Philips TH-42PH10EK operating instructions Advanced settings, Picture Adjustments

Picture Adjustments

Item	Effect		Adjustments
Contrast			Selects the proper brightness and
	Less	More	density for the room.
			Adjusts for easier viewing of dark
Brightness	Darker	Brighter	pictures such as night scenes and
			black hair.
Colour	Less	More	Adjusts colour saturation.
Tint	Reddish	Greenish	Adjusts for nice skin colour.
Sharpness	Less	More	Adjusts picture sharpness.

Notes:

•“Colour” and “Tint” settings cannot be adjusted for “RGB/PC” and “Digital” input signal.

•You can change the level of each function (Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Tint, Sharpness) for each Picture Mode.

•The setting details for normal, dynamic and cinema respectively are memorized separately for each input terminal.

•The “Tint” setting can be adjusted for NTSC signal only during “AV (S Video)” input signal.

•In Contrast, there is not a noticeable change even when contrast is increased with a bright picture or reduced with a dark picture.

Advanced settings

(For TH-42PS10EK/S)

Advanced settings
Normalise	Normal	0
Black extension
Input level		0
W/B High R		0
W/B High B		0
W/B Low R		0
W/B Low B		0
Gamma		2.2
AGC		Off

Item	Effect				Details
Black			Adjusts the dark shades of the image in gradation.
extension	Less	More
Input level			Adjustment of parts which are extremely bright and hard to see.
	Less	More	(This cannot be adjusted when the input signal is Digital.)
W/B High			Adjusts the white balance for light red areas.
R	Less	More
W/B High			Adjusts the white balance for light blue areas.
B	Less	More
W/B Low			Adjusts the white balance for dark red areas.
R	Less	More
W/B Low			Adjusts the white balance for dark blue areas.
B	Less	More
Gamma	Down	Up	S Curve	2.0		2.2	2.5
AGC	Off	On	Increases the brightness of dark signal automatically.

Notes:

•Carry out “W/B” adjustment as follows.

1.Adjust the white balance of the bright sections using the “W/B High R” and “W/B High B” settings.

2.Adjust the white balance of the dark sections using the “W/B Low R” and “W/B Low B” settings.

3.Repeat steps 1 and 2 to adjust.

Steps 1 and 2 affect each other’s settings, so repeat each step in turn to make the adjustment.

•The adjustment values are memorized separately for each input terminal.

•The adjustment range values should be used as an adjustment reference.

Helpful Hint ( /

Normalise

Normalisation)

On the remote control unit, while the “Advanced settings” menu is displayed, if either the N button is pressed at any time or the ACTION () button is pressed during “Normalise”, then all adjustment values are returned to the factory settings.

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