User manual SHARP VCMH815 INSTALLING YOUR VCR

[. . . ] Please refer to the relevant laws in your country. G No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without prior permission from SHARP Electronics (UK) Ltd. ® and PlusCode® are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development G Corporation. G system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation. This manual covers a range of models, not all of the features included will be relevant to your VCR. If you require any advice or assistance regarding your Sharp product, please visit our web-site www. sharp. co. uk/support. Customers without Internet access may telephone 08705 274277 during office hours (or (01)676 0648 if telephoning from Ireland). SAFETY WARNINGS Observe all warnings for your safety and to ensure trouble free use of your VCR. INFORMATION Additional information complements instructions. (i) TINS-3992UMZZ HM Final Cover 12/9/01 10:07 am Page 3 VCR REMOTE CONTROL 14. AM/PM or /+ VCR FRONT PANEL/REMOTE CONTROL EQUIVALENT FUNCTIONS. If you prefer, or if remote control batteries fail, you will need to use the VCR front panel controls. [. . . ] button on the remote Before you start! · · If the Timer Standby symbol button to remove the appears on the VCR display, press the TIMER ON/OFF symbol. Check that the VCR clock is displaying the correct time. SETTING A RECORDING For example: Recording a programme on channel 3 from 21:05 to 22:30 on July 9th. 1. Press STOP is switched on. to ensure that the VCR TIMER ON/OFF MENU SV/V+/ TIMER AUDIO OUT SKIP SEARCH ZERO BACK SET 2. Press the SET confirm. SET CLEAR MODE OSD button to 1 2 5 3 4 6 MENU SELECT BUTTONS 4. Press the SET button again, the on-screen display will now show today's date. If you use the number buttons, enter two digits for the day, then two for the month. When the correct date for your recording is shown, press the menu select button to move to the next setting. SET DISPLAY REMOTE CONTROL 3. MENU SCREEN ME NU V I D EOP L U S + T I ME R MOD E SE T UP 4. 1/2 DA T E 21 / 06 9 / 07 --/---/-P R S T AR T S T OP 02 12 : 00 13 : 00 --:--:---:--:---:--:-SP ---- 5. If you want to make additional recordings at the same time each day or week, use the [ / ] buttons to select D (daily) or W (weekly). Then press to move to the next setting. 5. 1/2 DA T E P R S T AR T S T OP 21 / 06 02 12 : 00 13 : 00 9 / 0 7D - -:--:---/-- --:--:---/-- --:--:-SP ---- 6. Then press to move to the next setting. See next page to continue www. sharp. co. uk/support 15 TINS-3992UMZZ English. book Page 16 Monday, June 4, 2001 9:21 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO SET A DELAYED RECORDING 7. Enter the start time using the[ / ] or 7. 1/2 DA T E P R S T AR T S T OP 21 / 06 02 12 : 00 13 : 00 9 / 0 7D0 3 2 1 : 0 5 -:---/-- --:--:---/-- --:--:-SP SP --- NUMBER BUTTONS, hours first then minutes (when entering less than 10 hours or minutes add a '0' before the number), for example for 21:05 start, press 2 1 0 5. If you wish to change the RECORDING SPEED, use the [ Press[ required. The VCR is normally set so that NICAM sound is possible if it is present on the receiving signal, otherwise the VCR will automatically switch to receive the mono signal. Press the [ button to display the main menu on the screen. / ] menu select buttons to SET select MODE then press theSET button to confirm. The MODE menu will be displayed with NICAM selected. N I CAM CO L OUR AU T O AU T O OF F PAL · 3. Press the MENU NOTES: · · · · button to confirm and return to the main menu screen. button to exit to normal screen. If the tape being played back does not carry sound recorded on Hi-Fi tracks, L and R will not appear on the display. lf the sound contains `crackling' or `popping' noises the sound quality may be improved by adjusting the tracking using the VCR CHANNEL and the sound will be in mono. If the poor quality is for a long period the VCR will automatically select the mono track www. sharp. co. uk/support 18 TINS-3992UMZZ English. book Page 19 Monday, June 4, 2001 9:21 AM ADVANCED OPERATION AUDIO AND YOUR VCR CONNECTING TO AUDIO EQUIPMENT The diagram below shows how to connect your VCR to audio equipment. When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers. EXISTING AERIAL CABLE BACK OF TELEVISION RF CONNECTION CABLE ANTENNA IN ENTREE AERIAL IN RF OUT SORTIE ANTENNE AUDIO OUT L and R RF-OUT AUDIO PHONO LEADS (NOT SUPPLIED) + AMPLIFIER www. sharp. co. uk/support 19 TINS-3992UMZZ English. book Page 20 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 12:25 PM ADVANCED OPERATION PLAYBACK OF A VIDEO TAPE CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF TAPE REMAINING When you load a video tape into the VCR it can calculate approximately the amount of video tape remaining in hours and minutes. This is useful in determining whether or not there is sufficient tape left to make a recording. When a video tape is playing, the amount of tape remaining is calculated for you automatically. Press DISPLAY on the remote control as many times as necessary until "R" appears on the VCR display. [. . . ] REMOTE CONTROL The VCR can not be operated by remote control. OTHER PROBLEMS Picture does not · Make sure the VCR is not in Timer or Menu mode. (Refer to page 36, RF CHANNEL TUNING and RF THROUGH ON/OFF) · Possible weak signal strength, the same channel with a better signal strength may have been tuned in on another VCR preset channel. Example; VCR preset 1 = BBC1 and VCR preset 14 = BBC1 (Refer to Manually Sorting Channels section to move the channel to your desired position. ) · TV aerial may need adjusting. · Check all connecting cables. No picture appears. 35 TINS-3992UMZZ English. book Page 36 Monday, June 4, 2001 9:43 AM VCR RESET 1. [. . . ]