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KDF-E42/50A11E
RM-ED002
2
0
GB
Overview of the menus
The
following options are avai
labl
e in
each menu. For
details on navigating thro
ugh
menu
s,
see (page
19).
Also
, see page in
parentheses for
deta
ils of each menu.
1
Picture Adjustment
Pic
tu
re Mo
de
(
2
1
)
C
ontrast/Brigh
tn
ess/C
o
lou
r/Hu
e
/
Sh
arpne
ss (21
)
Co
lo
ur To
n
e
(2
1)
Reset (22)
N
o
ise Red
uction (22)
Iris (22)
2
Soun
d Adjustment
So
und Effe
ct (23)
Trebl
e/Bass/Bal
ance (23
)
Reset (23)
D
ual Sou
nd (24)
Auto Volume
(24)
3
Screen
Auto Format (25)
Screen Format (25)
R
G
B Center (25)
4
Feature
s
AV2
Output
(2
6)
TV Sp
eakers (26)
PC Adjust
ment (27)
Select:
Set:
End:
OK
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
Au
to
High
Picture Adjustment
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
Timer
Sleep
Timer
(28)
Clock Set
(28)
Timer (28)
6
Se
t U
p
Auto Start Up (29)
Lang
uag
e (2
9)
Coun
try (29)
Auto
T
u
ni
ng
(30)
Pr
ogramme Sorting (30)
Pro
g
ramme Lab
els (3
1)
AV Preset (31)
–
L
abel/Skip
M
a
nual Programme Pres
et
(31)
–
P
rogramme/System/
Channe
l/
Label
/AFT
/
Audio Filter/Sk
ip/Decoder/ATT/C
onfirm
Digi
tal
Se
t Up (34)
–
D
igi
tal
T
uning
/Digi
tal
Set-up
2
1
GB
Using the Menu
Picture Adjustment menu
Selects the
picture mode.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Pic
ture Mode”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following
picture
modes, then
press OK.
Vivid: For
big lighted
spaces.
Stand
ard: Optimal picture fo
r ho
me
use.
Cu
stom: Allows yo
u to store
your own prefered settin
gs.
Tip
You can change
the picture mo
de
b
y
pres
sing
repeatedly.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect the
option.
2
Press
<
/
,
to set
the level,
then press
OK.
Tip
“Hue”
can on
ly be ad
justed for
an
NTSC
co
lo
ur signal (e.g.,
U.S.A. video tapes).
“Bri
ghtne
ss
”,
“Colour”
, “H
ue”
and “
Sha
rpness” only
appear
and
can be adjuste
d if
“Pic
tur
e M
ode”
is
set to “Custom”.
1
Pres
s O
K
to s
e
le
ct
“C
olour Tone”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
Cool: G
ives
the
white
colours a blue tint.
Neutral:
Gives the white
colours a
ne
utral tint.
Warm: Gives the
whit
e colours
a red
tint.
Tip
“Warm”
only appe
ars and can be a
djusted if
“Picture
Mode
” is set
to
“Custom”.
You can select
the options listed
be
low on the
Picture
Adjustment menu.
To
select options, see
“Navigating
through menus” (page 19).
Tip
When you set
the
“Picture
Mode” option to “V
ivid”
or
“Standa
rd,”
you can
adjust on
ly
“Contr
ast,” and
“R
eset.”
Picture Mode
Contrast/Brightness/Colour/Hue/Sharpness
Colour Tone
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
A
uto
High
Picture Adjustment
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Re
se
t al
l the
pi
ctu
re se
tt
ings
to
t
he fa
cto
ry
se
tti
ngs.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “R
eset”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
se
lect “
O
K,” th
en
p
re
s
s OK.
Reduces
the picture
noise (sn
owy
pict
ure) in a weak
br
oadcast signal.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “N
oise R
e
duction”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select “A
uto”, then
pres
s O
K
.
Tip
This optio
n can
no
t b
e us
ed
f
o
r an inpu
t
sig
nal fr
om
th
e Y,
P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
sockets of
/
3
.
Enhances the
contrast
for
dark scen
es.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Iris”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
se
lect “
H
ig
h”
, “
M
id”
, “L
ow” or
“Off” th
en
p
re
s
s OK.
Res
et
Noise Reduction
Iris
2
3
GB
Using the Menu
Sound Adjustment menu
1
Press OK to select “Sound Effect”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of the followi
ng
sound
effects, then press OK.
Natural: Enhance
s clarity,
deta
il, and
sound
presence by
usin
g
“BBE
High de
finition
Sound
Sys
te
m
*1
.”
Dynamic: Inte
nsifies clarit
y a
nd sound presence for be
tter intelligibility
and musical realism by
us
ing the “BBE
High
d
efin
itio
n Soun
d System.”
Dolb
y Virtual
*2
:
Uses the TV speakers to simulate th
e
su
rround
effect produced by a multi
channel s
y
stem.
Off
: Flat
response.
Tips
You
can chan
ge
soun
d eff
ect by
press
ing
9
repeate
dly.
If
you set “
Aut
o V
olume” to “O
n”
, “Soud
Eff
ect”
cha
nges to “N
atur
al”.
*1
Licen
sed by
BBE Soun
d,
In
c. und
er USP4
63
825
8, 4
4
8286
6. “BBE” an
d
BBE sy
mbo
l ar
e
trademarks of
B
B
E
Sound, Inc.
*2
Manufactured
u
n
de
r
licen
se from
Dolby
Labo
rato
ries. “Dolby” and
the double-D
symbol
are
trademarks of
Dolby La
boratories.
Adju
sts
hig
her-pitched
sounds
(Treble)
, adjusts lo
wer-p
itch
ed
so
unds (Bass), and
emphasizes
left or right
speaker
ba
lance (Balance).
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect the
option.
2
Press
<
/
,
to set
the level,
then press
OK.
Res
ets the
“Treble,
”
“Ba
ss”
a
nd “Ba
lance
”
se
ttings
to the
fac
tory s
ettings.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “R
eset”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
se
lect “
O
K,” th
en
p
re
s
s OK.
You can select
th
e optio
ns listed below
on
th
e Sou
nd
Adjustment menu.
To
select options, see
“Navigating
through menus” (page 19).
Sound Effect
Treble/Bass/Balance
Res
et
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Sound Eff
ect:
T
reb
le:
Bass:
Balance:
Reset
Dual Sound:
A
uto V
olume:
Dynamic
0
0
0
A
Off
Sound Adjustment
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Selects the
sound
from
the speaker f
or a stereo or
bilingual
broadcast.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “D
ual Sound”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
Stere
o/M
ono: For a
stere
o
br
oadcast.
A/B/Mono: For a bilingual broadcast,
sele
ct “A”
for sound channe
l
1, “B
” for
sound
ch
annel 2,
or
“M
ono” f
or
a mono channe
l, if
available.
Tip
If you select othe
r equipm
ent connected
to
the
TV
, set
“Dual Sound” to “S
tereo,”
“A”
or “B.”
Keeps a constant volume level even when volume level gaps occu
r (e.g., adver
ts ten
d to be
louder than programmes).
1
Pres
s O
K
to s
e
le
ct
“Auto Volume”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select “O
n,”
then press
OK
.
Tip
If you set
“Sound Effect”
to “Dolby
Virtual”, “Auto Volume”
will a
utomatically be swit
ched to
“Of
f”.
Dual Sound
Auto Volume
2
6
GB
Features menu
Sets a
signal to be outp
ut through
th
e socket
labelled
/
2 on the rear of the
TV.
If
you
connect
a
VCR to the
/
2
socket, you
can
then reco
rd fr
om
the equipment
connected to o
ther sockets
of
the
TV.
1
Pres
s O
K
to s
e
lect
“AV
2
O
u
tput
”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
D-TV: Outputs a d
igital broadcast.
A-TV: Outputs an
analogue br
oadcast.
AV1: Outputs signals
fr
om equipm
ent conn
ected
to
th
e
/
1 soc
ket.
AV4:
Outputs
signals fr
om
equipm
ent
conn
ected
to
th
e
4/
4 sock
et.
Auto: Outputs
whatever
is
being v
iewed on
th
e
screen.
Turns
off
the TV speakers
e.g. to listen to the sound throug
h
external
audio eq
uipment
connected to the
TV.
1
Press OK to select “TV S
p
eakers”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
On:
th
e sou
nd
is outp
ut from the
TV
speakers.
One Time Off:
the TV speake
rs ar
e temporar
ily
turned off
allowing
you to listen
to the
sound
from external audio
eq
uipment.
Tip
Th
e “T
V speaker
s”
op
tion autom
ati
cally
re
turns
to “On”
when
th
e TV set is swi
tch
ed off.
Per
man
ent Off
: the TV speakers are perman
ently turned off allowing you to listen to
the so
und
from external audio equipment.
Tip
To
tu
rn on
th
e
TV speake
rs again,
change to on.
You can select
th
e optio
ns li
st
ed below
on
th
e
Featu
res menu
. To
select
options, see “Navigating
through menus” (page 19).
AV2 Output
TV Speakers
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
A
V2 Output
TV Speak
ers
PC Adjustment
TV
On
F
eatures
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Using the Menu
Custo
miz
es the
T
V
scre
en as a PC
m
onit
or.
1
Press OK to select “PC
Adjustment”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
Phase: Ad
just
th
e screen when a par
t
of
a
disp
lay
ed text or
image is
no
t
clear.
Pitch: Enlarges
or shrinkes
the screen
size
horizontally.
H Center:
Moves the
screen
to
the left or to the
right.
V
Center: Moves
the screen u
p or
down.
Power saving: Tur
ns to stan
dby
mode
if
no PC
sign
al is received.
Reset:
Resets to the
fact
ory
setti
ngs.
Tip
Th
is option
is o
nly
available if y
ou are
in
PC Mode.
PC Adjustment
2
9
GB
Using the Menu
Set Up menu
Starts the “first time operation menu” to
select
the
lang
uage an
d country/regio
n, and tun
e in
all av
ailable digital
and analogue
channels.
Usually,
you
do
not
need to do this oper
ation
because the language
and countr
y/r
egion will have been selected
and chann
els already tuned
when the TV
was first
installed
(13). However,
this op
tion
allows you to repeat the
process
(e.g.,
to
retune
the TV after moving house).
1
Press OK to select “Auto Start U
p
”.
2
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Yes.”
Th
e
auto-tune display
appears on
the screen.
3
Fo
llow step
s o
f “6: Se
lecting the
la
ng
uag
e
an
d coun
try/reg
ion” (p
ag
e 12)
an
d “7
: Auto-
tunin
g the TV”
(
p
a
ge 13
).
Selects
the language in which
th
e menus are displayed
.
1
Press OK to se
lect “Language”.
2
Press
M
/
m
/<
/,
to select
the
lang
uage, then press
OK.
All menus will
ap
pear in
the
selected
language.
Selects
the cou
ntry/region where you operate the
TV.
1
Pres
s O
K
to s
e
lect
“C
ount
ry”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to selec
t the countr
y/region in which you
w
ill
operat
e t
h
e TV,
th
e
n
pr
es
s
O
K
.
If
the countr
y/region
in
which y
ou want
to
use
the TV does not appear in
the list, select
“-
” instead of a country/region
.
You
can select
the opti
ons li
st
ed b
elow o
n the Set
Up
menu
. To select
options, see
“Navigating throu
gh
menu
s” (p
age 19).
Auto Start Up
Language
Cou
ntry
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
A
uto Star
t Up
Language
Countr
y
A
uto T
uning
Prog
ramme Sor
ting
Prog
ramme Labels
A
V Preset
Man
ual Prog
ramme Preset
Digital Set Up
Set Up
English
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