Reset

Resets the current Picture Mode setting to the default values.

Backlight

Brightens or darkens the backlight.

 

 

Picture

Increases or decreases picture contrast.

 

 

Brightness

Brightens or darkens the picture.

 

 

Color

Increases or decreases color intensity.

 

 

Hue

Increases or decreases the green tones.

 

 

 

Color Temperature

Cool

Gives the white colors a bluish tint.

White adjustment

 

 

Neutral

Gives the white colors a neutral tint.

 

 

 

 

 

Warm 1, 2

Gives the white colors a reddish tint.

 

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Picture Mode settings determines the available Color Temperature options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Temperature

Picture Mode for all modes excluding PC

PC timing only

 

options

 

timing

 

 

 

 

(HDMI or PC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

input)

 

 

 

 

Vivid

Standard

Cinema

Video

 

Text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cool

 

yes

yes

yes

yes

 

yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neutral

 

yes

yes

yes

yes

 

yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm1, 2

 

n/a

yes

yes

yes

 

yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharpness

Sharpens or softens the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noise Reduction

Reduces the noise level of connected equipment, and the VHF/UHF/CABLE input.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPEG Noise

Reduces the mosaic effect in MPEG-compressed video. Useful for DVDs and Digital TV

Reduction

channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings are available for the following conditions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vivid

 

Standard

 

Cinema

 

PC timing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(HDMI or PC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

input)

 

 

Advanced Settings

n/a

 

yes

 

yes

 

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Resets all the advanced settings to the default values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Corrector Enhances black areas of the picture for stronger contrast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced C.E.

Automatically optimizes the backlight and contrast. This setting is

 

(Advanced

especially effective for dark picture scenes. It will increase the

 

 

Contrast

contrast distinction of the dark picture scenes.

 

 

 

 

 

Enhancer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gamma

Adjusts the balance between the light and dark areas of the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear White

Emphasizes white and light colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Space

Selects the range of color reproduction from Wide or Normal.

 

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Color Space option not available with KDL-26S3000 model.

Live Color When Color Space is set to Wide, this option makes colors more vivid and reproduces clear skin tones.

Picture settings for PC timings (HDMI or PC input) are available with the following options (see above for details).

Picture Mode

Reset

Backlight

Picture

Brightness

Color Temperature

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Picture settings for all inputs can also be accessed by pressing OPTIONS on the remote control, then selecting

Picture from the OPTIONS menu.

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