SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Dear Sceptre Customer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE X195 High Definition LCD Television 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 reference. We hope you enjoy your new SCEPTRE X195 High Definition LCD Television.
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SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Electricity is used to perform many useful functions, but it can also cause personal injuries and property damage if improperly handled. This product has been engineered and manufactured with the highest priority on safety. However, improper use can result in electric shock and / or fire. In order to prevent potential danger, please observe the following instructions when installing, operating and cleaning the product.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 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 being damaged, the following rules should be observed for the installation, use and maintenance of the product. Read the following safety instructions before operating the display. Keep these instructions in a safe place for future reference.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual • • • • • • • • • plug, have an electrician install the correct outlet, or use an adapter to ground the appliance safely. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounded plug. Do not overload power strips and extension cords. Overloading can result in fire or electric shock. The wall socket should be installed near the equipment and should be easily accessible. Only the marked power source can be used for the product.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual IMPORTANT INFORMATION Television Antenna Connection Protection External Television Antenna Grounding If an outside antenna or cable system is to be connected to the LCD TV, make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to provide some protection against voltage surges and static charges.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Opening the Package The SCEPTRE X195 is packaged in a carton. Any standard accessories are packed separately in another carton. The weight of the LCD display is approximately 8.2 lbs. Since the glass can be easily scratched or broken, please handle the product gently. Never place the unit on a surface with the glass facing downwards unless it is on protective padding.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Table of Contents SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................. 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................. 4 Television Antenna Connection Protection .......................................................... 6 Identifying Front and Rear Panel .................................................................................
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Identifying Front and Rear Panel Front View INDICATOR LIGHT – The light is red when power is plugged in but the TV is not turned on. The light turns blue when the TV is turned on. REMOTE SENSOR – The remote sensor receives all the commands from the remote control. Mounting Preparations 1. Place the monitor on a flat surface with cloth so the bezel does not get scratched. Unscrew the 4 screws that lock the arm to the monitor and the stand will come off.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Side Control Buttons 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. POWER – Turn on the TV by pressing the button once. Press the button again to turn off the TV. SOURCE – This button switches between all the different sources of the TV. The switching sequence is as follows: TV, AV, S-Video, YPbPr, VGA, and HDMI. When the OSD is active, this button acts as the enter button and confirms the menu selection. MENU – This button activates the On Screen Display (OSD) menu.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Rear View Connections 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. POWER - This connection is for providing electricity to the TV. This connection connects to an AC power adapter which connects to the AC power source. HDMI – HDMI connects to devices that use HDMI cable, such as Blu-ray or HD DVD player, or HD cable / satellite set-top box. This connection port receives pure digital audio and high definition signal through one single cable.
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SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual For universal remotes, this TV follows SONY’s universal remote code. You need to find the actual code from your cable or satellite or universal remote provider. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 0~9 – Sets the channels. Dash (-) – Inserts the dash for selecting digital channels directly. GUIDE – Opens the current digital channel information guide.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Connecting Power to the TV 1. 2. Obtain the AC adapter, the AC power cable and connect them to each other. Connect the AC adapter to the back of the TV. Connection Suggestions If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna… - 14 www.SCEPTRE.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Make sure the power of X195 LCD HDTV is turned off. Connect the Coaxial RF cable from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your X195 LCD HDTV. Turn on X195 LCD HDTV. Select TV (Air) for antenna or TV (Cable) for digital cable from either your remote control’s source button or source button on the TV. Use the On Screen Display to scan for channels. Please Note : • • Not all broadcasts are in High Definition (HD).
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Connecting DVD player with Composite… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Make sure the power of X195 LCD HDTV and your DVD player is turned off. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable. Connect the Yellow Video connector to both your DVD player and AV’s Yellow Video connector port on the back of your X195 LCD HDTV. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connect the white color connector to both your DVD player and AV’s white connector port on the back of your X195 LCD HDTV.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI… 1. 2. 3. 4. Make sure the power of X195 LCD HDTV and your set-top box is turned off. Connect a HDMI cable to the HDMI output of your set-top box and the other end to the HDMI port on the back of your X195 LCD HDTV. Turn on the X195 LCD HDTV and your set-top box. Use the remote control’s source button or the source button on the TV to switch to HDMI.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Connecting to a PC with VGA and 3.5 mm minijack … 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Make sure the power of X195 LCD HDTV and your PC is turned off. Obtain a 15-pin D-Sub VGA cable; connect to the VGA output of your PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your X195 LCD HDTV. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini-jack, connect to the audio out of your PC and the other end to the VGA Stereo Input port. Turn on the power of the X195 LCD HDTV and your PC.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Ready to Watch Some TV? Starting up the X195 LCD HDTV 1. 2. 3. 4. Make sure your power cable is connected and the standby red light in the front of the TV is lit up. Check all your connection cables off the side or the back of your TV and also your AV devices. Make sure they are all connected securely. Turn on your TV and other AV devices if necessary. Select the correct source according to the Connecting pages.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 3. Use the ▲ or ▼ button to select AUTO SCAN and press ↵. If you have Cable selected make sure Cable System has the setting at AUTO. Use the ▲ or ▼ button to select START TO SCAN and press ↵. Once the scan finishes you can begin to watch TV. Please Note : • • Not all broadcasts are in High Definition (HD). Please refer to your local broadcasting stations for more information.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Controls Via Remote Control In order to adjust most of the options inside the On Screen Display (OSD), the picture below shows all the buttons used on the remote control. – This button exits the OSD entirely. ▲ – This button changes the channel to a higher number and also functions as up direction in the OSD. ▼ – This button changes the channel to a lower number and also functions as down direction in the OSD.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Options VIDEO – This main option has functions for changing the picture settings for all ports, such as tint, contrast, sharpness, brightness, saturation, color temperature. AUDIO – This main option has functions for changing sound settings for all ports, such as treble, bass, and balance. TIME – This main option has time related functions such as sleep timer, time zone.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the option you want to adjust and use ◄ or ► to adjust them. • PICTURE MODE – This function allows you to adjust the video through preset modes, standard, custom, vivid, and mild. • CONTRAST – This function adjusts the white levels in a picture. The higher the contrast, the less detail you will see in bright white objects. • BRIGHTNESS - This function adjusts the black level in a picture.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 1. 2. 3. Press MENU to open the OSD Press ◄ or ► to move to AUDIO and press ↵. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the option you want to adjust and use ◄ or ► to adjust them. • SOUND MODE – This function allows you to adjust audio preset modes custom standard, speech, movie, and music. • BASS – This function adjusts the level of low pitch sound in a TV. • TREBLE – This function adjusts the level of a high pitch sound in a TV.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Setup Main Option This option allows users to adjust various miscellaneous options such as OSD language, PC setup, or closed captioning. 1. 2. 3. Press MENU to open the OSD Press ◄ or ► to move to SETUP and press ↵. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the option you want to adjust and use ◄ or ► to adjust them. • OSD LANGUAGE – This function allows you to adjust the language of the OSD menu. • TRANSPARENCY – This function adjusts the transparency of the OSD menu.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual • TEXT4 turned on, there will be a black box blocking the TV’s video. iii. ADVANCED SELECTION – This allows you to select between various digital closed caption services. North America broadcast usually uses service 1. iv. OPTION – This opens up adjustments for the type of digital caption style you want. a. MODE – This either locks or opens up the adjustments of the closed captioning. b. FONT STYLE – This allows you to select different font styles. c.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Parental Main Option This option allows users to turn on TV program filters for children. To use this option you will need to enter in the password first. The password is “0000”. 1. 2. 3. Press MENU to open the OSD Press ◄ or ► to move to PARENTAL and press ↵. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the option you want to adjust and use ◄ or ► to adjust them. • CHANGE PASSWORD – This function changes the password of the parental options.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual TV Main Option This option chooses various antenna and cable functions. Extra functions include limited range scanning, and channel skipping. 1. 2. 3. Press MENU to open the OSD Press ◄ or ► to move to TV and press ↵. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the option you want to adjust and use ◄ or ► to adjust them. • TUNER MODE – This selects the tuner mode of the TV from air (antenna) to cable.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Detailed Explanations Aspect Ratio Explained The X195 is a widescreen TV, but most TV programs are still broadcasting in a square format, therefore the TV is offering two ways of viewing videos. There are mainly two types of signal format, 16:9 (X195’s 16:9 is named normal) and 4:3. Simply use the ASPECT button on the TV to cycle between both modes and other extra modes. 1. Normal This mode will stretch the picture to a widescreen ratio.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 3. Cinema When watching a movie even with this widescreen TV you will still get some black bars on the top and bottom. This aspect ratio will zooms in to cut off most of the black bars on the top and bottom. Because of the zoom, the left and right will suffer cut off as well. Rating Explained General Operation To block channels you don’t want your children to watch, you can filter them with the ratings function. MPAA lets you control ratings for movies.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual contains one or more of the following: intense violence (V), intense sexual situations (S), strong coarse language (L), or intensely suggestive dialogue (D). TV-MA (USTV) – Mature Audience Only This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17. This program contains one or more of the following: graphic violence (V), explicit sexual activity (S), or crude indecent language (L).
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual BROWSING CHANNELS WITHOUT THE FAVORITE LIST 1. You can also browse the channels without the favorite list by simply pressing the ↵ button. 2. A list of all the channels scanned in by the TV will appear on the lower left hand side of the TV screen. 3. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select the channel you want to jump to and press ↵ to confirm. 4. You can also use the keypad numbers 1 and 2 as page up and page down if you have too many channel numbers in the list.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual 4. VIVID – This mode is mainly used for nature channels and sporting events. Please Note: • Each preset modes can be used to your preference. The preset mode descriptions are merely usage suggestions. For Audio To switch between the various modes, press the SOUND button continuously. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. CUSTOM - This mode saves the user’s tweaked settings. If you changed settings under the OSD AUDIO main option, the settings would be saved under CUSTOM mode.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Troubleshooting The following table contains the common problems and the solutions to these problems. Please check this list before you contact the technicians. Problems Solutions Connect power cord correctly. Turn on power. NO PICTURE Connect video cable correctly. Select the input signal source with proper cable connection with the source button. Match the colors on the cables to the ports off the back of the television. ABNORMAL COLORS I.E. red cable to red colored port.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Problems Solutions HDCP VIDEO SAYS NO Reboot your HDCP video device but turning them off and unplugging the HDCP SUPPORT power cord. Wait up to 8 minutes to plug the power back in to see if it works or not. Make sure you have a 3.5 mm mini-jack cable connected from your HDCP VIDEO HAS NO HDCP video device’s sound output to the TV’s VGA STEREO INPUT. If AUDIO your HDCP video device uses RCA AUDIO jacks, you’ll need to obtain a RCA audio converted into 3.5 mm mini-jack cable.
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SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Specification Display panel Illustration Item Active Area / Screen Size Diagonal 18.5 inches Aspect Ratio Widescreen 16:9 Pixel Pitch 0.3 (H) x RGB x 0.3 (V)mm Max. of Pixels (Resolution) HD (1366 x 768 pixels) resolution Brightness 300 nits (Typical) Contrast 1000 :1 (Typical) Response Time 5ms (gray to gray) Viewing Angle Lamp Life of Backlight Dimension Typical 170 / 160 Degree (Horizontal/Vertical) > 50,000hrs TV DISPLAY 18.3“(W)x12.5“(H)x2.
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual Speakers 3 watt per channel (3) General Hybrid TV Tuner Channel auto scan Sleep timer Standby power Timing support-Video PC timing NTSC / ATSC / QAM (Digital Cable Ready) Yes Off /10 mins ~ 120 mins Under 1W 480i / 480p / 720p / 1080i scaled 1360*768@60hz (NATIVE) 1024*768@60Hz, 75Hz 800*600@60Hz, 75Hz 640*480@60Hz, 75Hz (4)NTSC/ATSC NTSC Sound: Mono / Stereo / SAP Favorite Channel V-chip Closed caption (CC1-CC4, Text 1-Text 4) Sound: Mono / Stereo / SAP Favorite Channe
SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this warranty card carefully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY” on parts and labor and is only valid when purchased from an Authorized Reseller, only on new and non-refurbished product, and available to customers in the Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. See below for the SCEPTRE Extended Service warranty.
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SCEPTRE X195 HDTV User Manual FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received, including interference that my cause undesired operation. Please Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
