Dear Sceptre Customer, Congratulations on your new SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD TV 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.
Slots and openings in the back and bottom of the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual operation of the TV and to protect it from overheating, be sure these openings are not blocked or covered.
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Avoid using dropped or damaged appliances. If the product is dropped and the housing is damaged, the www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual internal components may function abnormally. Unplug the power cord immediately and contact your dealer for repair. Continued use of the product may cause fire or electric shock.
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 some protection against voltage surges and static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code,...
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 36.6 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.
6 screws to secure the stand. To remove the stand, remove the 6 screws in the circled area and the base will come off. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual - 8 -...
Rear View Mounting Pattern ... 10 Side Control Buttons ... 11 Rear View Connections ... 12 SCEPTRE X37 Remote Control ... 14 Installing Batteries to the Remote Control ... 15 Connection Suggestions ... 16 If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Antenna… ... 16 Connecting DVD Player with Component YPbPr…...
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 LCD in the panel, the TV might take 10 –...
VOL(-) – This button decreases the TV’s volume. If a sub-menu is active, pressing this button will move the selection left. ) – This button changes the TV channel up. If the OSD is active, this button ▲ functions as up for the menu.
HDMI3 – Refer to HDMI1. Audio In - This connection port is for people who want to provide audio to the TV when using a PC or a DVI video device. The sources use 3.5mm mini-jack audio cable. VGA - This connection port connects to a PC for video using VGA cable. Be sure to connect your audio cable to the VGA Stereo input if you want sound out of VGA video source.
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14. TV – This connection is for digital or analog cable without the cable box or over-the-airwave antennas. The tuner is a hybrid tuner that tunes to both analog and digital channels. This connection uses coaxial RF cable. For over-the airwave digital stations please check http://www.antennaweb.org.
SCEPTRE X37 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. - 14 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD 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. POWER – Turns the TV on or off. 0~9 – Sets the channels. Dash (-) – Inserts the dash for selecting digital channels directly.
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. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual - 16 -...
Connect the red color connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr’s red connector port on the back of your HDTV. Turn on the HDTV and your DVD player. Use the remote control’s source button or the source button on the TV to switch to YPbPr. Please Note: •...
Connect the red color connector to both your Wii™ and AV’s red connector port on the back side of your HDTV. Turn on the HDTV and your Wii™. Use the remote control’s source button or the source button on the TV to switch to AV. Please Note: •...
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. Turn on the HDTV and your set-top box. Use the remote control’s source button or the source button on the TV to switch to HDMI. Please Note: •...
VGA Stereo Input port. Turn on the power of the HDTV and your PC. Use the remote control’s source button or the source button on the TV to switch to VGA. Change your PC resolution to 1920x1080 at 60hz refresh rate.
Please reference the receiver’s manual as well, to make sure the receiver is configured to receive signals correctly from the 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.
Select the correct source according to the Connecting pages. If You’ve Connected Antenna or Cable to the TV… If an antenna or cable (without a cable box) is connected to your TV’s tuner, you will need to go through an INITIAL SETUP process in order to watch the Press MENU to open the menu Use the ◄...
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Use the ▲ or ▼ buttons to select AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH and press to scan for channels. ↵ Once the scanning 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.
4. SOURCE – This button acts as the enter button to enter each function or option. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual ▲ – This button changes the channel to a higher number and also functions as up direction in the OSD.
CHANNEL – This main option has functions for the tuner port, such as scanning channels, editing channels, specific range scans, audio language, tuner mode….etc. PARENTAL – This main option has functions for only composite and TV port. The purpose of this option is to block TV inappropriate for children.
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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 X372BV-FHD User Manual ↵ ↵ to adjust...
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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...
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MPEG NOISE REDUCTION – This feature reduces DVD video pixilation by blurring them. Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual ↵ button on the remote control. - 29 -...
SOUND This option allows users to adjust the TV’s sound functions. Press MENU to open the OSD. Press ◄ or ► to select SOUND and press Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or them.
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ENTER button refers to the ↵ button on the remote control. • Second audio programming is dependent on the support of the TV station you are watching. If they do not have a second audio programming (SAP), this function will not work.
CHANNEL This option allows user to adjust the TV’s tuner functions. Press MENU to open the OSD. Press ◄ or ► to select CHANNEL and press Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or them.
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AUTO CHANNEL SEARCH – This feature searches channels automatically for you. Please Note: • The OSD shows a button called ENTER (labeled ENTER:Press to Execute). The ENTER button refers to the ↵ button on the remote control. - 33 - www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD 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. Press MENU to open the OSD. Press ◄ or ► to select PARENTAL CONTROL and press ↵.
Use ▲ or ▼ to select the one you want to adjust and ◄ or ► or ↵ to adjust them. CLOSED CAPTION – This provides your TV tuner, AV ports with subtitles. CAPTION DISPLAY – This turns on or off the closed captioning.
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MENU LANGUAGE – This function adjusts the language of the menu (English, French, Spanish). III. CLOCK TIME ZONE – This adjusts the time zone for the TV’s clock. AUTO CLOCK – This feature sets the TV to the TV channel’s clock. (You must have antenna to use this feature.) iii.
BLUE BACK – This feature gives the TV a blue default background when there is no signal. NO SIGNAL POWER OFF – This feature turns the TV off if there is no signal given to the TV after a certain time.
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 drive to the USB port of the TV and press the USB button to start browsing for music and pictures.
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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 ↵ button on the remote control. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual - 39 -...
MPAA lets you control ratings for movies. For regular TV programs you can use USTV settings. USTV settings lets you filter what content you want at each age level, TV-Y, to TV-MA (refer to definitions below). Below are definitions for each setting.
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Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian (age varies in some juridictions). 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 X372BV-FHD 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), Normal (4:3 format), while others offer a novelty ways to view the TV.
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Zoom When watching a 4:3 aspect ratio TV or movie, this mode zooms in to cut off most of the black bars on the side while preserving the 16:9 ratio. Because of the zoom, the top and bottom are cut off as well.
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 Go to any channel you would like to include in your favorites list.
IMPORTANT The power cable has to be removed from the socket before cleaning the Do not use volatile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and toluene) to clean the TV. These types of chemicals might damage the housing and the LCD glass. Cleaning the bezel and remote control Use a 100% cotton cloth or micro-fiber cloth for cleaning.
NO COLOR and the RGB are not turned all the way down. For adjustment controls refer to page 27. The TV’s tuner signal must not be lower than 65 %. Check your signal. WEAK SIGNAL OR The TV’s tuner signal must not be lower than 65 %. Change NO PROGRAM the direction of your antenna and rescan your channels.
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DISTORTED OR cars, motorcycles, or fluorescent lights. If the TV is close to the HAS ABNORMAL wall, try moving the TV to another room in your house to see if SOUND the problem still occurs. If you’re using HDMI or a TV digital channel make sure you use the ASPECT button to switch to 16:9 format.
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CHANGING BUTTONS 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. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual - 48 -...
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.
Full, Normal, WaterGlass, Zoom Gamma Fixed Gamma Lamp adjust Picture mode Vivid / Standard / Mild / Custom Video adjust Brightness / Contrast / Color / Tint / Sharpness (2)Audio www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual Illustration TV DISPLAY Function - 50 -...
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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. 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 - 52 - www.SCEPTRE.com...
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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. www.SCEPTRE.com SCEPTRE X372BV-FHD User Manual - 55 -...
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