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Features
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Features
20" ASV (Advanced
Super View) LCD Panel: The
4:3 flat screen delivers images that are
virtually distortion free and helps eliminate screen glare. Its extra-wide
viewing angles (170 degrees horizontal and vertical) allow you to see a clear
picture from most anywhere in the room.
VGA Resolution: The LC-20SH6U's Advanced Super View & Black TFT LCD panel has a native resolution
of 640 x 480 pixels; 921,600 dots.
EDTV: The 20" LCD
TV is compatible with 480p (progressive scan DVD players). The TV contains an
NTSC-M tuner but does not contain any HDTV-type tuner.
500:1 Contrast Ratio:
The LC-20SH6U's 500:1 contrast ratio provides great imaging whether you're
watching dark or bright scenes.
High Brightness (430
cd/m2): The TV's high brightness allows you to place the television
anywhere. You can place the TV near windows, doors or other light sources and
still see a vivid picture.
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.
Picture Flip: To
accommodate the wide variety of mounting angles and positions, you can change
the orientation of the picture for proper viewing. The Picture Flip feature
offers a Normal image, Mirror image, Rotated image, or an Upside Down image.
AV Mode: This mode gives you 5
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
- Dynamic: for clear-cut
image, emphasizing high contrast for sports viewing
- Dynamic (Fixed): changes
image and sound settings to factory preset values and allows no adjustments
- Movie: for viewing movies
- Game: lowers image
brightness for easier viewing
View Modes: You can choose one
of the following Vide Modes:
- 4:3: displays the image in a 4:3 size
- 16:9: stretches the image
horizontally to display it in a 16:9 size
- Zoom: enlarges the picture
equally until the screen is filled
- Stretch: stretches the
image horizontally
Picture
Adjustments: You can make the following adjustments in the picture quality
menu:
- Backlight: allows you to
choose one of the following backlight settings:
- Bright: maximum
brightness
- Normal: suitable for
viewing in a well lit area
- Dark:
sufficiently bright when viewing in dim areas
- Variable: the
brightness can be manually adjusted to suit your preference from 2 to
16.
- Contrast: adjusts the
contrast (0 to +60)
- 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)
- Color Temperature: For
better white balance, you can set the color temperature to High, Middle, or
Low. You can also store your own settings under the User preset, which allows
you to independently adjust the Red, Green, and Blue levels.
Sound Adjustments: You can
adjust the amount of bass and treble (-10 to +10) and set the balance between
left and right speakers.
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.
Blue Screen: This function
automatically turn the screen blue if no broadcast signal is received instead of
getting static and snow.
Power Control: You can set the
unit to automatically turn off if no signal is received for 5 minutes or no operation is performed for 3 hours. Five minutes before the power shuts down,
the remaining time displays every minute.
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.
Closed Caption: This LCD TV is
equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder. You can view a Closed Caption
broadcast in two modes.
- Caption Mode: shows
subscripts of dialogs and commentaries of TV dramas and news programs while
allows a clear view of the picture
- Text Mode: displays
various information over the picture (such as TV program schedules and
weather forecast, etc.) that is independent of the TV programs
Sleep Timer: This
TV can be set to turn itself off in 30, 60, 90, 120, or 150 minutes.
Remote Control:
The LCD TV comes supplied with a full-featured IR wireless remote control that
operates only the TV.
Removable Stand: The Sharp LC-20SH6U comes with an adjustable stand, allowing you to tilt the display
2.5° forward or 10° backward for the best viewing angle. It cannot swivel on the
stand. For wall mounting, the stand can be
removed by removing 4 screws behind a plastic cover plate. One screw will be
need to be unscrewed to remove the plastic cover before removing the 4 screws
for the stand.
VESA Mounting Bracket
Standard: The TV has 4 mounting holes on the back for an optional wall-mount
bracket. The spacing of the mounting holes is VESA 100 (millimeters), in
accordance with the industry standards set by the Video Electronics Standards
Association. The threaded mounting inserts use 4mm (M4) bolts (not included).
Kensington Lock: The TV has a Kensington Security Standard slot for use with a Kensington
MicroSaver Security System.
Cable Clamp: The
TV comes supplied with a cable clamp that allows you to neatly secure your
cables behind the TV. The cable clamp is inserted in the rear of the TV's
pedestal base.
Inputs and Outputs Notes
Input 1: The
TV features a component video input for input 1.
Input 2: The TV
features an S-video or composite video input for input 2. The s-video connection
take priority if both connections are plugged in.
Input 3/Output: This input/output consists of left and right RCA audio jacks and an RCA
composite video jack. This connection can be used as an input or an output.
Antenna: The unit
has one antenna-in input.
Headphone Jack:
When you plug in headphones into the front panel-mounted headphone jack, the
main TV speakers are muted.
