Sony GDM-F500 Navigating the menu, Adjusting the brightness and contrast, Picture Center

Customizing Your Monitor

You can make numerous adjustments to your monitor using the on-screen menu.

Navigating the menu

Press the joystick to display the main MENU on your screen. See page 11 for more information on using the joystick.

MENUMENU

COLOR CENTER SCREEN

GEOM EXIT ZOOM

LANG SIZE OPTION

Use the joystick to select one of the following menus.

6SCREEN (page 13)

Select the SCREEN menu to adjust the picture’s quality. You can adjust the vertical and horizontal convergence, landing, and moire cancellation effect.

7LANG (page 8)

Select LANG to choose the on- screen menu’s language.

8OPTION (page 14)

Select OPTION to adjust the monitor’s options. The options include:

•degaussing the screen

•changing the on-screen menu position

•changing the power saving delay time

•locking the controls

9 EXIT

Select EXIT to close the menu.

SCREEN

TOP

BOT

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ADJ

H CONVERGENCE

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

FRANÇAIS

DEUTSCH

ESPAÑOL

I TA LIANO

OPTION

ON

ZZ...5 SEC

UNLOCK

MANUAL DEGAUSS

xUsing the joystick

1Select the menu you want to adjust.

Move the joystick up, down, left, or right to highlight the desired menu. Press the joystick to select the menu item.

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2Adjust the menu.

Move the joystick up, down, left, or right to make the adjustment.

3 Close the menu.

Press the joystick once to return to the main menu, and twice

to return to normal viewing. If no buttons are pressed, the

Adjusting the brightness and contrast

Brightness and contrast adjustments are made using a separate BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST menu.

These settings are stored in memory for all input signals.

1Move the joystick in any direction.

The BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST menu appears on the screen.

BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST

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the horizontal and vertical frequencies of the current input signal

2Move the joystick up or down to adjust the

brightness ( ), and left or right to adjust the contrast (6).

The menu automatically disappears after about 3 seconds.

Adjusting the centering of the EN

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1CENTER (page 11)

Select the CENTER menu to adjust the picture’s centering.

2SIZE (page 11)

Select the SIZE menu to adjust the picture’s horizontal and vertical size.

CENTER

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SIZE

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menu closes automatically after about 30 seconds.

xResetting the adjustments

Press the RESET button. See page 14 for more information on resetting the adjustments.

picture (CENTER)

This setting is stored in memory for the current input signal.

1	Press the joystick.
	The main MENU appears on the screen.
2	Move the joystick to highlight	CENTER and
	press the joystick again.
	The CENTER menu appears on the screen.
3	Move the joystick up or down to adjust the vertical
	centering, and left or right to adjust the horizontal

3 GEOM (page 12) GEOMETRY

centering.

Select the GEOM menu to adjust the picture’s rotation and shape.

4ZOOM (page 12)

Select the ZOOM menu to enlarge or reduce the picture.

5COLOR (page 12)

Select the COLOR menu to adjust the picture’s color temperature. You can use this to match the monitor’s colors to a printed picture’s colors.

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ROTATION

ZOOM

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COLOR

5000K	6500K
		9300K

R BIAS 50

G BIAS 50

B BIAS 50

R GAIN 50

G GAIN 50

B GAIN 50

RESET

Adjusting the size of the picture (SIZE)

This setting is stored in memory for the current input signal.

1Press the joystick.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

2Move the joystick to highlight SIZE and press the joystick again.

The SIZE menu appears on the screen.

3Move the joystick up or down to adjust the vertical size, and left or right to adjust the horizontal size.

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