How to Use the Menu Functions

Note

In each Viewing Mode and input, [Backlight], [Contrast], Picture [Brightness], [Colour], [Sharpness], [Tint], [Colour Balance], [Vivid

Colour], [Eco Mode], [P-NR] and [3D-COMB] can be adjusted and stored to suit your particular viewing requirement.

Set for each input signal.

Item

Adjustments / Configurations (alternatives)

 

Basic picture mode

 

[Dynamic]: Provides enhanced picture contrast and sharpness when viewing in a bright room.

Viewing Mode

[Normal]: Recommended for viewing under normal ambient room lighting conditions.

[Cinema]: For watching movies in a darkened room with improving the

• Dynamic

performance of contrast, black and colour reproduction

• Normal

[True Cinema]: Precisely reproduces the original quality of the image without any revision.

• Cinema

[Game]: Fast response signal specifically to provide suitable images for playing games

• True Cinema

Not valid on TV mode

• Game

• Photo

A continuous record of time spent using Game mode can be displayed

 

in the top right of the screen. [Playing Time Display] (p. 33)

 

[Photo]: Set [Reversal Film] to [On] to provide the suitable image quality for photos

 

For HDMI input, Media Player and Network service operations

Backlight

 

Contrast

Increases or decreases the levels of these options according to your

Brightness

personal preference

Colour

 

Sharpness

 

Tint

The picture hue can be adjusted to suit your taste

For NTSC signal, Component or HDMI input

 

Colour Balance

 

• Cool

Allows you to set the overall colour tone of the picture

• Normal

Not valid when [Viewing Mode] is set to [True Cinema].

• Warm

 

Channel Colour Set

Colour density varying between broadcast channels can be adjusted to

three levels for each reception channel

 

Select the channel you want to adjust and set this function.

Vivid Colour

Automatically adjusts colours to vivid ones

• Off

Not valid on PC signal.

• On

Reversal Film

Provides the picture effect such as the reversal film

• Off

This function is available when [Viewing Mode] is set to [Photo].

• On

Eco Mode

Automatically adjusts the screen brightness appropriately as the

• Off

surrounding light level lowers to reduce the power consumption

• On

Not available in shop mode (Dynamic picture mode)

P-NR

Picture Noise Reduction

• Off

Automatically reduces unwanted picture noise and flicker noise in the

• Min

contoured parts of a picture

• Mid

Not valid on PC signal.

• Max

 

Makes still or slow moving pictures look more vivid

3D-COMB

Occasionally, while viewing still or slow moving pictures, colour patterning

• Off

may be seen. Set to [On] to display sharper and more accurate colours.

• On

For PAL or NTSC signal reception only

 

Not valid on Component, PC, HDMI and Media Player

Screen Display

Turns the screen off when you select [Off]

The sound is active even if the screen turns off.

• Off

Press any buttons (except Standby) to turn the screen on.

• On

This function is effective in reducing power consumption when listening

 

to the sound without watching the TV screen.

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