Sceptre Technologies SCEPTRE X405 HDTV manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Dear Sceptr e Custo mer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE X405 HDTV purcha se. Thank you for your supp ort. Alt hough this TV’s remote sho ws 3D, ROKU, Soun d Bar, and MHL features, they are NOT a function of this TV. To ensure safety an d many y ears of trouble f ree operatio n of your TV, pl[...]

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- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many usef ul functions, but it can als o cause 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 can r esult in elec tric sho[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 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 rules should be obse rved for the ins tallation, us e and maintena nce of the product. R[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual • Do not ove rload pow er strips and extension co rds. Overloading can result in fire or electric shock. • The wall so cket should be installed near the equi pment and shoul d be easily acce ssible. • Only the mark ed power source can be used for the product. Any po wer source other than the sp[...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 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 connected to the TV, make sure that the antenna o r cable system is electrically gro unded to provide some pro tection against voltage surg es [...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Opening the P a c k a g e The SCEPTRE T V is package d in a carton. An y standard acc essories are pa cked separately in another carton . The we ight of the TV is approx imately 19.27 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the produ ct, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more pe[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Attac hing or R emoving the Stand 1. Place the d isplay unit f lat on a tabl e. Afterwards a ttach the plas tic base onto the neck by form fitting the circul ar hole. Remember the plastic base should ha ve more area facing the front of the neck. 2. Fit the plastic ring to the bottom of the ba se the[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual 3. Screw in the 4 thick threaded sc rews to sec ure the metal plate to the plastic base. The stand installation is now com plete. 4. To install or remove the stand, screw in or remove the 5 screws indicated in the picture and the stand will come off.[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .......... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... ............ ........... ........ 2  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... ......... ............ ........... .[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t V i e w INDICAT OR LIGHT – The li ght is re d when power is plug ged in but the TV is not turne d 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. REMOTE SENSOR – [...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Side Contr ol Buttons 1. VOL(+) – This button increases the TV’s volu me. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the select right. 2. VOL(-) – This button decreases the TV’s volu me. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the selection left. 3. CH( ▲ ) ?[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual R ear V ie w Connections 1. TV – This connec tion is for dig ital or analo g cable without the cable box or over-the-airwave antenn as. The tune r is a hybrid tuner that tunes to both analog an d digital channels. This connecti on uses coaxial RF cable. For over-the ai rwave digital stati ons plea[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual 6. HDMI 1-3 – HDMI connects to devic es that us e HDMI cable, such as Blu-ray or HD DVD player, or HD ca ble / satellite set- top box. This connection port receives pure digital audio a nd high definition signal through one single cable. This po rt also can accept a HDCP video device for vid eo .[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual SCEPTRE X405 R emote Contr ol This re mote cont rol follow s SONY ’s universa l remot e code. To find the actual c ode you need to consult your ca ble or sa tellite tech supp ort.[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual For uni versal re motes, th is TV f ollow s SONY’s universal r emot e code. You need to find t he actual co de from yo ur cable or sa tellite or univer sal re mote pr ovider. The button order is from left to right. 1. POWER – Turns th e TV on or off. 2. INFO – Shows the display info. 3. FREEZ[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Installing Ba tteries to the R e mote Contr ol Please inse rt two AAA bat teries into the re mote control. Make sure that you m atch the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries wi th the (+) and (-) symbols i nside the battery compartment. Afterwards, re -attach the batter y cover. Please note: • Onl[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve Digital Cab le withou t Cab le Box or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off . 2. Connect the Co axial RF ca ble from you r antenna or digital cab le to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV. 4. Follow the fi rst time on s cr[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Connecting D VD Pla y er with Component YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of HD TV and your DVD player is turned off. 2. Obtain a Component Cab le. Connect the green c olor connector to both your D VD player and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the back of your H DTV. 3. Connect the blue color c onn[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Connecting Wii™ with Compos ite… 1. Make sure the power o f HDTV and your Wii™ is turned off. 2. Obtain a Yellow V ideo Cable. Connect the Yellow Vide o connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yello w Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connect th[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Connecting Ca ble or Sa tellite box es with HDM I… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top bo x is turned off. 2. Connect a HDM I cable to the HDMI outpu t of your se t-top box and the other end to the HDMI port on the back of your HD TV. 3. Turn on the HDTV and you r set-top box. 4. Use [...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Connecting to a PC wit h VG A and 3.5 mm m inijac k … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D-Su b VGA cable; c onnect 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, connect to the audi[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Connecting a Digital Audi o R eceiver with Coax SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and you r receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coa x SPDIF cable , connect it to your re ceiver’s coa x SPDIF digital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LINE OUT port on the back of the HDTV. 3. Turn on [...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the r ight of the TV to switch sourc es.[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User 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 connec tion cables off the side o r the back o f your TV and also your AV devices. Make sur e they are all connected sec[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual OSD (On Scr een Display) Contr ol s Via R e mo te C on t r o l In order to adjust mos t of the optio ns inside the On Screen Display (OS D), the pictur e below shows all the buttons used on the rem ote con trol. – This bu tton opens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to t he previous level o[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual OSD (On Scr een Di spla y) Options PICTURE – This main option h as functions for chang ing the pictu re settings for a ll ports , such as tint, contrast, sh arpness. SOUND – Th is main opt ion has func tions for chan ging sound se ttings for al l ports, suc h as SPDIF Type, treble, bass ….etc.[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual 1. Press MENU t o open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETTINGS i. PICTURE MODE – This feat ure changes v arious color and power savin g modes for the TV. ii[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual V. ADVANCE PICTURE SETTI NGS i. DYNAMIC CONTRAST – This feature allows the TV to automatically adjust the contrast of the TV dependin g on the picture yo u are viewing. ii. FILM MODE – This feat ure is 24p that s yncs wi th DV D movies, and should be enable d when viewi ng DVD video to allow smo[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual SOUND This option a llows us ers to adjus t the TV’s sou nd functions . 1. Press MENU t o open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND and pr ess ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MODE – This [...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual iii. TREBLE – This f eature adjus ts the audio tre ble level of the TV. iv. BALANCE – This feature adju sts 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 SOU[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual CHANNEL This option al lows user to adj ust the TV’s tuner 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 wan t to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjus t them. I. CHANNEL LIST – This feature gi ve[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual PA R E N T A L This option a llows us ers to filter TV program s and m ovies while us ing the TV tun er. To use this op tion you will n eed to en ter in the passw ord first. 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select t[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual SETUP This option a llows us er to adjus t the TV’s miscellaneous options. 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SETUP and pres s ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you wan t to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjus t them. I. CLOSED CAPTION – This provides y[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transpare ncy of the captioning . d) TEXT COLOR – This changes the color of the te xt. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This changes the transpa rency of background of the text. f) CC BACKGROUND COLOR – This changes the color of the background. II. MENU LANGUAGE ?[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual OT H E R S This option allows users to set other featu res of the TV. 1. Press MENU t o open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select OTHERS and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – This feature gives the TV a b[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User 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 pict ures or play MP3 files. To use this feature connect a USB fl ash drive to the USB port of the TV an d press the USB button t[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the tim e interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDESHOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interc hange. 3. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – Thi s option t oggles the re peat function fo r displaying pic tures. 4. MUSIC PLA[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Closed Captioning (digit al and analog) Explained Your TV is eq uipped w ith an i nternal Closed Capt ion deco der. It a llows you to vie w conservatio ns, 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 vide o tapes, at[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Ra tings Explained General Operation To block ch annels y ou don’t want y our children to wa tch, you can filte r them with th e ratings function . MPAA lets you control ratings for movies. For re gular TV programs you can use USTV settings. USTV settings lets you filter wh at content you w ant a[...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual PG (MPAA) Parental guid ance sugge sted. Some material may no t be suitable for childr en. PG-13 (MPAA) Parents strongly c autioned. Some m aterial may be i nappropriate for childre n under 13. R (MPAA) Restricte d. Under 1 7 requires a ccompan ying paren t or adult guardian (age varies in so me jur[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a widescreen TV, but most TV pr ograms are still broa dcasting in a square format, the refore the TV is offering multiple wa ys of viewing v ideos. There a re mainly two types of signal form at, Full (16:9 format), Nor mal (4:3 forma t), while othe rs offer a novel[...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Shor tcuts to B r owsing Channels Browsing through t he entire cha nnel list on the TV can be tedious. This TV features a favorite channel list, where you c an add in ch annels that you al ways want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any chann el you would l ike to in clude in yo ur favor[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power c able has to be remove d from the sock et before c leaning t he TV. 2. Do not use volatile sol vent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These type s of chemicals m ight damag e the housin g and the LCD glass. Cleaning the bezel and remote [...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual T r oubleshooting The followin g table cont ains the com mon problem s and the soluti ons to these problems. Please chec k this list be fo re you contac t the technicians. Problems Solutions Connect power c ord correctly. Turn on power. Connect vide o cable cor rectly. NO PICTURE Select the input si[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual Problems Solutions TV’S UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This television follows S ONY’s universal remote code. To find the actual c ode you must read t hrough your ow n universal remote’s guide book. TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock functi on’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Problems Solutions I CANNOT CHANGE THE TIME MANUALLY Your TV syncs time automatically accordi ng to your local TV channel. This function only works while the TV’s tuner is connected to an ANTENN A. BIG BLACK BOX IN THE MIDD LE OF SCREEN You have tur ned on closed ca ptioning and are using TEXT1 ?[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 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 result in unnecessary sh ipping charges billed to you. Our trained support personnel c an often reso lve t he problem over the phone or email. For more informati on on warrant[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Specifica tion Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size D i a g o n a l 4 0 i n c h e s A s p e c t R a t i o Widescree n 16:9 M a x . o f P i x e l s ( R e s o l u t i o n ) Full HD (1920 x 10 80 pixels) resolution Bright ness 2 5 0 c d / m ² Contrast 10000:1 (Ty pical 4000:1) wit[...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual (3) General Hybrid TV Tune r NTSC / ATSC / QAM ( Digital Cable Rea dy) Channel au to scan Yes Sleep time r Off / 10mins / 20 mins / 30mins / 40mins / 50mins / 60mins / 90mins / 120m ins Standby power Under 1W Timing support-Video 480i / 480p / 720p / 1080i / 1080/24p / 1080/60p PC timing 1920 x 10 [...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card carefull y, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ” on parts and labor (90 days for commer cial use) and is only valid when purchased from an Autho rized Reseller, only on new and non- refurbished product , and available to custome rs in the [...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual caused by operati ng at excessive brightness lev els for extended periods or mis handling are not covered by this wa rranty. Installation, remo val, transportation and r einstallation of a display and routine maintenanc e and cleaning, are not covered by this warranty. Any hardware, comp onents, an[...]

- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 User Manual Disc laimer , T r ad emar k s , & Copyright Inf orma tion • “HDMI , the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interfac e are trademark s or registe red trademark s of HD MI Licensing LLC.” • W ii™ is a registe red trademark o r trademark of Nintendo of America, Inc . in the United S[...]

- 54 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 405 Use r Manual FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 1 5 of the FC C Rules. Operation is s ubject to the fol lowing two cond itions: (1) this device m ay not cause harmful interfere nce, and (2) this device mus t accept any interference received, inc luding interfer ence that may caus e undesi[...]