyzes it then recreates each still fi lm frame for high-defi nition picture quality. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Picture”.

  • Page 29: Sound Adjustment

    Basic adjustment settings Sound adjustment Surround You can adjust the sound quality to your preference Surround function allows you to enjoy realistic “live” with the following settings. sound. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Audio”. Press a/b to select “Surround”, and then press ENTER.

  • Page 30: Power Control

    Basic adjustment settings Power Control Digital Setup Power control setting allows you to save energy. This setting allows you to optimize the settings of Digital broadcasting. No signal off When set to “Enable”, the power will automatically shut Audio Setup down if there is no signal for 15 minutes.

  • Page 31: Using External Equipment

    Using external equipment Displaying an external equipment Input Select image If the image does not come in clearly from the external equipment connected to INPUT 1, you may need To view external source images, select the input to change the input signal type setting on the “Input source from INPUT on the remote control unit or on Select”...

  • Page 32: Displaying An Image From Hdmi Equipment

    Using external equipment Displaying an image from HDMI Input Skip equipment This setting allows you to skip the HDMI/PC-IN Input on the Input Selection operation. To watch an HDMI/PC-IN equipment image, select “INPUT4” or “INPUT5” from “INPUT Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and SOURCE”...

  • Page 33: Useful Adjustment Settings

    Useful adjustment settings Auto Sync. adjustment (for Analog Fine Sync. adjustment PC input mode only) Ordinarily you can easily adjust the picture as necessary to change image position using Auto Sync. For automatically adjusting the PC image. In some cases, however, manual adjustment is needed to optimize the image.

  • Page 34: Language Setting

    Useful adjustment settings Language setting Reset You can also select a language from the Setup menu. If complex adjustments are made and the settings Select from among 3 languages: English, French and cannot be restored to normal, you can reset the Spanish.

  • Page 35: Input Label

    Useful adjustment settings Input Label Sleep Timer Lets you set the input terminal displayed when using Allows you to set a time when the TV automatically the INPUT SOURCE menu or channel display. switches to standby. Press SLEEP. • The remaining time displays when the sleep timer has been set.

  • Page 36: View Mode For 4:3 Programs

    Useful adjustment settings View Mode for 4:3 Programs View Mode for HD Programs Stretch mode is available for HD programs. Suitable for viewing wide-screen 1.78:1 aspect-ratio programs. When viewing 1.85:1 programs, the stretch mode will still show very thin black bands at the top and bottom of the screen.

  • Page 37: View Mode For Pc Input Mode

    Useful adjustment settings View Mode for PC input mode You can select the screen size. NOTE • Connect the PC before making adjustments. (See page 14.) • Selectable screen size may vary with input signal type. Press VIEW MODE. • The View Mode menu displays. Example View Mode Normal...

  • Page 38: Advanced Option Settings

    Useful adjustment settings Advanced Option settings Output Select Allows you to select what controls the audio output. Perform the following steps to set the Option menu items on this page. Selected item Description Fixed • Sound via speaker is adjusted with VOL k/l on the remote control unit or VOLl/k on the TV.

  • Page 39: Av Mode

    Useful adjustment settings AV MODE Selected item Description AV MODE gives you 7 viewing options to choose from STANDARD For a highly defi ned image in a normal lighting to best match the surrounding environment of the TV, [Enhanced Picture Contrast: on] which can vary due to factors like room brightness, type of program watched or the type of image input MOVIE...

  • Page 40: Closed Captions And Digital Closed Captions

    Useful adjustment settings Press CC. Closed Captions and Digital Closed • This will present the Closed Caption information Captions display. Your TV is equipped with an internal Closed Caption Press CC while the Closed Caption information decoder. It allows you to view conversations, narration is still on the screen.

  • Page 41: Caption Setup

    Useful adjustment settings Caption Setup NOTE • For resetting adjustments to the factory preset values, This function allows you to adjust the closed caption press a/b to select “Reset”, and then press ENTER. screen appearance to suit your preference. • The default value depends on the broadcasting station. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Option”.

  • Page 42: Secret Number Setting For Parental Control

    Useful adjustment settings Input the same 4-digit number on the Secret number setting for parental “Reconfi rm” screen as in step 4 to confi rm. control New Secret No. Secret No. Clear Allows you to use a secret number to protect certain Input Secret No.
  • Page 43 Useful adjustment settings Changing the secret number Clearing the secret number Allows you to change your current secret number. Allows you to clear your secret number. Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Setting a secret Repeat steps 1 and 2 in Setting a secret number.

  • Page 44: Parental Control (Setting V-Chip Level)

    Useful adjustment settings Parental control (setting V-CHIP level) V-CHIP is an electronic fi ltering device built into your TV. 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.
  • Page 45 Useful adjustment settings Voluntary movie rating system (MPAA) TV Parental Guidelines (TV Guidelines) Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and Repeat steps 1 to 4 in Voluntary movie then press c/d to select “Setup”. rating system (MPAA). Press a/b to select “Parental CTRL”, and Press a/b to select “TV Guidelines”, and then press ENTER.
  • Page 46 Useful adjustment settings Canadian Rating Systems • The TV rating systems in Canada are based on the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) policy on violence in television programming. • While violence is the most important content element to be rated, the structure developed takes into consideration other program content like language, nudity, sexuality and mature themes.

  • Page 47: How To Temporarily Release The V-Chip Block

    Useful adjustment settings Canadian English ratings Canadian French ratings Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and Repeat steps 1 to 4 in Canadian English then press c/d to select “Setup”. ratings. Press a/b to select “Can. French Ratings”, Press a/b to select “Parental CTRL”, and and then press ENTER.

  • Page 48: Other Viewing Options

    Other viewing options Freezing images Presetting remote control function Allows you to capture and freeze a moving image that You can operate the connected AV products (AV you are watching. Receiver, Cable Box, SAT tuner, DTV, VCR, DVD, LD) using the presetting manufacturer function of your remote control unit.
  • Page 49 Other viewing options Manufacturer codes REMOTE CONTROL CODE REMOTE CONTROL CODE VCR BRAND DVD/LD BRAND NUMBER NUMBER REMOTE CONTROL CODE CATV/SAT BRAND NUMBER NOTE • Numbers marked with * are SAT codes, all others are CATV codes. REMOTE CONTROL CODE AUDIO BRAND NUMBER...
  • Page 50 Other viewing options ■ Cable control buttons When the FUNCTION is set to CBL/SAT, the cable converter connected to the TV can be operated using 1 to 4. 1 SOURCE POWER Turns the cable converter power on and off. 2 0–9 Press a button (or buttons) that corresponds to the channel that you wish to watch.
  • Page 51 Other viewing options ■ VCR control buttons The remote control unit button will function as follows when the FUNCTION of the remote control unit is set to VCR. • Press INPUT until the input connected to the VCR is selected. The following 1 to 8 can be used to control the VCR.

  • Page 52: Appendix

    Setting the TV on the wall CAUTION • This TV should be mounted on the wall only with the AN-37AG2 (SHARP) wall mount bracket. The use of other wall mount brackets may result in an unstable installation and may cause serious injuries.

  • Page 53: Troubleshooting

    Appendix Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution • No power • Check if you pressed TV POWER on the remote control unit. (See page 15.) If the indicator on the TV does not light up, press POWER on the TV. • Is the AC cord disconnected? (See page 7.) •...

  • Page 54: Specifi Cations

    The dimensional drawings are shown on the inside back cover. • As part of policy of continuous improvement, SHARP reserves the right to make design and specifi cation changes for product improvement without prior notice. The performance specifi cation fi gures indicated are nominal values of production units.
  • Page 55 CLEARING THE SECRET NUMBER If you forget the secret number, clear the secret number using the following procedure. Press MENU to display the MENU screen, and then press c/d to select “Setup”. Press a/b to select “EZ Setup”, “CH Setup”, “Parental CTRL” or “Reset”, and the Secret number input screen displays.

  • Page 56: Information On The Software License For This Product

    The copyrights for the software components and various relevant documents included with this product that were developed or written by SHARP are owned by SHARP and are protected by the Copyright Act, international treaties, and other relevant laws. This product also makes use of freely distributed software and software components whose copyrights are held by third parties.

  • Page 57: Dimensional Drawings

    Dimensional drawings LC-32M43U Unit: inch/(mm) (796) (700.0) (500) (500) (83) (97) (200) (243) LC-37M43U (913) (822.6) (547) (547) (200) (117) (97) (293)

  • Page 58: Sharp Corporation

    SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION Sharp Plaza, Mahwah, New Jersey 07430-2135 SHARP CORPORATION Printed in Mexico Imprimé au Mexique Impreso en México TINS-D306WJZZ 07P08-MX-NG...

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