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The volume is muted temporarily when pressing the 
(MUTE) button on the remote control. Press again to
restore the volume.

When the power is first turned on, the unit will enter the extra
bass mode which emphasises the bass frequencies, and
“X-Bass On” will appear. To cancel the extra bass mode,
press the X-BASS button on the remote control.

When the FUNCTION button on main unit  is pressed, the
current function will change to different mode. Press the
FUNCTION button repeatedly to select desired function.

Note:
The backup function will protect the memorised function
mode for a few hours should there be a power failure or the
AC power lead becomes disconnected.

In this example, the clock is set for the 24-hour (0:00) display.

To confirm the time display:
Press the CLOCK/TIMER button. The time display will
appear for about 5 seconds.
Note:
When power supply is restored after unit is plugged in again or 
after a power failure, reset the clock (pages 8).
To readjust the clock:
Perform “Setting the clock” from step 1. If the “Clock” does not
appear in step 2, step 4 (for selecting the 24-hour or 12-hour
display) will be skipped.

(AirPlay)
With Apple AirPlay technology, you can stream your music
from your iTunes on a Mac, PC, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad
to external speakers (XL-HF401PH) via a Wi-Fi network.

● MacBook or MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.6.6 or

greater.

● iTunes 10.2 or greater (Mac/PC).

● iOS 4.3 or later

- iPod touch (4th, 3rd and 2nd generation)
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 4
- iPhone 3GS (iPhone 3G cannot support AirPlay)
- iPad 2
- iPad

(DLNA)
DLNA technology enables you to share media from one 
device to another via a Wi-Fi network.
DLNA usage requires:

● DLNA compatible devices with appropriate application.

(Refer to your devices’ manual) Support status varies
depending on model and software features such as
client and server functions.

● PC with Windows 7. (For details, refer to the Windows

guide.)

● DLNA version 1.5

● This product supports audio source with playback

capability only. Streaming (audio and video) from
DLNA devices is not supported by this product.

● DRM file playback (DTCP-IP) is not supported.

● SHARP does not guarantee that this product will work

with all DLNA compatible devices and wireless LAN
routers.

■ Muting

■ X-Bass control

■ Bass control

Press the BASS/TREBLE
button to select “Bass”.

Within 5 seconds, press
the VOLUME (+ or –)
button to adjust the bass.

■ Treble control

Press the BASS/TREBLE
button to select “Treble”.

Within 5 seconds, press
the VOLUME (+ or –)
button to adjust the treble.

■ Function

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

Press the CLOCK/TIMER button.

Within 5 seconds, press the ENTER button. To adjust
the day, press the 

 or 

 button and then press the

ENTER button.

- 5 

↔ - 4........↔ + 4 ↔ + 5

- 5 

↔ - 4........↔ + 4 ↔ + 5

FM STEREO

FM MONO

iPod

Audio In

Line In

USB

CD

Network

Press the 

 or 

 button to select 24-hour or 12-hour

display and then press the ENTER button. 

The 24-hour display will appear.
(0:00 -  23:59)

The 12-hour display will appear.
(AM 12:00 - PM 11:59)

The 12-hour display will appear.
(AM 0:00 - PM 11:59)

To adjust the hour, press the 

 or 

 button and then press

the ENTER button. Press the 

 or 

 button once to

advance the time by 1 hour. Hold it down to advance
continuously.

To adjust the minutes, press the 

 or 

 button and then

press the ENTER button. Press the 

 or 

  button once

to advance the time by 1 minute. Hold it down to advance the
time by 5 minutes interval.

Clear all the programmed contents. [Refer to “Factory
reset, clearing all memory” on page 25 for details.]

Perform “Setting the clock” from step 1 onwards.

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Note:
When this unit is placed too near a Wireless LAN device or
microwave, noise  interference may occur, causing
crackling sound. It may also reduce the communication
speed and cause invalid connection. If these happen, do
the following:
- Place the unit away from the Wireless LAN device or

microwave.

- Place the unit closer to the source device.

Press the ON/STAND-BY button.

Press the NETWORK button.

Press the iPod MENU button on the remote control.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘Wi-Fi Setup’.

Press the ENTER button.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘Direct’. Press the

ENTER button. Wait until the display shows ‘Direct
Ready’ which take about 40 seconds.

On the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad, select ‘Settings’ -->
‘Wi-Fi’. On the PC/Mac, enter the list of available
wireless networks.

For other DLNA compatible devices, turn on the Wi-Fi. For 
more details, refer to your devices’ manual.

Select  SHARP_XL-HF401 from the list of available
networks.

Launch  Music and play desired song on your iPod
touch / iPhone or iPad. For PC/Mac, launch iTunes.
For other DLNA compatible devices, launch the DLNA
compatible media software. For more details, refer to
your devices’ manual.

Tap / click on the AirPlay icon 

.

Select the speaker : SHARP_XL-HF401_xxxxxx.
Sound will be heard from the XL-HF401 speakers via
audio streaming.

For protection purposes, in some conditions, the message 
“Press ENTER to start streaming” will appear asking for 
your permission to continue streaming.

● Press ENTER button while the message is still scrolling.
This message appears when / during (provided that the 
Direct Wireless Connection has previously been set up):

● Network Stand-by mode.

● In other functions (CD, TUNER, USB, iPod, Audio In).

● In NETWORK function, when your Apple / DLNA device

stays idle for more than 15 minutes.

● When using  Direct wireless connection, use a DMS

(Digital Media Server) supported Application. For more
information, refer to www.dlna.org.

● Signal interference may occur from surrounding devices

while  in  Direct wireless connection. This may cause
sound interruption and/or inability to select the speakers.
Should this happen, perform any of the following: 

1 Switch off the Network Stand-by mode (refer page 6) or

unplug the AC power lead and plug it back in.

2 Switch to other Wi-Fi channel listed  in the ‘Direct

connection configuration’ tab of the Configuration
Webpage. To access this webpage, follow steps 6-8
under ‘Connection via SSID (wireless router without
WPS)’ on page 10.

3 “Network clear” operation. Press and hold the CLEAR

button while  in Network function until ‘Network Clear’
appears. Repeat steps 1 - 4 in ‘Direct wireless
connection’.

4 Place the unit to other position with better reception.

● If router is available, router connection is recommended.

● SHARP does not guarantee that this product will work

(connection and operation) with all the applications.

● This product cannot work as a router. If you want to

connect the internet, a router must be used.

Press the WPS button on the wireless router.

Press the ON/STAND-BY button.

Press the NETWORK button.

Press the iPod MENU button on the remote control.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘Wi-Fi Setup’.

Press the ENTER button.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘WPS’. Press the ENTER

button. Wait until ‘ 

 ’ on the display stop blinking and the

display shows "Successfully Connected to [network
name]".

On the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad, select ‘Settings’ --> ‘Wi-
Fi’. On the PC/Mac, enter the list of available wireless
networks. For other DLNA compatible devices, turn on
the Wi-Fi. For more details, refer to your devices’ manual.

Select your router from the list of available networks. Enter
your network password if required.

Continue with step 8 to 9 in  ‘Direct wireless
connection’ on this page.

Note:
WPS process (network search) takes about 2 minutes. If
fail to connect, the display will show ‘Cannot connect to
Network. Please try again’. Repeat step 4 to retry or do
‘Connection via SSID’.

■ Direct wireless connection

Note: ‘xxxxxx’ is last 6 digits of MAC ID.

SHARP_XL-HF401

S

SHA

Wi-Fi

SHARP_XL-HF401

SHARP_XL-HF401_xxxxxx

■ Connection via wireless router with WPS

Direct connection Configuration

WPS

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Press the ON/STAND-BY button.

Press the NETWORK button on the remote control.

Press the iPod MENU button on the remote control.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘Wi-Fi Setup’.

Press the ENTER button.

Press the 

/

 button to select ‘SSID Set’. Press the ENTER

button. Wait until the display shows “SSID Ready” which takes
about 40 seconds.

On the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad, select ‘Settings’ --> ‘Wi-Fi’.
On the PC/Mac, enter the list of available wireless networks.
For other DLNA compatible devices, turn on the Wi-Fi. For
more details, refer to your devices’ manual.

Select Sharp_XL-HF401 from the list of available networks.

Open web browser as Safari or Explorer on iPod touch / iPhone
/ iPad or PC/Mac. Type 192.168.1.1 at the address bar.
The XL-HF401 configuration page is displayed.

Select Network Configuration tab.

Select your router SSID from the pull-down list of

.

Enter your network password if required (for some routers, you may

also need to tick DHCP under Advance Setting).

Change the name of SHARP_XL-HF401_xxxxxx in AirPlay Device

Name if you like and click Apply (*1).

Click Apply (*2) at the bottom of the page to apply your settings.

Click OK to confirm your settings.

On the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad, select ‘Settings’ -->

‘Wi-Fi’. On the PC/Mac, enter the list of available
wireless networks.

Select your router from the list of available networks.

Continue with step 8 to 9 in ‘Direct wireless connection’

of page 9.

You can add other AirPlay devices to join the same Wi-Fi 
network as the unit.

On the iPod touch/iPhone/iPad, select ‘Settings’ -->
‘Wi-Fi’. On the PC/Mac, enter the list of available
wireless networks. For other DLNA compatible devices
turn on the Wi-Fi. For more details, refer to your devices’
manual.

Select your router SSID from the list of available wireless
networks.

Wait until successful Wi-Fi connection from the
additional AirPlay devices to the router.

Continue with step 8 to 9 in ‘Direct wireless connection’
of page 9.

● This product may face some irregularities due to various

unforseen reasons from other devices  in the process of Wi-Fi
pairing. Should this happen, unplug the AC power lead, and plug
it back in.

● If the Network function operates incorrectly, do the Network reset

(refer page 25).

Various function can be controlled from the remote control
or your AirPlay / DLNA device.

■ Connection via SSID (wireless router without WPS)

Network Configuration

192.168.1.1

SHARP_XL-HF401 xxxxx

■ Connection of an AirPlay device to the 

■ Various function control during AirPlay / DLNA

Volume up/

down

Play/pause

Next/previous 

track

Mute

Display

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● For DLNA compatible devices, the function control may

vary depending on DLNA application used.

● To enable this unit to control iTunes software, the

setting below is required.

On: Network Stand-by mode is enabled.
During stand-by mode, if you select XL-HF401PH speakers
through AirPlay  icon and tap/click PLAY on AirPlay device, the
unit will automatically power on and stream the music from your
AirPlay device.  For other DLNA compatible devices, refer to your
devices’ manual.
To enable the Network Stand-by mode:
During Stand-by mode, press DEMO/DIMMER button on remote
control to select the Network Stand-by mode on or off. (refer page
6.)
To check the IP address of the router / Mac ID / SSID:

Press iPod MENU button on the remote control.

Press 

/

 button on the remote control repeatedly.

The display will toggle as below:

Caution:
Please update your iPod,  iPhone and iPad unit to the latest
software version before using it. Please visit Apple’s homepage to
download the latest version for your iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Notes:

● Charging terminal for iPod, iPhone and iPad:

● The message “This accessory is not made to work with

iPhone” or similar, may appear on the iPhone screen
when:
- battery is low.
- the iPhone is not properly docked (eg. slanting).
If this occurs, remove and re-dock the iPhone.

● This product is made for iPod, iPhone and iPad. To prevent

● The headphone output of the main unit  is switched off during inserting

iPod, iPhone and iPad unit. This is an Apple product specification.

Note:
The USB terminal does not support VIDEO out.

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

Press the USB button on the remote control or FUNCTION button
repeatedly on the main unit to select USB function.

Connect iPod, iPhone or iPad to the unit. “USB/iPod” will appear.

Press the /  (CD/USB  / ) button to start playback.

Note:
Stop button ( ) is invalid during iPod, iPhone or iPad playback.

● Sound will only switch from iPhone to the main unit after

authentication process is completed in approximately 10
seconds. 

● Incoming calls will pause the playback.

● Once the calls are answered, the conversation can only be

heard through the built-in  iPhone speaker. Turn on the
iPhone speaker or undock the iPhone to start
conversation.

For Mac iTunes:

On the toolbar menu, click  iTunes and select

Preferences.

Under  Devices tab, check the ‘ 

audio control from remote control speakers’ box.

For Windows iTunes:

On the toolbar menu, click  Edit and select
Preferences.

Under  Devices tab, check the ‘ 

  Allow iTunes

control from remote control speakers’ box.

Note: For more details, refer to the iTunes guide.

■ Network Stand-by mode

● iPod touch (4

th

 generation)

● iPod touch (3

rd

 generation)

● iPod touch (2

nd

 generation)

● iPod touch (1

st

 generation)

● iPod classic

● iPod nano (6

th

 generation)

● iPod nano (5

th

 generation)

● iPod nano (4

th

 generation)

● iPod nano (3

rd

 generation)

● iPod nano (2

nd

 generation)

● iPhone 4S

● iPhone 4

● iPhone 3GS

● iPhone 3G

● iPhone

● iPad 2

● iPad

USB function

YES

YES

(without iPod 

or iPhone docking)

Other function
(iPod / CD / Network / 
Tuner / Audio In  / Line 
In)

YES

NO

Stand-by

YES

NO

■ iPod, iPhone and iPad connection via USB terminal

Insert the connector to the iPod, iPhone or iPad.

Place the iPad to the stand for iPad.

Connect the iPod, iPhone or iPad to the unit via USB
connector.

■ iPod, iPhone or iPad playback via USB terminal

■ iPhone playback

iPad

Connector

iPad

Stand for iPad

File name