Page 2 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Page 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS; Read these instructions.
- 3 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. How...
Page 6 - Television Antenna Connection Protection
- 6 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 provide...
Page 7 - Opening the Package
- 7 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 25.35 lbs. Due to the size and weight of the product, it is suggested that it must ...
Page 8 - Attaching or Removing the Stand; To attach
- 8 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Attaching or Removing the Stand 1. To attach the neck and base, please lay the TV flat on a table. Attach the neck piece to the back of the TV as indicated in the picture. Screw in the 4 screws to secure the installation. 2. Attach the base to the...
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 U50 UHD TV 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. The TV might take 10 – 12 seconds to power on. This is considered ...
Page 11 - Side Control Buttons
- 11 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 button wil...
Page 12 - Rear View Connections
- 12 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Rear View Connections 1. HDMI 3 (ver. 1.4) – HDMI 3 houses a HDMI version 1.4 connection. Under ultra HD 4K x 2K resolution this connection supports 30 Hz refresh rate . This HDMI also supports CEC (consumer electronics control) functions includi...
Page 14 - SCEPTRE Remote Control
- 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual SCEPTRE Remote Control This remote control follows SONY’s universal remote code. To find the actual code you need to consult your cable or satellite tech support.
Page 15 - PURPLE
- 15 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. The button order is from left to right. 1. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 2. SOURCE ...
Page 16 - Installing Batteries to the Remote Control
- 16 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Installing Batteries to the Remote Control Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control. Make sure that you match the (+) and ( -) symbols on the batteries with the (+) and (-) symbols inside the battery compartment. Afterwards, re-att...
Page 17 - Connection; Suggestions; If You Have Antenna...
- 17 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Connection Suggestions If You Have Antenna… 1. Make sure the power of UHD TV is turned off. 2. Connect the Coaxial RF cable from your antenna to the TV port on the back of your UHD TV. 3. Turn on the UHD TV. 4. Follow the first time on screen ins...
Page 18 - Connecting DVD Player with Component YPbPr...
- 18 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Connecting DVD Player with Component YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of UHD TV 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 back of...
Page 19 - Connecting WiiTM with Composite...
- 19 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Connecting Wii™ with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of UHD TV and your Wii™ is turned off. 2. Obtain a Yellow Video Cable. Connect the Yellow Video connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s GREEN Video connector port on the back side of your UHD TV...
Page 20 - Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI...
- 20 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Connecting Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of UHD TV 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 UHD TV. 3. T...
Page 23 - Connecting an Analog Audio Receiver ...
- 23 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Connecting an Analog Audio Receiver … 1. Make sure the power of UHD TV and your receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain the included 3.5mm mini-jack to RCA female conversion cable; connect the 3.5mm mini-jack end to the LINE OUT port of the TV. 3. Obta...
Page 24 - Switching Sources; button on the right of the TV to switch sources.; The source HDMI 2 / MHL will automatically display to the word
- 24 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Switching Sources 1. Press the button on the right of the TV to switch sources. 2. The source HDMI 2 / MHL will automatically display to the word ROKU if a ROKU streaming stick is connected.
Page 25 - Ready to Watch Some TV?; Starting up the UHD TV; If You’ve Connected Antenna to the TV...; without a cable box
- 25 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Ready to Watch Some TV? Starting up the UHD TV 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 devices...
Page 26 - Via Remote Control; ENTER
- 26 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 OSD ...
Page 27 - PICTURE
- 27 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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, such as...
Page 30 - SOUND
- 30 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. SOUND SE...
Page 32 - CHANNEL
- 32 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. CHANN...
Page 33 - PARENTAL
- 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 ENTE...
Page 34 - SETUP
- 34 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. CLO...
Page 37 - OTHERS
- 37 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 BACK...
Page 38 - Detailed Explanations; USB Connection Explained
- 38 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 drive to ...
Page 39 - Technical Limitation
- 39 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Media Setting 1. SLIDESHOW INTERVAL – This option adjusts the time interval of a displayed picture. 2. SLIDESHOW EFFECT – This option adjusts the video effects when pictures interchange. 3. SLIDESHOW REPEAT – This option toggles the repeat functi...
Page 40 - Closed Captioning (digital and analog) Explained; CC; Closed Captioning for this TV only works under sources TV, and AV.
- 40 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 progr...
Page 41 - MHL Explained
- 41 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual MHL Explained MHL ® stands for mobile high definition link. It is a protocol and cable that enables mobile devices (tablets, cell phones…etc) to be displayed and charging at the same time on a TV. This Sceptre TV supports MHL on HDMI2. If you see...
Page 42 - Direct Function Buttons; Sceptre Sound Bar
- 42 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Direct Function Buttons Direct function buttons allow the user to control certain special functions of the TV or the Sceptre Sound Bar. Color Buttons A-C The color buttons are direct function buttons that lets the user switch between their 3D and...
Page 43 - ROKU Function Buttons
- 43 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual ROKU Function Buttons Sceptre ROKU Ready TVs support the ROKU streaming stick. You can control the ROKU stick with the PURPLE colored buttons. 1. ▲/▼/◄/►/ENTER – Under ROKU™ these buttons move your selection up, down, left, right. ENTER selects t...
Page 44 - HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) Explained
- 44 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) Explained This Sceptre TV has the feature ARC (Audio Return Channel) on HDMI 3. ARC is a feature that enables a TV, via a single HDMI cable, to send audio data to an AV receiver or surround sound DVD / Blu-ray play...
Page 45 - Ratings Explained
- 45 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Ratings 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. For regular TV programs you can use USTV settings. USTV settings...
Page 47 - NORMAL
- 47 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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), Norma...
Page 48 - Shortcuts to Browsing Channels; TO DELETE FROM THE FAVORITE LIST; BROWSING CHANNELS WITH THE FAVORITE LIST
- 48 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 chann...
Page 49 - How do I clean the TV ?; the wiping; Cleaning the Screen
- 49 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 and the...
Page 50 - Troubleshooting; Problems
- 50 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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. Connect vi...
Page 53 - ONLY
- 53 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Problems Solutions MY TV PICTURE IS VERY DIM Check to see if you are under POWER SAVING mode for your picture mode. Keep pressing the PICTURE button on the remote control to cycle out of POWER SAVING. MY CELL PHONE DOES NOT WORK WHEN I CONNECT MH...
Page 54 - Call Us If You Need Help!; Customer Service Email :
- 54 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 the p...
Page 55 - Specification
- 55 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV User Manual Specification Display panel Item Illustration Active Area / Screen Size 49” (Viewable 48.5”) 10 bit (1.06 Billions of Color) Aspect Ratio Widescreen 16:9 Max. of Pixels (Resolution) 3840 x 2160 resolution Brightness 330 cd/m2 Contrast 1,200:1 (Ty...
Page 57 - LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY
- 57 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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-refurbished p...
Page 60 - FCC Compliance Statement
- 60 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE U50 UHD TV 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 interferenc...
