On-Screen Display

Video

Color Temperature

Set this to High for cooler color with more blue, set to Medium for more natural color, set to Standard for accurate color or set to Black/White for more reddish color (B/W only for HDX models).

Black Enhancement

Use this function to enhance the shadow detail in dark scenes using the settings off, low, middle and high.

NOTE: 1. If CONTRAST is selected, you are adjusting CONTRAST. The additional menu items BRIGHTNESS, COLOR, TINT, and SHARPNESS can be selected and adjusted in the same manner.

2.It may be necessary to adjust TINT to obtain optimum picture quality when using the COMPONENT VIDEO Y-PBPRinput jacks.

3.CABLE and AIR share a Video setting. Also, each of the video inputs have their own independent settings.

Contrast Mode

Use this function to choose between 2 Contrast Mode settings. Set to Dynamic for darker images more in the level of Black, set to Normal for a balanced White to Black level.

Noise Reduction

The NOISE REDUCTION function automatically reduces conspicuous noise in the picture without degrading picture quality. Set NOISE REDUCTION to OFF if the TV experiences picture blocking.

Auto Movie Mode

The AUTO MOVIE MODE function turn ON or OFF the 3:2 PULLDOWN DETECTION SPECIAL FEATURE. Theatrical movies are shot on film at 24 frames or still pictures per second, instead of 30 frames or 60 fields like video. When film is transferred to video for television viewing, the disparity between the two frame rates must be reconciled. This involves a process known as 3:2 pulldown.

When AUTO MOVIE MODE is turned ON from the VIDEO menu, your Hitachi Plasma Television will activate the circuitry for this special feature to improve video performance when watching film based sources.

NOTE: 1. When using a Progressive Scan Component or HDMI Input (480p or 720p), AUTO MOVIE MODE will not be available

2.All Video settings are independent of each other based on it’s input (Cable/Air, Input 1~5).

Color Management

Use this function to adjust and balance the listed individual colors to make them either deeper or more pure depending on the user’s preference. Adjust the GAIN settings to make the color brighter (+) or darker (-). Adjust the PHASE settings to make the colors deeper (+) or normal (-) to match real life colors.

1.

Use CURSOR PAD or

or CHANNEL WHEEL to

2.

 

 

OR

Press the SELECT button or CURSOR PAD to select

 

Set User Colors setting. When the function has a “” in

 

the box called “Set User Colors”, it is ON.

3.

Press the CURSOR PAD

, ,

, and SELECT

 

button to highlight and adjust individual colors.

4.

Use the CURSOR PAD

and

to highlight and select

 

“Reset” then press the SELECT button to return

 

all colors to default settings.

 

or

NOTE: When the Set User Colors box is not checked, the listed colors will be grayed out.

Video

 

 

 

Noise Reduction

 

Low

Auto Movie Mode

 

Off

Color Management

 

 

Color Decoding

 

 

Auto Color

 

Off

White Balance

 

 

Black Side Panel

 

Off

Aspect

 

 

 

Reset Video Settings

 

 

Move

SEL Select

 

 

Video

 

 

 

Color Management

 

 

Set User Colors

 

 

 

Phase

Gain

Gain

Magenta

±0

±0

 

Red

±0

±0

Phase

Yellow

±0

±0

 

Green

±0

±0

 

Cyan

±0

±0

 

Blue

±0

±0

 

 

Reset

 

 

Move

SEL Return

 

 

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