Sony CPD-E500 - Manual (Page 12)

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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 color to a printed picture’s colors.
These settings are 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 to highlight COLOR and
press the center of the control button again.
The COLOR menu appears on the screen.
3 Move the control button < / , to select the
adjustment mode.
There are three types of adjustment modes, EASY, EXPERT
and sRGB.
4 First move the control button
m
/
M
to select the
desired adjustment item. Then move the control
button
<
/
,
to make the adjustment.
Adjust the selected mode according to the following
instructions.
EASY mode
1 Move the control button m / M to select the color
temperature row
1
. Then 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.
2 If necessary, fine tune the color temperature.
Move the control button
m / M to select the color
temperature row
2
. Then move the control button
< / , to fine tune the color temperature.
If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings
are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures
and item
1 of the on-screen menu changes as follows.
• [5000K]
t[ 1]
• [6500K]
t[ 2]
• [9300K] t[ 3]
EXPERT mode
You can make additional adjustments to the color in greater detail
by selecting the EXPERT mode.
1 Move the control button m / M to select the color
temperature row
1
. Then move the control button
< / , to select a color temperature.
2 Move the control button
m
/
M
to select the
adjustment item 2 . Then move the control button
< / , to adjust the BIAS (black level).
This adjusts the dark areas of an image.
3 Move the control button
m
/
M
to select the
adjustment item 3 . Then move the control button
< / , to adjust the GAIN (white level).
This adjusts the light areas of an image.
You can adjust the R (red), G (green), B (blue) component of
the input signal when making changes to items
2 and 3.
If you fine tune the color temperature, the new color settings
are stored in memory for each of the three color temperatures
and item
1 of the on-screen menu change as follows.
• [5000K]
t[ 1]
• [6500K]
t[ 2]
• [9300K]
t[ 3]
EASY E PERT s B G R
5 0 0 0 K 6 5 0 0 K 9 3 0 K 0
5 0 K 0 0
COLOR
EASY E PERT s B G R
5 0 0 0 K 6 5 0 0 K 9 3 0 K 0
R B I AS 0 5
G B I AS 0 5
B B I AS 0 5
R GA I N 0 5
G GA I N 0 5
B GA I N 0 5
COLOR