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Sharp VC-MH71SM Operation Manual

Sharp VC-MH71SM Operation Manual

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VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 1 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM
Important notes on your VCR ....................................................................................................... 2
Unpacking the accessories ........................................................................................................... 3
Connecting the cables ................................................................................................................. 4
Tuning the TV into the VCR ............................................................................................................ 5
Auto installation .............................................................................................................................. 6
Important notes on your VCR and video tapes ......................................................................... 7
How to playback a video tape .................................................................................................... 7
Pausing and slow motion........................................................................................ 8
Fast forwarding/rewinding a video tape.............................................................. 9
Immediate recording................................................................................................................... 10
How to set a delayed recording ................................................................................................ 13
Checking, changing and cancelling a recording ............................................ 15
Audio and your VCR (Hi-Fi VCR'S ONLY) ................................................................................... 16
Connecting to audio equipment............................................................................................... 17
Playback of a video tape ........................................................................................................... 18
Checking the amount of tape remaining .......................................................... 18
Playing back a video tape repeatedly .............................................................. 18
Playing back an NTSC tape ................................................................................. 19
Digital Display................................................................................................................................ 20
Blue mute ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Colour ............................................................................................................................................ 21
Searching the video tape ........................................................................................................... 22
Skip searching the video tape ............................................................................. 22
Digital programme search system (DPSS) ................................................................................. 23
Recording from other equipment .............................................................................................. 24
Low power feature ....................................................................................................................... 25
Child lock....................................................................................................................................... 25
Manually tuning a channel ......................................................................................................... 26
Broadcast and CATV channels .................................................................................................. 27
Manually sorting channels........................................................................................................... 28
Sorting the channels into your preferred order .................................................. 28
Deleting channels.................................................................................................. 29
Re-naming channels ............................................................................................. 30
Changing the on-screen display language.............................................................................. 31
Manually setting the clock .......................................................................................................... 31
VCR digital display ...................................................................................................................... 32
Selecting the output from the VCR ............................................................................................ 32
On-screen display......................................................................................................................... 33
Specifications................................................................................................................................ 34
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................ 35
CONTENTS
to make a recording ............................................................................. 11
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 1 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CONTENTS BEFORE USING YOUR VCR Important notes on your VCR ....................... 2 Unpacking the accessories ......................3 INSTALLING YOUR VCR Connecting the cables ......................... 4 Tuning the TV into the VCR ......................5 Auto installation ..........................

  • Page 2: Before Using Your Vcr Important Notes On Your Vcr

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 2 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BEFORE USING YOUR VCR IMPORTANT NOTES ON YOUR VCR IDEAL VCR LOCATION PLACE THE VCR.. • ... on a flat level surface away from radiators or other heat sources and out of direct sunlight.

  • Page 3: Unpacking The Accessories

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 3 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BEFORE USING YOUR VCR UNPACKING THE ACCESSORIES CHECK ALL THESE ACCESSORIES ARE SUPPLIED WITH YOUR VCR. CONTACT YOUR DEALER IF ANY ARE MISSING. (TYPE AA/R6/UM3) BATTERIES (X2) REMOTE for the remote control unit.

  • Page 4: Installing Your Vcr Connecting The Cables

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 4 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM INSTALLING YOUR VCR CONNECTING THE CABLES AERIAL OR CATV CABLE Connect your existing aerial cable to the ANTENNA IN socket on your VCR. Connect the VCR to the mains Optional:...

  • Page 5: Tuning The Tv Into The Vcr

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 5 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM INSTALLING YOUR VCR TUNING THE TV INTO THE VCR IMPORTANT NOTE: By pressing the STANDBY button, the VCR will toggle between STANDBY and LOW POWER modes. The VCR display will not be illuminated in low power mode.

  • Page 6: Auto Installation

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 6 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM INSTALLING YOUR VCR AUTO INSTALLATION STOP Press to switch on your VCR. This model will automatically tune in the TV channels in your area, sort them into a standard order and set the clock.

  • Page 7: Basic Operation

    To remove minor contamination run a video tape in visual search mode. If this fails, you will need to have the heads cleaned by a SHARP Service Facility. Please note, if cleaning is necessary it is not covered by the guarantee.

  • Page 8: Pausing And Slow Motion

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 8 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO PLAYBACK A VIDEO TAPE SHARP SUPER PICTURE should enhance the picture quality during playback. It is normally set to ON. To turn SHARP SUPER PICTURE on or off press SUPER P.

  • Page 9: Fast Forwarding/Rewinding A Video Tape

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 9 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO PLAYBACK A VIDEO TAPE FAST FORWARDING/REWINDING A VIDEO TAPE Press STOP ) to stop the video tape. FAST FORWARD REWIND Press ) on the remote control or turn the shuttle ring on the VCR to the Right/Left and release.

  • Page 10: Immediate Recording

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 10 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION IMMEDIATE RECORDING SELECTION OF A CHANNEL Select the channel by using the number buttons on the remote control, or select the CHANNEL next/previous channel by pressing To change between single digit and 2-digit channel numbers, press...

  • Page 11: How To Use To Make A Recording

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 11 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO USE TO MAKE A RECORDING TIMER ON/OFF • appears on the VCR display, press before starting. • Check that the clock is displaying the correct time.
  • Page 12 VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 12 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO USE TO MAKE A RECORDING If your VCR has long play facility and you wish to change the RECORDING SPEED , use the [ ] to highlight SP. Press [...

  • Page 13: How To Set A Delayed Recording

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 13 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO SET A DELAYED RECORDING You can make a maximum of eight delayed recordings up to a year in advance. The example shown is for 24-hour clock operation. 12-hour clock operation can be selected from the manual clock setting menu.
  • Page 14 VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 14 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO SET A DELAYED RECORDING Enter the start time using the [ ] or the NUMBER BUTTONS hours first then minutes 1 / 2 (when entering less than 10 minutes add a '0'...

  • Page 15: Checking, Changing And Cancelling A Recording

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 15 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO SET A DELAYED RECORDING CHECKING, CHANGING AND CANCELLING A RECORDING CHECKING A RECORDING MENU SCREEN If in TIMER STANDBY mode, press TIMER ON/OFF to exit. T I ME R...

  • Page 16: Advanced Operation

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 16 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION (Hi-Fi VCR’S ONLY) AUDIO AND YOUR VCR HI-FI STEREO SOUND Stereo sound is possible from this VCR if you have a stereo TV connected to the VCR with a scart lead, or audio equipment connected with audio phono leads.

  • Page 17: Connecting To Audio Equipment

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 17 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION (Hi-Fi VCR’S ONLY) 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.

  • Page 18: Playback Of A Video Tape

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 18 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM 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.

  • Page 19: Playing Back An Ntsc Tape

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 19 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION PLAYBACK OF A VIDEO TAPE PLAYING BACK AN NTSC TAPE NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is a different TV standard to PAL and is used in some Non-European Countries. Your VCR can playback pre-recorded NTSC tapes onto a PAL system TV, but cannot record an NTSC signal onto a video tape.

  • Page 20: Digital Display

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 20 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION DIGITAL DISPLAY TIME OF DAY Shows current time of day, if the clock is set. DISPLAY Press until the time of day appears. For example, 21:20 appears: OPERATION MODE Shows status of tape.

  • Page 21: Blue Mute

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 21 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION BLUE MUTE The TV screen will be blue if a TV channel with no signal is selected, an unrecorded section of tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor. Select OFF to disable this feature.

  • Page 22: Searching The Video Tape

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 22 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE SKIP SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE You can search the tape in 30 second time intervals. To do this follow the procedure below: Press PLAY/X2 ) to start the video tape playing.

  • Page 23: Digital Programme Search System (Dpss)

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 23 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE DIGITAL PROGRAMME SEARCH SYSTEM (DPSS) Your VCR records a marker signal on the tape at the start of each recording. These signals can be used later to locate the starting point of a recording.

  • Page 24: Recording From Other Equipment

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 24 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM ADVANCED OPERATION RECORDING FROM OTHER EQUIPMENT You can record video and audio signals from various sources, for example a camcorder, onto a video tape using your VCR. For example, recording from a camcorder connected to LINE 2 IN/DECODER on your VCR:...

  • Page 25: Special Features On Your Vcr Low Power Feature

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 25 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM SPECIAL FEATURES ON YOUR VCR LOW POWER FEATURE To meet new power regulations your VCR can be placed in LOW POWER mode. In LOW POWER mode the VCR power consumption is reduced to below 1 Watt.

  • Page 26: Customised Installation Manually Tuning A Channel

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 26 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION MANUALLY TUNING A CHANNEL It should not be necessary to tune in a broadcast channel manually except in unusual circumstances such as poor signal. To manually tune in a channel follow the procedure below.

  • Page 27: Broadcast And Catv Channels

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 27 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION BROADCAST AND CATV CHANNELS Real Real Station Station Channel Channel Signals Signals Numbers Numbers S01/S21 CH:02 CH:75 S02/S22 CH:03 CH:76 /S03/ CH:04 CH:77 CH:05 CH:78 CH:06 CH:79 CH:07...

  • Page 28: Manually Sorting Channels

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 28 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS SORTING THE CHANNELS INTO YOUR PREFERRED ORDER When your VCR tunes in broadcast channels automatically it sorts them into a standard order using teletext information. You can change the order of the channels with the following procedure.

  • Page 29: Deleting Channels

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 29 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS DELETING CHANNELS If there is a channel you wish to delete from the VCR memory you can follow the procedure below. Press MENU MENU SCREEN Press [ ] to select SET UP.

  • Page 30: Re-Naming Channels

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 30 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS RE-NAMING CHANNELS When your VCR tunes in broadcast channels automatically, it names them using teletext information. You can change the name of a channel with the following procedure.

  • Page 31: Changing The On-Screen Display Language

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 31 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION CHANGING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAY LANGUAGE Changing the language used by the on-screen display will not change the operation of the VCR or make it suitable for any other broadcast standard.

  • Page 32: More Information About Your Vcr Vcr Digital Display

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 32 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR VCR VCR DIGITAL DISPLAY STOP 12 11 TIMER indicator. AUDIO OUTPUT indicators. RECORDING indicator. CHILD LOCK indicator. AM/PM indicators. STOP indicator. VCR mode indicator. PRESET CHANNEL indicator.

  • Page 33: On-Screen Display

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 33 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR VCR ON-SCREEN DISPLAY All the information you need on the VCR status will be summarised on the on-screen display. If you are recording, playing back a tape or watching a broadcast on the video channel you can call up three standard on-screen displays.

  • Page 34: Specifications

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 34 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR VCR SPECIFICATIONS Format: VHS PAL standard Number of heads: Four heads Video signal system:: PAL/MESECAM colour or monochrome signal: 625 lines Hi-Fi audio recording Deep layer recording system conforming to system: stereo Hi-Fi VHS standard.

  • Page 35: Troubleshooting

    VC-MH71SM ENGLISH.book Page 35 Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:52 AM TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM ANSWER Display is not working. • Make sure the VCR is not in LOW POWER mode. • Make sure the power cord is plugged in. • Make sure the wall socket has power (plug another appliance in).

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