Switching Display Modes; Adjusting The Live Contrast; Selecting The Visual Eq Mode (Factory's Setting); Adjusting Brightness - Alpine ICS-X8 Owner's Manual

Switching Display Modes

Setting item: Display Mode
Setting contents: WIDE (Initial setting) / CINEMA / NORMAL
In WIDE mode, the monitor displays a normal picture wider to fit
in a wide-screen monitor by evenly stretching out the picture
horizontally.
In CINEMA mode, the monitor displays a normal picture by
stretching out the picture horizontally and vertically. This mode is
good for displaying a cinema type picture at the 16:9 ratio.
In NORMAL mode, the monitor displays a normal picture at the
center of the screen with a vertical black band at each side.

Adjusting the Live Contrast

This function automatically adjusts the areas on the screen that are too
bright or too dark and corrects them to natural brightness.
Setting item: Live Contrast
Setting contents: OFF (Initial setting) / LOW / HIGH
Selecting the Visual EQ Mode (Factory's
setting)
You can select a mode suitable for the subject image.
Setting item: Visual EQ
Setting contents: OFF (Initial setting) / NIGHT M. / SOFT /
SHARP / CONTRAST
OFF: Initial Setting
NIGHT M.: Suitable for movies in which dark scenes
frequently appear.
SOFT: Suitable for CGs and animated films.
SHARP: Suitable for old movies where images are not
clearly shown.
CONTRAST: Suitable for recent movies.
• To return to the default video settings, set this function to OFF. Any
Visual EQ selection or changes made are reset their initial settings.
• If any adjustments are made to the existing Visual EQ selections
(NIGHT M., etc.), "CUSTOM" is displayed.

Adjusting Brightness

Setting item: Bright
Setting content: -15 to +15 (Initial setting: 0)
You can adjust the brightness between MIN (-15) and MAX
(+15). When it reaches the minimum or maximum point, the
display shows "MIN" or "MAX" respectively.

Adjusting Colour of Picture

Setting item: Color
Setting content: -15 to +15 (Initial setting: 0)
You can adjust the colour between MIN (-15) and MAX (+15).
When it reaches the minimum or maximum point, the display
shows "MIN" or "MAX" respectively.

Adjusting Tint of Picture

Setting item: Tint
Setting content: R15 to G15 (Initial setting: 0)
Adjust the colour from R15 to G15.
• When setting PAL, you can not adjust the TINT.

Adjusting Image Contrast

Setting item: Contrast
Setting content: -15 to +15 (Initial setting: 0)
You can adjust the contrast between MIN (-15) and MAX (+15).
When it reaches the minimum or maximum point, the display
shows "MIN" or "MAX" respectively.

Adjusting Picture Quality

Setting item: Sharpness
Setting content: -5 to +5 (Initial setting: 0)
Picture quality adjustment range is -5 to +5. "SOFT" and "HARD"
appear as the minimum and maximum values specified.
Saving and calling the adjusted picture
quality
When adjusting audio (video media), you can store the settings made
for "Adjusting Live Contrast, Brightness, Color, Tint, Contrast and
Sharpness."
Setting item: Preset1 / Preset2
1 After completing "Adjusting Live Contrast, Brightness,
Color, Tint, Contrast and Sharpness" (page 39), touch
and hold [Preset1] or [Preset2] to save the settings.
2 Touch [Preset1] or [Preset2] to call the saved settings.
• Visual EQ is registered as "CUSTOM."
• Display Mode cannot be registered.
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