Sony BRAVIA KDL-26V42xx - Manual (Page 20)

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Picture Adjustment menu
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“Brightness”, “Colour”, “Sharpness” and “Adv. Contrast Enhancer” are not available when “Picture Mode” is set to “Vivid”
or when “Display Mode” is set to “text”.
Picture Mode
Display Mode
(only in PC mode)
Selects the picture mode except for PC input source.
“Vivid”: (“Shop”, see page 6). For enhanced picture contrast and sharpness.
“Standard”: (“Home”, see page 6). For standard picture. Recommended for
home entertainment.
“Cinema”: For viewing film-based content. Most suitable for viewing in a the-
atre-like environment. This picture setting was developed in collaboration with
Sony Pictures Entertainment to faithfully reproduce movies as intended by their
creators.
Selects the display mode for PC input source.
“Video”: For video images.
“Text”: For text, charts or tables.
Backlight Adjusts the brightness of the backlight.
Contrast Increases or decreases picture contrast.
Brightness Brightens or darkens the picture.
Colour Increases or decreases colour intensity.
Hue Increases or decreases the green tones.
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“Hue” can only be adjusted for an NTSC colour signal (e.g., U.S.A. video tapes).
Sharpness Sharpens or softens the picture.
Colour Tone Adjusts the whiteness of the picture.
“Cool”: Gives the white colours a blue tint.
“Neutral”: Gives the white colours a neutral tint.
“Warm”: Gives the white colours a red tint.
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“Warm” can not be selected when you set “Picture Mode” to “Vivid”.
Noise Reduction Reduces the picture noise (snowy picture) in a weak broadcast signal.
“Auto”: Automatically reduces the picture noise (in analogue mode only).
“High/Mid/Low”: Modifies the effect of the noise reduction.
“Off”: Turns off the “Noise Reduction” feature.
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“Auto” is not available for HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HDMI 3, COMP and PC mode.
Adv. Contrast
Enhancer
Automatically adjusts “Backlight” and “Contrast” to the most suitable settings
judging from the brightness of the screen. This setting is especially effective for
dark images scenes. It will increase the contrast distinction of the darker picture
scenes.
Reset Resets all picture settings except “Picture Mode” and “Display Mode” (only in
PC mode) to the factory settings.
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