Color Temperature (White Balance); Adjustment - Sony BVMF170A Operation Manual

Automatic adjustment (recommended)
1
Input the reference color-bar signal to the monitor.
2
Select Auto in the Picture Adj menu of the Adjustment
menu and perform the automatic adjustment of the
chroma, phase and matrix in Auto Adjust (page 50).
Manual adjustment
The following is the example of the method to perform the
manual adjustment of the chroma and phase.
1
Input the multi format color-bar signal or SMPTE
color-bar signal to the monitor.
2
Set the BLUE ONLY button to on.
Red and green signals are cut, and only the blue signal
is displayed as a monochrome picture.
The following is the example of the adjustment when the
multi format color-bar signal is used.
3
Select the Manual Adjust menu (page 51) in the Picture
Adj menu of the Adjustment menu.
4
Adjust the levels with the CHROMA or PHASE knob
of the controller while tracking so that the brightness of
bars "a" (75% White, Cyan, Magenta and Blue parts)
and "b" (75% White part) (in the following illustration)
are the same.
For the composite and Y/C signals
Adjust the levels with the CHROMA and PHASE
knob.
For the component signal
Adjust the levels with the CHROMA knob.
5
Press the ENTER or Ent button.
The adjusted data is confirmed.
6
Set the BLUE ONLY button to off.
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Adjusting
b (75% White)
Note
You can access manual adjustment without opening the
Adjustment menu. To access it, press the MANUAL button
located below the CHROMA or PHASE knob of the
controller. If manual adjustment is accessed by this
method, the adjusted value is common to all channels and
valid only when the lamp of the MANUAL button is lit. To
turn off the lamp of the MANUAL button, press the button
again.

Color Temperature (White Balance)

Adjustment

This monitor is equipped with manual and automatic color
temperature adjustments.
BVM-F250A: The automatic color temperature
adjustments can be performed using a specified color
temperature probe.
BVM-F170A: The automatic color temperature
adjustments can be performed using the built-in color
sensor or a specified color temperature probe.
Special software is required for the automatic adjustment
using the specified probe. For details, contact your Sony
representative.
Automatic adjustment (using the built-in
color sensor) (for BVM-F170A only)
1
Select the Auto Adjust menu (page 53) in the Color
Temp Adj menu of the Adjustment menu.
Manual adjustment
1
Select the Manual menu (page 52) in the Color Temp
Adj menu of the Adjustment menu then select the
Manual Adjust menu.
2
Adjust the color in gain side with the PHASE,
CHROMA, BRIGHT or CONTRAST knob.
3
Press the UP or DOWN button and adjust the color in
bias side with the PHASE, CHROMA, BRIGHT or
CONTRAST knob.
4
Press the UP or DOWN button.
5
Repeat steps 2 to 4 until the desired color is obtained,
because the gain and bias adjustments may affect each
other.
6
Press the ENTER or Ent button.
The adjusted data are confirmed.