LG SAC34134204 (IO01-REV02) Owner User manual

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PICTURE CONTROL
PICTURE SIZE (ASPECT RATIO) CONTROL
This feature lets you choose the way an analog picture with a 4:3 aspect ratio is displayed on your TV.
You can select a different aspect ratio depending on input source (analog broadcasting, digital broad-
casting, aux).
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Select PICTURE.
Select Aspect Ratio.
Select the desired picture format.
_ You can also adjust Aspect Ratio in
the Q.MENU.
_ Press the RATIO button repeatedly to
select the desired picture format.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
When adjusting Zoom or Cinema Zoom in Q.MENU
Select Aspect Ratio.
Select Zoom or Cinema
Zoom.
Adjust proportion of Zoom or
Cinema Zoom. The Cinema
Zoom adjustment range is
1-16. : Move _ _ Zoom ® Enter Move _ _Zoom ® Enter
Move the image on the screen.
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16:9
Adjust the picture horizontally, in a
proportion to fill the entire screen.
linear
Jusf Scan
Normally the edges of video signals are
cropped 1-2%. Just Scan turns off this
cropping and shows the complete video.
Notes: If there is noise on the edges of the
original signal, it will be visible when Just Scan
is activated.
Just Scan operates only in DTV/Cable DTV/
Component/H DMI- DTV/DVI-DTV
(720p/lOSOi/lOSOp) input source.
Set By Program
Selects the proper picture
match the source's image.
(4:3 "_ 4:3)
proportion to
(16:9 -_ 16:9)
4:3
Choose 4:3 when you want to view a picture
with an original 4:3 aspect ratio.
Zoom
Choose Zoom when you want to view the
picture without any alteration. However, the
top and bottom portions of the picture will
be cropped.
Cinema Zoom
Choose Cinema Zoom when you want to
enlarge the picture in correct proportion.
This enlarges an image with cinemascope
aspect ratio (2.35:1) without distortion.
Note: When enlarging or reducing the pic-
ture, the image may become distorted.
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PICTURE CONTROL
PICTURE WIZARD
This feature lets you adjust the picture quality of the original image. Use this to calibrate the screen
quality by adjusting the Black and White Level etc. You can calibrate the screen quality by easily follow-
ing each step. When you adjust the image to Low, Recommended or High, you can see the example of
the changes you made.
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Select PICTURE.
Select Picture
Wizard.
Adjust Picture Wizard.
Adjust Standard/
Preferred.
_ If you select Preferred, OSD (On Screen
Display) differ from that shown in this manual.
Adjust Black Level.
Adjust White Level.
Adjust Tint.
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Adjust Color.
Adjust Horizontal
Sharpness.
Adjust Vertical
Sharpness.
i.e)
Adjust Backlight.
Select input source to
apply the settings.
Save.
Finish the Picture Wizard.
_ If you stop the Picture Wizard before the
final step, the changes will not be saved to
the TV.
_ Once the Picture Wizard sets the picture
quality, Energy Saving is changed to Off
automatically.
To reset changes made by Picture Wizard,
operate Picture Reset when Picture Mode
is on Expert1.
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PICTURE CONTROL
ENERGY SAVING
It reduces the TV's power consumption by lowering the backlight level.
You can increase the brightness of your screen by adjusting the Energy Saving level or by adjusting the
Picture Mode.
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Select PICTURE.
Select e_ Energy Saving.
Select Off, Minimum, Medium,
Maximum, or Screen Off.
Return to the previous menu.
_ When selecting Screen off, the
screen will turn off after 3 seconds.
_ If you adjust "Energy Saving-
Maximum", Backlight feature will not
work.
_ Press the ENERGY SAVING button
repeatedly to select the appropriate
Energy Saving setup.
Return to TV viewing.
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PRESET PICTURE SETTINGS (PICTURE MODE)
There are factory presets for picture settings available in the user menus. You can use a preset,
change each setting manually.
Select PICTURE.
Select Picture Mode.
Select Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Sport,
or Game.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing. @
Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Sport, and
Game Settings are preset for the
optimum picture quality at the fac-
tory.
Vivid: This is the mode to maximize
the effect of the video in the retail
store. Strengthen the contrast, bright-
ness, color and sharpness for vivid
picture.
Standard: This is the mode to realize
optimum viewing condition for the
general user.
Cinema: This mode optimizes video
for watching movies.
Sport: This is the video mode to
emphasize dynamic video and pri-
mary color (e.g, white, uniform, grass,
sky blue etc.) by realizing the optimal
screen for sports.
Game: This is the mode to realize fast
response speed in a fast gaming
screen.
_ Expert: This is the mode to adjust
the video in detail for video quality
expert and general user.
You can also adjust Picture Mode in
the Q.MENU.
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PICTURE CONTROL
MANUAL PICTURE ADJUSTMENT - USER MODE
Adjust the picture appearance to suit your preference and viewing situations.
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Select PICTURE.
Select Picture MOdel
Select Vivid, Standard, Cinema,
Sport, or Game.
Select Backlight, Contrast, Brightness,
Sharpness, Color, Tint, Color Temp., or
Advanced Control.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
_ Backlight: This function adjusts the
brightness of the backlight behind
the LCD screen. Adjusting the back-
light is recommended when setting
the brightness of the TV. When
decreasing the backlight, the bright-
ness of the black becomes darker
without any loss in video signal and
the power consumption is reduced.
_Contrast: Increase or decrease the
gradient of the video signal. You may
use Contrast when the bright part of
the picture is saturated.
_ Brightness: Adjusts the base level of
the signal in the picture. You may use
Brightness when the dark part of the
picture is saturated.
_ Sharpness: Adjusts the level of crisp-
ness in the edges between the light
and dark areas of the picture. The
lower the level, the softer the image.
_ Color: Adjusts intensity of all colors.
_ Tint: Adjusts the balance between
red and green levels.
_ Color Temp.: Set to warm to enhance
hotter colors such as red, or set to
cool to enhance cooler colors such
as blue.
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PICTURE IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGY
(ADVANCED CONTROL)
Advanced Control allows you to adjust some of the advanced features of your LG display.
To reset to the factory default after making adjustments to each input source, execute the Picture
Reset function for each Picture Mode.
Select PICTURE.
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Select Advanced Control.
Select your desired menu option.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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PICTURE CONTROL
EXPERT PICTURE CONTROL
_ Expert1 and _ Expert2 provide even more advanced picture settings for users. Typical used by
professionals for calibrating the TV.
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Select PICTURE.
Select Picture MOdel
Select _ Expert1 or _ Expert2.
Select Expert Control.
Select your desired menu option.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the arevious menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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_This feature is not available for all models.
Adjusts the contrast to keep it at the best level according to the brightness
of the screen. The picture is improved by making bright parts brighter and
dark parts darker.
Adjusts screen colors so that they look livelier, richer and clearer. This fea-
ture enhances hue, saturation and luminance so that red, blue and green
white look more vivid.
It detects the skin area of video and adjusts it to express a natural skin color.
ssReduces screen noise without compromising video quality.
_',Removes noise caused by compressing video.
_ You can adjust brightness of dark areas and middle gray level areas of the
picture.
Low : Make brighter and middle gray level areas of the picture brighter.
Medium : Express original picture levels.
High: Make dark and middle gray level areas of the picture darker.
Low: The reflection of the screen gets darker.
High: The reflection of the screen gets brighter.
Set black level of the screen to proper level.
This function is available in the following modes: AV (NTSC-M), HDMI or
Component.
_ Make the white area of screen brighter and more white.
_ Adjust the brightness of the screen to prevent the screen from being too
bright. Dims extremely bright pictures.
This feature is enabled in "Picture Mode-Standard, Sports, Game".
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Makes video clips recorded in film look more natural by eliminating judder
effect.
DVD and Blu-ray movies are filmed at 24 frames per second (fps). With
LG Real Cinema, every frame is consistently processed 5 times in 1/24 of
a second producing 120 fps with TruMotion or 2 times in 1/24 of a second
producing 48 fps without TruMotion, thus totally eliminating the judder
effect.
This function can also work when TruMotion is off.
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Advanced Control
_, Maximize the utilization of colors to increase color quality.
Standard: Displays standard set of colors.
Wide: Increase number of colors used.
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PICTURE CONTROL
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_ Show clearer and distinctive yet natural edges in of the video.
_ This function is enabled in "Picture Mode - Expert".
_ This is produces richer colors.
_ This feature represents rich color as much as conventional video signal.
This function is enabled in "Picture Mode - Cinema, Expert" when a xvYCC
signal is inputted through HDMI.
_ This function filters specific colors in the video.
You can use the RGB filter to set color saturation and hue accurately.
_, This is a pattern used for expert adjustment.
This function is enabled in "Picture Mode - Expert" when you watch DTV.
_<Adjusts the overall color of the screen by changing the white baseline.
a. Gamma :Select 1.9, 2.2, 2.4
b. Method :2 Points
- Pattern: Inner, Outer
- Red/Green/Blue Contrast, Red/Green/Blue Brightness:
The adjustment range is -50 - +50.
c. Method : 10 Point IRE
- Pattern: Inner, Outer
IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers) is the unit to display the size of the video
signal and can be set among 10, 20, 30 - 1OO. You can adjust Red, Green
or Blue according to each setting.
Luminance: This function displays calculated luminance value for 2.2
gamma. You can input luminance value you want at 1OO IRE, tker_ the
target luminance value for 2.2 gamma is displayed at every 10 steps from
10 IRE to 90 IRE.
- Red/Green/Blue: The adjustment range is -50 - +50.
d. Apply to all inputs
_ A tool used by the experts to make adjustments by using the test patterns,
this does not affect other colors but can be used to selectively adjust the
6 color areas (Red/Green/Blue/Cyan/Mgt/Yellow).
Color difference may not be distinctive even when you make the adjust-
ments for the general video.
Adjusts Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta.
- Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta Color: The adjustment range is
-30 - +30.
- Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Cyan/Magenta Tint: The adjustment range is -30
- +30.
- This feature is disabled in RGB-PC and HDMI-PC mode.
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PICTURE RESET
Settings of the selected picture modes return
to the default factory settings.
Select PICTURE. Initialize the adjusted value.
Select Picture Reset.
Select Yes.
POWER INDICATOR
Adjust the power/standby indicator light on the front of the TV.
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Select OPTION. Return to the previous menu.
Select Power Indicator. Return to TV viewing.
Select Standby Light or Power
Light.
Select your desired options.
Standby Light: Determines whether to set
the indicator light on the front of the TV to
On or Off in standby mode.
Power Light: Determines whether to set the
indicator light on the front of the TV to On
or Off when the power turns on.
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PICTURE CONTROL
TRUMOTION
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Advance video technology that provides clearer, smoother images, even during fast action scenes cre-
ating a more stable structure for a crisper picture.
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Select PICTURE.
Select TruMotion.
Select Low, High, User, or Off.
Adjustment for TruMotion (Judder
and Blur)with selecting User
Select Judder or Blur.
Make appropriate adjustments.
_ Off: Turn off TruMotion operation.
_ Low: Provides smooth picture move-
ment. Use this setting for standard
use.
_ High: Provides smoother picture
movement.
_dudder: Adjusts noise of the screen.
_ Blur: Adjusts after-image of the screen.
_ TruMotion works with all inputs except
PC mode.
_ If you enable "TruMotion", noise may
appear on the screen. If this occurs,
set "TruMotion" to "Off".
_ if you select "Picture Mode-Game"
set "TruMotion" to "Off".
Return to the arevious menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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SOUND & LANGUAGE CONTROL
AUTO VOLUME
Auto Volume makes sure that the volume level remains consistent whether you are watching a com-
mercial or a regular TV program.
Because each broadcasting station has its own signal conditions, volume adjustment may be needed
every time the channel is changed. This feature allows users to enjoy stable volume levels by making
automatic adjustments for each program.
Select AUDIO.
Select Auto Volume.
Select On or Off
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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SOUND & LANGUAGE CONTROL
CLEAR VOICE II
By differentiating the human sound range from others, it improves the sound quality of voices.
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Select Clear Voice II.
Select On or Off.
Adjustment for Clear Voice Level
with selecting On
Select Level.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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BALANCE
Adjust the left/right sound of speaker to suit your taste and room situations,
Select AUDIO.
Select Balance.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
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SOUND & LANGUAGE CONTROL
PRESET SOUND SETTINGS (SOUND MODE)
Sound Mode lets you enjoy the best sound without any special adjustment using factory presets.
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Select AUDIO.
Select Sound Mode.
Select Standard, Music, Cinema,
Sport, or Game.
Return to the previous menu.
Return to TV viewing.
_ Standard, Music, Cinema, Sport, and
Game are preset for optimum sound
quality at the factory.
You can also adjust Sound Mode in
the Q.MENU.
Standard: Offers standard-quality
sound.
_ Music: Optimizes sound for listening
to music.
_ Cinema: Optimizes sound for watch-
ing movies.
_ Sport: Optimizes sound for watching
sports events.
_ Game: Optimizes sound for playing
games.
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SOUND SETTING ADJUSTMENT - USER MODE
Adjust the sound to suit your taste and room situations.
Select AUDIO.
Select Sound Mode.
Select Standard, Music, Cinema,
Sport, or Game.
Select Infinite Sound, Treble, or Bass.
Make appropriate adjustments.
Return to the previous menu.
_ If sound quality or volume is not at
the level you want, it is recommended
to use a separate home theater sys-
tem or amp to cope with different
user environments.
_ If you select "Clear Voice II-On", the
Infinite Sound feature will not oper-
ate.
_ Infinite Sound: Infinite Sound is a
patented LG proprietary sound pro-
cessing technology that strives
immersive 5.1 surround sound with
just two front speakers.
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SOUND & LANGUAGE CONTROL
AUDIO RESET
Settings of the selected Sound Mode return to the default factory settings.
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Select AUDIO.
Select Reset.
Select Yes.
Initialize the adjusted value.
Return to TV viewing.
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