Philips 42PF9630A-37 - Manual (Page 25)

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Auto Color modes:
• Personal : Select any color or hue to match to your personal taste, e.g.
your interior, the program content (sports, movie, etc.), the mood you are
in, etc.
• Warm white :The color is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs.
Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living
room lighting.
• Cool white :The color is matched to that of normal daylight (6500K).
Select this setting if you prefer more cool lighting.
Note: the 6500 K is the SMPTE recommended setting for ambient backlighting of
displays.
• Blue :The blue color is preferred by most consumers to create a cool,
modern and /or mystical atmosphere. Select this setting according to your
personal taste or mood.
Ambilight menu
Ambilight is an innovative lighting concept using light with fully adjustable
colors at the back of the TV to enhance the viewing experience. Analysis of the
picture content adapts the colors continuously, or the lights can be set to any
fixed color and many shades of white. Ambilight creates the ideal viewing
environment for your TV resulting in improved relaxed viewing, improved
perceived picture detail, contrast and color.
& Select Ambilight in the TV menu.
é Press the cursor right to enter the Ambilight menu.
“ Select Ambilight and press the cursor right to select Off or On .
• Off : will switch off the ambient lights and downlight all other menu items.
• On : the ambient lights will be on. Refine the light settings in the menus
below.
‘ Select Brightness to adjust the light output of the ambient lights.
( Select Mode and press the cursor right to select Color , Ambience ,
Relaxed , Movie or Action .
• Color : this will show constant light according to the settings in the
Ambilight color menu. See below.
• The options Ambience , Relaxed , Movie and Action will dynamically
match brightness and color to the screen content.
The mode selection made will effect the speed and/or saturation and/or
intensity which determines the viewing impression.
E.g. in
Relaxed mode, the rate of brightness and color change is smoothly
and soft which gives you a more immersive yet relaxed viewing.
Ambience is the rate of brightness and color change as predefined in the
factory.
Movie will influence the perception of a movie whereas Action mode will
influence the dynamic impression.
Notes:
- The rate of change is limited, as not to cause uncomfortable sensations.
- According to the selection made, some Ambilight menu items will be downlighted
and can not be selected.
§ In case Color has been selected in the Mode menu:
• Select Color in the Ambilight menu and press the cursor right.
• Select Auto Color and press the cursor right again to select Personal ,
Warm white , Cool white or Blue .
• Select Palette to select the general color of the light.
• Select Saturation to adjust the colorfulness of the light.
Note:
Adjusting the Palette and/or Saturation settings will set the color mode to Personal.
Note: Infrared interference on external devices:
To avoid bad infrared remote control reception, place
your external devices out of sight of the ambient lights
of your TV set.
Ambilight does not function well when the room
temperature is less than 59°F/15°C.