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Press MENU to display the main menu on
the screen. The main menu has five options
including MODE.

1.To access the mode menu highlight MODE

using the [

] buttons, then press

SET.

2.Highlight the option to be changed using

the [

] buttons. Press [

] to

select AUTO, ON or OFF as appropriate,
press SET then MENU to return to the
normal screen.

(Hi-Fi Models only) 

Selecting OFF

will disable the NICAM sound reception.
COLOUR. If the VCR is playing a poor
quality recording, the picture may turn black
and white. Selecting PAL may reduce this
(depending on the recording), although
coloured speckles will appear on black and
white recordings.
BLUE MUTE. This enables the blue
background colour. That is, 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.

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REPEAT. If you want to playback repeatedly an entire video tape, this feature will
automatically rewind at the end of the tape and replay.  This function enables or disables
this feature.
AUDIO MIX When this function is switched ON the VCR will playback both Hi-Fi and
Mono audio tracks.
16:9 PLAYBACK AND RECORDING. 
This feature allows the PLAYBACK and RECORDING of wide screen format signals (16.9)
which should automatically change the picture size setting on a wide screen TV. To allow the
operation of this feature, ensure 16:9 mode is set to AUTO in the MODE menu.
A scart connection must be used between the VCR (SOCKET L1) and the TV.
During PLAYBACK of a 16:9 encoded tape the TV should switch to (Widescreen) 16:9
mode.

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Not all pre recorded tapes are compatible with 16:9 playback.

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This feature must be supported by TV’s equipped with 16:9 switching.

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16:9 format recording can only be made from L2 scart input.

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Standard Play (SP) gives the best picture quality; long play (LP) provides the longest
recording time.

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This feature allows two Sharp VCRs to be controlled independently of each other, by one

remote control.

1.Press MENU to enter the main menu.

2.Select MODE using the [

] buttons and press SET.

3.Select VCR CODE using the [

] buttons and the [

] buttons to select 1 or 2. 

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/

/

4.Press SET to confirm selection.

5.Press and hold either the 1 or 2 number buttons and the VCR CODE button on the remote

control together for 5 seconds.

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If the second VCR does not have this feature then it is factory set as VCR CODE 1,
therefore the VC-ME80 should be set to VCR CODE 2.

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The remote control code can be changed at anytime to enable operation of a second
VCR.

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If the remote is incorrect for the VC-ME80, the VCR display will flash up the code
number that has been selected for the VCR.

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The VCR can still be operated by the buttons on the control panel regardless of the VCR
CODE setting.

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Recordings must be longer than 3 minutes.

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The starting point of playback may vary.

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This feature will only work with video tapes recorded on a VCR with the DPSS feature.

4.To cancel the search before it has finished, press STOP (

) or PLAY/X2 (

).

-1

+1

+2

+3

RECORDING 5

RECORDING 4

RECORDING 3

RECORDING 2

RECORDING 1

DPSS 
number

DPSS  Signals

Current tape position

Rewind

Fast Forward

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.

Press DPSS  

to locate a previous programme or the next programme.

For example, 
1.Load the video tape into the VCR
2.Press DPSS  

three times. A 3 will appear on the on-screen display, and the VCR will

fast forward to locate the third recording after the current one. 

3.Press DPSS      once. A -1 will appear on the on-screen display and the VCR will rewind

to locate the beginning of the current recording.

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1 press = 30 seconds.
2 presses = 1 minute.
3 presses = 1 minute 30 seconds.
4 presses = 2 minutes.

2.Press SKIP SEARCH on the remote

control. The number of times you press
SKIP SEARCH determines the forward
search time.

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After searching, normal playback will
resume automatically.

You can search the tape in 30 second time intervals. To do this follow the procedure below:

1.Press PLAY/X2 (

) to start the video tape playing.

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In addition to operating the VCR the remote control will also operate basic functions
on TVs, including brands other than SHARP.

1.Switch on the TV.  Open the door on the

remote control and point the unit at the TV.

2.Hold down TV BRAND SET on the VCR

remote control then the appropriate
button for the TV from the list shown, for 2
seconds. For example for a SHARP TV,
press  TV BRAND SET and 1.

3.The TV will enter standby mode to confirm

the correct code has been entered.

4.To turn the TV on from standby mode hold

TV BRAND SET and 1 for about 2
seconds.

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Switches the TV to and from Standby Mode.

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Determines which input to the TV is to be displayed on the 
screen.

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Changes the TV channels.

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/

Increases or decreases the volume.

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Certain models of TV do not use standard codes for their brand. In this case hold down
TV BRAND SET, then press each of the buttons in the list until the TV enters stand-by
mode (You will need to reset when remote control batteries are replaced).

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SHARP cannot guarantee the VCR remote control will operate your TV.

SHARP

1

TOSHIBA

9

PHILLIPS

2

PANASONIC

0 or

THOMSON

3or4

HITACHI

INPUT SELECT

GRUNDIG

5

SANYO

MODE OSD

FERGUSON

6

JVC

DISPLAY

ITT NOKIA

7

MITSUBISHI

AUDIO OUT

SONY

8

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