Features
PC Compatibility
Mounting Options
Inputs and Outputs Notes

Features

Aquos Engine With ASV Technology: Sharp's Aquos Engine with ASV technology provides high-performance video processing for the brightest, most vivid colors and images.

Next Generation 16:9 Advanced SuperView TFT LCD Panel: The TV features Sharp's Next Generation Advanced SuperView/Black TFT LCD panel which delivers bright, high contrast images that are virtually distortion free and helps eliminate screen glare. Its extra-wide viewing angles (176 degrees horizontal and vertical) allow you to see a clear picture from most anywhere in the room.

Multi-Pixel Technology: The LC-52D64U uses Multi-Pixel technology which divides each pixel into two sections and adds an advanced driving system to provide 60% improved color reproduction at wide viewing angles.

Display Resolution: The display has a Full HD resolution of 1920 x1080. The unit will accept 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480i and 480p signals, and has a built-in image "scaler" to handle a variety of digital and analog audio/video sources. The scaler converts the signals from all video sources to match the LCD panel's native 1080p resolution.

Four-Wavelength Backlight System: The Sharp LCD TV uses a 4-wavelength backlight system which enables the TV to display very deep crimson reds and widens the overall available color spectrum.

Contrast Ratio: The LC-52D64U features a native 2,000:1 contrast ratio and a dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000:1 with a 4ms pixel response time to produce spectacular picture quality.

High Brightness (450cd/m2): The Sharp AQUOS Liquid Crystal Television is extremely bright. You can put it almost anywhere; even near windows, doors or other light sources and the picture will still be vivid.

Lamp Life: The expected life of the backlight lamp is 60,000 hours (at standard backlight position), which equates to ten hours use a day for more than sixteen years.

Built-in Tuners: The Sharp Aquos LC-52D64U is equipped with a built-in NTSC analog tuner, an ATSC HDTV Off-air tuner and a QAM digital cable tuner. No external tuner box is required in order to receive off-air or digital cable High Definition or Standard Definition programming.

Three HDMI Inputs And Dual Component Video Inputs: The TV features three HDMI inputs that are compatible with 1080p sources so you can directly input a 1080p source into the TV without any scaling. The television's dual component video inputs will also except video signals up to 1080p.OPC Function: The OPC function of the TV automatically alters brightness to adjust to changing room conditions.

Aquos Link: Aquos Link allows you to control Aquos Link-compatible devices through the connection of HDMI cables to the television via the TV's supplied IR remote control. The television's remote can control up to three Aquos Link recorders and one AV amplifier when connected via HDMI to the television. Aquos Link provides the following control features.

• Single Remote Control: Aquos Link automatically recognizes the connected HDMI devices and you can control the TV and the devices as if using a universal remote control
• One Touch Play: while the TV is in standby mode, it automatically turns on and plays back the image from the HDMI source
• One Touch Recording: the Aquos Link automatically recognizes the connected HDMI device and starts recording by pressing REC on the remote
• Audio System Control: use the TV's remote to set the volume of the Aquos Link-compatible audio system

AV Mode: This mode gives you 7 options to choose from to best match the environment, which can vary due to room brightness, type of program, or type of image input:

• Standard: highly defined image in a normally bright room
• Movie: for viewing movies
• User: allows you to customize the following settings and store them for each input source: brightness, contrast, color, tint, sharpness, and color temperature
• Dynamic (Fixed): changes image and sound settings to factory preset values and allows no adjustments
• Dynamic: for clear-cut image, emphasizing high contrast for sports viewing
• xvYCC: supports the xvYCC international standard for wide color space allowing you to experience colors that conventional color signals cannot reproduce
• Game: lowers image brightness for easier viewing
• PC: ideal for PC when using the TV as a monitor

Standard View Modes: When viewing programs with a 4:3 aspect ratio, you can view the program in one of four modes:

• Side Bar: viewing the program in 4:3 with black bars on either side of the image
• Smart Stretch: stretches the program more horizontally than vertically to fill the screen
• Zoom: enlarges the picture equally until the screen is filled. (Also suitable for viewing widescreen 2.35:1 anamorphic DVDs in full screen)
• Stretch: suitable for viewing 1.78:1 DVDs. When viewing 1.85:1 DVDs, this mode will show thin black bands at top and bottom of the screen.

HD View Modes: When viewing an HD program you can select the following 4 viewing modes.

• Stretch: suitable for viewing 1.78:1 DVDs. When viewing 1.85:1 DVDs, this mode will show thin black bands at top and bottom of the screen.
• Dot by Dot (1080i/p only): detects the resolution of the signal and displays an image with the same number of pixels on the screen. When a 720p signal is being input, the image will be delivered in full screen.
• Smart Stretch: suitable for stretching 4:3 programs to fill the screen.
• Zoom: suitable for viewing wide-screen 2.35:1 aspect-ratio programs in full screen.
• Full Screen: (720p only): suitable for a 270p video signal

Favorite Channels: The Favorite Channels setting allows you to program 4 favorite channels in each of the 4 channel categories; giving you easy access to as many as 16 of your favorite channels. The categories are easily accessible as "A", "B", "C" and "D" buttons on the remote.

Freezing Images: If an image appears on the screen that you want to capture, you can press the "Freeze" button on the remote. The image will remain on the screen for up to 30 minutes, or until you press the "Freeze" button again to release the image.

Basic Picture Adjustments: You can make the following adjustments in the picture quality menu:

• Optical Picture Control (OPC): when set to on the OPC Sensor on the front panel automatically adjusts the backlight brightness according to the surrounding light
• Backlight: brightens or dims the screen (-16 to +16)
• Contrast: adjusts the contrast (0 to +40)
• Brightness: for more or less brightness (-30 to +30)
• Color: adjusts the color intensity (-30 to +30)
• Tint: adjusts skin tones from purplish to greenish (-30 to +30)
• Sharpness: adjusts sharpness of image edges (-10 to +10)

Advanced Picture Adjustments: In addition to the above picture adjustments, you can make further fine picture adjustments:

• Color Temperature: for better white balance, you can set the color temperature to High, Middle High, Middle, Middle Low, or Low
• Color Management System (CMS): color tone is managed using the six-color adjustment setting; you can select Hue (adjusts the color either more reddish or more bluish in tone) and Saturation (increases or decrease the saturation of a selected color)
• Active Contrast: automatically adjusts the image contrast according to the scene
• Fine Motion: used Fine Motion to view fast-action video more clearly
• I/P Setting: converts input signals depending on the type of images; you select Fast or Slow
• 3D-Y/C: setting provides high quality images with minimal dot crawl and cross color noise, select Fast for moving images, Slow for still images, or Standard for normal viewing
• Monochrome: for viewing a video in black & white switch the monochrome setting to On
• Film Mode: when set to On the film mode automatically detects, analyzes, and converts a film source (24 fps) to video (30 fps) using 3-2 Pull-down
• Range of OPC: you can limit the range of adjustment by the OPC

Digital Noise Reduction: Digital Noise Reduction produces a clearer video image and can be set to High, Low, or Off.

Image Position: You can center the picture horizontally or vertically if necessary.

Sound Adjustments: You can adjust the amount of bass and treble (-15 to +15) and set the balance between left and right speakers. In addition, you can turn on/off the virtual surround.

Bass Enhancer: This function allows you to enjoy bass-enhanced sound when watching television.

Audio Only Mode: When you only want to listen to the audio portion of a program, such as a music program, you can turn off the LCD screen by using the Audio Only mode.

Input Label: The TV lets you give inputs 1 through 7 a preset name; for example TV, DVD, etc.

Closed Captioning: The TV is compatible with standard closed captioning, and the new Digital Closed Captioning system. The more flexible Digital Closed Captioning is more flexible, and can be customized with several options. You can choose the caption size, font style, foreground and background color, foreground and background opacity, and character edge.

Game Play Time: This function displays the elapsed game time so you do not lose track of the time.

Sleep Timer: This TV can be set to turn itself off in 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes.

Power Control: You can set power control settings to save energy. When set to Enable in the AV Input mode, the unit automatically turns off if no signal is received for 15 minutes, or if no operation is performed for 3 hours. Five minutes before the power shuts down, the remaining time displays every minute.

Secret Number: This feature allows you to use a secret number to protect certain settings from being accidentally changed.

V-Chip Parental Control: This feature allows you to limit the shows that can be viewed based on the TV Parental Guidelines and a movie's MPAA rating. After setting Parental Control "On", you must enter the 4-digit password to view blocked programs.

Lock Out: This function locks the operation button on the TV or the remote control.

Remote Control: The supplied remote controls the TV's functions, plus controls basic functions for multiple brands of DVD players, VCRs, Cable boxes and Sharp audio systems. The remote features full button illumination, plus a number of buttons under a flip-down panel.

PC Compatibility

PC Compatibility: The LC-52D64 can be used as a computer monitor through its HDMI inputs or PC input.

PC View Modes: You can connect the TV to your PC through the HDMI inputs to use the TV as a monitor. The following view modes are available in PC mode.

• 4:3 Input Signal: You can select between Normal, Zoom, Stretch, or Dot by Dot.
• 16:9 Input Signal: You can select between Stretch or Dot by Dot.

Auto Sync Adjustment: This mode automatically adjusts the PC image horizontally and vertically.

Fine Sync Adjustment: You can manually sync the PC image using the following menu-tools.

PC Compatibility

PC Compatibility: The LC-46D64 can be used as a computer monitor through its three HDMI inputs or one DVI input.

PC View Modes: You can connect the TV to your PC through the HDMI inputs to use the TV as a monitor. The following view modes are available in PC mode.

• 4:3 Input Signal: You can select between Normal, Zoom, Stretch, or Dot by Dot.
• 16:9 Input Signal: You can select between Stretch or Dot by Dot.

Auto Sync Adjustment: This mode automatically adjusts the PC image horizontally and vertically.

Fine Sync Adjustment: When using the DVI input you can manually sync the PC image using the following menu-tools.

• H-Pos: centers the image by moving to the left or right
• V-Pos: centers the image by moving it up or down
• Clock: lets you adjust when the image flickers with vertical stripes
• Phase: lets you adjust when characters have low contrast or when the image flickers

PC Control of TV: The TV can be controlled from your PC using the RS-232C terminal via an optional RS-232c cable, sold separately. You can control functions such as PC/AV input select, volume, and various other adjustments. Set the RS-232C communication settings on your PC to match the TV's communication conditions. The TV's communication settings are as follows.

Mounting Options

Supplied Stand: The TV comes with an unattached, unassembled stand. The 2-piece stand includes the hardware to assemble the stand, and attaches the TV to the stand. The stand adds approximately 2.375" to the overall height of the TV.

Wall Mounting Bracket: The TV also has 4 mounting holes on the back for an aftermarket wall-mount bracket. The spacing of the mounting holes is 400mm vertical x 400mm horizontal. A universal wall-mount bracket that can accommodate a screw spacing of 15.9375" (W) x 15.9375" (H) can be used. The mounting holes accommodate M6 screws.

Inputs and Outputs Notes

HDMI 1.3 Inputs: This unit has two HDMI inputs on the rear panel and one HDMI input on the side panel for connecting components such as HDTV set-top boxes, DVDs, or other HDMI equipment. One of the rear HDMI inputs can be used with an HDMI-DVI conversion cable, and has stereo analog audio input jacks. If you are connecting a DVI-equipped device, you must indicate the type of signal in the menu (HDMI or DVI) to activate the audio inputs. You can also use the HDMI inputs to hookup the TV to your PC.

HD Component Video Inputs: The television features two HD component video inputs (1 front/1 side) that support 1080p.

Optical Digital Output: The TV has a Toslink optical digital output for connecting to an A/V receiver with an optical input. The digital output can be set to pass Dolby Digital or two channel PCM.

Analog Audio Output: The RCA audio outputs can be switched from fixed level to variable. When set to variable, the internal speakers are muted.

PC Input: The TV features a 15-pin mini D-sub female connector with a 3.5mm audio input for connecting the television to your PC for use as a monitor.

RS-232C Port: The TV can be controlled from your PC using the RS-232C terminal. The input signal (PC/AV) can be selected, the volume can be adjusted and various other adjustments and settings can be made from your PC enabling automatic programmed playing.