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Adjusting
the picture
You can adjust
all of your television's
picture
functions
by using a
pair of buttons:
select a function
with the VIDEO button
and
adjust
the function
with the up/down
buttons
or the right/left
buttons.
You use these buttons
to:
•
shift from one end of a scale to the other
(e.g., tint),
•
increase
or decrease
the function
(e.g., color),
•
select a position
(e.g., color temperature).
After adjusting
the picture,
an on-screen display
will indicate
the
function
and level you'w_ selected.
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what you will adjust:
The "Tint"
function
provides
a scale that adjusts
the proportion
of
red to green in the picture.
This determines
the delicate
tones of
color.
The "Color"
function
provides
a scale: that determines
the intensity
of the color.
The "Contrast"
function
provides
a scale that controls
the level of
white-to-black
in the picture.
When tlhe contrast
is low, you will be
able to see the variety
of shades
in the darker
images
on the screen.
When the contrast
is high, the screen's
dark images
will appear
more uniformly
black, but this will a]s(l make the colors on the
screen
seem more vibrant.
The "Brightness"
function
provides
a _;cale that controls
the
overall brightness
of the picture.
The "Sharpness"
function
provides
a scale that adjusts
the detail
and clarity
of the picture.
The "Notch
filter"
function
is used in special cases to stabilize
the
color of striped
or checked
patterns.
The "Color
temp" (Color
temperatuce)
function
allows you to set
how the TV will display
white images.
Your choices are "Low,"
"High," or "Middle."
• With the "Low" setting,
white imag_s on-screen
will have a
yellow cast to them.
• With the "High" setting,
white images
on-screen
will have a blue
cast to them.
• With the "Middle"
setting,
white images
on-screen
will be
balanced
between
yellow and blue.
The" _"
function
is used to control the closed caption
decoder.
For details,
see "Using the closed caption
decoder,"
page 63.
Chapter
3 : Operating Your TV
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