Page 2 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Page 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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...
Page 6 - Television Antenna Connection Protection; External Television Antenna Grounding
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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 TV, make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to pr...
Page 7 - Opening the Package
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-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 m...
Page 8 - Attaching or Removing the Stand
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Attaching or Removing the Stand 1. To attach the base, align the base and the TV. Place the TV's neck on the base shown below. Lock the screws as the picture shown. Afterwards, the TV is ready for use. 2. To remove the stand remove the screws...
Page 9 - Table of Contents
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Page 10 - Identifying Front and Rear Panel; Front View; Rear View Mounting Pattern
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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. Because of the LED in the panel, the TV might take 10 – 12 se...
Page 11 - Top side Control Buttons; The following are button descriptions from right to left.
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Top side Control Buttons The following are button descriptions from right to left. 1. POWER – Turn on the TV by pressing the button once. Press the button again to turn off the TV. 2. SOURCE – This button switches between all the different s...
Page 12 - Rear View Connections
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Rear View Connections 1. DC – This connection connects to an AC adapter for powering the TV. 2. USB – USB connects to USB flash drives for playing music and picture. The USB port is also used for updating the TV’s firmware. 3. HDMI1 – HDMI c...
Page 13 - Installing Batteries to the Remote Control
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual 10. Video – Video connects to devices that use composite video cables such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. Connect the yellow for video and the red / white for audio. Please Note: audio is shared with YPbPr port. 11. LR – These two connections...
Page 14 - SCEPTRE TV Remote Control
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Page 16 - Connection; Suggestions; If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna...
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Connection Suggestions If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned off. 2. Connect the Coaxial RF cable from your antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV. 3. Turn ...
Page 17 - Connecting Blu-ray DVD Player with Component YPbPr...
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Connecting Blu-ray DVD Player with Component YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your Blu-ray DVD player is turned off. 2. Obtain a Component Cable. Connect the green color connector to both your Blu-ray DVD player and YPbPr’s green co...
Page 18 - Connecting WiiTM with Composite...
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Connecting Wii™ with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your Wii™ is turned off. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable. Connect the Yellow Video connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s Yellow Video connector port on the back side of your HD...
Page 19 - Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI...
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your set-top box is turned off. 2. 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 HDTV. 3. ...
Page 21 - Connecting a Digital Audio Receiver with Coax SPDIF...
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Connecting a Digital Audio Receiver with Coax SPDIF… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a coax SPDIF cable, connect it to your receiver’s coax SPDIF digital input and the coax SPDIF connection on the LI...
Page 22 - Switching Sources; Press the S button on side of the HDTV or the SOURCE button on
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Switching Sources 1. Press the S button on side of the HDTV or the SOURCE button on the remote control and you will see the picture above. 2. Use ▲▼ buttons to select the source you want to switch to and press the ENTER button in the middle ...
Page 23 - Ready to Watch Some TV?; Starting up the HDTV; without a cable box
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Ready to Watch Some TV? Starting up the HDTV 1. Make sure your power cable is connected and the standby red light in the front of the HDTV is lit up. 2. Check all your connection cables off the side or the back of your HDTV and also your AV ...
Page 24 - Once the scanning finishes, you can begin to watch HDTV.; ’s tuner is designed for HDTV therefore requires a; might
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual 3. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to highlight the signal type and press ◄ or ► to select your connection either AIR or CABLE . 4. Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH and press ENTER to scan for channels . 5. Once the scanning finis...
Page 25 - Via Remote Control; Via TV Side Panel Buttons
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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 opens the OSD and also exits the...
Page 26 - PICTURE
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual OSD (On Screen Display) Options PICTURE – This main option has functions for changing the picture settings for all ports, such as tint, contrast, sharpness. SOUND – This main option has functions for changing sound settings for all ports, su...
Page 30 - SOUND
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual SOUND This option allows users to adjust the TV’s sound functions. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND and press ENTER. 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. SOUN...
Page 32 - CHANNEL
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual CHANNEL This option allows user to adjust the TV ’s tuner functions. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select CHANNEL and press ENTER. 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. ...
Page 34 - PARENTAL
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual PARENTAL This option allows users to filter TV programs and movies while using the TV tuner. To use this option you will need to enter in the password first. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press...
Page 35 - SETUP
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual SETUP This option allows user to adjust the TV’s miscellaneous options. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select SETUP and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I...
Page 37 - OTHERS
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual OTHERS This option allows users to set other features of the TV. 1. Press MENU to open the OSD. 2. Press ◄ or ► to select OTHERS and press ENTER . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ENTER to adjust them. I. BLUE...
Page 38 - Detailed Explanations; USB Connection Explained
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Detailed Explanations USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescreen TV with an USB port. W ith the USB port the TV can access USB flash drives (up to 2GB) and display pictures or play MP3 files. To use this feature connect a USB flash driv...
Page 40 - Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained; Rating Explained
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained Your TV is equipped with an internal Closed Caption decoder. It allows you to view conservations, narration and sound effects as subtitles on your TV. Closed Captions are available on most TV ...
Page 42 - Aspect Ratio Explained
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Aspect Ratio Explained The TV is a widescreen TV, but most TV programs are still broadcasting in a square format, therefore the TV is offering multiple ways of viewing videos. There are mainly two types of signal format, Full (16:9 format), ...
Page 44 - Shortcuts to Browsing Channels
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Shortcuts to Browsing Channels Browsing through the entire channel list on the HDTV can be tedious. This HDTV features a favorite channel list, where you can add in channels that you always want to watch TO ADD / DELETE TO THE FAVORITE LIST ...
Page 45 - DVD OPERATION; Introduction; Notes On Discs
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual DVD OPERATION Introduction About the ○ / Symbol Display “ ○ / ” may appear on your HDTV display during operation, which indicates that the function in this operating instruction is not available for that specific media format. Notes On Discs...
Page 46 - Important DVD Operation Guidelines
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Important DVD Operation Guidelines 1. The DVD drive only functions while the TV is under the source DVD. In order to put the DVD disc in, or eject the DVD disc, you must be under the DVD source. Otherwise the DVD drive will not work. To be...
Page 50 - Digital Setup Menu
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual 4. Digital Setup Menu a. Press the D.SETUP button and then press the ◄/► to display the digital setup menu page when you are in DVD mode. b. Press the ▲/▼ button to select options in the menu. c. Press the ► button to enter menus or options ...
Page 51 - How do I clean the TV ?
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual How do I clean the TV ? IMPORTANT 1. The power cable has to be removed from the socket before cleaning the TV. 2. Do not use volatile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These types of chemicals might damage the housing an...
Page 52 - Troubleshooting
- 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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 NO PICTURE Connect power cord correctly. Turn on power. Conne...
Page 55 - Call Us If You Need Help!; Please have your Sceptre p/n number, serial number, and date of; Customer Service Email :
- 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Call Us If You Need Help! Products are often returned due to a technical problem rather than a defective product that may result in unnecessary shipping charges billed to you. Our trained support personnel can often resolve the problem over ...
Page 56 - Specification
- 56 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual Specification Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size Diagonal 23 inches Aspect Ratio Widescreen 16:9 Pixel Pitch 265.2 (H) x RGB x 265.2 (V) um per one triad Max. of Pixels (Resolution) FHD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution ...
Page 58 - LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY
- 58 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD HDTV User Manual LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY Please read this warranty card carefully, it is a “ONE-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY” on parts and labor (90 days for commercial use) and is only valid when purchased from an Authorized Reseller, only on new and non-refurbis...
Page 61 - FCC Compliance Statement
- 61 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E230BD-FHD 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 interf...