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Dear Sceptre Customer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE E236BV-FHD LED HDTV purchase. Thank you for your support. To ensure safety and many years of trouble free operation of your TV, please read the manual carefully before making any adjustments, and keep them in a safe place for future references. We hope you enjoy your new SCEPTRE HDTV.
Do not defeat the ventilation. To ensure reliable safety purpose of the grounded plug. - 4 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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Avoid using dropped or damaged Operating environment: Temperature: appliances. If the product is dropped 5°C ~ 35°C, Humidity: 10% to 90% and the housing is damaged, the non-condensing, Altitude: 0~10,000 ft. - 5 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
TV from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. Power Lines Do not locate the antenna near overhead light or power circuits, or where it could fall into such power lines or circuits. - 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Opening the Package The SCEPTRE TV is packaged in a carton. Any standard accessories are packed separately in another carton. The weight of the TV is approximately 9.92 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the product, it is suggested that it must be handled by a minimum of 2 or more persons.
Rotate the TV as the picture has shown until you hear a clicking sound from the base. Afterwards, the TV will be ready for use. To remove the stand, remove the screws in the circled area and the neck will come off. - 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Rear View Connections ......................12 Installing Batteries to the Remote Control ................13 SCEPTRE TV Remote Control ...................... 14 Connection Suggestions ......................16 If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna… ..........16 ...
8mm. Please Note : The 8mm length of screw refers to how deep the screw can go inside the mounting holes. When you’re buying screws, you should add the original 8mm to the thickness of your mounting plate in order to get the total screw length. - 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
VOL(+) – This button increases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the select right. VOL(-) – This button decreases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the selection left. - 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
From left to right, connect green, blue, and red for video, and then connect white for left channel audio, and red for right channel audio. Please Note: audio is shared with Video port. - 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Keep the batteries away from children and pets. • If the remote control is not used for a long time, remove the batteries. • Keep the remote control away from moisture, sunlight, and high temperatures. - 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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FREEZE - Press this button to freeze current picture. USB - Launches the USB reader function for the pictures and music. ASPECT - Press this button to change the picture’s cropping method. - 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
The HDTV’s tuner is designed for HDTV therefore requires a stronger signal than normal TVs. If you cannot achieve that signal level with your antenna or cable, your HDTV might lose picture or sound. - 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
TV. • If you use this connection, you will not be able to use the yellow colored VIDEO connection with audio because the red and white audio connections are shared. - 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Make sure to read your Wii™ installation guide for further information. • If you are using this current connection then the YPbPr connection will not have audio because the red and white audio connection is shared with this port. - 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Please reference the set-top box’s manual, to make sure the set- top box is configured to output correctly to the TV. • Sceptre’s HDTV supports SONY’s universal remote code. Please look up SONY’s codes in your universal remote’s hand book.
• The VGA port of the TV features a power saving mode which will automatically turn off the TV, if there’s no signal provided for more than 5 minutes. - 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
TV. • The TV’s SPDIF out for 5.1CH is ONLY used for antenna/cable connection. Any other incoming audio signal will be passed out of SPDIF in PCM format. - 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Use ▲▼ buttons to select the source you want to switch to and press the OK button in the middle of the ▲▼ buttons. - 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
INITIAL SETUP process in order to watch the Press MENU to open the menu Use the ◄ or ► button to select the CHANNEL icon and press OK. - 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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’s tuner is designed for HDTV therefore requires a HDTV stronger signal than normal TVs. If you cannot achieve that signal level with your antenna or cable, your might HDTV lose picture or sound. - 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
CH(▲/▼) – These buttons functions as up/down direction in the OSD. MENU – This button opens the OSD and also exits out of menus. SOURCE – This button acts as the enter button to enter each function or option. - 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
OTHERS – This main option has functions for all ports, OSD language, caption styles, time setup, automatic synchronization, sleep timer and power on timer, power off timer. PICTURE This option allows users to adjust the TV’s picture sharpness, color, tint, and other various functions. - 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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COLOR – This feature changes the amount of color in the picture. TINT – This feature changes the white balance of the color. SHARPNESS – This feature changes the picture quality. SCREEN SETTINGS - 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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RESET – This resets the settings of PC settings. COLOR TEMPERATURE – This feature adjusts the color temperature of the TV, giving warm, normal, cool, (warm being more red, cool being more blue and normal being neutral color). - 28 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 29 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
(presets include standard, soft, user, and dynamic). BASS – This feature adjusts the audio bass level of the iii. TREBLE – This feature adjusts the audio treble level of the TV. - 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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(user, off, rock, pop jazz). Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
CHANNEL LIST – This feature gives you the list of channels currently found by the TV. FAVORITE LIST – This feature gives the favorite list of channels added by you. - 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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(SAP), this function will not work. • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Downloadable rating and clear downloadable data might be grayed out depending on the TV stations support. • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
DIGITAL CC STYLE – This feature changes caption options of digital closed captioning. CC SIZE – This changes the size of the text. CC FONT – This changes the text font style. - 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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• The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
ALL RESET – This reset all the options in the MENU back to it’s default values. Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
In the USB function, for browsing pictures, you will need to create a folder inside the USB drive with the name DCIM. Inside the DCIM folder you will need to create another folder in the format of ###_XXX. The ### represents numbers and the XXX represents characters. - 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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TV will respond to USB functions. Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Note: For those programs where fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative than other programs in this category, such programs will be designated TV-Y7-FV. - 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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NC-17 (MPAA) No one 17 and under admitted. X (MPAA) X is an older rating that is unified with NC-17 but may be encoded in the data of older movies. - 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
This aspect keeps that aspect ratio and shows you the black bars on the side. - 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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This mode will fill the entire screen but most of your picture will be proportional. Please Note : When in HD mode aspect ratios will not work because it is controlled by the signal. - 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the channel you want to jump to and press OK to confirm. Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the OK button on the remote control. - 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
TV’S UNIVERSAL This television follows SONY’s universal remote code. To REMOTE CODE find the actual code you must read through your own universal remote’s guide book. - 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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You have turned on closed captioning and are using TEXT1 – THE MIDDLE OF TEXT4. Change the setting to CC1 or turn off closed captioning SCREEN and the box will disappear. Refer to page 40 for more information. - 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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TV TURNS OFF The TV features a power saving mode which will automatically AUTOMATICALLY turn off the TV, if there’s no signal provided for more than 5 AFTER 5 MINUTES minutes. - 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
For more information on warranty services or repairs after the warranty period, please contact our support department at the number below. For technical help, contact our Sceptre Technical Support Group via email or phone. Please have your Sceptre p/n number, serial number, and date of purchase available before you call.
Aspect ratio Full, Normal, WaterGlass, Zoom Gamma Fixed Gamma Lamp adjust Picture mode Vivid / Standard / Mild / Custom Video adjust Brightness / Contrast / Color / Tint / Sharpness (2)Audio - 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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*The product’s specifications may change without notice or obligation. **This manual’s pictures and words are for references only and are subject to change without notice or obligation. Sceptre Inc is not liable for the misuse or misinterpretation of this manual. - 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com...
(SCEPTRE reserves the right to determine “wear and tear” on any and all products); unsatisfactory visual or audio performance not caused by a manufacturing defect;...
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Dead Pixel Policy SCEPTRE sets limit on the LCD at 3 dead pixels in a cluster adjacent to each other, or 5 dead pixels in a combination of color and brightness. Any number of dead or bad pixels under the limit is considered to be within normal performance specification of the LCD and is not considered defective.
SCEPTRE is a trademark or registered trademark of Sceptre Group. • Sceptre, Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material, or the performance or use of this product.
European Notice Products with the CE marking comply with both the EMC Directive (89/336/EEC), (93/68/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (72/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. - 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E246BV-FHD HDTV User Manual...
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