Sceptre Technologies E325BVHDC manuale d’uso

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Dear Sceptr e Cust omer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE E325 HDTV purcha se. Thank you for you r support. To e nsure safety a nd many years of trouble fr ee operat ion 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[...]

- 2 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION[...]

- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. However, im proper use c an result in e lec[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. To prevent the product from bein g damaged, the follow ing rule s should b e observ ed for the installati on, use and maintena nce of the prod[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. • Only the mark ed power source can be used for the product. Any po wer source other than[...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 system is to be connec ted to the TV, make sure that the antenna o r cable sys tem is elec trically grou nded to prov ide some protection a gainst voltage[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. Th e weight of the TV is appro ximately 8.16 lbs. Du e to the size and weight of the product, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Attac hing or R emo ving the Stand 1. Obtain 5 tor que screws fr om the pa ck age an d attach the 5 sc rews to the bottom of the base ag ainst th e neck. 2. To attac h the stand place t he display unit fl at on a table. Af terwards attach the st and onto the d isplay and screw in the 4 scre ws [...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION .......... ............ ......... ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... 2  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................ ............ ........... ......... ........... ............ ........... ........... ....[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. Beca use of t he LC D in the pane l, t he TV m ight ta ke 10 – 12 seconds to pow er on. REMOT[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 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. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the selection left. 3. CH( ▲[...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l R ear Vie w Connections 1. SPDIF - This connection port is used for sending out digital audio signals t o digital surro und sound receiv ers. The orang e (COAX SPDIF OUT) conn ector s ends out ei ther bit -stream or PCM digita l sound signal to a home theater rece iver with digital coax input.[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 7. Analog Audio Out – This connection is fo r connecting to analog audio receivers . 8. Video – Video connects to devices that use composit e video cabl es such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. C onnect the yellow for vid eo and the red / whit e for audi o. This port shares the audio jacks [...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l SCEPTRE X32 R emote Contr ol This rem ote co ntrol fol lows SONY’s univer sal re mote code. To f ind th e actua l code you need to co nsult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l For uni versal remote s, this TV f ollo ws S ONY’s universal rem ote co de. You need t o fin d the actual code from your cable or sate llite or univer sal rem ote provider. 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 [...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Installing Ba tteries to the R emo te Contr ol Please inse rt two AAA batteries in to the remo te cont rol. Make s ure that you matc h the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries wi th the (+) and (-) symbols i nside the battery compartment. Afterwards, re -attach the battery cover. Please note: [...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha ve Digital Ca ble without Ca ble Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is tu rned off. 2. Connect the Co axial RF cable fro m your antenna or digita l cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV. 4. Follow the fi rst time on [...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 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. 3. Connect the b lue colo[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 Video connecto r to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yell ow Video connector port on the back side of your HDTV. 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connec[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting Cab le or Satellite bo xes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top b ox is turned off. 2. Connect a HDM I cab le to the HD MI output of your se t-top bo x and the oth er end to the HDMI port on the back of you r HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV and you r set-top box. [...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting to a PC with VG A and 3.5 mm minijac k … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turn ed off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D -Sub VGA cabl e; connect to the VGA ou tput of your PC an d the other end to the VGA port on th e back of your HDTV . 3. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini-jack, connect to t[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Connecting a Digit al Audio Receiv er with Coax SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and you r receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coax S PDIF c able, co nnect it to your re ceiver’s c oax SPDIF dig ital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LINE OUT port on the back of the HDTV. 3. [...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the right of the TV to switch sourc es.[...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 standby red light in the front of the TV is lit up. 2. Check all you r conne ction cab les off the side o r the bac k of your TV and als o your AV devices. Make sur e they are all connec[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 bu ttons used on the remo te con trol. – This bu tton op ens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to t he prev ious[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. SOUND – Th is main option ha s function s for chan ging soun d sett ings for all po rts, s uch as SPDIF T ype, treble , bass[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. PICTURE SETTINGS i. PICTURE MODE – This fe ature c hanges va rious co lor and power savin g modes for t[...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. ii. FILM MODE – Th is feature is 24p that syncs with DVD movies, and should be enable d when viewi ng DVD video to allow[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MODE – [...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l 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 aud io programming in analog[...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. I. CHANNEL LIST – This featu[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 . 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to s[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. I. CLOSED CAPTION – Th is pr[...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transparency of the captioning . d) CC COLOR – This ch anges the color of the text. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This c hanges the transpa rency of backgrou nd of the text. f) CC BACKGROUND COLOR – This changes the colo r of the background. II. MENU LANG[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 ENT ER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the on e you want to adju st and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK – This feature gives the [...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 flash drives (up to 2GB) and di splay pi ct ures or play MP3 files. To use this featu re connect a USB flash drive to the USB port of the TV an d press the USB b[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – This option t oggles the repe at function fo r displaying pictures. 4. MUSI[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 view 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 tapes[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l TV-G (USTV) – Ge neral Audi ence Most parents would find this pro gram suitable for all ag es. Alth ough this ra ting does not sign ify a program desi gned spe c ifically fo r children, most parents may let younge r children w atch this program unattended. I t contains little or no viole nce[...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. There ar e mainly two types of s ignal format, Full (16:9 format), Normal (4:3 format), while other s offer a [...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Shor tcuts to Br owsing Channels Browsing through the en tire channel lis t on the TV can be tediou s. This TV fe atures a favorite channel list, where you can add in channels that you al ways want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any chann el you would like to incl ude in yo ur f[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l How do I c lean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power cab le has to be remo ved from the sock et befo re clean ing the TV. 2. Do not use vol atile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These type s of chemic als might d amage the housi ng and the L CD glass . Cleaning the bezel and [...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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. Turn on power. Connect vide o cable c orrectly. NO PICTURE Select th[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Problems Solutions TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock functi on’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked up so me channe ls but forg ot abou t them. Refer to page 34 for more instr uctions. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This TV follows SONY’s univers al remote code. Plea se check y[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGE S THE VOLUME Different chann els an d inputs w ill sometimes have this effect because t he channe l signal’s own volum e is alr eady loud. There is no wa y remov e this complete ly. The TV has an AUTO VOLUME L EVEL func tion that c an c[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 an often reso lve t he problem over the phone or email. For more informati on on[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Specifica tion Display pa nel Item Illustr ation A c t i v e A r e a / S c r e e n S i z e Diagonal 31.5 inc hes Aspect Ra tio W i d e s c r e e n 1 6 : 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 . o f P i x e l s ( R e s o l u t i o n ) HD (1366 x 768 pixels) [...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Sound Mode Dynamic / Stand ard / Soft / U ser Auto Volume Control Yes Tone Bass / T reble / Balance SPDIF Out Yes (coax) Speaker s 10 watt per chan nel (3) General Hybrid TV T u ner NTSC / ATSC / QAM (Di gital Cable Ready ) Channel au to scan Yes Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20mins / 30mins / 40[...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card caref ully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMI TED WARRANTY” on parts and labor (90 days for commer cial use) and is only valid when purchase d from an Authorized Reseller, only on new and non-ref urbished prod uct, and av ailable to cu stomers [...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l defect; or displays on whi ch the serial numbe r has been rem oved or defaced. Image Sticki ng caused by o perating at e xcessive brightn ess levels for extended p eriods or mis handling ar e not covered by this wa rranty. Installati on, removal, transport ation and reinst allation of a displa[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 HDTV Us er Manua l Disc laimer , T r ademar ks , & Cop yright Inf orma tion • “HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definit ion Multimedia Interf ace are trad emarks or registe red trade marks of HD MI Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a registe red tr ademark o r trademark of Microsof t Corporation in the [...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E325 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 t wo conditi ons: (1) this dev ice may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this devi ce m ust accept any interfe rence recei ved, includin g interf erence that may cause u[...]