Sceptre Technologies E24 manual

- 1 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Dear Sceptr e Custo mer, Congratu lations on your new SC EPTRE E24 HDTV purchase. Thank you for your support. To en sure safety and ma ny years of trouble free operation of your TV, please re ad the manu al carefu lly befo re making any adjust ments, and kee p them in a safe place for fu ture refe[...]

- 2 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual IMPOR T ANT INFORMA TION[...]

- 3 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many usef ul functions, but it can also 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. However, im proper use can r esult in elec tric s[...]

- 4 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. To prevent the product from bein g damaged, the follow ing rules should be obse rved for the ins tallation, us e and maintena nce of the product.[...]

- 5 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. • Only the mark ed power source can be used for the product. Any po wer source other than the[...]

- 6 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 system is to be connected to the TV, make sure that the antenna o r cable system is electrically gro unded to provide some pro tection against voltage surg e[...]

- 7 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 . The we ight of the TV is approx imately 10.56 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the produ ct, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more[...]

- 8 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Attac hing or R emoving the Stand 1. To remove th e stand, remo ve the 4 screws in the circled a rea and t he stand wi ll come off. 2. To attach the stand place th e display unit flat on a t able. Afterwa rds attach th e stand onto the display and screw in the 3 screws to secure the stand.[...]

- 9 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual T a b le of Contents IMPORTANT INF ORMATION ............. ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ............ ........... ........... ....... 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............ ........... ........... ............ ........... ........... ............ ......... ........... ...[...]

- 10 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Identi fying F r ont and R ear P anel Fro n t Vi 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 w hen the TV is turned on. Beca use of the LE D in the pa nel, t he TV might ta ke 10 – 12 seconds to pow er on. REMOTE SENSO[...]

- 11 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Side Contr ol Buttons 1. VOL(+) – This button incre ases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the select right. 2. VOL(-) – This button decreases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the selection left. 3. CH( ▲ ) ?[...]

- 12 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual R ear V ie w Connections 1. HEADPHONE – This connec tion is for headphone s to be attac hed to the TV. 2. TV – This connection is for digi tal or analog cable without the cable box or over-the-ai rwave anten nas. The tun er is a hybrid tuner that tu nes to both analog and digital ch annels. T[...]

- 13 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual 7. USB – USB co nnects to USB f lash drives for playing music and pic ture. The USB port is also used for upd ating the TV’s firm ware. 8. SPDIF - This connection port is us ed for send ing out dig ital audio si gnals to digital surround sound r eceivers. The orange (COAX SPDIF OUT) connecto [...]

- 14 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual SCEPTRE E24 Remote Control This rem ote control follow s SONY’s univer sal rem ote code. To f ind the actual code you need to co nsult your cable or satellite tech support.[...]

- 15 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. INFO – Shows t he di splay in fo. 3. FREEZE – Pres s this button to freeze c[...]

- 16 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. Aft erwards, re-attach the ba ttery cover. Pleas e note: • On[...]

- 17 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Connection Suggestions If Y ou Ha v e Digital Cab le without Ca ble Bo x or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off . 2. Connect the Co axial RF ca ble from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn on the HDTV. 4. Follow the fi rst time on s c[...]

- 18 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 t he green c olor connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s green conn ector port on the back of your H DTV. 3. Connect the b lue color c o[...]

- 19 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual 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 Vide o connector 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. Connect t[...]

- 20 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Connecting Cab le or Sa tellite bo xes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV an d your set-top box is t urned 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. 3. Turn on the HDTV and you r set-top box. 4. Us[...]

- 21 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 turn ed off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D -Sub VGA cable; connec t to the VGA output of your PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your HDTV . 3. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini-jack, connect to the aud[...]

- 22 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Switc hing Sour ces 1. Press the SOURCE but ton on the r ight of the TV to switch sourc es.[...]

- 23 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. Make sur e they are all connected [...]

- 24 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 buttons used on the rem ote con trol. – This bu tton opens the OSD and also exits the OSD by going to t he previous level[...]

- 25 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. SOUND – Th is main opt ion has func tions for chan ging sound se ttings for al l ports, suc h as SPDIF T ype, treble, b ass, an[...]

- 26 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. PICTURE MODE – This feat ure changes v arious color and power savin g modes for the TV[...]

- 27 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. ii. FILM MODE – This feat ure is 24p that s yncs wi th DV D movies, and should be enable d when viewi ng DVD video to allow [...]

- 28 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. I. SOUND SETTINGS i. SOUND MODE – Thi[...]

- 29 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual 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 audio programm ing in analog c [...]

- 30 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. I. CHANNEL LIST – This feature gi [...]

- 31 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to selec[...]

- 32 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. I. CLOSED CAPTION – This provides[...]

- 33 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual c) CC OPACITY – Thi s changes the transpare ncy of the captioning . d) CC COLOR – This ch anges the color of the text. e) CC BACKGROUND OPACITY – This changes the transpa rency of background of the text. f) CC BACKGROUND COLOR – This changes the color of the background. II. MENU LANGUAGE [...]

- 34 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. I. BLUE BACK – This feature gives the TV[...]

- 35 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 flash drives (up to 2GB) and di splay pict ures or play MP3 files. To use this feature connect a USB fl ash drive to the USB port of the TV an d press the USB butto[...]

- 36 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the tim e interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDES HOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interchang e. 3. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – This option to ggles the re peat function for d isplaying pic tures. 4. MUSIC P[...]

- 37 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. Closed Capt ions are a vailable on most TV program, and on some VHS home vide o tapes,[...]

- 38 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual TV-G (USTV) – Ge neral Audi ence Most parents would find this program suitable for all ages. Although this ratin g does not signify a program desi gned spe cifically fo r children, most parents may let youn ger children w atch this program unattended. I t contains little or no violence, no stro[...]

- 39 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Aspect Ra tio Explained The TV is a wides creen TV, but mo st TV programs are still broadcasting in a square format, therefore the TV is offering multiple wa ys of viewing videos. There are mainly two typ es of signal format, Full (16:9 format), Normal (4:3 format), while other s offer a novelty [...]

- 40 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual 3. Zoom When watching a 4:3 aspect rati o TV or movie, th is m ode zoo ms in to cut off most of the black bars on the side whi le preserving the 16 :9 ratio. Because of the zoom, the top and bottom are cut off as well. 4. WATERGLASS ( panor ama) When watching a 4:3 aspe ct ratio TV or movie, ther[...]

- 41 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. Go to any chann el you would l ike to in clude in yo ur fa[...]

- 42 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Dir ect Function Buttons Direct function buttons allow th e user to c ont rol certain special functions of the 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. • RED A – This button chan[...]

- 43 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 vol atile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These type s of chemicals m ight damag e the housin g and the LE D glass. Cleaning the bezel and remo[...]

- 44 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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. Turn on power. Connect vide o cable cor rectly. NO PICTURE Select the input[...]

- 45 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual TV CHANNELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock functi on’s settings inside the OSD. You may have locked up som e channels but forgot abou t them. Refer to page 34 for more instruc tions. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CODE This TV follows SONY’s universa l remote code. P lease check your hand book for SONY?[...]

- 46 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGE S THE VOLUME Different chann els and inputs will sometimes have this effect because t he channel si gnal’s own v olume is alread y loud. There is no wa y remove this completely. The TV has an AUTO VOLUME L EVEL function t hat can com bat t[...]

- 47 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 a n often resolve the prob lem over the phone or email. For more informati on on warra[...]

- 48 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Specifica tion Display pa nel Item Illustr ation Active Area / S creen Size D i a g o n a l 2 4 i n c h e s A s p e c t R a t i o Wide screen 16:9 P i x e l P i t c h 0.27675 (H) x RGB x 0.27675 (V) um per one triad Max. of Pixels (Resol ution) H D ( 1 9 2 0 x 1 0 8 0 p i x e l s ) r e s o l u t [...]

- 49 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual Sound Mode Dynamic / Stand ard / Soft / Us er Auto Volume Control Yes Tone Bass / T reble / Balance SPDIF Out Yes (coax) Speakers 3 watt per channe l (3) General Hybrid TV T uner NTSC / ATSC / QAM (Di gital Cable Read y) Channel auto scan Yes Sleep timer Off / 10mins / 20mins / 30mins / 40mins / [...]

- 50 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this w arranty card carefull y, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ” on parts and labor (90 da ys for commercial use) and is only valid whe n purchased from a n Authorized Reseller, only on new and non-ref urbished product, a nd available to customers in t[...]

- 51 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User Manual display and routine maintenanc e and cle aning, are not covered by this warranty. Any hardware, comp onents, and/or soft ware bundled wi th the display are not covered by this warranty. Any damages c aused directly o r indirectly by Buyer’ s or Reseller’s “Value Added Feature” are not cov[...]

- 52 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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 Liscensing LLC.” • Xbox 360 ™ is a registe red tradem ark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the Un[...]

- 53 - www.SCEPTRE. com SCEPTRE E24 HDTV User 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) this device m ay not cause harmful interferenc e, and (2) this device must accept any interferenc e received,inclu ding interference that may c ause undesi[...]