Sceptre E248 User Manual

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 1 - www.SCEPTRE.com Dear Sceptre Customer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE X23 High Definition LCD Televi

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com TUIf You Want the Good Connection with RCA Audio (analog)…UT...

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 100 - www.SCEPTRE.com clean water and wipe again. Wipe the display with a dry micro-fiber cloth or 100% cotton cloth

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 101 - www.SCEPTRE.com Problems Solutions Make sure the audio cable is connected. Readjust your volume via the remote

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 102 - www.SCEPTRE.com Problems Solutions HDCP VIDEO SAYS NO HDCP SUPPORT Reboot your HDCP video device but turning th

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 103 - www.SCEPTRE.com Problems Solutions SWITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGES THE VOLUME Different channels and inpu

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 104 - www.SCEPTRE.com Call Us If You Need Help! Products are often returned due to a technical problem rather than a

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 105 - www.SCEPTRE.com Specification Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size Diagonal 22.95 inc

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 106 - www.SCEPTRE.com Gamma Fixed Gamma Lamp adjust Yes Picture mode Custom / Standard / Mild / Vivid / Recall Vide

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 107 - www.SCEPTRE.com ATSC (continued) Analog closed caption: (CC1-CC4, Text 1-Text 4) Digital closed caption: (Servic

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 108 - www.SCEPTRE.com LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this warranty card carefully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMITED

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 109 - www.SCEPTRE.com Not Covered This warranty does not cover defects, malfunctions or failures resulting from shippi

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com Identifying Front and Rear Panel Front View INDICATOR LIGHT – The ligh

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 110 - www.SCEPTRE.com Warranty Service For warranty service information, contact SCEPTRE Customer Support at (800) 788

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 111 - www.SCEPTRE.com FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subje

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com Side View Control Buttons POWER – Turn on the TV by pressing the button

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com Rear View Mounting Pattern Mounting Specification : 100mm x 100m

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com Mounting Preparations 1. Please place the TV facing down on a flat surface with cloth and put p

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com 3. After the base comes off by unlocking both buckles peel off the sticker with the TV drawings

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com 5. Once the screws are removed, please slide the arm out. 6. Below is the finished picture.

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com Rear View Connections The following descriptions are for connections from left to right. SE

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com The following descriptions are for connections from left to right. COMPOSITE - Connects to d

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X23 Remote Control For universal remotes, this TV follows SONY’s universal remote code.

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 2 - www.SCEPTRE.com IMPORTANT INFORMATION

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com Installing Batteries to the Remote Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control. Mak

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com Which Port Should I Use ? Port Quality & Name Port Picture Cable Used & Resolution Dev

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com What Port Should I Use ? (continued) Port Quality, Type & Name Port Picture Cable Used &

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com Knowing Your Cables Cable Name Cable Picture HDMI Coaxial RF VGA Componen

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com Knowing Your Cables (continued) Cable Name Cable Picture Composite 3.5 mm Mini-jack

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com Switching Sources for Ports The X23 offers multiple ways of connecting your devices to the TV; t

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com Connecting Your Antenna or Cable to TV If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Have Cable or Antenna through VCR… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV is turned

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 28 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You have Cable or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV is turned off. 2. C

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 29 - www.SCEPTRE.com Connecting Your DVD Player to the TV If You Want the Best Connection with HDMI… 1. Make

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com IMPORTANT INFORMATION THIS PRODUCT HAS BEE

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Want the Better Connection with Component… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV and

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Want the Good Connection with S-Video… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV and your

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Want the Fair Connection with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV and

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com Connecting Your Satellite or Cable Set-top box to the TV If You Want the Best Connection with

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Want the Better Connection with Component… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV and

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com • Please reference the set-top box’s manual as well, to make sure the set-top box is configured

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com Please Note : • Make sure the yellow connector in the same group is not connected. You can on

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com 4. Connect the red color connector to both your set-top box and Composite 1’s red connector por

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com Connecting an External Surround Sound Receiver If You Want the Best Connection with Coaxial S

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com If You Want the Good Connection with RCA Audio (analog)… 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 4 - www.SCEPTRE.com safety purpose of the grounded plug. • Do not overload power strips and extension cords. Overloa

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com Connecting a PC 1. Make sure the power of X23 LCD HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. Obtai

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com Ready to Watch Some TV? Starting up the X23 LCD HDTV 1. Make sure your power cable is connec

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com 3. Press the ↵ button to go into TUNER MODE function. 4. Press the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the o

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com OSD (On Screen Display) Controls Via Remote Control In order to adjust most of the options ins

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com Via TV Side Panel Buttons In order to provide more than one type of OSD control buttons, the sid

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com OSD (On Screen Display) Options CHANNEL – Thi

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com Channel Main Option This option chooses various antenna and cable functions. Extra functions in

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com AUTO SCAN – This function scans all the channels available from the ATSC/NTSC port. 1. Pres

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com CHANNEL EDIT – This function allows users to add, delete, or add to favorites, the TV’s scanned i

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 49 - www.SCEPTRE.com 5. You will be able to edit the channels by either deleting the channel or adding the channel t

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 5 - www.SCEPTRE.com IMPORTANT INFORMATION Television Antenna Connection Protection External Television Antenna Gr

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SIGNAL STRENGTH – This function allows users to view their digital channel’s signal strength.

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com EXTERNAL INPUT – This function allows users to change the current source to another. 1. Pr

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com Picture Main Option This option allows users to adjust the TV’s picture sharpness, color, tint,

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com BRIGHTNESS – This function adjusts the black level in a picture. 1. Press MENU to open the OS

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 54 - www.SCEPTRE.com SATURATION – This function adjusts how strong your picture’s colors are going to be. 1. Press

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com CONTRAST – This function adjusts the white levels in a picture. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 56 - www.SCEPTRE.com SHARPNESS – This function adjusts how sharp objects in your pictures are. 1. Press MENU to ope

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 57 - www.SCEPTRE.com TINT – This function adjusts your picture’s overall color with everything looking green on one en

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 58 - www.SCEPTRE.com RGB (RED, GREEN, BLUE) – This function adjusts the white color’s overall balance of white colors

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 59 - www.SCEPTRE.com COLOR TEMP. – This function adjusts the white color’s overall balance of white colors in a pictur

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com Opening the Package The SCEPTRE X23 is packaged in a carton. Any standard accessories are pack

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 60 - www.SCEPTRE.com DNR (DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION) – This function reduces the amount of pixilation under analog TV ch

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 61 - www.SCEPTRE.com BACKLIGHT CONTROL – This function adjusts the LCD lamp’s current. The current affects the brilli

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 62 - www.SCEPTRE.com Sound Main Option This option allows users to adjust the TV’s sound functions, including sound m

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 63 - www.SCEPTRE.com TREBLE – This function adjusts the level of high pitch sound in a TV. 1. Press MENU to open

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 64 - www.SCEPTRE.com BASS – This function adjusts the level of low pitch sound in a TV. 1. Press MENU to open the

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 65 - www.SCEPTRE.com BALANCE – This function adjusts the balance of sound from left to right. 1. Press MENU to o

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 66 - www.SCEPTRE.com AVL (Auto Volume Level) – This function will enable an automatic balancing of sound when certain

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 67 - www.SCEPTRE.com AUDIO LANGUAGE – This function is for MTS (multi-channel television sound). It will change the sp

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 68 - www.SCEPTRE.com DIGITAL AUDIO OUT – This function enables the TV to output sound in 2 digital formats, PCM, and B

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 69 - www.SCEPTRE.com Function Main Option This option allows users to turn on TV program filters for children, and al

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com Installation Please read the user manual carefully before performing the installation. The p

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 70 - www.SCEPTRE.com 1. SET BLOCKING – This subfunction turns blocking from CHANNEL BLOCKING on or off. a. Pres

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 71 - www.SCEPTRE.com 2. CHANNEL BLOCKING – This subfunction blocks channels by selecting them off a channel list.

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 72 - www.SCEPTRE.com 3. BLOCK BY RATING – This subfunction blocks channels by reading each channel’s TV program or mo

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 73 - www.SCEPTRE.com 4. DTV RATING – This subfunction gathers all digital channels’s programming rating. a. Pre

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 74 - www.SCEPTRE.com 5. SETUP CODE – This subfunction sets the password. a. Press MENU to open the OSD and high

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 75 - www.SCEPTRE.com CAPTION – This function shows closed caption of TV programs. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD an

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 76 - www.SCEPTRE.com CAPTION OPTION – This function locks or unlocks options you can use to adjust the way your digita

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 77 - www.SCEPTRE.com CC BACKGROUND – This function adjusts digital channel’s closed captioning background. 1. Pr

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 78 - www.SCEPTRE.com CAPTION TEXT – This function adjusts digital channel’s closed captioning text styles. 1. Press

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 79 - www.SCEPTRE.com GUIDE – This function shows you detailed information about your current digital channel’s program

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com 2. Hold the TV directly 90 degrees above the stand. 3. Connect the TV to t

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 80 - www.SCEPTRE.com Setup Main Option This main option has functions that allows users to power the TV on or off at

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 81 - www.SCEPTRE.com POWER ON TIME – This function automatically turns the TV on to a specific channel at a set specif

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 82 - www.SCEPTRE.com POWER OFF TIME – This function automatically turns the TV off at a set specific time and date.

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 83 - www.SCEPTRE.com SLEEP – This function makes the TV turn itself off after a set number of minutes. 1. Press

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 84 - www.SCEPTRE.com MENU LANGUAGE – This function changes the entire OSD’s language. 1. Press MENU to open th

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 85 - www.SCEPTRE.com MENU OPACITY – This function changes the OSD menu’s visual from transparent to solid. 1. Pr

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 86 - www.SCEPTRE.com EMERGENCY ALERT – This function adjusts options regarding your local emergency broadcasting servi

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 87 - www.SCEPTRE.com PC – This function is for people who use the X23 LCD HDTV’s VGA port as a PC monitor only. The f

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 88 - www.SCEPTRE.com 8. PHASE adjusts the video signal in a small increment to sync with the PC. 9. CLOCK adjusts th

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 89 - www.SCEPTRE.com MENU TIMEOUT – This function adjusts how long the menu will be on the screen when you’re not usin

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 9 - www.SCEPTRE.com Table of Contents TUTelevision Antenna Connection ProtectionUT ...

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 90 - www.SCEPTRE.com Detailed Explanations Info Banner Explained The info banner is a banner that shows TV progra

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 91 - www.SCEPTRE.com The info banner’s right side shows you the TV’s display information such as HD (High Definition)

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 92 - www.SCEPTRE.com • If highlighted this symbol shows you are using the SAP (secondary audio progra

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 93 - www.SCEPTRE.com • TV-MA ALL – This is a type of TV rating. This section tells you the TV ratings of the progr

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 94 - www.SCEPTRE.com 2. 16:9 Normal This mode will squeeze a 16:9 picture into a 4:3 format with black bars on the

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 95 - www.SCEPTRE.com 4. 4:3 Normal Most analog TV channels have 4:3 signal formats. If the original 4:3 aspect ratio

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 96 - www.SCEPTRE.com some VHS home video tapes, at the election of the program provider. • Digital Closed Caption se

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 97 - www.SCEPTRE.com USTV Rating TV-Y (USTV) – For All Children This program is designed to be appropriate for all chi

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 98 - www.SCEPTRE.com following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L). T

SCEPTRE X23 HDTV User Manual - 99 - www.SCEPTRE.com Aspect Ratio 16:9 – “Wide screen TV” aspect ratio, which is more like a movie screen than a tradi