Adjusting The Color Of The Picture (Color); Additional Settings (Screen); Resetting The Adjustments (Reset) - Sony Trinitron HMD-A400 Operating Instructions Manual

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 colors to a printed picture's colors.
This setting is stored in memory for all input signals.
1
Press the center of the control button.
The main MENU appears on the screen.
2
Move the control button m/M to highlight
and press the center of the control button again.
The COLOR menu appears on the screen.
3 Move the control button </, 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.
4
If necessary, fine tune the color temperature.
First move the control button </, to select USER. Then
move the control button m/M to select R (red), G (green), or
B (blue) and move the control button </, to make the
adjustment.
COLOR
USER 5000 K
R
G
B
SE L ECT
If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings
are stored in memory and recalled whenever you select
USER.

Additional settings (SCREEN)

You can manually degauss (demagnetize) the screen, and adjust
the moire cancellation level.
1
Press the center of the control button.
The main MENU appears on the screen.
2
Move the control button m/M to highlight
SCREEN and press the center of the control button
again.
The SCREEN menu appears on the screen.
3 Move the control button m/M to select the desired
adjustment item.
Adjust the selected item according to the following
instructions.
COLOR
6500 K 9300 K
5 0
5 0
5 0
EX I T
x Degaussing the screen
The monitor is automatically demagnetized when the power is
turned on.
To manually degauss the monitor, first move the
control button m/M to select
the control button ,.
The screen is degaussed for about 5 seconds. If a second degauss
cycle is needed, allow a minimum interval of 20 minutes for the
best result.
x Adjusting the moire*
If elliptical or wavy patterns appear on the screen, adjust the
moire cancellation level.
To adjust the amount of moire cancellation, first move
the control button m/M to select
Then move the control button </, until the moire
effect is at a minimum.
* Moire is a type of natural interference which produces soft, wavy lines
on your screen. It may appear due to interference between the pattern
of the picture on the screen and the phosphor pitch pattern of the
monitor.
Example of moire

Resetting the adjustments (RESET)

This monitor has the following two reset methods. Use the
RESET menu to reset the adjustments.
1
Press the center of the control button.
The main MENU appears on the screen.
2
Move the control button m/M to highlight 0 RESET
and press the center fo the control button again.
The RESET menu appears on the screen.
Reset the settings according to the following instructions.
Resetting all of the adjustment data for the
current input signal (MODE)
Move the control button <.
The MODE item is selected. All of the adjustment data for the
current input signal is reset.
Note that the following items are not reset by this method.
• on-screen menu language (page 7)
• picture's rotation (page 10)
Resetting all of the adjustment data to factory
preset levels (ALL)
Move the control button ,.
The ALL item is selected. All of the adjustment data for the
current input signal is reset. All of the adjustment data (except for
the USER settings in the COLOR menu) is reset to the factory
preset levels.
Note
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The monitor s buttons will not operate for about 5 seconds when ALL is
selected.
(DEGAUSS). Then move
(CANCEL MOIRE).
MENU
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