Sceptre Technologies E245BD-FHDU manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Dear Sceptr e Cust omer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE E245BD-FHDU ( with built in DVD playe r) LED H DTV purchase. T hank you for your support. To ensure safety and many years of trouble free oper at ion of your TV, please read the manual careful ly befor e making any adjust [...]

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- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used t o perform m any useful f unctions, but it can also caus e personal injuries and property damage if improperly handl ed. This product has been engineered and ma nufactured with the highes t priority on safety. However, im proper use ca n resul[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS This product is designed and manufactured to operate within defined design limits, and misuse may result in electric shock or fire. To prevent the product from bein g damaged, the follow ing rule s should b e obse rved for the instal lation, use a nd maintena nce [...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual • Do not ove rload pow er strips and extension cords. Ov erloading can result in fire or electric shock. • The wall so cket should be installe d near the equi pment and sho uld be easily acce ssible. • Only the mark ed power source can be used for the product. Any po wer source [...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION T ele vision Antenna Connection Pr otection Externa l Televis ion Antenna Grounding If an outside antenna or cab le system is to be connec ted to the TV, make sure that the antenna o r cable sys tem is elec trically grou nded to prov ide some protec tion again[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Opening the P a c k a g e The SCEPTRE T V is pack aged in a carton. An y standard ac cessorie s are pack ed separately in anoth er carton. The we ight of the TV is app roximate ly 11.57 lbs. Due t o the size and weight of the produ ct, it is suggested that it must be handled by a mini[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Attac hing or R emo ving the Stand 1. To remove th e stand completel y, look at th e back of the TV ne ar the neck and unscrew the 4 screws sh own in th e picture and the nec k along with the base should come off. 2. To attach the base , connec t the bas e to the neck of the TV . Make[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .......... ............ ......... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... 2  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................ ............ ........... ........... ......... ............ ........... ......[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t V i e w INDICAT OR LIGHT – The light is red when power i s plugge d in but the TV is no t turned on. The light turns blue w hen the TV is turned on. The TV might take 10 – 12 seconds to po wer on. This is considered to be no rmal. REM[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Side Contr ol Buttons The following descripti ons are from to p to bottom. 1. EJECT – This bu tton ejects the DVD disc. 2. PLAY / PAUSE – This button plays or pa uses the built in DVD player. 3. VOL(+) – This button increases the TV’s volu me. If a sub-menu is active, pressin[...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual R ear Vie w Connections 1. HEADPHONE – This connec tion is for headp hones to be atta ched t o the TV . 2. TV – This connection is for digi tal or analog cable withou t the cable box or over-the-ai rwave antennas. The tuner is a hyb rid tuner th at tunes to both analog and digita[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual digital surround sound r eceivers. The orange (COAX SPDIF OUT) connector sends ou t either bit-s tream or P CM dig ital sound signal to a h ome th eater receiver with digital coax inp ut. 9. HDMI2 – HDMI connec ts to dev ices th at use HDM I cable, s uch as Blu-r ay or HD DVD playe[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SCEPTRE E245 T V / D VD R emote This rem ote co ntrol fol lows SONY’s univer sal re mot e code. To f ind the act ual code you need to co nsult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual For universal remot es, this TV f ollows S ONY’s universal remote code. You nee d to find the ac tual code fr om your cable or sat ellite or universa l remote prov ider. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. INFO – Shows the display info. 3. FREEZE – Press this button to free[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 41. A – Not used. 42. B – Not used. 43. C – Not used. 44. D – Not used. The following button s are functions design ed to w ork with the optional accessory, Sceptre S ound Bar. 45. POWER – This button turns on t he sou nd bar. 46. SOURCE – This button selects the sound ba[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve Digital Ca ble without Ca ble Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is tu rned off. 2. Connect the Co axial R F cable fro m your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV. 4. Follow the fi rs[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting Cab le Box with Component YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your DVD player is turned off. 2. Obtain a Component Cable. Connect the green color connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s gree n connect or port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Connect the b lue c[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting Wii™ with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your Wii™ is tu rned off. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable. Connect the Yellow Video connecto r to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yell ow Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cab[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting Sa tellite box e s with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top b ox is turned off. 2. Connect a HDM I c able to the HD MI output o f your s et-top bo x and the other end to the HDMI port on the back of you r HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV and you r set-top box[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting to a PC with VG A and 3.5 mm minijac k … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D-Su b VGA cable; connect to the VGA output of your PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini -jack, c onnec[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the right of the T V to switch sources.[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Re a d y t o Wat ch S o m e T V ? Starting up t he HDTV 1. Make sure y our power cable is connected and the standb y red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all you r co nnection cab les off the side o r the ba ck of your TV and also your AV devices. Make sur e they are [...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual OSD (On Scr e en Display) Contr ol s Via Remo t e C o n trol In order to adjust most of th e options inside th e On S creen Disp lay (OS D), the pic ture below shows all the bu ttons us ed on the rem ote co ntrol. – This bu tton op ens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to t h[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual OSD (On Scr een Display) Options PICTURE – This main opt ion has functions fo r chan ging the pic ture se ttings for a ll port s, such as tint, contrast, sh arpness. SOUND – Th is main option h as function s for chan ging so und sett ings for al l ports, s uch as SPDIF T ype, tre[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 1. Press MENU t o open t he OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE an d press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st an d ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETTINGS i. PICTURE MODE – This fe ature c hanges va rious co lor and power savin g[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual V. ADVANCE PICTURE SETTI NGS i. DYNAMIC CONTRAST – This feature a llows the TV to automatically adjust the contrast of the TV dependin g on the picture yo u are viewing. ii. FILM MODE – Th is feature is 24p that syncs with DV D movies, and should be enable d when viewi ng DVD vid[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SOUND This option a llow s users to adjust t he TV’s s ound fu nctions. 1. Press MENU t o open t he OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND and press EN TER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st an d ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOU[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual iv. BALANCE – This feature ad justs the balance between the two speakers movi ng sound from left to rig ht. II. SURROUND MOD E – This feature enable s the TV two speaker s to provide a wid er sound effe ct. III. ANALOG SOUND – This featur e adjusts the second aud io programming[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual CHANNEL This option al lows us er to adjus t the TV’s tu ner functions . 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► t o select CHANNE L and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjus t and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjus t them . I. CHANNEL LIST – [...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual PA R E N T A L This option a llows users to filte r TV programs and movies wh ile usi ng the TV tun er. To use this op tion yo u will need to enter i n the pass word fi rst. 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ o[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SETUP This option a llows user to adju s t the TV’s miscellaneous options. 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SETUP and pres s ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjus t and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adj ust th em. I. CLOSED CAPTION ?[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transparency of the captioning . d) CC COLOR – This ch anges the color of the text. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This c hanges the transpa rency of backgrou nd of the text. f) CC BACKGROUND COLOR – This changes the colo r of the background. II.[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual OT H E R S This option allows users to set other features of the TV. 1. Press MENU t o open t he OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select OTHERS and press ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st an d ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – This featur[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Detailed Explana tions USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescre en TV with an USB port. With the USB port the TV can access USB flash drives (up to 2GB) and di splay pi ct ures or play MP3 files. To use this featu re connect a USB flash drive to the USB port of the TV an d press[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts th e time interval of a di splayed picture. 2. SLIDES HOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interc hange. 3. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – This option t oggles the repe at function fo r displaying picture[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual DV D O P E R A TI O N Introduction About the ○ / Symbol Display “ ○ / ” may appe ar on your HDTV display during ope ration, w hi ch indicates that the functi on in this operatin g instruct ion is not available for that sp ecific media format . Notes On Di scs Handling Discs D[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Important DVD Operation Guidelines 1. The DVD drive only functions while the TV is under the sou rce DVD. In order to put the DV D disc in, or eject the DVD disc, y ou must b e under th e DVD source. Othe rwise the DVD drive will not work. • To be und er source DVD eith er pres s t[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 3. The DVD control but tons are sho w in the pic ture below.[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 1. General S etup Page a. Press the D. SETUP butt on and then pr ess the ◄ / ► to display the GENERAL SETUP PAGE when you are in DVD m ode and press ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu. c. Press the ENTER button to enter menus or options an d use [...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 2. Audio Setup Page a. Press the D. SETUP butt on and then pr ess the ◄ / ► to display the AUDIO SETUP PAGE when you ar e in DVD mode and pr ess ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu. c. Press the ENT ER button t o enter m enus or optio ns and us e [...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 3. Preferences Page a. Press the D. SETUP butt on and then pr ess the ◄ / ► to display the PREFERENCES PAGE when you ar e in DVD mo de and press ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu. c. Press the ENT ER button t o enter m enus or optio ns and us e [...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Closed Captioning (digit al and analog) Explained Your TV is eq uipped w ith an i nternal Closed Capt ion decoder. I t allows you to view conserva tions, narration a nd sound effects as subtitles o n your TV. Closed Capt ions are a vailable on most TV program, and on some VHS home vi[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual TV-G (USTV) – Ge neral Audi ence Most parents would find this pro gram suitable for all ag es. Al though this ra ting does not si gnify a program desi gned spe c ifically fo r children, most parents may let younge r children w atch this program unattended. I t contains little or no[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a wides creen TV, but mo st TV programs are st ill broadcasti ng in a sq uare format, therefore the TV is offering mul tiple ways of viewing vi deos. There ar e mainly t wo types of s ignal format, Full (16:9 form at), Normal (4:3 form at), while oth[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Shor tcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing through the enti re channel lis t on the TV can be tediou s. This TV fe atures a favorite channel list, where you can a dd in channels that you always want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any channel you would l ike to i nclude [...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power c able has to be re move d from the soc ket b efore clea ning t he TV. 2. Do not use vol atile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These type s of chemic als might d amage t he housi ng and the LCD glas s. Cleaning th[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual T r oub leshooting The followin g tabl e conta ins the com mon probl ems and th e solutions to these problems. Please chec k this list be fo re you contac t the technicians. Problems Solutions Connect power c ord corr ectly. Turn on power. Connect vide o cable c orrectl y. NO PICTURE[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Problems Solutions TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock functi on’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked up s ome chan nels but forg ot abo ut them. Refer to page 34 for more instructions. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This TV follows SONY’s univers al remote code. Pleas [...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGE S THE VOLUME Different chann els an d inputs w ill sometimes have this effect because t he channe l signal ’s own volum e is alr eady lou d. There is no wa y remov e this complete ly. The TV has an AUTO VOLUME L EVEL func tion[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Call Us If Y ou Need Help! Products are often returned due to a tech nical problem rather than a defective product that may res ult in unn ecessary sh ipping ch arges bille d to you. O ur trained support personnel c a n often resolve t he prob lem over the phone or email. For more in[...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Specifica tion Display pa nel Item Illustr ation Active Area / S c reen Size D i a g o n a l 2 4 i n c h e s Aspect Ra tio W i d e s c r e e n 1 6 : 9 Max. of Pixel s (Resolution) 1 9 2 0 × 1 0 8 0 B r i g h t n e s s 250 cd/m 2 Contrast 1,000 : 1 (Typic al) 5,000 : 1 with Auto Cont[...]

- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual (2)Audio Sound Mode Dynamic / Stand ard / Soft / U ser Auto Volume Control Yes Tone Bass / T reble / Balance SPDIF Out Yes (coax) Speakers 3 watt per channe l (3) General Hybrid TV T uner NTSC / ATSC / QAM (Di gital Cable Read y) Channel auto scan Yes Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20min[...]

- 54 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card caref ully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LI MITED WARRANTY ” on parts and labor (90 da ys for comm ercial use) an d is only valid when p urchased from an Authori zed Reseller, only on new and non-ref urbished product , and available t[...]

- 55 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual defect; or displays on which the se rial number has b een removed or def aced. Image Sticki ng caused by o perating at e xcessive brightn ess levels for extended p eriods or mishandling ar e not covered by this wa rranty. Installati on, removal, transport ation and re installatio n o[...]

- 56 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Disc laimer , T r ademar ks , & Cop yright Inf orma tion • “HDMI, t he HDMI logo and High-Definit ion Multimedia Interf ace are trad emarks or registe red t rademark s of HD MI Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a regis tered tr ademark or tradema rk of Micro soft Corpora[...]

- 57 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E245 Series LED HDTV Use r Manual FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 15 of the FC C Rules. Operation is s ubject to th e following t wo conditi ons: (1) this device m ay not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must ac cept any interference received,inclu ding interferen ce that may [...]