Page 2 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- 2 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Page 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 safet...
Page 6 - Television Antenna Connection Protection; External Television Antenna Grounding
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 p...
Page 8 - Attaching or Removing the Stand
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Attaching or Removing the Stand 1. To attach the base place the display unit flat on a table. Afterwards remove the 2 screws at the bottom of the neck show below. 2. Align the glass base with the neck and then screw in the 4 provided screws ...
Page 9 - Table of Contents
- 9 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Table of Contents IMPORTANT INFORMATION .......................................................................................................... 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .........................................................................
Page 10 - Identifying Front and Rear Panel; Front View; Rear View Mounting Pattern
- 10 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 s...
Page 11 - Side Control Buttons
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Side Control Buttons 1. VOL(+) – This button increases 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 butt...
Page 12 - Rear View Connections
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Rear View Connections 1. HDMI1-2 – 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 ...
Page 13 - Installing Batteries to the Remote Control
- 13 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual right channel audio. 7. S-Video – S-Video connects to devices that use S-Video cables such as VCR or DVD player or Wii™. Connect the black for video and the red / white for audio . This connection shares audio red / white jacks with YPbPr. ...
Page 14 - SCEPTRE TV Remote Control
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual SCEPTRE TV Remote Control 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.
Page 15 - Top Section
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Top Section POWER – This button turns the TV on or off. Because of the size of the panel, the X460 LCD TV will take 10 – 12 seconds to power on. FREEZE – This button freezes the video. Press the button again to unfreeze the screen. SLEEP – ...
Page 16 - Bottom Section
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Bottom Section PICTURE – This button selects different optimized picture settings for the TV. SOUND – This button selects different optimized sound settings for the TV. VOL(+/-) – These two buttons increase or decrease the volume of the TV....
Page 17 - Connection; Suggestions; If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna...
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 18 - Connecting DVD Player with Component YPbPr...
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Connecting DVD Player with Component YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your DVD player is turned off. 2. Obtain a Component Cable. Connect the green color connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s green connector port on the bac...
Page 19 - Connecting WiiTM with Composite...
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 H...
Page 20 - Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI...
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 to a PC with VGA and 3.5 mm minijack ...
- 21 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Connecting to a PC with VGA and 3.5 mm minijack … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. 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 HDTV ...
Page 22 - Connecting a Digital Audio Receiver with Coax SPDIF...
- 22 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 L...
Page 23 - Switching Sources; Press the S button on top of the TV or the SOURCE button on the; OK; button in the middle of the
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Switching Sources 1. Press the S button on top of the TV 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 OK button in the middle of th...
Page 24 - Ready to Watch Some TV?; Starting up the HDTV; without a cable box
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 TV is lit up. 2. Check all your connection cables off the side or the back of your TV and also your AV dev...
Page 27 - PICTURE
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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, s...
Page 31 - SOUND
- 31 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 OK . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or OK to adjust them. I. SOUND SE...
Page 33 - CHANNEL
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 OK . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or OK to adjust them. I. CHANN...
Page 35 - PARENTAL
- 35 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 pres...
Page 36 - SETUP
- 36 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 OK . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or OK to adjust them. I. CLO...
Page 38 - OTHERS
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 OK . 3. Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or OK to adjust them. I. BLUE BACK...
Page 39 - Detailed Explanations; USB Connection Explained
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Detailed Explanations USB Connection Explained The TV is a widescreen TV with an USB port. With 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 41 - Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained; Rating Explained
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 45 - Shortcuts to Browsing Channels
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Shortcuts to Browsing Channels Browsing through the entire channel list on the TV can be tedious. This TV features a favorite channel list, where you can add in channels that you always want to watch TO ADD TO THE FAVORITE LIST 1. Go to any...
Page 46 - How do I clean the TV ?
- 46 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 a...
Page 47 - Troubleshooting
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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. Conn...
Page 50 - Call Us If You Need Help!; Please have your Sceptre p/n number, serial number, and date of; Customer Service Email :
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 51 - Specification
- 51 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 HDTV User Manual Specification Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size Diagonal 42” inches Aspect Ratio Widescreen 16:9 Pixel Pitch 0.4845 (H) x RGB x 0.4845 (V) um per one triad Max. of Pixels (Resolution) HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resoluti...
Page 53 - LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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-refurbi...
Page 56 - FCC Compliance Statement
- 56 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE E420BV-F120 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 inter...
