RCA HD52W56 manual Edge Enhancement, Contrast Expand, Advanced Settings

Using the TV’s Menu System

0 Go Back

1 Picture Settings

2 Picture Presets

3 Auto Color

4 Color Warmth

5Convergence

6EdgeConvergenceEnhancement

7 Contrast Expand

8 Advanced Settings

Main Menu Picture Quality

Off

Low

High

Edge Enhancement "replaces" gradual edge transitions in the video with steeper edges. This creates a picture with sharper edges.

A change in this screen is applied to Input 2.

Edge Enhancement manipulates gradual edge transitions by making them steeper and sharper. Press OK to continue.

Edge Enhancement

Edge Enhancement makes the edges of the video steeper, sharper, and crisper. There are three options for the edge enhancement: Off, Low, or High. If artifacts appear in the video, change the setting to Low or Off.

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1 Picture Settings

2 Picture Presets

3 Auto Color

4 Color Warmth

5Convergence

6 EdgeSVM Enhancement

7 Contrast Expand

8 Advanced Settings

Main Menu Picture Quality

Off

Low

High

A change in this screen is applied to Input 2.

Press or	to point to an option, then press OK to select
it. Press	to return to the menu.

Contrast Expand

Contrast Expand makes the picture appear brighter by deepening the black parts of the picture. This also helps to maintain a more consistent black level from one scene to the next. The options are Off, Low, and High.

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1 Picture Settings

2 Picture Presets

3 Auto Color

4 Color Warmth

5Convergence

6 Edge Enhancement

7 ContrastReset ControlsExpand

8 ResetAdvancedControlsSettings

Main Menu Picture Quality

The Advanced Settings menu has screens that let you enhance picture performance:

•Film Mode: Improve the quality of movie playback.

•Reset Controls: Sets this input's settings to factory defaults.

Press OK or to access the Advanced Settings menu.

Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings option lets you enhance picture performance and adjust picture position. When you select Advanced Settings, a submenu appears with options:

Film Mode Automatically detects video sources that were originally recorded on film and converted to a different format. Film mode modifies the converted signal so it looks as close as possible to the original, a process called reverse 3:2 pulldown. Film mode is applied to all inputs. Options are:

•Advanced The default and recommended setting.

•On Used in circumstances when the TV is to be used solely with film-based sources.

•Off Use this setting if you think the reverse 3:2 pulldown is causing distortions in your picture.

Reset Controls Resets all Picture Quality controls to their original factory settings (except Personal Picture Preset) for the currently tuned input (see on-screen text). To reset the settings, you must:

1.Tune to the input you would like to reset.

2.Press MENU to access the Main Menu.

3.From the Advanced Settings menu, select Reset Controls, and then select Reset to set reset the settings for the currently tuned input.

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