Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E230BD-FHD Sceptre Technologies
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- 1 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Dear Sceptre Custo mer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD LED HDTV p urchase. Thank you for your support. To ensure safety and many years of trouble free operation of your TV, please read the manual carefully, and register your Sceptre product at http://www.
- 2 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l IMPOR T ANT INFORM A TION.
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User 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 E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This product is des igned and manufactured to op erate w ithin defined design limit s, and misuse may resul t in electri c shock or fire.
- 5 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual ground the applianc e safely. Do not defeat the safety pu rpose of the grounded plug. Do not overload po wer strips and extension cords. O ver loading can result in fire or el ectr ic shock.
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l IMPOR T ANT INFORM A TION T ele vision Antenna Connection Pr o tect ion External Television Antenna Grounding If an outside an tenna or cab .
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Opening the P ack ag e The SCEPTRE TV is packaged in a carton . Any standa rd accessorie s are packed separately in ano ther carton .
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Attaching or R emo ving t he Stand 1. To attach the ba se, align the ba se and the T V. Place the TV's neck on the ba se shown below . Lock the s crews as the pi cture show n. Afterw ards, the TV is ready for use.
- 9 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual T able of Contents IMPORTANT INFOR MATION .............................................................................................................. 2 SAFETY INSTRUCT IONS ..............
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Identifyin g F r ont and R ear P anel F ront Vie w INDICATOR LI GHT – The light is re d when power is plugged in but the TV is not turned on. The light turns blue w hen the TV is tu rned on.
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual T op side Contr ol Buttons The following are button descriptions from right t o left. 1. POWER – Turn on the TV by pre ssing the but ton once. Pre ss the b utton again to turn off the T V.
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Re ar View Connec tions 1. DC – This connection connects to an AC adapter for pow ering the TV. 2. USB – USB conne cts to USB flash driv es for playing music and pic ture. The USB port is also u sed for upd ating the TV’ s firmwar e.
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual 10. Video – Video conne cts to device s that use co mposite vide o cables such as VCR or DVD play er or Wii™. Conn ect th e yellow for video and the re d / white for audio. Please Note : audio is shar ed with YPb Pr port.
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l SCEPTRE TV R emote Contr ol.
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual For universal remotes, this TV follows SONY’s universal remote code. You need to find the actua l code fro m your cable or satellite or universa l remote provider . GENERAL TV FUNC TION BUTTONS 1.
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Connect ion Sugges tions If Y o u Ha ve Digital Cable without Cable Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the po wer of HDTV is turne d off. 2. Connect the Coa xial RF cable from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the bac k of your HDTV.
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Connec ting Blu-ra y D VD Player with Compone nt YPbPr… 1. Make sure the po wer of HDTV and y our Blu-ray DVD pl ayer is turned off.
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Connec ting Wii™ with Composi te… 1. Make sure the pow er of HDTV and your Wii™ is turned o ff. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable . Con nect the Yellow Video connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yellow Video conn ector port on the back side of y our HDTV.
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Connec ting Ca ble or Sat ellite boxes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your set-top box is turned off. 2. Connect a HD MI cable to the HDM I output of your set - top box and the other end to the HDM I port on the back of your HDTV.
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 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 you r PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your HDTV .
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Connec ting a Digital Audio Receiver w i th Coax S PDIF … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your receiver is turned off.
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Switching Sour c es 1. Press the S button on side of the HDTV or the SOURCE button on the remote control and you will see the picture above. 2. Use ▲▼ buttons to select the source you want to switch to and press the ENTER button in the middle of the ▲▼ buttons.
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual R eady to Wa tc h Some TV? Starting up the HDTV 1. Make sure your power cable is connected and the standby red light in the front of the HDTV is lit up. 2. Check all your connection cables off the side or the back of your HDTV and also your AV devices.
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 3. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to highlight the signal type and press ◄ or ► to select your connection either AIR or CABLE . 4. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH and press ENTER to scan for channels .
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Contr ols Via R emote Contr ol In order to adjus t most of the options inside the On Scre en Display (OSD), the pi cture below show s all the button s used on the remote contro l.
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l OSD (On Screen Display) Option s PICTURE – This main option has functions for changing the p icture se ttings for all por ts, such as tint, contra st, sharpnes s.
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to selec t PICTUR E and press ENT ER. 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you wa nt to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENT ER to adjust them. I.
- 28 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l i. SCREEN SIZE – This feature cha nges the variou s aspects of the TV’ s video. (A spects include water glas s, zoom, full, nor mal. Water glass shows the image like a fisheye ef fect where the middle is proportionat e while the sides are stretc hed.
- 29 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual V. ADVANC E PICTUR E SETTINGS i. DYNAMIC CONTR AST – This fea ture allows the TV to automatically adju st the con trast of the TV depending on the picture you are viewing .
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l SOUND This option allow s users to ad just the TV’ s sound func t ions. 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND a nd press ENTER. 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you wa nt to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENT ER to adjust them.
- 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual iv. BALANCE – This featur e adjusts t he balance be twee n the two spea kers moving sound from left to right. II. SURROU ND MODE – This feature enab les the TV tw o speaker s to provide a w ider sound effe ct.
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l CHANNEL This option allow s user to adju st the TV ’s tuner functions. 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select CHANN EL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you wa nt to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENT ER to adjust them.
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual III. CHANNEL SETT ING i. CHANNEL NUM BER – This featur e show s the channel number. ii. IN CHANNEL LI ST – This feature tells you if you have chosen for chan nel to be s kipped. iii. CHANNEL LABEL – This feature changes the name of the channel.
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l P ARENT AL This option allow s users to f ilter TV prog rams and movies while u sing the TV tuner. To use this option you will nee d to ente r in the passw ord first. 1. Press MENU to ope n the OSD.
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual SETUP This option allow s user to adju st the TV’s miscellaneous options . 1. Press MENU to ope n the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to selec t SETUP and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you w ant to adjust a nd ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transparenc y of the captioning. d) CC COLOR – This c hanges the color of th e t ext. e) CC BACKGROUND OP ACITY – This changes the transparency of back ground of the text.
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual O THERS This option allow s users to set othe r features of the TV. 1. Press MENU to open the O SD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to selec t OTHERS a nd press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec t the one you wa nt to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENT ER to adjust them.
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Detailed E xplana ti ons USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescree n 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.
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual W hen you plug the USB in y ou will see the follo w ing menu . Please follow the directio ns on the screen to browse the USB drive. Media Browser – This allows users to bro w se media and photo in the USB drive.
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained Your TV is equippe d with an internal Closed Captio n decoder. It allows you to view conservations, narration and sou nd effects as subtitles on you r TV.
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual TV -G (US TV) – General Audience Most parents woul d find this program suita ble for all ages. Although this ra ting doe s not signify a program designed specifically for children, most p arents may let younger c hildren watch this program unatten ded.
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Aspect Ra ti o Explained The TV is a widescree n TV, but most TV programs are still broadcasting in a s quare format, therefore the TV is offering multiple ways of viewing videos.
- 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual 3. Zoom W hen watching a 4:3 aspect ratio TV or movie, this mode zooms in to cut off m ost of the black bars on the side while preserving the 16:9 rati o. Because of the zoom, t he top and bottom are cut off as well.
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Shortcuts to Br owsing Ch annels Browsing through t he entire channel list on the HDTV can be t edious. This HDTV feat ur es a favorit e channel list, whe re you can add i n channels that you al ways want to watch TO ADD / DELET E TO THE FA VORITE LIST 1.
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual DVD OPERA TION Introduction About the ○ / Symbol Display “ ○ / ” may appear on your HDTV display during ope ration, which indicates th at the function in th i s operating instruc tion is not available for tha t specific media format.
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Important DVD Operation Guidelines 1. The DVD drive only function s while the TV is under the sour ce DVD. In order to put the DVD di sc in, or eje ct the DVD di sc, you must be under the DVD source.
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual 3. The DVD control buttons are show in the picture below ..
- 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 4. 1. System Setu p Menu a. Press the D.SETUP bu tton and then press the ◄/► to d isplay the s ystem setup menu page w hen yo u are in DVD mode. b. Press the ▲/▼ but ton to selec t options in the menu.
- 49 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Please Note: A udio Lang, Subtitle Lang , Menu Lang are only preferences. If t he DVD disc does not supp ort the language, the preferred language wil l not be play ed. 3. Audio Setup Menu a.
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 4. Digital Setup M enu a. Press the D.SETUP bu tton and then press the ◄/► to d isplay the dig ital setup menu page w hen yo u are in DVD mode. b. Press the ▲/▼ but ton to selec t options in the menu.
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTA NT 1. The pow er cable has to be remove d from the socke t before cleaning the TV. 2. Do not use volati le solvent (al coho l, rosin, and toluene ) to clean the TV.
- 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 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 corre ctly.
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Problems Solutions TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your au to lock funct ion’s setting s inside the OSD . You may have locked up some channels but for got about the m. Refer to page 34 for more in structions.
- 54 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANG ES THE VOLUME Different channel s and inpu ts will sometimes hav e this effec t because the chan nel signal’ s own volume is already loud.
- 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Call Us If Y ou Need Help! 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.
- 56 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l 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 iz e Diagonal 23 inc hes 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 265.2 (H) x RGB x 2 65.
- 57 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual Speakers 3 watt per channel (3) Gener al Hybrid TV Tuner NTSC / ATSC / QA M (Digital Cable Read y) Channel auto sca n Yes Sleep timer Off .
- 58 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l LIMITE D PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card ca refully, it i s a “ONE - Y EAR LIM ITED W ARR ANTY” on pa rts and labor (9.
- 59 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User Manual display and routine maintenan ce and cleani ng, are not covere d by thi s warranty . Any hardw are, component s, and/or software bundled w ith the display are not covered by this warranty.
- 60 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Man ua l Disc laimer , T rademar k s , & Copyright Informa t ion “HDMI, the HDM I logo and High -D efinition Multi media Interface are trademarks or reg istered tra demarks of HD MI Liscen sing LLC.
- 61 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E 23 0BD-FHD HDT V User 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 de.
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