Sharp DV-760H Operation Manual

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GAMMA
S.PICTURE
MIN
MAX
PHONES LEVEL
STANDBY
PHONES
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DV-760H
DVD Video Player

OPERATION MANUAL

STILL/PAUSE
STOP
OPEN/CLOSE
SKIP
PLAY
SKIP
NTSC/PAL
MODEL
OPERATE
DIMMER
DISPLAY
DIGITAL
SETUP
VIRTUAL
GAMMA
SUBTITLE
ON/OFF
SUBTITLE
ANGLE
TITLE
RETURN
CLEAR
MEMORY
C
M
SKIP
PLAY
RESUME
STOP
REV
FWD
TV CONTROL
OPERATE
INPUT
CH
DVD/TV REMOTE CONTROL
OPEN/
CLOSE
DIGITAL
S.PICTURE
AUDIO
MENU
ENTER
REPEAT
A B REPEAT
PROGRAM
DIRECT
SKIP
STILL
PAUSE
SLOW
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  • Page 1: Operation Manual

    PHONES LEVEL STANDBY SLOW PHONES TV CONTROL OPERATE INPUT DVD/TV REMOTE CONTROL NTSC/PAL 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 0990 274277 during office hour.
  • Page 2 This equipment complies with the requirements of Directives 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.
  • Page 3 SPECIAL NOTE FOR USERS IN THE U.K. The mains lead of this product is fitted with a non-rewireable (moulded) plug incorporating a 3A fuse. Should the fuse need to be replaced, a BSI or ASTA approved BS 1362 fuse marked and of the same rating as above, which is also indicated on the pin face of the plug, must be used.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents GENERAL INFORMATION Fast Forward ..........32 Fast Reverse ..........32 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS AND Skip (Forward) .......... 33 PRECAUTIONS .......... 3 Skip (Reverse) .......... 33 Features ............5 VCD (Video CD) and CD (Audio CD) Accessories ........... 5 Playback ........... 34 Types of Disc that can be played on Fast Forward ..........
  • Page 5: Important Safeguards And Precautions

    IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS AND PRECAUTIONS CAUTION BEFORE OPERATING YOUR NEW DVD PLAYER, PLEASE READ THIS OPERATION MANUAL CAREFULLY. THE MANUAL SHOULD THEN BE STORED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE IN CASE OF OPERATING DIFFICULTIES OR FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTIONS. This DVD player is classified as a CLASS 1 Note: LASER product.
  • Page 6: Location And Handling

    DVD player. For service and Apparatus Claims of U.S.Patent Nos. 4,631,603, adjustment inside the cabinet, call a qualified dealer 4,577,216, 4,819,098 and 4,907,093 licensed for or service centre approved by Sharp. limited viewing uses only. Periods of no use This product incorporates copyright protection...
  • Page 7: Features

    Features Plays DVD, video CD and CD (Digital Audio) discs Built-in Dolby Digital decoder supporting Dolby Pro Logic* decoding and Virtual Surround MPEG Audio Version 2.0 multi channel (5.1ch) DVD discs can be played back. New Digital Gamma correction and New Digital Super Picture functions Separate colour component output connectors (Y, P ) and P ))/RGB OUT/S-VIDEO OUT...
  • Page 8: Types Of Disc That Can Be Played On Your Dvd Player

    Types of Disc that can be played on Your DVD Player The unit can play back discs bearing any of the following marks: 2 (see next page) [8 cm disc/12 cm disc] 3 (see next page) 2 (see next page) Video CDs [8 cm disc/12 cm disc] Supports version until version 2.0.
  • Page 9: Discs That Cannot Be Played

    Types of Disc that can be played on Your DVD Player The specific playback functionality for some DVD and video CD discs is determined by the disc manufacturer. Because this DVD player plays disc data in accordance with the disc manufacturer’s guidelines, some functions may not be available on some discs.
  • Page 10: Discs Recorded By Pal System, Discs Recorded By Ntsc System And Type Of Tv Connection

    Discs recorded by PAL system, Discs recorded by NTSC system and Type of TV connection The DVD player can play back discs recorded by NTSC using the modified PAL system, such as Video CD, DVD-region 2, but cannot play back discs for the use in U.S.A. (region No. 1). Region numbers cannot be changed in this system.
  • Page 11: Main Unit Of Your Dvd Player

    Main Unit of Your DVD Player Front STILL/PAUSE STOP GAMMA S.PICTURE OPERATE OPEN/CLOSE SKIP PLAY SKIP PHONES LEVEL STANDBY PHONES 1 OPERATE button 6 STOP ( ) button (see page 29) w STANDBY LED indicator (see page 16) (see page 16) 7 SKIP Forward ( à...
  • Page 12: Rear

    Main Unit of Your DVD Player Rear VIDEO output mode changeover switch for LINE1 OUT S-VIDEO OUT (21-pin Euro-SCART) • S-VIDEO signal is always output regardless of the position • VIDEO: Position for output of Video signal of the output mode changeover switch for LINE1 OUT •...
  • Page 13: Remote Control Unit Of Your Dvd Player

    Remote Control Unit of Your DVD Player 1 OPERATE button p FWD (è) button (see page 16) (see page 32) 2 DIMMER button a REV (È) button (see below) (see page 32) OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE 3 DISPLAY (OSD) button s RESUME button (see page 28) (see page 31)
  • Page 14: Using The Remote Control For Tv Operation

    TV brand. The remote control’s default brand is “SHARP”, which enables control of most Sharp televisions. When you replace the batteries in the remote control, the control’s TV brand setting will be reset to SHARP.
  • Page 15: Basic Connection

    Basic Connection Set the power switch on the player and equipment to Notes on Installation: be connected to OFF before connecting. Bundling the lead connecting the DVD player and Read through the Operation manual for the equipment television with the antenna cable can cause to be connected.
  • Page 16: Optional Audio Connection

    Optional Audio Connection Connecting to an AV Amplifier This DVD player contains a Dolby Digital, MPEG Audio 1/2 or DTS decoder. When DVDs recorded in Dolby Digital, MPEG Audio 1/2 or DTS are played back, you can use an amplifier that is not equipped with a Dolby Digital, MPEG Audio 1/2 or DTS decoder.
  • Page 17 Optional Audio Connection Connecting to a Decoder or an Amplifier with Dolby Digital / MPEG Audio 1/2 / DTS Processing When DVDs recorded in Dolby Digital, MPEG Audio 1/2 or DTS are played, the bit stream of Dolby Digital, MPEG Audio 1/2 or DTS is output from the DVD player’s FRONT SURROUND CENTER DIGITAL...
  • Page 18: Turning On The Tv And The Dvd Player

    Turning on the TV and the DVD player Turn on the TV, and select the external channel to which the DVD player is connected. Turn on the DVD player by pressing the OPERATE button. When the startup screen shown at right appears on the TV screen, the preparations are complete. Turning the DVD player power to the Startup Screen Standby mode or to the Active mode.
  • Page 19: Setup

    Setup Before you use this DVD player, make the settings necessary to you of the following 6 settings. TV MODE SET ....Specifies the settings for the type of TV connected and the playback format for wide-screen video material. SPEAKER ......Specifies the settings for the number and type of audio components and speakers connected, and for whether the DVD is connected to a TV or a stereo system.
  • Page 20: Tv Mode Set Setting

    Setup TV MODE SET Setting On the SET UP screen, use the ' or " button in to move the screen cursor ( _ ) to TV MODE SET. SE T UP OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE T V MO D E S E T DIGITAL DIGITAL 2ch/DIGITAL...
  • Page 21 Setup Use the \ or | button in to select NTSC or NTSC PAL. NTSC PAL: Set this when you play back the NTSC discs on a PAL TV. (The NTSC signal is converted to a modified PAL signal.) NTSC: Set this when you play back the NTSC discs on a Multi System TV compatible with NTSC or on an NTSC TV.
  • Page 22: Speaker Setting

    Setup SPEAKER Setting Use the ' or " button in to move the screen cursor ( _ ) to SPEAKER. SE T UP OPEN/ OPERATE DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE T V MO D E S E T 2ch/DIGITAL S P E A K E R DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP...
  • Page 23: Parental Level Setting

    Setup PARENTAL Level Setting Use the ' or " button in to move the screen cursor ( _ ) to PARENTAL. SE T UP OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE T V MO D E S E T DIGITAL DIGITAL 2ch/DIGITAL S P E A K E R SETUP VIRTUAL...
  • Page 24: Pro Logic Setting

    Setup When the correct password is entered, the parental level modification screen appears. OPEN/ SE T UP OPERATE DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE T V MO D E S E T DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE S P E A K E R 2ch/DIGITAL L E V E L : 8 P A R E N T A L...
  • Page 25: Osd (On Screen Display) Language Setup Setting

    Setup OSD (On Screen Display) LANGUAGE SETUP Setting You can select and set a language you want to use on the screen displays. For the first OSD LANGUAGE setting after purchasing your DVD player, please see page 17. OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE...
  • Page 26: Disc Menu Language Setting

    Setup DISC MENU LANGUAGE Setting You can select and set a language you want to use for the disc menu. The disc menu language you set here will be displayed if it is recorded in a disc, but if it is not recorded , the prior language recorded in the disc will be displayed.
  • Page 27 Setup (Example: AF (Afrikaans) selected) Press the ENTER button to input a language code (two letters), for example “AF”. F R A N Ç A I S S V E N S K A D E U T S C H N E D E R L A N D S Use the ' or "...
  • Page 28: Temporary Parental Level Setting

    TEMPORARY PARENTAL Level Setting In addition to the PARENTAL LEVEL setting on pages 21 and 22, some DVD discs will prompt the viewer to temporarily change the parental level. In this event, the following screen appears. OPEN/ OPERATE DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE PARE NTAL L...
  • Page 29: Display Information

    Display Information No Disc Indicator A NO DISC appears when the tray is closed and: 1) There is no disc in the tray. <Front panel display> <On the TV screen> Disc Error Indicator A disc error appears when the tray is closed and: 1) The disc type is not DVD, VCD or CD.
  • Page 30: Operation Mode Indicators

    Display Information Operation Mode Indicators The display on the TV screen switches from “AUTO” to “ON” to “OFF” and back to “AUTO” each time the DISPLAY button on the remote control is pressed. AUTO mode — Displayed for 3 seconds when operation begins. ON mode —...
  • Page 31: Dvd Playback

    DVD Playback Preparations DISPLAY OPERATE OPEN/ Switch on the TV set’s power, and select “VIDEO” or “AV” DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE OPERATE OPEN/ as the TV input. Refer to the operation manual for your DIGITAL DIGITAL GAMMA CLOSE SETUP VIRTUAL S.PICTURE TV for details.
  • Page 32: Still Picture

    DVD Playback Use the cursor controls (or a number button) on the remote control to select the desired title. (Highlight the desired title OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE number.) DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE (Example: EN (English) is selected T I T L E M E N U in DISC MENU LANGUAGE SUBTITLE...
  • Page 33: Frame Advance

    DVD Playback Frame Advance Press the â STILL/PAUSE button in the still picture mode. OPEN/ OPERATE DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE The disc is advanced by one frame each time the button is DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE pressed. SUBTITLE ON/OFF SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO...
  • Page 34: Fast Forward

    DVD Playback Fast Forward If you press the FWD è button on the remote control when a OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE disc is playing, the image begins to fast forward at low speed. DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE...
  • Page 35: Skip (Forward)

    DVD Playback Skip (Forward) Skip (Forward): While you are playing a disc, this function jumps OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE forward to the beginning of the next chapter and automatically DIGITAL DIGITAL starts playing that chapter. SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE...
  • Page 36: Vcd (Video Cd) And Cd (Audio Cd) Playback

    VCD (Video CD) and CD (Audio CD) Playback Preparations: To prepare for playing DVD discs, perform steps 1 to 4 in “Basic Play” (page 29). Playing Video CDs with Playback Control (PBC) Pressing the û PLAY button begins PBC playback. Time display is not shown for some discs. If you specify the track number to be played (with playback stopped) and press the û...
  • Page 37: Fast Forward

    VCD (Video CD) and CD (Audio CD) Playback Fast Forward Audio and subtitles are not played back (video CD). Audio is not played back (audio CD). While a disc is playing, press the FWDè button on the remote control. Not shown for video CDs with PBC recorded Current track number (most version 2.0 discs).
  • Page 38: Skip (Forward)

    VCD (Video CD) and CD (Audio CD) Playback Skip (Forward) OPERATE OPEN/ Skip (forward): While you are playing a disc, this function jumps DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE forward to the beginning of the next track and starts playing DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE...
  • Page 39: Continuing Playback From Where You

    Continuing Playback from where you stopped (Continued Playback) This function operates for audio CDs, video CDs and DVD discs. Press the Ë Ë Ë Ë Ë STOP button to stop playback at the desired point. OPERATE OPEN/ Leave the disc in the DVD player. DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE...
  • Page 40: Direct Selection Of Scenes

    Direct Selection of Scenes DVD Discs OPEN/ OPERATE Selecting Scenes by Title Number (DVD) DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE SETUP SUBTITLE This function only operates on DVD discs that have a title screen. SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF (Example) Viewing title “2”...
  • Page 41: Direct Skip Function (Dvd) (Vcd, Cd)

    Direct Selection of Scenes Direct Skip Function (DVD) (VCD, CD) OPERATE OPEN/ This function allows you to skip directly to the beginning of any title DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE (track) or chapter while a disc is playing. DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE Press the MEMORY button on the remote control or the ûPLAY...
  • Page 42 Direct Selection of Scenes Using the number buttons (0 to 9) on the remote control, enter the desired chapter number. (If you enter three or more digits, the last three digits are displayed.) OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE (Example) Entering chapter 27. DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP...
  • Page 43: Programmed Playback

    Programmed Playback The three types of programmed playback provided by this DVD player are title programmed playback (DVD discs), chapter pro- grammed playback (DVD discs) and track programmed playback OPERATE OPEN/ (VCD/CD discs). DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE On some discs, the programmed playback is disabled.
  • Page 44: Chapter Programmed Playback (Dvd)

    Programmed Playback DVD Discs OPERATE OPEN/ Chapter Programmed Playback (DVD) DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE Press the PROGRAM button on the remote control twice while SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF the disc is stopped. (Press once for a title and twice for a MENU TITLE chapter.)
  • Page 45: Track Programmed Playback (Vcd, Cd)

    Programmed Playback VCD (video CDs) and CD (audio CDs) OPERATE OPEN/ Track Programmed Playback (VCD, CD) DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE Press the PROGRAM button on the remote control while the SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF disc is stopped.
  • Page 46: Repeat Playback

    Repeat Playback Repeat playback is disabled on some discs. OPERATE OPEN/ DVD Discs DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE Chapter Repeat (DVD) SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF TITLE MENU If you press the REPEAT button on the remote control while a disc is playing, the current chapter is played repeatedly.
  • Page 47: A-B Repeat (Dvd)

    Repeat Playback DVD Discs A-B Repeat (DVD) OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE A-B repeat: Repeats any specified section on the disc. SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF TITLE While you are playing a disc, press the A-B REPEAT button on TITLE MENU the remote control when you reach the start of the section to be...
  • Page 48: Disc Repeat (Vcd, Cd)

    Repeat Playback VCD (video CDs) and CD (audio CDs) OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE DIGITAL DIGITAL The Disc Repeat function cannot be used on video CDs with PBC SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE mode playback (most version 2.0 discs). SUBTITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE AUDIO ON/OFF...
  • Page 49: Angle Selection (Dvd Only)

    Angle Selection (DVD only) This function can only be used for discs on which scenes shot from multiple angles have been recorded. OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE Some DVD discs contain scenes which have been shot simultane- DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA S.PICTURE...
  • Page 50: Subtitle Selection (Dvd Only)

    Subtitle Selection (DVD only) SUBTITLE ON/OFF switch • Display of subtitles is limited to software on which DVD disc OPERATE OPEN/ subtitles are recorded. DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE Also, even if you are playing back a DVD disc on which subtitles DIGITAL DIGITAL SETUP...
  • Page 51: Audio Selection

    Audio Selection DVD Discs This function can only be used for discs on which the sound has OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE been recorded in multiple formats. DIGITAL DIGITAL On some discs, the sound is recorded in both Dolby Digital (5ch or SETUP VIRTUAL GAMMA...
  • Page 52: New Digital Gamma Selection (Dvd, Vcd)

    New Digital Gamma Selection (DVD, VCD) “Adaptive digital gamma” is the digital function for high picture quality which keeps the bright part of picture as it is during AUTO mode, and which automatically detects and compensates for dark and difficult-to-see parts, making them brighter and easy to see, richly reproducing the original high picture quality provided by DVD.
  • Page 53: New Digital Super Picture Selection (Dvd, Vcd)

    New Digital Super Picture Selection (DVD, VCD) DIGITAL S.PICTURE is a digital image quality enhancement function that gives a clearer image by sharpening the details and outlines in the image and reducing the amount of picture noise. OPERATE GAMMA S.PICTURE Lights when ON The DIGITAL S.PICTURE setting can be varied as desired.
  • Page 54: Virtual Surround (Audio) Selection (Dvd Only)

    VIRTUAL Surround (Audio) Selection (DVD only) This function allows you to enjoy a “surround sound” effect when you are using an analogue connection (using AUDIO OUT OPERATE OPEN/ DIMMER DISPLAY CLOSE “FRONT” on the DVD player) to 2-channel audio equipment (TV, DIGITAL DIGITAL etc.).
  • Page 55: Language Code List On Menu Screen

    Language Code List on Menu Screen Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Slovenian Afar Frisian Malagasy Samoan Abkhazian Irish Maori Shona Afrikaans Scots Gaelic Macedonian Somali Ameharic Galician Malayalam Albanian Arabic Guarani Mongolian Serbian Assamese Gujarati Moldavian...
  • Page 56: Definition Of Terms

    Definition of Terms Angle: Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from a number of different angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left side, from the right side, etc,). With such discs, the ANGLE button can be used to view the scene from different angles.
  • Page 57: Specifications

    Specifications Signal System NTSC/PAL Video output Output connector: Phono/21-pin Euro-SCART Output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ) S video output Y output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ) C output level: 0.30 Vp-p (75 ) Output connector: S connector Component colour output Y output level: 1 Vp-p (75 ) output level: 0.525 Vp-p (75 )/75% colour output level: 0.525 Vp-p (75 )/75% colour...
  • Page 58: Before Calling Service

    Where this is not possible please visit our web-site www.sharp.co.uk/support. Customers without Internet access may telephone 0990 274277 during office hour.
  • Page 59: Disc Handling And Maintenance

    Disc Handling and Maintenance Handling Precautions Hold the disc by the edges so the surface will not be soiled with fingerprints. ( Fingerprints, dirt and scratches can cause skipping and distortion. Do not write on the label side with a ball-point pen or other writing utensils.
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  • Page 63 SHARP CORPORATION Osaka, Japan SHARP ELECTRONICS (U.K.) LTD. Sharp House, Thorp Road, Newton Heath Manchester M40 5BE TINS-3646AJZZ T2288-A Printed in Malaysia...

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