O P E R A T I O N M A N U A L MODEL MODEL SX66NF100 SX76NF100 COLOUR TELEVISION (SX66NF100) (SX76NF100) Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television. Page 1 03.7.30, 8:55 AM...
Moisture To prevent electrical shock, do not use the TV set in an excessively damp place. To prevent electrical shock, do not subject Power cord the AC power cord to damage by bending protection or twisting it, or by placing heavy items on top of it and do not place the AC power cord under the TV set.
Contents Safety precautions ............2 Preparation Accessories .............. 5 Easy setup ............... 6 Part names ............... 7 Installing batteries in the remote control unit ..7 Antenna connections ..........11 Watching a TV programme ........12 Watching TV Operating the TV buttons ........13 Channel/Timer display ..........14 Useful features Mute ................14...
Dear SHARP Customer Thank you for buying SHARP’s Colour Television. We hope you will have many years of enjoyment from this television set. To ensure proper operation, please read this manual carefully, and keep it in a safe place for future reference.
Easy setup To use your TV set, perform the easy setup procedure below. mark indicates the page number with more detailed information. Connect the antenna. • See to connect the antenna. Connect any video equipment. • See to connect video equipment. •...
Part names mark indicates the page number with more detailed information. Infrared transmitter window Remote control Aim this window at the infrared POWER SAVE sensor window on your TV set. Switches Power Save mode on or off. Turns the TV on or set it to Standby mode.
Part names TV Set SX66NF100 To open the door Using the projection located under the "PULL-OPEN" indication, pull and lift the door open. To close the door Using the projection, lower the door until closed. Caution: • When opening or closing the door, do not insert your fingers into the gap between the door and front panel.
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MENU/PRESET MENU/PRESET button Used for MENU setup. Tunes the channels. Volume Up/Down buttons Channel Up/Down buttons Adjust the volume. Select the channels. Used for Preset. Tune or set the channels. SX76NF100 To open the door Using the projection located under the "PULL-OPEN"...
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Part names SX66NF100 SX76NF100 Rear terminals COMPONENT IN/AUDIO IN Antenna In terminal terminals Connects to an antenna. Connect to a DVD player, etc. S-VIDEO (AV-1 IN) terminal AV-2 IN VIDEO/AUDIO (L/R) Connects to a VCR, etc. terminals Connect to a VCR, etc.
Antenna connections Connecting to an antenna To enjoy a clearer picture, use an outdoor antenna. The following is a brief explanation of the types of connections that are used for coaxial and feeder cables. If your outdoor antenna uses a 75-ohm coaxial cable with a standard DIN45325 plug (IEC 169-2), plug it into the Antenna In terminal at the rear of the TV set.
Watching TV Watching a TV programme Simple operations for watching a TV programme TV Set (Bottom) Turn on power. • When the Power indicator (see ) is off, press • When the Power indicator lights up red, press on the remote control.
Operating the TV buttons Simple operation of the TV set TV Set (Top) Using Press to increase volume. Press to decrease volume. VOLUME Using Press , and channels change as shown below. 1 / 2 / ... / 98 / 99 / AV1 (or SAV1) / B / G AV2 / AV3 (or SAV3) / COMPONENT / 0 / 1 / 2 ...
Useful features Channel/Timer display Displays the current channel number, the timer, and other settings on the screen. Press • The time remaining on the Off B / G Timer, On Timer, Reminder, and the channel number and colour/sound system indications appear on the 2 : 30 screen.
Channel recall Switches back to the channel you were watching just before the current channel. Press • The channel previously viewed returns to TV/VIDEO B / G the screen. Example: If, after switching from channel 5 to channel is pressed, the channel will B / G change to channel 5.
Selecting menu items This TV set allows you to adjust the picture and sound, and set the channels and other features using the on-screen display with the remote control or from the TV set. Select the desired menu item by following the steps below and then refer to the indicated pages for details. Selecting a menu item Remote control MENU...
Settings and adjustments On-screen display language selection The on-screen display language can be set to English, Chinese, French, Russian, Malay or Arabic. TV Set (Top) TV set ENGL I SH Press and hold down MENU/PRESET FRANÇ A I S for more than two seconds. BAHAS A MELAYU •...
Settings and adjustments Manual channel tuning Enables manual channel tuning to a desired TV station. (e.g. tuning the TV to a VCR, tuning in an additional TV station.) NOTE: This TV is already tuned into 2, 7, 9, 10 and 28. TV Set (Top) ENGL I SH...
Auto channel tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations, using consecutive channel numbers (e.g. 2, 7, 9, 10 will be stored as 1, 2, 3, 4) TV Set (Top) ENGL I SH Press and hold down MENU/PRESET FRANÇ A I S for more than two seconds.
Settings and adjustments Channel setting Enables individual channel setting. MENU Press to call MENU MENU P I CTURE SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER Press CH–SETT I NG select “CH-SETTING”. CH–SETT I NG Press POS I T I O CH 7 COLOUR display CH-SETTING menu.
Picture adjustment Adjustable individually for each AV mode MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER Press CH–SETT I NG select “PICTURE”. P I CTURE ( STANDARD Press CONTRAS COLOUR display PICTURE menu. BR I GHTNESS T I NT Press...
Settings and adjustments Sound adjustment Adjustable individually for each AV mode MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER Press CH–SETT I NG select “SOUND”. SOUND ( STANDARD Press TREBLE BASS display SOUND menu. SUPER BASS SURROUND Press...
Surround sound Produces a virtual surround sound from the TV’s speakers. Each time you press , the SURROUND mode toggles between ON and OFF. SURROUND OFF: Produces normal sound. SURROUND ON: Produces surround sound. GREEN SURROUND YELLOW BLUE Surround effect level adjustment Press until the SURROUND...
Settings and adjustments Wide mode Selects the width of the picture. Wide mode selection Each time you press , the width of the picture changes as shown below. (See page 25.) PANORAMA FULL NORMAL ZOOM (14:9) CINEMA V-SIZE/V-SCROLL adjustment When PANORAMA, ZOOM (14:9), or CINEMA Adjustment menu is selected, the V-SIZE and V-SCROLL PANORAM...
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Detail information on each wide mode 4 : 3 16 : 9 PANORAMA Adapts the broadcast picture to 16:9 format without changing the centre of view. This is especially useful for programmes like the news when the speaker in the centre of the picture needs to be seen clearly.
Settings and adjustments Blue screen Automatically turns the screen blue if a broadcast signal is not received. Press to call MENU MENU MENU P I CTURE screen. SOUND FEATURE Press T I MER CH–SETT I NG select “FEATURE ”. CH : SELECT : ENTER MENU : RETURN Press FEATURE...
Auto select When video equipment, such as a video game system or camcorder, is connected to the front (AV-3 IN) terminals, this TV set automatically selects the input mode (AV3) when the video equipment is turned on. MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND...
Settings and adjustments Save This function reduces the picture brightness to create a softer image while saving electricity. Using remote control POWER SAVE Press to display the POWER SAVE SAVE mode screen. SAVE Each time you press POWER SAVE the mode toggles between “ON” and “OFF”.
Headphones volume Adjusts the headphones volume. MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG Press select “FEATURE ”. FEATURE Press BLUE BA F O F AUTO SELECT display FEATURE menu. SAVE Press ROTAT I ON...
Settings and adjustments Off timer Automatically turns power off after a set length of time has passed. MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG Press select “TIMER”. T I MER Press ––...
On timer Automatically turns power on after a set length of time has passed. MENU Press to call MENU P I CTURE MENU SOUND screen. FEATURE T I MER CH–SETT I NG Press select “TIMER”. T I MER –– : –– Press ––...
Settings and adjustments Reminder on-screen timer Lets you know when a preset length of time has passed by displaying a countdown timer on the screen. This is useful for timer cooking while you watch TV. MENU P I CTURE Press to call MENU MENU SOUND...
Broadcast features NICAM broadcasts Enables selection of reception mode when receiving a NICAM-I, -B/G, or -D/K signal. Stereo NICAM Each time you press STEREO the mode switches between NICAM STEREO and MONO. MONO Bilingual NICAM Each time you press the mode switches between M1 (main sound), M2 (sub sound), and MONO.
Broadcast features A2 stereo system broadcasts Enables selection of reception mode when receiving an A2 stereo signal (B/G). Stereo Each time you press , the mode switches between STEREO and STEREO MONO. MONO Bilingual Each time you press , the mode switches between MAIN and MAIN SUB.
Teletext functions. FLOF and LIST FLOF LIST Depending on the TV programme, the Teletext pages are transmitted using different systems. Your SHARP TV is Teletext Teletext adjusted to receive two Teletext systems, namely FLOF and LIST, which are automatically identified by the receiver.
Broadcast features Other features (Text/Mix/Picture) Each time you press the button, the display mode changes as shown below. TV mode Teletext mode Mixed mode TV mode TV mode: Current TV programme screen. Current Programme Teletext mode Teletext mode: Teletext screen. Mixed mode Mixed mode: The Teletext broadcast is superimposed onto the current TV...
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(Clock) In TV mode: When a TV signal with Teletext data is received, press to display the real time information on the top left area of the screen. In Teletext mode: When a selected Teletext page has hidden sub-pages, you can Number see them by performing the following procedure: buttons...
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Broadcast features LIST mode Teletext page memory list Your TV has 40 Teletext page number memories for fast recall of Teletext information. In programme positions 1 through 9, four Teletext page numbers can be stored in each position; a total of 36 pages. In programme positions 10 through 99, only one programme with 4 page numbers can be stored.
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Fast page selection (LIST mode) Select an appropriate P 100 programme channel. Press to select the FLOF Teletext Colour Teletext mode. buttons News Sports Movie Weather GREEN YELLOW Press to change from LIST LIST FLOF system to LIST mode. BLUE P 100 LIST LIST Teletext...
Connections Connecting to a DVD player The DVD input terminals (COMPONENT IN) on the rear of the TV can be used to input high-quality images from a DVD player. DVD input terminals • The COMPONENT IN terminals support progressive video signal input for playback on Green: To Y the screen.
Connecting to video equipment Enjoy playback from a video disc player, VCR or other video equipment by connecting them to this TV set using the Audio/Video In terminals. Example use of front terminals DVD player (SX76NF100) Camcorder Video game Behind the door AV-3 IN To Audio To S-Video...
Troubleshooting The following problems do not always indicate a hardware failure. Therefore, please use the troubleshooting guide below before calling for repair service. If, after following the guide none of the remedies work, unplug the TV set and call for service.
Consumer Electronic Products Congratulations on Your Purchase! This Sharp product is warranted against faults in materials and manufacture for a period of twelve (12)* months from the date of original purchase. If service is required during the warranty period, please contact your nearest Sharp Approved Service Centre.