Adjusting the picture
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Navigating the menus
Adjusting basic settings
To adjust basic settings:
1 Press MENU. The PICTURE menu opens.
2 Press or to highlight SETTINGS, then press . The
SETTINGS menu opens.
3 Press or to highlight an option, then press ENTER to enter
the sub-menu. You can select:
• Parental Controls—Control which programs/movies your
children can watch, based on industry ratings.
• Closed Caption—Turn closed captioning on or off. Also lets
you set closed caption options.
• Time—Set the clock and sleep timer.
• Menu Settings—Set menu language and menu
transparency.
• Input Labels—Create a unique name for a device
connected to your TV’s input jacks.
• Computer Settings—Adjust picture settings to optimize a
computer display. (This menu becomes available only when
a computer is connected to the television.)
• Component Settings—Adjust picture phase (to minimize
horizontal distortion and reset component settings to factory
default.
4 Press MENU to return to the previous menu, or press EXIT to
close the menu.
Adjusting the picture
Adjusting the TV picture
To adjust the picture:
1 Press MENU. The PICTURE menu opens.
2 Press or to highlight an option, then press or to adjust
the option. You can select:
• Picture Mode—Selects the picture mode. You can select:
• Vivid (a bright and vivid picture)
• Standard (a standard picture)
• Theater (a finely detailed picture)
• Sports (a dynamic picture)
• Energy Savings (the backlight brightness is decreased)
• Custom (customized picture).
Note: You can also press PICTURE on the remote control to select
the picture mode.
• Brightness—Adjusts the brightness.
• Contrast—Adjusts the contrast.
• Color—Adjusts the color saturation.
• Tint—Adjusts the image tint.
• Sharpness—Adjusts the sharpness.
3 Press or to highlight Advanced Video, then press or
to adjust the option. You can select:
• Aspect Ratio— Selects the aspect ratio of the picture. You
can select:
• Auto (selects the correct aspect ratio automatically.
Available only when Auto Zoom is turned ON).
• Normal (selects the correct aspect ratio to match the
source image).
• Zoom (enlarges the picture but may crop the top and
bottom).
• Wide (shows a full-screen picture).
Press to display the Main menu.
Press to select menus, to adjust selected items,
or move the on-screen cursor left or right.
Press to select the menu items.
Press to confirm your selection or enter a
sub-menu.
Press to return to the previous screen.
Press to close the menu.
ENTER MENU EXIT
PICTURE
Mode
Advanced Video
Brightness
Contrast
Color
Tint
Vivid
70
50
60
0
+10
Sharpness
MOVE SELECT PREVIOUS EXIT
AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
ENTER TIXEUNEM
PICTURE
Parental Controls
Closed Caption
Time
Menu Settings
Input Labels
Computer Settings
Component Settings
MOVE SELECT PREVIOUS EXIT
AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
ENTER MENU EXIT
PICTURE
Mode
Advanced Video
Brightness
Contrast
Color
Tint
Vivid
70
50
60
0
+10
Sharpness
MOVE SELECT PREVIOUS EXIT
AUDIO SETTINGS CHANNELS
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