Hi...

I recently acquired one of these, model DK-A1D. I have no idea what the D is
for, and a search of the Sharp site only turned up info on A1 & A10
models...none with a D suffix.

The manual I downloaded states that the units go into Demo mode when plugged
in, and to exit that mode to press the E Sound/Demo button. I have an E
Sound button but it does not say Demo. None of the control buttons, such as
On/Standby, Tuner etc have any effect. In Demo mode the LCD display scrolls
features. There is no sound.

I thought perhaps the D indicated this was a specially built unit for store
demos, but I disassembled it and it appears to be 100% complete. It does not
seem logical they would build a special demo unit when all of them have a
demo function built in.

Can anyone help with this?

Ken123 wrote:
Hi...

I recently acquired one of these, model DK-A1D. I have no idea what the D is
for, and a search of the Sharp site only turned up info on A1 & A10
models...none with a D suffix.

The manual I downloaded states that the units go into Demo mode when plugged
in, and to exit that mode to press the E Sound/Demo button. I have an E
Sound button but it does not say Demo. None of the control buttons, such as
On/Standby, Tuner etc have any effect. In Demo mode the LCD display scrolls
features. There is no sound.

I thought perhaps the D indicated this was a specially built unit for store
demos, but I disassembled it and it appears to be 100% complete. It does not
seem logical they would build a special demo unit when all of them have a
demo function built in.

Can anyone help with this?

usually a combination of button presses - power up from mains holding
in volume etc.

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Ken123 wrote:
Hi...

I recently acquired one of these, model DK-A1D. I have no idea what the D
is
for, and a search of the Sharp site only turned up info on A1 & A10
models...none with a D suffix.

The manual I downloaded states that the units go into Demo mode when
plugged
in, and to exit that mode to press the E Sound/Demo button. I have an E
Sound button but it does not say Demo. None of the control buttons, such
as
On/Standby, Tuner etc have any effect. In Demo mode the LCD display
scrolls
features. There is no sound.

I thought perhaps the D indicated this was a specially built unit for
store
demos, but I disassembled it and it appears to be 100% complete. It does
not
seem logical they would build a special demo unit when all of them have a
demo function built in.

Can anyone help with this?

usually a combination of button presses - power up from mains holding
in volume etc.


Finally got a reply from Sharp support...apparently I have to have the
remote to cancel demo mode. I didn't get a remote with it.

Tried various buttons on power up, didn't work. Thanks.

On Nov 14, 9:34 am, "Ken123" wrote:
"b" wrote in message


Ken123 wrote:
Hi...

I recently acquired one of these, model DK-A1D. I have no idea what the D
is
for, and a search of the Sharp site only turned up info on A1 & A10
models...none with a D suffix.

I am in the same boat; I too have a "D" model. The label on the Sharp
box it came in did say, in small print, that the unit was a "display
model." I guess their idea of a display is a box with flashing
lights, since that is all one can get the thing to do without the
remote. I am not clear that the unit would actually work if one did
have the remote.

Thanks for the info from Sharp; the manual I got off Sharp's website
indicated that the demo mode could be cancelled by pushing the E-sound
button on the unit. Not so. Not only does one need the remote to get
out of the demo mode, one cannot access most of the features without
the remote. The unit is thus useless without the remote, pretty piece
of modern sculpture with flashing lights. I found one online vendor
of remotes selling the remote for $54. That's nuts. I also saw one
vendor on eBay selling the unit cheap who admitted in small print that
it had no accessories. I wonder how many of these display units are
floating around out there.
Unfortunately, the Amazon vendor from whom I bought this turkey states
that they will not refund shipping. I'll have to eat the shipping
back, I guess. Lesson learned. Caveat emptor!

On Dec 17, 9:55*pm, "
wrote:

I am in the same boat; I too have a "D" model. *The label on the Sharp
box it came in did say, in small print, that the unit was a "display
model." *I guess their idea of a display is a box with flashing
lights, since that is all one can get the thing to do without the
remote. *

Adding to my previous: I now know that having the remote control does
not help. The unit will not exit the demo/display mode even when
commanded by a known working remote (which I got by buying a second
unit). I looked inside, and all modules are the power supply,
display driver, interface boards, processor board, audio amplifier,
and AM/FM tuner. It is a well made unit with especially nice acoustic
design inside.
The only things working in the demo mode are the display (describing
all the units features), the volume control and the equalization
control. The unit is locked in the "Aux" mode, and the RCA phono
connectors in the back are live. I plugged my mp3 player in, and it
sounded great.
I guess this demo unit is useful only as a nice amplifier, though I
feel sure all the circuitry necessary for normal operation is
present. There is a ten-pin (approx) header-type connector under a
small access panel in the rear, and I suspect that the unit can be
tested and programmed through this connector. I don't know how to do
that sort of thing, so I am stuck (even if I did have the pin-out).
That's what I know. Hope it helps someone else.
BJ