Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product x32 Sceptre Technologies
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- 1 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Dear Sceptre Custo mer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE X32 HDTV purchase. Thank you for your support. To ensure safety and many years of trouble free operation of your TV, please read the manual carefully before making any adjustments, and keep them in a safe place for future references.
- 2 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORM A TION.
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled. T his product has been engineered and manufactured with the highest priority on safety.
- 4 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This product is des igned and manu factured to operate within defined design limits, and misuse may resul t in electri c shock or fire.
- 5 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Do not overload po wer strips and extension cords. O ver loadin g can result in fire or el ectr ic sh ock. The wall socket sho uld be installed near the equipme nt and should be easily accessible.
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORM A TION T ele vision Antenna Connection Pr otection External Television Antenna Grounding If an outside an tenna or cable system .
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Opening the P ack ag e The SCEPTRE TV is packaged in a carton . Any standard ac cessories are pa cked separately in ano ther carton.
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Attaching or R em o vi ng the Stan d 1. To remove the stand, remove the 4 scre ws in the circled area and the stand will come off.
- 9 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual 3. Attach the ba se onto the nec k and screw in the type 2 screw s. Do not over torque the ty p e 2 scre ws.
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual T able of Contents IMPORTANT INFOR MATION ............................................................................................................. 2 SAFETY INSTRUCT IONS ......................
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Identifyin g F r ont and R ear P anel F ront View INDICATOR LIGHT – Th e light is red when power is plugged in but the TV is not turned on. The light turns blue w hen the T V is turned on. Beca u se of the LCD in the panel, t he TV mi ght take 10 – 12 sec onds to power on.
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Side Contr ol Buttons 1. VOL(+) – This button in crease s th e TV’s vol ume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button w ill move the select rig ht. 2. VOL(-) – Th is button decrea ses the TV’s volu me.
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Re ar View Connections 1. SPDIF - This connection port is used for sending out digital audio signals to digital surround sound receivers. The orange (COAX SPDIF OUT ) connector sends out either bit-stream or PCM digital sound signal to a home theater receiver with digital coax input.
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual 7. Analog Audio Out – This connection is for connecting to analog aud io receivers. 8. Video – Video connects to devices that use composite video cables such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. Connect the yellow for video and the red / white for audio.
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual SCEPTRE X32 R emote Co nt r ol This remote co n trol follows SON Y’s universal r emote code. To find the a ctual code you need to consu lt y our cable or sa tellite tech support.
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual For universal rem otes, this TV follows SONY’s u niversal remot e code. You need to find the actua l code from y our cable or satel lite or universa l remote provider . 1. POWER – Turns the T V on or off.
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Installing Batteries to the R emote Control Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control. M ake sure that you match the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries with the (+) and (-) symbols inside the battery compartment.
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connect ion Suggest ions If Y ou Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna… 1. Make sure the po wer of HDTV is turned off. 2. Connect the Coa xial RF cable from your antenn a or digital cable to the TV port on the bac k of your HDTV.
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connec ting D V D Playe r with Comp onent YPbPr… 1. Make sure the po wer of HDTV and your DVD pla y er is turne d off. 2. Obtain a Compon ent Cable. Connect th e green color connector t o both your DVD player and YPbPr’s gree n connector port on the back of your HDTV.
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connec ting Wii™ with Composi te… 1. Make sure the pow er of HDTV and you r Wii™ is turned o ff. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable . Conn ect the Yellow Video connector to both your Wii™ and AV ’s Yellow Video connector port on the ba ck side of yo ur HDTV.
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connec tin g Cab le or Satellite bo xes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top box is turn ed off. 2. Connect a HD MI cable to the HD MI output of your set-top box and t he other end to the HDM I port on the bac k of your HDTV.
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connec ting to a PC with VG A and 3.5 mm minijac k … 1. Make sure the po wer of HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D -Sub VGA cable; connect to the VGA output of your PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your HDTV .
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Connec ting a Digital Audio Receiver w i th Coa x SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coax SPDIF cable, conne ct it to your receiver’s coax SPDIF digital input and the coax SPDIF conne ction on the LINE OUT port on the ba ck of the HDTV.
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Switching Sour c es 1. Press the SOURCE button on the right of the TV to switch sources..
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual R eady to Wa tc h Some TV? Starting up the HDTV 1. Make sure your power cable i s connected and the standby red light in the front of the T V is lit up. 2. Check all your connection cab les off the side or the back of your TV an d also your AV devices.
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Contr ols Via R emote Contr ol In order to adjus t most of the op tions inside the On Screen Di splay (OSD), the picture below show s all the buttons used on the remote contro l.
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Option s PICTURE – This main option has fun ctions for changing the picture se ttings for all por ts, such as tint, con trast, sharpne ss.
- 28 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual 1. Press MENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE an d press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETT INGS i.
- 29 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual V. ADVANC E PICTURE SET TINGS i. DYNAMIC CONTR AST – This fea ture allow s the TV to automatically adju st the contra st of the TV dep ending on the picture you are view ing.
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual SOUND This option allow s users to adjus t the TV’s sound functions. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND an d press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual iv. BALANCE – This feature adjusts the balance between the two speakers moving s ound from left to right. II. SURROUND MODE – This feature enables the TV two speakers to provide a wider sound effect .
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual CHANNEL This option allows u ser to adjust the TV’s tuner functions. 1. Press MENU to ope n the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to selec t CHANNEL and press EN TER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you w ant to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual P ARE NT AL This option allow s users to filter TV progra ms and movies w hile using the T V tuner. To use this option you will need to enter in the password first. 1. Press MENU to ope n the OSD. 2.
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual SETUP This option allow s user to adjust the TV’s miscellan eous option s. 1. Press MENU to ope n the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select S ETUP and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you w ant to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transparenc y of the captioning. d) CC COLOR – This c hanges the color of th e text. e) CC BACKGROUND OP ACITY – This chan ge s the transparency of back ground of the text.
- 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual O THERS This option allow s users to set o ther features of the TV. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select OTHERS and press ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Detailed E xplana ti ons USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescreen TV with an USB port. W ith the USB port the TV can access USB flash drives (up to 2GB) and display pictures or pla y MP3 files.
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW I NTERVAL – T his option adjusts the time interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDESHOW EFFECT – This o ption adjusts the video effects whe n pictures i nterchange. 3.
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained Your TV is equippe d with an internal Close d Caption decoder. It allo w s you to vie w conservations, narration and sou nd effects as subtitles on you r TV.
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual TV -G (US TV) – General Audience Most parents woul d find this program suita ble for all ages. Although this ra ting does not signify a program designed specifically for children, mo st parents may let younge r children watch this program unatten ded.
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Aspect Ra ti o Explained The TV is a widescr een TV, but most TV program s are still broadcasting in a s quare format, therefore the TV is offering multiple ways of viewing videos.
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Shortcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing through t he entire channel list on the TV can be tedious. T his TV features a favorite channel list, whe re y ou can add in c hannels that you al ways want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1.
- 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Direct Function Buttons Direct function bu ttons allow the u ser to control certain spe cial functio ns of the TV or the Sceptre Sound Bar. Sceptre Sound Ba r The Sceptre Soun d Bar is an add- on speakers de signed to conne ct to any flat panel HDTV including Sceptre’s ow n.
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTA NT 1. The pow er cable has to be re moved fro m the socket before cleaning the TV. 2. Do not use volati le solvent (al cohol, ro sin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These types o f chemicals might damage the hou s ing and the LCD g lass.
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual T r ou b les hooting The following table contains the common problems and the solutions to these problems. Please check this list before you contact the technicians. Problems Solutions NO PICTURE Connect pow er cord correctly.
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Problems Soluti ons TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your au to lock function ’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked up some chan nels but forgot abo ut them. Refer to page 34 for more instru ctions.
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANG ES THE VOLUME Different channel s and inputs w ill someti mes have this effec t beca use the chan nel signal’s ow n volume is already loud. There is no w ay remove this co mpletely.
- 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Call Us If Y ou Need Hel p! Products are often returned due to a technical problem rather than a defective product that may result in unnecessary shipping charges billed to you. Our trained support personnel can often resolve the problem over the phone or email.
- 49 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Specif ica ti on Display panel Item Illustration A c t i v e A r e a / S c r e e n S i z e Diagonal 31.5 i nches A s p e c t R a t i o W i descreen 16:9 P i x e l P i t c h 0. 5108 (H) x RGB x 0. 5108 (V) um per one triad M a x .
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Sound Mode Dynamic / Standard / Soft / User Auto Volume Cont ro l Yes Tone Bass / Treble / B alance SPDIF Out Yes (coax) Speakers 10 watt per ch a.
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual LIMITE D PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card ca refully, it is a “ ONE - YEAR LI MITED WARRANT Y” on parts and labor (9 0 days fo.
- 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual defect; or di splays on w hich t he serial nu mber ha s been remo ved or de faced. Image Sticking caused by operating a t excessi ve brightness levels for ex tended peri ods or mi shandling are not covered by this w arrant y.
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual Disc laimer , T rademar k s , & Copyright Informa t ion “HDMI, the HDMI logo and High -De finition Multimedia Interfa ce are trade marks or registered trademarks of HDMI Liscensing LLC .
- 54 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X 32 HDTV Us er Manual FCC Comp liance Sta tement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rul es. Operation is subjec t to the following conditions: This device may n ot cause harmful interfe rence This device must ac cept any interferen ce received, including interfere nce that my cause undesir ed operation.
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