Sceptre Technologies X409 manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Dear Sceptr e Custo mer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE X409 HDTV purcha se. Thank you for you r support. To e nsure safety a nd many years of trouble free o peration of your TV, pl ease read the manual carefully before making an y adjustments, and kee p them in a safe place for fu ture [...]

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- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 elec tri[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 produ[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 [...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 sur[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 26.8 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the product, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or mor[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Attac hing or R emoving the Stand 1. To attach the stand place the display unit f lat on a table. Afterwar ds attach the st and onto the displ ay and screw in the 6 screws to secure th e stand. 2. To remove the stand, rem ove the 6 sc rews as indicated in the picture and the stand will come off[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SC EPTRE X4 09 HD TV User Manual T a b le of Contents IM PO RTA NT IN FORMATION ... .. . .... .. ... .... .. ... .... .. ... .... .. ... .... .. ... .. .. ..... .. .. ..... .. ....... .. ....... .. ..... .. . ...... .. . .... 2 SA FE TY IN STR U CTI ONS .. ....... .. ... .... .. ... .. .. ..... .. .. ..... .. .. ..... .. .. .[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SCEPTRE X409 HDT V User Manual Identifying F r ont and R ear P anel F r ont Vie w INDICATOR LIGHT – The light is red when pow er is plugged in but the TV is not t ur ned on. The light turns blue w hen the TV is turned on. Because of the LCD in t he panel, the TV might t ake 10 – 12 sec ond s to p ower on. REMOTE SENSOR ?[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SC EPTRE X4 09 HD TV User Manual Side Contr ol Buttons 1. VOL(+) – This button increases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the select right. 2. VOL(-) – This bu tto n de cr eases the TV’s volu me. If a sub-menu is a ctive, pressing this button will move the select i on left. 3. [...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual R ear V ie w Connections 1. SPDIF - This connection port is used for sending out digital audio signals t o digital surround so und receivers. The orange (C OAX SPDIF OUT) conn ector send s out ei ther bit-stream or PCM digital sound signal to a home theater rece iver with digital coax input. 2[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual 8. Video – Video connects to devices that use composite video cabl es such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. C onnect the yellow for vide o and the red / whit e for audio. 9. Audio Out – This connection is for s ending out analog audio signals to surround sound rece ivers. Connect the red fo[...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SC EPTRE X4 09 HD TV User Manual SCEPTRE R emote Contr ol This re mote cont ro l follows SONY’s uni ve rs al re mote code. To find the actual cod e you need to c on sult yo ur cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. FREEZE – Freezes the TV picture. 3. SLEEP – Sets the Sleep timer. 4. CC ?[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve 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 cabl e 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 time on s [...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 HDTV. 3. Connect the b lue color c[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 Yello w Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connec[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Connecting Cab le or Sa tellite bo xes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top box is t urned 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.[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 to the a[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 coax S PDIF cable , connect it to your rec eiver’s coax S PDIF digital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LINE OUT port on the back of the HDTV. 3. Tu[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURC E button on the right of th e TV to switch source s.[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 standby red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all you r connect ion cables off the side o r the back o f your TV and als o your AV devices. Make sur e they are all connect[...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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. MENU – This but ton opens the OSD and also e xits the OSD by go ing to the previ[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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, b ass,[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 for the[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 all[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 MODE – [...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 analog[...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 [...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 se[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 provi[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 LANGUA[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 gives the[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 bu[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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. 4. MUSI[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Closed Captioning (digit al and analog) Explained Your TV is eq uipped w ith an i nternal Closed Capt ion deco der. 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 tap[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 violence, no s[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a wides creen TV, but mo st TV programs are st ill broad casting 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 format), Normal (4:3 format), while other s offer a no[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Shor tcuts to B r owsing Channels Browsing through the en tire 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 in your [...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power cab le has to be remove d from the sock et before c leaning t he TV. 2. Do not use vol atile solvent (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 re[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 in[...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 check you[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 com ba[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 a n often resolve the prob lem over the phone or email. For more informati on on wa[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SCEPTRE X409 HDT V User Manual Specif ica tion Display panel Item Illustratio n A c t i v e A r e a / S c re e n S i z e Diagonal 39 inches 9 : 6 1 n e e r c s e d i W o i t a R t c e p s A d a i r t e n o r e p m m ) V ( .44475 0 x ) H ( 14825 . 0 h c t i P l e x i P M a x . o f P i x e l s ( R e s o l u t i o n ) 1920 x 10[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.co m SCEPTRE X409 HDT V User Manual r e s U / t f o S / d r a d n a t S / c i m a n y D e d o M d n u o S s e Y l o r t n o C e m u l o V o t u A e c n a l a B / e l b e r T / s s a B e n o T ) x a o c ( s e Y t u O F I D P S l e n n a h c r e p t t a w 0 1 s r e k a e p S (3) General ) y d a e R e l b a C l a t i g i D ( M A Q /[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 Authori zed Reseller, only on new and non-ref urbished product, a nd available to customers in[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 display a[...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser Manual Disc laimer , T r ad emar k s , & Copyright Inf orma tion • “HDMI , the HDMI lo go and High-Definit ion Multimedia Interfac e are trademark s or registe red trademark s of HD MI Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a registe red tradem ark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 409 HDTV U ser 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 operation. P[...]