Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product X505 Sceptre Technologies
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- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Dear Sceptr e Custo mer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE X505 HDTV purcha se. Thank you for you r support.
- 2 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION.
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many usef ul functions, but it can als o 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.
- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 syst.
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 .
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Attac hing or R emoving the Stand 1. To attach the neck, lay the TV flat on a table with the screen f acing downwards . Fit the neck piece onto the b ottom of the TV. Install and tighte n the 4 screws indicated i n the picture.
- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual 4. To finalize your installation of the TV, please r ead the foll owing: 1. If you are p lacing the TV on a stand, we would rec ommend you to use a TV safet y strap (not included) i n order to minimize the possibility of the TV toppl ing over.
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .......... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... ............ ........... ........ 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ......
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t V i e w INDICAT OR LIGHT – The li ght is re d when power is plug ged in but the TV is not turne d on. The light turns blue when the TV is turned o n.
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual 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.
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual R ear V ie 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 vide o and the red / whit e for audio.
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual over-the-airwave antennas. The tuner is a hybrid tuner that tunes to both anal og and digit al channels. This connection uses coaxial RF cable. Fo r over-the airwav e digital stat ions pleas e check http://www.
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual SCEPTRE R emote Contr ol This re mote cont rol follow s SONY ’s universa l remot e code. To find the actual c ode you need to consult your ca ble or sa tellite tech supp ort.
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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. The button order is from left to right.
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Installing Ba tteries to the R e mote Contr ol Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control. Make sure that you m atch the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries with the (+) and (-) symbol s inside the battery comp artment.
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha v e Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off . 2. Connect the Co axial RF ca ble from you r antenna t o the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV.
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 the green c olor connector to both your D VD player and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the back of your H DTV.
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 V ideo Cable. Connect the Yellow Vide o connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yell ow Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV.
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 bo x is turned 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.
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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-pi n 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 .
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Connecting a Digital Aud io R eceiv er with Optica l SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and you r receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain an optical SPDIF ca ble, connec t it to you r receiver’s optical SPDIF digital inp ut and the op tical SPDIF connection on t he on the ba ck of the HDTV.
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the r ight of the TV to switch sourc es. 2. The s ource HDMI 2 / MHL will a utomatica lly display to the word ROKU if a ROKU stream ing sti ck is connected .
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 standb y red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all you r connec tion cables off the side o r the back o f your TV and also your AV devices.
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 button s used on th e remote co ntrol.
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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. ANALOG SOUND – This featur e adjusts the second audio programm ing in analog c hannels.
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transpare ncy of the captioning . d) TEXT COLOR – This changes the color of the te xt. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This changes the transpa rency of background of the text.
- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 f lash drives (up to 2GB) and di splay pict ures or play MP3 files.
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the tim e interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDESHOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interc hange. 3.
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual MHL Explained MHL ® s tands for mobile high definition li nk. It is a protoco l and cable that enables mobile devices (tablets, cell phon es…etc ) to be displayed and ch arging at th e same time on a TV.
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Dir ect Function Buttons Direct function buttons al low the user to c ontrol ce rtain special functions of t he TV or the Sceptre So und Bar. Colo r Button s A-D The color buttons are dire ct function buttons that lets the user sw itch between their 3 D and 2D modes.
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual 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.
- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual 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.
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual PG-13 (MPAA) Parents strongly c autioned. Some m aterial may be i nappropriate for childre n under 13. R (MPAA) Restricte d. Under 1 7 requires a ccompan ying paren t or adult guardian (age varies in so me jurisdictions).
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Shor tcuts to B r owsing Channels Browsing through the enti re 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.
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power c able has to be remove d from the sock et before c leaning t he TV. 2. Do not use volatile sol vent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV.
- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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.
- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Problems Solutions The TV’s tune r signal mu st not be lowe r than 65 %. Check your signal. WEAK SIGNAL OR NO PROGRAM SYMBOL ON SCREEN The TV’s tune r signal mu st not be lowe r than 65 %. Change the direc tion of your a ntenna and res can your ch annels.
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Problems Solutions PICTURE QUALITY IS HORRIBLE!! For best imag e quality, view H D widesc reen program s where possible. If HD content is not available view “Standard Definition” f rom a digital s ource.
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual Problems Solutions MY TV PICTUR E IS VERY DIM Check to see if you are unde r POWER SAVING mode for your picture mode. Keep pressi ng the PICTURE button on the remote control to cycle out of POWER S AVING.
- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 an often reso lve t he problem over the phone or email.
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual 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 50 (Viewable 49.
- 54 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual (3) General Hybrid TV Tuner NTSC / ATSC Channel auto scan Yes Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20mins / 30mins / 40mins / 50mins / 60mins / 90mins / 1.
- 55 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 co.
- 56 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual display and routine maintenanc e and cleaning, are not covered by this warranty. Any hardware, comp onents, and/or soft ware bundled with the display are not covered by this warranty.
- 57 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 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 Licensing LLC.
- 58 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE X 505 HDTV U ser Manual FCC Compliance Sta tement This dev ice complies with Part 1 5 of the FC C Rules. Operation is s ubject to the fol lowing two cond itions: (1) th.
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