Sceptre Technologies X372BV-FHD manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Dear Sceptre Customer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD TV purchase. Thank you for your support. To ensure safet y and many years of trouble free operation of your TV, please r ead the manual carefull y before making any adjustments, and keep them in a safe place for future referenc[...]

- 2 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION[...]

- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many usef ul functions, but it can als o cause personal injuries and propert y damage if improper ly handled. This product has been engineered a nd manufactured with the highest priorit y on safety. However, improper use can result in electric s[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS This product is designed and manufactured to op erate within defined design limits, and misuse may result in electric shock or fi re. To prevent the product from being damaged, the following rules should be observed for the installation, use and maintenance of the product. Re[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual • Do not overload power strip s and extension cords. O verloading can result in fi re or electric shock. • The wall socket sh ould be insta lled near the equipment and sho uld be easily accessible. • Only the marked po wer source can be used for the produ ct. Any power source other than the[...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION T elevision Antenna Connection Pr otection External Television Antenna Grounding If an outside antenna or cable system is to be connected to the TV, make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to provide some protection against voltage surges and s[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Opening the P ac k ag e The SCEPTRE TV is packaged in a carton. Any standard accessories are packed separately in another carton. The weight of the TV is approximatel y 36.6 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the product, it is sugges ted that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more persons.[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Attac hi ng or R emo ving the S tand 1. To attach the stand place the displ ay unit flat on a table. After wards attach the stand onto the display and scr e w in the 6 screws to secure the stand. 2. To remove the stand, remove the 6 screws in the circled area and th e base will come off.[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual T ab le of Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION .......................................................................................................... 2  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................................ 3  SAF[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Identifying F r o nt and R ear P anel F r ont View INDICATOR LIGHT – The light is red w hen power is plugged in bu t the TV is not turned on. The light turns blue when th e TV is turned o n. Because of the LCD in the panel, the TV might take 10 – 12 seconds to power on. REMOTE SENSOR – The[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User 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( ▲ )[...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual R ear Vie w Connections 1. USB – USB connects to USB flash drives for playing music and picture. The USB port is also used for updating the TV’s firmware. 2. HDMI1 – HDMI connects to devices that us e HDMI cable, such as Blu-ray or HD DVD player, or HD cable / satellit e set-top box. This [...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual 14. TV – This connection is for digital or analog cable without the cable box or over-the-airwave antennas. The tuner is a h ybrid tuner that tunes to both analog and digital channels. This connecti on uses coaxial RF cable. For over-the airwave digital stations please check http://www.antenna[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual SCEPTRE X37 R emote Contr ol This remote control follows SONY’s universal remote code. To find the actual code you need to consult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual For universal remotes, this TV follow s SONY’s universal remote code. You need to find the actual code from your cable or satellite or universal remote provider. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. 0~9 – Sets the channels. 3. Dash (-) – Inserts the dash for selecting digital cha nnels [...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve Digital Cabl e without Ca ble Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off. 2. Connect the Coaxial RF cable from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HD TV. 4. Follow the first time on screen[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connecting D VD Play er 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 c olor connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s green connector port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Connect the blue color connect[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connecting Wii™ with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your Wii™ is turned off. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable. Connect the Yellow Video connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yellow Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connect the [...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connecting Cab le or Sa tellite bo xes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your set-top box is turned off. 2. Connect a HDMI cable to the HDMI output of your set-top box and the other end to the HDMI port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV and your set-to p box. 4. Use the[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connecting to a PC with V G 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-Sub VGA cable; connect to the VGA output o f 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[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Connecting a Digital Audio R eceiver with Coax SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coax SPDIF cable, connect it to your rece iver’s coax SPDIF digital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LINE OUT port o n the back of the HDTV. 3. Turn on [...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE button on the right of the TV to s witch sources.[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual R eady to W a tc h Some TV? Starting up the HDTV 1. Make sure your po wer cable is connected and the standby red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all your connection cables off the side or the back of your TV and also your AV devices. Make sure they are al l connected securely. 3[...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual 3. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to highlight the signal t ype and press ◄ or ► to select your connection either AIR or CABLE . 4. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH and press ↵ to scan for channels . 5. Once the scanning finishes, you can beg in to watch TV. Please Note[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual OSD (On Scr een Displa y) Con tr ols Via R emote Contr ol In order to adjust most of the options inside the On Screen Displa y (OSD), the picture below shows all the buttons used on the remote control. – This button opens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to the previous level of the OSD[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual OSD (On Scr een Displa y) Options PICTURE – This main option has functions for changing the picture settings for all ports, such as tint, contrast, sharpness. SOUND – This main option has functions for changing sound settings for all ports, such as SPDIF Type, treble, bass, and acoustic cine[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETTINGS i. PICTURE MODE – This feature changes various color modes for the TV. ii. BRIGHTNESS – This f[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual i. SCREEN SIZE – This feature changes the various aspects of the TV’s video. (A spects include water glass, zoom, full, normal. Water glass show s the image like a fisheye effect where t he middle is proporti onate while the sides are stretched. Under PC VGA there are on ly full and dot by d[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual V. ADVANCE PICTURE SETTINGS i. DYNAMIC CONTRAST – This feature allows the TV to automatically adjust the contrast of the TV depending on the picture you are viewing. ii. FILM MODE – This feature is 24p that syncs with DVD movies, and should be enabled when viewing DVD video to allow smoother[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual SOUND This option allows users to adjust the TV’s sound functions. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjust them. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MODE – This feature sw[...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual iv. BALANCE – This feature adjusts the balance betw een the two speakers moving sound from left to rig ht. II. SURROUND MODE – This feature enables the TV two speakers to provide a wider sound effect. III. ANALOG SOUND – This feature adjus ts the second audio programming in analog channels[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual CHANNEL This option allows user to adj ust the TV’s tuner functions. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select CHANNEL and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjust them. I. CHANNEL LIST – This feature giv es you the[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual III. CHANNEL SETTING i. CHANNEL NUMBER – This feature shows the channel nu mber. ii. IN CHANNEL LIST – This featur e tells you if y ou have chosen for channel to be skipped. iii. CHANNEL LABEL – This feature changes the name of th e channel. iv. FAVORITE CHANNEL – This feature tells y ou[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual P ARENT AL This option allows users to filter TV program s and movies while using the TV tuner. To use this option you will need to enter in the password first. 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual SETUP This option allows user to adj ust the TV’s miscellaneous options. 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SETUP and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjus t them. I. CLOSED CAPTION – This provides y our [...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual c) CC OPACITY – This chang es the transparency of the captioning. d) CC COLOR – This changes the color of the text. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This changes the transparency of backg round of the text. f) CC BACKGROUND COLOR – This changes the color of the background. II. MENU LANGUAGE ?[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual OT H E R S This option allows users to set other features of the TV. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select OTHERS and press ↵ . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – T his feature gives the TV a blue[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Detailed Explana tions USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescreen TV w ith an USB port. With the USB port the TV can access US B flash drives (up to 2GB) and display picture s or play MP3 file s. To use this feature connect a USB flash drive to the USB po rt of the TV and press the USB butt[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual When you plug the USB in you w ill see the follow ing menu. Please follow the directions on the screen to browse the USB driv e. • Media Browser – This allows users to browse media and photo in the USB drive. • Settings – This changes the sett ings of accessing the USB drive. • MP3 Con[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained Your TV is equipped w ith an internal Closed Capt ion deco der. It allows y ou to view conse rvations, narration and soun d effects as subtitles on your TV. Closed Capti ons are available on mo st TV program, and on some VHS home video tapes, at t[...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual TV-G (USTV) – General Audience Most parents would find this program suitable for al l ages. Although this rating does no t signify a program designed spe cifically for child ren, mo st parents may let younger children w atch this program unattended. It con tains little or no violence, no str o[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a widescreen TV, bu t most TV programs are still broadcasting in a squ are format, therefore the TV is offering multiple w ays of view ing videos. There are mainl y two ty pes of signal format, Full (16:9 format), Normal (4:3 format), wh ile o thers offer a nov [...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual 3. Zoom When watching a 4:3 aspect ra tio TV or mov ie, th is mode zooms in to cut o ff most of the black bars on the side w hile preserving the 1 6:9 ratio. B ecause of the zoom, the to p and bottom are cut off as well. 4. WATERGLASS ( panorama) When watching a 4:3 aspect ra tio TV or movie, th[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Shortcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing through the en tire channel li st on the TV can be tedious. Thi s TV features a fav orite channel list, where y ou can add in channel s that you alw ays want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any channel you would like to in clude in your fav [...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power cable has to be removed from the sock et before cleaning the TV. 2. Do not use volatile solvent (alcohol , rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These types of chemicals might da mage the housing and the LCD glass. Cleaning the bez el and remote con[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual T r oub leshooting The following table contains the common pr oblems and the solutions to these problems. Please check this list before you c ontact the technicians. Problems Solutions NO PICTURE Connect power cord correctly. Turn on power. Connect video cable correctly. Select the input signal [...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Problems Solutions TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock function’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked up some channels but forgot about them. Refer to page 34 for more instructions. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This TV follows SONY’s universal remote code. Please check your hand b[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGES THE VOLUME Different channels and inputs will sometimes have this effect because the channel signal’s own volume is already loud. There is no way remove this completely. The TV has an AUTO VOLUME LEVEL function that can combat this type [...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Call Us If Y ou Need Help! Products are often returned due to a te chnical probl em rather than a defective product that may result in unnecessary shipping charges bill ed to you. Our trained support personnel c an often re solve the problem over the phone or email. For more information on warra[...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Specification Display panel Item Illustration A ct i v e A r e a / S c r e e n S i z e Diagonal 37 inches A sp e c t R a ti o Widescreen 16:9 P i x e l P i t c h 0.42675 (H) x RGB x 0.42675 (V) um per one triad M a x . o f P i x e l s ( R e s o l u t i o n ) FHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resoluti on [...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Sound Mode Dynamic / Standard / Soft / User Auto Volume Control Yes Tone Bass / Treble / Balance SPDIF Out Yes (coax) Speakers 10 watt per channel (3) General Hybrid TV Tuner NTSC / ATSC / QAM (Digital Cable Ready) Channel auto scan Y es Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20mins / 30mins / 40mins / 50mi[...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read th is warrant y card carefully, it is a “ ONE-YEAR LIMITED W ARRANTY” on pa rts and labor (90 days for commercial use) a nd is only valid when pu rchased from an Authori zed Reseller, only on new and non-refu rbished product, and available to customers in[...]

- 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual defect; or displ ays on which the serial numb er has been removed or defaced. Image St icking caused by operating at excessiv e brightness levels for extended periods or mishandling are not covered by this warranty. Insta llation, rem o val, transp ortation and reinstallati on of a display and r[...]

- 54 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Disc laimer , T r ademar ks , & Cop yright Informa tion • “HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States[...]

- 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual FCC Compliance S ta tement This device complies w ith Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: This device may not cause harmful in terference This device must acce pt any interference received, in cluding interferen ce that my cau se undesired operation. Pleas[...]