Adjusting the color of the picture (COLOR)

The COLOR settings allow you to adjust the picture’s color temperature by changing the color level of the white color field. Colors appear reddish if the temperature is low, and bluish if the temperature is high. This adjustment is useful for matching the monitor’s color to a printed picture’s colors.

1Press the button.

The main MENU appears on the screen.

2Press the m/M buttons to highlight COLOR and

press the button again.

The COLOR menu appears on the screen.

3Press the </, buttons to select the adjustment mode.

There are three types of adjustment modes, EASY, EXPERT and sRGB.

4First press the m/M buttons to select the desired adjustment item. Then press the </, buttons to make the adjustment.

Adjust the selected mode according to the following instructions.

EASY mode

COLOR

EASY EXPERT s RGB

5 0 0 0 K 6 5 0 0 K 9 3 0 0 K

5 0 0 0 K

COLOR

RE TURN ON

1First press the m/M buttons to select the color temperature row 1, then press the </, buttons to select a color temperature.

The preset color temperatures are 5000K, 6500K, and 9300K. Since the default setting is 9300K, the whites will change from a bluish hue to a reddish hue as the temperature is lowered to 6500K and 5000K.

2If necessary, fine tune the color temperature.

First press the m/M buttons to select the color temperature adjustment row 2, then press the </

,buttons to fine tune the color temperature.

If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures and item 1of the on-screen menu changes as follows.

[5000K]t[ 1]

[6500K]t[ 2]

[9300K]t[ 3]

EXPERT mode

You can make additional adjustments to the color in greater detail by selecting the EXPERT mode.

COLOR

 

EASY

 

EXPERT

 

s RGB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 0 0 0 K 6 5 0 0 K 9 3 0 0 K

 

 

R

B I AS

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

G

B I AS

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

B

B I AS

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

GA I N

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

GA I N

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

GA I N

 

 

 

5 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1Press the m/M buttons to select the color temperature row 1, then press the </, buttons to select a color temperature.

2Press the m/M buttons to select the adjustment item 2, then press the </, buttons to adjust the BIAS (black level).

This adjusts the dark areas of an image.

3Press the m/M buttons to select the adjustment item 3, then press the </,buttons to adjust the GAIN (white level).

This adjusts the light areas of an image.

You can adjust the R (red), G (green), B (blue) component of the input signal when making changes to items 2 and 3.

If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings

are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures and item 1of the on-screen menu change as follows.

[5000K]t[ 1]

[6500K]t[ 2]

[9300K]t[ 3]

Setting the color temperature for each of the video input connectors

You can set the fine tuning of the color temperature in EASY or EXPERT mode for each of the video input connectors (INPUT 1 and INPUT 2).

1Select the same adjustment mode and color temperature in the COLOR menu for both INPUT 1 and INPUT 2.

2Fine tune the color temperature in each menu for INPUT 1 and INPUT 2.

The settings are stored in memory for each of the INPUT 1 and INPUT 2 connectors.

For information on how to select the connector, see page 7.

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