Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E248 Sceptre Technologies
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- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Dear Sceptr e Cust omer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE E248 HDTV purcha se. Thank you for you r support.
- 2 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION.
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perf orm 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.
- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS This product is designed and manufactured to operate within defined design limits, and misuse may result in electric shock or fire.
- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l • 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.
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 syst.
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Opening the P a c k a ge The SCEPTRE T V is pack aged in a carton. Any s tandard acc essories are packed separately in anoth er carton.
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Attac hing or R emo ving the Stand 1. To remove th e stand c ompletel y, look at th e back of t he TV nea r the ne ck and unscrew the 2 screws sh own in the p icture and the nec k along with the base should come off.
- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 3. When you a re ins erting the meta l plate, make sur e to matc h the met al plate to th e 3 protruding plastic do ts and the p rotrud ing plast ic block. Onc e inserted pro perly, screw in the 4 screws to secure the base.
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .............. ............ ........... ............ ........... ......... ........... ............ ........... ...... 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 turned on. The light turns blue w hen the TV is turned on.
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Side Contr ol Buttons 1. EJECT – This bu tton ejects the DVD disc. 2. PLAY / PAUSE – This button plays or pa uses the built in DVD player. 3. VOL(+) – This button decreases the TV’s volume.
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l R ear Vie w Connections 1. Video – Video connects to devices that use composit e video cables such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. C onnect the yellow for vid eo and the red / whit e for audi o.
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 7. HEADPHONE – This connection is for headphones to be attached to the TV. Th is connection works with both 2 ring and 3 ring connector headphon e. 8. USB – USB connects to U SB flash drives for playing m usic and picture.
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l SCEPTRE R emote Contr ol This re mote control f ollow s SONY ’s univer sal r emot e code. To find the a ctual cod e you need to consult your cable or sate llite tech supp ort.
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l For universal remot es, this TV f ollows S ONY’s universal remote code. You need to find the ac tual code fr om your cable or satel lite or universal remote prov ider. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off.
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 43. S UBTITLE – Displays the subtitle . 44. AUDIO – P ress to selec t TV sound option. 45. A – Not us ed. 46. B – Not us ed. 47. C – Not used. The following buttons are functions designed to work with the o ptional accessory, Sceptre S ound Bar.
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Installing Ba tteries to the R emo te Contr ol Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control . Make sure that you match the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries with the (+) and (-) symbol s inside the battery comp artment.
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve A ntenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is tu rned off. 2. Connect the Co axial R F cable fro m your antenna t o the TV po rt on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV.
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting D VD Play er 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 p layer and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the bac k of your HDTV.
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting Wii™ with Compos ite… 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.
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting Ca ble or Sa tellite bo x es with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top b ox is turned off. 2. Connect a HDM I c able 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.
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting to a PC wit h VG A and 3.5 mm m inijac k … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turned 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 .
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting a Digital Audi o R eceiver with Optical SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and you r receiver is turned of f. 2. Obtain an optical SPDIF ca ble, connec t it to your receiver’s optical SPDIF digital inp ut and t he optical SP DIF con nection on the on the back of the HDTV.
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the button on top of the HDTV or the SOURCE button on the remote control and you will see the pi cture above. 2. The source HD M I 2 / MHL will automa tically display to t he word ROKU if a ROKU stream ing stick is con nected.
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 co nnection cab les off the side o r the bac k of your TV and als o your AV devices.
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l OSD (On Scr e en Display) Contr ol s Via Remo t e C o n tr ol In order to adjust most of th e options inside the On Sc reen Disp lay (OS D), the pictu re below shows all the buttons us ed on the rem ote co ntrol.
- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l OSD (On Scr een Display) Options PICTURE – This main opt ion has fu nctions fo r chang ing the pic ture settings for al l port s, such as tint, contrast, sh arpness.
- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 1. Press MENU t o open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PICTURE an d press ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETTINGS i.
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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.
- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l SOUND This option a llow s users to adjust t he TV’s s ound func tions. 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 and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l iv. BA LANCE – Th is feature adj usts t he balanc e between the two spe akers moving sou nd fr om left to ri ght. II. SURROUND MO DE – This fea ture enable s the TV two s peakers to provide a wi der sou nd effect.
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l CHANNEL This option al lows us er to adjust th e 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.
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l PA R E N T A L This option a llows users to filte r TV programs and m ovies whi le using 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 .
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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.
- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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.
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them.
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 f lash drives (up to 2GB) and di splay pi ct ures or play MP3 files.
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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.
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l DV D O P E R A T I ON Introduction About the ○ / Symbol Display “ ○ / ” may appe ar on your HDTV display during ope ration, w hi ch indicates that the functi on in this operatin g instruct ion is not available for that spe cific media format .
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 eject the DVD disc, y ou must be under th e DVD source.
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 3. The DVD control but tons are sho w in the pic ture below..
- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 1. General Setup Pa ge a. Press t he D.SET UP button and t hen press the ◄ / ► to display the GENERAL SETUP PAGE when you are in DVD m ode and press ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu.
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 2. Audio Setup Page a. Press t he D.SET UP button and t hen press the ◄ / ► to display the AUDIO SETUP PAGE when you ar e in DVD mode and pr ess ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu.
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 3. Preferences Page a. Press t he D.SET UP button and t hen press the ◄ / ► to display the PREFERENCES PAGE when you ar e in DVD m ode and press ENTER. b. Press the ▲ / ▼ bu tton to sele ct options in the menu.
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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.
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l MHL Explained MHL ® s tands for mobile high defin ition link. I t is a protocol and cable that enabl es mobile dev ices (tablets, cell phon es…etc ) to be displayed and ch arging at th e same time on a TV.
- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Dir ec t Function Buttons Direct function buttons allow the user to cont rol certain special fun ctions of the TV or the Sceptre So und Bar. Colo r Button s A-C The color buttons are dire ct function buttons that lets the user sw itch between t heir 3D and 2D modes.
- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l ROKU Function Bu ttons Sceptre TVs support the ROKU stream ing stick. You can contr ol the ROKU stick with the PURPLE colored buttons. 1. ▲ / ▼ / ◄ / ► /ENTER – Under ROKU™ these buttons move your selection up, down, left, right.
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Ra tings Explained General Operation To block ch annels y ou don’t want y our children to wa tch, you can filter them with th e ratings function . MPAA lets you control ratings for movies. For regular TV programs you can use USTV settings.
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l PG-13 (MPAA) Parents strongly c autioned. Some material ma y be inapprop riate for chil dren under 13 . R (MPAA) Restricte d. Under 1 7 requires a ccompan ying paren t or adult guardian (age varies in so m e jurisdictions).
- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a wides creen TV, but mo st TV programs are st ill broadcas ting in a sq uare format, therefore the TV is offering mul tiple ways of viewing vi deos.
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Shor tcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing thro ugh the entire cha nnel list o n the TV can be ted ious. This TV features a favorite chan nel list , where yo u can add in channe ls that you always want t o watch TO ADD TO THE FAVO RITE LIS T 1.
- 54 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power c able has to be re moved from the sock et befo re clean ing the TV. 2. Do not use volatile solvent (a lcohol, ros in, and toluene) to clean the TV.
- 55 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l T r oub leshooting The followin g table c onta ins the com mon probl ems and the s olutions t o these problems. Please chec k this list be fo re you contac t the technicians. Problems Solutions Connect power c ord correc tly.
- 56 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Problems Solutions The TV’s tune r si gnal must not be lowe r than 65 %. Check your signal. WEAK SIGNAL OR NO PROGRAM SYMBOL ON SCREEN The TV’s tune r si gnal must not be lowe r than 65 %. Change the direc tion of y our anten na and res can your c hannels .
- 57 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Problems Solutions PICTURE QUALITY IS HORRIBLE!! For best imag e quality, v iew HD w idescreen progra ms where possible. If HD content is not available view “Standard Definition” f rom a dig ital sourc e.
- 58 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Problems Solutions My cell phone d oesn’t work whe n I connect the MHL cable to HDMI. Check if you connecte d to HDMI3 or another HDMI sin ce ONLY HDMI2 works with MHL. If it still doesn’t work make sure you have the correct MHL cabl e (some have more pins than others).
- 59 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 charges billed t o you. Our trained support personnel c a n often resolve t he prob lem over the phone or email.
- 60 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Specifica tion Display pa nel Item Illustration A c t i v e A r e a / S c r e e n S i z e Class 24 (Viewable 23.
- 61 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l (3) General Hybrid TV Tuner NTSC / ATSC Channel auto scan Yes Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20mins / 30mins / 40mins / 50mins / 60mins / 90mins / 1.
- 62 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this war ranty card car efully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LI MITED WARRAN TY” on parts and labor (90 days for c.
- 63 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l display and routine mainte nance an d cleaning, are not covered by this war ranty. An y hardware, comp onents, and/o r softwar e bundled with the display are not covered by thi s warranty.
- 64 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l Disc laimer , T r ademar ks , & Copyright Inf orma tion • “HDMI, t he HDMI logo and High-Definit ion Multimedia Interf ace are trad emarks or registe red trade marks of HD MI Licensing LLC.
- 65 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E248 HDTV Us er Manua l FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is s ubject to th e following c ondition s: This dev ice may not cause ha rmful interfere nce This devic e must accept any interferenc e received, including interference that my caus e undesired operation.
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