Sceptre Technologies HDTV manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al WWW.SCEPTRE.COM for ser vices Dear Quasar Customer, Congratu lations on your new QUASAR SQ3200* HDTV pur chase. Thank you for you r support. To e nsure safety a nd many years of trouble fr ee operat ion of your TV, plea se read th e manual ca refully before maki ng any ad justments, and kee p them [...]

- 2 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION[...]

- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 c an result in e lec tri[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 observ ed for the installati on, use a nd maintena nce of the product[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al • 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 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 other than the[...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 against voltage sur[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Opening the P a c k a g e The QUASAR TV is packaged in a cart on. Any sta ndard access ories are packed separately in anoth er carton. The weight of the TV is appro ximate ly 12.77 lbs . Due t o the size and weight of the produ ct, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more p[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Attac hing or R emo ving the Stand 1. Place the d isplay unit flat on a tabl e. Afterwards attac h the plasti c base onto the nec k by form fitting the circ ular hole. Reme mber the plastic base should have more area facing the fron t of the neck. Fit the m etal plate onto the bottom o f the base b[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .......... ............ ......... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... 2  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................ ............ ........... ........... ......... ............ ........... ........... ........[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t V i e w INDICAT OR LIGHT – The li ght is red when power i s plug ged in b ut the TV i s 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 [...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al R ear Vie w Connections 1. TV – This connec tion is for di git al or analog c able witho ut the cabl e box or over-the-airwave antennas. The tuner is a hy brid tuner tha t tunes to both analog an d digital channels. This con nection uses coaxial RF cable. For over-the ai rwave digital stations p[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 6. HDMI1- 3 – HDM I connect s 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 and high d efinition signal through one single cable. This po rt also can accept a HDCP video device for vid e[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al QU ASAR R emote Contr ol This rem ote co ntrol fol lows SONY’s uni versal r emot e code. To find the act ual code you need to co nsult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 satel lite 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 freeze current pic[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Installing Ba tteries to the R emo te Contr ol Please inse rt two AAA batteries in to the remo te con trol. Make s ure t hat you m atch the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries wi th the (+) and (-) symbols i nside the battery compartment. Afterwards, re -attach the battery cover. Please note: •[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 RF c able 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 rst time on scre[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 C able. C onnect the green c olor connec tor to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the bac k of your HDTV. 3. Connect the b lue color con[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 Cable. Connect th[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Connecting Cab le or Satellite bo xes with HD MI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top b ox is turned off. 2. Connect a HDM I cab le 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. 4. [...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Connecting to a PC with VG A and 3.5 mm minijac k … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turn ed off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D -Sub VGA cabl e; connect to the VGA output of your PC an d the other end to the VGA port on th e back of your HDTV . 3. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini-jack, connect to the au[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Connecting a Digit al Audio Receiv er with Coax SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and you r receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coax S PDIF c able, co nnect it to your re ceiver’s c oax SPDI F digital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LINE OUT port on the back of the HDTV. 3. Turn[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the right of the TV to switch sourc es.[...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 standby red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all you r conne ction cab les off the side o r the bac k of your TV and als o your AV devices. Make sur e they are all connected [...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 the On Sc reen Disp lay (OS D), the pict ure below shows all the bu ttons used on the rem ote co ntrol. – This bu tton op ens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to t he prev ious leve[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al OSD (On Scr een Display) Options PICTURE – This main opt ion has functions fo r chang ing the pic ture se ttings for a ll port s, such as tint, contrast, sh arpness. SOUND – Th is main option ha s function s for chan ging soun d sett ings for al l ports, s uch as SPDIF Type, treble, bass ….e[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 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 modes for the [...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 video to allow sm[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al SOUND This option a llow s users to adjust t he TV’s s ound fu nctions. 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 adju st an d ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MODE – Thi[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 aud io programming in analog c h[...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 adju st th em. I. CHANNEL LIST – This feature g[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al PA R E N T A L This option a llows users to filte r TV programs and m ovies whi le usi ng the TV tun er. To use this op tion yo u will need to enter i n the pass word firs t. 1. Press M ENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to sele[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 adju st th em. I. CLOSED CAPTION – Th is prov i[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transparency of the captioning . d) TEXT COLOR – This changes the co lor 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. MENU LANGUA[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al OT H E R S This option allows users to set other features 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 adju st an d ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – This featur e gives the TV[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 the USB butto[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the ti me interval of a disp layed 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 pictures. 4. MUSIC PL[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 vie w 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 vide o tapes, a[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 viole nce, no[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 off ering m ultiple wa ys of v iewing videos . There a re main ly two types of signal form at, Fu ll (16:9 form at), Nor mal (4:3 format), while othe rs offer a[...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Shor tcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing through the en tire 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 al ways want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any chann el you would like to in clude in yo ur favo[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power cab le has to be re moved from the sock et befo re clean ing the 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 the bezel and remo[...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al T r oub leshooting The followin g tabl e conta ins the com mon probl ems and th e solutions t o 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 orrectly. NO PICTURE Select the in[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Problems Solutions TV’S UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This television follows SONY’s uni ve rsal remo te co de. To f ind the actual c ode you mu st read th rough yo ur own u niversal remote’s guide book. TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock functi on’s settings inside the OSD. You may have[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Problems Solutions I CANNOT CHANGE THE TIME MANUALLY Your TV syncs time automatically accordi n g 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[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al 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 billed t o you. Our trained support personnel c an often reso lve the problem over the phone or email. For more informati on on wa[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Specifica tion Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size D i a g o n a l 3 1 . 5 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 ) HD (1366 x 768 pixe ls) resolution Bright ness 2 5 0 c d / m ² C o n t r a s t 3000:1 w ith Auto Con[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Channel au to scan Yes Sleep time r Off / 10mins / 20 mins / 30mins / 40mins / 50min s / 60mins / 90mins / 120m ins Standby power Under 1W Timing suppor t-Video 480i / 480p / 72 0p / 1080i PC timing 1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz (Native & Max ) 1280 x 768 @ 60 Hz 1024 x 7 68 @60Hz 800 x 600 @60Hz Multime[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card caref ully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMI TED WARRANTY” on parts and labor (90 days for commer cial use) and is only valid when purchase d from an Authorized Reseller, only on new and non- refurbished prod uct, and availa ble to customer s in t[...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al water, lightning, power surges, ab normal environmental con ditions, or other acts of nature ; normal wear an d tear (SCEPTRE reserv es the right t o determine “w ear and tear” on any and all products); unsati sfactory visu al or audio performance not caused by a manufact uring defect; or disp[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al Disc laimer , T r ademar ks , & Cop yright Inf orma tion • “HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definit ion Multimedia Interf ace are trad emarks or registe red tr ademarks of HD MI Licensing LLC.” • W ii™ is a registe red tradema rk or trademark of Ninten do of Americ a, Inc. in the United[...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com QUASAR SQ3200* User Manu al FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 15 of the FCC 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, inc luding inte rference th at may cause un desi[...]