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Gray, Red, Green, Blue bars

Display each test pattern and adjust your display’s controls so that you can see 20 evenly spaced vertical bars with each test pattern, all having the same width. Full black level is one step below the darkest bar in the test pattern and full color level is one step beyond the brightest bar.

As always, trust your senses. In brightly lit rooms, the image’s brightness may need to be increased to the point that the brightest bars in the test pattern do not appear as separate bars but as one wider bar.

Color bars

This is the SMPTE test pattern:

BCCB

BCCB

A A

Increase brightness (black level) on your display so that areas A appear as two areas with different brightness, then reduce the level until these areas match each other.

To adjust color (saturation) and tint (phase or hue) a primary blue filter such as those included with test DVDs is required. Looking through the filter, adjust color so that areas B match as closely as possible, then adjust tint so that areas C match as closely as possible. Note that this method is not as precise as professional calibration – once again, trust your senses if the blue filter does not provide satisfactory results.

The Info panel shows Input Status (Video Source, Signal Type, Audio Source, and Film Mode) and Output Status (Signal Type, Frame Rate, Line Rate, and Frame Lock).

Shortcuts: Common settings can be accessed without entering the menu. Press and hold MODE until “SCALE OUTPUT” is displayed, then select using the Master Control Knob or the  keys on the remote control. Repeatedly pressing MODE before timeout cycles through Crop Input, Frame Lock, and Gamma Correction. To access Brightness, Contrast, Color, and Tint press and hold DYNAMICS until the Brightness slider appears, then use the  keys to change slider and the  keys to adjust.

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