Sceptre Technologies E Series manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Dear Sceptr e Custo mer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE E Series LED HDTV purchase. Thank you for your support. To ensure sa fety and many year s of trouble free operation of y our TV, please read t he manual car efully befor e making any adjustments, and keep them in a safe pl ac[...]

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- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many usef ul functions, but it can also 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 e[...]

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

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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 othe[...]

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

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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 approxima tely 8.7 lbs. Du e to the size and weight of the product, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Attac hing or R emoving the Stand 1. To attach the base place the display unit flat on a table. Afte rwards attach t he base to the neck in as sho wn in the pict ure and scr ew the 4 screws. 2. To remove th e stand complete ly, unsc rew the 4 screws a nd the neck along with the base shou[...]

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

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t Vi 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. Beca use of the LE D in the pa nel, t he TV might ta ke 10 – 12 seconds to pow er on. RE[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Side Contr ol Buttons 1. EJECT – Press t his button to o pen or close the DVD pla yer. 2. PLAY/PAUSE –Press this button to play or pause the DVD program you’re watching. 3. VOL(+) – This button increases the HDTV ’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will mo[...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual R ear V ie w Connections 1. HEADPHONE – This connec tion is for headphone s to be attac hed to the TV. 2. TV – This connection is for digi tal or analog cable withou t the cable box or over-the-ai rwave anten nas. The tun er is a hybrid tuner that tu nes to both analog and digital c[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 8. HDMI1-3 – HDMI conne cts to devices that use HDMI cabl e, such as Blu-ray or HD DVD p layer, or HD cable / satellite se t-top box. Th is connec tion port receives pure di gital audio and high definition signal through one single cable. This port also can accept a HDCP video d evice[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual SCEPTRE TV R emote Contr ol This rem ote control follow s SONY’s univer sal rem ote code. To f ind the actual code you need to co nsult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual For univ ersal rem otes, thi s TV follows SONY’ s univ ersal remote code. You need to find the actual co de from yo ur cable or sa tellite or univer sal re mote pr ovider. GENERAL TV FUNCTION BUTTONS 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. SOURCE – Press this button to cycle through[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha v e Digital Cab le without Ca ble Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off . 2. Connect the Co axial RF ca ble from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV. 4. Follow the fi rst t[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting D VD Player 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 t he green c olor connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the back of your H DTV. 3. Connect the b lue[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 Vide o connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yell ow Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable.[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting Cab le or Sa tellite bo xes with HDMI… 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 [...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 -Sub 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 t[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Connecting a Digit al Audio Re ceiver 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[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the r ight of the TV to switch sourc es.[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 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 [...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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 prev[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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 T ype, treble,[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 1. Press MENU t o open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE an d press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e 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 [...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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 press EN TER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MO[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 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 SOUND – This featur e adjusts the second audio programm ing in[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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 f[...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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 ?[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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 – Thi[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transpare ncy of the captioning . d) CC COLOR – This ch anges the color of the text. 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[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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 ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – This feature gi[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 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[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the tim e interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDES HOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interchang e. 3. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – This option to ggles the re peat function for d isplaying pic tures. [...]

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

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 eje ct the DVD disc, y ou must be under the DVD source. Othe rwise the DVD d rive will not work . • To be under so urce DVD either pres s the [...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 3. The DVD control but tons are show in the picture bel ow.[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 1. General S etup Page a. Press the D.SE TUP button and then press th e ◄ / ► to display the system setup menu pa ge when you a re in DVD mode. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ button to select op tions in the menu. c. Press the ► button to enter menus or options and use the ▲ / ▼ butto[...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 3. Preference Page a. Press the D.SE TUP button and then press th e ◄ / ► to display th e audio setup menu pa ge when you a re in DVD mode. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ button to select op tions in the menu. c. Press the ► button to enter the menus or options and use the ▲ / ▼ butto[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Please Note: • This DVD play er only takes standar d size DVD discs. Mini DV Ds, odd shaped DVDs ar e not compatibl e.[...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 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 vid[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual TV-G (USTV) – Ge neral Audi ence Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages. Although this ratin g does not signify a program desi gned spe cifically fo r children, most parents may let youn ger children w atch this program unattended. I t contains little or no violenc[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a wides creen TV, but mo st TV programs are still broadcasting in a square format, therefore the TV is offering multiple wa ys of viewing videos. There are mainly two typ es of signal format, Full (16:9 form at), Normal (4:3 format), while other s offer[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual 3. Zoom When watching a 4:3 aspect rati o TV or movie, th is m ode zoo ms in to cut off most of the black bars on the side whi le preserving the 16 :9 ratio. Because of the zoom, the top and bottom are cut off as well. 4. WATERGLASS ( panor ama) When watching a 4:3 aspe ct ratio TV or m[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Shor tcuts to B r owsing Channels Browsing through the enti re channel list on the TV can be tedious. This TV f eatures 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 i[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV 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[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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[...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 som e channels but forgot abou t them. Refer to page 34 for more instruc tions. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This TV follows SONY’s universa l remote code. P lease ch[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGE S THE VOLUME Different chann els and inputs will sometimes have this effect because t he channel si gnal’s own v olume is alread y loud. There is no wa y remove this completely. The TV has an AUTO VOLUME L EVEL function t hat can[...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E 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 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 o[...]

- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual Specifica tion Display pa nel Item Illustr ation Active Area / S creen Size D i a g o n a l 2 3 i n c h e s Aspect Ra tio W i d e s c r e e n 1 6 : 9 P i x e l P i t c h 0.265 (H) x RGB x 0.265 (V) um per one triad Max. of Pixels (Resol ution) F u l l H D ( 1 9 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 p i x e l s[...]

- 54 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual (2)Audio Sound Mode Dynamic / Stand ard / Soft / Us er 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 / 20mins /[...]

- 55 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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-ref urbished product, a nd available to custo[...]

- 56 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual defect; or displays on whi ch the serial number has be en removed or defaced. Imag e Sticking caused by o perating at exces sive brightness lev els for extended p eriods or misha ndling are not covered by this wa rranty. Installation, remo val, transportation and r einstallation of a di[...]

- 57 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r 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 Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a registe red trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in[...]

- 58 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E Series LED HDTV Use r Manual FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Operation is s ubject to the fol lowing condi tions: This dev ice may not cause harmful in terference This devic e must accept any interference receiv ed, including interference that my cause undesired opera[...]